The Harry Potter franchise, and particularly its early entries, is known for its fantastical levity with young children learning how to interact with one another while casting spells and flying on broomsticks, even though Hogwarts Legacy seems to tapping into darker themes. Harry Potter’s childlike wonder is substantial and crucial, allowing the children to retrieve a house, wands, and pets that match their individual personalities, as the franchise continued onward. Early Harry Potter entries certainly had their darker moments, but the franchise’s levity was notably moved away from with The Order of the Phoenix.
The franchise never returned to that sense of frivolity again, leaving only tender moments of lamentation in established characters’ developments. Hogwarts Legacy tells an untold narrative in the wizarding world that has fewer expectations tied to it, and the game’s early trailers expressed a lightheartedness that fans could surely reminisce about. Hogwarts Legacy’s open-world exploration seems to invite players warmly into many activities, though it has recently been expressed that a much darker side of exploration also exists for players to cautiously wade into if they wish.
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Based upon the most recent trailers shared for Hogwarts Legacy, it would not be surprising if fans believed it to be a horror game. Many unsightly creatures appear throughout, especially in the thick of Hogwarts Legacy’s Forbidden Forest; green-colored spells are typically evocative of dark magic, typically seen in dimly lit corridors and dungeons; and the specific framing of its latest trailers have been directed as if they were horror teasers.
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