Anyone getting it or already playing the Deluxe Edition? I know it's a divisive game because of Rowling's past LGBT remarks, but it still looks like a pretty good game from what I've seen.
@benstylus - can you move this into video game discussion?
So I got Hogwarts, PS5. Sitting next to Metroid Prime.
I keep hearing some mixed things about the game. Seems fun and all, but has some draw backs regarding the combat and inability to have macros/spell casting management, and general shinny/tedious junk.
To those that are further in, still happy? Think it's worth the time/investment?
Honestly- the time period and art style / realism make this setting look so blasé in regards to potterdom - it would have to be very special to pull me in. Everything about it screams bougie magic kids that suck.
I'd say save your money and pick this up in 6 months once they have some additional patches released. Seems like these big releases usually have a lot of bugs early on so why drop $60-70 now for a product that's not optimized yet.
@MrBean If you're lukewarm on the franchise it might not hold your attention. It has the same repetition problem all open world games do. Combat is pretty basic, but not bad. The loot system is junk, but just sell all of your crap that has lower numbers than what you have equipped. The world itself and all the attention to small details is definitely the main draw. I think the PS5 version was the lead development platform, because I haven't run into any major issues. It is a rather slow start with lots and lots of tutorials, though, so start it on a weekend when you have some spare time.
Sadly i'm having MAJOR performance issues to the point that its unplayable on PC. If i could get a refund I would. ALl I can do is play around with the settings more tonight and hope its eventually fixed
I started this last night. Played through the intro part of the game. Seems okay. Voice acting is really good. If you stripped the IP away, it's probably a mediocre game.
So far I've got about 31 hours into it. My wife kept talking about it prior to it's release, so I told her I'd pick it up if she wanted to sit and watch me go through it. She's in charge of decisions during the game and she calls the shots. So far we are doing all the Merlin trials to get all the storage space for items and we've been doing a lot of the side quests and growing lots of things in our room of requirement.
Its a little rough here and there, and there is a TON of fetch quests and extra crap, but I've really grown into the combat and really love battling.
My wife loves the feel of the game and she fills me in on all the little easter eggs from the books that she recognizes.
About halfway through it now, really enjoy the combat and voice acting, but the repetitive fetch quests are starting to get to me. Just unlocked the Vivarium, which seems cool, but I just want to jump through the main quests already! As someone who’s a fan of the books/movies, really enjoying it. Can’t see someone who’s not a fan of the series enjoying it as much though
Went to visit a relative today. Played through the beginning of Hogwarts Legacy. I think it does a great job starting off, getting the player intrigued. I stopped right after
I’ve got this on ps4 because i did the Home shopping discount trick. Only played the intro and it’s very intriguing so far. I need to try to upgrade to ps5 and continue.
I may snag it for the Switch when it releases, or wait a while for the Switch version to drop in price. I was excited for the game initially but after it came out, the general consensus was that it was a fairly paint-by-numbers open world game, but that fans of the HP IP would be satisfied. I love the HP books and dig the movies, so I'm sure I'd like it enough, but the "standard" critiques stop it from being a priority for me.
For the folks who have played/beaten it, is the story worth it on its own merits? Or is it like I've heard, fairly standard with the primary hook being the HP setting?
I’ve only seen about 2 hours of the story- but it’s surprisingly violent and pretty interesting so far. Standard chosen one type stuff in the potter verse for sure though. Combat is meh.
So, I started playing this ... overall, I was surprised by it - in a good way. I only put a few hours in, but already, I'm starting to feel like this is going to be a massive fetch and retrieve game. I flipped through some of the earlier comments, and appears that's accurate.
To those that finished - was it worth it? Sounds like it's a ~25 - 65ish hour game. This feels like maybe the right game to just focus on main quests and ignore everything else?
I dunno, I'm torn. I feel like it has potential, the combat is more fun than anticipated, but something just hasn't grabbed me that says "focus, play this game, it's awesome".
Largely because, there's just so much to play right now and picking and chosing the right time investment is pretty crucial.
> @MrBean Have you read or watched Harry Potter? How's your knowledge of the series?
I've watched the movies. They were just OK. I was overall disappointed as I was expecting a series that revolves around magic ... to have more magic! They were enjoyable, I honestly want to rewatch them ... but very little attachment/fondness in the grand scheme.
I know this is cliche to say, but the books are so much better than the movies. The movies leave so much out that made the stories as great as they were. Even from a pure narrative perspective, not just side stuff. At first I thought the idea of the planned HBO reboot show was silly, but the more I think about how much better each story could be told with the format a TV show would provide, the more I hope it goes all 7 seasons.
Also just found out Julian Sands, the actor who played Professor Lupin, died in January. He was missing for 5 months and human remains were found in the mountains where he was hiking, confirmed to be his in June. Geez. RIP.
> I know this is cliche to say, but the books are so much better than the movies. The
> movies leave so much out that made the stories as great as they were. Even from a
> pure narrative perspective, not just side stuff. At first I thought the idea of the
> planned HBO reboot show was silly, but the more I think about how much better each
> story could be told with the format a TV show would provide, the more I hope it goes
> all 7 seasons.
>
It's confirmed to be aiming for 7 seasons?
On the topic of books, I don't usually read fan fiction, but there's an excellent one called Harry Potter Methods of Rationality. I won't mention anything, in terms of spoilers, but I thought it was great. Worth reading, at least trying it, if you enjoyed the books.
> Yeah, Lupin was played by David Thewlis, which is the actor from Seven Years in Tibet
> and Wonder Woman. He has a classic stache, lol.
>
> I can't remember any Julian Sands movie, even if I know I've seen him somewhere.
He was mostly known for the Warlock movies, but he was a character actor that was in a lot of TV shows and movies.
I only just saw that he played one of the bad guys in the old Jackie Chan cartoon. He also played Q in some of the James Bond audio plays. Now I'm sad. :(
> Yeah, Lupin was played by David Thewlis, which is the actor from Seven Years in Tibet
> and Wonder Woman. He has a classic stache, lol.
>
> I can't remember any Julian Sands movie, even if I know I've seen him somewhere.
Oh yah wtf, I knew that lol. Loved Thewlis in Sandman among other things. I must have seen some faulty report and neglected to put 2 and 2 together. My bad.
Hogwarts is a total fetch quest, but I will say do some of the side quests before doing the whole story because you can pick up certain Dark Arts spells when you do them.
I enjoyed the game a lot. I haven't picked it up since I beat it though.
> All these open world games feel so much the same!
>
This is my thought. Like, they're fun and all, don't get me wrong ... but overall it's just so much time spent chasing shinnies and it gets exhausting.
Yet, I want to play through Elden Ring a third time. That's how you do open world right.
