Be sure to check out NeonKnight's video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hJlldKWGuZjIkYE.html

Was a bit disappointed that the unforgivable curses are actually forgivable and no one cares

I quite enjoy grinding so I don't mind some tediousness. The dueling club was disappointingly short and so was the broom races. I missed secret passages inside hogwarts, that was one of the things I had been looking forward to the most. And reasons to explore, other than completion. That being said I still clocked 100+ hours and enjoyed basically all of it.

I loved this game, I thought it was so fun but every critisim that I have heard has been very justifiable. The lack of time in hogwarts and an open world filled with the same enemies. Fighting them is fun but after you see one ogre you've seen them all. The main story was okay but I wish your friends were a bigger part of it, they have their dedicated side quests which honestly were more exciting than the main game. Some friends got better development than others which really sucks too see. Natsai was one of my favourite characters and I wish I saw more from her. Some characters you get introduced to have literally nothing like Garreth Weasley who I absolutly love in the two minor quests you have him. The teachers were also so incredible designed and for what? the fact you see fucking Peeves more than them is a crime.

This guy is on point. Places that should have gotten attention were Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest, maybe underwater in the lake... EVERYONE would have benefitted from a smaller world with more character interactions, actions to do in Hogwarts and the forbidden forest. Imagine duelling in the great hall, a care of beasts class in the forest, a mission to fetch rare ingredients in the lake or the forest, infiltrating another house's common room, actually attending classes with minigames

Glad to see you react to Neon Knight's video. A lot of the things he said in the video i agree with. Cutting down the world size would allow for more time to be spent on the Castle, Hogsmeade, and other parts of the game. The classes were my biggest disappointment. I wasn't expecting a full Hogwarts Student simulator but having more classes would have been great. A way i think the classes could have been better were to use them as a way to upgrade specific spells. Each spell could have a skill tree and unique skills. Like for Insendio; their could be a skill that creates a permeate ring of fire around you and you can cast acio to pull enemies closer for increased damage. Some skills could cause more damage. Potions and plants could be more effective with different effects on enemies. This could allow for more build possibilites and could make replaying more fun. Also i would add a way to get back all upgrades if you don't like them.

Regarding the part that many players don't finish the game: I didn't. And I can imagine why many others didn't either. The story was honestly pretty boring. I enjoyed what I bought the game for, which is explore the castle, forbidden forest and Hogsmeade but when I found out the rest of the game was just generic open world RPG schmuck I just lost all interest.

Ive gotta agree with this guy. Sometimes i hop on the game to feel immersed in the castle, but because theres so little to do i just end up running around for 10 minutes and then coming off the game. Ive no interest in the open world!

I wish they would have added more things to do in the castle, while it lasted it was very fun to play but after I finished I found myself saying…. That’s it? Also if they mixed up the story depending on which house you are in, it would have made it more fun to play through more than one time. They had minor differences but nothing that really mattered in the end.

Tbh, i felt like Hogwarts Legacy jumped the gun a tad bit on their scope/scale. I mean at 15 they have the MC running around the countryside practicing magic away from Hogwarts, which i think is against the decree of underaged wizardry, but more than that killing goblins and poachers like some serial killing vigilante, with no kind of consequences. If I were envisioning a trilogy of Hogwarts Legacy games, one where we do start in the fifth year, just like this one, the first one would have been a bit more Hogwarts/Hogsmeade focused. A bit more navigating school life focused, a bit more learning about the ancient magic focused with a climax a tad more personal and a bit more self contained. The second one would then build off of that and take the MC out into a larger wizarding world. Perhaps the MC is on the ministry’s radar with their special ability. Perhaps seen as a threat and they have to contend with that. Also morality choices of how the MC handles this poacher threat. Final one would expand into the larger wizarding world. Expand the MC’s powers to be quite the imposing figure. And Either as a big threat to Hogwarts Valley and the wizarding world or its only possible savior depending on morality choices. As it is, I’m not sure where they go from here. I like the ideas of the game. And I do love the game. There is sooooo much potential, but I just wonder if they rushed the narrative a tad bit, when it could have been developed a bit more slowly.

My idea for the sequel Set the game in the early 19'hundreds maybe 1902. In this way we have a few years to explain why stuff has changed since the first game. Story: The overall theme would still be ancient magic, maybe even the aftermath of the events of the first game would have scattered ancient magic all over the area. I would however focus on Merlin Vs Morgana, it is a subject we know exist in the world but isn't really fleshed out at all. We know Merlin was a Slytherin it would therefore be fitting to make Morgan le fey a Gryffindor. It might even be the first recorded Gryffindor Vs Slytherin conflict as it would have happened before Salazar left the school. It could also be an interesting inversion since Morgana would be the dark one. The story could have you join a side of the conflict, as a cult of Morgana is gaining in power. Due to all the ancient magic that was released in the first game, they are active around hogwarts. The player would get the choice to join the cult of Morgana or the order of Merlin. One member of the order of Merlin would be a very depressed Dumbledore, he is however very unwillingy to seek any power or put himself in the spotlight at all. In story segments you would fight the other side of the conflict, in the rest of encounters you would battle, poachers, other dark wizard seeking the power, dark beasts, and magical constructs like armour and stuff. Transport changes: The floo flames should be removed. The castle ate them or something. Instead there should be a couple of fireplaces. One in each common room, one in the staff room, one or two in hogsmead, and maybe one in the very far settlements. From any of these you can go to any other. However most of the floo flames should be replaced with hidden passages and shortcuts. There are at this point even 6 hidden passages that lead out of the school grounds. To make up for the difficults of transport, your broom should be much faster from the beginning. You should also be able to land on the buildings. The hidden passages should be hidden and only marked on your map once you find them. Spells and combat: I think the spell casting worked really well in the original. It was however way too easy to obtain them all, I feel more of the spells should be hidden and be rewards for exploring. A couple of spells that could be added: Verdimillious - produces an orb of green light that illuminates an area, and makes objects that were hidden by magic become tangible, (like Lumos in most of the old games) it can also shoot green sparks at nearby enemies. Confundo - confuses the target, and if hostile makes them fire random spells in random directions. If not hostile would not notice you passing by and Wil just start wandering in a random direction. Silencio - temporarily silences a target Scourgify - cleans an object or area, or fills an opponents mouth with soap bubbles. Spongify - makes certain things bouncy. Could make opponents bounce really high if you use it on them before a slam. Pantronus charm - summons a patronus to ward of dementors, or summons a silvery mist that slows a dementor and gives you time to escape. You should have more non leathal ways of taking down opponents. More strength and weaknesses could be implemented, which would give the opportunities to add other spells like, impedimanta, incarcarus, rictusempra, carpe retractum, and more. Which functions are all, more or less already covered by existing spells. Your power also shouldn't scale exponentially which it does at the moment, which is why the late game is so easy. A companion system would also be nice. The duelling club should last a lot longer and hold several tournaments. Locations: It would be awesome if London was added, that is diagon ally and the ministry, these would each also have fireplaces for fast travel. Otherwise just expand the map we already know, a bit to the north, and then both east and west. We don't need more to the south but there was very empty to both sides. You should also not just be able to walk wherever you want, whenever you want. I would like for there to be patrols at night who you have to stealth around. If you are caught the effect could be the same as if you died, or maybe you are just sent to your dorm.

I like the game. I'm still playing it. I've beat the main story and im completing the world now. My biggest complaint with the game is a massive plot hole that i don't know if anyone else noticed. In the storyline with sebastian, solomon says that a curse can't be broken. Causing him to basically leave anne to suffer. Yes he went to Saint mungos for help. He asked healers if they could help, which they couldn't. So he gave up. During a quest where you have to rescue natsai from the ashwinders, you literally free a man whose job title is CURSEBREAKER! I can't believe they would say a curse can't be broken, but there is someone whose job it is to do what they just said was impossible. Also as one of the side quests, we break a curse by putting a crest in some guys sarcophagus. That is my main gripe. Honestly if I were there in that world, I would have told sebastian about isko rabe(the CURSEBREAKER), and tell him to ask him for help breaking the curse. I had minor issues with glitches, but nothing major. Also if they make a sequel, I wouldn't mind if quidditch was part of it. But I would absolutely hate it if its required. I don't want to be forced to play quidditch.

The things that annoyed me the most: Demiguise statues, Field Guide pages, and Merlin trials... there are way too many of them... Opening locks and solving the same puzzle over and over just isn't that interesting. I love the open world and disagree that it ruined the game. Both inside Hogwarts and outside were great. It just needed more stuff inside the castle, and there needed to be more quests to fill up the time spent playing.

About the game "dropping off the face of the earth" people were getting bullied and harassed for streaming this game online, some were kids as young as 12. The toxic cancel culture is to blame for that, but they think they're doing the world a service.

I agree with him. I really would’ve enjoyed having more quests within Hogwarts and being alongside more classmates.

My only complaints about this game is the total lack of more customizable area like face, mouth, eyebrows, eyelashes, etc. And the lack of romance. I know that there weren't all lot of characters to romance or to form any sort of connections but come on- it wouldn't need adult-themed romances like certain games but maybe a slow romance- like start out as friends,then as the year processes, we start to get closer with our chosen love interest: flirt every now and then, hang out between main story quests, then start secretly holding hands in-between classes than one of you confesses on Valentine's Day and then officially starts dating with little dates to Hogmeade, holding hands in the hallway and then had your first kiss on the last day of school. Simple things like that. Who wouldn't want their very own romance in Hogwarts? Oh, and not to mention that our character's background, we barely know anything about them or their families before being accepted to Hogwarts as a student in fifth year. I honestly also think that the pokemon games would be a lot better and more interesting if there was romance for the main character than just catching pokemon, having rivals, champions, gym leaders and evil organizations to defeat all the while able to catch legendary pokemon and it keeps happening in every single game! Sorry for derailing the subject. Those two are the main reasons I don't play Hogwarts Legacy at all. I love Harry Potter, both the books and movies very much but I was disappointed that there was no romance in the game.

I will say this as someone who've programed before. I think it was said 6 years to develop the game. That's 6 years to create a story, write the scripts, modify the game engine for the story, create the assets, animations, voice acting etc. All the while spending millions on people, licenses, equipment etc etc. At some point they have to set a deadline and sadly there plans for the game things were not working, not completed and maybe not even started by the end of the deadline. So they have to cut content and maybe copy and paste things, like the Merlin quests to pad the game where other fillers would have been. If given another 2 years, could the game have been much better? I think so, but at some point you have to look at how much you're spending compared to much you'll get back. Also if you go bankrupt while trying to make the game perfect, the game will never get released.

Before I even fully watch this video, one of my complaints about HL is that there isn't enough to do in the castle. I never expected a full Hogwarts student simulator where i get to go to every class and i have to follow a strict schedule (now that would be awesome especially if they did it like Bully) but there just wasn't enough to do. We couldn't interact with fellow students, couldn't do little minigames inside the castle, the few classes we go to were mainly cutscenes, and couldn't duel (outside of crossed wands which was way too short) inside the castle. Obviously I still love this game and enjoyed every second of playing it and still think it should at least be nominated for some end of the year awards but it does need a dlc/expansion/or some kind sequel announcement once the Switch version is released to get the hype back for this game.

I think the real problem is the content that got cut from the game. I feel like from what I read, it would have solved a bunch of the disconnect issues with the story. Companions, morality system, quest lines, etc. it shows as you play. Some things just feel so disjointed and pointless. It also made the story feel stale. If those things had been in the game, I wonder what the criticisms would be

Hogwarts Legacy depends on the way you play it. The first time I played this game, I was overwhelmed by the world and set out to explore the not so dense open world outside of the castle and quit the game pretty quickly and my opinions on it were not too good. However, last week I started playing again cause I knew this game wasn't bad and I probably just went about it the wrong way, this time I took baby steps and ignored that open world till the quests actually sent me in those directions, I focused on the experience as an rpg in which you are a student who mainly will hang out at hogwarts and hogsmeade. Results? I am now totally obsessed with the game and can't stop playing it. And i feel like the overwhelming open world is what threw many people off when playing, it draws your attention away from the campus. Especially the room of requirement and all the people with in the castle are so amazing, like ignore that open world in the beginning of the game and you'll love it.

Fully agree with video. I loved the game so much, but I wanted to be more of a student. The 2nd half of the game kept you too disconnected from your friends and the school. The fact they took out all 12 friends you could bring on your adventure made the boring open world very dull

Quiddich should have been in but as an optional part. giving people the option to join their house team or cheer them on from the sidelines.

After the (sub-par) main storyline, there really isn't very much incentive to explore any more. It's fun finding the collectibles, but other oopen world games like Skyrim and Red Dead Redemption II have side-stories and quests to discover, rather than just filling in a check-box. I enjoyed this game, a solid 8/10, but if they ever make a Sequel, they really should put more focus into the side adventures and maybe even include faction questlines (imagine having to infiltrate a Dark Wizard Cult). Also, I would love for places like Diagon Alley and the wilderness to be explorable. Say what you like about the Deathly Hallows video game (and people have), but the fact that so much of it allowed you to explore areas of the HP universe far away from Hogwarts was absolutely a great move.

I preordered the game, but I haven't finished it. I last played when they brought out the Arachnobia update and only then I played for just 20-30 minutes. I hate the dialogue, and not just because of the lack of consequence but also because of the lack of context to what you saying. You'll click a simple two worded dialogue option and suddenly your character is saying the meanest or immoral dialogue in the game. There is no life to the seasons, no students celebrate christmas, theres no christmas npc dialogues or cutscenes. They couldnt put a small cutscene of students or just the main chraacters friends openign presents from each other when the season changing transition happened after the trial?

I didn't finish my hogwarts playthroughts, but i did complete it eventually ... I just kept remaking characters to explore things and dialog choices.

my problem was, I kept restarting when I got bored with my character.... but now, I have finally gotten to the part where I have a broom and I found the Room of Requirements ...so loving this game still (haven't finished it entirely yet)

Just got the game and finished it, but I agree. The first hours were superb and had me pretty immersed, but after a certain point, it quickly gets down to a generic open world game you can find almost everywhere. Heck, if you strip down the wand and iconic robes if wearing one, it could pass for any other game where the player picked the magic class. It's an okay game with perfect introduction, but it's a bad game compared to what it could've been.

This video is pretty much what I talked about in mine, a couple of months ago. I still want a game that focuses on being a student at Hogwarts. A Wizarding World Bully😅I also wouldn't completely remove the open world but I would narrow it down significantly. Hogwarts and its surroundings, the forbidden forest, Hogsmeade and maybe a few settlements. That's it. But make them more significant, and most importantly, interactive in a meaningful way. You need a specific plant for potion class that only grows in the forbidden forest? Then maybe go purchase an invisibility potion at Hogsmeade and sneak out at night. Those types of choices are integral to the "student experience" in my opinion.

Loved this reaction to the critique. I think I'm in the same boat as Neon. A lot of the frustration and criticisms he talked about, those are exactly what I had as well. He really captured the flaws the game had while never putting the game down. Loved your reactions and opinions as well. Love this sort of reaction-style video. And 40 minutes is more than enough Retro. I really don't have 4 hours to watch 😂😅

I'VE HAD HOGWARTS LEGACY SINCE EARLY RELEASE AND I STILL HAVENT FINISHED THE GAME. I LITERALLY JUST WALK AROUND AND ENJOY MY LIFE AS A STUDENT AND JUST BEING IN THE MAGICAL WORLD.

My expectations for the game were high. I love this franchise more than any other and I was so excited to be a student at Hogwarts that went on my own adventures but within Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. I was expecting it to be like Bully when it came to the classes, specific mini games that made sense for the class I was taking like adding proper ingredients to make potions or going to different parts of the grounds or the forrest for herbology. I would take being a regular student over being “the chosen one” anyday. I also thought there would be a morality system and punishment for doing things like attacking students or being caught out of bed at night, which would’ve been a great use of the invisibility charm. I thought there’d be more groups within the school like a quidditch team or a group of tough Slytherins that would make me make a choice which could have consequences. I think a game like that would’ve been a better first game and then the second game is more like the Hogwarts Legacy we got with far more locations like the Ministry, diagon alley, Azkaban, etc. It makes more sense to have the castle feel the way it feels now in the second game because we’ve already explored all the rooms to the point where they are just set dressing which is what the castle feels like now. I still loved this game, and I can’t wait for the sequel whenever we get it

Your choices change the fate of Sebastian is how it really feels like with the one exception of you might get more money in your coin purse. But if there is a direct squeal I do wonder how they would do with Sebastian especially if you have multiple characters that choose different endings where some turned him in and some did.

One of my main critiques. That he barely touched on. Was meaningfull loot. All the random drops are so boring i stopped caring. Look a legendary chest cant wait for wathever is inside to be outclassed by a blue in 4 levels

Maybe we don't need a Bully like school sim, but it would be intresting if every professor / subject had their own side quest line with a combnation of classes, assigments and some story stuff revolving around either the professor or their subject.

Demiguise statues, field guide pages alohomora merlin's trials, boring parts of the map were quite frustrating. I don't know if casual fans or die hard fans actually enjoy repetition.

So much more time and energy should have been put into enemy variety. I felt like I spent 60 hours fighting the same 3 enemy types with very little need to switch up combat style. My other biggest issue was the finale boss fight to the main story. That was an unforgivable let down in terms of combat.

My biggest issue about the game is how they handled Quidditch, I understand it didn't need to be in there but they also didn't need to leave it out specifically just to sell it to us in another game. That just seems like they don't care and just want more money to me.

I would have been okay just most of the content inside of the castle. And a little bit of open world.

I’d be mad if other content was cut in favour of quidditch in a sequel.

Oh damn! When I saw the title of this video in the notification on my phone, I thought it was going to be a relatively short video. Was not expecting to get spoiled with a 40 minute video! Heck yea! Even though I’m itching to watch it all rn, I’m gonna save it for later when I get to sit back with a snack and fully enjoy it 👌. Can’t wait 🤩

Honestly, I just passed by Knight's video because of the TN. I thought it was just another Hate-On vid. Glad you looked into it, because the content didn't match the book cover lol

So here are my thoughts after properly watching the video, I think he nails most of the criticisms he's laid out. EXPECTATIONS, we all had them to some degree others more but unfortunately the game fell woefully short on most of these...the castle they did nail along with the sounds/soundtracks & combat but the other elements of the game just left me scratching my head at the decisions made & really annoyed me with how shallow almost everything was including kicking us out of the castle to go complete some random challenge or commit mass murder ( not that I'm against killing poachers or those out to get us) ( Having there be only 3 Hogwarts secrets never checked the FG for that) the castle is huge & brimming or should have been brimming with stuff & yet only 3 secrets that's appalling) Don't get me wrong not all of the game should have taken place in the castle but we're a new student there really should have been a lot more emphasis on classes that lasted longer & not glossed over cutscenes, activities to do in our CR'S interesting side quests that would have us explore carried us through the castle mini games & overall student life like HBP PS2 Era. The open world while I enjoyed flying around but it was bone dry, there was nothing to do, dunegons were a complete let down, baron & empty with no foes. The only dungeons that had content were side or main story ones. There were far to many Merlin Trials & tying those to how much inventory you were allowed to have , I absolutely hated that why is our inventory limited in the 1st place? there was no incentive to explore when loot was trash. The alohamora mechanic needs to go...it does not belong in a game this game... its a lock picking mechanic ,the spell is an unlocking charm WTF? loot was very underwhelming & not nearly enough variety, clothes, clothes & more clothes with some WW & gold flung in where's the spell tombs? AM or dark arts? the older games got this right. The Proffessors....they like Rookwood & Harlow were so appallingly underutilised in this game same with Fig. We barely get to know them or see for that matter & none of them except from Fig accompanies us out with the castle & they don't teach us nearly enough. I'm in agreement with the poacher that says " Time to teach someone a lesson" or " Did ye learn that at ya fancy school" & internally I say good maybe I'll get to learn something new. I didn't expect the classes to have multitudes of layers but I did expect to learn the tiers/iterations of the spells & finding uses out with combat with them. There's absolutely no consequences what so ever. The fact that no one cares about you using dark magic or AM for that matter is very immersion breaking I love being able to use the curses but the fact that Ominis & the series as a whole presents these as being a ;point of no return ( which I disagree with) there should be more to it than that...though I get the devs did not want the game to judge the player. A morality system where it punishes you for using dark magic if your caught rather than it being automatic, & your choices in dialogue to. We should get to refuse & not be forced to trudge along with an NPC we've just said no to. The main story played it far to safe, it was so linear not to mention hardly ever being n any danger save for us putting ourselves there or other NPC'S . I also thought the main story was trash in my opinion, the start, was great but there's no progression for our power which I thought the trials would have taken care of that...nope just 4 condescending, arrogant portraits who want us to guard a ball of energy & aren't interested at all about teaching us anything about AM but want to mould us & beat us over the head "AM BAD" . I still don't think of isadora as the villain, misguided yes but I have nothing positive to say about the keepers. I dreaded the trials upon each return because of how tedious they were...they felt more like chores & the fact we were never allowed to question the keepers " YOU WILL RESPEC MAAA AUTHOOITAAAYYY!!!" I want to burn their portraits down. Soon as each trial was done I was right over resuming sebs quest. Crossed Wands....just WTF happened? you have a duelling system in the game & you don't even utilise it! why is this club not all year round! why are we not being challenged for the top spot? this was such a bizarre design choice that it realy P****** off me beyond belief what a bloody waste. There's tons of ways that spells could have been used & not just with combat, could have been but were never implemented like ...I mean the options were right there on a silver platter. Thanks for reading if you did, & have a great day :)

Love this type of deep dive video Retro! I’m one of those slowpokes who hasn’t finished the game yet, so I haven’t been able to watch the deeeep deep dive yet for fear of spoilers, but as soon as I beat the game I can’t wait to dive into that 4h video with you to dissect every little detail! Also, it was fun watching you crack up at the edits, as that’s usually me watching your vids lol.

They should stop hiring western developers and start to look more towards japanese devs. Because I can really see a japanese dev would do a totally cool direction with this game, a charming jrpg style wizarding world with heavily focusing on character connection maybe? Like persona series, or the xenoblade chronicles' affinity system. Harry Potter is all about that! Interaction between characters! HP is never about killing random bandits, goblins, or trolls for a thousand time. Sorry to say, but aaa western developers today are so creatively bankrupt, so of course they would made a generic & bloated open world with barebone story & characters which feels nothing like harry potter at all.

Watching his video when it appeared on my feed. He brings up amazing points with wich i agreed

The classes were definitely a disappointment for me. I feel like it could have been more interactive. Perhaps a few questions or quizzes needed to be answered before the spell they taught you could be upgraded. Or perhaps you had to attend class in order to upgrade a spell. I mean Magic Awakened at least gives you the option to attend classes even though it’s pretty repetitive

I platinumed HL and I don't have a desire to return unless we can redo the mini games or change seasons.

The thing about older games that I loved is that the same game on different platforms were totally different games from eachother so I could relive the story thru a different designers eyes. Harry Potter 1 on GBC is basically Harry Potter Final Fantasy it's amazing for what it is 😂

I thought before release that we may have to spend more time going to classes, and I hoped that we didn't have to go to class that much as I hated school when I was younger

I loved the Depulso puzzles. Wanted loads more.

The thing is lets say they gave up 90% of the merlin trials etc. How much could they add to the game in other areas. Very little I suspect. Once they had the 5 or so core trials, guide puzzles etc slapping out another 92 of them probably took very little time or effort. That is why they have so many of them, they could churn them out left and right with little time or effort.

It’s crazy how different opinions are, I loved my first play through and nearly %100’d it but I went back to replay last week and the camera angles and controls made me nauseous which makes no sense but I just COULD not orient myself to it

I'm in the minority who was very happy there was no quidditch 😂 but I'm also not a gamer, and hated the flying parts in the old games cause I could never pass them.

why has nobody mentioned that Prof Fig and McGonagle have VIRTUALLY THE SAME FACE?!

I'm loving the game. I will say though...he's not wrong. It's all little stuff that doesn't ruin the game at all, but does show some flaws. I hope the second one is a bit more emersive

Honestly, it is good for my wife as well as big Harry Potter fans, but huge video game players I just wish there were more RPG elements. I remember a year ago someone made a video comparing it to new Vegas. So I was hoping they would be like branching storylines and reasons to replay the game after you beat it was there really isn’t. Like for instance, the houses besides the color pattern they’re basically the same. They need to be at least a handful of quest lines per house that were separate. Maybe even have other houses talk about students that were in a different house. Also something my wife when it was romance options which they never hurt again adding more replay value.

Just wanted to say, I was was one of the skeptics who watches Luke’s channel, and that video you did with him is why I subscribed to this channel, and why I ended up preordering Hogwarts Legacy for PC. Hogwarts Legacy is my favorite game to come out this year.

Quiddith is a complicated thing to implement, its complex and can be its own game in itself (i think there IS one being made right now) And not every HP fan is into it. I would not like mandatory quiddith main quests, so it could be a side activity, but then it would be a side activity that would demand a lot of work, so ... complicated Now, 2 things i really was looking for and was disappoined when they werent in the game: animagus form and patronum; we NEED it in future games

I’m still playing the game, I’m don’t like trying to finish something so quick and like to enjoy it over time

Imagine if you used avarda Cadaver and Aurors start to come after you and they can't be defeated.

I think that this game is a solid foundation and the Devs can just build on it

I think If they take a while for the sequel they can try to take inspiration form Skyrim in terms of length of story overall. (120-150+ hrs) one in depth game can easily last for years especially if they start updates or dlc for additional storylines

I can see why everyone wants to do the hole be a student and not explore outside Hogwarts but that was the complete opposite with me while I still haven’t bought the game I do love that you get to explore outside Hogwarts I was afraid you would be trapped in the castle and hogsmeade because that’s what the books and movies were stuck in till the very end. I do wish they expanded on your character like dating having a family, careers, werewolf transformation options, animagus animal options to transform into to add flair, I do wish there were more beast in the game as well to give more fantastic beasts vibes since newt is not born yet in the timeline I hope to rescue dragons and breed them but then I here dragon breeding is not going to be there and I was disappointed because I wanted to see all the dragons especially the opal dragon that’s said to be the most chill dragon in the potter universe. Ominous is my favorite i felt really bad for this character even substation and his sister i wanted to find a cure for his sister and be a true friend to ominous in fact he was the one who made me rethink slytherens as evil and selfish.

I got a 100% on PS4 and PS5 but still played it through an additional two times afterwards. It's the game I've been waiting for for years and my absolute happy place. Also excited to see the Switch version, which I'll probably play too.

I would have liked the section of the map that you have to reach by going through the mine. I think they could have spent the time they did on that on other things.

I agree with every point made but not the premise. I absolutely lovvvvvvve the game in spite of these points

I think a good third of the people who bought the game wanted a Hogwarts School Simulator.

I've been playing Hogwarts Legacy since release day on PS4, and i just platinumed it a week or so ago. I didnt rush to finish it, I loved it!

I agree with pretty much all the points said in this video, a thing I'd like to add is that firstly I would have personally liked to have more spells, hundreds of other spells in my arsenal, although perhaps this was deliberate looking up to new releases and also major flaw is re-playability or lack there of, there's literally nothing for me going back to it honestly...

I think that Persona formula would be benefitial to Hogwarts styled game. And instead of big sprawling map, I'd rather have medium sized locations where content outside would've been or some locations turned into sotry-only locations, while the are around Hogwarts, Hogsmeade and the Black Lake would be one big location that you can travel in freely without loading screens. Like honestly, cut 90% of the HL1 map, fill Hogwarts and Hogsmeade area with content to the brim, give some special locations that have some content there too, but they are accessed through loading screens and voie la. I aree with the video that HL's content is mostly unneeded or boring or unfinished, I would not lose anything if that was cut entirely. And that's a big problem that open world games have - Ubisoft style collectables, but made worse. Like really, I'm not a fan of collectables and yet I've yet to be bored of collecting 100 feathers in Assassin's Creed 2, meanwhile I got bored of collecting fied guide pages on second hour of playing the game. I'd easily exchange this type of content to simulator styled content.

We need more DLC. Period.

the game isn't perfect but its fun, there was very good attention to detail in the design of the world and especially the castle. I loved exploring the open world and had a lot of fun. Id love some type of follow up. I agree with the concerns about the loot system being underwhelming and that I would appreciate more interaction with the teachers/classes. I think that the areas outside the castle could be fleshed out but there is so much content and this open world is superior to many others that I have seen shoe-horned into games.

I'm in the minority when I say I had very low expectations for this game.Die-hard HP fan here. I went into this game just expecting what the other HP games did in the past as they weren't very detailed games like we have today like Red Dead 2 and the Witcher 3. And I'm so happy I did because I still enjoy this game today and it didn't fall off after a week for me. I wont agree entirely with that guys video but he made some valid points. Definitely story could have been better as that is the only thing that really fell flat for me.

exploring is my favorite part of hogwarts legacy

Sooo I got the platinum trophy for this game.. and in my brain, until I was watching this video, I didn’t really separate Sebastian’s story from the main story. I see that it is obviously a side quest. But. It was such a draw that I literally thought of it as part of the main quest lol. What a funny realization

I havent watched your video yet Retro but I have watched a part of the one your showing. I would also like to thank you for making a video surrounding this, where others would simply ignore it due to the title alone thinking that its just needless hate content, your coming at this from a point of neutrality. Most of the game takes place outwith the centre piece itself...the castle thats one of the main culprits. This is supposed to be our legacy & yet every class is glossed over with random tasks for us to complete in the highlands, what happened to the old style HP dungeons? Interactions with other stundent NPC's? What of Hecats night time extracurricular activitiy based on her bio? The other selling point was AM itself & yet at no point at all did we advance or get to understand this power, seems like the writers didnt have a clue at what they wanted or someone interfered with the process. Its ironic that we're beaten over the head with how dangerous AM is by the keeper's...yet all we really use it for is to kill foes. Surely there are other ways to use this power? Hogwarts itself is nothing but a giant museum, the devs need to focus on putting content fornus to interact with give us reasons to stay at the castle...I must admit to not exploring Hogwarts nearly enough. I will leave another comment after watching tour vid Retro thanks for posting it 😊

Some context as to how successful this game was (and thus how likely harry potter games are in the future; aka this isn't a once in a lifetime missed oportunity). In terms of sales, it grossed "well over $1.3Billion" as of may last year, so this is without a doubt a very outdated figure. Comparing this to blockbuster movies, this has grossed more than LOTR:ROTK, Joker, Dark knight rises, Star wars Episode 1, and potentially higher than Harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 (the highest grossing harry potter movie). And by now it could easily be in the top ten movies (starting at 1.5 billion). So yes, there will be more games, this is an absolute certainty.

The companion quest are the best!!

Really enjoyed this 40 minute video review! Makes me want to go back and play HL again. But I agree with most of what he said here. I have not stayed up on all things Hogwart’s Legacy. “Edit” I have looked into it and how does one of the highest selling games of 2023 not have plans of DLC or an expansion? WHAT!?!?!?

As much as I enjoyed the game, one of the best games actually, I appreciate the lore so much, I do agree. The game tend to step away from hogwarts itself. But on the side note, it gives more room for discoveries for the next game.

I feel like HL dropped off about 2-3 months after release due to lack of replayability.

this game is just the base of what could be built a lot more and as single player game they probably couldn't get much puzzles and games in Hogwarts . if this was a multi player where many players could interact we could have many more duelling games and interactions, probably creat a whole new arc of the game if it was a multi player.

I have ZERO interest in Quidditch, but if it were there I'd be OK with it.

Okay… I was interested in watching this video when I saw it pop up on my feed but when I saw that you had reacted to it, I decided I’d watch it for the first time with you and see what you had to say about the points made in the video. You seem to agree with a lot of them and honestly, I do too as a Wizarding World and Harry Potter fan. However, I need to stress something important that I think is the reason why Hogwarts Legacy couldn’t be the perfect Wizarding World open-world exploration game the way that we fans of the franchise wanted it to be. First and foremost… it’s a generic action RPG game set in the Wizarding World. It’s not a Wizarding World game that just happens to be an action RPG. It had to be the former to appeal to as many gamers as possible who love open-world exploration and combat buffs and outfit changes and all the things you would typically apply to a generic action RPG. If they did the whole Hogwarts Students focus for the whole game - so many who don’t care about the Wizarding World or Harry Potter would have been turned off to it even if it would be right up their alley in action RPG gameplay mechanics and visuals. Guaranteed the reason why Avalanche and Portkey Games did it this way - pulling you out of Hogwarts for a majority of the main campaign and repeating the mechanics and visuals in an open-world adjacent to Hogwarts - is because, as you said, they wanted to appeal to as many audiences as possible and not just Wizarding World and Harry Potter fans. A fairly large percentage of people that would have bought this game at launch would be Wizarding World and Harry Potter fans (barring those that refuse to support because of the whole J.K Rowling is transphobic thing) but the majority of people that will have bought and played this game would be open-world action RPG fans that expect familiar visuals and gameplay mechanics to generic action RPG games - which would include using the dangerous and violent combat and offensive options the game has to offer the player (there’s your answer for the non-consequential unforgivable curses usage) and the repetition of that same plot of land or cave or enemy. Granted… maybe they went a little too far with providing that for the casual gamer but that’s the reason why all that “frustrating” RPG stuff is there as much as it is. It had to be if they really wanted to make big money. Now they have - then they’ll likely do the next HL game all for the WW and HP fans and not skimp on the details. They couldn’t take the risk of not doing it this way. That’s what I think. Of course I would prefer they didn’t but I honestly understand why they did.

The main story's not safe, it's lazy.

I wish they had offline classes it would make the world come alive I wanted to do the classes and break rules

Actually Hufflepuff students can go to Azkaban if u get to level 11

Imma disagree with the creature criticism because half if not more look like final fantasy creatures

everything is perfect(amazing castle & easter eggs) EXCEPT the part that you're a student here, Where is my student life? All enemies are people, frog, and goblins. and puzzles are kinda bland

I honestly think if we do return to Hogwarts in the next game they wood need to a Hogwarts legacy keep tool into the harry potter fan club so we can keep all our decisions like weather kept the magic a secret or let it go at the end.

I played 120 hours on my 1st playthrough 😂😂😂

hogwarts legacy 2: back in hogwarts?

FYI I'd rather that the video took up most of the screen. The majority of the data I'm interested in is there.

While i disagree with the title I agree with everyone of these points why werent there more missions in hogwarts

Idk what he's saying that it dropped off the face of the planet 1 week later. Even now I recently checked and around 20k people are still playing it. Thats just steam

There's a lot of issues to have with the story stuff in this game. But the one that personally bothers me the most is the witch cop from the Rookwood related stuff. She was so damn incompetent and useless I really was expecting her to turn out to be corrupt as the thing went on, as part of the traditional Harry Potter twist. But no, she really is useless and incompetent.

i agree with several things, but also disagree with several things.

I would actually love a game that you can play thru all 7 books. But you can chose and play as one of the golden trio. Or maybe something like GTA were the story switches you around characters based on story progression but have the option to switch around characters when they are not busy on a task.

I love hogwarts and the hp world but i couldn't finish the game it just got too tedious and boring imo

I honestly hate the Merlin trials 97 is too much of one thing