Hogwarts Legacy
Most streamers rate Hogwarts Legacy worth playing.
10 streamer verdicts· Released 2023-02-10Independent creators only · sponsored coverage never counts
Streamer Verdicts
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Our analysis
Well worth getting right away. Overcomes open world fatigue with a compelling experience in the Wizarding World.
Our analysis
A 9/10. Controversial discourse aside, delivers a fun open world Wizarding World experience.
Our analysis
Richly layered wizard RPG with immersive Hogwarts setting but underdeveloped potion and plant systems.
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Excellent Harry Potter universe immersion with beautiful world design. Hampered by hand-holding mechanics and tedious combat system with spell bar limitations.
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Starts well at Hogwarts but the open world is 50 square miles of copy-pasted grassy hills with shallow, flimsy gameplay. Combat spells all do the same thing and the back half becomes three boring board games in one uninteresting box.
Our analysis
Even from a non-Harry Potter fan's perspective, this is a good game that truly thrives once you leave the castle for the open world, with surprisingly excellent, unique combat and genuinely fun puzzles, exploration, and collecting. The slow, fan-service-heavy opening hours drag for newcomers, the gear system feels unnecessary and undercuts the strong combat, and it is a noticeably buggy game with jarring loading doors and frame dips. Worth looking into, with the hype largely justified.
Our analysis
Everybody has a different perspective on this one — Gameranxs take is measured but positive overall. Wizarding World fans will love it. Combat and spell-casting feel great, open-world Hogwarts is impressive.
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Our analysis
Phenomenal immersive recreation of the Wizarding World with excellent world design and substantial content, marred primarily by weak itemization that undermines exploration motivation.
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Captures Harry Potter fantasy with stunning castle, but locked behind repetitive side content and bloated systems.
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The best Harry Potter game ever made and a masterful, lovingly crafted recreation of the Wizarding World that puts you at the center of an open-world RPG. Combat spell-slinging is the best ever seen in a game, flying is a joy, exploration is dense, and the soundtrack is exceptional. Shortcomings include the absence of Quidditch, a shallow morality system, NPCs not reacting to spells, and tight inventory limits, but none undercut the overall achievement.
About
- Released
- 2023-02-10
- Genre
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Creator Mentions · 3
Sheshounet😐 mixed
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An atmospheric game designed primarily for Harry Potter fans and newcomers rather than hardcore gamers. While Hogwarts is beautifully realized and exploration is engaging initially, the ultra-simplistic gameplay and repetitive open-world design disappoints veteran players looking for real challenge.
Savun😐 mixed
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A solid Harry Potter adaptation that captures the universe well, but suffers from generic open-world design and repetitive gameplay that loses its charm after the first 5 hours. The reviewer enjoyed it as a fan experience but found it far from exceptional.
ぐう実況ゲーム紹介ch👍 positive
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Gu praises Hogwarts Legacy as an exceptionally crafted open-world RPG that masterfully blends the Harry Potter world with engaging gameplay, excelling in meticulous world recreation and respectful narrative design while allowing players to fully immerse themselves in the wizarding world.
