Hogwarts Legacy - Before You Buy 

You know, I never really thought of that but you are absolutely right

It's crazy how generic, emotionless, uninteresting and bland their reviews are. It blows my mind that they get so much exclusive access and so many views. It's like a gaming channel for non gamers, just hyper corporate fluff. Gamerranx, skillUP, ACG etc... are just miles better.

IGN didn’t even mention anything about the audio lol

@@waitbalthy6342never heard of skillUp. Going to check it out!

Spittin straight facts

Their speed scales to yours. It's great and more games should do this

@@sadguychet4325 crazy what a simple switch of code can do huh lol

I think Ghost of Tsushima does this pretty well too

Witcher 3 did this as well

@@fredcheckam Yeah, I love how Ghost of Tsushima handled it.

That was all I really wanted, and they gave us that and a lot more. As a gamer, yeah, there could be some major improvements that I expect to see in a sequel, but for a first AAA outing from this studio? With new content in this franchise? Absolutely stunning, honestly. Virtual Hogwarts totally rules.

What secrets are you finding in the castle? Wtf there's no interaction with the castle at all in the game that I'm playing

​@LuvThyMind29 It's more of a hogwarts museum. If thats what you're looking for they couldn't have made a better job, it's the perfect hogwarts museum.

sounds really cool.

Very minor differences. So I don't think it is truly replayable. But I don't think anyone expected more.

As a Harry Potter nerd, I will be making four characters just to see the different common rooms. The developers went so far to incorporate the correct house ghost for Hufflepuff, the Fat Friar. He doesn't say anything but he is there and it makes me smile.

@@runek100 I think the very least is one replay - I’m doing a hufflepuff good character first, next playthrough I’m going to be a bastard Ravenclaw. Have had Plenty of prompts to take stuff for myself, looking forward to doing just that on my next playthrough!

@@charliequinn5590 good for you, for me it is repetitive already, I can't imagine playing it again. Its not like there are builds like in souls game, which I played many times ove

@Ben Franklin bruh hes just saying its good attention to detail

@Ben Franklin its not at all about it being hard to do lol

@Ben Franklin Its about the thought. Js

@Ben Franklin yes, i usually have a lot of the same kids in a few different classes, i guess it depends on where ur from/ how big or small your school is as well but its hogwarts, im pretty sure the same people went to the same classes in the movies

@Ben Franklin btw i still am in high school, idk how old u are so it couldve been different when u went to school if youre older

I hate this game, 50% of the time playing is spent on loading screens because the devs couldn't optimize it for older gen consoles. Then the actual gameplay is so repetitive I got bored so fast

@@bearpoop720just get a new gen then lol it’s not gonna be as good with old gens

@@Adoptmegoaisdoesn't matter, I'm not replaying this game, I got past the loading screens, and it's just a boring ass video game overall

@@bearpoop720 ok don’t then 💀 but it’s not gonna be a enjoyable experience with an old gen

@@Adoptmegoais no, I just believe it's a mediocre game overall. It's just references for potter fans, good for them, bad for people who wanted a real game. Most of the people that bought hogwarts legacy never played a video game before, they bought it for potter.

very very slightly im on my second playthrough haven't noticed a difference yet except for the common room.

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PC players are having some issues with the game, stuttering and lag seems to be a thing even on high spec builds. Runs fine on consoles but pc version seems to need work.

@@savagepete8258 lol you aren’t wrong. At all….

@@savagepete8258 at least it's not like that all across the board. A couple of patches should do the trick for PC, just like Callisto Protocol.

@@savagepete8258lol when aren’t pc versions having problems .. lo

Always

Amazing comment lol

Pizza's on me.

You forgot the salt

Imagine being into Harry Potter in 2023

Glad i read your comment. I was concerned i would not enjoy this as much due to my lack of HP nerdiness. Sounds like it wont be a problem!

@@gingergrigsby250 You will like it! My boyfriend is not a Potter fan, and he's usually playing multiplayer games. He absolutely loves Hogwarts Legacy, he has more hours played than me right now! Being a HP nerd definitely enhances your experience because you will recognise some things and places in the game, of course. But you absolutely can go in blind; they do a very good job of explaining the basics so everyone can understand how the world works. It's super fun. Great puzzles. Exploring the castle is extremely fun - you'll find yourself spotting a new corridor and just wanting to run down and see what's at the end, what's behind this door etc. The castle itself is a masterpiece. You'll love the game I'm sure!

Surfing for similar comments! I'm not a HP fan at all... but i think this concept is awesome, and have heard nothing but good things. Might give it a shot.

​@@mayak6757they already did it

@@wolfsbane1991 Just the kind of comment I was hoping to see. Looks like this might be a Star Wars scenario for me, where I’m somewhat indifferent to the movies but I loved the KOTOR games and the associated lore.

I'd rather they make non harry potter based games. Harry potter is cool and all but the author gets royalties with each purchase and we all know what she does with that excess income. At least until rowling stops actively participating in genocidal activity, I gotta swear off potter stuff.

Me too I would like a Hogwarts school-oriented game, the all 7 years

@@blaireofhylia1572 do u even know what genocidal means?

Ik its great

The castle is so big I still don't know my way around

I've spent 9hrs on this game and barely got any main quest progression. There's so much to do!

It’s just graphics. You can’t do anything

@@randomdude189 There's 57 side quests, 12 assignments, hundreds of collectibles scattered around crammed with Hogwarts/wizardry lore. Hidden rooms, locked doors, entire optional dungeons. Not to mention the 42 main quests... What more do you want?

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Preach

The best without question

Stop doing these recycled posts. Every video, someone steals a post from someone else, but tweaks it because they know it will be pinned. It's sad.

@@gameranxTV 🤝

Lmao 😂 Neville's fucking face though

Mentioning PS1 hagris meme shows you never even played the original cus that wasn't a thing till like 2018

@@zyourzgrandzmaz he didn't mention the meme. he mentioned the game... the meme didn't create the game. most memes nowadays are derived from old videos or games so it makes sense it only became a meme in 2018 so wtf are you on about?

PS1 version actually felt much more surreal than this back then. Probably because we are more desensitised by games with really good graphics nowadays.

@@HashanGayasri TOTALLY! I remember playing philosophers stone and chambers of secrets on the original playstation and mannnn it looked so good back then haha

It's true to life, though. NPCs tend to be fixated with the Twitter. No time for the magic.

Would be nice if they can react. If we do bad things, there will be consequences like bully. But they kinda miss the potentials here

yeah the npc's are disappointing

It was clear to me from the official gameplay videos. The NPCs have like zero facial expressions

“Hey, Friend. Mornin to ya” “Hello Boah”

Yes thats because your on old gen

@@calilion1360 Not really. Happens with me too on ps5. It's just a loading issue, i.e., the other side of the world takes about a second to render I'm guessing

Well, they had 6 years.

Avalanche have always been solid.

Like 20 years ago 😂

@@goodjoejoe they made awful disney games for most of their history, what are you talking about?

now we need a good pokemon game like this and life will be complete.

Star Wars has it, Jedi survivor is coming out and Jedi fallen order has been out for years

Lord of the rings.. 😍

@@itsme9230 fallen order was disappointing af to me might play new one though

We don't need more open world games

@@brokenphoenix6730 Disagree and Agree at the same time. We don't need more bloated open world games like how some of the AC games have become where the quests are fun but the other stuff is just the same thing over and over in every zone. Give us more open world games like Elder Scrolls, Elden Ring, Fallout, ect. Where there are actual quests all over the place.

Elden ring ??

@@noobkid1280 Played about 20 hours of Elden Ring but it was not really for me.

Yeah. Also finger's crossed for a mod or dlc that adds a school sim experience. Normally I'm not into that, but for Hogwarts that would be pretty cool.

@@KevinACarroll1996 nerd

@@mrmanguy4849 how is that being a nerd? Wanting the game to be better?

@@Moose5466 i think he was referring to op wanting to experience *school* in-game. not saying i agree tho

@@mrmanguy4849 autist

Is the 3 headed dog on the game?

Legacy admissions also plagues Hogwarts lmao

@@bruhmoment1761 xD

Interesting that Dumbledore isn't in the game at all. I'm not a huge HP fan but i googled it and he was born in 1881 while the game takes place in 1899. So he could theoretically be a 7th year.

@@Jack_______oh I thought the game was in 1890

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I hope this game wins GOTY. It's an absolute beauty. I would like to play it all day long, but I have to work. lol

@@smartmouf3116 you and me both! That’s my number one problem! Work! Just gonna be thinking of playing legacy all day

@@smartmouf3116 it would be cool. but the hype surrounding spiderman 2 is just to great.

@ComfyCat read dead game out in 2018 dude it’s clearly has been a minute

So happy to hear this! Can’t wait to play it soon.

It just came out, You shouldn’t finish the game yet.

@@atSlickBoiChris 😭

@@atSlickBoiChris I’m not trying to rush through the game. I’ve been having a really fun time with it and I want to savor that as long as I can.

*paid

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You can also trust ACG and Fextralife. Imo they also give thorough reliable game reviews

One of the reviewers ever

Well said, his reviews are often spot on.

Gameranx and skill up are the only YT reviewrs I know of that I trust their opinions. Seems they actually play the game and are not like IGN for eg where it is just failed writers writing trash and reading a script

Fallout 4 and Skyrim are some of the worst rpgs with good open worlds

@@GoatBoat22you probably weren’t playing it right 😂

@@WeneedAaron Skyrim by definition isn't an RPG. It's an action adventure game yes but it's literally not an open world

@@gh0rochi363 regardless it's a fantastic game.

@@gh0rochi363… how?

Me too. I've been wanting this exact game for a very long time, considering the past HP titles were glorified interactive set pieces.

@@docmars hey don't diss half blood Prince man. Best ps3 game

Think of DBZ kakarot but Harry Potter

@@caolanjames2498 I admit, I never played that one, only watched gameplay footage a long time ago, so my memory of the past titles is vague. I just remember the sentiment overall.

Imagine being into Harry Potter in 2023.

The best review channel is worth a buy by a mile!

Because they have integrity. He say it how he feels and try to take objective view. Its more like the game sold itself, because he is great reviewer and tell you information you actually want answers to.

Because it's about that,to get you buy the game meanwhile he makes a money out of your comment 💩

I too would give my life for Daddy Baldino

Agreed

I trust him more than my wife

Ngl, the last 3 games I've bought I've come to this channel first to make sure it's safe

He's also not incredibly biased in his reviews and gives credit where it's due. I appreciate that.

Skyrim is awesome. This games good but Skyrim is probably one of the best games ever made. It's so good even today.

Play red dead 2 brother🤣

1000% it's like they had a staff of people combing all the expanded lore just to make sure everything ended up square

It looks fullfiling, but it feels empty.

@@knightnxk2906 I’ve only been in the castle so far and Hogsmeade. The walk to Hogsmeade had a lot to see. I def haven’t seen enough yet to know if it’s super barren out in the open world or not.

@@lunaluvya I will be honest I havent played the game yet, but I played many MMORPGs and RPGs games and I can tell quite fast after seeing every aspect of the game. Game is fun to see and explore, memorable, I know i was also a big fan of LOTR and i bought every game that came out in the past I had my own fun with it despite knowing some where literal trash, but it's for the experience i guess. I have nothing against anyone, it's just that everyone is hyping too much and after a week it will be a dead game cos there will be nothing exciting to do. I hope they bring more things to do and maybe bring it online like GTA or RDR2

Yup. So many new additions to the lore, and they’re fleshing out things that were only mentioned briefly in the original canon.

I think choosing the house is much more cosmetically like the common room and your color schemes for your gear than changing the outcome of the story line. I am usually gryffindor or ravenclaw but I wanted to play slytherin and tap into the dark/ancient magic 😂

My god dude get a life. That's seriously concerning if you played 20 hours in 3-2 days.

Do you need Xbox live to play this game?

@@henrylam92 not true. only hufflepuff can go to azkaban so you have to play many playthroughs if you're not already going with that house. also each house has their own side questlines but ravenclaw has the least. also 3 different endings

@@dylanbarnufsky7824 not, the game has no live components to it. Fully solo so you don’t need live.

Was that the one that after a bunch of unlocks you get a super powered Flipendo?

@@AnUtterMesh I can't remember to be honest however I do remember being able to charge it up by holding the button down so you could push things further away. Maybe that's what you're talking about?

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One of the few trusted reviewers for me

@@gameranxTV Who is Falcon?

@@gameranxTV wanker

You like him because he favors your views not because he reviews games lol

How are you playing the game? I pre ordered it and can't play it until tmrw

@@kaosjay1060 deluxe edition gets 72h early access

Yea, I'm shocked at how impressive this game is. It's almost everything a Harry Potter fan could ever want in a Harry Potter video game. I hope it wins GOTY.

so happy to hear this, honestly!!

IDGAF

Shut up Nerd

@@4X4StudiosHR one of the trolls escaped from hogwarts

@@CMjtdgcg Yes, It's you.

yeah the harry potter fandom is fucking wild, theyd make a ton of mods for it lol

1st mod is replace every companion with ps1 hagrid

Hqrry Potter fans would probably mod this more than sims

Im looking forward to a hagrid and hagrids hut in one of those mods. Hogwarts is really not complete without hagrid

Need some pets. Would love to run around with a snake on my neck

For the record. I worked at GameStop during the Disney infinity days and that stuff sold like crack.

If the game is good I'm all for it

I would love that, the game has great potential to build upon on

i'm halfway expecting a Quidditch world cup DLC or something.. i hope..

Seasonal Events like GTA V did would be cool, but they definitely need to add online multiplayer.

I'm expecting a Quidditch DLC, if any.

How wonderful

Wow he has a girlfriend and he’s a virgin

Sounds like you need another ps5!

My wife and I and our 2 daughters all play at the same time in our PCs and we are doing a lot of, "hey, have you seen this yet?" and, "did you do this quest yet, I'm stuck..." It makes for great family fun together even though it's single player.

This is why my wife and I had too get two 😂😂

right, but then, I dont understand why games rarelty impliment highly interactive NPCs. I don't program games but seems like that wouldn't be too hard, and it goes a long way. Like maybe have each NPC have different dialogue options for every day of the week. Games rarely ever flesh out NPC interactions.

RDR2 is the golden standard for that

@@Lomba324 A gold standard that no one will ever try to reach towards unfortunately.

@@salvulcano9061 yah tbh I’m not sure that with the approach modern studios have RDR2 level is ever possible anymore, even from Rockstar themselves.

@@salvulcano9061 Rockstar Games are AAA done right imo. I think it‘s unacceptable how most big developers became essentially amateur companies with big PR. Hence, I‘m also slightly disappointed with Hogwarts Legacy seemingly not being completely fleshed out. Like guys, come on. Even Cyberpunk had better NPCs.

There's Gollum

Shadow of mordor/of war exists

@@cy4n_knight_q8 they said faithful, and those games are not faithful lol

That would be dope

Yeah, even though there's shadow of mordor and war they don't really make you feel like you are playing in part of lord of the rings world

that gta shit is played out

@@heisenberg1697 they could design it as to promote using secret passages and spells to get by them

It sounds cool but trust me, it gets old. Like the other guy said “the gta sh*t is played out”

that would potentially be a cool side quest but definitely not a permanent mechanic because that would be completely tedious

*Me chortling and lightly jogging away after using 6 dozen classmates to create horcruxes*

Couldn't agree more. I've been playing horizon and jumped right into this seamlessly ! Well done to the devs .

Have you played the Witcher 3? If so, could you tell me how it compares in terms of immersiveness, exploration and emotional engagement of the story?? The Witcher 3's story really drew me in and I am looking for something similar

@@viktorvondoom9119 the story so far has been great and the side quests are a whole different story in it self and not like the mindless whatever each character has been given attention. As far as Witcher goes I'll say I like the combat more in HL. I think you should give it a try reckon you'll be satisfied.

@@sibtainali1033 Yeah the combat in the Witcher was so so, but the story just kept me going! Thanks for your insights

@@viktorvondoom9119 chill man

Bro so agree!! Sad to hear that isn't the case.

Agreed. Wayyy too linear.

It would be nice but there is only so much you can fit into a game lol. Bully was lacking a deep combat system, I feel like if hogwarts went the bully route they would had to make cuts somewhere else.

But persona is a very linear game?

@@devinvez3869 honestly, the combat system 10 hours in is still lackluster. Clunky. Hopefully the talent tree really makes it better.

I kinda wish he gave us a score, ngl

I think many big sites avoid to express how much they liked the game only to avoid this shitty controversy that is going on right now

Gameranx is very good, I recommend them for reviews. I've used Before You Buy to make purchasing decisions before and their comments match up to the quality of the games well.

Because in the end it's YOUR opinion and choice on whether or not you want he game and overall like it

@@maruwatchesyou8281damn why can’t everyone think like this??!! You can’t let other people who gives good or bad reviews on a game make you decide on if you gonna play a game or not

best channel on here

Elden ring 😭

It looks like Elden Ring imo idk doesn't really look like a Harry Potter game

@@ShutUpBubi those 2 games are nothing alike m8. One is easy adventure game, and other one is hard which is focused on combat.

@@runek100 But they are alike! Both of those are really sucking me in, demanding to spend all my time with them😃 But on the serious note, I mean in what they are similar is that enormous attention to detail and handcrafting the world. You just enjoy wandering around and checking everything.

@@sunderland666 i mean, Miazaki is god in gaming industry. But yeah people say they must really like and respect lore. I just watched movies so I can't really tell. It is rare to see passion like that. I also find games combat really boring, but we got finished game, we knew what we can expect and they didn't lie to us. That I like a lot. And I also bought it, just because of all that boycott bs.

Ong 💯

effing same lmao

Me either. Hopefully, not being a Harry Potter fan means there are fewer opportunities for me to be disappointed by something.

Same here man 👌🏽

For what it's worth HP was a huge part of my childhood, grew up with it, loved it, etc. But the moment the original leak was out, I convinced myself I'd buy it no matter what. I'm glad to see people who are new to the IP picking it up and willing to give it a try!

Being that so much of this game understandably takes place around the castle, what would the setting of a 2nd game be in order to keep things fresh? In my mind, this is the sort of thing that would be better off utilizing a couple of massive DLCs for new content. Examples would be more new areas, and fricken Quidditch!

100% that first mission when you go into the forbidden forest has a really nice reference to Harry Potters story. It was beautiful actually

@@JSE4 definitely, the castle was amazing to walk through and see portraits and areas mentioned all around it. The friend I mentioned found out about how the Gryffs girls staircase turned into a slide, and the dancing trolls in front of the Room of Requirement which they’d previously not know about. I also called Defence, DADA and had to clarify what DADA meant. But they were, I guess ‘seeing’ Hogwarts with more perception. I’m quite humbled.

I wanted to play as a edgy Slytherin boy who always talks shit.

It could have worked like the honor system in red dead

ikr... why make a game like this with such a beautifully detailed castle if you don't get the school experience with it..

Lol it’s hard to please anyone these days. Ungrateful people

I much prefer classes sticking narrativly and I think thats the right call. I know lots of people lile that system but it would kind ruin the game for people like me who don't want to worry about being late or missing classes while exploring the castle. I just don't like grinding.

I agree

I thank the boycott for reminding me about this game

@@Just_another_turtle what boycott?

@@Carloszavalalol against JK rowling idrk but something abt her being transphobic

@@Just_another_turtle same honestly

Where is harry potter in this game?

I took my kids to see the films when they came out, so we have a fondness for the franchise. I obviously preordered the deluxe version so we could play it early lol, I still have one of em living at the house and we’re excited to play it!

Ot was never going to be like that

I've never read the books, have all the movies and I'm really looking forward to playing this game. To address the "living, breathing" part of your comment. Perhaps your not familiar with the Horizon series. Everyone in those games acknowledges you as a character, sometimes annoyingly so. A little disappointed the NPCs are decorations but I think it will still be a good time.😉⚡

personally, if it had co-op I would enact the fanfic harry poter and the methods of rationality then post it as a youtube video (its a long fanfic that needs multiple people the thing is over 1 million words)

You sound like a transphobe

I agree completely! I was actually dreading quidditch for this game, I could only think it would be a disappointing version of blitzball from FFX, and god was I dreading it. Thankfully the flight system is limited to travel and ring challenges. The game has really hit all of my gameplay wants, while still hitting the nostalgia points that I think fans were hoping for. I also appreciate the slightly more medieval, darker, tone they chose to utilize. Appropriate for an audience that has grown since the franchise began.

What did you think of cyberpunk2077?

@@zabiullahMONTAGES 9/10. Amazing story, characters and lore. Not so much gameplay because it lacks some variety but overall amazing experience.

same!

i dont believe you

@@CptMordecai your poes then

I hate Harry Potter but this comment was kinda nice to read.

Oddly enough, I would prefer more Hogwarts classes and QTE lessons. Those moments went by too fast in favor of the open world quests. Hell, more advanced mini-games for upgrading your spells would have been cool too.