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[–] 109 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (24 children)

But hogwarts legacy is actually a really good game, the whole problem was that it might lead to jk rowling getting more money. Though they never did clarify if she got a cut or a flat fee that would have already been paid. Either way, this should nullify that, but the team that made the game did a great job, and made it more in-line with the spirit of the books instead of the author. Went specifically against her current wishes. The trans inclusion and positivity was pretty well done. Even if it was put in to spite her, they didn't draw attention to it, it just is there, and no one bats an eye.

Edit: I should mention that I played it in VR, I can't speak to what the game is like without VR. But I really enjoyed it. UEVR with a motion controls mod, there is also a voice casting mod, but I didn't personally go that route.

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  • [–] 68 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Even if she doesn't get a direct payment per copy sold, which I'm not sure I believe considering you know her negotiating power, there are still benefits for her. Increasing the brand increases future payments. Increases her bargaining power later on. And I'm sure allows her more creative control which means that any trans inclusion would probably be nullified in future projects.

    Maybe it's a good game, but at a certain point you got to nut up or shut up. Are you going to take a stand and boycott something or not? Yeah you miss out on things with your boycott, that's the point. If you're not willing to sacrifice at all, and we're talking a very minimal sacrifice here aren't we, then what are you even doing?

    Though why we are even talking about paying for it I don't quite understand. There's always other ways.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago*

    You are certainly allowed to boycott it for the principle, that's perfectly fine. But calling the game shit (Screenshot) just because it's from harry potter and attacking the devs and it's players was not warranted at all. I am obviously not implying you or OP did but many people did that and called it a boycott, that's what I didn't like. And a disclaimer, I am also not a harry potter fan, never tried the game myself and absolutely hate the author. Just felt bad for the game devs.

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  • [–] 41 points 11 months ago (12 children)

    I have to disagree, it wasn't a particularly good game. Everything felt off. I was days into the game and it felt like I was still doing tutorial missions. Basic mechanics weren't unlocked until 3 quarters through the game. And I can't imagine it has much replayability at all beyond trying to hunt down every trinket. 

    It never granted you the feeling of being a wizard or whatever made Harry Potter special, it made Wizards feel ridiculous. 90% of the game is spamming a generic unnamed "attack" spell 

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago* (10 children)

    I was days into the game and it felt like I was still doing tutorial missions. Basic mechanics weren't unlocked until 3 quarters through the game

    Oh wow. That's fucking heinous. Even if there was nothing else objectionable about the game, that's a definite dealbreaker.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    You basically hop on your broom, fly directly to the thing you need, hop off, spam three buttons and kill everyone one by one, then get back on the broom and return. Repeat.

    I thought it was interesting to fly around and see how they built the world but that isn't fun for long.

    The whole thing sort of doesnt make sense, but then again harry potter doesnt make sense as a book series so maybe they nailed it.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    If only they actually made flying feel good. It's impressive how boring it feels to fly in the game. I'm assuming that's why Quiditch wasn't included.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Leaving out quidditch was a huge mistake in my opinion. I don't usually read about games ahead of time, so to find out quidditch wasn't included some hours into the game was really deflating for me. Thats really the one place they could have taken a huge swing at something interesting and they just decided not to swing at all.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Ah yes, unlocking skills over time in games is heinous now.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    There's skills and then there's basic game mechanics.

    Assassin's Creed Valhalla didn't introduce the series signature Leap of Faith until early in the second act, which understandably pissed off longtime fans who had been using it as a fundamental part of playing from during or just after the tutorial in previous AC games going back DECADES.

    Now imagine a similarly crucial gameplay mechanic in Harry Potter (let's say a spell that demeans a marginalized group more thoroughly than you can otherwise do), but it isn't introduced until well into the THIRD act.

    THAT'S heinous game design.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Idk I haven't played the game, you're clearly not coming from any objective standpoint though nor do you seem to have any idea what the actual skill unlocks would be.

    It's just an extremely silly thing to call heinous when there's actual heinous things happening in our world all the time.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Ah, I should probably mention that I played it in VR with motion controls, so combat was alot more fun than what the flat version of the game probably did. And just riding a broom or looking around at the really detailed environments(those that were) was worth it being very videogamey otherwise.

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  • [–] 26 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    It's an insanely boring game with no depth. To each their own, but calling it a "really good game" is as much of a stretch as calling it "shit". To me it felt like a Hogwarts walking simulator with a bunch of basic unrelated minigames stuck onto it, marketed as an open world action rpg. The combat was insulting.

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  • [+] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Yeah, my sister was pretty reluctant at first, she is ACE and wanted to support the boycott, but then when the game was basically a slap in the face to rowling, and rowling was trying to tank the game by tweeting that buying the game still supported her anyway, we took that as meaning that she actually wasn't making residuals on it or she would have just shut her mouth and raked in the money like normal.

    I played the game in VR myself, but my sister played it flat screen. We both enjoyed the game. It is definitely very "videogamey" but, been playing videogames for over 30 years, so that is nothing new. The parts that were new to us were worth the parts that weren't.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    I don't agree. It's not a good game. The only reason people may think it's good is because it's Harry Potter stuff. It's yet another boring open world game about wasting your time.

    It was alright at the beginning in Hogwarts, but the open world segments, which are most of the game, suck. I think the biggest most glaring thing that shows they're just copying other formulas to waste your time is the lockpicking. They have a spell to open locks, but for some reason it has a lockpicking mini game you have to complete? Not only that, but the person who teaches the spell is the groundskeeper?

    There's bones of an interesting game there, but they decided to make it yet another bland open world game that's mostly empty. The entire point of 90% of the game is to just extend how long you're playing it, which is bad design. They should create content you want to play, not boring crap they need to try to trick you into playing by making the game worse until you do it.

    It's probably a fine game for console players who only ever play boring AAA slop like Ubisoft games. They've accepted this garbage as normal. For me though, I resented my time with it. I'm a fairly big Harry Potter fan (as much as I hate to admit) but I hated my time wasted on the game.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    It is a good game but I despise that they axed mod support to advertise crappy mods downloadable in game. This could've been the next Skyrim if they embraced it. Very disappointing.

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