I love how Harry Potter brought 3 generations together in my family. We would all read the books, go to the movies and go to contests. So much fun and we still have fun talking and rereading and rewatching everything. The grandchildren will play the games and we will buy them. Lol
Fascinating story regarding learning to read through Harry Potter. So many people who had difficulties in some area of their lives have been helped by escaping from their reality by immersing themselves into the Harry Potter world. And, now, the immersion is at a whole different level. God only knows how this game will evolve in the next 10 years. It truly is exciting times for Potter fans.
6:30. The Grand Staircase was Always in a Cylinder shape according to the Books. Even in 1991, When Harry attended. This game is more in Cannon to the Books. Wow, great job Devs.
I've always lost interest in the books after prisoner of Azkaban for years but loved the movies. last month I went to a really dark place so I made myself to read the entire series (currently on halfblood prince) and I've got to say this series helped save me from myself
I love wandering the castle. I grew up with my Mom reading the first 3 or 4 books to me and my twin brother. 1 Chapter each night, then when the 4th or 5th came out we were in the middle of a really emotionally charged and turbulent move, I spent the next 2 years reading and losing myself into the books. To this day Harry Potter books are my Go-To for relax and calming if I'm struggling with Anxiety or 'Life". I run a dog grooming shop and listen to all the audiobooks at least once a month while working. This game has made me cry with happiness more than once. I love your enthusiasm for all things Harry Potter, no one else in my life has the same connection to it, so it's really nice to watch your videos and know I'm not the only Potter Head!!!
My family wasn't well-off back when I was a child. We had free tv network and they would always air Harry Potter movies every Christmas. It was one of the few happiness I had from my childhood. I remember running around in a cape (towel) pretending to be in Hogwarts and humming the theme song.
Have you been as emotional as I have been going through this game? I had to stop and laugh at myself a few times. It is just so beautiful and immersive! I have a permanent grin plastered on my face. Do I really have to go back to work?! UGH! Love this so much.
To have a true fan and scholar of this universe walk through and play this game is great. So many casuals seem to be overlooking the details of the game. Watching your channel has me wanting to finally read the books, as a middle aged adult :)
One of the only open-world games where I do not want to fast travel. Everything around you is so detailed and interactive. The game of my life thus far!
still remember growing up while the books were still releasing, all the people at school would get excited when a new part was announced and when it finally was in bookstores and later theaters, then of course the movies were iconic, pretty much a near perfect adaption and it was wild to see the book come to life
I love your play through, your giving this game the respect it deserves lol Honestly,Harry Potter has been an escape for me from heavy times and I will always be so grateful for these stories. 🙏🏾 15:25
As someone who only started playing games about two years ago, I think it’s so awesome how you are taking on the challenge but also playing the game in a way that makes you happy! That’s what it is all about. Also the longer you use the perspective controls and everything the easier it gets!
Hi Peter! Did you know that Salazar Slytherin´s name was inspired by the portuguese dictator António Salazar? J.K. Rowling spend some time in Portugal during the time she was writing the first HP book so she took a lot of inspiration there. I live in Porto, Portugal where she used to live back then and there are a few tours around the city showing some of the places J.K. Rowling took her inspiration from.
I was late to the party with Harry Potter... I have this awful habit where if something is really commercialised but I know I'll love it, I rebel against it 🙈 But in 2018 I was diagnosed with cervical cancer, and with plenty of time during chemo and appointments and just being at home decided it was a good time to start reading the books. I WAS HOOKED. This was a place I could completely submerge myself into and forget my reality. This world has been with me during my darkest days.. if it wasn't for these books, I don't think I would be here today... it may seem silly, but they have been my escape. The light when all I saw was darkness.. I'm so grateful to be part of this incredible community And I'm loving Hogwarts Legacy! 11 hours in and I've barely scratched the surface!
Awww! I would love to see more of these kind of videos. Maybe with places like the gamekeepers hut, Hogwart's kitchen, the owlery, bathrooms, and once you have a broom the whole castle from the outside... 😊
Over the past couple of years I have become such a huge Harry Potter fan. I found your videos a few months ago and have watched most of them, I absolutely loved hearing your story of how you fell in love with Harry Potter. It’s crazy how it can be so much more than just a book or just a movie. Like you said: It’s home.
I cried playing this game because it brought the memories from back in the day. It reminded the days where everything was magic for me, before I grow up. It’s just amazing to be able to live what I’ve dreamed my entire life. I’ve always wondered how was a daily life in a normal Hogwarts student, and I was finally able to figure that out. I feel like after I complete this entire game, I’ll be able to die in peace.
I love how this game was made so beautifully that whether you’re a Harry Potter fan or a gamer, you HAVE to play this game…it’s bringing all different types of people together
My biggest complaint initially was the camera movement until I cranked up the speed and the acceleration all the way. It was giving me a headache how slow and delayed it was
Hello, I'm a ravenclaw and I am beyond excited to explore within the game. My mom took me to see the movie and I was not at all interested in going to see it. About 30 minutes in I was hooked and now my kids are addicted. I have a young hufflepuff and slytherin 💛
This was an awesome video/teaser of what we can explore and find in the castle. The ravenclaw house looks amazing and I love all the customization we can do, and spell slinging looks so fun. There is a neat little detail in all the common rooms, you kind of noticed it on the stream, when you couldn't go up a set of stairs in the dormitories area. In the books, its said that girls/witches can go into "all" dormitories, but boys/wizards can only access the wizard dormitories. Whenever a wizard tries to enter the witch's dorms, the stairs will transform and you will slide back down.
“We appreciate the invention of floo powder. Thank you.” You won’t be grateful by the time you finish the game 😂 “Off on another adventure, are we?” “What are you up to now?” “How nice to see you, my young friend!” Are ALL permanently burned into my brain. Rent free. Never. Ending. Lol
How I came to discover Harry Potter was I went to visit my sister in Florida and she had the first 4 books and I was an avid reader but not really into fantasy, but I thought I'd see what they were about and unfortunately, I didn't spend as much time with her because I was devouring the books. I finished them before I left, then got the other 3 the day after the release day. I do remember when I got Deathly Hallows, I started on a Friday, and only left my room to eat or use the bathroom, slept only a few hours and I finished it 2 days later. I thought the movies did a great job in bringing the books to life. Now, I love watching You tubers begin that journey watching the movies. I am not a collector but I love watching your videos.
I got started with Harry Potter with the films! My brother who is 6 years older than me started watching the films when he was about 11, and it was my way of spending quality time with him. He would watch them all the time (and still does even at 29 years old). Every time he’d watch them he’d ask me if I wanted to join and I grew to love the series that way. By the time the last two movies came out I was old enough to go to the midnight premieres and I loved going. I read the books in middle school, but continue watching the films all the time!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who brought a PS5 just for Hogwarts Legacy this game is amazing 🎉 I’m in ravenclaw and makes me so happy hopefully they will add multiplayer in the future
My grandmother also got Harry Potter for me and my siblings. My two brothers mother and I would sit around for hours taking turns reading. Then we would beg my mom for one more chapter at midnight on a school night. And she always complied with the caveat that we wouldn’t complain in the morning for school.
One thing they missed is the door behind the staff table in the great hall where the school champions go after being selected in The Goblet of Fire. In fact there is a balcony just outside that wall and a glitch where I fell through the map to my death several times last night. It is consistently in the same spot. But there is no place for that room behind the table to even exist.
I hundred percented this game in 3 days. Got addicted. The castle, hogsmeade, and the world surrounding them is beautiful. The combat is extremely addictive too, even if I find it a bit easy, even on hard mode.
Gonna watch right after work. Running it on my Xbox S. Had been a freaking blast. Headed more into dark forest tonight. Getting some more moon statues for professor moon I believe it was. Happy exploring. Team Slytherin 🙏
I watched the First Movie first. My family visited my aunt up north and to keep 7 year old me entertained she recorded the First Harry Potter movie while I watched it. I watched Chamber of Secrets and POA. After that mom bought the Audio books with Jim Dale. And she only played them when we cleaned the house and I always wanted to listen to them so Mom got free labor lol. And I never complained. Lol. Harry Potter has been a huge part of my life. In many ways.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets video game for PC used to be for me what Hogwarts Legacy is now instead. I would play that game religiously over and over, I couldn't get enough of it and being in Hogwarts even though it didn't feel very big at all. The music when you enter the staircase that leads you to all the various rooms in Hogwarts, Great hall, dungeons, etc, is just phenomenal. It's also awesome to know HP helped you to read! J.K Rowling did so much for this world through her work, I will always be grateful to her.
I'm not a gamer and I don't particularly enjoy gameplay videos, however I LOVE the exploring of Hogwarts and I could watch hours of you walking around the castle 🏰 More of these videos please!
I gotta say, I was sorted into Gryffindor my first playthrough, and I love their common room and music for the nostalgia, but something about the Slytherin common room theme just makes me tear up it's so beautiful
Harry Potter taught me how to read too! I struggled with it until I was about 10-11. Made even more magical by the fact Harry went to Hogwarts at 11. My parents and teachers tried everything to get me to read. They would pull me out of class and do an individual reading time with me. I had summer school for reading. My mom tried hooked on phonics. But with Harry Potter something just clicked and suddenly the words made sense. I loved the series and my best friend and sister figure also loved them! We would go to the midnight BOOK releases and the midnight movie releases. We’d listen to the audio book in the car.
I didn't grow up with HP, my baby sister introduced the first 3 movies to me when I was in my mid 20s. My favorite memories, though, include becoming a part of the Super Carlin Brothers community, where I found several friends to bond over HP with. That group got me through one of the toughest and lowest times in my life, literally saved me. And now I'm beginning to make new friends through this community, too! I think that's the best part, all thanks to Harry Potter.
To add up on my previous comment on achievements, there are 4 houses and each gives you an achievement after some game progression. But even if you aren't going for the achievement run, I highly suggest it to you that you start a new game for the other 3, because each common room is different and unique in its own way, and they are very beautiful, but there is 1 quest that is different for each house (after which you gain said achievement), and I suggest that you go with Hufflepuff next as the quest leads you to you-know-which prison and shows you-know-which guards in it. For anyone that hasn't played through those quests, you don't need to worry about trying to find it, as it is apart of the main quest story.
Harry Potter is something my mother loved very dearly. As did I but she was a true potterhead. She used to pick me up early from school the day they came out to see them in theaters, as they usually released a few days before my birthday.
I know gaming can be a little difficult at first but as a gamer of almost fifteen years i can see working through the struggles at first is entirely worth it as being able to experience stories is one of the best mediums to experience them. As someone who was also inspired by harry potter at a young age i cannot stress to you how much i related to this video. Much love!
Now a bit of heads up on completing the challenges, achievements, and the game. Achievement "Collector's Edition" is one of the hardest to complete, as you need to complete everything in the game, my suggestion would be, if you are going for that achievement, is that you complete everything else in the game and leave one specific quest for the last, or if you start it, complete it immediately. That quest is called "Follow the Butterflies" (a litte easter egg there), as it for now is still buggy. After you start it the butterflies will appear on the map, there are 15 locations that you need to visit, as each give you an item required for completing the achievement, the first one the quest guides you to it and there are 14 of them you will need to find on your own (but there is a guide on where they are). The bug is that if you start it, and find the butterflies that aren't the ones the quest would led you to them, the quest would count it still as completing the quest, leaving you with 1 less item and costing you the achievement. Also there is a bug where the chest doesn't appear after the butterflies led you to a location, but that can be fixed by casting Revelio on the supposed invisible chest, but if you teleport somewhere else while the chest was invisible, you lose both the chest and the achivement. If anyone is wondering the chests give you spellcrafts, items you need for the achivement.
It has been so amazing getting to explore every corner of Hogwarts. Can't even describe the emotions and nostalgia all coming back. HP fans are finally home 20+ years later, its just incredible. I just hope, HOPE we get Quidditch in the future. That's all I want to complete this childhood dream, then I'll live life satisfied forever haha.
For the slytherin common room you have some secrets, if you are casting spells onto the window that looks into the lake, the squid puts its tenticle onto the window, also because a male student can't go into the girls room section, the developers put in the basilisk slithering in the back, but you can see it only on rare occasions.
I didn't become a potterhead untill about 2 years ago! As a kid I'd watch the first one every year at Christmas, but last year, whilst pregnant with my first baby, the series became my comfort movies & then I went on to read them during maternity & even chose Lily for my daughters middle name as I fell in love with it! 😊🥰
I'm not even that into Harry Potter (Didn't know about Hogwarts Legacy until it was released), but this game has blown me away, it is so unbelievably detailed, massive, and graphically amazing looking. for the last 2 days I thought the game was just Hogwarts and Hogsmeade because of how detailed Hogwarts is (must have taken them years just to create the Castle), but then I realized it was a huge map the size of Skyrim (probably bigger) I've been calling it a once in a decade game like Skyrim, or GTA V people will be playing it for many years modding the game and giving it new life over and over.
Now get a PlayStation 2 and a PlayStation 3 and play all the old Harry Potter EA games, from Sorcerer's Stone to Deathly Hallows. I'm sure you'll enjoy playing as Harry through his magical journey
It was easier to play them at the time. Right now though with all the new graphics, systems and combat .. it's challenging. Let alone that he's not really a gamer eithe to appreciate old games. Nevertheless I agree that its a must for all potterheads ! Timeless iconic classics.
Hi Peter, a little hint for you in the Slytherin Common Room if you go to the three large windows and shoot a basic shot(Right Trigger on controller) at them something may appear 😉.
Harry Potter was a learning to read book for me, too! :D My mom bought me the first three books to read to me as bedtime stories. I found myself wanting to know what happened next so much that I just continued reading on my own each night.
I love the story of how Harry Potter introduced you how to read, people think that Harry Potter is childish, just fantasy and etc… I’m obsessed since I was a kid, when they premiered a new movie my mom ALWAYS let me skip school to watch the movies lol
I watched the first movie at a movie theatre and I fell in love with the universe straight away! I couldn't read the books at the time, because I was and still am not very good at reading, but I managed to read them recently 😂 The movies are what I love most in the Harry Potter franchise, they are everything to me
Peter, the reason they changed the staircases so much is because of gameplay issues. They actually talked about it in some detail as they were too slow for a player that's running around. So they needed them to materialize fast and that's the design they ended up with.
Its amazing that harry potter taught you to read, and now it will teach you to play games. Life really is full circle. keep it up! Also try shooting at the windows in the Slytherin room!
I was in first grade when I picked up The Sorcerer's Stone. I opened to the table of contents, saw the last chapter was called "The man with two faces," and thought, "Oh, that sounds interesting!" I opened to that chapter to start reading. I was super confused, had no idea what was going on and so I decided to start at the beginning. Got my whole family into Harry Potter after that!
I first got the book when my sister got me a gift card to Hastings. I was 13 or 14. I couldn’t decide what I wanted. Saw the second book and got it. They didn’t have the first. My sister in law saw that I didn’t have it and found the first book for me at a thrift store. I was hooked. From the third book on I got each book on release day.
So, as a kid I didn't like reading at all because I'd always get bored and fall asleep. I think that happened because I was seeing it as a chore since my teachers would give us lists with what we needed to read during holidays and vacations in order to practice our reading. My brother on the other hand would read any book he could get hims hands on, so because my mum didn't know what books to get him for his birthday because we read all of the popular ones asked the lady in the bookshop for a recommendation. That's how the first three books in the series entered our home. He read them all back to back, but I didn't. Later when the first film came out my mum took me to the cinema (it was my first time at the movies and it was magical) and during the film my brother kept nagging me with “This didn't happen like that in the book.” He kept saying that for the second film just to annoy me and because I had enough I started to read the books. By the time I finished them the fourth one had been translated so I read all four of them back to back. So yeah, this is how I got acquainted with the Harry Potter Universe. P.S.: After the first film came out everybody in school kept calling me Harry because I looked like a female version of him. 😅
I also struggled to read at 11 and my sister as an adult was reading them. I picked it up was like not for me. Then she took me to the first movie. I was like got read this book because I bet its even better. It really got me into reading and helped me a lot.
What i find really amazing is that the game has the movie soundtracks, just a bit differently composed. Like at 3:46 , that's totally from the movies, although they had to make it a bit unique and different. It feels familiar, but still different. Also, HP taught you how to read, now it teaches you how to play games. you can't really say that is doesn't have a huge influence on your life :D
For me personally this movie's means so much to me because growing up I was not in a good head space or environment in general. I used to try to have movie night every single Friday by myself and have a Harry Potter marathon. They really helped me like distract myself from really bad things that I would have to deal with. And that's one of the reasons why I cherish these films and books so much. These basically are part of your childhood and made life more magical.
Have you noticed that it's impossible to explore the top of the West Tower, the top of the Central Tower, the top of the Faculty Tower, and the interior of the second Bell Tower? However there should be something when you explore the castle from outside...
I never read the books, but I remember going to see the first movie in theaters and falling in love with it. In Hogwarts Legacy I am about 15 percent completed, and I am a level 18. I absolutely love the game, I love flying on the broom around the entire map and the details. I came across some Nifflers tonight which were so cute.
Harry potter changed my life in so many ways, fun fact I used to not enjoy reading until I read it for school assignment because I had the first copy and I thought "why not? After all, I did need a book to read and the cover interests me so". I have CP otherwise known as cerebral palsy, which can prevent me from walking in my case without equipment I can't, but with it I can. I have had depression for as long as I can remember because of it I never felt like I could fit in, after I had read Harry Potter I knew where I could call Home even when nobody else talked to me, I knew that even when I had a bad day, I could go and read these books over and over again and cheer up just by my imagination, these books are much more than stories for me, the characters are like my family, my home away from home, and so much more. I hope those who struggle never give up on their dreams, and I hope that Harry Potter continues to inspire you like it has inspired me. 🩵
The first movie came out when I was in Year 7 (first year of high school in Australia - age 12/13) and for an English assignment we had to read the book, then we saw the movie and had to write a book vs movie comparison. We then did the same for Chamber of Secrets. I actually really didn’t like the first book, but by Prisoner of Azkaban I was hooked. My mum even lined up early in the mornings to get me a copy of the new books when they were released.
The first time I tried the HP books I couldn't get past the first chapter either. My mom was a huge fan and wanted me to be too. I tried again a year later and I couldn't put the books down. Now I've read them over and over and over again. I luckily got into them when I only had to wait for the last book to come out and remember going to the midnight release at Walmart.
I’m a little late and doing catch up with your videos, it wont come out till july for me, so appreciate them so much. I really can’t describe how much HP has meant to me and continues to mean to me in words.
07:25 So, this game is taking place in 1890. Dumbledore came to Hogwarts in 1892. If we get 2 more of these games, we might encounter a first year Albus Dumbledor!
My feelings for watching the movies the 1st time was, why didn't my mom allow me to watch this. why did I not watch this before! So amazing. But I didn't understand how somthinsg added up so decided to read the books I'm reading the books for the 1st time I'm reading the goblet of fire now, Started reading them a year ago. Very slow reader as reading is not my thing. But loving these books. They filling in the gaps and it's like putting a puzzle together.. Its so amazing my imagination goes crazy and I like go into this land of Harry Potter just like it's real. Like I'm there with the characters. Mind blowing. Hopfully one day will be able to get my own whole book set, so I can read them over and over. Been watching each movie over again as I complete each book. So my mind can fill in the blanks the movies leave out. But thankyou Pieter for showing us this amazing Hogwarts game. So exciting 🤗
I just finished this game. Still have some side content to burn up, but all major storylines wrapped up. I can honestly say I loved it. Is it the greatest game of all time? No, not at all. But it does so many things right that I just couldn't put it down. A love letter to Harry Potter fans and gamers alike.
Thank you for sharing your story Peter! For so many of us Harry Potter was our safe space where we could escape from reality. I had a pretty difficult childhood, so when I needed to escape from it all I threw myself into reading the Harry Potter books. Harry Potter was my safe space. Hogwarts Legacy is the game we've all been waiting for our entire lives!
I own the game and have finished the main storyline yet I’m watching this video for the 3rd time. I love exploring in the game more than anything. I even just sit and watch my wife play. Btw Peter, we saw you a few years ago at Universal and we’re blown away by your quidditch cosplay. At the time we had no idea who you were.
12:45 Can you go inside the Pepperpot building besides the Great hall (lower left corner of the castle on the map)? I've always wondered what was in there.
I love your excitement and explanations about everything 🥰 I’m so excited to play this game! Harry Potter was something I was obsessed with as a child, if only my childhood self could see this, I might have imploded 😂 thank you for these videos!
I love your videos, Peter! It makes me happy knowing there are other people who get just as excited for Harry Potter as I do! ☺️ Its also really fun to see the game be played because im waiting for it to come out on the switch!! Keep up the good work!! ❤️
I can't imagine how long it took them to complete the game. It looks very detailed! Peter, I know a little about how you feel about it. Harry Potter is where I learned to love reading. With the first few books, we had no idea that I had a Communicative Disorder, ADHD (found out in college), and a learning disability. Fred and George Weasley are my comfort characters. My mom and sister introduced me.
Hi Peter I’m big fan of Harry Potter and I’m a Gryffindor and I like your videos because it keep me happy, excited and Harry Potter is stay with me forever 😊😁
You got this Peter!! I’m not a gamer at all so its been a struggle just using the controller lol but I’ve definitely come a long way in the last two days since I’ve been playing pretty much non stop. Luckily my boyfriend has had 30+ years of gaming on me 😂 so he’s been teaching me things that he knows to look for.
I love how Harry Potter brought 3 generations together in my family. We would all read the books, go to the movies and go to contests. So much fun and we still have fun talking and rereading and rewatching everything. The grandchildren will play the games and we will buy them. Lol
Fascinating story regarding learning to read through Harry Potter. So many people who had difficulties in some area of their lives have been helped by escaping from their reality by immersing themselves into the Harry Potter world. And, now, the immersion is at a whole different level. God only knows how this game will evolve in the next 10 years. It truly is exciting times for Potter fans.
6:30. The Grand Staircase was Always in a Cylinder shape according to the Books. Even in 1991, When Harry attended. This game is more in Cannon to the Books. Wow, great job Devs.
My favorite thing to do so far is to turn the HUD completely off and just explore.
I’ve gotten lost just in hogwarts countless times
I've always lost interest in the books after prisoner of Azkaban for years but loved the movies. last month I went to a really dark place so I made myself to read the entire series (currently on halfblood prince) and I've got to say this series helped save me from myself
I got so addicted to Hogwarts Legacy, I totally lost time and days...I really love it!
I love wandering the castle. I grew up with my Mom reading the first 3 or 4 books to me and my twin brother. 1 Chapter each night, then when the 4th or 5th came out we were in the middle of a really emotionally charged and turbulent move, I spent the next 2 years reading and losing myself into the books. To this day Harry Potter books are my Go-To for relax and calming if I'm struggling with Anxiety or 'Life". I run a dog grooming shop and listen to all the audiobooks at least once a month while working. This game has made me cry with happiness more than once. I love your enthusiasm for all things Harry Potter, no one else in my life has the same connection to it, so it's really nice to watch your videos and know I'm not the only Potter Head!!!
My family wasn't well-off back when I was a child. We had free tv network and they would always air Harry Potter movies every Christmas. It was one of the few happiness I had from my childhood. I remember running around in a cape (towel) pretending to be in Hogwarts and humming the theme song.
4:34 "Look at how gorgeous that floor is"
Have you been as emotional as I have been going through this game? I had to stop and laugh at myself a few times. It is just so beautiful and immersive! I have a permanent grin plastered on my face. Do I really have to go back to work?! UGH! Love this so much.
To have a true fan and scholar of this universe walk through and play this game is great. So many casuals seem to be overlooking the details of the game. Watching your channel has me wanting to finally read the books, as a middle aged adult :)
You will love them :)
Lol "casuals", as if you guard the gate to the fandom 😂
One of the only open-world games where I do not want to fast travel. Everything around you is so detailed and interactive. The game of my life thus far!
still remember growing up while the books were still releasing, all the people at school would get excited when a new part was announced and when it finally was in bookstores and later theaters, then of course the movies were iconic, pretty much a near perfect adaption and it was wild to see the book come to life
I love your play through, your giving this game the respect it deserves lol Honestly,Harry Potter has been an escape for me from heavy times and I will always be so grateful for these stories. 🙏🏾 15:25
As someone who only started playing games about two years ago, I think it’s so awesome how you are taking on the challenge but also playing the game in a way that makes you happy! That’s what it is all about. Also the longer you use the perspective controls and everything the easier it gets!
Hi Peter! Did you know that Salazar Slytherin´s name was inspired by the portuguese dictator António Salazar? J.K. Rowling spend some time in Portugal during the time she was writing the first HP book so she took a lot of inspiration there. I live in Porto, Portugal where she used to live back then and there are a few tours around the city showing some of the places J.K. Rowling took her inspiration from.
If you hold down left trigger and then cast at the windows looking into the Black Lake, you’re in for a nice surprise! 😂
I was late to the party with Harry Potter... I have this awful habit where if something is really commercialised but I know I'll love it, I rebel against it 🙈
But in 2018 I was diagnosed with cervical cancer, and with plenty of time during chemo and appointments and just being at home decided it was a good time to start reading the books. I WAS HOOKED. This was a place I could completely submerge myself into and forget my reality. This world has been with me during my darkest days.. if it wasn't for these books, I don't think I would be here today... it may seem silly, but they have been my escape. The light when all I saw was darkness.. I'm so grateful to be part of this incredible community
And I'm loving Hogwarts Legacy! 11 hours in and I've barely scratched the surface!
Awww! I would love to see more of these kind of videos. Maybe with places like the gamekeepers hut, Hogwart's kitchen, the owlery, bathrooms, and once you have a broom the whole castle from the outside... 😊
Over the past couple of years I have become such a huge Harry Potter fan. I found your videos a few months ago and have watched most of them, I absolutely loved hearing your story of how you fell in love with Harry Potter. It’s crazy how it can be so much more than just a book or just a movie. Like you said: It’s home.
I love the genuine joy you get from playing this game.
I cried playing this game because it brought the memories from back in the day. It reminded the days where everything was magic for me, before I grow up. It’s just amazing to be able to live what I’ve dreamed my entire life. I’ve always wondered how was a daily life in a normal Hogwarts student, and I was finally able to figure that out. I feel like after I complete this entire game, I’ll be able to die in peace.
I started reading the series because my nephews were reading it and loved it! I loved talking with them about HP!! 💜💜💜
I love how this game was made so beautifully that whether you’re a Harry Potter fan or a gamer, you HAVE to play this game…it’s bringing all different types of people together
My biggest complaint initially was the camera movement until I cranked up the speed and the acceleration all the way. It was giving me a headache how slow and delayed it was
Hello, I'm a ravenclaw and I am beyond excited to explore within the game. My mom took me to see the movie and I was not at all interested in going to see it. About 30 minutes in I was hooked and now my kids are addicted. I have a young hufflepuff and slytherin 💛
This was an awesome video/teaser of what we can explore and find in the castle. The ravenclaw house looks amazing and I love all the customization we can do, and spell slinging looks so fun.
There is a neat little detail in all the common rooms, you kind of noticed it on the stream, when you couldn't go up a set of stairs in the dormitories area. In the books, its said that girls/witches can go into "all" dormitories, but boys/wizards can only access the wizard dormitories. Whenever a wizard tries to enter the witch's dorms, the stairs will transform and you will slide back down.
“We appreciate the invention of floo powder. Thank you.” You won’t be grateful by the time you finish the game 😂
“Off on another adventure, are we?”
“What are you up to now?”
“How nice to see you, my young friend!”
Are ALL permanently burned into my brain. Rent free. Never. Ending. Lol
I feel you Peter and can relate the struggle. I had the same experience with the first book also due to my autism. Now I can read anything :)
The immersiveness of this game is something I haven't felt in so long
How I came to discover Harry Potter was I went to visit my sister in Florida and she had the first 4 books and I was an avid reader but not really into fantasy, but I thought I'd see what they were about and unfortunately, I didn't spend as much time with her because I was devouring the books. I finished them before I left, then got the other 3 the day after the release day. I do remember when I got Deathly Hallows, I started on a Friday, and only left my room to eat or use the bathroom, slept only a few hours and I finished it 2 days later. I thought the movies did a great job in bringing the books to life. Now, I love watching You tubers begin that journey watching the movies. I am not a collector but I love watching your videos.
I cosplay as Professor McGonagall every time I go to the NY Comic Con. 🧙🏻♀️🪄⚡️
I have all the movies loved them as a kid. And still rewatch them from time to time. Can’t wait to play this game and explore Hogwarts
I got started with Harry Potter with the films! My brother who is 6 years older than me started watching the films when he was about 11, and it was my way of spending quality time with him. He would watch them all the time (and still does even at 29 years old). Every time he’d watch them he’d ask me if I wanted to join and I grew to love the series that way. By the time the last two movies came out I was old enough to go to the midnight premieres and I loved going. I read the books in middle school, but continue watching the films all the time!
Love how you're just taking all the beauty in..walking slowly and just observing. ❤
I’m glad I’m not the only one who brought a PS5 just for Hogwarts Legacy this game is amazing 🎉 I’m in ravenclaw and makes me so happy hopefully they will add multiplayer in the future
My grandmother also got Harry Potter for me and my siblings. My two brothers mother and I would sit around for hours taking turns reading. Then we would beg my mom for one more chapter at midnight on a school night. And she always complied with the caveat that we wouldn’t complain in the morning for school.
The common rooms are so good! I can't pick a favorite even if I'm a Hufflepuff, I like them all. The Slytherin common room music is so soothing.
One thing they missed is the door behind the staff table in the great hall where the school champions go after being selected in The Goblet of Fire. In fact there is a balcony just outside that wall and a glitch where I fell through the map to my death several times last night. It is consistently in the same spot. But there is no place for that room behind the table to even exist.
Yeah, there are a few places missing, some places are moved around as well.
I hundred percented this game in 3 days. Got addicted. The castle, hogsmeade, and the world surrounding them is beautiful. The combat is extremely addictive too, even if I find it a bit easy, even on hard mode.
Gonna watch right after work. Running it on my Xbox S. Had been a freaking blast. Headed more into dark forest tonight. Getting some more moon statues for professor moon I believe it was. Happy exploring. Team Slytherin 🙏
05:55 That's a nice reading story. And it's true, as you really wanted to learn it you sooner than you anticipated could.
I watched the First Movie first. My family visited my aunt up north and to keep 7 year old me entertained she recorded the First Harry Potter movie while I watched it. I watched Chamber of Secrets and POA. After that mom bought the Audio books with Jim Dale. And she only played them when we cleaned the house and I always wanted to listen to them so Mom got free labor lol. And I never complained. Lol. Harry Potter has been a huge part of my life. In many ways.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets video game for PC used to be for me what Hogwarts Legacy is now instead. I would play that game religiously over and over, I couldn't get enough of it and being in Hogwarts even though it didn't feel very big at all. The music when you enter the staircase that leads you to all the various rooms in Hogwarts, Great hall, dungeons, etc, is just phenomenal. It's also awesome to know HP helped you to read! J.K Rowling did so much for this world through her work, I will always be grateful to her.
Attention. To. Detail. I’m playing the game as well, and it’s just so incredibly immersive. What a time to be alive
Aww Peter, I didn’t know the story about you learning to read through Harry Potter!!! Thank you for sharing it with us!
I'm not a gamer and I don't particularly enjoy gameplay videos, however I LOVE the exploring of Hogwarts and I could watch hours of you walking around the castle 🏰
More of these videos please!
I gotta say, I was sorted into Gryffindor my first playthrough, and I love their common room and music for the nostalgia, but something about the Slytherin common room theme just makes me tear up it's so beautiful
Harry Potter taught me how to read too!
I struggled with it until I was about 10-11. Made even more magical by the fact Harry went to Hogwarts at 11.
My parents and teachers tried everything to get me to read. They would pull me out of class and do an individual reading time with me. I had summer school for reading. My mom tried hooked on phonics.
But with Harry Potter something just clicked and suddenly the words made sense. I loved the series and my best friend and sister figure also loved them! We would go to the midnight BOOK releases and the midnight movie releases.
We’d listen to the audio book in the car.
I didn't grow up with HP, my baby sister introduced the first 3 movies to me when I was in my mid 20s. My favorite memories, though, include becoming a part of the Super Carlin Brothers community, where I found several friends to bond over HP with. That group got me through one of the toughest and lowest times in my life, literally saved me. And now I'm beginning to make new friends through this community, too! I think that's the best part, all thanks to Harry Potter.
To add up on my previous comment on achievements, there are 4 houses and each gives you an achievement after some game progression. But even if you aren't going for the achievement run, I highly suggest it to you that you start a new game for the other 3, because each common room is different and unique in its own way, and they are very beautiful, but there is 1 quest that is different for each house (after which you gain said achievement), and I suggest that you go with Hufflepuff next as the quest leads you to you-know-which prison and shows you-know-which guards in it. For anyone that hasn't played through those quests, you don't need to worry about trying to find it, as it is apart of the main quest story.
I love your energy Peter! Keep being you ❤️
Harry Potter is something my mother loved very dearly. As did I but she was a true potterhead. She used to pick me up early from school the day they came out to see them in theaters, as they usually released a few days before my birthday.
Currently lvl 4 and just simply exploring the castle is amazing!!!
I know gaming can be a little difficult at first but as a gamer of almost fifteen years i can see working through the struggles at first is entirely worth it as being able to experience stories is one of the best mediums to experience them. As someone who was also inspired by harry potter at a young age i cannot stress to you how much i related to this video. Much love!
Now a bit of heads up on completing the challenges, achievements, and the game. Achievement "Collector's Edition" is one of the hardest to complete, as you need to complete everything in the game, my suggestion would be, if you are going for that achievement, is that you complete everything else in the game and leave one specific quest for the last, or if you start it, complete it immediately. That quest is called "Follow the Butterflies" (a litte easter egg there), as it for now is still buggy. After you start it the butterflies will appear on the map, there are 15 locations that you need to visit, as each give you an item required for completing the achievement, the first one the quest guides you to it and there are 14 of them you will need to find on your own (but there is a guide on where they are). The bug is that if you start it, and find the butterflies that aren't the ones the quest would led you to them, the quest would count it still as completing the quest, leaving you with 1 less item and costing you the achievement. Also there is a bug where the chest doesn't appear after the butterflies led you to a location, but that can be fixed by casting Revelio on the supposed invisible chest, but if you teleport somewhere else while the chest was invisible, you lose both the chest and the achivement. If anyone is wondering the chests give you spellcrafts, items you need for the achivement.
It has been so amazing getting to explore every corner of Hogwarts. Can't even describe the emotions and nostalgia all coming back. HP fans are finally home 20+ years later, its just incredible. I just hope, HOPE we get Quidditch in the future. That's all I want to complete this childhood dream, then I'll live life satisfied forever haha.
For the slytherin common room you have some secrets, if you are casting spells onto the window that looks into the lake, the squid puts its tenticle onto the window, also because a male student can't go into the girls room section, the developers put in the basilisk slithering in the back, but you can see it only on rare occasions.
The basilisk is just the Squid tentacle glitching through, wish it was really the basilisk though.
I didn't become a potterhead untill about 2 years ago! As a kid I'd watch the first one every year at Christmas, but last year, whilst pregnant with my first baby, the series became my comfort movies & then I went on to read them during maternity & even chose Lily for my daughters middle name as I fell in love with it! 😊🥰
I'm not even that into Harry Potter (Didn't know about Hogwarts Legacy until it was released), but this game has blown me away, it is so unbelievably detailed, massive, and graphically amazing looking. for the last 2 days I thought the game was just Hogwarts and Hogsmeade because of how detailed Hogwarts is (must have taken them years just to create the Castle), but then I realized it was a huge map the size of Skyrim (probably bigger) I've been calling it a once in a decade game like Skyrim, or GTA V people will be playing it for many years modding the game and giving it new life over and over.
I loved hearing your magical backstory with the Harry Potter books and thank you for really showcasing the game! ❤
Now get a PlayStation 2 and a PlayStation 3 and play all the old Harry Potter EA games, from Sorcerer's Stone to Deathly Hallows. I'm sure you'll enjoy playing as Harry through his magical journey
You know, just to see for yourself how far Harry Potter games went leading up to Hogwarts Legacy.
It was easier to play them at the time. Right now though with all the new graphics, systems and combat .. it's challenging. Let alone that he's not really a gamer eithe to appreciate old games.
Nevertheless I agree that its a must for all potterheads ! Timeless iconic classics.
@@carlinrackley8547 dude, harry potter and the chamber of secrets was such a legendary game! sooo many good memorys
@@NocturnalDragon. I agree, that was my very first game on the PS2. I still have all of my Harry Potter games on PS2 and PS3
Hi Peter, a little hint for you in the Slytherin Common Room if you go to the three large windows and shoot a basic shot(Right Trigger on controller) at them something may appear 😉.
Harry Potter was a learning to read book for me, too! :D
My mom bought me the first three books to read to me as bedtime stories. I found myself wanting to know what happened next so much that I just continued reading on my own each night.
I’ve noticed many young folx who had trouble reading until they read the right book. I’ve enjoyed finding those when I was able.
I love the story of how Harry Potter introduced you how to read, people think that Harry Potter is childish, just fantasy and etc… I’m obsessed since I was a kid, when they premiered a new movie my mom ALWAYS let me skip school to watch the movies lol
Those "adults" are ...well, I won't call them names, but would YOU trade places with them??
I watched the first movie at a movie theatre and I fell in love with the universe straight away! I couldn't read the books at the time, because I was and still am not very good at reading, but I managed to read them recently 😂 The movies are what I love most in the Harry Potter franchise, they are everything to me
Peter, the reason they changed the staircases so much is because of gameplay issues. They actually talked about it in some detail as they were too slow for a player that's running around. So they needed them to materialize fast and that's the design they ended up with.
Its amazing that harry potter taught you to read, and now it will teach you to play games. Life really is full circle. keep it up! Also try shooting at the windows in the Slytherin room!
I was in first grade when I picked up The Sorcerer's Stone. I opened to the table of contents, saw the last chapter was called "The man with two faces," and thought, "Oh, that sounds interesting!" I opened to that chapter to start reading. I was super confused, had no idea what was going on and so I decided to start at the beginning. Got my whole family into Harry Potter after that!
I first got the book when my sister got me a gift card to Hastings. I was 13 or 14. I couldn’t decide what I wanted. Saw the second book and got it. They didn’t have the first. My sister in law saw that I didn’t have it and found the first book for me at a thrift store. I was hooked. From the third book on I got each book on release day.
So, as a kid I didn't like reading at all because I'd always get bored and fall asleep. I think that happened because I was seeing it as a chore since my teachers would give us lists with what we needed to read during holidays and vacations in order to practice our reading. My brother on the other hand would read any book he could get hims hands on, so because my mum didn't know what books to get him for his birthday because we read all of the popular ones asked the lady in the bookshop for a recommendation. That's how the first three books in the series entered our home. He read them all back to back, but I didn't. Later when the first film came out my mum took me to the cinema (it was my first time at the movies and it was magical) and during the film my brother kept nagging me with “This didn't happen like that in the book.” He kept saying that for the second film just to annoy me and because I had enough I started to read the books. By the time I finished them the fourth one had been translated so I read all four of them back to back.
So yeah, this is how I got acquainted with the Harry Potter Universe.
P.S.: After the first film came out everybody in school kept calling me Harry because I looked like a female version of him. 😅
I also struggled to read at 11 and my sister as an adult was reading them. I picked it up was like not for me. Then she took me to the first movie. I was like got read this book because I bet its even better. It really got me into reading and helped me a lot.
When I saw the movies the first time as a kid, the very first thought I had was "whoa". I was just captured by it.
What i find really amazing is that the game has the movie soundtracks, just a bit differently composed. Like at 3:46 , that's totally from the movies, although they had to make it a bit unique and different. It feels familiar, but still different.
Also, HP taught you how to read, now it teaches you how to play games. you can't really say that is doesn't have a huge influence on your life :D
As a Ravenclaw I also appreciate the eagle.
For me personally this movie's means so much to me because growing up I was not in a good head space or environment in general. I used to try to have movie night every single Friday by myself and have a Harry Potter marathon. They really helped me like distract myself from really bad things that I would have to deal with. And that's one of the reasons why I cherish these films and books so much. These basically are part of your childhood and made life more magical.
Playing this tonight! Can’t wait! Hard to find time to play as a mom, fellow content creator and full time worker lol.
Have you noticed that it's impossible to explore the top of the West Tower, the top of the Central Tower, the top of the Faculty Tower, and the interior of the second Bell Tower? However there should be something when you explore the castle from outside...
Hogwarts looks so cool! I was dyslexic as a kid and Harry Potter helped me learn to read as well. It means so much to me because of that
I never read the books, but I remember going to see the first movie in theaters and falling in love with it. In Hogwarts Legacy I am about 15 percent completed, and I am a level 18. I absolutely love the game, I love flying on the broom around the entire map and the details. I came across some Nifflers tonight which were so cute.
Harry potter changed my life in so many ways, fun fact I used to not enjoy reading until I read it for school assignment because I had the first copy and I thought "why not? After all, I did need a book to read and the cover interests me so". I have CP otherwise known as cerebral palsy, which can prevent me from walking in my case without equipment I can't, but with it I can. I have had depression for as long as I can remember because of it I never felt like I could fit in, after I had read Harry Potter I knew where I could call Home even when nobody else talked to me, I knew that even when I had a bad day, I could go and read these books over and over again and cheer up just by my imagination, these books are much more than stories for me, the characters are like my family, my home away from home, and so much more. I hope those who struggle never give up on their dreams, and I hope that Harry Potter continues to inspire you like it has inspired me. 🩵
The first movie came out when I was in Year 7 (first year of high school in Australia - age 12/13) and for an English assignment we had to read the book, then we saw the movie and had to write a book vs movie comparison. We then did the same for Chamber of Secrets. I actually really didn’t like the first book, but by Prisoner of Azkaban I was hooked. My mum even lined up early in the mornings to get me a copy of the new books when they were released.
Thanks a lot for the video! I wish I was lost in Hogwarts!
The first time I tried the HP books I couldn't get past the first chapter either. My mom was a huge fan and wanted me to be too. I tried again a year later and I couldn't put the books down. Now I've read them over and over and over again. I luckily got into them when I only had to wait for the last book to come out and remember going to the midnight release at Walmart.
I’m a little late and doing catch up with your videos, it wont come out till july for me, so appreciate them so much. I really can’t describe how much HP has meant to me and continues to mean to me in words.
07:25 So, this game is taking place in 1890.
Dumbledore came to Hogwarts in 1892.
If we get 2 more of these games, we might encounter a first year Albus Dumbledor!
My feelings for watching the movies the 1st time was, why didn't my mom allow me to watch this. why did I not watch this before! So amazing.
But I didn't understand how somthinsg added up so decided to read the books
I'm reading the books for the 1st time I'm reading the goblet of fire now, Started reading them a year ago. Very slow reader as reading is not my thing. But loving these books. They filling in the gaps and it's like putting a puzzle together.. Its so amazing my imagination goes crazy and I like go into this land of Harry Potter just like it's real. Like I'm there with the characters. Mind blowing.
Hopfully one day will be able to get my own whole book set, so I can read them over and over.
Been watching each movie over again as I complete each book. So my mind can fill in the blanks the movies leave out. But thankyou Pieter for showing us this amazing Hogwarts game. So exciting 🤗
I just finished this game. Still have some side content to burn up, but all major storylines wrapped up. I can honestly say I loved it. Is it the greatest game of all time? No, not at all. But it does so many things right that I just couldn't put it down. A love letter to Harry Potter fans and gamers alike.
This is the first game that I’ve ever been disappointed that I can’t sit on benches and chairs. Such a beautiful world
Thank you for sharing your story Peter! For so many of us Harry Potter was our safe space where we could escape from reality. I had a pretty difficult childhood, so when I needed to escape from it all I threw myself into reading the Harry Potter books. Harry Potter was my safe space. Hogwarts Legacy is the game we've all been waiting for our entire lives!
I own the game and have finished the main storyline yet I’m watching this video for the 3rd time. I love exploring in the game more than anything. I even just sit and watch my wife play.
Btw Peter, we saw you a few years ago at Universal and we’re blown away by your quidditch cosplay. At the time we had no idea who you were.
I can’t wait to get back into the game! How fun that we met a few years ago!
12:45 Can you go inside the Pepperpot building besides the Great hall (lower left corner of the castle on the map)? I've always wondered what was in there.
I love your excitement and explanations about everything 🥰 I’m so excited to play this game! Harry Potter was something I was obsessed with as a child, if only my childhood self could see this, I might have imploded 😂 thank you for these videos!
I love your videos, Peter! It makes me happy knowing there are other people who get just as excited for Harry Potter as I do! ☺️
Its also really fun to see the game be played because im waiting for it to come out on the switch!!
Keep up the good work!! ❤️
I can't imagine how long it took them to complete the game. It looks very detailed!
Peter, I know a little about how you feel about it. Harry Potter is where I learned to love reading. With the first few books, we had no idea that I had a Communicative Disorder, ADHD (found out in college), and a learning disability. Fred and George Weasley are my comfort characters. My mom and sister introduced me.
Development started in 2018 so almost 5 years.
Hi Peter I’m big fan of Harry Potter and I’m a Gryffindor and I like your videos because it keep me happy, excited and Harry Potter is stay with me forever 😊😁
You got this Peter!! I’m not a gamer at all so its been a struggle just using the controller lol but I’ve definitely come a long way in the last two days since I’ve been playing pretty much non stop. Luckily my boyfriend has had 30+ years of gaming on me 😂 so he’s been teaching me things that he knows to look for.
I don't know if this is suitable for VR, but when it is, I want this channel to see that joy 😅😊
If you cast the basic spell a few times on the common room main windows that look out to the lake you will get a nice surprise!