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Hogwarts Legacy | Review Thread

FoxMcChief

Gold Member
This game has caught the casuals' imagination. My sister is even talking about it.

I reckon it'll move some serious units given these very good (higher than expected) scores. I reckon some reviewers have given slightly lesser scores than normal too because of the J.K Rowling boycott crap. So 86 would be nearer 90 in a fair world? Tales from my ass but I would add a couple more to the MC average.
Yup. My 14 year old daughter that only play Nintendo stuff, Stardew Valley, Roblox and Fortnite is begging me for this game. Sadly I told her we have to wait for it to go on game pass. Too many real life shit has happened lately and can’t afford this one right now.
 

The_Mike

I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
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Shouldn't he ban himself though?
 
Glad to see such a good score, if for no other reason than to silence the conspiracy crew who thought woke politics would destroy the game. Ree is clearly insane but the industry itself is fine.
 
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BbMajor7th

Gold Member
Reading their JKR thread is a blast, lots of social-epilepsy going around when they come across a review that doesn't put JKR on a blast.
Revealing too. One person is talking about how to educate an old friend who doesn't share the same views. The discussion is all about 'enlightening' this person, with other posters asking if this friend is "really willing to change their mind'. The first question you should be asking in a situation like that is 'am I willing to change my mind?', because if you're not willing to concede that you might be wrong, why should somebody else show willing? You see a lot of this in activist circles, this idea that 'discourse has failed' when there was never a really a conversation to be had, just an attempt at coercion or conversion from one side and resistance from another.
 
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Eurogamer are boycotting this game? I can't say I'm surprised. This the same publication who tried (and failed) to prove Warhorse Games were racist for not making Kingdom Come a diverse game.
Problem with EG is they don't have any diversity in their organisation. White, middle-class girls and boys with plumming southern accents. This is also the same for RPS.
 
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Neilg

Member
Genuinely love that the developers put a trans character in it. JK rowling is almost a billionaire and they've made it very clear she had no input in it. That's that conversation done with.


The game sounds dope and i'm really happy for the devs that they landed it. This kind of IP will shift massive hardware numbers. My sister was asking me about how she will be able to play it even.
 

DragoonKain

Neighbours from Hell
Are some reviews not up yet or if someone's review isn't up, does that mean they decided not to review it?

There are some reviewers out there I check out from time to time who don't have reviews up yet and I'm not sure if they're not reviewing it. Like Skill Up, Noisy Pixel, and a few others.
 

Aenima

Member
Noice reviews. Will probably get it later this year.
This gonna be one, if not the best selling game of the year. Happy for the studio and for the snowflake tears.
 
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StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
Maybe I missed the memo, but why isn't Eurogamer reviewing it? They intertwined with JK and politics too? If so, I didnt know they cared about that stuff so much.
 

GloveSlap

Member
I'm not a huge HP person, but this is a buy for me now. I'll probably still wait for a couple of patches and a price drop though.
 
Wait...they banned users saying that a trans character is a part of the game and how happy they were about it? Because to them what's forbidden is actually naming the damn game and not the discussion around it, even from people that are on their "side"?

What the fuck? Sometimes i forget how ridiculous some of my bans were in there as well back when i was on ERA, lmao.
 
Wait...they banned users saying that a trans character is a part of the game and how happy they were about it? Because to them what's forbidden is actually naming the damn game and not the discussion around it, even from people that are on their "side"?

What the fuck? Sometimes i forget how ridiculous some of my bans were in there as well back when i was on ERA, lmao.
yep, someone made a thread this morning at 7am and it was locked within 5 posts. They are terrified of this game lol
 

Topher

Gold Member
Maybe I missed the memo, but why isn't Eurogamer reviewing it? They intertwined with JK and politics too? If so, I didnt know they cared about that stuff so much.

I just checked their Hogwarts Legacy page. Doesn't look like they have published an article on the game since March of last year.


That's disappointing if true.
 

StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
I just checked their Hogwarts Legacy page. Doesn't look like they have published an article on the game since March of last year.


That's disappointing if true.
Wow. What a disaster.

Especially coming from EG, a site that is supposed to be really technical with DF. It's not like they are some basement game site run by emotional gamers. Guess I'm wrong.
 

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
JK isnt even against trans people. Her essay that caused all this commotion said as much. She's against trans rights only when they come at the expense of womens rights, and irreversible surgeries for kids who havent even hit puberty yet.

I highly doubt she will give two shits about the inclusion of a trans character in her IP. She just wrote a screenplay where dumbledore and grindlewald profess their undying love for each other. She's hardly your typical anti LGBT crusader.
 
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Rush2112

Banned
Genuinely love that the developers put a trans character in it. JK rowling is almost a billionaire and they've made it very clear she had no input in it. That's that conversation done with.


The game sounds dope and i'm really happy for the devs that they landed it. This kind of IP will shift massive hardware numbers. My sister was asking me about how she will be able to play it even.
Oh wow they put a trans character in the game. Now we all can sleep easy. Wouldnt want to have a game without one god forbid.
 
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ANDS

King of Gaslighting
"They mentioned flaws, it can't be a 9!", is such a weird take. Especially when they outright said the issues were very minor and didn't affect his enjoyment.

I read the review and it didn't feel incongruent with the score at all. Definitely a justified score even caveated with the tech performance (which sounds like expected hiccups here and there) and enemy variety (this one does concern me but something tells me there's sub-enemy variety).

Glad to see such a good score, if for no other reason than to silence the conspiracy crew who thought woke politics would destroy the game. Ree is clearly insane but the industry itself is fine.

Some of the conspiracy theories were (and still are) absolutely batshit insane. I'm sure they're in the wings rationalizing in some way how this unqualified positive reception is actually PROOF of the industries collusion. . .or something.

It’s not just about Era or other forums, is it?
You dropped a ‘triggered’ emoji when I complained about a reviewer playing the game and profiting from the review clicks and still guilt-tripping consumers.

Tell us how you really feel

Nah. I didn't consider your post to be that. I responded as I did because some of you are just LOOKING for a reason to hang on to the "game journos are against this game!" narrative - especially over a reasonable take.

. . .and I thought I was pretty clear in my comment: the constant fascination folks have with OTHER forums is a detriment to this one.
 
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MP!

Member
This is like my wet dream come true.

No way have they actually delivered on this.

I remember seeing the leaked footage years ago and then thinking it must have been cancelled following years of silence.

Wow. Well done Portkey/Avalanche.
PortKey games is a Label it's not a developer. It's just a stamp they put on all their Wizarding world games.
 
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