Hogwarts Legacy

It doesn't innovate or stand out in any way gameplay-wise, but it doesn't need to. Play this game to be immersed in the wizarding world as imagined in the HP series. With all the characters and story of HP himself set aside, you're free to explore the castle and surrounding grounds. Doing so is a joy. I'm not a big fan of collect-a-thon games but I've spent hours just wandering in this one.

Played the main story & some side quests. As soon as the main story was over, I quit. The writing is bland, the characters are 'eh' at best, and there isn't any really change that comes from completing the main story - the goblins aren't seen differently, you are effectively still a 'chosen one', and there are no real consequences to using the Forbidden spells. Only reason I don't give a 0 is because the game technically functions. Should have just watched someone play it instead.

absolutely amazing game. when you play this game you can feel every spell and every difficulty casting spells with the ps5 controller. really good challenges and the graphics were great. I really would recommend

Absolutely beautiful world building, grandiose attention to detail I have rarely seen to this extent. But all the rest is solid at best, gameplay is too simple and boring, gets repetitive extremely quickly. The world map is cluttered with icons whose quests feel like pointless work. The story is very weak, the same goes for side quests that couldn't be duller. The combat system is okay, but could have more impact, there is a little lack of pressure behind the skills.