Harry Potter Quidditch Champions is Actually Fantastic [Review]

Harry Potter Quidditch Champions, a brand new title from Unbroken Studios, is finally here. After the incredible success of 2023’s Hogwarts Legacy, WB Games is looking to capitalize once again on the ever popular Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

The truth is that Harry Potter Quidditch Champions is actually a fantastic representation of the iconic wizarding world sport. It captures the wild, frantic nature of quidditch and while the rules differ from the books, it still has many of the things that make quidditch so fun in the first place. And through it all, somehow they’ve managed to make each role important for your team’s success.

Harry Potter Quidditch Champions is Actually Fantastic [Review]
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══════ Harry Potter Quidditch Champions Official Details ══════

Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is a fast-paced, competitive multiplayer game featuring the world’s most iconic magical sport.

Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is a complete, standalone Quidditch experience, developed by Unbroken Studios. It engages players in the sport of Quidditch and other broomstick adventures alongside friends in a competitive, multiplayer setting.

Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions will be available for PC and consoles.

Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is a competitive, multiplayer experience that requires an internet connection to play.

You can play Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions solo or team up with friends or others online.

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[MsMeyara]

I'm a book purist, I call myself that proudly but these changes are SO DAMN GOOD! I think many diehard fans are agreeing that with me.

[awatt]

You can already see the variation in skill levels and people pushing techniques and formations. It’s so good to see.

[junvarc]

I’m sooo glad the changed the stupid rule of 150 points. That actually makes the game fun.

[lavawastaken]

3v3 is fun but personally I can't wait for the 6v6. The close beta they had like last year was 6v6 and was some of the most fun I've had, keeper was also always involved having to place the speed buffs around teammates or enemies when they were closing in, hope it's coming out soon.

[DayvonR]

I think Quidditch Champions has an amazing foundation and the structure is just made to be built up overtime. I understand the upset fans who wanted it to be a 1:1 interpretation of the lore accurate Quidditch but I see why they made the changes. Having 2 beaters would almost always result in 1 person camping whoever has the quaffle and the other camping the keeper or seeker. The whole snitch changes are obvious too, however I really hope they make a custom match mode where you can choose how many points the snitch is worth or set it to happen at a specific time in the match. Overall, the game is exactly what I wanted a qudditch game to be. I've seen many people compare it to World Cup and feel its a downgrade due to no combos or cinematics and I wish they'd consider the fact that World Cup was made as a single player game in mind. It would be torture if every 10 seconds we had to sit through short cutscenes and most the gameplay was focused on CPU teammates (which quite a few people don't want here) so combos were capable. The only thing I believe World Cup does better is the amazing and gorgeous stadiums and fields, I hope we get a lot of different variations and maybe some with hidden nooks and crannies.

[kreia]

I expected to enjoy this game, because Quidditch is cool and i used to be one of the people disappointed, that it wasn't part of legacy. That being said, I am not usually big into sports games or even competitve games, so I didn't think I would put a ton of time into it.

God damn did they deliver. It's honestly been years since i played a new game that just FEELS this good. Of course it's not perfect, but it gets pretty much all the important bits right, and some of them, the flying first and foremost they nailed perfectly. Even as someone who wouldn't exactly be considered the target audience, this completely won me over. I will now forever defend the decision to cut quidditch from legacy and give its own game. They have earned that.

[broderickfoster]

My only complaint would be I wish they’d add the goal sound from the first movie so it really felt more like a goal than Rocket League

[MacSammo]

People always complain about something they can’t do better. This game is amazing and in my opinion I don’t care that it wasn’t a part of Hogwarts Legacy for the simple fact that Quidditch has always been its own game.

[mac]

They really need to add Ireland & Bulgaria

[PomboTheScruff]

At first the game was kicking my butt, it took some getting used to before I finally got the hang of it. Now I'm crushing it. You just have to persevere and the game becomes quite addictive. I only wish it was a little more impressive graphically, but everything else is fantastic.

[StylistofElegance]

To everyone complaining about the snitch, game mechanics are complicated. They HAD to change it to 30 points, otherwise the mechanics of the game wud be broken. If the first person to snitch wins, then matches would only last like 2 min. Its not a big deal, catching it pretty mych still puts u in a strong lead, but it gives the gamers a chance to enjoy matches for longer and more fair. Game is awseome. I love rocket league, but honestly, harry potter champions is kinda more fun 😅

[hazok]

Keeping the keeper and seeker entertained throughout the game is easy:
Make Keepers have more time to place boosts, in a way that can actually strategize the game, luring the chasers of your team to strategic positions, maybe by giving the keeper a more panoramic view of the game upon request, and voice lines or stamps to position players. Alternatively, you could give the Keeper the ability to switch with the second, missing beater, to play offense at the other side of the field when the quaffle is out there, and leave the original beater closer to the home hoops. To make beaters less annoying if there were two, instead of being able to "summon" a bludgeon, you will need to chase them and then direct them as you hit them. As for the Seeker, to make them have something to do throughout the whole game, remove the hint arrow pointing to the snitch, and just make it leave a trail, so they would constantly be looking for it. Also, they could make the process of finding it in the first place longer, by actually surveying the pitch longer listening for the sound and following the glint only.

[Omega]

4:05 Makes sense. The book version was fine for what it was, but aside from very weird situations pretty much only the seeker mattered in that format.

[GuimaTasso]

Game is super fun!!!! I really hope they bring a 6v6 and ranked mode!!!

[MBoosted]

Offline for single player is a necessity, there should be no reason I have to connect to a server to play solo.

[Naguura_Ravenclaw]

to be honest i wasn't expecting to like the game since i'm not that much into sports games
but man, i really enjoy the heck out of it !
is it perfect or entirely lore accurate, no
but it's so much fun to play !

[TysonASMR]

I didn’t have much of a desire to play this game but a friend talked me into it and I’m slowly getting addicted. Hope they continue adding content and it has a steady player base 🙏

[ratedRblazin]

There's NO REASON I should have to connect to a server to play single player. Hard Pass from me, free game or not.

[StuzoG]

I watched the initial stream of yours whilst my game was downloading.

The roles are great in game and function very well imo. Seeker is my favourite by far.

I do see them adding microtransactions in the future but probably only after the nintendo switch release.

The game is great though and the fact you guys on PS get it for free is 10/10. The more, the merrier.

[xxrockraiderxx]

Things I'd love to see which I feel we'll likely get over time:

More single-player leagues to play in. I'd love to see the British league with all the teams, especially if we get it as a full league where you play against every other team twice. But also it'd be great to see other national leagues like the French or Brazilian, or even international leagues like safe a Quidditch version of UEFA or the Copa. Oh and of course other school leagues.

More national teams teams for the World Cup.

More stadiums. This'll likely happen. We have descriptions of a couple of the British league teams' grounds so we might get more of them. But also would love to see Quidditch stadiums for Ilvermorny, Castlebruxo, Koldovstoretz, and Mahoutokoro.

More character skins. Again this one will likely happen. But getting Krum, and other famous Quidditch players as optional skins would be cool.


There is something I'd love to see which may not happen though, and that is environmental effects. For example I'd like it if during heavy rain the beater can't target as far away, in hail you could take a small amount of damage if you use a speed boost, and during a thunderstorm you get the heavy rain effect plus the added danger of a bolt of lightning once every 30 seconds.

A weather system that had game effects would be great for single player as well as the more casual online games and just add an extra layer of complexity to the game.

Otherwise I think the game looks to have a solid base to build off of and I look forward to seeing where it goes from here.