The recently-concluded Hogwarts Legacy's State of Play showcased a fresh in-depth look at the upcoming highly-anticipated RPG. The gameplay reveal unveiled the game's mechanics, locations from the wizarding world, the motley characters present, the lives of the students, spell casting and much more.
Interestingly, in terms of spells, the reveal also showed the player character casting the Killing curse.
Based on what players have seen in the State of Play, dueling and spell casting will play a major role during the players' exploration and playthrough in Hogwarts Legacy. Many players have wondered before if the Unforgivable curses will be a part of the game's repertoire of spells.
Although that had seemed unlikely at the time, Hogwarts Legacy might possibly allow players to use them.
Around the 14 minute mark of the PS5 gameplay reveal, players can see the protagonist utter the Killing curse as a green burst of magic is emitted out of their wand at an unidentifiable subject.
Given that the game reportedly features a morality system, the Killing curse can be incorporated through that into one's gameplay.
If the developers allow players to choose if they want to be on the side of good or evil, they can do so by implementing the Unforgivable curses into the game. This moniker is given to the three sinister spells that are usually utilized by those who are evil.
According to the Harry Potter wiki:
Given that using any of these would result in the person being thrown into Azkaban right away, it was quite a shock to see the same being featured in the game, and that too, being used by the player character. One must remember that Harry Potter, himself, used two of the three Unforgivable Curses, Cruciatus and Imperius, during the
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