@Kidfried I had it pegged at a 65 — 70 metascore but then I watched one of those «first impressions» clips on YT — it really gave me (for whatever reason) Rocksteady «Arkham Asylum» vibes although I'm almost certainly completely unique in that regard! It looks like it has been made with a lot of care.
Not being a fan of the Harry Potter series (watched the films which I thought were OK), Howgarts Legeacy really has to knock it out of the park to even get my interest in a deep, deep sale. Not seen a great deal of the game, but what I have hasn't sparked any interest for me.
It’s a game that will always fail to live up to expectations really as it’s easy to imagine how amazing the world could be and it has so much creative room to do some cool things, especially when it’s not constrained by having to a book. Even more so when it’s set in a completely different time so will have no relation to the Potter universe outside of the setting and potentially a few nods to mentions in the books of that time period.
But one of the few things I’ve read about the game said that the headmaster has banned quidditch, immediately removing a fairly iconic part of the universe, even if you can still fly around on broomstick (something you could do back in the GameCube etc era).
@JohnnyShoulder Same here, although I'm even less of a fan as I've only seen bits and pieces of a couple of the movies since they were always on TV for a long time and you couldn't really avoid them going through the stations.
While a lot of people have been really looking forward to the game, I've had little interest in it from the start. I did watch one of their early deep dives into the game as I was curious, but that still didn't really do anything for me. It
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