Perhaps I was delirious after staying up so late to play, but wandering around the magnificent landscape truly made my jaw drop within the first few hours of Hogwarts Legacy. Explore all the memorable locations from the books and films. The game itself is so vast, and after 20 hours of gameplay I still haven't ventured everywhere. You're given the ability to venture through Hogwarts, head over to the village of Hogsmeade and even have a whole world map of other locations to discover. If anyone remembers the old school PlayStation One Harry Potter games, terrible graphics and all, Hogwarts Legacy is simply worlds away from that. From then on, you can only enter your specific common room in Hogwarts, and there's even quests that are exclusive to your house. Then, of course, you get to choose whether you're a Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin or a Gryffindor.

Not only picking your character, but their wand too. The attention to detail is truly mind-blowing. You can quite literally make a carbon copy of yourself if you fancy it, choosing your name, hair colour, ethnicity, style – even the pitch of your voice.

Oh, the choices! Within seconds of playing Hogwarts Legacy, you get to create your protagonist from scratch. You play as a fifth-year transfer student, one of whom has some mystical talents which will prove useful as you journey through Hogwarts and beyond.īut is it worth the hype, and does it live up to the expectations of Potter fans everywhere? Without any big spoilers, let's dig in.

The game itself is an an immersive, open-world, role-playing-game set in the 1800's wizarding world – decades before Potter himself existed. (9Product Reviews) PlayStation 5 for $79.99 Xbox Series X for $89.95 Pre-order PS4 for $74.99

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