I remember being very hyped about this game because I [b] really [/b] wanted a Harry Potter RPG that would cover every single year at Hogwarts, just imagine the potential here.
Unfortunately, the trailers were simply too good to be true and I was right to be cautious before buying.
Hogwarts Legacy is a prime example of "look, don't touch" because, while the world is extremely pretty and full of hidden details, it gets very old very quickly when you see the same animation almost every single time you visit that specific area.
You cannot interact with anything, not the objects and certainly not students and professors, everything is extremely static while the game wants you to believe otherwise.
There is no consequences to your actions, nobody reacts to anything you do, and if they do then it's just one line before they continue on their path.
The best example of this is when you're confronted with a choice to whether or not you want to learn dark magic.
It doesn't make a difference, nobody cares.
You can cast an Avada Kedavra in the hallways of Hogwarts and nobody cares.
The story is extremely forgettable and completely fools you into believing you get to experience Hogwarts, that is not the case at all.
You start as a last year student that has never attended Hogwarts before yet somehow knows all the relevant magic to attend the courses just like every other student, you are the chosen one and everything revolves around you.
The main villain is extremely forgettable, the story quests are beyond boring, the only mildly interesting quests are from Sebastian while everyone else is completely one-dimensional.
The combat is equally as forgettable because it's all button mashing.
The RPG aspects are equally as forgettable, this game barely counts as RPG.
I repeat: the world itself is very beautiful, Hogwarts is gorgeous to visit and stroll around.
But that's all there is to this game, it's wide as the ocean but deep as a puddle.
