Hogwarts Legacy

10 Feb 2023

PC (Microsoft Windows) Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X|S Xbox One
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Developer
Avalanche Software
Publisher
Portkey Games

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Main story

26h 30m
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Main story + extras

46h
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70h
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Summary

Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Embark on a journey through familiar and new locations as you explore and discover fantastic beasts, customize your character and craft potions, master spell casting, upgrade talents, and become the wizard you want to be. Discover the feeling of living at Hogwarts as you make allies, battle Dark wizards, and ultimately decide the fate of the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it.

[Aside from the Hype biased reviews and Harry Poter fans, yes, Hogwarts legacy is an exquisite adaptation but also a Failed RPG Open-world game.]
(7.5/10)


▪︎Hype gradually fades after the first hours to the game, especially when it starts introducing the open world elements outside of Hogwarts school. (-)

▪︎Regardless of the enormous amount of details in Hogwarts School, this phenomenal attention to detail is sadly limited to the indoor environment of Hogwarts school.(+) (-)

▪︎The outdoor environment is a massive dispersive, soulless landscape. With few areas that are lively. (-)

▪︎NPC movesets or Ai intelligence in general is of extreme basic level of development. That adds up to the soullessness in its open-world. (-)

▪︎Story content from writing quality to lore, is too average with seemingly minimal efforts exerted in trying to come up with a good plot. (-)

▪︎The mediocre writing quality overly focused on the protagonist, making it a superior figure. And that did cost the narrative being negelctive of side-characters and poorly presenting them. (-)

▪︎Game direction and concept execution were probably the only positive sides that can overweight the negatives. It has well captured Harry poter and wizardry atmospheres. (+)

▪︎Gameplay gets tedious overtime feels like as if it doesn't grow on you even with upgrades! (-)

▪︎Combat system has almost nothing to offer for both lacking in variety and also the bad AI intelligence for enemies. (-)

▪︎Quests are too repetitive with random encounters of enemies.
Without further notice or hints, you'll suddenly find yourself in a boss fight! (-)

▪︎Dialogues are boring and mostly are pointless lore for the average player. (-)

▪︎Some exploration elements and puzzles were fun to navigate and solve. (+)

▪︎World architecture is remarkably beautiful. (+)


Overall..
Hogwarts Legacy, while it did well to Harry Poter fans, it failed to properly present it in an Open-world direction, with poor investment in RPG elements. Might would've been better experienced in a Semi-open linear world.

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17 Mar 2023
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Graphics }---
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Excellent
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

--{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Excellent
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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---{ القصة }---
☐ بتنسى روحك من جمالها
☐ جميلة
☐ جيدة
☑ متوسطة
☐ متكررة وسيئة
☐ لاتحاول تفهم القصة

- {أسلوب اللعب} ---
☐ ممتاز
☑ جيد جدا
☐ جيد
☐ امممممم
☐ سيء
☐ هاي يعتبر اسلوب لعب ؟

---{ الرسومات }---
☑خيالية
☐ ممتازة
☐جيد جدا
☐عادي
☐ سيء
☐ ماينكرافت

---{ الموسيقى}---
☑مو طبيعي
☐ ممتازة
☐ جيد جدا
☐ ليست سيئة
☐ سيء
☐ لا تجرب تسمعها

--- {مستوى صعوبة اللعبة} ---
☐ دارك سولز
☐ صعب
☐ متوسطة
☑ سهل
☐ سهل جدا

---{الفئة العمرية }---
☑ الشياب
☑ الكبار
☑ المراهقين
☑ الاطفال

---{ مدة اللعبة }---
☐ إلى ما لا نهاية وما بعدها
☑ طويلة
☐ متوسطة
☐ قصيرة
☐ تكملها وانت تشرب قهوتك

--- {الأخطاء في اللعبة} ---
☐ اللعبة عبارة عن اخطاء
☐ اللعبة فيها اخطاء ممكن تزعجك
☑ اللعبة فيها اخطاء خفيفة
☐ اللعبة خالية من الاخطاء

---{هل سعر اللعبة يستاهل؟ }---
☑ تستحق كل فلوسك
☐ اللعبة مجانية!!ّ!
☐ إذا كان عليها تخفيض
☐ إذا عندك فلوس وماتدري وين تصرفها
☐ ماتستاهل
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13 Mar 2023
This absolutely should have taken game of the year in 2023. It was awesome! So often open world games are so overwhelming with the size of the map, collectables, and repetitive side quests. There was none of that (while ...some of the Merlin Trials were incredibly repetitive, but I digress...) This world was so incredibly beautiful and immersive. The story was well written, and wonderfully scored with a score up to par of that of John Williams. The voice acting was great, and building relationships with your classmates felt worth while. I truly hope they do more of the same rather than turning this into a micro transactions ladened live service game (which has it, is their plan for the next installment). They absolutely nailed my personal Harry Potter dream game.

My favorite things to do in this game was to travel to unexplored places on my broom, the navigation controls were tight, and fun to control. Additionally, caring for the beasts in my various vivariums.

I have no hesitation in giving this game a 10 out of 10. So good!
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06 Jul 2024
I really don't care about the trans discourse but one thing about this game has to be said... This might be the most overrated game of all time. Most mechanics in this game are mediocre at best, the performance on PC is weeks after release dogshit and the game just does not even look good. If you are willing to give this game a 10/10 rating, you are most likely extremely retarded.
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03 Mar 2023
A great looking game, but with not much going on beneath the surface and repetitive gameplay.

The voice acting is terrible, why are you allowed to just wander around at night, why are you allowed to break into people's houses and why does no one acknowledge you when you walk past them on a path.

I'd have personally preferred a more linear experience, but with more classic HP sites to explore for this era. Outside of Hogwarts and Hogsmeade the landscape is pretty boring.

The story and side quests seem stretched out. But there is some ambition at least and not just a simple cash in
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19 Mar 2023
A dream come true for any Harry Potter fan. This game is the Batman Arkham game of the HP series in the sense that it is an open world game that is extremely close to the source material and is full of details everywhere that the fans will appreciate. This game is truly made by fans of the franchise.

The gameplay is a mix of exploration, puzzle solving and combat, all done impressively well. The visuals are stunning and I'll be shocked to see how they're gonna run this on last gen consoles, especially the switch.

The story is serviceable but nothing to write home about. However the characters and dialogue are great.

This is game is almost a 10/10 however it's brought down by a point due to some obvious missing features such as Quidditch and Wizard Chess, a lack of enemy variety and some performance issues here and there. Regardless of this, I've spent 55 hours to platinum this game and I enjoyed it all the way through. Hoping for a NG+ update or expansion sometime soon.
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12 Feb 2023
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