7 Things We Still Don't Know About Hogwarts Legacy...
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- The official Hogwarts Legacy gameplay reveal showed off more than 14 minutes of footage for the game...but there are still some big questions to be answered.
0:00 - Intro
0:18 - Quidditch?
2:48 - How does the game play?
6:17 - Unforgiveable curses?
8:48 - Diagon Alley?
10:39 - What did the main character survive?
12:11 - How many years at Hogwarts?
14:10 - Collector's Edition?
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7 big questions I still have on Hogwarts Legacy 👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻 ua-cam.com/video/oMst2rRNiMQ/v-deo.html
New drinking game when you hear Diagon Alley ,you take a shot.
Not sure if you'll read this, but Hogwarts Legacy page on the Steam store, one of the screenshots show Olivanders wand shop, so that could be a clue.
Well, with the new trailer from GamesCom we know that Crucio is confirmed. And i'm pretty sure we'll see Diagon Alley (or at least more than just Gringots.) because @ 10:23 You can clearly see: Olivander "Makers of fine wands."
Oh, and i don't really care as much for Quiditch but it would be very cool if we could somehow have a little bit of that in the game.
Making decent Quidditch gameplay seems somewhat daunting imo. I'd rather have them invest time in other areas, giving us a solid story, good gameplay, proper talents/abilities/spells, and an open world based around Hogwarts is plenty for an initial release. Nail those aspects and you can create a respectable Quidditch game for sequels or as a standalone for years to come.
This is a really good point and something I keep coming back to. It would require A LOT of time/dedication to get it right. Would focusing on that detract from other areas of the game? Of course, if it's releasing this year, these are decisions they've already made behind the scenes...we just don't know the answers yet.
@@RetroRaconteur they already made a decent game awhile ago. Quidditch is almost necessary to the world. I don't think it's a deal breaker but when you plan on coming out with a game on this level you can't just leave it out unless you do it in the very first DLC
@@GodxMischief agreed
@@GodxMischief it’s not necessary to the world dude the only necessary part for our character to take is to go and watch the quidditch match it’s no guarantee our character wants to play quidditch
@@flamebreaker7318 that’s a great point. Not everyone is an athlete
As far as Quidditch is concerned, I won't really complain if it isn't in the game given how immersive it already is. In terms of Diagon Ally, the question of exploring it beyond major story events boils down to one question: do we get to choose our wand, or is it simply given to us? If it's the former, then maybe Diagon Ally will be the basic tutorial.
There's some speculation we'll get our wand at the Ollivander's branch in Hogsmeade (seen in the trailer) rather than the Diagon Alley location.
Diagon Alley would be dope. I definitely want to buy my owl from a shop there.
Me too. Quidditch is pretty epic but I want to explore, fight, use magic in other ways (repairing, lifting stuff) and do quests, I can't waste this time by playing Quidditch...
@@RetroRaconteur there are some really interesting and smart ideas posted by fans on Reddit. One of them being That we will start the game with professor Fig and go straight to Diagon Ally, before that we create our character, then go to the Bank to check/get something and get introduced to the Goblins threat and ancient magic, and later on go to Hogwarts via carriage and get sorted to our houses. So the wand is probably chosen before all then.
We're in fith year of school so i assume that we alreary received our wand when we were younger
If Quidditch is in the game they did a PERFECT job teasing it as much as they have without confirming. And it's smart for them to hold onto such a fan favorite idea so they still have surprises before release. And gives time to scrap if it's not working out.
Yep, good point!
I mean they did say they will be showing off more stuff down the road. I mean they're supposed pets too. I mean would be kinda weird since every person had a pet. harry had that owl, hermo had the cat and Ron has well,, the rat. lol
Is everyone forgetting about wizard chess 😭
@@papandbuddygirl that would be pretty awesome also!
@@papandbuddygirl I think wizard chess is confirmed because we saw it in the first teaser trailer when they showed the students in a common room
the books mention that while incredibly rare, some wizards are homeschooled, the fact that the main character starts as a 5th year and can see the thestrals may point to him being made an orphan by this old magic and is forced to go to hogwarts to finish his education
I hope it's a home school or different wizarding school situation. Being a newly awaken wizard doesn't appeal to me, you couldn't realistically take a fifth year class or possibly hope to catch up for OWLs, or beat another fifth year in a duel. Hopefully, where ever we were just wasn't capable of handling our education after and hogwarts stepped up and took us on.
@@davidmendenhall4090 they said they have lessons that help you catch up I’m pretty sure they are gonna teach you the basics of what you missed before they through into the 5th year classes we’ll probably get a tutorial where we learn like wingardium and stuff
The blog post after the gameplay dropped said they survived an event of wizard new worthy scale.
@@flamebreaker7318 They're saying that *in universe* it doesn't make sense.
Imagine if the Dursleys had somehow prevented Harry from recieving a Hogwarts invitation until he was old enough to go into fifth year. No amount of extra lessons would've helped him pass OWLs.
Yes, in a game you can be taught the mechanics from any point, even if you start in seventh year (or hell, never go to Hogwarts at all), but in universe it's complete nonsense.
Presumably the real explanation is to do with this old magic thing the MC has access to, but given that the OWLs are written exams I still don't see how this is supposed to work.
@@flamebreaker7318 if our character has been homeschooled this whole time, why would we need to "catch up"? Shouldn't we be at that level too? Homeschooling means you're not leaning in a public/private institute with strangers but you're still on a curriculum. The person in charge of teaching you is still being provided a guideline by the government for everything they're responsible for teaching you each year.
Imagine you getting expelled from hogwarts for being a dark wizard, finding a safe house out of the castle and starting a path of gathering companions and pursuing really dark magic like necromancy and artifacts while the ministry is after you, you could still finish the story and fight the bad guy but not because you are good, because you want to the be most powerfull wizard, however you could only choose these path after learning avada kedevra in level 85 for example, later in the game
Really dark magic, like artifacts
Lmao
I really want this to be an option! I’ve always been fascinated by the Dark Wizards that have appeared throughout the Harry Potter series and also in Fantastic Beasts. These Wizards are some of the most dangerous people in their world!
And to perhaps become as powerful and dark as Gellert Grindelwald or even Lord Voldemort is definitely an option that I would like in the game!
Generally speaking, most games are designed and created thinking that we have made the choice to be good and save the world.
But I’d like this game, especially one that already has everything I’ve dreamed of since I first watched Harry Potter, to be one that allows me to choose otherwise and explore the path of being a Dark Wizard or Witch
The game is only coming out at the end of the year, they need to keep the wait exciting, so maybe they're just saving Quidditch for another trailer to hype the game even more closer to its release.
I'm pretty sure this is what's happening.
3:50 - Actually I would say modern games have more the route of minimal HUDs, like Ghost of Tsushima.
Ghost of Tsushima was praised for its minimal hud elements, so what are u on about
This games probably going to be the first game I actually get the collectors edition for
Something I found concerning in the trailer was the AI on the enemies, they seem to just be standing there while you fire off spell after spell on them and not firing back much at all. I'd hope that this would be something you can control by changing the difficulty but if it isn't then I think it would break immersion a bit.
That can easily change with difficulty level that was on an immensely easier than a hard level so he could demonstrate combos and such relatively easier. Also that’s usually what games do on expositions like that
Yep, some of them definitely just seemed to stand there attacking one at a time. It's confirmed there are multiple difficulty options so perhaps that was the easiest difficulty we were shown?
I feel like that was because of the demonstration, if they wanna show off combos they don't wanna be attacked in the middle of it, showing off defense spells they were attacking alot
@@RetroRaconteur I think they made it like that so we could focus more on the gameplay and spells and how the character moves
If you ever played Ghost of Tsushima, you basically fight one enemy at a time with the others circling you and attacking if they have an opportunity, rather than ganging up on you. I think this and the audio indicator of ranged attack is something they are taking from that game.
I’m hoping the 3 Unforgivable Curses are in the game. I think it would be epic to be in a battle with a light wizard then if you have to you cast the cruciatus curse to keep someone down for a bit.
I Couldn’t agree more !!!!!
Personally, I'm sort of hoping for the possibility to kill our friends as a Dark Wizard. Does that sound wrong? It sounds wrong...
Savage bruhh i likeyy c:
@@galacticquasaur2956 oh it's wrong... but it feels so right...
i belief that at one point in the trailer the player character actually uses the killing curse
I think quidditch is in the game:
They hinted us quidditch because they didn't have time in the state of play to talk about it.
I think they really made quidditch something big in the game so they are reserving a whole separate video to talk about it in depth
i dont think its in, their website talks about learning to fly and that you can use the broom for faster travel but it makes no hint or mention of using it for anything else
@@theaces3697 when I said hint I meant the girl flying in quidditch robes in the gameplay trailer. And of course they wouldn't talk of quidditch in the blog if they planned to reveal it later
I really hope quidditch is in the game. I think that's one of the things they want to keep as a surprise. That or they are saving it to introduce it more during this year. But to me, the fact we see robes and the pitch it's probable we get it!
I strongly agree, the game is out in Holiday so the have to maintain the Hype! So in this State of Play they didn’t show too much to preserve the surprise whit che next videos like: Things to do in your common room and thing to do at Hogwarts like Dueling, Magic Chess and Quiddich!
If they go the expansion route as well for adding more content instead of just making new games, quidditch could be an entire expansion itself with a side plot built around it
Most likely will be with the inclusion of the stadium, doubt they'd include it and not utilise it....however it could possibly just used for 1 quest/mission to stand in for an injured player, and possibly they could make it where you're able to watch/bet on quidditch games as you're not an actual player.
Definitely seems like they're dropping a ton of hints.
@@xtheoz2114 yup idk why everyone wants every content in the game already confirmed like damn, let them take it slowly and with time they will announce it
My biggest worry from the reveal is that we dont actually get to see what/who your character kills in the reveal.
This could be nothing, but it could also be them just trying to gain hype by showing the spell, while in reality it could be just a required moment in the story, and that is the only time we get to use the spell(I dont think this is the case, but as a gamer who plays a lot of different games, im used to devs using their fans dreams just for hype, but it turns out to be nothing like the fans dream of.)
Also i hope quidditch is in the game, but its absolutely not gonna be a dealbreaker for me if its not. I think this game will be absolutely fantastic, and i cant wait to play it!
Our character kills something like a troll, we can see it clearly if you put the video in a 0.25 speed and stop in the right moment.
@@AV-cc3yz It looked like a standard goblin to me. If it is just a generic enemy than that implies that you would get to use it whenever like the other spells in the game.
@@iMalcolm98 Yeah, i think you are right, is only a goblin
@@AV-cc3yz Ah didnt think about that haha, thanks! But yeah, this could be just a story-moment, although i feel like these devs are different from other devs, so i dont think it will be the case
it is probably the case, that scene is probably 1 and done with Avada kedavra, i'm not seeing them putting a killing curse on a game they will probably market to children that willy nilly
Another missing element: Ravenclaw companion.
And it could be that this is a setup for a sequel so that it's years 5, 6, and then 7.
Which will see us go to school with Dumbledore. We begin the game in 1890 and Dumbledore goes to Hogwarts in 1892. Very interesting to see what they do. Imagine if we had an open-world like this oriented around Avatar: TLA universe. That would be amazing.
I would faint if we got something like this for Avatar. Absolutely faint.
Well they said that there was more companions so
What's missing? They just spotlighted three companions, and said they'd be more
Stop. Just stop bitching.
A few more thinks we don’t know: how will our patronus work? Will we be able to choose our patronus and make it match up with our own or will the game give us one. Or make us choose from a small selection?
Will we be able to develop an animagus form and again will we be able to choose what it is? I think they obviously wont make gaming mechanics for every single animal that we could have as our patronus (for example mine is a dolphin so I don’t see that happening in any way) but still will there be a small selection of animagus forms we can achieve in a large and difficult side quest or something?
Becoming an Animagus takes months/years. Not feasible to see it in this game.
@@DrummerBoyNZMC it was in the Hogwarts mystery game and it worked just fine. It can take months especially for a very strong magical person and thus would absolutely be feasible for this game.
@@davisbenecke3623 I’d love to become an animagus as Sirius black was my favorite character but I’m not sure how it may fit into gameplay but who know and the patronus will probably be in the game as in an earlier trailer I remember seeing dementors so maybe we’ll get to chose
@@DrummerBoyNZMC Learning how to pass OWLs takes years, yet we get one and are expected to pass easily enough. It's a game, nonsense can happen.
Still, the idea of becoming an Animagus seems like it would be part of a future DLC.
Portkey has teamed up with the Wizarding World so I don't see why you shouldn't have every confirmed patronus from the website. I don't think they'll go as far as what your wands made from but still. I'd want to be a dragon for my Animagus. Cool alternate way to travel.
I’m so happy to see you and all the fans of this game finally get so much content to talk about now. I remember seeing you give us so much information with the little they gave back then. Glad u didn’t give up! Keep the good work up
Also I kinda hope we get to try out to be in the triwizard tournament
Thanks Morielite! It's been a long road, haha. Definitely nice to have some actual content to talk about now!
I think the only question I actually want answered before the launch is what the conversations look like with your companions and other people around Hogwarts. I really REALLY really hope we can choose what we say to people, similar to Telltale or mass effect. The rest of these I would personally like as a surprise as I adventure through and spend 100's of hours :)
yeah i'm def curious about that as well, how much freedom we'll have in conversation. i don't expect anything quite as extensive as Mass Effect or Telltale, but maybe something in line with Dontnod or Suppermassive where we have some choice and those choices have impact would be really cool
Really curious about this as well really hoping for a dialog wheel or conversation choice. Will have to wait and see I guess.
@@BiowareKaiserGirl yeah exactly, i'd be pretty sad if we don't get to choose what we say or how we speak
Yeah same. Definitely the thing I'm most curious about as well. I personally really like choices in games, especially for talking, so I wonder if we can choose what to say. I hope they do because I'll appreciate it and it'll help us players to immerse ourselves even more
@@sameerakhan7455 yeah same for me, i love having dialogue options and building a character around a personality type and choosing options based on that
Some concerns/comments:
1) How does branching dialogue work
2) What is the UI like
3) Movement seems sluggish, but might just be because you play a wizard/witch, where there is not much of an emphasis on physicality.
4) I think quidditch is missing because it’s not ready to be showed yet. An alternative is the broom racing.
5) Would like to see if the ‘gear’ is made by the room of requirement, or you cast the charms to enchant it.
6) Will there be differing origins for the players, like other rpg games (like dragon age origins for ex), with pure books, half blood, muggleborn start.
7. The concept art showed locations that weren’t shared in the gameplay reveal, meaning there could be many open world regions, as the landscapes differ vastly.
I hope they'll include Diagon Alley; they have to, it's such an iconic location.
I'm just hoping they didn't show it in the trailer or gameplay reveal because they're saving it for the player to discover 🤞
But even if they don't include things like Diagon Alley, Quidditch, Ministry of Magic etc from launch, there's unlimited possibility in terms of DLC.
at 10:23 you can see the player talking to an enemy boss, and in the background you can see ollivanders shop, It says:"maker of fine wands" and you can see half his name "olliva". and isn't the shop in diagon alley or am I wrong?
@@jooren1 This game has an Ollivanders branch in Hogsmeade, so it's probably that one; but I hope I'm wrong lol.
@@R.W.S. oh okay, didn't know that
Crucio next to an Story element could also be used as an dark alternative to petrificus totalus charm, in which you incapacitate an enemy and do damage over time on top in combat
that takes too long to do, one is instant, the other takes a bit of time to trully incapacitate
I honestly think combat is gonna be just straight up arkham style but at range as opposed to hand to hand. All of WB games for the most part use that combat system and why wouldn't you tbh. The way batman can switch up attacks by double tapping certain buttons or holding down one while pressing another allowing you to vary up your attacks just makes as much sense here as it does there rather than treating spells like ammo by cycling through them. It's makes sense in terms of the world too where to do spells you have to memorize patterns and motions and this could really feed into that whole idea
Oh man, i would love that
This is very insightful thanks
Crucio doesn't seem too hard to give gameplay function in combat.
Considering the amount of spells we have seen focused on disabling enemies.
Crucio being a spell that causes intense debilitating pain, it could basically function as a more aggressive Disabling spell in combat.
Possibly having the chance to quickly incapacitate enemies or leave them suffering with various negative effects.
Perhaps the Unforgivables will be special in that they can't be deflected or are more easily able to break enemy defences.
We don't know much about the fine detail and Nuance of the spells in combat yet, so there is lots of possibility.
It could be an quidditch DLC to play online with friends, totally outside of the game history
The Online with friends already doesnt feel like it suits this game
Considering they showed that the game will have seasons, it makes sense to me that it would span over multiple in game years since it seems like a bit of a waste to make a system of changing seasons only to show each season once
that is some big brain logic that im REALLY glad I read
That's....a really good point! I just can't even begin to describe how pumped I would be if they do more than 1 year.
As a post Hogwarts option, becoming a professor would be awesome. Maybe offer some choice on which role you take up, but then role reverse what looks like will be the case in this first game, with you following Professor Fig, and instead, you are introduced to a mysterious student(s) and have to unravel their stories…
I really want the character's decisions to have a real impact on the world.
I'm one of those HP fans that like the dark atmosphere of the final books and fantastic beasts series more than the wholesome hogwarts experience.
Quidditch does seem so difficult to pull off, idk how they’re gonna do it. I do think it’ll be in the game tho so here’s hoping we get a showcase of it at some point!
it really isnt tho EA made a quidditch game over 20 years ago. they can just basically copy that game over to their game/engine with 0 changes and it would still be acceptable
@@nothanks1481 thank you. That was like my favourite game as a kid. They better have quidditch
@@nothanks1481 Yeah that would be the easiest way to do it and likely the route they will take. I was thinking since it’s a game focused on our character that we’d get to choose which position to play and the camera would be locked on us the entire time playing our position which would be more immersive but more difficult and time consuming to make.
@@nothanks1481 That's not how this works... Especially if the engines are practically completely different, especially since EA made it and not Avalanche (they can't use something that's not theirs unless they want to be sued). Personally, I think Quidditch would just overbloat the game. Hogwarts Legacy is better off focusing on other features.
@@HammerT813 yall literally don't understand how video games work
I feel since they empathized the time/season change mechanic, we might get to experience all three years.
That is a VERY good point!!!
I don't think my brain could fully process the news if they said we're gonna be there for 3 years. Would just completely obliterate all my expectations about the length of the game.
@@RetroRaconteur Another point. During the combat we see the character (maybe) apparate, and they only taught that to 6th year students!
@@TNPiscool They talked about "your ancient magic that nobody understands" during that segment though.
So while it may be similar to the short-range apparition that we've seen in the last movies and their videogame adaptations, I think it's our mysterious ancient powers.
@@wariolandgoldpiramid They showed it once before that tho, when he send the knights sword back at him. It could be part of the ‘ancient magic’ but it looks oddly similar to the Order of the Phoenix apparition during combat.
I think the biggest question for me concerning Avada Kedavra is if it’s going to be a spell that you can use all the time like Lord Voldemord or if it’s more like a finisher which you can only use once every while.
Nah, the biggest question is whether you can wake up one day and go kill everybody at Hogwarts
I would love quidditch but as DLC. That be something to really focus on.
Yeah. Quidditch is so complex that I think it needs a whole separate DLC. It'll give the creators more time to work on it and there are also players who don't want to play Quidditch so it's best as a DLC imo.
@@sameerakhan7455 Developers have been develop this game about 3 years and
Something I noticed and want to mention. During the cinematic where Ranrok is talking to Rookwood about kidnapping “the child”, Ranrok says “you said you would be able to get to the child if you had a distraction” and Rookwood respond with “I just watched a student take down your distraction”. They almost seem to be referring to different children? If they were talking about the same person, the more logical language sequence would be “you said you would be able to get to the child of you had a distraction” - “I just watched the child take down your distraction” and yet, Rookwood refers to “a student” instead of “the child” as though he or she was an unexpected variable in the plan to kidnap “the child”. This is just an over baked theory but possibly someone else will be of interest to Ranrok and his cronies
Makes sense
i dont think they will have quidditch. primarily because on the faq regarding flying they mention broom sticks as pimary form of tansportation and then go on to say their will be broom stick races. the fact that they add on broomstick racing but dont mention quidditch really makes it seem like it wont be included at all.
I dont really care if there is quidditch or not. It wouldnt make or break the game for me. I have no idea how they would implement it. It would be so hard. Id be just fine with flying lessons and flying around the world/ castle turrets.
This. I don’t care about quidditch at all, and I’m worried they’re gonna make us sit through an extremely long and complicated tutorial or subplot, even if we don’t want to play it. I’d much rather Quidditch be a DLC (maybe even one that releases alongside the regular game’s launch?). That way those who want it can add it into the storyline (hopefully seamlessly), and those of us who don’t it won’t be forced into it.
@@Rettfet7265 Do you know that it's maybe optional? xD
I might be a vocal minority in this but I really hope romance is possible between your companions. I’m aware we’re dealing with teenagers so we’re not going to get something akin to dragon age or mass effect. But I would love cute little dates or taking someone to the Yule Ball sort of thing. Would love that innocent, cute teenage romance included. The few companions we got to see I absolutely love!
Agreed! I made a video on that very topic here 👉🏻 ua-cam.com/video/N5VMMLYtVaI/v-deo.html
I better be able to be truly evil i wanna kill other students
Same! It wouldn't make sense for there not to be romance options, when in that awful mobile game Hogwarts Mystery, you can have relationships.
Agreed, that’s what i was hoping too!
@@knightofhearts4633 that’s what I’ve been telling myself too! I’ll still happily play the game if it’s not in there but man… it would be a nice little detail that I would personally really enjoy!!
As far as Crucio is concerned, my first thought is that it could be used as a way to stun enemies. You use the spell on them to torture them, stopping them from attacking you for a short time while also, maybe, slowly draining their health meter.
Superb video as always! So grateful for all your Hogwarts legacy content. I think you’re right about the cruciatus curse. I think it might be more of a gameplay moment. I definitely expect someone to use it on our character too at some point. Keeping my fingers crossed for quidditch but again if it’s included I think it might be more one off gameplay moment rather than feee play quidditch
Thank you for your support! Glad you enjoy the videos.
Love your content retro thank you for the info
Thanks, Nicholas!
I think that they'll release Quidditch as a separate game that will come along with Hogwarts Legacy. Why separate? To keep the promise that HL is a single-player only game. Also, they probaly found out that you could not make a single-player Quidditch game interesting where you play as just your character, not the entire team and so they are making Quidditch itself multiplayer
Honestly, at first I wanted Quidditch in the game right away… but now that I’m thinking more about it.. since Hogwarts Legacy is confirmed to not have co-op or multiplayer… I think they could drop a free to play Quidditch side game with full crossplay multiplayer.
@@jgwentworth8329 They could go in the way of Rockstar with GTA and RDR2 - release multiplayer version or multiplayer Quidditch after some amount of time after the initial release.
Crucio has a major gameplay use: enemy CC. We already have lots of spells that disable enemies; accio, petrificus totalus, and wingardium leviosa (or whatever the spell that lifted the enemy into the air is).
Crucio is another one of those: it prevents the enemy from taking actions and opens them up to your further attacks. The difference between Crucio and the above is that Crucio would drain their health as well.
Similarly. I'll bet there will be a Confundus charm that's a weaker version of Imperio.
And some really dangerous curse that's still a weaker spell than Avada Kedavra.
At 10:24, you can see Olivanders in the background.. I think it's safe to say that Diagon Alley will play some part in the game- whether it's going to be openly explorable or just part of cutscenes, however- is yet to be determined.
Nice video, I think one of the details that was left out from the new video, was how customizable can we get with creating our characters? Can we get to choose their backgrounds just like with Dragon Age where you can customize your character's race, portrait, appreance, backstory and traits?
I think there should be quidditch and I do agree with you that at some point, we as players could be able to agree to pursue to participate on it or not.
I hope, the backstory of our characters would not be like Harry Potter and I hope we can customize that as well.
It would be interesting to have different back story's like latent muggleborn, squib, homeschooled, or transfer student.
But I think the back story will be tied to the goblin rebellion and maybe a prophecy or something leaving the player with chosen one status and a drive to fight
I am almost sure we can’t customize our race and backstory, but we probably can customize ours traits. The only sure from the customization the that we can choose our appearance.
@@hamilton2861 it would have been nice if we can customize the backstory of our character in the game but I do agree it might be tied up to the goblin rebellion and so mythical stuff
@@AV-cc3yz it would have been an interested twist, if we can have go to lengths in terms of customization that can have an impact in the story. Since, they are selling that this is our own hogwarts experience so, it will be logical to have a customized back story but then again that might be too far off.
@@bluesdesignstudio customized back story would impact in all the game, I personally think is impossible.
We would probably have to qualify to play Quidditch, that's why they refuse to give a definite answer or show our character playing in proper robes. Imagine a whole section cut off because you couldn't beat the AI during tryouts so you didn't make it into the team. Most players would freak out but I would love it. Just another layer of immersion to make the experience more authentic.
My top concerns are:
1️⃣ Does the combat mechanism feel good. Does it really feel like you're fighting with magic
2️⃣ Does this "ancient magic" our character has make sense in the HP lore.
3️⃣ Is there a convincing build up of skills/experience? I love when games manage to guide you to a point where you can chain sick combos and feel powerful because you learned how to wield your weapons - not just because you unlocked a more powerful spell.
4️⃣ Someone has to ask: CAN WE DATE OTHER STUDENTS?! I mean, come on that's what we Potterheads always wanted 😏
5️⃣ Will the world feel rich and lively? It's a pitfall for many large open world games
Overall, I guess one of the challenge for Avalanche will be to make a game that is both convincing from a game design PoV and from a HP lore perspective
I really hope we go through getting your custom wand and maybe a sorting quiz for your house where you ultimately do have the final choice. I also want to see patronus'.
I genuinely hoping and praying that there is a collector's edition. It would be the only one that I have ever bought but I would be totally willing to buy it. This is literally the most hyped I have ever been about a game so I am praying that it doesn't flop.
There's SO MUCH they could do for a collector's edition. I'm so anxious to see what they come up with.
@@RetroRaconteur perhaps the main character’s wand could be included. I personally think it would be awesome if we got a figure or something resembling the antagonist goblin’s magic pendant thing that allows him to cast magic without his wand (as seen in the trailer).
@@Spymii there is a wand shop at hogsmade we probably get to buy different looking wands
We've already seen the Killing Curse, that has use. It stands to reason that the other two Unforgivable Curses are in the game. Imperio has a clear use, but Crucio? Maybe persuasion checks like Mass Effect, but the point of the Cruciatus Curse is quite clear. I wonder how we'll be able to use it.
Exactly! Imperio makes a ton of sense in gameplay. Crucio...they'd have to get creative there.
I was thinking that maybe they could use Crucio as an offensive spell where the opponent whrites in pain and maybe runs away after you used it a couple of times but this might be far fetched.
@@RetroRaconteur : Another option would be to preclude it, but after showing one. They can't reasonably do that without attracting flak.
Maybe crucio will be used in combat to preocupy an enemy while you fight the others they are writhing on the ground
I’m more worried about Arvada kadva the killing curse because wouldn’t that one shot enemies
Well done video as always man!!! I can not wait for this!!
Thanks! 😊
One thing I want to know is if wand lore will also be included. We know Olivander's is definitely in the game, but our character is also a 5th year who could presumably already have had a wand for a number of years.
Also, I'm looking forward to understanding the backstory of our character in terms of connection to the magical world-are they transferring from another magical school? Are they homeschooled? Are they muggleborn and had no idea about magic prior to whatever the big incident is?
Quidditch should just be DLC. I know those who want it may not like that. Imo the subtle hints to it in the trailers gives me the feel that there was likely an early executive division to omit it from the game but it’s still something the devs want to add, it’s jut been tabled for now. And personally I think that’s the best way to approach consumer requests and fan feedback during development process. Too many dev teams freak out over feedback and try to then pack in features last minute before the game is even perfected on a base level. Then you end up with a game like Cyberpunk 🧐
13:49 the main character is right outside Ollivanders so i think it is safe to say that Diagon Alley is in the game.
I feel like they may save Quidditch for the very last trailer. Like stated in the video it's the number 1 thing people are most curious about and the anticipation is mounting. Although if they do add it to the game I wouldn't be too optimistic of how deep the system would be. The game already seems so massive. And I think our character already has enough problems to worry about besides adding a Quidditch cup. 😅 I'd be perfectly fine with it being scrapped all together if it meant a more refined combat and game environment overall. Their resources aren't unlimited. Very excited nonetheless!
When it comes to Crucio, you said you don't know if you've seen alot of similar stuff in other games. But, in Star Wars: The old republic, as a sith inquisitor you can use lightning purely to torture npcs into giving you information etc. They could add crucio in that way to let someone who want to be dark, use it to uncover dark secrets and learn other dark magic etc. I believe there is a place for crucio in the game for dark witches and wizards to find dark secrets and information. I hope it is like that so I can explore alot of dark side stuff in the game as my second playthrough when it comes out. (First playthrough will just be me, a Ravenclaw doing things I would've done myself if I went to Hogwarts. In other words, just me being me.)
If it in the game or not I will still love this game and will still have a great time with it. But I will be sad if they didn't add quidditch to the game. I also been thinking and watching the 14 minutes game play alot here lately and I do have a feeling that you are right that quidditch might not be in the game. But there is still so much we don't know about the game it still could be a part of the game in some way either we get to watch it or have a mission that take us to the stadium to help somebody or protect them. not necessarily we have to be playing quidditch
It won’t make it a dealbreaker for me but it would be nice if it was in it
Thank you for the really good content, Retro! I appreciate the work you put into these videos. It’s also nice that you have the same kinda mindset as I do about this game! I hope the devs watch your videos and take notes haha
Appreciate that! 😄
I don't think Quidditch is that relevant to me. It would be nice to have - but I'd really prefer they nail the combat feel and mechanism: As you say it seems much more likely to release a quidditch focused game or DLC after the fact than fixing a broken wizard experience
About quidditch- I think it “will” be in the game in the matter of meeting other people who play in the team, but our character won’t likely join. In the game we’re the new student, and new student wouldn’t probably get into the team. Also dropping the matter of quidditch would mean they had more time to work on actual game and story so that’s good too. I don’t need quidditch there :)
If you are good, you will probably be in the team, and our characters will be a specie of genius or something like that I believe, it was shown that he can fly pretty well.
There was reply to a comment in one of XpectoGo’s video where a person who is a developer of the game (graphics department) confirmed that there is quidditch and also wizards chest, the other unforgivable curses are also in the game. She was also to me pretty legit by the way she went into detail on working in the graphic department
Hmm. I'll check with him. Thanks for sharing that!
I bought the game the other night Digital Deluxe Edition for Series X, hyped for this game since I heard about it.. and I been waiting and now have to wait another month to play it. The game looks incredible, everything you could possibly want in a Harry Potter game we are getting, being able to explore and so much more is where I was sold
Not convinced there’s gonna be quidditch in the game but hope it is. The brooms look quite slow hopefully you can go faster than in the trailer 😂 I’m wondering will there be things like: our own pets,
Diagonal alley (think having portal to Gringotts and Olivanders in Hogsmeade makes it unlikely we get to explore diagonal alley). Will the chamber of secrets feature at all? Not sure when it was built. In terms of Houses I think they’ll let us pick our house but maybe not our own wands (the wand chooses the wizard). Hopefully some variety in brooms etc too! Can’t wait for the game and enjoying your content! 👏
It was shown the wall that leads to Diagonal Alley so we will probably enter there. If the game has Quidditch, we could change our brooms so we could get a better performance and fly faster. The chamber of secrets have 40% chance of appearing, because it was said that isn’t opened since Salazar Slytheryn’s times, but it was also said that we would discover many secrets from Hogwarts, so we may find a way to enter in the chamber with out needing to speak the snake’s language.
Jesus dude even if the chamber was there they couldn’t open it not until the 2nd movie witch is almost a century later
@@flamebreaker7318 oh yeah 😂😂unless we never tell anyone where it is👃👈
Wouldn't mind if they don't have Quidditch. So long as they polish up the stuff that already exist. I think, the spells and the side missions/classes are more important here than Quidditch.
There’s some parts like 5:06 where you can see button prompts. Looks like it’ll be pretty seem less casting spells. Hope they go minimalist with the hud too.
I feel like if you try to use curio on a student a chat box/line from the character will pop up saying something like "I'd rather not get expelled" or something witty like that that still allows for the story progression to make sense with the game play
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There was a moment in the gameplay trailer where the character is standing in front of Ollivander’s Wand Shop. So I think Diagon alley is CONFIRMED.
I don’t see why they’d put the Quidditch court into the game and not use it for anything, that just doesn’t seem like a thing they’d do, not when they’re putting sooo much detail into everything else and the broomstick flying mechanic os already there..
Yes it’s not confirmed yet because we haven’t actually seen them play yet but i’m very confident that it’s going to be there 😁
@@FrostKing04 That shot is from Hogsmeade, i assume that you’re talking about the encounter with the man in the top hat?
Now i also think that Diagon alley is gonna be there but it’s for a different reason, we see some gringotts footage in the game which is located in diagon alley 😁
Not sure who in the UK has been telling you this isn't for pre-order here, but it has been on pre-order for months! Still waiting until closer to release date for possible collector editions!
@@grizleme2811 is there like a website or something to look at when they do have a collector's edition or is it you have to preorder it from GameStop or something like that
Don't forget it is still a RPG game.
I would say the unforgivable curses are on a pretty lenghty cooldown.
Avada Kedavra - I don't know every 5 minutes you can kill an enemy directly
Imperius - Well either for puzzle etc. or since we have companions.... you can get your own companion for I don't know 4 minutes.
Crucio - You could use it as a lengthy stun in the game where he is taken out of combat
Question I have is about the weather system. I think it’s a really cool idea, but does that mean if the story takes place in one year, we will only experience each season once? And what about post game? Will we be stuck in the season the school year ends in?
I really hope they focus more on immersion and roleplay first over quidditch. Maybe they can include quidditch later in an update and close it off for now due to "magical hazard concerns".
because they implemented seasons and showed it off so much, i think it’ll cover more than one school year. perhaps all the way to our character’s 7th year, and then maybe we meet young Dumbledore near the end of the game to hint toward him possibly being in the sequel(s). i think a single school year would be too short for a big open world video game unless they reallyyy drag it out, so i hope it’s more than that!
I agree, with the scale of everything, I also think one year is much too short. However multi-year does pose a problem, what happens during summer break? My only guess would be summer/holiday breaks are the ideal time for the PC and Professor Fig to do their work outside of Hogwarts like dungeon diving and whatnot.
@@iMalcolm98 or they could just skip over it. either fill it with story bits or skip to the next school year!
Awesome video! Thanks for the content
Thank you!
in your diagon alley section you show him standing in front of ollivanders. Not confirmation we get to explore it, but it definitely exists.
That's actually the Hogsmeade branch of Ollivanders.
The summoned plants that help u fight in this game reminds me of Mr. Fungi from Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, which is also a summoned plant that helps u fight.
What people are overlooking is that if we wait and support the game we could get a full on dedicated update or dlc for quidditch or any of the all major things.
I love Quidditch have done since I was a kid but if it turns out it's NOT in the game, then I'd accept that and I'd still really enjoy the game. Quidditch for me is just something I've always wanted to play, there was a Quidditch world Cup game on Ps1 but modern graphics would be sick.
Maybe some Quidditch mini games would be fun ?
Great video. I don’t mind either way if there is Quidditch or not. Whether I think it’s likely for it to be included or not, for me, comes down to how long a time period the game is over, as you wondered about.
If it’s just a school year I have no idea how our character can possibly catch-up 5 years of schooling and go on his adventure outside of Hogwarts AND play Quidditch. That seems impossible but I could be wrong.
With no HUD I did wonder if that was just for the trailer. I thought it might be helpful to have different spells assigned different buttons and these can be moved around but yeah a lot of games don’t have health bars too so that might not be in either way.
The flying carriage that our character is in with Professor Fig seems to be him taking our character to Hogwarts for his first day so I wonder if they started at Hogsmeade as it’s nearby or did they really fly the whole way from London to Scotland with all of those trunks etc. on the carriage. Possibly not. So I think Diagon Alley won’t appear; at least not for shopping.
Unless I’m misremembering, the only Ancient Magic we learned about in the books was Lily’s protection of Harry. To make it a bit different I wonder if the incident with our character might be deflecting curses (not just unforgivable ones?).
Anyway, rambling again. There’s a lot to think about and speculate on!
7:35 crucio may as well be used as a stunner spell, for example, imagine your fighting against 5 enemies all rushing up for you, you could use crucio to stun 3 of them for a limited ammount of time meanwhile you get ride of the other two
Something that i would love that nobody talks about is house points,where if you do well on classes etc. You get house points. That would be a nice addition.
I could see Quidditch going either way here. We may have an opportunity to play throughout our time at Hogwarts however, much like you said Quidditch almost needs its own game like Quidditch World Cup did in the past. I honestly wouldn’t mind not having it because the game itself is more about your time and growth as a student at the school learning magic and figuring out everything else involving the wizarding world.
I definitely hope your character has an opportunity to learn how to become an Animagus that could create lots of added potential for your story. Werewolves might be a nice feature too as far as a threat to the character if you get bitten.
I know it’s a lot to hope for but we only have to wait a while longer. Also, I wager multiplayer could come in future updates or even a sequel/dlc.
Your videos are awesome keep up the great work 🪄
If you look in the background of @10:24 in this video you can make out the front of the store says "Maker of fine wands since 382 BC Ollivanders" correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember Ollivanders having a branch or satelite store in Hogsmead. Maybe the devs hinted towards Diagon Alley being in the game?
I hope they include an Hogwarts acceptance letter inside each game (standard editions included)!
One thing I could see for the cruciatus curse, we know that ennemy camps are going to be a big part of the game. Maybe when trying to take on one, you can crucio someone and ask him for information on the camp like where is the commander or where are loots hidden
Well, I think diagon alley will be there as in your video at 10:24, when your wizard holds up a wand, you can see in the background Olivanders - Makers of Fine wands.... How they will incorporate it within the game, that is a question on it's own.
That's actually the Hogsmeade branch of Ollivander's in that shot.
We can see the wall that leads to Diagon Alley in the first trailer.
On the Unforgiveable Curses; I can see them in combat as stun and attack-allies moves. Those are pretty common in games and easy to animate in a family-friendly way. An enemy leaning forward, holding their head in pain is quite tame.
Quidditch is definitely a big maybe. For Diagon Ally it’s possible they want players to have that moment seeing it for the first time like Harry does in the Books. It would make sense to me that players choose their wand there (when we customize our character) and that is basically choosing a class. Unicorn core for charms, dragon for more combative magic, and phoenix for balance (Kinda like Jedi classes in KotOR).
Maybe quidditch I feel makes sense as a dlc like bonus gsme mode where you can pick a position and play it. It also give the devs time to make it feel real and clean.
As far as no confirmation on Diagon Alley, in the gameplay trailer there is a scene where our main character is standing in front of Ollivander's wand shop, so i think its safe to say there is going to be Diagon Alley
I'd say Crucio in gameplay could function as a strong stun spell, where you use it in short bursts against enemies and they have to recover from the momentary pain to continue fighting.
I think quidditch is definately going to be in the game in _some_ form, but is planned to be shown later and might not have been ready to show yet during this SoP. But they have shown flying extensively so that’s definately not going to be a problem, however implementing profound, fun gameplay based on quidditch’s rules and scoring system is probably a challenge. I do feel that Avalance is capable of figuring that out though!
I think there will be a normal HUD with your buttons and map/indicators, but that they disabled it in the video for cinematic effects and not to reveal to much about the actual game play.
Yeah I agree with what you said about quidditch.. it would take a lot of time to make it good and fun maybe it was too risky to put in their game and drop the overall quality/ reviews… I think quidditch will just be a background thing that you can go and watch but would love to see it in the game even if it’s not good ahaha either way game is a 100% day one buy, thankyou for the video
Personally, I think Quidditch is an important part of the school calender, the build up of anticipation for a match, the weather leading up to the match... almost feel like the seasons (which has been confirmed) and quidditch go hand in hand.
To your diagon alley question. In this video, there is a shot of the avatar talking to whom we can only assume is one of the villains at 10:23. It looks like the avatar is in front of Ollivanders wand shop which is in diagon alley
Crucio could easily be used as the most powerful combat stun and have use in story moments for example “use veritiserum, use imperio, use crucio, use leglimancy” as options if you have unlocked them
I don’t know if anyone has said this before but in one of the concept arts from the behind the scenes you can see a sporting store, along with various other shops…
So I think they at least thought about adding quidditch at some point during development :)
People who saw the combat in the leaked gameplay trailer will know that the combat camera shot is different to show the background and other enemies in behind for state of play. In the leaked one the avatar is on the middle of the camera and the magic isn't button mashing. there is a spell menu in the left side that seems to be able to be load the spell you want to use. There is a aim cursor and a mark that shows weakness of enemies or sturctures around you that u can use to attack. There isn't a combo play in the leaked trailer. But the leaked trailer came out 2 years ago so they might have added a combo play to make the combat even better. My only worry will be them removing the combat from the leaked one and only using combo one because than that will be button mashing.
Can you imagine how much a collectors edition would cost? The base game is $70 so I’m guessing a collectors edition would at least be $160. In order for me to spend that much on a collectors edition, it would have to have some pretty kick ass stuff included with it. Like extra creation options for your character like face options, outfits and robes. Or maybe something you can physically hold like a shirt, mug, statue, wand, blanket or maybe even a robe you can wear from the game. A steel book for the game. Maybe a behind the scenes art book with interviews. Ya know, just some stuff that would make me feel like my money was well spent.
I would be totally fine if they made Quidditch a paid DLC, if that means they flesh it out. Maybe then they can make it a sort-of Quidditch World Cup reboot, with original locations. Quidditch really is almost a game on its own, and a fifth year student isn't the most logical place to start playing this sport.
Retro !! Go to the Gameplay Trailer and go to 1:58 YOU CAN SEE THE GOLDEN SNITCH FLYING AROUND IN THE GRYFFINDOR COMMON ROOM. DUDDE HOW COOL IS THAT ?? That shows me that Quidditch MAY possibly be in there ! Also , The Hufflepuffl common Room to your right you can see a huge owl 🦉 that looks exactly like Hedwig maybe pets are in the game????
i feel like it's obvious quidditch is in the game (i personally don't really mind if it's there or not) but you see so many students wearing the quidditch robes and they NEED to save some surprised to reveal later in the year. they obviously wouldn't show everything in one big reveal, even tho they showed a truck ton of stuff.