Hogwarts Legacy is a highly anticipated action role-playing game set in the Wizarding World universe.
Developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Games, this game takes place in the late 1800s, a century before the events of the Harry Potter novels.
As a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, players learn to wield different magical abilities and objects, aided by other students and professors, and uncover an ancient secret of the wizarding world.
The game offers an open-world experience, where players can attend classes, explore familiar locations from the Wizarding World franchise, and establish friendships with interactable non-player characters.
The player can choose their appearance, gender, and one of the four Hogwarts Houses, each offering a unique common room and exclusive quests. As players progress, they develop their own special combat style and learn to cast various magical spells, brew potions, and master combat abilities. The game also features environmental customization elements, where players can modify the Room of Requirement and care for magical beasts in their Vivarium.
Hogwarts Legacy received generally favorable reviews from critics, with praise for the combat, world design, and characters. The changing music based on the location of the player character and the seasons, as well as the visual changes of the castle, add to the immersive experience. However, the game received criticism for its technical problems and failure to innovate as an open-world game.
Despite the controversy surrounding J.K. Rowling’s views, the game broke company records for Warner Bros. Games, with record-breaking concurrent viewers on the streaming platform Twitch and over 280 million hours played globally within two weeks after its launch. Hogwarts Legacy is a must-play for fans of the Wizarding World franchise, offering a captivating and immersive experience in the world of magic.
