Not bad, it's a good start I guess.
Game is far too easy, even on the hardest difficult, but the combat is a bit of fun for a while. It does get a bit frustrating later on though
Story isnt all that interesting, but the main relationship sidequests are. Main story has almost an inexcusable horrific conclusion though.
All side activities in the open world are basically what you would expect from a lazy developer. Braindead tiny puzzles scattered around every 20ft that do nothing for enjoyment aside from people who want to spend hours doing the same thing over and over again. The world feels absolutely barren outside of hogwarts itself, even though there is infinite things to do, none of it feels like any more than a checklist of meaningless tasks to do.
Hogwarts itself is built amazingly, and the developers did put a ton of effort into the school, and even the little details. So i have to give them credit for that. Harry Potter fans will be surprised how much is jammed into the school. You can explore every single room top to bottom in it.
The gear system is ripped straight out of whatever base template developers are using nowadays, but I appreciate the ability to transmog clothing based on anything you have ever picked up. I just wish that there was whole outfit slots you can select because this is one of those games where you constantly pick up new gear that is better so keeping your signature look is really frustrating after a while transmogging constantly.
Beast taming is pretty fun for about 3 minutes but it is pretty barebones so you end up just forgetting about your beasts after a while.
Not much reward whatsoever for doing all of the tasks around the map though in which there are hundreds everywhere.
Final boss is a joke. Thats literally all I have to say. The game ended on an absolutely horrible note with me.
There needed to be some sort of morale system in this game, you can break into houses and steal things from people, you can extort more money from quest givers, you can learn unforgivable curses and be rude to everyone, but no dialogue reflects this and there is absolutely no downsides to not do this since nothing changes in the game if you are a terrible person.
Side note- Fuck JK Rowling, I didn't factor this into my review of the game though.
This game is pretty mediocre for a modern open world game. But it does have some bright spots that shine brightly
Game is far too easy, even on the hardest difficult, but the combat is a bit of fun for a while. It does get a bit frustrating later on though
Story isnt all that interesting, but the main relationship sidequests are. Main story has almost an inexcusable horrific conclusion though.
All side activities in the open world are basically what you would expect from a lazy developer. Braindead tiny puzzles scattered around every 20ft that do nothing for enjoyment aside from people who want to spend hours doing the same thing over and over again. The world feels absolutely barren outside of hogwarts itself, even though there is infinite things to do, none of it feels like any more than a checklist of meaningless tasks to do.
Hogwarts itself is built amazingly, and the developers did put a ton of effort into the school, and even the little details. So i have to give them credit for that. Harry Potter fans will be surprised how much is jammed into the school. You can explore every single room top to bottom in it.
The gear system is ripped straight out of whatever base template developers are using nowadays, but I appreciate the ability to transmog clothing based on anything you have ever picked up. I just wish that there was whole outfit slots you can select because this is one of those games where you constantly pick up new gear that is better so keeping your signature look is really frustrating after a while transmogging constantly.
Beast taming is pretty fun for about 3 minutes but it is pretty barebones so you end up just forgetting about your beasts after a while.
Not much reward whatsoever for doing all of the tasks around the map though in which there are hundreds everywhere.
Final boss is a joke. Thats literally all I have to say. The game ended on an absolutely horrible note with me.
There needed to be some sort of morale system in this game, you can break into houses and steal things from people, you can extort more money from quest givers, you can learn unforgivable curses and be rude to everyone, but no dialogue reflects this and there is absolutely no downsides to not do this since nothing changes in the game if you are a terrible person.
Side note- Fuck JK Rowling, I didn't factor this into my review of the game though.
This game is pretty mediocre for a modern open world game. But it does have some bright spots that shine brightly
notanotherlime
1 year ago