Hogwarts Legacy | An Honest Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- I played Hogwarts Legacy. Here are my honest thoughts on the game.
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Gameplay and Controls: 3:04
Level Design: 10:42
Plot Structure: 14:15
Story: 17:18
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Thanks for watching my review of Hogwarts Legacy.
Yes, I was made aware of the controversy surrounding this game. No, I do **not** care about it.
As always, we don't do politics on this channel. Yes, that includes the politics *you* like. This is not a Bread-Tube channel, nor is it a right wing mouthpiece where we dunk on those on "the Left". You will not find that kind of stuff here, and I don't allow it here either. That means if you have a problem with people playing (or not playing) this game, keep it to yourself, because nobody here cares. The first warning is free
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Well said 👏
People who say they're apolitical always lean in one very certain way?
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@bird of the abyss Thought about it, but 6 doesn't neatly divide into 100, and most games don't warrant the topic in the first place, meaning most games will receive a less than perfect score simply because their audio and sound design are normal/ par.
This game's audio was really good, as I LOVE the music. All of the music you hear in this video is from the game's soundtrack. Only negative was my character's voice lol
@@Th3Birdman audio could have a score out of 5, and another existing category that may not fully warrant 20% weight could be taken to 15, but it's not as neat/even. I think graphics could be out of 15.
I never really felt like a student. More like a guest teacher or something because there's no curfew at night, the Forbidden Forest is just a forest. And the killing curse just gets you side-eyed. Still fun though. 7/10
@@Jake-nl3er Students at Hogwarts do in the books and the films.
The Wizarding school system isn't the UK school system lol
Datamine showed that curfew was a feature that was later scrapped
I think the whole thing with the killing curse being unforgivable is that other spells CAN kill while it DOES kill. it's literally its effect. Other spells were created for other reasons and uses while it only has a single purpose. It's why Harry surviving it was so amazing to the wizarding world. Because it's the one time the spell failed to complete it's purpose. At least that's how I interperate it.
I think you've got it right. Although one could easily kill another wizard with the likes of fire spells or even levitating them off a cliff, the killing curse is made only for that. You can levitate someone with the killing curse, nor start a fire with the killing curse, only kill. Even in a self defense scenario, a wizard would have a multitude of options to protect themselves such as Stupify or even Petrificus Totalus, so killing should never be the only option, and opting to deliberately do so is unforgivable.
It failed twice I think which is crazy plot armor
@@MIKUIEL I meant pryer to the 2nd wizarding war, but you're right.
The thing that separates the killing curse from spells that kill, is that there is no way to defend yourself against the killing curse. There is no counter charm. No lawful society would want that kind of power out in the public.
Plus the unforgivables can only be cast while experiencing almost objectively negative emotions. The killing curse can only be cast if you want to really kill someone. The torture curse can only be cast if you want to cause someone unbelievable pain. You need to hate someone to cast these curses. I don't really feel like I need to explain imperio. Bellatrix even scolds Harry about how he didn't hate her enough to truly use the torture curse on her after she killed Sirius in OotP.
I loved the game but my biggest complaints are:
1: The game plays loose with the rules of hogwarts. On certain missions it tells you that you can't be outside your dorm at night and you fail if you are caught but after the mission you can roam at night all you want
2: you don't automatically get challenge rewards. You have to go to the challenge menu, find what you unlocked and claim it.
3: There are 95 freaking Merlin trials!!
yeah, a sim curfew system was probably a scrapped mechanic,
@wariolandgoldpiramid I can kind of understand. Having to avoid detection to hunt for those collectibles you can only get at night would get annoying
1) Between the "mark" and the field guide they know where you are all the time and are giving you leadway because the Goblins and Dark Wizards are after you and you are left to find out why in your free time
2)seen to many streamers forget to claim their rewards,Item slots,and skill points😹
3) for 48? Item Slots as a reward though wearing the close with the best offense/defense bonus,hovering over item slot to change it look to any item look in it category you collected then quick traveling to sell the rest(why would you keep a downgrade?) means is its treasure collection spots separate from potions,plants,collections,seeds,recipes,etc........the gear storage being updatable and PCs field guide disappearing under the arm suggests a type of Wizard storage spell as your PC has no Physical backpack(its called "deep pockets" in D&D, not sure what its called when Charles wand disappears at his waist area in first memory )
@@troymartin4260 then maybe scrap the collectibles? The game was advertised as an RPG where your choices matter and you can choose to be the witch/wizard you want to be. Instead your choices didn't matter at all and the game ended up being one big tedious collectathon.
Omg thank you for mentioning Lodgok's performance! I think you're the first to mention it! The story he tells the player about how he met Miriam genuinely moved me. The scene was so well constructed and the way the VA portrayed regret, surprise, and sadness in that scene was phenomenal.
*Spoilers below*
Oh my god, I didn't expect to end up actually caring about a goblin in this game. Goblins have never been one of my favorite creatures, they always seemed more like props than characters to me, at least until Griphook in TDH, and even then, he wasn't an especially great character in my opinion. So imagine my surprise when Lodgok comes around, and even just his intonations as he tells the story... Not even the words he's saying, but his VOICE as he says them moved me half to tears. The catch in his throat as he mentions his surprise at having her ask him to sit next to her, at politely asking for his help. It's such a small thing, but it made him one of the best characters in the game for me, and I actually cried a little when he died.
Story wise, the biggest weakness of the game is its antagonists. Is unfair to compare them to Voldemort because he had seven books to be developed as a character and villian, but still. The only moment when we learn about the why for Ranrok doing what he’s doing is during a side mission through dialogue with a character that heard the story. We didn’t even got a flashback. And Rockwood, for me at least, felt like he was just there, and his boss battle lacked pizzazz.
SPOILER: I think the real villain in the game was Isadora Morganach. Ranrok and Rookwood were both after her "illegal" magic, but she's the one that created it in the first place, and dragged the goblins into it by using their metal to contain it, which means the goblins would of course come to claim it, since they have strict ownership rules with goblin-made metals.
i was a bit overleveled when i went into his fight, but dialogue wish it didn't feel like it was suppose to be a 'final battle' with him, legit when I killed him I went, "Am I close to the ending?" because it felt so anticlimatic at that point with his story
Personally, as a Trans person, I don’t think there’s any issue with people playing it. While JK may receive royalties, she didn’t make this game, and there are most likely plenty of people who worked on this game who aren’t horrible. Just like how the movies were made by other people aswell, this game was too.
I have to say, we need more videos like this in your channel. Did it Suck, Let's Talk, and Honset Reviews are so well done and edited unlike other reviews I watched.
No lie I was hesitant about this game but when it was about to launch I decided I should try it out and I honestly love it for it's simplicity. It's a feel good game that lets you envelop the world and just have fun playing, over stressful quests. I wish we had better interactions but for Harry Potter/wizarding world games this definitely is a peak!
great review. I absolutely love this game. i just finished my first playthrough of the main story (still need to complete my field guide and some side quests though so not totally complete), but im eager to do a playthrough in each house and use different responses during quests to make myself feel like a different sort of wizard even though i know how things play out in the end
I've never been into Harry Potter. Always felt like I was a little old for it but I did enjoy the last 2 movie. Bought this game for my wife and kids and I'm loving it. I play more than them.
One of the best games reviews I have watched. Thanks for being so rigorous and comprehensive!
This was an excellent review without being bloated with excess information - thank you very much for the hard work!
Honestly surprised I haven't stumbled across your channel sooner and you've definitely earned the sub my man.
Glad you enjoyed it!
1:50 that’s just a fact. I had a guy in my school who, at 10th grade, had a full on beard!
I almost constantly have to shave my face, and I’m 18.
Wait a minute…
goddamn
@@luigiboi4244 I’m 19 and had a mustache already in 6th grade lol. I also would need to shave my face everyday if I want to look clean. It takes only 2 weeks for me to grow a very noticeable beard
I've used so many unforgivable curses in this game, I would be locked under Azkaban 😂
The thing that makes me most glad about this game is the development time and team. It was full of super fans and there has been a love for Harry Potter games for decades it was just a matter of time when super fans could develop the skills they envisioned and dreamed about through every iteration of the games before this one so it’s like you said it’s almost as if the world was envisioned as a game from the start it’s probably not too far off a thought considering how fantasy even exists in the world today thanks to those who take inspiration from every form they can see before them 🥹 my complaints about the game is also very similar. The amount of things that break immersion suck like when I did the summoners court matches and Samantha Dale says she thought she could beat us because she saw us struggle against natty but in my playthrough I got perfect scores on every summoners court section so I was completely thrown off like what do you mean i literally never struggled with it so things like that are just one of the issues and incidents of that.
Wow, I enjoyed this video very much because it gave me some different perspective. As a long time major Harry Potter nerd I have to say I was rather dissatisfied with the game. It’s interesting that two people who come from the same place when starting the game can come off with so different views.
Was excited to see you cover this! On the topic of magic games: you ever consider reviewing Forspoken? I’m of the strong belief that it’s incredibly underrated. It’s a flawed game for sure, but has the same kind of broken charm that Dragon’s Dogma does. Including some of the greatest magical combat in any game I’ve played, towards mid to end game.
Keep up the great work! Love how in depth you go with these
I haven't played it yet, and after that demo, it looked underwhelming, so I skipped it 😅
Glad to see you enjoyed it though!
Lmao
I agree with you on the open world for this game and the castle. When I played GOWR after beating it the amount of grinding it took to get all worlds to 100% was insane. I do recommend everyone doing the demiguise statues quest all the way through as soon as you can to unlock the highest level of alohomora. It will save time later in the game not having to come back to unlock something after you get lvl 2 and 3
Amazing video, and also, you had the dragonhide cloak. That deserves a double like but sadly that isnt invented yet
I honestly was waiting for your review before I brought.... going ro get it now
Love the review! Since you played on PC how did you get the R2 icons for buttons maps??
Edit: No worries, I didn't know you could change them in options!
I’m so glad I found this guy, if I wanna buy a game I’ll just watch a video of him reviewing it
Very professional rewiev, great voice for it also :D
We all agree it is a good game, my highlights are the castle and the creatures, but i have my complains too, it was expected to fullfill the feeeling of going to hogwarts as a students but to be honest i felt more like an spectator or a guest, because there is no rules to what you can or cannot do, if you wander at night there is no problem, or stealing, or not using the uniform or the killing curses, or the restricted areas, also you are alone all the time, and go to class when you feel like it, to and i think the common rooms of each house you only see them like a couple times because you really dont need to go, i think your room should have more emotional impact at the end, on top of all this, you are out there all the time doing the hard work but nobody acknowlegde that you saved the wizard world aand kill more goblins and poachers than anyone in history, it sounds like i didnt enjoy it but i did haha
I'm really hoping the sequel fixes this
I didn't play this game cuz my PC is bad and I hate playing consoles but everyone else in my family did, including my mum who is far from an avid gamer. She loved it, my siblings loved it, this game is fill of detail and love for the book series. I'm grateful for your playthrough birdman so I could see the best highlights of the game. Thanks a lot for streaming it
hello birdman, looking forward to see your shazam 2 review.
great work dude!
Thank you for an honest review birdman
This is one of the most fun games I’ve ever played. My fiancée and I are already playing our second playthrough and we’re having so much fun playing in the other Houses.
I REALLY hope this game performs well on Switch, cause I want it SO BAD!
Same here, but with how many PS4/XBOX1-era games are also on the Switch, it may be of a lowered quality when you compare it to PC/PS4/etc., but I think it'll still be good when it gets ported later this year.
The Shaun of the dead line got me. ‘Scribed and liked. I’m a simple man.
So I have to admit that I have never seen your channel before. I saw your review pop up and had to watch. Lets just say you earnd a like and subscibe today, well done.
Finally getting the game today. I can't wait.
Love the honesty of this video he doesn’t exaggerates and says this game is perfect he has good points
Liked commented , helped my bro with the algorithm
Earned a subscriber with that Shaun of the Dead reference 👌
Hey Birdman, did you ever play FF 7 Remake? Have you ever played any final fantasy games?
What would you rate the music score of the game, out of curiosity? I feel like most reviewers leave out the music of a game, even though it can make or break the atmosphere the game is going for.
Well, I think the fact I literally only used music from this game's soundtrack in this video speaks volumes...
It is pretty glorious, mostly original with some tastes of the movie scores sprinkled in.
the fatc that you put in "cup tea and wait for it all to blow over". keen man!! keen!
question is: when was it decided that imperio ,crucio and avada kedavra were a oneway ticket to askaban? could have been after the first world war or so.
I'm taking it at a slow pace because I'm also playing Elden Ring, but I am having a blast with this game. It feels very refreshing in an open world setting. I'm a casual fan of HP (I've seen all the movies a few times and so far have read 2 books)
Great review Mr. Bird. Your gaming content is refreshingly great. If I may I would recommend you checking out Elden Ring, your insights on that game would be great to hear. Much love my man.
Watching B-man play this game was a treat. As always, great content! Love your analysis and breakdown.
I pre-ordered the game and don't regret it, even if there's not much replayability. I put in 50 hours, though I did not complete all the little side thingies. I'm not sure how different our experiences were, though you didn't sound as though you had much issues on PC. For me, there was considerable stuttering even on my 3060. This has been improved with newer patches, but at launch it was awful in some parts of the castle and Hogsmeade. I'll probably pick it up again when I get another hankering. There's a few mods to check out too. Even one that allows you to fight Aurors and be sent to Azkaban for using the Unforgivable spells on non-hostile NPCs.
Have now played two characters, a Slytherin Wizard and a Ravenclaw Witch all the way through to 100%. Having got my first character to unlock every available achievement, it was my intention to play the other three characters I had made, up to the 'House Special' achievement point to obtain all 45 'Steam' achievements, but was enjoying the second run through so much I took it all the way to completion too. I will now most certainly just play my Gryffindor Wizard and Hufflepuff Witch up to the special achievement point of the game. Only one gripe, I do wish they had left out the Alohomora puzzles you are forced into doing a gazillion times.
That reference to Shaun of the dead was so unexpected but pure gold🤣
Beautiful game and every HP fan loves it. Myself included. My childhood has come alive and I feel complete.
Thanks BM!
I think there are quite a lot of shortcomings. Especially in the storywriting, gameplay and "story vs gameplay" areas.
With the latter I mean such things like the player character being _enthusiastically surprised_ that they've _beaten an ashwinder alone..._
... on "dead ashwinder #24528." :D
What the studio definitely nailed however is the environment and general feeling of immersion. And imho, that's the more important one to nail. They can always become better in other parts for the next game, but it would be hopeless if they didn't "get" the HP world.
However, I did have a bit higher an expectation for an RPG in 2023, considering there's literally a crapton of RPG features that Skyrim (which is now over 11 years old) did better.
Loved the Shaun of the dead reference.
One thing I would say is that the PC controls had to be tweaked for me.
I have no idea why 'switch target' is on the arrow keys.
"You get the broom almost immediately"...dude it took me almost 10 hours before I got it haha, spend like 7 running around the castle getting my bearings
Have you seen the new books with the pop ups? I’m collecting them.
I want to pick up the minalima editions on top of the illustrated editions I've been buying.
I haven't. Those sound neat.
Thing is, I already have all the books, old softcover and hardcover, Fantastic Beasts AND all the audiobooks. I'm too deep in the game already 😅😂
The best way I can describe mechanics of the castle alone is; the castle feels as big outside, as it is inside. Which vla lot of open worlds games done do. Many games have you run to a door, and there's a load screen. With HL, you go to a door and it opens up without having to wait for it to render or load. That's the absolute best feature of the game is how little load screens the entire game has, besides floo travel or the select number of areas l, like a cave, that have their own underworld that's separate from the big overworld.
You “Almost immediately you get a broom!”
Me, Level 12 or something 9 hours in waiting for the broom and animals I have seen: :’D Fast travel is so cool once I get there. Thanks you Hogsmeade for being a shortcut-!
I love your reviews and gaming content. I would watch way more of these if you made them more. You have a great presentation voice and thoughtful critiques
Thanks man.
As you can see, I have decided to bring this series back after a long hiatus. I will try to review every big game that I play on stream, so I hope you catch some of them and become a part of these videos in the future.
That's so funny how you mention the star levels from GTA. I really wanted to play this game & just use the one of the curses on an NPC & steal their broomstick, yet there are no opportunities to do that. That's the one area where this open-world, Harry Potter sandbox experience fails.
Yes it has flaws and things that could be improved but it's one of the best immersive videogames experiences I ever had, and specially if you like the magic world. The atmosphere, graphics and soundtrack are top notch.
The first time I flew over Hogwarts precisely with the song "Soaring over Hogwarts" was and will be one of the best moments in my gaming life experiences.
I would have taken a point off for the abysmal broom controls with no ability to change them but otherwise I'm generally in agreement.
What outfit is your character wearing?
What gpu you running?
Edit :I see your footage is from the PS5.
All of the footage you see is PC footage.
My GPU is a 3090 FE.
@@Th3Birdman playing on pc has the PlayStation buttons on the UI? I clearly see "R2" and when you hold "R2" I see playstation button icons. Circle, triangle square and X.
Pause this video at 6:44
Those are playstation button icons on the lower right.
Am I wrong?
...do you not realize you can use a controller on PC???
@@Th3Birdman I absolutely understand you can use different system controllers on PC. I had no clue the type of controller would change onscreen UI icons.
Now I need to research.
Almost every modern AAA game on PC allows you to use whatever controller you want, and will use their logos on-screen. There are only a few cases that I can think of that don't.
i didnt find pulling off a hard mission particularly rewarding when all you get is a scarf or something, personally wish i got something else more rewarding or satisfying to mark accomplishments
Bro that john cena bit...😂
The way I made my evil Slytherin was someone who hid their evil intentions to those that would cause trouble for them to find out like teachers. Kind of like Voldemort did it. They're evil, but not stupid. I also see it where they appeal to people emotionally is more like just manipulating them.
Really good video. Can't wait to get my hands on this. As a humongous fan, I'm glad that this is mostly faithful to the lore. The little details throughout shows just how much went into making this feel like an authentic Harry Potter experience.
Also, at 15:49 - The reason the those are illegal compared to others that do something similar, is because, as the HP wiki itself states, "One must also had a desire to use the curses for malevolent purposes."
In Order of the Phoenix he tried using the one, and it only worked for a moment, and Tom Riddle even says "You have to mean it Harry."
I really don't like how YT doesn't allow comments to go through if certain words (even ones so miniscule) are used
What console you getting it for, Buff?
@@Th3Birdman PS5. But I'm actually leaning towards PC. I just have to get a powerful one first, 🤣
Also, did you play the demo for RE4 Remake yet? Or do you plan on streaming that?
I've been sick the past week and change (cold). I wanted to stream Atomic Hearts. But I'd love to play that demo on stream. I've played both RE2 and RE3 remake demos on here, so I'd hate to break up the set.
And as far as I am aware, the PS5 version is rock solid, so it would be a good choice.
@@Th3Birdman Thanks man, and I hope you get better
I had facial hair in middle school when I was 12-13, so I do hope people wouldn’t have an issue with the facial hair in the game
There is Matebeleland in this ? Wow that's from my country , Zimbabwe 🤣🤣
This game takes place in the past. I don't know how the rules and regulations about forbidden spells were, but perhaps the rules within the Harry Potter universe got changed over the centuries?
I love open world games. It gives me options and I love it.
Boarding high schools don’t allow facial hair. Amazing video!
Gameplay and World design were amazing, way above my expectations! I found the story a bit bland, but it's fine. One thing that I couldn't get over was how you are forced to be friend with onai and sallow. I played every single quest with sallow trying to make him stop, only for the game to disregard my choices and just nudge him on, albeit slightly reluctantly. It was quite frustrating.
That's about as real as it gets, man. You can try your ass off to persuade someone away from a negative situation, but it doesn't amount to anything if they don't want that for themselves. I actually found it refreshing that me selecting a single line of text didn't entirely change Sebastian's conviction for trying to help his sister.
Always love the game reviews Birdman!
Between this game, and Dead Space Remake, this year in gaming is looking good to me so far. Two amazing games this early in the year.
And Resident Evil 4 Remake is next week!
@@Th3Birdman Birdman before you review let other biased Re 4 fanboys review it. Like Re 3 remake style review. Cant wait for your ultimate roast since 2020. We're just 1 week away.
I just wish it were fleshed out a bit more.. I was hoping for lore and some world building at least similar to fallout
I personally think Open World games are the future. It makes it so much more fun to traverse when you are not limited in where you can go.
Can't be the future if they are the now.
Pretty much every game these days is open world. Grand Theft Auto created a monster.
@@Th3Birdman i think its more just the ubisoft approach that has become tiresome. if companies took the fromsoftware or rockstar approach to open worlds i dont think we would be complaining as much.
I enjoyed the game but i think it still has 2 major flaws. 1) the story wasn't that engaging to me. not bad just not great. the whole goblin rebellion just felt like an after thought to me. we never really learned ranroks motives so i had a hard time connecting to him as one of the villains. Rookwood also felt like he was just there. no explanation as to why just that he was there. I'm not saying that i don't like the idea of a goblin rebellion story. i just felt like they should've saved it for the next game and focused on the keepers storyline in this one. 2) the open world content reminded me a lot of Ubisoft. the content was split between merlin trials, poacher/goblin camps, popping balloons, and side quests. i have no problems with the first three other that they get very repetitive quick. what i did have a problem with were the side quests. most of them just felt like your typical open world filler quests. they mostly boiled down to getting sent to retrieve someone's lost/stolen item, clear out this cave/camp, or collect a certain amount of an item. I wouldn't say bad just very generic and repetitive. there were still some side quests i enjoyed. the haunted Hogsmeade quest(PlayStation exclusive quest) was one of my favorites. the relationship quests with Poppy, Sebastian, and Natty were great even if Nattys was the weakest of the 3. for me i would give the game a 7/10. a game that im not against playing through again when the inevitable sequel. but will be a while time before I play through it again
Man was using the summoning charm like scorpion from Mk
I agree on the open world stuff... I don't mind it too much as long as there is a clear path you should take to progress. But if you have to make countless side-quests to get the main story forward, it becomes tedious.
Kind of why I dislike MMORPGs and alike, as they are way too open for my taste and why I dislike Zelda Breath of the wild. WAY too many open objectives you can takle and no clear line of progression (outside of the 4 giants you can/should free before fighting the main baddy).
As a ps5 user I can also confirm no game breaking glitches yet
This game was phenomenal. Sadly, I didn’t really care for the main story. I found Ranrok to be a boring villain that I feel we never really got to know. He sort of just popped in and said something «evil» or did something bad and went away again. The final bossfight was stunning from a visual point of view, but dragged out and annoying. For me the secondary quests with Nati, Poppy and Sebastian was what made the game so brilliant
You di get to learn a bit more about him during a side quest (I forget which one), which actually explains why he hates wizards so much. It adds a little bit of nuance to his character, though it doesn't actually change anything. You can't, like, convince him not all wizards are bad, or anything. But it does at least help you understand him a bit more.
I totally agree about the male facial hair! I'm female but created a male character for my second run just to see how certain scenes might play differently, but I wanted my character to look like a baby Geralt of Rivia and instead he kind of looks like Legolas ☹🧝♂
One major thing I want in games is life, starfield fallout 3 and new vegas feels bland and the characters feel like lifeless dolls/robots, I love how they did the African accent and how they added real personality to the characters.
My Random Thoughts
1. I personally think that the harry potter franchise is actually quite poorly designed video game wise but I think the people who made this game made a phenomenal job with adapting it to a game.
2. This games gameplay loop reminded me of the Insomniac Spider-Man games for some reason.
3. The opening scene where the dragon attacks and kills the guy and you see the thestrals is one of my favourite moment from game I've played recently
I think a Bully style version of this game without the main plot could totally work, focus on the classes and character quests. It kinda did a lot of it but it had the ancient magic stuff and the memories of the past users.
Also yea your second and third point I completely agree with, the Thestrals appearing was SICK NASTY
The suggestion for a bounty/wanted system - *chef's kiss*. Love the notion of having dementors join in if you really go too crazy. I wonder how you'd 'pay' your bounty. It's weird to think "Hey, you used the killing curse, that'll be 50 gold please". But I guess that's how it works in GTA - "hey you blew up an armored car, killed half the city, and committed every single criminal act possible, so we're gonna take $500 from you."
Is it possible that the Unforgivable Curses aren't illegal at this point in the timeline? I haven't played the game yet, so I don't know if this was addressed or not, but maybe at this point in time, people who use the Unforgivable Curses are more shunned or looked down on rather than made outright criminals by using them? It wouldn't surprise me too much if this is the case, because Voldemort and the Death Eaters using them so often that they could've been the reason these spells were completely outlawed. Like I said, I dunno. I haven't played this game or seen the the Fantastic Beast films, so I don't know if that makes sense.
We aren't given information one way or the other of their legality at this point in the timeline, but the thing is the characters call them "unforgivable" in the game, react to their usage negatively, and in the Hufflepuff quest, are shown that Azkaban exists already.
All evidence points to them being illegal at that point in time. From a Doylist perspective, it's just the developers giving everyone the tools they know they want, and not limiting the player to "safe" spells. Before the game out, a hilarious tweet dropped saying they were going to Avada Kedavera everyone they met lol. So, to me, it's more fanservice than anything that makes sense in the world itself.
@@Th3Birdman On the other hand, the game shows quite clearly how inept the ministry is at that time in policing the wizarding world. So it may just be a matter of them being illegal, but nobody caring about it.
And some of the voice lines hint that there may have been a "consequences" system planned that got scrapped with the "friends/grouping up" and the "curfew" systems etc. It is quite surprising how good the game is after seeing how far the developers overreached and had to dial back their plans.
I've seen a mod out there that adds the facial hair, so you're obviously not alone in that.
Day 151 of telling th3birdman I appreciate his content
Same
At 35 seconds I told myself graphics were a 13 and at 3:04 you put 13/20 LMAO I did it I guessed correctly. All hail the Birdfather
The players sound did annoy me, but overall, I thought the gameplay could have been better. Like do I really need a spell slot for feeding and brushing the beasts, personally no o didn’t think so. It was a waste for me. I did thoroughly enjoy the game.
Anyone else just completely ignore that gobstones mission 😅
Maybe the unforgivable curses weren’t illegal at this stage of the lore So that’s why we are free to use them in game?
They were actually. This is an inconsistency unfortunately.
Unless it's simply a retcon, and they decided to change when using those curses would become illegal.
I was impressed when the missions actually paid attention to the houses you chose. My girlfriend thought i was ahead of her because I had a ravenclaw mission opposed to her hufflepuff one.
I subbed and liked for voldemorts dumbass in the beginning had me dying
The voice sounded robotic is a bug, due to the default and pitched voices playing at the same time. They should have fixed it by now, but I guess they haven't yet?
Gotta agree with the male voice being pretty flat though. The female voice sounds much better.
Good review.
I usually play with female characters when allowed to create a character, except in Pokémon games where I always try to create myself.
The one time I chose to be a dude would be the time they have a voice bug 😂😂😂
@@Th3Birdman well, the female character apparently had texture bugs or something, which only got patched a few days ago. Don't know the specifics.
@@wariolandgoldpiramid Not a texture bug, but the face was using the wrong poly model (i.e. one meant for medium distance instead of close distance) outside of cutscenes. That made the faces look a bit distorted.
shaun of the dead is a good film
watch it
Great game, feel they could have taken a few cues from Bully as far as being a student. Morality system would have been cool. Highly recommend the game regardless. Play it on Hard, difficulty is a bit low
Don't upgrade gear, slot Traits, or spec Talents. Then play on Hard. It will be a challenge. The only stat that scales with level is Health.
You must have a Nasa PC the way you talk about the stable framerates.
Still haven't really played the game because it's borderline unplayable even on lowest settings. My actual FPS I get is 40-50 which would be fine for me, but it drops to under 20 constantly because of memory issues. All other AAA games I can play just fine at mostly 60FPS
Specs: NVIDIA 3090 FE, 10900k, 128 gb RAM. Everything was on Ultra settings with DLSS turned on.
Yeah, my PC is powerful, but it's no longer the top of the line. What are your specs???
@@Th3Birdman gtx1080, 6700k, 16gb ram. I know my specs are outdated by now but it's way above the minimum recs and also I can play most other AAA comfortably on 2k medium/high with the PC.
I think the main culprit is the 16GB Ram because this game has like 95% ram usage as soon as I start it. This should absolutely not happen and there is clearly a developing issue there, maybe the anti-crack software.
Also if you check up on reddit or other forums, you can see that even people with your kind of specs have many issues regarding FPS for whatever weird reason. I think you kinda should have mentioned it in the review because it's one of the biggest complaints about the game in general.
Yeah, your PC should run this game no problem. If the game is heavily RAM dependent, though, 16 might not be enough. I haven't run 16 gigs in forever 😅. Hell, I'm looking into buying a mobo that lets me do 256 or more.
That being said, I don't do reviews based on other people's experience. My review is my own, and I can't possibly take into account another player's experience. At that point, it wouldn't be MY review. As you can see, I streamed this game live in front of thousands of people, and you can not only see my settings in the first stream, you can see the kind of performance I got in this game in my 25 hours playing it live. All of this footage was from my rig, and 99% of it was from my live streams. The results speak for themselves.
I'll say one last thing. PC gaming is interesting in that we all have different builds and that can cause variance in performance. I know this extremely well, as I have three gaming capable PCs. However, this game is currently on PS5 and XSX, and from what I've heard, they run perfectly fine. So if I were to base my review on other players' experience, at least according to you, I'd have to take those into account, and their experiences line up with my own. I don't really go looking for complaints (that's mainly because I don't read or watch reviews until I've completed my own review) but people in my stream were telling me they had no issues on console. As I was having a pretty smooth experience on PC, my assumption was that the game was well optimized, as I said at 17:20, which was the second stream (about 6 hours into the game)
I just finished the story for this and I really enjoyed it. Planning to finish all the story quests and do the owl bit.
Love having access to the unforgivables. If you spec into the dark arts you can mass curse then wipe everyone with avada. And imperioing a troll is really useful for killing everything else.
I always use imperio on the biggest badass I can find, and I like to imagine everyone else crapping themselves when an armored troll or Acromantula/Matriarch starts lumbering towards them.
@@AlphaOmega08922 imperio is crazy useful, kinda wish I’d had it for the first couple keeper trials tbh.
@@microvan1234 It really is. Especially when it gets upgraded, and your imperiused enemy can start inflicting curse on its targets as well. Unfortunately, my game seems to be glitching with Imperio now. For some reason, whenever I cast Imperio, my controlled target just stands there and ignores everything going on around it, even if I've still got multiple other enemies remaining. It's basically just became an extended "stupefy" for me at this point. No idea what's going on there.
iv'e actually seen several reviews that complained about getting the broom so early, since it removes the feeling of exploring
I personally dislike open world games that force you to slog through the world. Have you noticed how many of them place your destination on the OTHER side of the map? 😂 God I hate that lol.
Getting the broom was a breath of fresh air; finally, I can go anywhere I needed to go, get there in style and I'm not limited by verticality. I cannot fathom why anyone would complain about that. They're probably used to being hampered by game developers, so they're experiencing Stockholm Syndrome, if you ask me haha.
Those people just want to complain for the sake of complaining... Don't like the broom mount?... simple, dont use it, walk everywhere if thats what you want to do.
@@FranWest. if something removes the wonder of exploration, you can easily have played for a couple of hours before you notice that. And even after that walking will feel very slow compeared to the broom.
I haven't played the game, so idk if it would ruin anything for me, but the argument "don't like it don't use it" doesn't apply here, since it was about when you got the broom, not that the broom was bad
@@Th3Birdman i mean when the quest marker is on the other side of the map, the idea is that the game itself is the journey there. You stop buy every town, every cave every landmark on the way there. The exploration is what you're ment to enjoy (completely fine if you don't enjoy that, just that's why they do it)
That's also why you usually have to go somewhere once and then you can fast travel. The game assumes that now you've seen all the cool stuff and walking this way again will probably be boring.
Tldr: open world games are usually about the journey, not the destination, but getting the broom early removes the need for a journey
@@kasperween3614 Okay, the "don't like it, don't use it" argument still applies, though. If you don't like how early the game lets you buy a broom, then don't buy a broom so early. The game doesn't just drop a broom in your inventory and force you to fly everywhere, you can still get anywhere you need to go on foot, and you can put off buying the broom until later on. Except for the three brief flying missions (class and two assignments from Kogawa), the choice whether or not to use a broom once the option is unlocked is still entirely yours. In fact, I intend to do a playthrough as a Gryffindor with a crippling fear of heights, so I won't be using a broom or flying mount at all outside of the three missions where flying is required.
I want a Harry Potter vr game
Great and fair review! I concur with pretty much everything