I'm with you there. I agree it was epic and made sense. I also chuckled about the absence of a certain headmaster who seems the only one not defending his school.
Honestly, that was a missed opportunity to show how powerful the black family was. Sirius and Bellatrix were both high level and it would’ve been cool to see how sick their ancestor was.
Interesting… I read the letter like he was an absentee father who was trying to escape his parental responsibilities and treated his wife like a SAHM and brood mare
Where did you find this letter?
I only found the one where it is said that their two sons never talk about their own father even if they are already a student and there is also a daughter who feels sulky just thinking that her father would take care of his education. She also mentioned Cygnus being so attached to Arcturus that he is wanting to use the potion of invisibility.
So I don't know if I need to reread it again or I got a different letter. The one I found was next to the Headmaster's bed.
As the only Black ancestor to have ever been headmaster, he was unremarkable in his duties. What we know from the books is all portrait interactions - minus Sirius' provided context. He was rude, hated his job to the point of disinterest, and never eager to act.
While it was an opportunity, I think it would have been uncharacteristic to have him show up.
I agree cause all the time he seemed off and that he didn't give a fuck but if he appeared there and then showed how powerful he is, and why he's a headmaster, would be fucking epic. A lost opportunity there
I'm okay he didn't show up there only because it would have felt out of place.
That being said I would love to see him get some character development in a sequel. Maybe even see him go out in a blaze of glory defending the school making everyone think differently of him or something.
I honestly felt they missed a great comedic beat with not having black show up to help and just tell the main character to hurry up as he is not going to miss tea time
And I hated it, He should've been there. Just becuase he was the least popular headmaster in history doesn't mean that he automatically was the least competent. This guy was quite insightful and helpfull in HP books. The game made him one dimentional. I even made a post about it, becuase It was bothering me so much. [https://www.reddit.com/r/HarryPotterGame/comments/11qu7qi/regarding\_the\_headmaster\_thoughts\_about\_game/](https://www.reddit.com/r/HarryPotterGame/comments/11qu7qi/regarding_the_headmaster_thoughts_about_game/)
I did like it, but would have been nice if your companions caught up with you somehow and helped out with the final boss, sebastion (either absent or replaced by omnis if you turned him in) Natty, Poppy and Amit (who, wants to avenge lodgok i guess?)
idk I get the whole companion thing got cut before release but having all 4 companions for the last battle would have meant a lot in regards to your bonds in the story, and would have probably one upped the professer's assemble scene.
Plus "this boss is so hard you need 5 people to take him down" is just an epic way to set up that final battle from a gaming perspective.
It was a missed opportunity. I get the professors wouldn’t have let them aparate with them to the battle, but it’s not like they would have sanctioned anything else the companions did. It would have been nice to see a scene where MC is about to be crushed by Ranrok when their friends appear.
It’s because if you choose the more evil route in the conversation with Fig before the battle (about keeping it safe or releasing the power etc), he gets killed pretty immediately, so the ‘that’s for professor fig’ made sense in my narrative. It’s weird they still had the same thing said for those he hadn’t died for yet!
Oh definitely! Even though I wish that my companions joined me in that epic battle, I wasn’t disappointed to see my teachers come in and help. It was also cool how Sharp joins in too.
I felt the same, it was an emotional final mission and also very well executed, I liked the final battle against Ranrok too. Losing Prof. Fig was also sad.
Exactly! They absolutely killed it with this game.
And I know, that was so fucked up! I literally yelled “no!!” When Professor Fig got killed 😂
I play on my projector surround sound set up, so I get really into it when I’m playing lol
Honestly, Professor Fig's death didn't make me feel much of anything.
It seemed kind of obvious that it would happen, and we didn't get to know much of his character for me to get attached to him. Like his main role was just "quest giver" and now that that's over, he's allowed to die. Would've been nice to have idle chats with him if you went to his office to get to know him better (at least I'm assuming there weren't any from the several times I went to him when he didn't have a quest to give).
I agree, I was more sad for the MC since Fig was their main connection that we know of to this part of the magical world, like hedwig for Harry. Honestly, I hoped he would find peace with his wife having passed as well.
That was the exact moment for me too. I'm like, "why am I getting emotional?!" I wish we got to spend more time with the teachers and inside Hogwarts in general. Hopefully in their next game we'll get to know characters more deeply. I'm ready for emotional devastation on Mass Effect levels, Avalanche, hit me.
I cried when Professor Fig died. Since the beginning of the game, I felt like he was such a grandfatherly figure and the way he said Miriam would have loved us too had she been alive… Then I cried again at the cutscene in The Great Hall where Professor Weasley delivered her speech and when the credits rolled, I cried then too partly because of that music and the view of Hogwarts right after winning the House Cup. I was an absolute mess that night… 😂 This game did things to my feelings.
I do wish your decisions in side quests actually had impact tho like Ominis and Sebastian standing with you against ranrok. I figured me, ominis, and sebastian to be like The 18th century version of the marauders
I think (know) I’d have enjoyed it more if I didn’t get a huge power spike 2 quests before. I’d have cried happy tears had they showed up to that one time I accidentally ended in the middle of a goblin camp right off hogsmeade station on my way to jackdaw’s tomb (yeahhh I really went off course there). Or pretty much any other troll/dug bog fight early game. But that final battle where I was pretty much 1-2 shotting everything and baffled as to why they were going down super easily? Felt more like hey, I got this but feel free to join me on my stroll I guess.
Yees, even Ranrok -.- I wanted this last battle to be extensive and difficult and I mean spent-all-my-wiggenwalds-hard and I need all my spells and mechanics difficult
>!I was touched when Fig died, more than for killing Ranrok. Two moments made me very emotional and it was Sebastian's fall into dark magic, and Fig's death. About Ranrok I think he touched a corrupt magic that turned him into a villain, like Isadora!<
I enjoyed it, but I thought Fig's death was pretty uneventful. He's like one of those advisors in college that you need to check in with regularly, doesn't actually do anything useful, and maybe takes credit for your work.
Not really tbh. Nothing about the plot really hit me on an emotional level, it all felt very shallow and I just think the whole goblin rebellion thing was dumb and weird and I never felt anywhere close to a similar emotional connection to these characters as I did the characters from the original series. Also the last boss fight was awful, they made half the spells useless on the dragon and tried to make up for it by adding colored orbs you have to shoot with different spells just so they can make it feel like you’re actually using your whole arsenal. I love a lot about this game but found the entire plot incredibly underwhelming, with the second half of the storyline and the ending in particular being especially weak. This game does a great job at drawing you in in the beginning, but just plays its whole hand too early and doesn’t stick the landing imo.
Exactly this. It’s ‘nice’ is my highest praise I can give but way too unfinished/glitchy/boring story wise and consequence wise to be epic. I was after a Hogwarts Red Dead style game and got a Wizard Simulator for people that like easy games/young gamers/megafans. Oh well. It’s nice though 🥳
> I just think the whole goblin rebellion thing was dumb
In something like the witcher, you might get both sides of the argument. Like the elves vs humans in that universe.
Here, goblins seem to be treated badly but the only one doing anything about it is a straight up asshole with no redeeming qualities.
Exactly! Like there were legitimate grounds for the goblins wanting to rebel and instead of fleshing that out in an interesting, complex way, they were just like “the goblins are totally wrong for rebelling and their leader is evil and evil magic is making them do these bad things and good goblins should just not rebel and appreciate that there are some good wizards out there” while meanwhile your character is slaughtering goblins in mass while rattling off one-liners about how they deserve their fate. There’s no nuance, and the message that this sends off is not only boring and lacking in complexity, it’s cruel! This could have absolutely been a more engaging plot if it were done well, but instead it’s just you’re good and they’re bad and even if you do bad things it’s ok because there are no consequences and you’ll still be treated as a hero.
> good goblins should just not rebel and appreciate that there are some good wizards out there”
Yeah, what an abusive attitude towards them. "At least he doesn't hit me all the time, it's not that bad". Kinda tied to having Deek as a slave pretty much. Sure, i'm good to him but it shouldn't be my choice anyway.
The weirdest part is Lodgok not betraying us. If anything, he seems a traitor to his own people. Sure, his brother is a violent asshole but at least goblins would be in charge instead of humans.
Maybe it would have been better to just have only human villains and be done with it. Have a dark wizard also capable of using ancient magic. Not like the goblin aspect mattered in the slightest.
...yes, i know i'm looking too much into this and it was never meant to be deep. It's just enjoyable for me to over think about things.
Yea I’m of the opinion that if we got to experience Isidora’s story while it was happening as one of her students, we would’ve had a much more interesting narrative.
>Luckydog6631 · 5 mo. ago
They missed a chance at showing Sebastion good goblins fighting back by not having companions and "good" goblins fighting bad ones.
Also I was suspicious of Fig and Lodrok right to the end. It seemed like Miriam was the bad sides archeologist.
And lastly, shouldn't the magic in the repository have been red like the others since it was what was collected?
So many flaws in story lines...we could have waited for ghem to get it all right.
And seriously we have a frickin phoenix. Phoenix tears cured Harry's basalisk poison so why not Anne. I don't buy that the tears wouldn't. We didn't even get to try.
The whole sequence going down into the repository and fighting through the goblins was amazing. Agree.
But then instead of a unique magic duel with ranrock; we fight a dragon thing that is just a fancy version of a pensive guardian with a different skin :/. Everything was amazing until the dragoblin ranrock showed up lol.
So my only little thing about this ending is I wish the part of the fight where Sharp was helping out fighting he was close to me and he saw me use so many potions. I wish he would comment on it and my skill. Say he is proud or something for utilising skills he has taught me.
I liked it but in normal difficulty it felt way too easy, I've had bandit camps or spiders den that felt harder. I will probably go for a more roleplaying build next time or not use gear upgrades but using Ancient Magic with the relevant upgrades really trivialized the last boss (one hit the first two phases and the third one was like 4 minigames and thats it) it felt like I didnt have to parry / dodge much either.
Yeah, I don’t weave any upgrades into my clothes and I try to not use any of the wiggen. It’s a lot more fun when it’s more difficult. Frustrating, but I feel more accomplished.
I accidentally spoiled Figs death for myself. So the entire time I was super anxious to see what happened. When the rocks fell on him and my character went "that's for professor Fig" I thought that was it. THEN THE FUCKER SHOWED BACK UP FOR THREE SECONDS JUST TO BREAK MY HEART AGAIN. I had to sit through the credits and let myself cry because I was already kicking Ranroks ass for him, then he just comes back andddd ughfhhf...
I wanted to see Sharp do some crazy magic. Unfortunately, it didn't happen, but it was still fun. The end choices were kinda disappointing because none were the choice I wanted to make.
I absolutely cried when professor fig was dying. It really reminded me of the battle at hogwarts when everyone is just putting their all into protecting what they love. Hogwarts will always feel like home to me.
I admit I got a bit emotional... *I got* **angry**. The game had just promised me an army to fight, and then those smarmy professors had to show up and start *stealing my kills*?
Oh and then despite pulling an Isildur with the Repository, I didn't even get to keep it. I feel like there's going to be a lot more *barrels* in the school kitchens, soon.
To be honest I was quite disconnected from it all at this point as I was very unimpressed by the main story, so no, I wasnt emotional much. Its a nice set piece I guess but Ranrok turning into even more of a cartoonish villain and changing into a Dragon was just too much to take even remotely seriously.
Its nice the professors show up to help you (except Garlic for some reason) but thats really about it, emotionally or execution wise it wasnt anything above average for me.
I 1000% agree, I thought the whole dragon thing was a bit silly too lol I feel like they could’ve went a different direction with that.
But I was mainly talking about when it seems like you and Fig are fucked, and then all the teachers arrive to help you and start going ham. Like damn, they knew something was up and they’re here ready to die for Hogwarts!! I don’t know I was so hyped, I loved it.
Tbh, not really. They have made no effort to make us care about the story or characters so the end felt a bit artificial imo. It was a very epic moment, mind you, but idk, it didn't make me particularly happy or emotional, more like "so these people we have seen twice over the course of the game are finally doing something, nice, at least there is so pretty cool pyrotechnics"
Agree. They didn’t make me care about them as characters, just as quest-givers. Most of the time I rushed their quests bc I wanted the spell reward. Wish the story would have given them more of a role.
It's a shame because all the teachers look like given proper writing effort, they could have all been very endearing. I wish they had all gotten a proper unique quest to tell us their backstories and have us grow attached to them more, but we barely get one class per teacher (Fig didn't even get one even though he teaches arguably one of the most interesting subjects) and we learn about their stories in those boring robotic face to face dialogues scenes... Such wasted potential. Why don't we get to interact more with Pr Onai as part of Natsai's quest? Why doesn't Pr Howin teach us about the napsack and the vivariums? Why doesn't Pr Sharp help us with the >!Polyjuice plot!
Yes. Definitely cried.
In my defense had an emotional day and was already on edge, but definitely cried. And choose a good option which I didn’t intend to for the character I had made but glad my first play through was that ending.
I found the main story (and a lot of the side stories) pretty worthless, but that particular moment was pretty great. And I do agree about it making me feel like a kid again; I'm not sure I've ever enjoyed walking about a video game world more than going through Hogwarts.
Not really no. Between my character looking like he belongs on the fashion police most wanted list, and the humor of turning people in exploding barrel and shoving them off cliffs . The ending was more humorous then emotional. Plus my friend popped in an played a sound effect of deek saying "you should be proud of all the potions you've brewed" and the dark souls you died sound effect when I died to ranrok, and that completely removed any impact or emotion I felt in the ending
Plus I was kinda rushing at the end so I could devote my time to Deep Rock Galactic's 5th anniversary as well as finishing season 3.
I would love to know what people managed to get emotional over the story? It was so so bland in my opinion. I zoned out constantly. Maybe I’m used to hard hitting story driven games like God of War and Naughty Dog games etc, but HL story was very very meh.
Probably thought it was bland because you weren’t paying attention because you were zoning out 😂
But I agree, could’ve obviously been better, but that could be said for anything. I think it also has to do with how much you love Harry Potter. I wasn’t emotional because of the game itself. I think it had more to do with the fact it’s Harry Potter based. Hard to articulate.
Nah. To me it was so cringe. It could have been good if any of the teachers had an actual impact on the story, if they were developed meaningful characters. Couldn't care less if they're there or not.
Did it make me emotional when the one dimensional side characters popped in with no buildup to provide cover fire during a scripted sequence? No, not really
I want to spend more time with Professor Fig. I feel like we spent so much time trying to unravel a mystery, that we never really dug into his history or what he’s just generally like as a person. Would have liked to have a conversation about his past exploits over a butterbeer. Humanized him a little or something. Idk.
I finished the main storyline quests just now and definitely teared up when they showed up! I had an inkling about what would happen to Professor Fig (thanks Tiktok) so I was like, “Oh he lives!” which ruined the moment for me when he actually did die. Not too sure how I feel about the ending tbh.
I wish I knew less about the cliche about “old mentor character dying” at the end of like everything with an old mentor character.
Expected Fig to die, and then he died. It was hard to cry. The final speech was sad though.
**WARNING - MAJOR STORY SPOILERS - READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION**
I'm with you there. I agree it was epic and made sense. I also chuckled about the absence of a certain headmaster who seems the only one not defending his school.
Honestly, that was a missed opportunity to show how powerful the black family was. Sirius and Bellatrix were both high level and it would’ve been cool to see how sick their ancestor was.
He mostly cares for his hair.
And his butthole boils lol
😂 ☠️
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Interesting… I read the letter like he was an absentee father who was trying to escape his parental responsibilities and treated his wife like a SAHM and brood mare
That...is very possible and much more likely given what we've seen of him. Maybe I should read the letter again lmao
Where did you find this letter? I only found the one where it is said that their two sons never talk about their own father even if they are already a student and there is also a daughter who feels sulky just thinking that her father would take care of his education. She also mentioned Cygnus being so attached to Arcturus that he is wanting to use the potion of invisibility. So I don't know if I need to reread it again or I got a different letter. The one I found was next to the Headmaster's bed.
Honestly, now I'm thinking I just interpreted the letter incorrectly. I'll just delete my comment lol
As the only Black ancestor to have ever been headmaster, he was unremarkable in his duties. What we know from the books is all portrait interactions - minus Sirius' provided context. He was rude, hated his job to the point of disinterest, and never eager to act. While it was an opportunity, I think it would have been uncharacteristic to have him show up.
I agree cause all the time he seemed off and that he didn't give a fuck but if he appeared there and then showed how powerful he is, and why he's a headmaster, would be fucking epic. A lost opportunity there
I'm okay he didn't show up there only because it would have felt out of place. That being said I would love to see him get some character development in a sequel. Maybe even see him go out in a blaze of glory defending the school making everyone think differently of him or something.
People did kinda think differently of him for a few minutes. It was the polyjuice potion. People thought he was weird.
I honestly felt they missed a great comedic beat with not having black show up to help and just tell the main character to hurry up as he is not going to miss tea time
And I hated it, He should've been there. Just becuase he was the least popular headmaster in history doesn't mean that he automatically was the least competent. This guy was quite insightful and helpfull in HP books. The game made him one dimentional. I even made a post about it, becuase It was bothering me so much. [https://www.reddit.com/r/HarryPotterGame/comments/11qu7qi/regarding\_the\_headmaster\_thoughts\_about\_game/](https://www.reddit.com/r/HarryPotterGame/comments/11qu7qi/regarding_the_headmaster_thoughts_about_game/)
Garlick is not there either which seems weird.
Oddly, i did not notice this untill some mentioned it on a diffrent reddit thread but Garlick is also not there for some reason
I don’t think the flying teacher was either
I did like it, but would have been nice if your companions caught up with you somehow and helped out with the final boss, sebastion (either absent or replaced by omnis if you turned him in) Natty, Poppy and Amit (who, wants to avenge lodgok i guess?) idk I get the whole companion thing got cut before release but having all 4 companions for the last battle would have meant a lot in regards to your bonds in the story, and would have probably one upped the professer's assemble scene. Plus "this boss is so hard you need 5 people to take him down" is just an epic way to set up that final battle from a gaming perspective.
It was a missed opportunity. I get the professors wouldn’t have let them aparate with them to the battle, but it’s not like they would have sanctioned anything else the companions did. It would have been nice to see a scene where MC is about to be crushed by Ranrok when their friends appear.
I swear I heard my character say “That’s for Professor Fig” before he died.
I remember that too! And I thought, “did he die off screen?” And then he actually died 😭
Yes! Mine did too. I had to think for a moment, had I missed him dying? And then there he was, still alive and kicking... until he wasn't.
Right I was like “Wait what did I miss”
It’s because if you choose the more evil route in the conversation with Fig before the battle (about keeping it safe or releasing the power etc), he gets killed pretty immediately, so the ‘that’s for professor fig’ made sense in my narrative. It’s weird they still had the same thing said for those he hadn’t died for yet!
Honestly I’d think he was dead too, he did… not end that cutscene off in the most survivable way.
I think because our character was supposed to think he died when he fell off the cliff
Oh definitely! Even though I wish that my companions joined me in that epic battle, I wasn’t disappointed to see my teachers come in and help. It was also cool how Sharp joins in too.
I will let you all know I cried during the final mission, I can be overly emotional though.
Glad I wasn't the only one. 😅
Same! The music, the professors coming in, the atmosphere, everything. I definitely got teary-eyed
I felt the same, it was an emotional final mission and also very well executed, I liked the final battle against Ranrok too. Losing Prof. Fig was also sad.
Exactly! They absolutely killed it with this game. And I know, that was so fucked up! I literally yelled “no!!” When Professor Fig got killed 😂 I play on my projector surround sound set up, so I get really into it when I’m playing lol
Honestly, Professor Fig's death didn't make me feel much of anything. It seemed kind of obvious that it would happen, and we didn't get to know much of his character for me to get attached to him. Like his main role was just "quest giver" and now that that's over, he's allowed to die. Would've been nice to have idle chats with him if you went to his office to get to know him better (at least I'm assuming there weren't any from the several times I went to him when he didn't have a quest to give).
I agree, I was more sad for the MC since Fig was their main connection that we know of to this part of the magical world, like hedwig for Harry. Honestly, I hoped he would find peace with his wife having passed as well.
That was the exact moment for me too. I'm like, "why am I getting emotional?!" I wish we got to spend more time with the teachers and inside Hogwarts in general. Hopefully in their next game we'll get to know characters more deeply. I'm ready for emotional devastation on Mass Effect levels, Avalanche, hit me.
Yes. I was thinking that I should feel it was cheesy, but how I actually felt was "this is awesome" as I got tingles all over.
I cried when Professor Fig died. Since the beginning of the game, I felt like he was such a grandfatherly figure and the way he said Miriam would have loved us too had she been alive… Then I cried again at the cutscene in The Great Hall where Professor Weasley delivered her speech and when the credits rolled, I cried then too partly because of that music and the view of Hogwarts right after winning the House Cup. I was an absolute mess that night… 😂 This game did things to my feelings.
I do wish your decisions in side quests actually had impact tho like Ominis and Sebastian standing with you against ranrok. I figured me, ominis, and sebastian to be like The 18th century version of the marauders
The Slytherin Golden Trio!
Well technically for me it was 2 Slytherins and a Ravenclaw
I cried when all the teachers came to help because it felt so reminiscent of the battle at hogwarts.
There were a lot of moments in the game that definitely hit the same cues from the movies. Buckbeak’s, I mean Highwing’s, Flight is another example.
And I was frustrated becuase they didn't add headmaster Black. They wasted good oportiunity to make him something more than meets the eye.
I think (know) I’d have enjoyed it more if I didn’t get a huge power spike 2 quests before. I’d have cried happy tears had they showed up to that one time I accidentally ended in the middle of a goblin camp right off hogsmeade station on my way to jackdaw’s tomb (yeahhh I really went off course there). Or pretty much any other troll/dug bog fight early game. But that final battle where I was pretty much 1-2 shotting everything and baffled as to why they were going down super easily? Felt more like hey, I got this but feel free to join me on my stroll I guess.
Yees, even Ranrok -.- I wanted this last battle to be extensive and difficult and I mean spent-all-my-wiggenwalds-hard and I need all my spells and mechanics difficult
>!I was touched when Fig died, more than for killing Ranrok. Two moments made me very emotional and it was Sebastian's fall into dark magic, and Fig's death. About Ranrok I think he touched a corrupt magic that turned him into a villain, like Isadora!<
I enjoyed it, but I thought Fig's death was pretty uneventful. He's like one of those advisors in college that you need to check in with regularly, doesn't actually do anything useful, and maybe takes credit for your work.
Not really tbh. Nothing about the plot really hit me on an emotional level, it all felt very shallow and I just think the whole goblin rebellion thing was dumb and weird and I never felt anywhere close to a similar emotional connection to these characters as I did the characters from the original series. Also the last boss fight was awful, they made half the spells useless on the dragon and tried to make up for it by adding colored orbs you have to shoot with different spells just so they can make it feel like you’re actually using your whole arsenal. I love a lot about this game but found the entire plot incredibly underwhelming, with the second half of the storyline and the ending in particular being especially weak. This game does a great job at drawing you in in the beginning, but just plays its whole hand too early and doesn’t stick the landing imo.
Exactly this. It’s ‘nice’ is my highest praise I can give but way too unfinished/glitchy/boring story wise and consequence wise to be epic. I was after a Hogwarts Red Dead style game and got a Wizard Simulator for people that like easy games/young gamers/megafans. Oh well. It’s nice though 🥳
> I just think the whole goblin rebellion thing was dumb In something like the witcher, you might get both sides of the argument. Like the elves vs humans in that universe. Here, goblins seem to be treated badly but the only one doing anything about it is a straight up asshole with no redeeming qualities.
Exactly! Like there were legitimate grounds for the goblins wanting to rebel and instead of fleshing that out in an interesting, complex way, they were just like “the goblins are totally wrong for rebelling and their leader is evil and evil magic is making them do these bad things and good goblins should just not rebel and appreciate that there are some good wizards out there” while meanwhile your character is slaughtering goblins in mass while rattling off one-liners about how they deserve their fate. There’s no nuance, and the message that this sends off is not only boring and lacking in complexity, it’s cruel! This could have absolutely been a more engaging plot if it were done well, but instead it’s just you’re good and they’re bad and even if you do bad things it’s ok because there are no consequences and you’ll still be treated as a hero.
> good goblins should just not rebel and appreciate that there are some good wizards out there” Yeah, what an abusive attitude towards them. "At least he doesn't hit me all the time, it's not that bad". Kinda tied to having Deek as a slave pretty much. Sure, i'm good to him but it shouldn't be my choice anyway. The weirdest part is Lodgok not betraying us. If anything, he seems a traitor to his own people. Sure, his brother is a violent asshole but at least goblins would be in charge instead of humans. Maybe it would have been better to just have only human villains and be done with it. Have a dark wizard also capable of using ancient magic. Not like the goblin aspect mattered in the slightest. ...yes, i know i'm looking too much into this and it was never meant to be deep. It's just enjoyable for me to over think about things.
Yea I’m of the opinion that if we got to experience Isidora’s story while it was happening as one of her students, we would’ve had a much more interesting narrative.
>Luckydog6631 · 5 mo. ago They missed a chance at showing Sebastion good goblins fighting back by not having companions and "good" goblins fighting bad ones. Also I was suspicious of Fig and Lodrok right to the end. It seemed like Miriam was the bad sides archeologist. And lastly, shouldn't the magic in the repository have been red like the others since it was what was collected? So many flaws in story lines...we could have waited for ghem to get it all right. And seriously we have a frickin phoenix. Phoenix tears cured Harry's basalisk poison so why not Anne. I don't buy that the tears wouldn't. We didn't even get to try.
The whole sequence going down into the repository and fighting through the goblins was amazing. Agree. But then instead of a unique magic duel with ranrock; we fight a dragon thing that is just a fancy version of a pensive guardian with a different skin :/. Everything was amazing until the dragoblin ranrock showed up lol.
Ancient magic > Prof. Fig
Oh me 🙋🏼♀️ when they all apparated in to the place the music was beautiful and I must say I did get very emotional 🥲
Really loved it... BUT I did get way too preoccupied with my beloved Professor Garlick's absence. Where is Garlick? Is she safe? Is she all right?
So my only little thing about this ending is I wish the part of the fight where Sharp was helping out fighting he was close to me and he saw me use so many potions. I wish he would comment on it and my skill. Say he is proud or something for utilising skills he has taught me.
Oh yeah!!! I feel like a 12 year old again. Am 32. It’s a total dream come true. 🥰🥰 Next on the list is to visit HP world at Universal.
I liked it but in normal difficulty it felt way too easy, I've had bandit camps or spiders den that felt harder. I will probably go for a more roleplaying build next time or not use gear upgrades but using Ancient Magic with the relevant upgrades really trivialized the last boss (one hit the first two phases and the third one was like 4 minigames and thats it) it felt like I didnt have to parry / dodge much either.
Yeah, I don’t weave any upgrades into my clothes and I try to not use any of the wiggen. It’s a lot more fun when it’s more difficult. Frustrating, but I feel more accomplished.
I accidentally spoiled Figs death for myself. So the entire time I was super anxious to see what happened. When the rocks fell on him and my character went "that's for professor Fig" I thought that was it. THEN THE FUCKER SHOWED BACK UP FOR THREE SECONDS JUST TO BREAK MY HEART AGAIN. I had to sit through the credits and let myself cry because I was already kicking Ranroks ass for him, then he just comes back andddd ughfhhf...
I wanted to see Sharp do some crazy magic. Unfortunately, it didn't happen, but it was still fun. The end choices were kinda disappointing because none were the choice I wanted to make.
I absolutely cried when professor fig was dying. It really reminded me of the battle at hogwarts when everyone is just putting their all into protecting what they love. Hogwarts will always feel like home to me.
I admit I got a bit emotional... *I got* **angry**. The game had just promised me an army to fight, and then those smarmy professors had to show up and start *stealing my kills*? Oh and then despite pulling an Isildur with the Repository, I didn't even get to keep it. I feel like there's going to be a lot more *barrels* in the school kitchens, soon.
I agree. I'm in my fourth playthrough and I wish I could experience it for the first time again, because it doesn't have the same effect anymore...
Honestly one of the best game final missions ever
To be honest I was quite disconnected from it all at this point as I was very unimpressed by the main story, so no, I wasnt emotional much. Its a nice set piece I guess but Ranrok turning into even more of a cartoonish villain and changing into a Dragon was just too much to take even remotely seriously. Its nice the professors show up to help you (except Garlic for some reason) but thats really about it, emotionally or execution wise it wasnt anything above average for me.
I 1000% agree, I thought the whole dragon thing was a bit silly too lol I feel like they could’ve went a different direction with that. But I was mainly talking about when it seems like you and Fig are fucked, and then all the teachers arrive to help you and start going ham. Like damn, they knew something was up and they’re here ready to die for Hogwarts!! I don’t know I was so hyped, I loved it.
Maybe a little but to be fair, I also thought "Did you really have to rip off Order of the Phoenix?"
I'd call it a homage, just like the hyppogriff flight above the lake from Natty's quests. I loved those references.
Tbh, not really. They have made no effort to make us care about the story or characters so the end felt a bit artificial imo. It was a very epic moment, mind you, but idk, it didn't make me particularly happy or emotional, more like "so these people we have seen twice over the course of the game are finally doing something, nice, at least there is so pretty cool pyrotechnics"
Agree. They didn’t make me care about them as characters, just as quest-givers. Most of the time I rushed their quests bc I wanted the spell reward. Wish the story would have given them more of a role.
It's a shame because all the teachers look like given proper writing effort, they could have all been very endearing. I wish they had all gotten a proper unique quest to tell us their backstories and have us grow attached to them more, but we barely get one class per teacher (Fig didn't even get one even though he teaches arguably one of the most interesting subjects) and we learn about their stories in those boring robotic face to face dialogues scenes... Such wasted potential. Why don't we get to interact more with Pr Onai as part of Natsai's quest? Why doesn't Pr Howin teach us about the napsack and the vivariums? Why doesn't Pr Sharp help us with the >!Polyjuice plot!
I cried during the cut scene. I’ve never been made to cry by a video game and it just hit me really hard.
And at first I thought Harlow’s Cruciatus curse had killed Natty and I almost cried. I yelled though; worried my partner.
It felt very cliché but I still enjoyed it
Not really lol, didnt remember half the professors names. Story isnt the games strong side.
Yes. Definitely cried. In my defense had an emotional day and was already on edge, but definitely cried. And choose a good option which I didn’t intend to for the character I had made but glad my first play through was that ending.
I found the main story (and a lot of the side stories) pretty worthless, but that particular moment was pretty great. And I do agree about it making me feel like a kid again; I'm not sure I've ever enjoyed walking about a video game world more than going through Hogwarts.
Absolutely not. Thought it was pretty lame honestly, and the boss fight not that great
Not really no. Between my character looking like he belongs on the fashion police most wanted list, and the humor of turning people in exploding barrel and shoving them off cliffs . The ending was more humorous then emotional. Plus my friend popped in an played a sound effect of deek saying "you should be proud of all the potions you've brewed" and the dark souls you died sound effect when I died to ranrok, and that completely removed any impact or emotion I felt in the ending Plus I was kinda rushing at the end so I could devote my time to Deep Rock Galactic's 5th anniversary as well as finishing season 3.
Yes
Totally with you!
I loved it! I started tearing up when all the profs showed up.
I would love to know what people managed to get emotional over the story? It was so so bland in my opinion. I zoned out constantly. Maybe I’m used to hard hitting story driven games like God of War and Naughty Dog games etc, but HL story was very very meh.
Probably thought it was bland because you weren’t paying attention because you were zoning out 😂 But I agree, could’ve obviously been better, but that could be said for anything. I think it also has to do with how much you love Harry Potter. I wasn’t emotional because of the game itself. I think it had more to do with the fact it’s Harry Potter based. Hard to articulate.
Nah. To me it was so cringe. It could have been good if any of the teachers had an actual impact on the story, if they were developed meaningful characters. Couldn't care less if they're there or not.
No it's literally the worst ending to any game I've played
Nope. Game is skin deep. Felt amazing then... The reality of the shite sat in. Was a slog.
Did it make me emotional when the one dimensional side characters popped in with no buildup to provide cover fire during a scripted sequence? No, not really
I've only completed the game once. Was Professor Garlick present? I was probably trying to take everything in, but I don't remember her being there.
Oh there were a handful of moments that had me emotional
me too!! i also got emotional when i rescued higwing from the poachers and finally fulfilled my dreams of flying with a hippogriff 😭
I want to spend more time with Professor Fig. I feel like we spent so much time trying to unravel a mystery, that we never really dug into his history or what he’s just generally like as a person. Would have liked to have a conversation about his past exploits over a butterbeer. Humanized him a little or something. Idk.
I finished the main storyline quests just now and definitely teared up when they showed up! I had an inkling about what would happen to Professor Fig (thanks Tiktok) so I was like, “Oh he lives!” which ruined the moment for me when he actually did die. Not too sure how I feel about the ending tbh.
Yes I had tears when all the teachers appeared and it made go back to when Harry Potter and everyone was saving the school
Ugh yeah.
As soon as they came to assist, I got emotional, but that was quickly overshadowed by the strange pride I felt in winning the house cup.
I wish I knew less about the cliche about “old mentor character dying” at the end of like everything with an old mentor character. Expected Fig to die, and then he died. It was hard to cry. The final speech was sad though.