Fire, Repair, Lumos. If these words mean anything to you, your magic wand isn’t far behind. This Friday, February 10, marks the start of the school year at Hogwarts for impatient sorcerer’s apprentices. Warner Bros Games is finally launching its The Hogwarts Legacy: The Hogwarts Legacy on consoles and PC, one of the most anticipated games of 2023.
Nothing about Harry Potter and his gang in this video game version that does not take up JK Rowling’s saga, but is inspired by its universe and its setting for an unprecedented story that takes place at the end of the 19th century. Different times, but same places and same adventures of which you are the hero.
The Hogwarts of which you are the hero
Because that’s the strength of this Hogwarts Legacy: it offers fans of the bespectacled young hero the game they’ve been dreaming of. They will thus be projected into the world of magic and will become students of the famous school of magicians. If the backstory is the same for everyone (you are a straight-admitted 5th year student, gifted with the talent to understand and use ancient magic, and a terrible troll is after you – we gradually understand why), the story unfolds. . shape. You have to start by creating and customizing your character.
The good idea of this action-adventure game is to be able to link your Wizarding World (ex-Pottermore.com) account information, which will allow you to find yourself in the house obtained on the official site and have its attributes. But that doesn’t stop you go through the famous Sorting Hat scene or customize your magic wand.
For the rest, after several hours touring Hogwarts and its surroundings, even without being a great specialist or a great fan of the adventures of Harry Potter, we left delighted with the video game trip. The game uses all the codes of the saga (friendship, spells, enemies, known environments, duels, etc.) and transforms the player into a true Hogwarts student. The charismatic teachers are there to teach potions, charms, the fight against the forces of evil in the already seen classrooms.
Just like in the movies or books, you have to try to thwart conspiracies and other disturbing elements in school life. But everything is invented for the game, and on top of that, some nods to the original saga are added, either with familiar characters (Nearly Headless Nick), faces we think we know (a student with a serious fake Harry look in the common room at the beginning) and names that point to something (Professor Weasley, the director of the school Phineas Black…).
The game is played by itself and will necessarily require a lot of time since the proposed world map is huge. Hogwarts is recreated as fans know it and we enjoyed exploring every nook and cranny. But there are also the Highland towns to explore, including Hogsmeade, where only wizards live and where you can pick up your school supplies, books, clothes… Beyond the school grounds, the forbidden forest is full of enemies and enemies. it will turn out to be the perfect place to test your magical skills (20 combat spells to master and improve).
a fascinating game
As a good Hogwarts student, you will also have to make friends to learn more about the secrets of the places and fight enemies in teams. Several characters are particularly important in your development (Sebastian, Lucas and Natty). It’s better to have them by your side…
If you dreamed of a wizard fighting game, HogWarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy risk of disappointing it, in particular by its rather long start-up. It is above all a “fan service” game that will delight Potterheads, those unconditional fans of the saga. There’s enough to make them live their Hogwarts student dream. Even without being so passionate and book-savvy, the game plays with delight as the Victorian-inspired settings are well reconstructed. The lessons are perfectly organized and the freedom that this walk through the open world grants brings a breath of fresh air.
However, the fights are deceptively simple and you will need to master your spells, as well as improve your personal skills, to defeat the many monsters and enemies.
Easily accessible to the greatest number, Hogwarts Legacy breathes the success of the game for the general public, an excellent adaptation of a well-known universe that players who love adventure games will especially like. For fans, you win in advance.
The game goes on sale on February 10 at midnight (Paris time), but it is possible to play it from February 7 if you have invested in the Deluxe version of the game (on digital). It is already possible to download the game to save time when it is officially launched, but you can also play it starting this Monday at noon, with a little trick on Xbox Series, by accessing the console settings (Settings> System> Language). and region), you can change the region to New Zealand time. Your Series S or Series X console will then think it is February 7 at 0:00 am and therefore the game starts at early access. It will be the same for the official release, if you don’t have the patience to wait… For all PC and PS5 players, you will have to wait during the official hours.
Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy will be released worldwide for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on February 10, 2023, for PS4 and Xbox One on April 4, 2023, and for Nintendo Switch on July 25, 2023.
Source: BFM TV
