![]() ![]() You can unlock quick changes to change out different sets of spells, and I thoroughly contemplated upgrading my spells to do that, but it felt like such a waste compared to the other cool upgrades I could get. With all the interesting spells that help you solve puzzles and quests besides pummeling people, there are only four slots to store all the spells you unlock. While it’s mostly satisfying trying to lay combos of spells and giving a final punch with your ancient magic, the spell management feels clunky. No matter how you decide to explore, Hogwarts Legacy rewards you with thrilling sights.īattling in Hogwarts Legacy gives me mixed feelings. Most locations in the world are called out by quests and side quests, so there wasn’t a real need to “go rogue,” besides wandering off the path here and there to find some underground loot. The only problem I would comment about the world is, as well put together it was, I didn’t feel the need to really explore it. There can be quite a lot of world to explore still, but it’s not sprawling hills of wasteland like some open world games tend to be. When I first scrolled through the world map, I was surprised how condensed everything was. The characters you meet and interact with slowly reveal deeper, emotional problems you weren’t expecting, and soon everyone you meet in the game plays some role in the storyline.Ī lot of people have been wanting it, so Hogwarts Legacy gave it to us: a miniature open world. But actually! What you thought were fiddly side quests start to intertwined into the main storyline. Most of them are “I’ll study this and get back to you,” which feels like a bland excuse to do some more side questing. It has awkward reasons on why the main story can’t progress. While you get a short questionnaire, you can still thankfully decide your own class for yourself. You can expertly design the Room of Requirement, get into gardening and potion making, finding and collecting animals to save, solve environmental world puzzles (known as the Merlin Trials), and plenty more things to collect. Hogwarts Legacy gives you a lot of opportunities to get sucked into a casual activity and forget the main quest. When saving animals, you’re left wondering what’s the point of feeding and brushing them, but the game answers that question with clothing upgrades. It’s not until later that you’re able to take care of animals. Not all of the fun features and side activities the game offers are given to you all at once. There were very few times where I felt I was just doing busy work. The pacing of main quests and story tidbits is thoroughly put together. Dark Wizards are trying to find this power to ruthlessly use it for their own evil activities, and you must solve the mystery of secrets behind this powerful magic and why they’re trying to wield it.Īs the story progressed in Hogwarts Legacy, I found myself more engrossed in it. You notice that you’re able to see and wield traces of “ancient magic” that still exists in the world, giving you extraordinary powers. I believe it’s because the developers didn’t want you to play as a little kid, but there’s no real story reason as to why you start later. You start as a 5th year student joining Hogwarts for the first time, which is unusual. Starting with the story, having taken place a century before Harry Potter’s time, the story feels more fresh and able to use its creative juices here and there. After the wave of familiarity died down, the differences to the game and the Harry Potter setting became more obvious. All the nostalgia came flooding back as I got sorted into my houses and explored the castle grounds. Reliving the movies that I’ve watched a thousand times was such a treat.Īnd I got to say, Hogwarts Legacy does not disappoint. Hearing that the setting was going to get a proper AAA treatment was a revelation. The games at the time, unfortunately, were not the exciting parts of the franchise. ![]() I even owned the Prisoner of Azkaban game on Gameboy Advanced. My mom is a children’s librarian, so there was no escaping the magical fad. Every holiday season I would binge watch all of the movies, noticing how everyone talked and get swelled up in all the music. I owned all the books, listened to the audio books, memorized all the movies, it was a time to be alive as a kid. Harvest plants, take care of mystical animals, brew potions, but most importantly: stop the Dark Wizards from their evil shenanigans! Explore an open world, dense with activities and quests. ![]() Wands at the ready! It’s time to see what the magical school of Hogwarts has to offer in Hogwarts Legacy by Portkey Games. ![]()
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