Hogwarts Legacy 2: Top 10 Changes I Want For This Game
Вставка
- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Hogwarts Legacy is one of my favorite games, like most of the world as it sold the most copies in 2023. However, though it is an amazing game, I'm more excited about Hogwarts Legacy 2 and the potential it can bring from what we learned in Hogwarts Legacy I.
Help Support the Channel! - I'm a new UA-cam creator, and I would love your support by simply watching the video all the way through, and give me some feedback in the comment section. Thank you for your support!
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - 10 Repetitive Sounds & Dialogs
02:34 - 9 Holidays
03:46 - 8 Gear System
04:23 - 7 More Focus On Hogwarts
06:26 - 6 Photo Mode
06:54 - 5 Diagon Alley
08:10 - 4 Quidditch
09:36 - 3 Student Simulator
11:28 - 2 Main Story
12:41 - 1 Narative Branching - Ігри
theverdict.io website will be up later this year. The goal is to have different articles posted and what not on the games I cover.
I think the biggest thing that could add to the immersion and replayability of the game is making more things interactible. So for the dorms, let us sleep on our beds to change the time from day to night, open the wardrobe to change our gear, and use the mirrors to change our appearance (also maybe let us customize or interact with our owls, either to write letters or just to feed and brush them like the other creatures). These are all features in Animal Crossing for goodness' sake, so a triple A game should be able to include them too.
Just give us reasons to visit our dorm, the common room, the great hall, and other areas because I want to hang out in these places, but all I end up doing is standing there for a minute and the leaving because I have no reason to be there.
I agree 100%. There wasn't a reason for me to go back to my dorms at all, which is a huge part of Harry Potter, and the Hogwarts Castle. I would have liked to be in my room or common room for various reasons related to the game play.
It would be nice to be able to sit down once in a while, it would be a better way to pause the time, for a break or lay down to advance time.
I just want most of the quests to take place inside Hogwarts. I also want to hang out with mostly members of my own house, just like the movies and the books. More house npcs that are not just filler characters. And most of all QUIDDITCH!!!!! Quidditch absolutely needs to be in the game. Also more wand designs.
I didn't even think about more wand designs, but that is a good point! Why not have just an absord amount of wand choices. There already is that at Unviersal Studios.
They could've really upped the replayability if they added more house specific questlines and characters.
That was a bigger deal to me than I thought it was going to be. I finished as a Gryffindor student with the goal of completing each house. Then once I started Ravenclaw, I realized it was nothing different apart from the Jackdaw quest line. I just didn't care to keep going after really.
I’m eager to get to hogsmeade
There definitely needs to be more quests that are unique to the houses and can only be found in the common room. We should have reason to constantly return there.
Exactly. It would help with replayablity too if I got to experience many new quests because I'm Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw.
All of these are great ideas . I was more interested in Sebastian and poppy’s storyline then the main story .
I think most of us liked the side quests more than the main story. I didn't hate the main story, but the Sebastian storyline stole the show for me.
@@TheVerdictIO I think it's mostly because you did something with other students. The movies is all about adventures with your friends, but the game forces you to go at it alone which makes the story seem empty. All the side quests we get a lot more emotion and friendship adventure feeling. That's my take at least.
These are all great ideas! I’d trade everything outside Hogsmeade and the Forbidden Forest for a Bully simulator inside Hogwarts, with a splash of Quidditch!!
If Avalanche could get someone like Dan Houser (writer of Bully, RDR2, and GTA), that would be beyond amazing!
The transmog feature allows you to wear anything while having the best powerful outfits. For example, you can wear a hat but make it invisible. It is an inconvenience to constantly weave new magical elements to new outfit pieces but the transmog kept you from looking like Luna Lovegood. I ended up just wearing my school uniform the whole game while using more and more powerful outfits.
Yeah, I should have been more clear in my video. That option is what I always chose. What I really wanted to see was more choices to choose from apart from Luna's closet.lol I did the same thing, and just wore my school uniform the whole game.
As an add on to the morality system id love to be able to form friendships and rivalries with other students like a normal kid does. And if they wanted to add romance options like when i play a game with npc's and a customisable character i create a story for each playthrough i do since there are 4 houses and 4 save slots i created 4 stories involving what the base game didnt have feiendships relationships hobbies etc. And i remember just walking next to the ai characters who i decided are my characters boyfriend / girlfriend because that was a part of the game that was missing for me at least though after 'hanging out' with ominis gaunt he kept saying the same stuff over and over again so at one point i muted my console and wrote dialogue that would occur between my gryffindor character and ominis and getting gradually flirtier throughout the story as ominis and my gryffindor girl was my otp for her. I dont know whether friendships And relationships matter to the makers but they atleast matter to me
I highly recommend you play BG3 then, but I assume you already know about that game. I should do a review on Balduar's Gate 3 at some point.
@@TheVerdictIO I've heard of bg3 what consoles is it on?
BG3 (Baldur's Gate 3) is the game I show at the end of the video. In my opinion, it has the best narrative branching of any other game out today, including Witcher 3 (which is hard to beat). It's mainly on PC, but it later released for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S as well. I can't think of another game that tops that one when it comes to NPC relation building. The game thrives in many other aspects as well, but mainly its story telling and character choices is what makes it stand out above the rest.
@@TheVerdictIO ah that's a shame I dont have a pc or any current gen consoles so if/when I get a ps5 I'll definitely get it.
Seems like a game you would thrive in.
I like a lot of these ideas. Definitely would have loved to see Hogwarts utilized way more. There's so many cool locations and secrets that could have been weaved into the main story and would have made the quests more unique. After awhile all the caves and nondescript hamlets just blurred together. I also wish they had brought in more ongoing elements to do at hogwarts and in your specific house/common room.
I would have also loved the option of being able to choose characters to go on quests with. I liked how early in the game you got to choose who to go to Hogsmeade with and if you wanted a partner for Crosswands. Would have loved if they had kept that mechanism throughout the game.
"I would have also loved the option of being able to choose characters to go on quests with." - Yes! They sort of give you this at the beginning where you choose Sebastian or Natsai to explore Hogsmead. However, I would have loved it if they capitalized on this and had your relationship grow with that character. The more time you spent with that character, the more you learn about them. Then, once you finish the game, play it again in a different house and choose a different character to get close to.
So glad you mentioned that god awful floo network lady, she got so annoying 😅😅
Also I don’t want Ravenclaw having less quests than the others houses
I want someone to create a mod where you can punch her in the face, Hermione Granger style. 😆
@@TheVerdictIOI need it
Ravenclaw has less quests? Why is that? I just finished the game in Gryffindor.
@@agustinmarinangeli idk tbh
@@agustinmarinangeliRavenclaw actually doesn't have less quests. Apparently that was a rumour spread from the speedrunning community who mostly play as Ravenclaw because the house quest is the quickest
This game could do wonders with a branching story system like Mass Effect!
Exactly!
More akin to Dragon age
If they want this to be successful just stick with this as the blueprint and add content don't take out, just add morality and maybe romance, and follow detroit become human in the sense there are millions of ending outcomes, and if you wanna be good or evil and the world around you treats u as such like what red dead redemption 2 did, I love this game and the potential it has it could become one of the top highly anticipated series, like horizon, last of us, etc. If they stick to the lore like they did in the first one. They could maybe try quidditch as an online game they can look how many in games there are in gta, go karts, jetski, sky diving, triathlons, tennis,
Exactly! Getting a RDR2 style of story telling would make this one of those games people play for 10+ years.
Yes to everything on this list, with the addition of new spells, the ability to become an animagus with a system that goes with it, and part of the Harry Potter experience in the books and movies was his relationship with Hedwig. The main leitmotif was called Hedwig's theme. I'd like to be able to choose your own pet and have more to do with them in the next game. It also felt weird that apart from being introduced to your dorm at first you didn't see all that much otherwise, there wasn't an insentive to do so other than the dedaelion keys. Your new home that you could customise became the room of requirement. More insentive to be at your dorm, play wizard's chess, gobstones, tarot cards and bond with your house members whilst doing it.
Yeah, I went back and forth on the "pets" thing. It was cool to have like this mini zoo, but I would have also liked a closer bond to a single pet.
And yes to more dorm stuff! I had no incentive to go back to my bedroom, dorm, the library, great hall, or any common place students normally go. I would have liked to meet up with my friends in the great hall for lunch, or go to the library because we need to get ready for our OWLs.
Here’s my list.. you touched on some of these. These are in order for most important to least.
1. Shrink the map. I was excited at first to explore the big map. Within ten minutes of exploring the open world I remember thinking “oh no”. The game loses its entire identity as soon as you start to explore the open world. It became a generic open world game with magic. The main map should be hogwarts/hogsmeade/Forrest/lake. You can create smaller maps for story beats that take you away from hogwarts (Diagon alley, some random town, azkaban etc.)
2. Implement a scheduling system. You mention holidays being a big part of the lore, but time in general is. All events of each book, and even this game, happen within a year. I’d like to see a real scheduling system. Ideally I’d like to see a persona type schedule. You play every day. Most days involve doing activities like school, studying etc to boost attributes. However various scripted days throughout the year will progress the story. This leads me to something you described.
3. Student sim. Like you I get why they didn’t do it. However when Harry Potter fans dreamed of an Hp rpg, a big part of what they dreamed of was attending hogwarts. Everytime I think about this it makes me more disappointed. The developers are fans, yet snubbed the fans to appease the general gamer
4. More interesting characters/story. I feel these go hand in hand. The most interesting characters were the teachers by far.
Even Sebastian, who everyone seems to love, is a pretty average character in my opinion. He just seems good because the rest of the characters are so boring. Most importantly the MC has the personality of a wet noodle.
5. Dialog choices. If the choices don’t impact the story, get rid of them. It’s a big reason why the MC was so bland. You have to make the responses as generic as possible which makes the character boring. Either make dialogue choices matter or define the personality and write a well thought out script
6. Make things more interactive. Hogwarts looked great. However, it felt like walking through a virtual museum. Give me puzzles, mysteries, activities etc
7. Quidditch. I don’t really have much of the desire to play in, but I would like to be able to watch it.. even if it’s part of the story
8. Morality system
9. Companion system. The last two don’t meet much of an explanation
May sound like i really disliked the game. I enjoyed it.. but there was so much untapped potential that it’s hard not to feel disappointed. Almost zero value in a replay. In fact I was about to do a replay not long ago, was creating my character, and as soon as I got to the voice options it made me remember how dull the game actually was, and stopped my replay right then
"the MC has the personality of a wet noodle." - LOL! Love it.
I don't have a single argument for this entire list. I highly agree with everything you said.
My idea for quidditch is when you play it in HL2 your game loads Quidditch Champions and you play the match in that game, then go back to HL2. You would need to have both games installed on your machine for this to work.
That's a great idea! The Elden Ring multiplayer isn't the same thing but this reminded me of that. You have to be connected to the internet, and then you have the option to jump to the other world of a player. It's not required, but an added content to the game.
I agree with your list. One thing that everyone looks over is the fact that I CAN'T CAST SPELLS WHILE IM RUNNING OR JUMPING!! it's a complete momentum killer and doesn't allow me to fight the way I want to
Honestly, that's a great point that I've never noticed or thought about. Goes along that action RPG element that could improve. Good call out!
My biggest complaint for something easily fixed is give us the bloody plaid uniform that all the other students wear as the starting uniform we wear. It's so dumb how they give us a completely different one. Something for the next game is have our friends accompany us more on our actual main journey (the ancient magic stuff). I guess story wise it makes more sense for it to be Ominis and Sebastian (though he is a bit tricky for obvious reasons). But the quests with those two were my favourites since it reminds me of the golden trio.
Yeah, in HL2, of Sebastian returns, they will need to ask us the players how we judged him in HL1 for it to make sense.
It would be fun to earn or lose house points, have meals in the great hall, ride the Hogwarts Express, have a friendship system like in Dragon Age, have the core you choose for your wand affect its stats, have the different types of brooms have different stats, be able to actually sell things in your shop in Hogsmead, be able to design your shop in Hogsmead & have it affect the types of customers you get & everything you said
I like the idea of designing your Hogsmead shop, but it has consequences on the type of people who come. Want to sell dark stuff? Well, you'll have shady people come to your stuff. Love it!
90% of what you said is great and true, the other 10% I wouldn't want in MY game, but I understand that other players want different things. Kudos to you on this video!
That's fair, and 90% is higher than what I would expect from most fans. What are some changes you want to see when Hogwarts Legacy 2 comes out?
@@TheVerdictIO We (the HP world lovers) know that the first game already had a built in (but not completed) morality system, for one thing, which is good.
This looks like a fully grown channel, amazing!
Thanks! I'm almost done with my next video. Any feedback is appreciated.
Would also be cool to be able to look through the window of the castle or have lightning strikes light up the interior through the windows. And the empty parts of the castle need to be utilized for something. Like central hall tower and west tower.
Did you notice that looking through a mirror never worked out quite right either? That was a bit odd to me.
Dementors, a Werewolf/Animagus storyline/side quest would be awesome!
Azkaban, Chamber of Secrets... So much potential with this game!
Yeah, they have dementors on the Hufflepuff quest, but... not really. Would have been great to have some more mainstream creatures to fight.
holy moly this video was so good for someone with only 23 subscribers. well done
Thanks! This was my first "real" video on UA-cam. The first one I just posted with me playing the early access of Hades II. I didn't make any editing attempts really. This video, I still could have done better, for example the graphics are not all that great. I like this hobby a lot though and I want to keep creating videos around video games I'm interested in. Please give me any feedback on any future videos I make! Looking to grow my skills as an editor and content creator. I appreciate it!
Great video! I agree with everything you said!
My favourite parts of the game were the lessons at the beginning! I just wish we had more things to do in Hogwarts and DEFINITELY more interactions with objects (i.e. sleeping in common room, sitting, etc.)!
A morality system to deter players from using unforgivables would also be great, because currently there is no downside to casually using avada kedavra, which sort of removes from the idea of how unforgivable the curse is!
A little mechanic with prefects or something would have also been nice and book-accurate, where u have to sneak around/be a bit more careful in the castle at night!
Additionally, before the release, I was hoping that classes may not be mandatory, but that they occur and the player has the urge to go, since u learn new spells and learn the weakpoints of enemies! Imagine how epic it would have been if you only learn inferi are weakened by fire if you attended a defence against the dark arts class!
The idea of only attending classes so you get better as a witch/wizard is a great idea! Do homework, or practice spells from classwork so you as a character improves your skills as a witch/wizard. If you are not interested in classwork, and want to learn other skills like a Fred and George style, like sneaking around or building products, than that could be a route for your style of game play.
@@TheVerdictIO Exactly!! It would be so perfect 😭
There are so many things I would like to see in a sequel, but my Top 5 are this:
01 - A system of morality linked to the House Cup. Do we complete tasks given by teachers? We win points for our house. Did we get caught wandering around the school after dark? We lose points for our house. Do you find teachers’ tasks boring? Be nice to everyone, make a good impression and earn points for being an exemplary person. Don't want to get caught wandering around school? Start discovering new secret passages, to go unnoticed. And so on.
02 - Romance. I know the characters are teenagers and that makes some people worried, but I don't think romance needs to be all about riding a stuffed unicorn like in The Witcher 3.haha We can have some comedic moments, Harry Potter style, even thinking about games like Fable for inspiration. Want to take someone out on a date? You choose the place, which can be something really romantic like a picnic by the lake or the Shrieking Shack (a partner might like the place, right?) Want a moonlit walk? Prepare a safe route well or risk ending up in the dungeon, like Mr. Weasley in his youth. And if you think that's not enough, the next romantic encounter will be in a double detention in the Black Forest.
03 - Companion system. Something that often happens during the game and that makes me uncomfortable is not being able to invite a friend to spend more time with us, even when it would be the ideal time to do so. Like going on a mission with Poppy, hearing her talk over and over about how much she loves magical creatures and never being able to say "Won't you come with me to the Room of Requirement? I set up a super safe zoo for them there. You'll definitely love it !" Or being able to create wizard chess tables but never having anyone to play a game. Even Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, on PlayStation 2, already allowed us to play wizard chess in Gryffindor Tower. So why not be able to do the same in the next game and even use it as a way to make the common rooms cooler.
04 - Quidditch. I hope to see the director announcing that the Quidditch championship is back, with several main games as you progress the main plot, but also several friendly games for the post-game. Something that you can always win or lose, regardless of how much you increase your raw power in magic would be really cool, to try over and over again.
05 - New areas. I certainly think we need to spend more time inside Hogwarts, but I also think we should explore some really different areas. Go to Diagon Alley to buy our materials at the beginning of the game. Being able to actually travel inside the Hogwarts Express, chatting with friends and getting something done before arriving at the castle. Being able to choose between spending Christmas at Hogwarts or at home (or at a friend's house). The latter could yield something in the style of Rise/Shadow of Tomb Raider, where we have a map of the Croft mansion and can do some missions remembering Lara's childhood and the people she met between 30 minutes and 2 hours of gameplay. It would be really cool to get to know more about our character and also our colleagues.
And... I think I've already written a lot.haha
100% Agree! I think I completely forgot about Hogwarts Express in my video. I would have loved to walk around the train!
Good video! I agree on all points. Drawing us back to Hogwarts, and keeping the narrative centered around Hogwarts, the forest, and Hogsmeade for the majority of the game. Here are some additional points from my personal wishlist.
1. More common room events/mini games/quests.
2. More loot objects: e.g. spellbooks to unlock hidden spells or spell upgrades, potion recipes, collectibles like wizard cards, and rare relics (e.g. maybe we can find the cup of Hufflepuff, or a potential rare wielding of the sword of Gryffindor).
3. A quest in the Department of Mysteries w Hecat.
4. Dementors and patronuses, and a patronus skill tree where you go from non-corporeal to corporeal to powerful, etc.
5. Trading collectibles w other students for an honest alternative to earn galleons.
6. A better villain, more mystery, and plot twists.
7. More personalities. Everyone is too friendly and there are no bullies. Add a bully or an antagonist inside of Hogwarts and it can add a lot to the story and the feel of being a student.
8. At least one Peeves boss fight. Need I say more?
9. Sitting.
10. More secret passages and corridors. Lots of potential here!
11. More variety in enemies. E.g. werewolves, banshees, grindylows, gnomes, and erklings.
1. Yes please!
2. Like, the idea of having to work hard for a spell really intrigues me. I love the idea that spells don't come easy (at least the good ones) where I have to "unlock" some of them in a more difficult way.
3. The department of Mysteries could be an hour long quest easily.
4. Yes! A patrounuse was really hard to produse. Some just had a "wisp" come out of their wands. I like the idea that it grows over time.
5. Economics is really important in a game, and I like the idea that there isn't just one way to earn money. Be the entrepreneur you want to be.
6. Yes, I liked the villain in this game, but it wasn't fleshed out all that well.
7. The person you compete against in flying seems to be a bully. However, I don't like the option that you are either a bully or an amazingly nice person. I like the variety of personalities in characters, including the one we are controlling.
8. A Peeves boss fight? LOL! I don't know if it needs to be a boss fight, but YES! why not have Peeves just really mess up your day on a quest you are doing! Love it!
9. I can run around all day!
10. SOOO much potential.
11. Bold of you to end on a prime number like 11. ;-)
1. Excess Dialog from Ignatia Wildsmith is a little off putting, I'd agree
2. Revelio I don't mind casting this over & over again.
3. Quiddich Yes give us Quiddich and ditch some of the broom balloon popping scenes. I'd love to take down Imelda Reyes a peg or three.
4. Holidays...Yes good call
5. More Student Stuff...classes, castle exploration, meals in cut scenes. maybe even a mandatory return to the dormitory at night. And sitting down would be good
6. One of My Own Improvement Suggestions...Could we have our Avatar actually _walk_ instead of running all the time? It isn't natural looking.
7. Narrative Branching....good idea.
8. No Moral Consequences for using illegal curses. This needs to be addressed.
I've thought about the "walking" part in a lot of RPG games. It is odd that you always run from place to place. Perhaps a button push to switch between a normal walk, a jog, and a run.
If we don’t get to battle Imelda we riot at sunset!😂😭
ua-cam.com/video/ixZDTiXiHsc/v-deo.html - Let's start a riot!
@@andrevaughn6980 :--D
@@andrevaughn6980 this list is insignificant
Narrative story telling is a must and as for quidditch a simple mini game as well as spectating would satisfy me
Yeah, the Quidditch delima is interesting. The game itself of Quidditch is complicated enough where it would need an entire development team to make. So, a compromise could simply be spectators watching a "film" of it.
Photo mode: YES! Should have been in Day 1. Less repetitive dialog and sounds: also YES! While we're at it, as far as revelio is concerned, not everyone plays with headphones on or with 7.1 surround, so give us other cues apart from that vague "ting" sound to let us know where secrets are located. The story was decent but a bit convoluted unless you took the time to put it all together. Perhaps next time place the dots a bit closer together so folks can string them together without Sherlocking the crap out of all the clues. The companion quests were by and large among the best parts, so more of that. For that matter, give us TRUE companions that we can have tag along with us on our adventures.
Where I have to disagree is with a school simulator. Nope. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed my interaction with the professors, but I don't want to be locked in to an academic schedule and penalized if I miss class. Also nope to a stringent morality system. They've been done to death (Mass Effect inFamous, etc.) and they always turn into a meta, where if you're not playing a certain way, you're missing out on the best abilities, spells, storyline, etc. Also ALSO nope on curfews. I don't want to have to skulk around at night trying to avoid professors or prefects. Maybe I'm a night owl and just prefer to do my wandering after everyone has retired for the evening. And my head canon so far as Unforgivables was that I was permitted "special dispensation" by the Ministry to use them if and when I must to get to the root of the problem. It's hinted in the source material that Aurors already enjoy this privilege to some extent and have latitude to use them under dire circumstances without invoking the lifetime visit to Azkaban.
I think these are great disagreements. I would assume that you and I are really similar, where we both love video games and Harry Potter. However, you probably lean a little more towards the enjoyment of the RPG video game, where for me I would have liked the simulation of the student. In the end Avalanche and WBs chose to cater more towards RPG video game style of a game, and it worked great! I'm excited to see what they do next.
The biggest thing I want is much more content that is exclusive to each house, in order to give the game more replayability. The other thing I want, is the ability to use joke shop items in combat, much like we do with plants in the first game. Fanged Frisbees, Ever-Bashing Boomerangs, Dungbombs, Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder - all of these things could have utility in combat.
Also, give the houses other than Ravenclaw actual bathrooms! Seriously, where am I supposed to piss in the middle of the night? Or shower?
"Seriously, where am I supposed to piss in the middle of the night? " 🤣🤣🤣
i completely agree with wanting Hogwarts Legacy 2 to be more of a student life. Don’t get me wrong, the open world was so cool and I loved the extra things that gave us, but we love Hogwarts. Theres more then enough things to do at Hogwarts to make a game, and part of the draw of Harry Potter is the school and how magical it is compared to ours. Like you said, why don’t we go to classes?
"...but we love Hogwarts" - Couldn't have put it better myself.
One thing I did like about the gear system was the fact that you could transmog your gear. I hate when I find an item with good stats but it looks ridiculous.
Very good point!
Agreed on the narrative branching especially! I would also love to be able to have my character date someone, or even just be able to bond more with the companion characters
Playing BG3 right now and I love the relationship building you have with different characters. I would love to see this style in HL2!
Also more enemy creature types like Erklings, redcaps, and hinkypunks. Also more daily life utility spells that could be used for puzzles and traversal like episky, ascindio or engorgio, and more cool conjuring spells
Agreed, there is a a lot more that could have gone into spells and creatures.
I do want houses to have some effect on your gameplay. More house quests and fully fleshing out the House NPCs bc only Sebastian's quest and story is interesting, I'd love for the other companions to have interesting storylines too and even for the MC to HAVE a personality, bc we don't and the dialogue options have no effect
Exactly! I'd like there to be some replayability when I finish the game. When I'm done with Ravenclaw, I'd like to move over to Hufflepuff and get a fairly different experience in side quests because I'm in a different house.
A full fledge rpg with stats, different types of loot rather than just clothing which have stats like a normal rpg. And of course the ability to actually become evil rather than a good guy who can use bad spells which have 0 consequences
Yeah, that was my same issue. I played my first playthrough as a "good" gryffindor, and not using the unforgiveable curses thinking that it would reward me some how for not doing so. In the end, I just missed out on using the powerful spells for the game.
- one thing you did not touch on: the game could be made much more challenging on the hardest difficulty. Especially later in fhe game it just was too easy.
-the end game once you're level 40 and the storyline is over does not have much to offer. You have to explore everywhere in order to become lv 40 but there is not an in game Reward or area to explore once youre there. Also the enemies should be able to be overleveld more, the should not necessarily scale that much, why not have trolls be lv 50 for instance
-most important is the gear system, please make if meaningful instead of annoying.
-i really loved being able to customize my style of playing with the point sysfem (dark arts, Stealth, etc), please extend this, have potion brewing and herbology and care of magical creatures also be systems in which you can noticeably improve.
I agree on this as well. When I first started the game, I picked the hardest setting and really the only thing I struggled with was the final boss battle. That was quite difficult for me to get past. However, apart from that, I didn't really struggle on difficulty. However, I've been gaming for quite some time now, so I had that experience behind me to make the game easier. I think this game was targeted to include new gamers.
And yeah, leveling up and gearing meant almost nothing. It wasn't like a D&D game or something Breath of the Wild where my gear really matter to get past a certain part.
I want to be able to play with friends around the castle.. co-op or mmo would be so amazing if they could pull it off correctly!! I want to be able to play the campaign and then actually log in each day to play with friends and others. Would a live service work?
Yeah, that's a tough call right? Going MMO or Live Service I feel would have more negative sides than positive sides to it. Could do an Elden Ring type thing where you transfer over to their map, but that would kind of imply a multiverse to Harry Potter. lol. Ideally, I think they should have a solo story game like they gave us, and then perhaps start working on an MMO of some sorts for a completely different game. Same developers, but just two teams working on both games? Yeah, Idk what would be the best option there.
I think Hogwarts Legacy 2 should be more like Persona 5 and Fire Emblem Three Houses with the narrative branching and how the calendar year works. Having some days where you have to go to classes, complete assignments and give room for quests and story.
I would also like more characters to interact with and the ability to make friends and get their help on quests and assignments. A better name for the sequel should be Hogwarts Eternal where it would take place present day when you are a 7th year student and have the ability to see children of the characters from the books and movies
I never played Persona 5. I'll give that game a look.
I loved the game but was so annoyed that I had to go to so many caves and tombs for missions… for the sequel:
1. I’d love if you can follow up your character, like using the PS or WB account to continue with the MC in the sequel…
2. More classes and more missions inside school.
3. I am pretty indifferent to Quidditch and wasn’t a big fan of the flying mechanics but most people want to have it so, why not?
4. KEEP SEBASTIAN as a main companion! He was my favorite of all companions.
5. A new mystery (we had the keepers, can we get the founders now?) but a mystery centered in Hogwarts and that gets solved in the school.
6. Branching narrative - take a page from The Dark Pictures or The Wolf Among Us.
7. A story where the previous companions (Natsai, Poppy, and Sebastian) are part of the core 4 with MC. Again, just like the books where they all solve the mystery and meet new people.
8. More missions like The Haunted Shop, or Trial #3 or the Hufflepuff Jackdaw quest.
9. Start a new storyline that would lead to sequels (think Goblet of Fire setting up the next 3 books)
10. A series big bad. We need a good villain.
Oh and I almost forgot, include the most iconic spell: Expecto Patronun!
1. Agreed
2. Yep!
3. Agreed, but I think it needs to be apart of the story some how. I'm okay with not playing it as we will get Quidditch of Champions soon, but to not have it at all seems wrong for a Harry Potter story.
4. That's a hard one though, because what did you decide is Sebastian's fate? It will be different for different people. However, going back to your first idea on #1, perhaps your WB account can have different re-intros for the character depending on what you chose in Hogwarts Legacy 1.
5. Yes! Something about the founders would be awesome!
6. Yep. I've never played "The Dark Pictures", but the trailers look insane!
7. eh, I somewhat disagree with this one because Natasi wasn't friends with Poppy really nor was she with Sebastian. And Poppy wasn't friends with Sebastian either. However, the concept of getting a core 4 is what I would like to see. Maybe it's yoru choice as a player who you want your core 4 to be after playing a few hours and deciding which relationship you want to build. Or maybe its what house you are in gives you a new set of core 4. A lot of possibilites with this concept.
8. The Haunted Shop was beyond amazing. This is where I would be okay with leaving Hogwarts for a period of time. If it was just some side quest that took me to MofM, or some other place outside the school grounds with that level of story telling, then I'm in!
9. Exactly! That was one of the problems with the main story. It just sort of ended abruptly and didn't have a lot of payoff to it.
10. I didn't mind Rockwood as a Villain. However, I would like to see someone more powerful as the the main "series" villain. For example, the Malfoys were always a villain in the stories, but it was Voldemort as the over arching villain for the entire series.
AND YES! I forgot about a patronus spell in my own list. Really, more spells all together, but how is patronus not on the list!
What I would like to see:
1. Quidditch
2. Dating
3. Choices having more of an affect on the game.
Would you have Quidditch be like a mini game? A full game within a game? Or something else?
@@TheVerdictIO that’s a good question 🤔. I feel like there are many ways it can go, just as long as it’s done correctly.
More focus on Hogwarts itself *and* the experience of being a student there? Living the student life?
*Yes* ! *Yes* ! *Yes* !
No lol
That's what I would love to see!
If you want to explore Diagon Alley, play the Harry Potter games. Even the first one on the PS1 has it.
True, I really liked the HP LEGO version of Diagon Alley. However, you can say the same thing about the castle. The other games had Hogwarts Castle in it too, but Avalanche did it better. I would have liked to see what Avalanche could do with Diagon Alley.
I also want house based side quests so u do things that are dangerous for Gryffindor, puzzling challenges for Ravenclaw and so on
That's a good idea, have stuff that shows why you are in the specific house. Love it!
honestly they should add more companions and classes. stuff like the half blood prince video game. that was such a fun game cause most of the quests were in the school. they should add classes that you actually attend and participate in more. companions should be friends, romance, etc. i’d like to see so many things happen
Exactly! I want to spend more time in the castle, and have a reason to be there. Especially with other classmates.
It’s interesting to see how diverse the hogwarts school was compared to the movies. It makes it look like hogwarts became more exclusive over time
Hogwarts is like this in the books. Read them or you're missing 99% of everything it has
This is just me being shallow, but I would like some improvements to the characters customization. More voice actors besides the one at various tones, more options for faces, better looking hair, and maybe a few others things to give people a lot of freedom. To be fair though I usually don't play games with the realistic looking graphics, I lean more towards the more animated style.
(Also the hats sometimes looked a bit odd on the character)
Character customization is really important in an RPG. I highly agree with this!
I’d love more dark spells 🪄 and more dark lord outfits , I’d love more quest with Sebastian in poppy and I hope that the sequel will carry over your choices from the first game , I’d love for Sebastian and poppy to be apart of the main story and they will help the mc on their adventures . I’d love to meet as well some new companions maybe even meet a teenage Dumbledore and go on adventures with him . Just my opinion .
Yes!
I agree with a lot of this, plus would also like to see more variety in the "collection" stuff, like the balloons, Merlin trials etc. They were great at first, but after a while became a bit boring because it was always the same and there were a LOT of them.
Yes, for me, I think the solution is to just take them out of the game. However, that's a good idea, where if you want to keep them in. Well, then, sure. We just need a lot more variety to keep it interesting.
@@TheVerdictIO I didn't mean those specifically, but took them as examples. I hope they would have other types of collection thingies in a sequel, not the same ones again. But then make them more varied than the ones we have right now.
Diagon alley not being included was more disappointing than quidditch for me. I think the game lacked that separation between the Wizarding world and the muggle world, and Diagon alley is the gateway between the worlds
I never thought of it that way, and now I completely agree with you. Good call out!
What I want:
- The ability to transfer over our character from the 1st game.
- Graded classes.
- That you actually get to take the o.w.l.s and n.e.w.t.s exams this time (), and getting a grade based on how well you did/how many answers you've got correctly and have that determind what kind of classes you can take, if it takes place during the 6th/7th year.
- That, if we start in a lower or the same year again, that we get to pick our 2, or more, elective classes.
- Have the kind of wood and core you picked actually make a difference in the wand.
- Getting to decide if you're a fullblood, halfblood or a muggleborn, and where you grew up/what you already know (weather you live in the magical or the muggle world if you choose half-blood, live with only their magical parent in the magical world or with their muggle parent in the muggle world, or with both in the magical or the muggle world. And if you grew up knowing about the world you didn't pick or not).
- If the game includes parts in the muggle world, have your blood status and class choices decide how easy that section of the game is.
- Choose a pet (perhaps even costumize it like we did with our player character).
- If they include quidditch, that they give us the option to not join quidditch, and for the players who do, the freedom to choose which position to play as.
I'm really curious how they are going to handle the character in HL2. Will it be the exact same person? If so, then yeah! I would like to transfer my character over. Also, love the idea of "tech electives". The books do show that you have thsi option in later years.
More complex wand choice is an awesome idea! Think of Mario Kart on how you change your car. It's subtle, but certain cars are better at accelerating and others better at turning. You could do the same thing with wands. Some refresh better than other wands on the next spell, others are slower to cast but more powerful once done. Really good idea! I love it.
Status is a MASSIVE part of the Harry Potter lore. How people viewed Witchers and Wizards in the 1990s of the Harry Potter book has to be even more prevelant in the 1800s of this story.
I don't know if we can expect the sequel to directly take place after the first game. There is every possibility that the sequel will do something like take place during the first world war, several decades after the first game.
That’s some seriously old fashioned RPG thinking and I’m all for it.
Just a trivia question: What are your favorite spells besides the unforgivable three?
Move/Book spells: Bat Bogey Hex.
Video Game spells: Depulso.
I think Diagon Alley is more than perfect for a reveal trailer for Hogwarts Legacy 2. Imagine an unreal engine 5 Diagon Alley absolutely flooded by people and detail. I think that would absolutely apparate the Internet.
I'm highly against preorders, especially digital preorders, but if I saw that trailer than I'd break my rule and pay double in that moment just for good measure.
It would be good if we could have more customisation. I want to customise my wand and broom more.
Someone else made this comment on here, but I liked their comment about our wand customization actually affects how well our spells perform. I think that would be pretty cool. Not just cosmetic but also the ability of the wand changes.
I'd love to play as the golden trio just like the older HP games, it was the best time running around the castle as Harry, my childhood 😢
Which one was your favorite? Did you play the Lego one as well?
@@TheVerdictIO No just all the Wii games and HP1 PC. HP6 on Wii was epic you got to make potions and stir them with the wiimote and run around hogwarts with Ron and Hermione, play as Ron when he drinks the love potion it was hilarious 😂 😃
@@cookiepop123 I remember that. I think HP5 was my favorite. I think it had the most to do with exploring the castle. HP6 was great as well. I remember not liking the last few though.
Y’all. They need a flipping romance option.
The issue is that they are essentially kids… so it’s probably best to not happen
@@epeli239 true but people their age still have boyfriends ad stuff. They’re like fifteen right?
A morality/karma system
A bigger focus on hogwarts.. its in the name of the game
Choices and consequences for quests which can have big changes for quests and the ending
Not a massive open world with a massive check list of things to find
These are the big things I think we need for a sequel
Yep!
I would like to see a more adult game that includes more of the wizarding world. Diagon alley, MOM, Gringots. I want to be able to purchase a house, furnish it, brew potions, grow plants, breed unicorns. Where you can play as a human, a centuar, a goblin, a troll, whatever. Romancing should definitely be available. Basically a combination of Fable and Skyrim, with some Witcher 3 side quests for variety.
Would you think an MMO would be a good fit? MMOs are not as popular as they once were, but they are still around.
@@TheVerdictIO I hate MMO. Single player please.
@@Songe467 I'm on the same page as you. My next video I'm making right now is actually talking about Star Wars The Old Republic, but how it might probably be played best as a solo player instead of an MMO. I just don't know if I'll ever get fully into an MMO again.
I only Play Single Player Games I have tried a few MMO's but unless its someone you know well it tends to be an issue with who's in charge/where the story is going and ends up with Chaos at some point
My wishes for Hogwarts Legacy 2 can be summed up really easily: make it more like Rockstar's Bully, except at Hogwarts.
Yep. Obviously doesn't need to be the focus of messing with people and trying to get away with it, but yes! You and I are on the same page.
@@TheVerdictIO pranking people Fred & George style could definitely be a fun addition but yeah, it's not necessary for a good Hogwarts game, just being able to interact with other students more would be nice, that's what I meant, including how Bully did lectures and exams, and Bully's general mission and story structure, would be very fitting for a Hogwarts game.
Better creative character customisation like a male student wear the girls school uniform and a female student wearing the male school uniform and u can create every inch of ur character instead of the base character
I liked their face customization, but I also wanted the character to look as much like me as possible, and there wasn't enough options for this. I wish it was not just a template for the face, but I can move my cheekbones up and down like some other games permit. It didn't take me out of the game, but I know a lot of people would like it.
Honestly we need student rivalries in the sequel the 7 books had it, Hogwarts Mystery had it, Hogwarts Legacy 2 needs to have the students having at the bareminum friendly rivalries doesnt even need to be the hero verses school bully sterotype.
I can't believe I missed this. Yes! This is completely needed!
What we need is a fully rendered Hogwarts Castle in VR.
Could you imagine an MMO VR Hogwarts Castle game?
After the destruction of hogwars the students had to rebuild
LOL!
Imagine if hogwarts was made by people like larian 😅, that would be amazing.
The story was very lacking, there was so much that could be improved.
As for exploring outside the castle... I liked it because it was so pretty that plus im Scottish and this actually looked and felt like Scotland. If only it was more fleshed out.
One of the most annoying things for me were the merlin trials , uuurgh.
Merlin trials being tied to the inventory was beyond annoying.
Ah also just to add one more. I didnt care for the all ancient magic chosen one narrative. i much rather bea regular student that just is talented and trains harder then others... Plus the OWL's being a cutscene was SUCH a letdown they kept mentioning it and by the end of the year i was ready for a cool exam with challenges. nope just a cutscene
"Chosen One" narratives can be done well, but I tend to lean more towards stories where I'm average, and then my choices and actions make me above average. The result feels more rewarding. Think of stories like Elden Ring for example. However, Harry Potter himself was the "chosen one". The story that followed was just amazing and what made Harry special didn't prevent him from needing to learn and grow. In this story, you are just instantly good at all spells you pick up, and you even have an extra special ability with acient magic that you learned without any form of traning. It wasn't a terrible story, but it could have been done better is all.
And +1 to the OWLs comment. The movie has it just being an exam, but the books show the exams include practical application of your knowledge, and not just magic theory. It would have been great to see that through out the game your spells didn't work out so good at the beginning, but then over time you got good at them. Hopefully good enough for when OWLs came.
Oh I love the idea of having an interactive OWLs exam. I have a feeling there probably was an interactive element originally planned but then got cut.
more castle. more school stuff. more of the lengthier side quests, they were great. and allow me to mute the floo powder lady.
That haunted store side quest was amazing. I would love it if the "outside" world was just a bunch of lengthy side quest. Then the main map was Hogwarts Castle/Hogsmead/Forbidden Forest, along with castle grounds of course like the black lake.
@@TheVerdictIO absolutely. If they did more side quest-specific landmarks I feel like the world wouldn't feel so empty in places. In my opinion there is a clear quality drop once you go south past the lake or north past the forest (the small mountain area) all feels very rushed. Not that it isn't beautiful, but there's nothing out there besides 30 merlin puzzles and some balloons and a castle or two to be used as side-quest locales. (those were easily the most fleshed out areas) The small towns scattered about weren't TERRIBLE, but it felt like there was 40 people total living in all of the surrounding areas outside Hogsmeade and Hogwarts. And half of their total significance was 2 people: the Sallows.
edit: Conversely, If they don't want to pull the focus of the story back in a bit and make it tighter I would like them to make the world a bit bigger and emptier actually. Once you unlock flying the scope of it shrinks quite a bit, and I would have loved a larger world to make the small towns that did exist feel important and not just 5 people living at a road junction. And the Merlin Puzzles, my god. Every 10 feet.
I don't agree with a few statements. First I liked the revelio mechanic and its really helpful but the sound is annoying it's true. Second I don't care about the classes. I want to play the game and explore the world if I wanted to watch them sit in classes I would simply turn Harry potter on.
Yeah, there is a divide on this opinion. The developers saw this too, and they chose what you and a lot of gamers wanted in the game. Which was more of an RPG action game.
One day, I hope to get a student simulation, but I understand why they went the route that they did.
i was also very happy with what we got but Also 100% agree with every point
Yeah, I feel like I should have made a top 10 list of the things I don't want changed in HL2, just to show my love for this game. Then make this list, because as fans, we always want our content to grow and get better.
Better writing for everything. This game is way too shallow most of the time. Companions are needed. Harry didn’t run around by himself all the time. I get the dark wizard power fantasy but I also want rewards for becoming a wizard that doesn’t use dark magic. Better villains. Not once did I find rookwood or the goblins threatening.
Yep! I would love to see more depth in the story.
I wanna join Goblet of Fire. Plz add in Hogwarts Legacy 2
That would be cool, but it could break lore though. The last time the Goblet of Fire Tournment was done was back in 1792. It was deemed too dangerous until brought back in 1994 when Harry was at school. However, if they were to set the time period back in 1792, that would keep the game true to the lore, and give us fans a great Triwizard Tournament!
1 thing i hate is that you learn spells on your 1st try. It should take days to even learn them. Becuse oter wise the spells dose'nt feel rewarding.
yeah, my idea was to have a D&D style with the spells. Like, if you didn't practice the spell enough, then chance of it being successful/powerful is much lower. However, any implementation would be better than just, "Yeah, I've mastered this spell now".
Give me chamber of secrets!!!! Even if I die when I go down there I wanna see the HL version of the chamber 🙄🙏🏿 that's just me
That's a hard one right, because it would break lore if you opened it. However, you could have something where you opened it and nobody knew that you did. I understand your line of thinking though. Like, LETS SEE IT! lol. Another option could be a like a dream sequence of what you read about it... Idk.
@@TheVerdictIO exactly! Good point and good second ideas I just hope they add that in because when I first discovered they at least had a letter about it in the bathroom I was hype AF but sad we couldn't go inside
4 player co-op w raids
I really thought we would get raids in the game. To be honest, I could take it or leave it when it comes to raids. However, it is a fantasy RPG... I feel like raids and fantasy RPG games go hand and hand.
I agree❤😅
I don't care what you want. We just need quidditch
🤣🤣🤣. Luckily, Quidditch Champions is coming out September 3rd this year. However, I understand you wanting it in HL2.
Why doesn't the players character have any real friends? Once the main quests are over no one speaks to you and that makes the game less interesting and makes me quit p0laying after a few hours even though I am not finished with the game, I just feel irritated by everyone who just wants something from you, I don't even know all those people in the villages, so why would I risk my life to find a Niffler someone lost or search for the key to the bells for instance. Its not like they serve any real purpose to the quests. I would rather be searching for answers to things like my back story or a hint as to what the enemy might be planing.
When setting up the character they need to add Blood Status . personality traits Extrovert/ introvert, Is your Character Angry, Laid back, Moody, Optimistic, are they Self Centered like Draco or more like Luna who would help everyone or Like Neville who despite everything stands up and fights no matter what for what is right, those are clear cut personalities. Those things should effect how the Character interacts with others and where the story line should go for each individual Just as what house you opt for depicts certain aspects of game play and would make it so there were more options for how the story line might progresses based on the chosen traits
If you haven't already played it, I highly recommend Red Dead Redemption 2 to you. Seems like it will be right up your ally. Of course Baldur's Gate 3 is the same way as well.
@@TheVerdictIO I haven't played them but will try them Thank You
how about more Immersive NPCs
Yes, I look to Baldur's Gate 3 for this one. It was just amazing to get to know not only your own "team" but also just random NPCs during the game. HL2 needs to attempt to adopt this, or at least I'd like them to try to.
@@TheVerdictIO Earned yourself a subscriber
@@ElmoElmoSWAZILAND Thank you! I have a Star Wars: The Old Republic video coming out tomorrow (or Friday). But let me know what types of videos you would like me to do.
Also why is character not in the middle of the screen
Like what is this cinematic bs
This is an interesting complaint that I honestly never thought of until I heard a lot of fans talk about this in Witcher 3. I guess I have always just been numb to whatever the developers gave me in a game. The ability to change this in Witcher 3 would be a cool addition to HL2, or even an update to HL. It's not the biggest deal to me, but I know it bothers a lot of fans. Great point!
I want to be able to have pets in the game and to be able to become a werewolf and to have LGBT relationship options
Well.... you got your photomode......👀
Narrative branching.... they don't have the guts for that, the devs.... it's pathetic
Yeah, I saw that in the update, and I was like, "called it!". lol
I don't know about the devs not having the guts. I think its WB who is scared to spend the time and effort on such a game.
@@TheVerdictIO yeah I might have been too hasty on blaming that on the devs.
You're not gonna see anything about HL2 for another 3 years
Honestly, I hope that is the case really. If we got the game, let's say next year. It would just be a fork off the first game with some added content. Turning the game into a really expensive DLC.
Nobody likes the gear
In most fantasy games, "gear" is another method to level up your character. However, that wasn't really Harry Potter. It also just wasn't needed in the end.
“It’s almost perfect” in what way? Brother I got about 3/4 of the way through the game and gave up cus I was so unbelievably bored, this game is hot garbage with very few redeeming qualities.
I get it. This wasn't the game for a some people. However... this being literally the best selling game in 2023, perhaps it has a few redeeming qualitites.
For me, I'm a huge Harry Potter nerd so getting the lore right was very important to me in this game. They did just that with the Castle. The game showed that it was created by Harry Potter fans. As a fan of this game, and of the HP Universe, these are my top 10 suggestions for what I hope HL 2 comes out with.
What type of games are you into? I'll give them a look and hopefully a review down the road. Thanks!
I would like a romance system, please
It is a story about kids/teenagers, so I understand it is not going to be something like Baludar's Gate 3. However, I think the mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was step in the right direction. For me personally, I want to be able to connect with my classmates. I should have a deeper friendship with one classmate over another based on my choices. Idk, how would you like to see a romance system in place in HL2?
Unrealistic .
My hopes for HL2? Probably... 😥
Get the feeling you havent played it in a long time
Can you help me understand why you feel that way? I'd like to improve my videos. Thanks for the feedback!