Gaming Hogwarts Legacy (PS5/PC/Switch/Xbox)

[Redlambs]

I agree, but have gotten used to it on Steam Deck for the past year.

Absolutely nothing wrong with that mate, I'd be happily playing this on our PS5/X if I didn't have my PC. For a launch title it's not too shabby compared to what we've had to put up with in recent times at least.

Because there's always a bit of confusion when it comes to fps vs HZ, I'm just trying to explain why certain things make the game "feel" better without getting all overly technical. It's an endless battle

 

[Redlambs]

On another note, I don't think I'll ever get tired of those shouting letter moments you randomly run past

 

[Snowjoe]

I got pissed up last night and completed the main story, woke up this morning turned it on and have no recollection of doing so

 

[Welsh Wonder]

I got pissed up last night and completed the main story, woke up this morning turned it on and have no recollection of doing so

I hate that

 

[dannyrhinos89]

Is this worth it as somebody who has zero interest in the Harry Potter series but just wants a good story to play through?

I'm currently trying doing pricey house renovations so £65 is quite alot to drop on a game at the moment.

 

[Norris]

PS5 users, what settings are you using? I tried Fidelity and Balanced and colours looked quite washed out. Plus that camera is a bit janky/ Played in the first hour or so.

 

[Snowjoe]

I hate that

I knew you’d understand

 

[Welsh Wonder]

I knew you’d understand

Tv shows too! Waking up and finding out you're 6 episodes ahead of where you thought you were is an absolute nightmare.

 

[Gavinb33]

PS5 users, what settings are you using? I tried Fidelity and Balanced and colours looked quite washed out. Plus that camera is a bit janky/ Played in the first hour or so.

I play on balanced it's OK, my TV despite being 4k is an older one so I think probably to do with that, I can't be arsed trying anything else it's payable to me and the issues aren't bothering me that much

 

[Norris]

I play on balanced it's OK, my TV despite being 4k is an older one so I think probably to do with that, I can't be arsed trying anything else it's payable to me and the issues aren't bothering me that much

Ok, cheers, read a few suggestions on Reddit. let me check if balance + reddit tips help.

 

[United Hobbit]

I'm not great at games, however do the lower level ones e.g Ratchet and Clank/Spyro etc

Got this yesterday and enjoying it so far - playing it with my fiance so if I struggle he can do the hard parts : lol:

The side quests are nice and the collectables and it seems very detailed. Struggling a bit with the linked button sequences e.g. the leviosa one

Up to doing my first day so far. Im exploring every nook and cranny so far

I wish I knew why you'd joined in the 5th year seemingly never having been to school before. What was I doing prior to that?!

I want a puffskein

 

[VeevaVee]

I got pissed up last night and completed the main story, woke up this morning turned it on and have no recollection of doing so

That’s very quick for an rpg. I might wait til the price comes down

 

[Snowjoe]

That’s very quick for an rpg. I might wait til the price comes down

To be fair I’ve probably played it 12 hours a day since Tuesday whilst I’ve been “working” from home

 

[CallyRed]

To be fair I’ve probably played it 12 hours a day since Tuesday whilst I’ve been “working” from home

God bless flexible working.

 

[Redlambs]

I'm not great at games, however do the lower level ones e.g Ratchet and Clank/Spyro etc

Got this yesterday and enjoying it so far - playing it with my fiance so if I struggle he can do the hard parts : lol:

The side quests are nice and the collectables and it seems very detailed. Struggling a bit with the linked button sequences e.g. the leviosa one

Up to doing my first day so far. Im exploring every nook and cranny so far

I wish I knew why you'd joined in the 5th year seemingly never having been to school before. What was I doing prior to that?!

I want a puffskein

If you look around a little bit, there's plenty of gold armour pieces you can find from the off that will help.

As for the story, surely they will explain that? They mention you being a year 5 all the time. Be a bit weird if not, unless they are waiting to sell it as a DLC pack

 

[Fully Fledged]

I'm not great at games, however do the lower level ones e.g Ratchet and Clank/Spyro etc

Got this yesterday and enjoying it so far - playing it with my fiance so if I struggle he can do the hard parts : lol:

The side quests are nice and the collectables and it seems very detailed. Struggling a bit with the linked button sequences e.g. the leviosa one

Up to doing my first day so far. Im exploring every nook and cranny so far

I wish I knew why you'd joined in the 5th year seemingly never having been to school before. What was I doing prior to that?!

I want a puffskein

Can't have 11 year old kids firing of killing curses can we.

 

[Drawfull]

The quality (and over-abundant quantity) of gear from chests is a real mess (are they random or something?), and coupled with punitive carrying capacity is beginning to piss me off.

I remember in FFXIII (the best FF) getting single potions in late game chests that you had to fight battles to get to, which was equally annoying and this feels like it's designed the same way.

 

[Massive Spanner]

The quality (and over-abundant quantity) of gear from chests is a real mess (are they random or something?), and coupled with punitive carrying capacity is beginning to piss me off.

I remember in FFXIII (the best FF) getting single potions in late game chests that you had to fight battles to get to, which was equally annoying and this feels like it's designed the same way.

feck off.

 

[Redlambs]

The quality (and over-abundant quantity) of gear from chests is a real mess (are they random or something?), and coupled with punitive carrying capacity is beginning to piss me off.

Yeah it's way too much. It's a lot like TW3 in that nearly everything you find is useless before you even bother to use it. Also like that I suspect the potions/alchemy will also be pretty pointless.

One good thing I like is the extra damage/effect stuff in the combat. I just pooped myself a little when I came across spiders and accidentally set one alight and it came running at me

feck off.

Agreed.

 

[Irwin99]

The quality (and over-abundant quantity) of gear from chests is a real mess (are they random or something?), and coupled with punitive carrying capacity is beginning to piss me off.

I remember in FFXIII (the best FF) getting single potions in late game chests that you had to fight battles to get to, which was equally annoying and this feels like it's designed the same way.

 

[Woodzy]

I think he need to pause all Hogwarts discussion until this FFXIII issue is dealt with tbh.

 

[Drawfull]

feck off.

Yeah it's way too much. It's a lot like TW3 in that nearly everything you find is useless before you even bother to use it. Also like that I suspect the potions/alchemy will also be pretty pointless.

One good thing I like is the extra damage/effect stuff in the combat. I just pooped myself a little when I came across spiders and accidentally set one alight and it came running at me




Agreed.

I was so disappointed with XIII at launch after XII, but it grew on me a lot. I was slightly taking the piss and baiting (sue me), but it is prob my second fave... after XII. Its battle system is fantastic, but so badly explained it hurts itself - second only to XII again. And it was the last FF that you could beat without levelling (and mostly beat with no equipment upgrades), which is a big deal personally. I love that aspect of the games.

Back on topic

@Redlambs I think the potions/beast catching etc will actually be pretty cool for those that want to go hardcore, but it also seems they're unnecessary so far for me. I'm on standard difficulty, and use the word loosely.

 

[Newtonius]

Oh don't you worry, if you are only getting 80 in the castle then you are about to hit a cliff Slightly worrying they promoted an Nvidia update to make the game run better when that update had nothing to do with this game. Also, I've just had a decent size Steam patch and it didn't make the game run any better, and to boot Raytracing is implemented worse than the PS5 spiderman version in terms of faking it.

Yeah uh so you was right haha. Its all over the place. At some points it hits my TV's refresh rate of 110-120, usually in cutscenes or classrooms and then its dropping to 20's running down the staircase in the room over. Given that its maxing out 100% of the GPU at this point its probably a VRAM issue. Heard a lot of people complain about hogsmeade but performance was similar there as it was in the castle just very inconsistent.

Will probably hold off for a real driver update yeah.

Eh what? Of course it would. This was always going to be the best selling game of the year. Similar pre order numbers to Elden Ring and Cyberpunk. Record breaking twitch viewers.

I think Final fantasy will outsell it to be honest, don't get me wrong though was always going to be big its been hype since it was announced i just don't think it would have had the reaction/attention it has gotten otherwise, that this has elevated it further.

I absolutely love observing these online culture war controversies its fascinating and the number of none HP people i have seen talk about buying it in the last several weeks to 'watch the mob cope and seethe' has been rather large, nothing says this more than user reviews i think, despite trash PC performance and ostensibly being a 'woke game' people don't care this is quite out of the ordinary.

Granted this is also impossible to really quantify so this point is ultimately meaningless.

Does this part of the translobby also demand people to stop buying HP lego for their kids, boycott every single movie or does it just seem to be a video game for some reason?

Probably yeah Rowling has been talking and taking shit for years, if there was it was irrelevant though its old nostalgic media vs HG Legacy as the hot new thing.

feck off.

Oh idk running down long hallways fighting through long ass random battles without any towns, NPC's, side quests, minigames, puzzles and only incoherent cutscenes to break up the monotony is definitely my idea of a good FF game.

 

[Massive Spanner]

I was so disappointed with XIII at launch after XII, but it grew on me a lot. I was slightly taking the piss and baiting (sue me), but it is prob my second fave... after XII. Its battle system is fantastic, but so badly explained it hurts itself - second only to XII again. And it was the last FF that you could beat without levelling (and mostly beat with no equipment upgrades), which is a big deal personally. I love that aspect of the games.

Back on topic

@Redlambs I think the potions/beast catching etc will actually be pretty cool for those that want to go hardcore, but it also seems they're unnecessary so far for me. I'm on standard difficulty, and use the word loosely.

It’s not even a good game let alone a good FF game. So bad. So, so bad.

 

[Drawfull]

It’s not even a good game let alone a good FF game. So bad. So, so bad.

Different strokes I guess. The level 1, no levelling schtick has always been a big part of my love of FFs especially so this ranks high. I want tactics and ingenuity to be able to beat the game - not just bigger numbers on equipment - and XIII allowed that, as did IX, X and XII (and kinda OG VII).

 

[SuperiorXI]

I caved and got this for the PC. it's downloading now. Can I cruciatus my teacher if they give me bad grades?

 

[Kylar Stern]

My GF has commandeered my Series X and has been playing this for the last 24 hours now. I was 50 hours into Monster Hunter Rise but I guess I can kiss goodbye to that for a while now.

Send help.

 

[Redlambs]

Yep, as expected the gear you go to the effort of finding in the world is way worse than the stuff you find from the off in Hogwarts.

Designers need to learn how to balance games again.

 

[CloneMC16]

You can adjust the camera deadzone/acceleration in the controller settings.

Turn camera acceleration all the way down, and camera sensitivity up to near max.

Controlling the camera is so much smoother.

Although it must suck for folks who cant stand low frames. I can easily go from 120/60/30fps on the fly.

I'll give this a shot when I get back on. I started the game yesterday and was messing with the camera settings quite a bit. Couldn't find anything that felt that good.

 

[Redlambs]

Ok, this is fecking stupid.

In a dual, with M/KB, with multiple people to face it's nigh-on unplayable. Not only is the AI absolute trash, not only do their shots go through other characters (and even when they aren't facing you), but you can't actually aim at who you want as it won't let you turn of the ridiculously poor auto aim. Final nail in the coffin is if you use lock-on, you have to take your hand off the mouse to switch targets. Absolute brain dead design all round.

Also don't get me started on the coloured perma-shield mechanic.

 

[Drawfull]

Ok, this is fecking stupid.

In a dual, with M/KB, with multiple people to face it's nigh-on unplayable. Not only is the AI absolute trash, not only do their shots go through other characters (and even when they aren't facing you), but you can't actually aim at who you want as it won't let you turn of the ridiculously poor auto aim. Final nail in the coffin is if you use lock-on, you have to take your hand off the mouse to switch targets. Absolute brain dead design all round.

Also don't get me started on the coloured perma-shield mechanic.

What's wrong with it?

 

[CallyRed]

Im finding the brightness changes quite dramatically between characters whilst in dialogue.

 

[Godfather]

Think I'll get that just for the nostalgia. Since FromSoftware destroyed my enjoyment from every other gaming company as they are head and shoulders above anyone else I'm not expecting much gameplay wise

 

[Gehrman]

I still bored playing it. Cant put my finger on why.

 

[Redlambs]

What's wrong with it?

It's a cheap mechanic because they've shit out on the AI again.

Duels should be one of the best parts of this game, instead it's basic plug-in AI where you just spam the colour you need and hope you can hit a combo before getting interrupted by the same spell from elsewhere over and over. Add to that the fake difficulty nonsense where the stats of your character don't actually matter and you've got tedium*. It's a shame because the combat is decent, but there's a lot of design aspects they've just cheaped out on.

Hopefully the multiplayer is completely different and you can have actual duals.


*I get most are playing on easy/standard where you get away with more so it's less noticeable, but that doesn't change the poor AI and the obvious tricks to try to make them at least a bit of challenge.

 

[Redlambs]

Also feck the ancient mechanic they've used of cancelling quests too.

When you are playing a main quest, and during that you get a side quest, you should be able to choose which one you do and not have it cancel half hour of progress

 

[Redlambs]

I still bored playing it. Cant put my finger on why.

Do you know anything about HP? Maybe if you do that's it?

Because I don't and I'm surprisingly still engaged as I love all the little bits and pieces going on. That being said, I've barely ventured out into the world yet, it seems way more dull out there.

 

[Gehrman]

Do you know anything about HP? Maybe if you do that's it?

Because I don't and I'm surprisingly still engaged as I love all the little bits and pieces going on. That being said, I've barely ventured out into the world yet, it seems way more dull out there.

Well yeah i read all the books as a teenager. Dunno story doesnt engage me, the challenges and world outside hogwarts i find quite boring. As a hogwarts simulator its a 10/10, but i kind of force myself to play it because i bought the deluxe edition at full price. Its probably just my mood and getting a bit old. If i was 14 id probably think this was the 2nd best thing after porn.

 

[Redlambs]

Well yeah i read all the books as a teenager. Dunno story doesnt engage me, the challenges and world outside hogwarts i find quite boring. As a hogwarts simulator its a 10/10, but i kind of force myself to play it because i bought the deluxe edition at full price. Its probably just my mood and getting a bit old. If i was 14 id probably think this was the 2nd best thing after porn.

Yeah to be fair there's not really anything interesting or remotely challenging outside so far.

 

[chris123]

I've been pretty blown away by this. This is a pretty damn impressive game for a fairly unheralded/new game developer to have accomplished.

There are some minor annoyances: the lock-on during combat is awful, I hate that triangle is mapped to blocking, but overall this is really all you could ask for in an open-world adventure game.