Hogwarts Legacy Has Some Useless Shops

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Hundreds of Hogwarts Legacy players have recently taken online to point out how the game, in spite of its many qualities, suffers from a bit of a design oversight when it comes to stores, positing that the new Harry Potter RPG is full of largely useless shops. Their discussion went viral on social media shortly after a number of frustrated Hogwarts Legacy fans called for some wand changes.

Like many successful AAA titles, Hogwarts Legacy enjoyed a honeymoon period of sorts, wherein early impressions among the fandom were almost exclusively positive. That's not to say the rave user reviews of Hogwarts Legacy are undeserved, just that the game did such a good job at fulfilling so many people's lifelong fantasy of an open-world Harry Potter RPG that it took a while for the player discourse to have room for anything but highlighting the game's strengths. Doubly so since early opposing views were mostly dominated by boycott calls due to J.K. Rowling's anti-trans track record, so most of the initial criticism wasn't focused on the game itself.

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That state of affairs is now slowly changing as the hype surrounding the hit RPG keeps winding down, leading to Hogwarts Legacy debates over Harry Potter lore, the aforementioned criticism of the game's wand system, and—as of recently—its superficial handling of shops. Namely, a recent Reddit post questioning the purpose of one Keenbridge store due to its lackluster catalog prompted a widespread discussion with hundreds of responders, most of whom agreed that Hogwarts Legacy has too many useless shops.

While some of the involved fans offered constructive feedback by suggesting changes in the form of an on-the-go