Hogwart's Legacy

[Celery Man 20929]

Played another hour and only managed to get through the first charms class. this game seems extremely rich. having some remorse about not going Gryffindor just because.. I want to hang out in the Gryffindor common room. Got sidetracked solving some riddles with empty paintings, running around and talking to anyone who will talk, solving some riddle doors. Everything is beautiful.

I always had a hard time picturing Peeves, but I knew who he was when I fucking came down a staircase and found him.

[Js1 85258]

15 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

want to hang out in the Gryffindor common room.

Multiple save files available, so I may do 3 fuckaway saves just to see the common rooms 

[Celery Man 20929]

This game is awesome. So much like what 7th grade me imagined the experience would be like. The environment is so rich.

[Hawndoh 2386]

Anyone else have to compulsively spin every globe you walk past?

Just me?

[Celery Man 20929]

Ok first gripe - I just found my way back to my common room to go to bed because it is night and the castle was empty. 5th year dorm was empty and apparently you don’t sleep but rather wait, a la Chuck Norris. Complete with animation of you getting up off the ground.

 Ultimately unimportant, but where is everyone at night, why don’t I know all the 5th year Ravenclaw boys, and not sleeping does kinda break the role playing aspect.

 

Fly as hell though

[Js1 85258]

1 hour ago, Hawndoh said:

Anyone else have to compulsively spin every globe you walk past?

Just me?

And pet the cats lol

[Celery Man 20929]

I keep waiting for one of the cats to not be a cat.

[atomheartbevo 89618]

1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

 Ultimately unimportant, but where is everyone at night, why don’t I know all the 5th year Ravenclaw boys, and not sleeping does kinda break the role playing aspect.

Well, where are all of the 5th year Ravenclaw girls?

[Celery Man 20929]

17 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Well, where are all of the 5th year Ravenclaw girls?

Practicing clarinet.

 

it is both kinda silly and also nice that the stats from all of the gear/clothing is able to be separated entirely from it’s appearance (any article of clothing can look like any other one that you have or previously had.

[Celery Man 20929]

Professor Garlick can get it.

[jofus 2266]

Saw this on Reddit this morning. Haven’t tried it yet.

[Hawndoh 2386]

I don't remember seeing a "balanced" mode. My XSX only gave me fidelity and performance.

[Celery Man 20929]

Likewise.

From a graphics perspective (chose fidelity) everything looks great except some weird lighting shifts during some cut scenes and some artifacts on Professor Fig’s face particularly.

[Hawndoh 2386]

I get the same glitches on Figs face and sometimes weird lighting things when changing rooms, which I assume has to do with ray tracing.

I can also sometimes see some draw in around the edges of the screen if I spin quickly 

[LonghornSean 3989]

Yeah I get the artifacts and weird brightness changes when switching between shots of characters in cutscenes.

Other than that, pretty great so far. Still haven’t gotten my broom but just completed the mission where you can start to spend talent points. Some cool options in there.

[jofus 2266]

I don't remember seeing a "balanced" mode. My XSX only gave me fidelity and performance.

Balanced mode puts it at 40fps, which is only possible if you have a 120hz screen.

I think the suggested settings changes probably help any mode.

[Hawndoh 2386]

 ah. I also went back and checked, I have "performance" "fidelity" and "fidelity with ray tracing"

I tried with ray tracing for a bit but it would have some slow downs in frame rate. It did look very pretty, though. I ended up just going back to fidelity.

My TV is 4k but it doesn't have the higher frame rates, so I guess that is why it never showed me "balanced"

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

2 hours ago, Hawndoh said:

 ah. I also went back and checked, I have "performance" "fidelity" and "fidelity with ray tracing"

I tried with ray tracing for a bit but it would have some slow downs in frame rate. It did look very pretty, though. I ended up just going back to fidelity.

My TV is 4k but it doesn't have the higher frame rates, so I guess that is why it never showed me "balanced"

Try turning your motion blur off.

[Js1 85258]

Spoiler

The side quest with the shop and the poltergeist gave me a migraine 

 

[Js1 85258]

Also if you fat finger it during some dialogue parts…

Spoiler

You can go to the Undercroft and learn the unforgivable curses if you accidentally click “no”

 

Edited February 13, 2023 by Js1

[MoJames 8244]

Only bad review I've found so far was by this person. Feel maybe they aren't able to separate the art from the politics.

[Celery Man 20929]

 

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

This game running at 160 fps on ultra with all the ray tracing is insanely beautiful especially when you turn motion blurr off

[FartingMonk 3606]

I ventured into the forbidden forest and ran into centaurs battling poachers.  Fucking amazing 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10226]

19 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

This game running at 160 fps on ultra with all the ray tracing is insanely beautiful especially when you turn motion blurr off

Thanks for tip. The graphics are incredible in this game. 

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

2 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Thanks for tip. The graphics are incredible in this game. 

I found motion blur to be completely ass in this game and ruins the game when you're turning and etc.

[Celery Man 20929]

Y’all making me want to move the Xbox to the fancy tv downstairs. Everything had looked mostly great but it’s an older 60hz lcd.

[Js1 85258]

Major spoiler so don’t click until you are very very far into the game or done 

Spoiler

holy shit balls fuck the deathly hallows segment was 🤯

 

[jofus 2266]

Are there any consequences to learning and using the unforgivable curses?

And are there a limited number of talent points, meaning you can’t unlock the entire talent tree?

[Js1 85258]

25 minutes ago, jofus said:

Are there any consequences to learning and using the unforgivable curses?

And are there a limited number of talent points, meaning you can’t unlock the entire talent tree?

I think you get background shock and disgust from NPCs but no consequences. I use them in battles 

[BrazilHorn 6586]

The game is so deep with just cool sidebar shit that is really well done.

Stumbled into the House Elves hidden kitchen earlier this morning through a random entry point and it was really well done/funny to just sit and watch them work.

Getting a broom and being able to fly across the land is a blast. Just a great game, even the classic "fetch" quests are fun.

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

52 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

The game is so deep with just cool sidebar shit that is really well done.

Stumbled into the House Elves hidden kitchen earlier this morning through a random entry point and it was really well done/funny to just sit and watch them work.

Getting a broom and being able to fly across the land is a blast. Just a great game, even the classic "fetch" quests are fun.

Those quest always make me think why the fuck the quest giver couldn't walk 20 ft and kill a rabbit to get it's hide and bring it back their damn selves lol.

Edited February 15, 2023 by BurntOrange&White

[Js1 85258]

3 hours ago, Js1 said:

I think you get background shock and disgust from NPCs but no consequences. I use them in battles 

I used Crucio in a battle and the person I was dueling with goes "Is THAT what they teach you at Hogwarts these days?" 

Edited February 15, 2023 by Js1

[hornbri 1391]

5 hours ago, jofus said:

Are there any consequences to learning and using the unforgivable curses?

And are there a limited number of talent points, meaning you can’t unlock the entire talent tree?

There is a limit so you cannot get all of them (at least not currently)

This game is great, my 10 year old is doing the main quest. I have still put in quite a few hours doing side quests. 

[Celery Man 20929]

I don't think I missed the opportunity to learn the unforgivable curses, or at least I didn't notice it, but to sanity check - should that have happened on my first visit to the undercroft?

I also found the elves living quarter/kitchen entrance last night and was delighted. Found an interesting thing with a frog and a stairwell as well. The *ding* when you do revelio indicates that there is something nearby, and I've found lots of interesting things just blasting that every few steps tracking everything down.

[Js1 85258]

4 hours ago, Celery Man said:

I don't think I missed the opportunity to learn the unforgivable curses, or at least I didn't notice it, but to sanity check - should that have happened on my first visit to the undercroft?

I also found the elves living quarter/kitchen entrance last night and was delighted. Found an interesting thing with a frog and a stairwell as well. The *ding* when you do revelio indicates that there is something nearby, and I've found lots of interesting things just blasting that every few steps tracking everything down.

No. You’ll know when/if you missed it. It’s part of a quest line 

[FartingMonk 3606]

I stumbled upon the dark arts battle arena and can use killing curses there.  I haven't gotten to a high enough level to use killing curses in the game.yet

 

[Celery Man 20929]

canonically.... when I stumble upon a poachers nest and wipe them out, did I kill those motherfuckers? I think I turned one into a chicken.

fuckin hella bodycount for a fifth year who has never been to the hufflepuff girls dorm

Edited February 16, 2023 by Celery Man

[jofus 2266]

canonically.... when I stumble upon a poachers nest and wipe them out, did I kill those motherfuckers? I think I turned one into a chicken.
fuckin hella bodycount for a fifth year who has never been to the hufflepuff girls dorm

As the other students proclaim, “they got what they deserved”

What’s the different in the killing curse and disintegrating someone with the power of Thor?

[Celery Man 20929]

I wish you could lock the camera to where your broomstick is pointing, or modify the stick controls. I've gotten better but it's hard to manage both the broom and the camera to be able to tell where you're pointed precisely enough to hit those speed balloons.

[Js1 85258]

27 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

I wish you could lock the camera to where your broomstick is pointing, or modify the stick controls. I've gotten better but it's hard to manage both the broom and the camera to be able to tell where you're pointed precisely enough to hit those speed balloons.

Those weren’t too difficult except the last one. I had to do it 3 times 

[Celery Man 20929]

[Hawndoh 2386]

I have discovered that I am completely terrible at the mini game where you slap a key into a lock. Takes me so many attempts.

[Celery Man 20929]

23 hours ago, Celery Man said:

This attempted meme doesn’t work because the chest looks too much like Tyrell. My dark sided behavior in this game is revealing myself to the eye chests as they look around panicked, trying to understand who did this to them.

[Celery Man 20929]

This game is great. I’m trying to get alohomora 2 before I go start exploring/collecting all the animals/etc. just found the push puzzles, so many different little things to do

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

I fucked up and thought it would be a good idea to let my wife play since she's a huge Harry Potter fan....now almost every day "can we play Harry Potter?" 

 

 

fml fml fml

[Js1 85258]

21 hours ago, Hawndoh said:

I have discovered that I am completely terrible at the mini game where you slap a key into a lock. Takes me so many attempts.

As soon as you open that puzzle, hit the button to slap. Usually is an auto open 

[Js1 85258]

38 hours. Game beaten. All challenges achieved (100%)

[Celery Man 20929]

Still so far from being done. Which is good. I spent forever today skulking around the castle looking for demoguise to unlock alohomora 2. I think my big criticism of the game outside of no actual karma/good vs evil paths is the late night stuff and breaking into houses/offices/etc for chests. Outside of the sneak missions, nobody cares. That feels like something they didn’t complete. I shouldn’t be able to bust into Weasley’s office at 3 in the morning and peak through her chests while she’s sitting there.

still amazing though. First hippogriff ride was thrilling.

[Js1 85258]

16 hours ago, Celery Man said:

That feels like something they didn’t complete.

I read they scrapped it as testers didn’t like it and just skipped straight to the day cycle. It was tedious and broke the open world immersion