Honestly I’m older and haven’t had this much fun and spent this much time in a game since Skyrim. I pre ordered and have had the game a few days and already played 44hours, and not even that far in the story. Just so much content, side quests, flying around loving the scenery, exploring the grounds and castle, battling poachers, spiders, wolves and more, spending time with my creatures brushing and feeding them, gear upgrades, making potions and herbs, decorating my room of requirement, it’s amazing

People crying and trying to sabotage actually caused more people to remember and buy the game it's amazing.

The tickling the pear trick near Hufflepuff is straight from the books. It's awesome that they have continuity in the game. It's little things like this that make this game so fun for Harry Potter fans.

Man the forbidden forest is actually eerie! They managed the nail the feeling of being in the forbidden forest at night! Loving this game so far

I've been bombarded with "10 things I wished I knew" videos, and the absolute best tip for me was to not bother with exploration and sidequests, and to focus on your main quests until you progress to fall/autumn. It felt like I was playing a demo until I unlocked the broom, talent tree, room of requirement and alohomora (unlocking spell).

I think the best part about the appearance/gear is you always have the item even if you sell it

I honestly love the goofy clothing. I’ve been changing my outfit like once every 10 minutes. When I’m in the school I like to wear a house uniform, but once I go out into the world, I love putting together the weirdest fits

Quick thing that not all of you may know about is if you completed the game and didn't get the dark art spells from Sebastian you can actually still learn them. After you've completed all Sebastian's relationship quests you can visit him in the undercroft and talk to him. He'll teach you any dark arts spells you're missing.

I don't want to stop playing. This is the Harry Potter game I've wanted since I was a kid after seeing the first film.

You can talk to Sebastian and if you missed the curse you can ask him to Teach you if you said no during the quest. This goes for all the dark arts after they could have been unlocked

Tip: Prioritize doing main quests until you get talent points, broom flying, and the room of requirement unlocked. It will make things much easier for you.

For the house token cabinets, an easy cheese I found is pressing space as soon as you press F to interact with it allows you to instantly complete it because the key always starts in the centre of the puzzle.

10 hours in and I'm blown away. I was so worried it wouldn't be good but Avalanche knocked it out of the park. I had full intentions of being a dark wizard but I can't even be mean to these characters I want them to like me 🤣🤣

You know it’s a good game when gameranx makes a follow up video like this.

Am I the only one who's actually enjoying wearing the goofy outfits? I think they just fit well with my character's persona as this eccentric kid who appeared out of nowhere and within weeks had mastered the most difficult spells, had their own personal hangout spot (with garden!), and had become so indispensable and powerful that they had almost the whole school and the surrounding areas eating out of the palm of their hands?

Going around and finding well known places from the movies makes this game feel truly special. Walking up to Hagrid's hut, with the giant pumpkins outside, was one of the most amazing gaming moments I've had in a while.

The level of detail in this game is immense. One of the biggest surprises I've had in gaming in a LONG while, 98% of the doors are real!!

They did SUCH a great job, ALWAYS having something going on. Something new to find. I remember last night, I was looking for one of the moths. And 5 minutes later I'm on top of the roof. 🙉

Another thing they don't tell you about cosmetics: you can toggle your hood on and off on certain cloaks in the gear menu.

The game is amazing. Super fun and laid back. It feels like a game that you're meant to enjoy. God, I miss those.

The appearance change system has been my god send because I can't be a student wearing clothes that aren't my school uniform. Takes me out of the experience. Maybe at endgame I'll wear something different but unless there's a story reason why I'm wearing different clothes than my peers then I can't

The "transmog" choice was implemented really well in The Division 2 and GoW: Ragnarok. Love that more studies are noticing how well gamers have accepted this.

3:55 There's 3, once you unlock the disillusionment spell and the Hogsmeade area. Scattered around the village are several (like 16 or more of them, I think) of those chests with eyes on them. They each contain 500 coins/galleons. All you have to do is sneak up on them with the disillusionment spell and open them that way to get the money. There are also some at Hogwarts, I'm sure.

There's actually more to the 'exploit the enemy's weakness with a spell' in combat usually. There's usually at least two possible steps, if not three. For example, the Dunbogs you mentioned with using _Leviosa_ on their tongues as they attack will leave them wide open, but you can actually use _Diffindo_ afterwards to cut their tongues and do huge damage. Another instance of this is an Ashwinder Executioner getting ready to do their huge fire pillar attack, use _Arresto Momentum_ to slow the Executioner, forcing them to cast the spell for *much longer* than they had intended, allowing you to toss other enemies into the fire pillar for huge damage with your control spells like _Accio_ or _Depulso._ One "Global" combo that works on most all enemies for big damage without needing to be a real 'counter' to them is simply using _Glacius_ and then immediately following up with _Diffindo._ If you're not into killing your opponents, you should probably not use any of these powerful combos, as even the _Glacius + Diffindo_ combo slices them into little pieces and shatters them if it was a fatal blow, which more often than not it will be. For trolls, there's a couple options: If they throw a rock at you, block it and then use ancient magic (RB/R1) to toss it back! Alternatively, when they do their 3 hit combo, on the third hit that you can block, instead use _Depulso_ to throw their club back into their face! (< this one you need to be fast for) There's tons of them in the game like this, and most of them are explained to us, the players, by way of Duelist Challenges shown on the bottom right of combats. It might literally tell you the full combo, or just a part of it to give you a hint on how you can do the full combo. *Bonus:* Enemies take fatal fall damage. If you have elevation, your favorite spell just might be _Accio,_ with no follow up to have them plummet to the ground for all their health as damage.

A helpful tip while navigating the "Hogwarts Map," you'll notice the fire floo flag icons are greyed out when not discovered and white when discovered. The flags will turn black when you have an undiscovered side quest/assignment/relationship in that location or a continuation of a quest. Hope this helps!

I've been having so much fun with this game. Taking on dark wizards are always fun

Im not even a Harry Potter fan and I love this game. So much to explore and a beautiful world and the combat is very fun. It's also inspired me to watch the films finally. They are very good

The option to change your gear appearance was one of the things I enjoyed with ubisoft's immortals Fenyx Rising and I agree, should be a game mechanic in a lot of other games

I never understand players who let all the "Exclamation" marks sit unchecked in a game missing out on upgrades and such. It drives me crazy to hit ESC and see them all starring at me and I have to check them immediately.

One of the most common mistakes I see players do is not learning enough spells. Most of the quests and puzzles requires you to unlock some of spells in order to proceed the story forwards.

I actually loved wearing all the random gear, especially the dragon glasses or the lizard eye glasses. Gave me a good laugh every time I spoke to an NPC and remembered how ridiculous I looked 😂

Also if you levitate the frog by tongue make sure to hit them with diffindo to cut their tongue (deals massive dmg) but if you wanna maximize it freeze them first by glacius (while levitated) then cut their tongue.

I hope they update it that you can have “sets” of transmog looks. Would like a going to school look and going adventuring look.

I love the appearance changer. It's so good. I got a literal pair of pajamas that were WAY better then my current gear haha so being able to change the look is a literal game changer

If Ashwinders warp into a map they instantly see you but if you run away and recast or use invisibility potion you can sneak up on them as well if for whatever reason you want to full stealth the game. Petrify in stealth does a ton of damage to trolls as well. If you change the time of day when your owl posts are auto speaking to you it fixes it most of the time as well.

When I started growing my own dittany leaves and making my own wiggenweld potions, I seldomly ever run out. It's definitely worth doing the extra work to make your own. It's a lot easier than you'd think and the payoff is worth it

I've been playing this game like crazy and been having a lot of fun with it. Really interested to see what DLC comes out if any.

Wish transmog had an option to make your selection permanent. Gets annoying when you have to change it again when you equip better gear

here are five tips that i think are important: use leviosa then defendo to one shot those deformed giant frogs use leviosa when u r on ur broom use depulso against wolves use fire spells against spiders and infernis have fun exploring and DO UR SIDE-QUESTS! use the upgraded dodge to traverse faster when u cant use ur 🧹!

Many of those mistakes can be summed up as "don't ignore the exclamation marks". If you play with a controller, use the (button that used to be the) start button instead of the map button - and you see in which menu are new things.

I’m absolutely blown away with the details in this game. Hats off to all the devs!

I actually came across the moth mirrors before I found the quest for and figured out how to solve them on my own. Very satisfying that it still allowed me to find and solve them before the quest

Hogwarts Legacy is one of the best games I have ever played, the love and attention to detail that’s gone into this game is absolutely incredible! What is so so sad is there these crazy insane people trying to spoil the game for everyone by throwing up mega spoilers on social media, and suggesting the game is graphically inferior when it’ looks absolutely fantastic or for example, Only has two enemies when it has 80 and so on.

I love the transmog system and that you keep the gear as a visual option even though you sold it. I just keep the best item stats-wise for every category and sell the rest

I've been enjoying walking around in wildly mismatched clothing. Makes the cut scenes hilarious 😂

If theirs one thing I’d change it’d be turning a few spells into prompt’s instead of hot keys like repair or Levio and such. I find myself constantly having to change builds during main quests.

I've just got it on PS4, have to say as an older gamer this is the first game since elden ring where I can't stop playing, I thought it was gonna be in a bad state on last gen but was really surprised, loving it, thanks for the vid

Holy crap, I had no idea about these more subtle secrets in Hogwarts. I felt quite disappointed when I thought that there were only these main puzzles such as the math or moth ones. But to actually observe the interior of Hogwarts more carefully with the X-ray vision only hinting that there's something more to the environment you're in, that is so awesome. Here's hoping that there's more to the common rooms than meets the eye as well... Also, knowing that there's more depth to these fights makes me want to play this game on hard difficulty and go at it in a more tactical way. Super helpful video, thank you!

The amount of dark wizards and goblins I've killed should be classed as a war crime 😂

"I'm sorry to hear that.." with dragon glasses on is the the most sorry attempt at sounding genuinely sincere!

The dueling challenges that pop up will teach you how to do massive damage against some enemies. Example: Pick frog up with levioso and use the slashing spell. When a troll slams their club on the ground, dodge instead of parry then use the flipping spell. When the ashwinder/dark wizard executioner is charging their attack, disarm them and they'll explode.

Re: number 3. Today I found the train tracks northeast of Hogsmeade, explored a little along them, and a lot past them. Two hours later an NPC was asking my character why a student was all the way out here and my character responded with something like "I love exploring." It was great.

I've never been into the franchise myself but I knew I'd be getting the game and I'm really enjoying it. Just been spending ages exploring the castle before I venture out into the wider world. The devs did a great job creating this world.

I just downloaded it yesterday. I’m taking my time with it and enjoying it. These videos are very helpful.Thanks Jake and crew for the help!!

I really love how there’s so much to discover and explore I really enjoy the challenge of solving those quests and little things and realizing the purpose of all these little things on the side. Honestly it’s an amazing game.

I just love exploring, like straight exploring. I turned off my mini map in the castle so I had to force myself to learn the castle by memory. Best immersion choice I’ve made.

The special cloak that you get if you are in Ravenclaw after finding all of those flying keys is really cool. Just did that task today.

Not only is the inventory "only" 20 slots, but the 6 pieces you have equipped doesn't get moved to some "equipment" slot like most games, they still take up 6 of those 20 inventory slots. So you really only have 2 3rds of your inventory available for loot. It's quite a nuisance to have to keep a "ok after i do this one or two things i should teleport to town to sell before i can continuel" mindset all the time. Hopefully we can get a update or mod in the near future to improve the inventory space. I don't know how much extra we get from the merlin trials in total but since many of those requires spells that takes a few hours to unlock, inventory nuisance is a big issue for a big first chunk of the game

Excellent shout for the Merlin trials! Started em the other day and had no idea why I was actually doing them, so thank you 😂

Thanks Gameranx you guys always have high quality videos and post a lot but it doesn't feel like corporate non gamer spam

I had no idea you had claim challenge rewards! I was level 15 had the room of requirement unlocked and I had done, maybe 10-12 Merlin trials and couldn’t figure out why my gear slots never changed until I finally scrolled through the challenges

This game is crazy good. Just the fact the inside of all the building have such detail is a testament to that

There is like 4 or 5 chest in Hogsmeade with eyeballs on them that you can loot for 500 gold each as soon as you get there at the start. Easiest way to get money early on that I’ve found out

Truly a masterpiece. I have not played a game that makes me want to play it in a long time. The world the castle and everything about the gameplay is amazing the combat is fulfilling and awesome and overall the adventure aspect is amazing.

another tip, its easier to loot hogsmead at night. you can see loots more easier if you use Revelio spell as its color pops more at night

Lol You just saved me on those Merlin trails I did so many and was wondering why my gear slots would not increase. Thank you very much.

Thanks for the good tips. I'd forgotten about the owl posts - wondered why I had no quests.

I was scared to sell or destroy my loot but the game actually saves what you’ve picked up and will allow you to change into that appearance.

I’m about 40 hours in now and still learning new stuff every day , this game is massive I love it

10: Transmog 9: Ability unlocks have to be collected from the codex 8: Some Puzzles require pre-quests to unlock. 7: Sell gear, you'll need money. 6: On Map setting you can change day and night at will. 5: Assignments give new spells, do them early, but they are expensive so grow/craft you're own materials. 4: Gameplay/story spoiler regarding, talents and stealth. 3: Some doors are very well hidden or concealed body check everything. 2: Some spells have surprisingly unexpected combat benefits, the enemy codex gives you hints on what works. 1: Check all exclamation points in all menu sections always (3rd time this was mentioned) it can fix you being questless if you get stuck.

35 years old this year. I remember having the first Harry Potter read to us over summer school in middle school. I didn't really get into it, the lady who read it was a little bland. But as the movies happened I was more and more interested. This is easily the most fun I have had since Oblivion and Skyrim.

That castle is huge! 🏰 Also absolutely love the directional sound. This game is awesome! So much to do.

Wholesomeness ain’t no mistake now.🦉

ive probably watched 10 or 15 of these mistakes videos, this is by far the best one ive watched, nice work !

This game is really like a puzzle itself. Sometimes side quests feels like main,main quest is like just doing another task to get know world this game build within. This is really cool tips. Thank you.

It would be nice if they implemented a custom appearance default that the user can set so that when they put on a bunch of new gear they can click/press a button and everything will look the way you want. I am constantly putting on newer better gear but then changing the appearance back to look the way I want on every individual piece. I would love to configure how I want to look once then just click a single button to apply that look to my new gear.

The insane amount of puzzles and activities blows me away.

For number 2, you can also use imperio, the spell that lets you control an enemy, even if there's only one left because it won't attack you you can just use imperio and then go crazy with crusio bombarda and incendio kinda stuff

“dandelion keys” 💀😭 bless your heart jake

The mispronunciation of Daedalian Keys made my die.

You can get a good experience after just getting revelio and your 2 initial spells. Accio will help you reel in those flying pages and levioso can be used at certain statues to uncover their secrets. It is an obvious thing to realize but also easily forgotten. Through just general exploration and some trial and error I kept getting a bunch of experience and I only just finished my gathering quest in town and now that I got repairo I'm looking to see where I can use it. It feels alot like a metroidvania in which I keep getting new abilities and opening new paths

i always love your review and 10 things or top 10 keep it up guys love from the Philippines

For the forced stealth quests, I find that if you fail them enough about 3 times, that section of where you fail will have the npc be gone.

Thank you guys for these videos, great work !

I love this game and I hope you guys make more content on it!!!❤

Absolutely love this game. I'm almost done with my second playthrough and taking a lot of time to finish side quests and get all the achievements. I had no idea there were spell recommendations in the creature descriptions to better combat them. Thanks for the tip!

Thanks for the tip about the Merlin trials, personally I a,ways delete anything with the arrow pointing downwards because it has lower stats than what I have on currently.

This is the best game I've played since Skyrim. I'm having so much fun and I can't put it down. I can't believe what they have created. My expectations were high but they delivered way higher. I hope they add on more to this game. Don't really care how much it is either. This dev is legit.

It's such a great game. So much love went into this. 🙌

For those frogs, if you levioso them as you described and then Diffindo it will one-shot them. The glitch that you got with the quest not activating because the didn't open was because something blocked it. Like a dialogue with an NPC or it was coming up and the thing you did stopped it. I had much earlier in the game and I barely noticed as the letter appeared for a fraction of a second as I got attacked. I remembered and looked at the owls but it can happen at any time.

I think you're right about the cabinets, but the moth things. I definitely completed at least one before I found the quest. Also the flying keys. It seems some don't actually spawn until a quest sends you by them.

Given that there's no one main protagonist in Octopath Traveler 2, are you stressing out about which person's head to put on that stock photo you use for Octopath Traveler 2's (presumably) upcoming "Before You Buy" video?

I’m so glad that they made a Story mode, my wife has only recently gotten into playing video games again, and I was so scared that some of the mechanics were gonna be a barrier too large for her to get over, but she is getting along quite nicely, she’s already talking about stepping up the difficulty. I’m just glad that she gets to enjoy this game first hand.

Haaha "dandelion" keys~ great content like always^^ i'm so happy you're enjoying the game as well. thank you!!

This was so helpful, I destroyed all my things when I could of sold them and you helped me figure out some quests too

When I first started this game I knew I probably wouldn't like hats but it wouldn't make sense for them to just give you a disadvantage by not equipping hats so I figured there was a way to hide them. I was surprised to find out you could also use any other piece of gear you previously picked up. This is such a good game

Hope you guys make more content of this game. Good stuff.

Regarding the Moth Mirrors and the Daedalus cabinets, i didn't even notice them until I got the respective quests.

the 1st 2 things you mentioned I didn't know about till about a few hours into the game for the ability to change the look of my clothes and the challenges I think that one took me a little less time to figure out

just got hogwarts legacy today 😮