Is Hogwarts Legacy Worth All The Drama?
It’s easy to forget that the upcoming Harry Potter Game is, in fact, a video game. Hogwarts Legacy has been a hugely anticipated title ever since it was announced two years ago (or even, since it was leaked two years before that), and it has been so hyped almost entirely off the back of the Harry Potter name. Of course, thanks to JK Rowling, the Harry Potter name isn’t as clean as it used to be.
It has been odd to see one side passionately defend a game that they literally had not seen a single second of before last night, defending it entirely on the basis of liking Harry Potter, while simultaneously being surprised that others feel the Potter well is poisoned and begging doubters to judge the game for what it is, even though they already love it sight unseen. I’ve written about the questions I’ve been asked (and the permission I’ve been asked to grant) as a trans person, and have written a disclaimer for the site in order to inform our readers about our coverage. Other sites are boycotting it all together. After watching 14 minutes of gameplay, I have to ask - is this what all the fuss was about?
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Folks, the game looks pretty meh. Let’s leave JK Rowling and all of that toxicity aside for now, and just look at the game. You don’t think it’s a teeny bit suspicious that in a 14 minute gameplay preview, the longest non-cutscene clip of gameplay we saw was six seconds long? We bounced around anywhere, our eyes never allowed to settle, and I suspect that’s because the developers wanted to hide that a lot of it is repetitive. It looks like enemies just kind of stand there while you zap them with your wand, and I suspect that will get very old very quickly.
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