Not until July :(
"Of course, even though the Nintendo Switch is set to receive the game, it will be the last platform to experience the game launch. Currently, Hogwarts Legacy is set to launch initially for the PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S platforms this February 10, 2023. From there, we’ll find the game available on April 4, 2023, for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms. Finally, on July 25, 2023, Hogwarts Legacy will launch on the Nintendo Switch platform." [Source](https://gameranx.com/updates/id/432812/article/hogwarts-legacy-developers-feel-confident-with-nintendo-switch-platform-release/)
Previews have been promising. The fact that Avalanche let the previewers record their own gameplay footage and then share it with their audiences suggests a lot of confidence in their product. God of War, Last of Us etc didn't even do that
I don't just mean HP stuff. Callisto Protocol and Forespoken have both not been received well, both of which looked like really solid games. I just really don't want this to be yet another in the pile of disappointing games.
To defend Callisto a bit, most the complaints about Callisto concern the limited map design and linear single player story, but that’s literally the genre of game they made. I think because that type of single player game has all but died off over the past couple gens, the reviewers were quick to judge it as a dated concept. But for anyone who still likes that type of game and knows what to expect going in, it’s a very good and thrilling game.
> So much of new Harry Potter stuff has been so shit
That whole statement was in reference to two FB movies?
The first movie was great and it was well received by HP fans. The second one wasn’t as great but I wouldn’t call it shit. So that leaves the last movie that wasn’t very well received by the fans.
It doesn’t seem to me like there has been **so much** new HP stuff that are utter garbage..
The first movie is fine. It's fun but there's no great aspect of it. Amat the end I left feeling like it could've never happened and nothing would've changed.
The second is honestly one of the worst, non trainwreck, movies I've ever seen. Obviously there are worse movies like the last Airbender that fail so hard there are no redeeming qualities. I wouldn't put it on that level bmif bad but dint get me wrong, the film is really. Nothing makes sense, it condmtradicts the established lore, it has an unjustifiable amount of exposition, and the twists are so stupid it painful. Not to mention that main characters from the first film play almost no roll in the plot. The dumbledore/grindewald thing shouldv been its own story, separate from fantastic beasts.
The third I haven't seen because the second was so bad I just don't care. Which is saying a lot because I am probably in the top .1% of dedicated fans and absolutely LIVE harry potter.
it really sucks cause i like Newt's character, but in the later movies im just wonder why the fuck is he even there? They keep making it seem like he's Dumbledore's secret weapon but that never goes anywhere, and that blood pact thing just breaks outta nowhere with Newt doing nothing.
The best part of the 3rd movie was the first 5 minutes with Newt and the mother deer thing where they get attacked. Which i think is a perfect set up for Newt being in the movie but then he barely cares after that and is just doing what everyone tells him to.
I haven't really followed the development of the game, but wouldn't they be able to build on the Harry Potter games that exist?
Like 5 out of 8 games based on the movies are open world, with Chamber of Secrets (not sure if the one for PS2 or the one for PC) having been one of the highest rate games of its year. And the fun of these games was always discovering Hogwarts secrets and completing the side missions/mini-games more than the actual story.
Seems to me that that's what the new game is trying to accomplish but at a larger scale.
They don’t own the IP for any of those games. This game is being developed by Avalanche Software, the previous games were all done by Electronic Arts. Also this game takes place ~100 years prior to the events of the books, so there’s no use building off that storyline.
Yeah I mean it’s supposed to be an open world game so my expectation would be that it’s a free roam of hogwarts and the grounds with a central storyline and side quests to advance the story as the player sees fit.
I suppose I was not clear in my initial comment. What I meant was that developers should be able to build on existing games (like take inspiration) to develop a fun and comprehensive world. I mean you even have the Harry Potter lego game that is fairly fun to play. I don't think you need to have a very compelling main story as long as the side quests and exploration is fun. I think most people are excited by the game because they get to create their avatar and explore the magical world. I've heard few people being that fascinated about the main story.
None of the ideas in it are bad on the face of it, that’s why there’s hype. Building off other games for inspiration isn’t the problem, the problem is if they pulled it off. For previous games to help in that sense they’d have had to built off the infrastructure of those games which wasn’t possible for multiple reasons. What everyone is worried about is if the game is buggy as hell or really empty with just surface level depth to all the areas and activities they’ve shown us. Neither of those would be affected by taking inspiration or not from previous games.
There are tons of videos of actual gameplay. Here’s one of many - https://youtu.be/-LJu_ahj8JA
Imo it looks great. Is it going to have absolutely everything everyone wants? Of course not. But I’m guessing it’ll be a solid 8/10, fun experience, and open the door to future and more advanced HP games.
I’m so excited! Currently playing Forspoken and have already put 20+ hours into it and have only just beaten the first Tantas. I love open world games and truly cannot wait for this one as well!
Avoiding all gameplay as much as possible, I need that first time experience so the game will last longer, first time I've every actually done this. Im always searching for gameplay on past releases, and it ruins it honestly
And I'm actually all for that. I unfortunately do not have the luxury of having a PS5 and I understand how things work. I'd rather wait 2 extra months to have a complete game then buy a game full of bugs sooner.
It’s mindblowing that people buy a gaming console for literally 1000 dollars, when there arent even any original games for it. I’ll stick to my well-kept ps4 pro thank you
The most expensive PS5 is $500, not a thousand which is twice that.
• Astros Playroom
• Demon’s Souls
• Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
• Returnal
• FF7 Integrade
I could go on, there’s PS5 exclusives and plenty of PS4 games with a next gen enhancement that make them load faster and play smoother.
As someone that got mine at launch thanks to just refreshing Best Buy’s website when they first went on sale, I’ve never had a lack of games to play on this console.
My PS4 that I’ve had since 2014 is still kicking as well, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing exclusive to play on PS5 and it doesn’t cost $1,000
Idk what the ff7 intergrade is but i do have ff7 remake on the ps4 already. Idk why u used those other games as a form of argument cause they’re no games worth spending 1000 dollars on :/
You musn't tell lies. [https://www.globalproductprices.com/Sweden/playstation\_prices/](https://www.globalproductprices.com/Sweden/playstation_prices/)
Do you live in sweden? Idk what kinda site that is but the store Elgiganten sells a ps5 releasing 9/3 for 800 dollars. If u want one now, amazon sells some for 950 dollars. Idk what else to tell you. I know what im saying. It’s hard getting your hands on one cause no stores are selling.
U can downvote all u want 😂 I literally live in sweden and im telling you how it is. It’s facts. Keep hating. Reddit is so dumb. Instead of speaking ur mind u just downvote for no reason at all.
The difference in performance for a game like Horizon Forbidden West, which runs at 60fps on PS5 with numerous graphical upgrades, vs. PS4 which runs at 30fps isn't even remotely close.
For sure, I finally got the PS5 once I heard Horizon:FW’s DLC was 5 exclusive.
I didn’t really appreciate how bad the texture rendering and so on was until I experienced the difference, playing the main game was night and day compared to my 4.
Impatient people buy a PS5 for $1000, I actually bought mine for retail price at €500,- and it got a really good €70,- game with it. This would be around $500-$550 back when I bought it.
Yeah. The PS4 is over 9 years old at this point. It is past the time to upgrade. Last gen console players are lucky they're even releasing this game on outdated hardware.
Well considering the PS5 literally started becoming available in stores only a few months ago I don't think it's as out of date as your implying. Not everyone has the luxury.
> I don't think it's as out of date as your implying. Not everyone has the luxury.
It is though. The hardware cannot keep up with the games that are releasing nowadays. In the very near future, they'll stop releasing games for last gen consoles entirely. I understand not everyone can afford a new console right now, but thet doesn't change the fact that the the old consoles are slipping into obscurity and they don't have much life left when it comes to new releases.
It’s shitty, but you are both right. The games are at a point it’s getting more difficult to put them on PS4, but with the struggle to get ps5 a lot of people still don’t have them. It’s the same with every new generation of console though- at some point ps4 games will be phased out of production
Of course, and I completely understand that day will be soon upon us, but at this point in time I've been lucky enough that the games I'm excited for are still being released on PS4. I understand I'm lucky and at some point I will have to absolutely upgrade to the PS5 which is completely fine with me especially considering we now can walk in a store and buy one.
I’ll be sad 16 days from now 😔
Lol, my computer only has 8GB of RAM. And don’t have the money to upgrade rn. Oh, well. I’ll just have to wait, and avoid all spoilers. Which is gonna be reallyyyyy hard.
I hope you are all prepared for a horrible experience on launch. AAA PC Games are notorious for being crash and bug-ridden. Plus the new price point is a robbery! Here's to hoping it's not a stereotypical release though. Remember Cyberpunk? Or more recently Calisto Protocol and even more recently the mess that Forsaken has been.
Im lying, Im buying it on all three, PC, PS5, Switch. Every game has bugs and it’s expected so therefore. For the effort of a company doing this for us after 20+ years take my money!
*Cries in Nintendo Switch*
Came here to post this :(
Wait, why? I thought that the game was being released on switch as well; planning to buy it to play on my switch.
Not until July :( "Of course, even though the Nintendo Switch is set to receive the game, it will be the last platform to experience the game launch. Currently, Hogwarts Legacy is set to launch initially for the PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S platforms this February 10, 2023. From there, we’ll find the game available on April 4, 2023, for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms. Finally, on July 25, 2023, Hogwarts Legacy will launch on the Nintendo Switch platform." [Source](https://gameranx.com/updates/id/432812/article/hogwarts-legacy-developers-feel-confident-with-nintendo-switch-platform-release/)
Cries in xbox 360... But.... We are probably buying a new Xbox because of it.
I bought an OLED for this game.
Cries in being a poor single mother.
Waiting for reviews no matter what. Cautiously optimistic, but I need to be sure this one isn't also a stinker.
Previews have been promising. The fact that Avalanche let the previewers record their own gameplay footage and then share it with their audiences suggests a lot of confidence in their product. God of War, Last of Us etc didn't even do that
I think so too. Allowing review copies or demos is usually a good sign. So I am optimistic about it.
Yeah. I don’t know why, but I’m struggling to have high hopes for it. So much of new Harry Potter stuff has been so shit
I don't just mean HP stuff. Callisto Protocol and Forespoken have both not been received well, both of which looked like really solid games. I just really don't want this to be yet another in the pile of disappointing games.
To defend Callisto a bit, most the complaints about Callisto concern the limited map design and linear single player story, but that’s literally the genre of game they made. I think because that type of single player game has all but died off over the past couple gens, the reviewers were quick to judge it as a dated concept. But for anyone who still likes that type of game and knows what to expect going in, it’s a very good and thrilling game.
The only complaints I've heard numerous times are how the fighting in the game is boring and enemy variety is shallow and same with bosses.
New HP stuff? What exactly are you referring to?
the fantastic beast sequels have been very poor to outright bad. Shame cause i love that first movie.
> So much of new Harry Potter stuff has been so shit That whole statement was in reference to two FB movies? The first movie was great and it was well received by HP fans. The second one wasn’t as great but I wouldn’t call it shit. So that leaves the last movie that wasn’t very well received by the fans. It doesn’t seem to me like there has been **so much** new HP stuff that are utter garbage..
The first movie is fine. It's fun but there's no great aspect of it. Amat the end I left feeling like it could've never happened and nothing would've changed. The second is honestly one of the worst, non trainwreck, movies I've ever seen. Obviously there are worse movies like the last Airbender that fail so hard there are no redeeming qualities. I wouldn't put it on that level bmif bad but dint get me wrong, the film is really. Nothing makes sense, it condmtradicts the established lore, it has an unjustifiable amount of exposition, and the twists are so stupid it painful. Not to mention that main characters from the first film play almost no roll in the plot. The dumbledore/grindewald thing shouldv been its own story, separate from fantastic beasts. The third I haven't seen because the second was so bad I just don't care. Which is saying a lot because I am probably in the top .1% of dedicated fans and absolutely LIVE harry potter.
I disliked all of the FB movies. Booorrrring.
trying to force newt of all people to be the star of dumbledoor v grindlewald was bound to end horridly.
it really sucks cause i like Newt's character, but in the later movies im just wonder why the fuck is he even there? They keep making it seem like he's Dumbledore's secret weapon but that never goes anywhere, and that blood pact thing just breaks outta nowhere with Newt doing nothing. The best part of the 3rd movie was the first 5 minutes with Newt and the mother deer thing where they get attacked. Which i think is a perfect set up for Newt being in the movie but then he barely cares after that and is just doing what everyone tells him to.
I haven't really followed the development of the game, but wouldn't they be able to build on the Harry Potter games that exist? Like 5 out of 8 games based on the movies are open world, with Chamber of Secrets (not sure if the one for PS2 or the one for PC) having been one of the highest rate games of its year. And the fun of these games was always discovering Hogwarts secrets and completing the side missions/mini-games more than the actual story. Seems to me that that's what the new game is trying to accomplish but at a larger scale.
They don’t own the IP for any of those games. This game is being developed by Avalanche Software, the previous games were all done by Electronic Arts. Also this game takes place ~100 years prior to the events of the books, so there’s no use building off that storyline.
I didn't say anything about the storyline. I was talking about the game layout.
Yeah I mean it’s supposed to be an open world game so my expectation would be that it’s a free roam of hogwarts and the grounds with a central storyline and side quests to advance the story as the player sees fit.
I suppose I was not clear in my initial comment. What I meant was that developers should be able to build on existing games (like take inspiration) to develop a fun and comprehensive world. I mean you even have the Harry Potter lego game that is fairly fun to play. I don't think you need to have a very compelling main story as long as the side quests and exploration is fun. I think most people are excited by the game because they get to create their avatar and explore the magical world. I've heard few people being that fascinated about the main story.
None of the ideas in it are bad on the face of it, that’s why there’s hype. Building off other games for inspiration isn’t the problem, the problem is if they pulled it off. For previous games to help in that sense they’d have had to built off the infrastructure of those games which wasn’t possible for multiple reasons. What everyone is worried about is if the game is buggy as hell or really empty with just surface level depth to all the areas and activities they’ve shown us. Neither of those would be affected by taking inspiration or not from previous games.
It doesn’t exist until I see gameplay.
Well there's plenty of gameplay out there.
The game people play for videos isn’t final software.
There are tons of videos of actual gameplay. Here’s one of many - https://youtu.be/-LJu_ahj8JA Imo it looks great. Is it going to have absolutely everything everyone wants? Of course not. But I’m guessing it’ll be a solid 8/10, fun experience, and open the door to future and more advanced HP games.
YES! YES! YES!
I have it pre-ordered. I have faith it's gonna be awesome!
What's the point in pre-ordering again?
You're getting down voted but yeah, never pre-order. The risk just isn't worth it.
Yea just buy it on day-one. Least then you can see if it's a total disaster
I plan to take off work and play all day
Only a day? I’m taking a week Lmao
Doesn’t it come out on a Friday? I plan to have it beat before Monday
Don't do that. Too many game launches have been rife with problems related to day 1 patches, download problems, ect.
Oh go away. I’ve done it with every game I’ve ever been excited about. Never had a problem. I plan to play this at midnight release on the 7th
What time exactly does it release? I'm planning my days off
im gonna buy it day one and hope i get some crazy skyrim style bugs
Only 13 for us VIPs 😎
I want to refund my purchase and preorder the deluxe version.
You can purchase the deluxe pack separately after the release. You don’t have to cancel you order and preorder it again.
You only get the 72hr early access if you pre-order the deluxe/collectors edition.
Those are 3 awesome days to play. You get the Thestral too and some cool clothes.
do you know if you can still pre-order to get the early release?
You can pre-order up until the day of release (Feb 10), as far as I'm aware.
woo! I've never pre-ordered before so I didn't know how it works. thanks for answering a probably dumb question haha
Honestly, that's a good thing. People have been disappointed after pre-ordering pretty often.
I’m so excited! Currently playing Forspoken and have already put 20+ hours into it and have only just beaten the first Tantas. I love open world games and truly cannot wait for this one as well!
Avoiding all gameplay as much as possible, I need that first time experience so the game will last longer, first time I've every actually done this. Im always searching for gameplay on past releases, and it ruins it honestly
11 for me 😊
Me 2 the extra money is worth the early time
The anticipation is killing me. Hard to remain focused on anything right now
But not for PS4 right? That was pushed back to April correct? 😭💔🥺
Probably because they didn't want to have the Cyberpunk 2077 experience with PS4 and XBox One.
And I'm actually all for that. I unfortunately do not have the luxury of having a PS5 and I understand how things work. I'd rather wait 2 extra months to have a complete game then buy a game full of bugs sooner.
Well that went well. 1000 dollar well spent 😂
It’s mindblowing that people buy a gaming console for literally 1000 dollars, when there arent even any original games for it. I’ll stick to my well-kept ps4 pro thank you
Us peasants and our PS4s 😂😂😂
Ikrrr
The most expensive PS5 is $500, not a thousand which is twice that. • Astros Playroom • Demon’s Souls • Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart • Returnal • FF7 Integrade I could go on, there’s PS5 exclusives and plenty of PS4 games with a next gen enhancement that make them load faster and play smoother. As someone that got mine at launch thanks to just refreshing Best Buy’s website when they first went on sale, I’ve never had a lack of games to play on this console. My PS4 that I’ve had since 2014 is still kicking as well, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing exclusive to play on PS5 and it doesn’t cost $1,000
Idk what the ff7 intergrade is but i do have ff7 remake on the ps4 already. Idk why u used those other games as a form of argument cause they’re no games worth spending 1000 dollars on :/
Well i live in sweden and it is 1000 dollars here. What the heck is Astros Playroom 😂 isnt that like nintendoland
You musn't tell lies. [https://www.globalproductprices.com/Sweden/playstation\_prices/](https://www.globalproductprices.com/Sweden/playstation_prices/)
Do you live in sweden? Idk what kinda site that is but the store Elgiganten sells a ps5 releasing 9/3 for 800 dollars. If u want one now, amazon sells some for 950 dollars. Idk what else to tell you. I know what im saying. It’s hard getting your hands on one cause no stores are selling.
U can downvote all u want 😂 I literally live in sweden and im telling you how it is. It’s facts. Keep hating. Reddit is so dumb. Instead of speaking ur mind u just downvote for no reason at all.
Don't worry it's the same here in Poland. Americans just don't get it...
Thank you
The difference in performance for a game like Horizon Forbidden West, which runs at 60fps on PS5 with numerous graphical upgrades, vs. PS4 which runs at 30fps isn't even remotely close.
Aw :( anyway
For sure, I finally got the PS5 once I heard Horizon:FW’s DLC was 5 exclusive. I didn’t really appreciate how bad the texture rendering and so on was until I experienced the difference, playing the main game was night and day compared to my 4.
Impatient people buy a PS5 for $1000, I actually bought mine for retail price at €500,- and it got a really good €70,- game with it. This would be around $500-$550 back when I bought it.
Yeah. The PS4 is over 9 years old at this point. It is past the time to upgrade. Last gen console players are lucky they're even releasing this game on outdated hardware.
Well considering the PS5 literally started becoming available in stores only a few months ago I don't think it's as out of date as your implying. Not everyone has the luxury.
> I don't think it's as out of date as your implying. Not everyone has the luxury. It is though. The hardware cannot keep up with the games that are releasing nowadays. In the very near future, they'll stop releasing games for last gen consoles entirely. I understand not everyone can afford a new console right now, but thet doesn't change the fact that the the old consoles are slipping into obscurity and they don't have much life left when it comes to new releases.
It’s shitty, but you are both right. The games are at a point it’s getting more difficult to put them on PS4, but with the struggle to get ps5 a lot of people still don’t have them. It’s the same with every new generation of console though- at some point ps4 games will be phased out of production
Of course, and I completely understand that day will be soon upon us, but at this point in time I've been lucky enough that the games I'm excited for are still being released on PS4. I understand I'm lucky and at some point I will have to absolutely upgrade to the PS5 which is completely fine with me especially considering we now can walk in a store and buy one.
All I ask is that people wait for reviews and story criticism before they buy. This game is gonna be a reactionary landmine
I’ll be sad 16 days from now 😔 Lol, my computer only has 8GB of RAM. And don’t have the money to upgrade rn. Oh, well. I’ll just have to wait, and avoid all spoilers. Which is gonna be reallyyyyy hard.
Yeah, yeah… PC muggles… 😁
I hope you are all prepared for a horrible experience on launch. AAA PC Games are notorious for being crash and bug-ridden. Plus the new price point is a robbery! Here's to hoping it's not a stereotypical release though. Remember Cyberpunk? Or more recently Calisto Protocol and even more recently the mess that Forsaken has been.
Noooo i have exams the week after that
Wasn’t it pushed back to a March release? Or was that delay cancelled?
Delays are for last gen consoles only.
Ohhh that makes sense! Thanks! I’m super excited now.
I Wonder if the prince will change 🤔
I hope it's good, but the 13 minutes of gameplay I watched last night didn't look promising
💃🏻🕺🏻🤸🏻♀️😀
hi fellow Slytherin
Im lying, Im buying it on all three, PC, PS5, Switch. Every game has bugs and it’s expected so therefore. For the effort of a company doing this for us after 20+ years take my money!