Updated June 18, 2023 by Michael Llewellyn: The RPG, whether Westen or Japanese, can immerse players in their worlds like no other. In addition to having vast narratives that can last hundreds of hours, they allow the player to explore and discover more about the world at their own pace. Several RPGs use world-building established from tabletop games, books, movies, and m

The narrator in the reveal trailer states that "The choice you make now will define the legacy of Hogwarts." While suggestions that you can change the future may sound intriguing, what matters is how it lands while playing the game. Developers have to give us more than a so-so reason to stop doing things like adding floating candles to Minecraft to make video games more Harry Potter-l

Going back to Persona , that initial thought may not be far off from how this game works. The trailer talks about students managing bonds with others, showing players go through various activities from classrooms to just sitting around. It is a great premise to emulate for a game based on the Harry Potter universe. No one has really copied Atlus in this way yet so it’s about t

It's been a long time since fans got a Harry Potter game for consoles and, while the story won't be based on his own adventures, it's going to be pretty special going back to Hogwarts. So, with Hogwarts Legacy now announced and unveiled, it's time to look at how the Potter movie games fared with Gamespot reviewers in previous ye

Time-Turners are special and fascinating objects in the Harry Potter universe, and, even though Hogwarts Legacy is set in the 1800s, it would be awesome to venture even further back in time. After all, there are so many questions about how the community started in the first place. Going back in time may help fill in the blanks, while also providing the foundations for a bold and daring qu

It's fun just roaming the castle and its grounds, solving puzzles and soaking up the magical atmosphere. It's described as an 'unremarkable game that diehard fans may enjoy' but it definitely has its shortcomings, hence why it doesn't rank hig

Given its popularity, the team over at Portkey Games simply has to include it. Older Potter games did this, allowing players to become heroes of the castle in the process. The chance to bring home Quidditch Cup glory is simply too good an opportunity to turn d

I’ve no doubt that a number of talented developers worked on this game, but they’ll be paid for their work regardless of its success, so we should arguably just deny its existence or interact with it in a way that is keenly aware of the context in which it exists. Rowling will make money from this game, although she’s arguably got too much to spend in a single lifetime already, but supporting her means you are indirectly complicit in views she can share and reinforce using a platform that is almost untouchable. We could deplatform smaller figures for their bigotry, but she exists in another realm altogether. She’s like The Queen or John Cena, a larger than life figure who also happens to believe I shouldn’t exist.

We’ve seen transphobic institutions make progress in the wake of Rowling’s support, and this being brought into the timelines of even well-meaning individuals only serve to spread them further and wider. I understand the noble intention, and figures like this should be demonised and called out where appropriate, but I fear we’re forgetting about the echochamber we exist within and how substantial Rowling and Harry Potter are in the cultural zeitgeist. Fantastic Beasts is still getting a third film, The Cursed Child is still killing it on the West End, and I bet the films will be all over television during the Christmas period. Harry Potter isn’t going anywhere, it’s eternally relevant and will be read to generations of children to come. For the absolute worst, it’s here to stay, Full Posting and Rowling’s pockets will be continually lined with profit regardless of how loud we manage to get.

The last Potter movie game in the EA series (that doesn't include the LEGO titles) was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. It loosely followed the movie of the same name, with players able to take control of Harry, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger as they break into Gringotts, escape Death Eaters in Hogsmeade, and then go up against Lord Voldemort in the Battle of Hogwa

It's hard to imagine that Warner Bros. Games would neglect to include this in the franchise's first open-world title, but stranger things have happened. It's a shame that a quality Quidditch experience is hard to find, and Hogwarts Legacy is the perfect opportunity to correct that hist

Gay and lesbian people received similar stigma several decades ago, and now the very same sad old fuckers who villainised them are emerging from the woodwork to spout their nonsense all over again. Prominent sitcom writers and authors believe we are erasing the identity of women, or are somehow going through all this mental and physical trauma just to sneak into bathrooms and prey on the vulnerable. That’s an awful lot of hoops to jump through just to sexually assault someone, and those with such a twisted mindset won’t let their gender identity be an obstacle to committing such crimes - a point that is sadly been proven time and time again.