Since the announcement of Hogwarts Legacy, there has been a lot of excitement, coupled with some pessimistic voices, all of which share an interest in the game, whether supportive or skeptical. It's the first open-world RPG set in the world of the Harry Potter films, and developer Avalanche Games' first, and as much as there are things for optimism, there are also things for caution. We got the game early from the publisher, the whole world of Hogwarts is finally in our hands, was it worth the hype? Here's our Hogwarts Legacy review.
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Game story
The story of the game takes place about 100 years before the events of the films. The hero (a character created by you) transfers to Hogwarts School of Magic to enter the fifth year without going through the previous years. This creates a sense of amazement around the new boy, causing teachers and students to become interested in him.
In light of your attempts to catch up with your colleagues by learning what they have learned in their previous years, there is an evil ogre (his name is Ranrok) who tries to lead his kind to carry out a “revolution” against humans and their control, and soon circumstances put you in front of him and you find that you have to confront him and know his goals and tools that he uses to cause chaos .
In general, the story is strong and has many threads whose events meet at the end of the game to clarify everything. There are questions the game poses that anyone who has seen the movies or read the books will know the answer to, but there are also many original secrets that were never revealed in the books or movies. The story of the game rewards you if you are a fan of the old Harry Potter books and movies in many ways.
The true protagonist of the story is the great virtual world that Portkey Games has so ingeniously designed. The game hero you play as is just a tool for narrating events. The situation is similar to other RPGs, and in that the character has provided a lot of positive aspects. The protagonist is not silent like most games of this type, but he provided some great moments in his performances and dialogues. More on that in the Audio Experience section.
As for the side characters, they are all new original characters not mentioned in the books. It was carefully written with a great deal of detail and an interesting history. It felt like the world of Hogwarts already existed before the hero character came along. In this regard, I felt that the story was very similar to the story of Harry Potter, or at least I felt that there were lines close to each other, and paralleled them in ideas. The distinguished boy who finds the fate of many innocent people hanging around his neck, and the villain who has a specific vision that he wants to implement and does not care about the means he uses to reach the goal. They are all unimpressive story ideas and features we've seen before, but here they're presented convincingly and powerfully as well. Don't expect the most in-depth stories, but you can expect a powerful and highly entertaining story.
With the aforementioned in mind, the game emulates the dynamic of relationships between the three friends that the movies carried in terms of comedy and school riots. In Hogwarts Legacy I didn't feel like there were interactions that would stick in my mind between the hero and his friends although there are some side characters that develop with the events. One of the most important side characters was Sebastian Sallow, who is trying to find a cure for an unknown spell on his sister. Its story is unique and its development is reasonable over time, and it contains many mysteries and surprises. As well as the stories of some other characters, but with that there was no fun aspect in the friendship between school students. After all, Hogwarts is a school and you're a fifth-grade student!
Hogwarts Legacy Cons
- My experience had some minor technical issues and the most frequent one was the Texture Pop Up problem. All the problems were not affecting the overall experience but it does detract from the splendor of the environments. Fortunately, these problems are supposed to be fixed by the first day update.
- Absent from the story is the spirit of rivalry between the four Hogwarts Houses (teams) that is one of the most important elements of movies and books. I didn't feel like I belonged to the team the game chose me for.
- The absence of side characters accompanying at all times, although one of the pillars of the Hogwarts experience is the dynamic relationship between the students of the school and especially the heroes. The side game characters are great but I felt like I was going through the journey alone a lot of the time.
- The voice performance of the hero and the facial features of all the characters are mediocre. It is common in RPG games, but it is clearly present here.
- Choices rarely affect the course of events. I wish the dialogues had an effect on what the characters do, or even if the game had given me a choice between two things central to the events of the story. Unfortunately this did not happen.
Hogwarts Legacy Pros
- Hogwarts Legacy is Portkey Games' first game and overall, it provided an excellent experience without any major flaws, and could be improved if it was made into a series. It reminds me of the release phase of Batman Arkham Asylum where the foundation was great, everyone was satisfied with the experience and needed more. We are definitely in for something amazing here!
- Smooth technical performance on weak computers. I played the game on a machine with a GTX 1650TI graphics card, 16GB RAM, 10th gen Intel Core i7 processor and got 40fps on high settings and 60fps on medium settings.
- The menu design and user interface are great. Creating menus this smooth in a game with this much detail, backstories, and content, especially spell menus that need to be switched quickly, is an achievement not to be overlooked.
- Every spot on the game map is vibrant and detailed, especially the Hogwarts environment map that embodies the school in the best possible way. Hogwarts is the true hero of the game with all its details, secrets and moments that you won't soon forget.
- The game's music is composed by Alexander Horowitz, and it is the first time that he has composed a complete game and supervised the acoustics team in it. The game delivered the experience fans of the books and movies deserved in every sense of the word. The game delivered epic moments that would not have stuck in my memory had it not been for the amazing visual and audio work that made it special.
- The game's environmental puzzles are great, reminded me of God Of War Ragnarök (note this is the second time I mention the game) in making you use all your tools to solve the puzzle.
- There are challenging puzzles that you need to collect clues and research, and there are buried treasures that are powerful and rare gear that you need to search for in the vast world without enough clues. This is one of the most fun activities in the game.
- Giant world map provides many different atmospheres. Hogsmeade provides you with an experience similar to an ordinary open world game set in crowded cities. As for Hogwarts, it provides you with a Bully-like atmosphere, and the Forbidden Forest puts you in a creepy and creepy atmosphere that made me nervous, as if I was in a horror game!
System requirements
MINIMUM
- CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 (3.3Ghz) or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 (3.2Ghz)
- RAM: 16 GB
- VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB
- DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 4096 MB
- PIXEL SHADER: 5.1
- VERTEX SHADER: 5.1
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10
- FREE DISK SPACE: 85 GB
RECOMMENDED
- CPU: Intel Core i7-8700 (3.2Ghz) or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.6 Ghz)
- RAM: 16 GB
- VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 1080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or INTEL Arc A770
- DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 8192 MB
- PIXEL SHADER: 5.1
- VERTEX SHADER: 5.1
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10
- FREE DISK SPACE: 85 GB
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