This is a genuinely cute way to reexperience the story of Harry Potter if that's something you're interested in. If you've played a lego game you already know the gist, but for anyone unfamiliar, they're basically really fleshed out collect-o-thons that have a ton of replay value and you unlock different characters to play as over the course of the story. This one works a bit differently because instead of unlocking the characters you play as in the story, you open them up in the shop, so unlocking characters takes a bit more effort. The huge cast of characters is kind of nice, but that also means there's a lot people like Michael Corner and Bob Jones the Hufflepuff and stuff like that, but all the most iconic faces are still here so that's good. Hogwarts was kind of a pain to navigate, which you're going to need to do a lot if you want 100%. Other than that they're both pretty good. It's a very good value, particularly on sale, since you're basically getting 2 games for the price of one. If you like lego games and have even a passing interest in Harry Potter, it's definitely worth checking out.

First time playing a LEGO game and now I might be hooked...

I will say, the content certainly helped. HUGE Harry Potter fan and this filled the void while I'm waiting for Hogwarts. Sooooo good!

I do wish they had voices instead of just grunting, but hey if that's my only complaint that's not bad at all!

Which LEGO game do you all recommend I jump into next? Although I feel this will be a hard one to top...

So here’s the thing about LEGO video games: they’re all the same. Traveler’s Tales slaps a different licensing coat of paint on, maybe adds one unique gameplay element, and that’s it. I can’t imagine buying every iteration of the games they make. But that all being said, these games can be very relaxing in that they’re not very demanding. They’re very cute (especially the ones before they added voice acting so the characters just make faces and noises), silly, and comforting.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been playing LEGO Harry Potter Collection on Xbox One, and it was exactly what I wanted. There were loads of collectibles to pick up (I’m a 100% addict as long as no skill is involved in getting to 100%; I’ll find your collectibles all damn day if it doesn’t mean I have to complete a time trial or make some show of dexterity), I was going through the Harry Potter story that I enjoy, and it was just a good way to unwind. It’s not a game to make me mad or where I’m competing with other people. There’s no rush to get through it. I simply pick it up, play some levels, find the collectibles, and complete the achievements.

I’ve now got a little over a month before Final Fantasy VII Remake hits, so I can probably squeeze in one more game before then. It’s just a matter of deciding which one because the backlog is out of control.

So i recently platinumed this game on PS4 (Years 1-4 so far) Which are also the movies i'm mostly familiar with and quite enjoyed a first playthough and this is the first lego game i've actually gotten into
Grinding to find the rest of the gold blocks and other collectables after the game was over was a bit of a time sink and some of them were annoying to find but it's an easy platinum if you've got the patience.

Graphically it's okay, it's a lego game so there's no much to really say but it didn't look bad, some parts in cutscenes looked quite nice

Combat (what there is) is fine, easy to use mosty it's just shoot your magic wand (Get your mind out of the gutter) or throwing something at an enemy to defeat them

Soundtracks okay, it's mostly just the same as the movies and sometimes you might find your humming along to the tunes as you're getting lost around Hogwarts like i did.

I do wish this had a map for sure!
Definitely worth a play if you like lego games.