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[KyoZz]

Full State of Play (captured on PS5):




What you need to know:

Create your character through a complete editor and face The Sorting Hat test to join one of the four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Your Hogwarts adventure will then begin!
You will be able to take most class such as potions, defenses against the dark arts or even botanical courses. Of course, duels between wizards will also be part of the game.

Hogwarts Legacy is set in the 1800s, so the classrooms and environments will feel familiar to you. On the other hand, the teachers will not be those you may have known in the movies.
The game will offer you to visit the entire Hogwarts castle in open world, but not only. The village of Hogsmeade will also be accessible as well as other places such as The Diagon Alley.
Many spells and skills will be learnable and used in the game. Of course, potions will be important too and will heal your character or give him boosted skills for a short period of time.

Of course, what would be the Harry Potter universe without magic broomsticks? Quidditch will be part of it with the possibility of strolling on your own broomsticks.
Harry Potter is also the story of friendship, so many companions can accompany you during the adventure. Be it humans or creatures.

 

[Certinty]

I have no interest in Harry Potter but I shall be buying this Day 1 as more sales will piss off those ResetEra no lifers.

 

[Pagusas]

The map from a quick cut in the trailer. No clue if thats just a small region, or a section of a map, or the full map, or what. Not even sure where Hogwarts is.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

This will be my Elden Ring. I just need the game to not release the same time as GOW2.

 

[ANDS]

. . .missed that 11-page ongoing thread huh?

 

[ComputerBlue]

Looks really great. But damn I hope the game uses music from the movies, or at least has better music than this gameplay showcase because it was terrible, a lot of magical sounding music but just bland, boring and without any melody.

 

[Xtib81]

Looks really good. I Hope it delivers.

 

[iorek21]

I really hope Quidditch is in it, though the fact that they didn't show it here seems suspicious.

 

[splattered]

A state of play just for this game? Eh looks kinda lame :/

 

[adamsapple]

It better have PS1 Hagrid easter egg.

But on a serious note.

It just looks ... ok I guess ? Nothing really caught my attention. Art style and graphical quality felt like what a Fable game on the XBOne generation would have been.

And yes I know this is cross-gen.

 

[Ezquimacore]

it's just that.... Harry Potter is so....... lame.

 

[skit_data]

It’s wierd. Parts of it looks so damn good graphically and some stuff looks really flat and bad. It’s still a WiP so I guess it will look more consistent when launching.

 

[ComputerBlue]

it's just that.... Harry Potter is so....... lame.

Then why even bother entering the thread? That’s lame.

 

[.Pennywise]

That looked hella good, and I'm not interested in the Harry Potter franchise in the slightest (also, I know this is about Hogwards and the magic world, not Harry Potter). But that looked really ambitious. Smells like a 2023 game tho despite that release window.

 

[Ezquimacore]

Then why even bother entering the thread? That’s lame.

didn't know this was a thread to jerk off to harry potter and only have good opinions, I apologize.

 

[arvfab]

Day 1!

The map from a quick cut in the trailer. No clue if thats just a small region, or a section of a map, or the full map, or what. Not even sure where Hogwarts is.

I think it's just a part of the whole map, with Hogwarts maybe southwest of it, at the other side of the big lake.

 

[mortal]

Not the Bully sequel I had in mind, but alright.

 

[TVexperto]

I have no interest in Harry Potter but I shall be buying this Day 1 as more sales will piss off those ResetEra no lifers.

 

[BigBooper]

Is this an open world RPG? I was expecting more like a narrative action platformer. It looks a lot more interesting than I expected.

 

[SLB1904]

so this game is a proper single player rpg?

edit: jesus the more i watch

 

[.Pennywise]

. . .missed that 11-page ongoing thread huh?

And 9 out of those pages are from before the trailer came out... That thread should be closed and just leave this one open.

.

Can we NOT turn this discussion into a RetardEra state one?

 

[Camreezie]

Looks awesome my only complaint is no firm release date , guess sony dont have much for q2 this year

 

[Sub_Level]

it's just that.... Harry Potter is so....... lame.

I mean its a childrens' fantasy. In 4th grade you better believe it was the tightest shit.

 

[wvnative]

so this game is a proper single player rpg?

yes, explicitly confirmed on PlayStation blog

 

[adamsapple]

Fucking ridiculous gate keeping.

They're pissed because of JK Rowling's comments. But they're essentially punishing Avalanche for making a game that has nothing to do with what JK said, while being lenient on Sony for hosting an event for the game.

If they want to go full nuclear, they should ban all Sony discussion too, or let people talk about the damn game.

 

[Mattyp]

Absolute beast let’s go boys.

 

[Ezquimacore]

I mean its a childrens' fantasy. In 4th grade you better believe it was the tightest shit.

I was more into the lord of the rings movies, I guess I was a depressed kid.

 

[Mossybrew]

Not a HP fan so not super hot for this, but it looks decent, something to pick up on sale next year maybe.

 

[ComputerBlue]

didn't know this was a thread to jerk off to harry potter and only have good opinions, I apologize.

I don’t understand the mentality of even entering a thread for something you have no interest in to begin with, never mind doing it just to shit on it.

 

[Filthy Casual]

Looks absolutely fantastic to be honest. You can tell a lot of love has gone into the making of this game. Looks like a Harry Potter fans wet dream, game will sell gangbusters.

 

[.Pennywise]

BTW reaaaaally cautious about those timers they showed in the game. Made me instantly remember mobile gaming. If they dare put micros in it to speed up that process I'm going to be so out from this game.

 

[ManaByte]

Looks OK for the kids. Meanwhile grown up mages will be running Astrologer in Elden Ring.

 

[Esppiral]

Ok that is the way to introduce a new game, I want it right now.

 

[jaysius]

The gameplay is still so rough, even in the preview, this thing needs some serious optimizations.

 

[ComputerBlue]

so this game is a proper single player rpg?

edit: jesus the more i watch

I’m pretty sure it’s single player only, I remember them saying that quite a while back. Single player, no micro-transactions, words from most devs don’t carry much weight these days though but we’ll see I guess.

 

[SLB1904]

I’m pretty sure it’s single player only, I remember them saying that quite a while back. Single player, no micro-transactions, words from most devs don’t carry much weight these days though but we’ll see I guess.

yes, explicitly confirmed on PlayStation blog

 

[ManaByte]

Fucking ridiculous gate keeping.

They're pissed because of JK Rowling's comments. But they're essentially punishing Avalanche for making a game that has nothing to do with what JK said, while being lenient on Sony for hosting an event for the game.

If they want to go full nuclear, they should ban all Sony discussion too, or let people talk about the damn game.

I so want to make a Tetris style puzzle indie game using chromosomes just to trigger those idiots.

 

[Comandr]

Looks great. Can't wait. Would have preferred it to be a true next gen title rather than cross gen though.

 

[whyman]

It needs polish but damn this looks like everything I want!

 

[prinz_valium]

Now we know why Sony went after the marketing deal.
They need this as their holiday game with no first party.

 

[saintjules]

Looks great. Can't wait. Would have preferred it to be a true next gen title rather than cross gen though.

Yeah, you can feel that the game wants to be that new-gen title, but still controlled by the PS4.

 

[Represent.]

Fucking ridiculous gate keeping.

They're pissed because of JK Rowling's comments. But they're essentially punishing Avalanche for making a game that has nothing to do with what JK said, while being lenient on Sony for hosting an event for the game.

If they want to go full nuclear, they should ban all Sony discussion too, or let people talk about the damn game.

and no one has any balls to say anything. they all just fall in line like little bitches. if the community said something mods would change their tune.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Never seen a single Harry Potter movie.

But this looked pretty great. Might be a day 1.

 

[jaysius]

That timer on the plants raised some red flags for me. With EA this could go really bad with microtransactions.

 

[Fbh]

Said it in the other thread but IMO looks great, really like the visuals and art direction and the gameplay looks pretty fun.
Just hope they don't go overboard with shitty microtransactions as WB is a terrible publishers and that "room of requirement" looked like it was built for microtransaction

Also props to whoever was in charge of this showing. Nice length, gives you a good look at the game and keeps the focus on the gameplay instead of devs talking to the camera or shitty CGI.

Man the hate for Rowling over there is so crazy.
There's "I dislike her because of her comments regarding transgender women and I refuse to support any product related to her" and then there's "she's the antichrist and any sort of mention of her or anything related to her is forbidden and will get you banned".

A state of play just for this game? Eh looks kinda lame :/

They had to think out of the box because there just wasn't any more Deathloop content to show

 

[Hitchyhero]

The trailer impressed me quite alot. It seems way more In depth then I was expecting it to be. There seems to be a lot to do in the game.

 

[Hezekiah]

I have no interest in Harry Potter but I shall be buying this Day 1 as more sales will piss off those ResetEra no lifers.

Wait, why are Retard Era members upset by this??

 

[Hezekiah]

Now we know why Sony went after the marketing deal.
They need this as their holiday game with no first party.

When do you think God of War Ragnorak is coming out?

The most anticipated game of the year.

 

[jonnyp]

I'm about as interested in the Potter universe as I am in contracting untreatable gonorrhea. However, I will buy this just to help piss off the blue-haired lunatics.

 

[Banjo64]

Wait, why are Retard Era members upset by this??

Because JK Rowling had basically said some stuff like ‘please refer to me as a woman instead of a person who menstruates’ or some shit. I don’t know but basically she doesn’t want to concede women’s spaces in case a woman is raped by a man posing as a woman in the woman’s bathroom etc. Crazy I know.