Hogwarts Legacy: 5 things the upcoming open-world RPG could learn from the LEGO Harry Potter games

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With Hogwarts Legacy delayed to next year, the excitement has certainly dimmed for the upcoming open-world RPG. This is no surprise since Avalanche Software's latest game is supposed to be the most ambitious entry in the Wizarding World's video game efforts to date. However, since a relatively unproven studio is behind the reigns for the upcoming title, fans have wondered how it would fare.

This also brings up questions as to how it would fare against previous offerings under the Harry Potter banner. The LEGO games, in particular, are iconic 3D platformers that Hogwarts Legacy can take pointers from.

The LEGO games are no strangers to chaos since the premise of these games revolves around building and breaking stuff. Because of this, a lot of the environments in the LEGO games are interactive and affected by spells.

While most of the assets in the game have only a single contextual reaction (like only responding to Winguardium Leviosa), there still really is no downtime when it comes to experimenting with anything and everything. After all, pretty much every interaction showers players with LEGO Studs (the main currency in the game).

On that note, many modern games have a bad habit of being very static, with environmental assets that do not respond to player actions. Hogwarts Legacy also appears to be leaning in that direction, but players may find themselves pleasantly surprised.

With a total of eight movies to cover, the LEGO Harry Potter games have a decent variety of spells for Harry and the gang to pick from. Lumos, Glacius, Aguamenti, and even Protego make an appearance for a variety of uses.

Some of the more offensive spells like Glacius can be cast upon others, including teachers. This freezes them in a block of ice