I remember living almost full-time in the worlds of Morrowind and Oblivion, but Hogwarts Legacy never gave this vibe. The flying on a broomstick or hippo is so awesomely made, you can fly anywhere you want, but you don't WANT to fly anywhere, so you just race circles around Hogwarts over the lake looking at the beautiful sunsets ad nauseam. The game forces you to explore with demiguises, field guide pages, a horde of icons on the map, like in another Assassin's Creed game, but all of this doesn't feel natural. Never throughout the game have I asked myself "What's behind that tree? What lies beyond that mountain? I wonder where this path leads", like I did playing Zelda Breath of the Wild or Witcher 3 or Dragon Age Origins. There are many villages that I haven't been to just because they don't provide anything meaninful aside from small boring and repetitive side quests, trivial Merlin trials and collecting Field Guide Pages, which you're not interested in if you're not a 100% completioninst. Yes, there is a lot of space and freedom to explore, but it's not fun or interesting to explore to begin with. Honestly Sallow's questline was more engaging and emotional that the main quest. And Sebastian Sallow's questline just because you get to use Avada Kedavra in front of your teachers with no punishment. The most memorable quest was Niamf Fitzgerald's trial (the stealth mission against Death). No interesting, deep characters with proper motivations, rare quests that aren't "find this" or "kill this". Don't get me wrong, it's nice and beautiful and story driven, but that's about it. That being said, I expected more from the game. If you're looking for a fulfilling RPG experience with deep characters, motivations, possibility to go down the light and dark path and enduring consequences set in the world of Harry Potter - you've come to the wrong place.Īs a long standing HP fan, I'm glad that we finally got a cool RPG set in the HP universe. If you want an action-adventure shooter set in the world of Harry Potter with a few RPG elements and you don't mind repetitive gameplay, play this.
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