Hogwarts Legacy Review

Hogwarts Legacy reviewed by Travis Northup on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC.
In nearly every way, Hogwarts Legacy is the Harry Potter RPG I’ve always wanted to play. Its open-world adventure captures all the excitement and wonder of the Wizarding World with its memorable new characters, challenging and nuanced combat, and a wonderfully executed Hogwarts student fantasy that kept me glued to my controller for dozens of hours. It’s certainly weighed down by technical issues, a lackluster main story, and some poor enemy variety, but even those couldn’t come close to breaking its enchanting spell over me.

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[IGN]

The elephant in the room with Hogwarts Legacy is Harry Potter’s creator, J.K. Rowling, whose comments about transgender people in recent years have left a sour taste in the mouths of many current and former Potter fans, both at IGN and in the world at large. This has driven some to call for a boycott of the Wizarding World altogether – including Hogwarts Legacy, though Rowling was not directly involved and there are good reasons (both in-game and out) to believe the developers at Avalanche don’t necessarily share her views. Regardless, IGN has always and will continue to champion human rights causes and support people speaking with their wallets in whatever manner they choose.

As critics, our job is to answer the question of whether or not we find Hogwarts Legacy to be fun to play and why; whether it’s ethical to play is a separate but still very important question. So just as in virtually all cases, we’re choosing to expose and address the views of the franchise creator separately from our consideration of the work of the hundreds of game developers and evaluate Hogwarts Legacy as it stands, leaving behind-the-scenes context to be considered in addition to that evaluation, rather than in place of it, so that it can be weighted according to your own values.

[atzy]

Voldemort's going to seem like Gandhi after I'm done with this game

[Supadrumma]

Imagine a LOTR game from these devs with this attention to detail?

[arjitmishra]

You guys should really start mentioning musical scores in your reviews.
Music was one of the most important element in the harry potter movies that made me a fan of the universe.

[raeesshaik]

Looking forward to an Azkaban dlc for dark wizard storyline players. Would be cool to battle a dementor or even attempt escaping Azkaban

[ratmdex]

Not a potter fan in the slightest, but i'm glad the fanbase finally has a game that they deserve and can be proud of. It's seriously impressive and the art design really captures the magical world. I'm glad they got a win

[smtoonentertainment]

Art design and a passionate dev team really carries this game.

[TheZFighter]

If it had a quidditch mode it would have been a 10/10.

[willowingwhispers]

Disappointed that houses don't matter. It would have been interesting to see some different cutscenes or have specific spells locked behind certain houses so you have a reason to do multiple playthroughs.

[SanjaySingh-gjdb]

Been waiting to have an experience like this since playing Chamber of Secrets on PS1 as a kid :)

[aidenarkus]

Avalanche Studios needs to make the next Lord of the Rings game! They did an epic job on this game!!!

[SolidJohn]

This game is so great not just as a harry potter game but as an open world game. The map is not as big as many other big open world games like valhala but it has many interiors to explore and most of all the world actually feels alive like im actually living in the hp world

[PoorlyWrttenReviews]

It's great to see peeves as a character, but it is heartbreaking rik mayall passed away before we could ever see his portrayal as the character

[galacticspecter]

Considering this the developer's first go at big RPG game after doing mostly Disney Infinite and other smaller scale tie-in games, it's impressive this game is being received so highly.

[pedrolantyer]

This is one of those cases where you can see it's more of a labor of love than anything else. The attention to detail, the amount of things that we're lacking from previous experiences, the original storyline that completely fits to the universe, the gameplay mechanics that visibly takes advantage of the potential within the world. This is a game that was clearly made by Harry Potter fans who knew exactly what was lacking elsewhere

[Eseyy]

There is so many little references to the story we all know. It feels like home but fresh at the same time

[Alltimefox]

Hogswarts Legacy really makes you feel like Harry Potter

[rdk]

Insane how JKR is now some evil person for saying a man can’t be a women. The world has gone mad.

[SuperFrandaman]

IGN actually liked the game and gave it an excellent score??? I’m surprised

[TheBlademan-]

Game looks really well made. you can tell the devs are big fans and wanted to make a game for fans