The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions will launch on April 4, and the Nintendo Switch version will follow on July 25. The PlayStation 5 version will go live at midnight in your local time zone (except for the Pacific time zone in North America, which for some reason will go live at 9 pm). Hogwarts Legacy will fully unlock on PC at 10 am PT/1 pm ET/6 pm GMT on February 10. Remember, this player count only includes people who purchased the $70/£60 deluxe edition and then took advantage of the early access period on Steam: That excludes all standard edition sales and deluxe owners who either didn't care or forgot about the early access period, not to mention the Epic Games Store release and the console versions, which I have no doubt will draw even bigger audiences.

Pre-purchases alone made it one of the best-selling games on Steam, and it currently holds the top spot on the list.īut the scale of the success, I think, is genuinely surprising. It's just not nearly worth the price of a AAA title for what you get.There was never any question that Hogwarts Legacy was going to be a hit, despite the backlash against it. If you want to experience what it would be like to be a student at Hogwarts, you could play the first 4 hours of the game. For the adventures, you're basically always alone, which is a missed opportunity to show any kind of friendship or teamwork, which might have been part of the books (I didn't read them). You discover a few interesting or whimsical things in the castle. Hogwarts Legacy PC release time countdown & Steam pre-order bonuses. You go to class, explore the castle grounds, and sneak out for adventures. I will admit that the game did an okay job of showing what it would be like to be a new student at Hogwarts. There was nothing special about the mirror, no interesting backstory. But it turns out, it was just a graphics bug. I thought that was interesting and clever. The only time I was genuinely intrigued by the game was when I stood in front of a mirror and it showed my reflection in reverse (I was facing the mirror but the mirror showed the back of my head). I played it through to the bitter end, and I have not much to show for it. It's a game for children, it has no depth, and I didn't get the sense there is ANY replayability. I played on hard difficulty, which means I had to play the 'color matching game' to break enemy shields. It's like watching a bad action movie, where the hero is surrounded by 8 enemies, but the enemies only attack 1 at a time. The combat never gets interesting because the enemies always take turns attacking you. There is a lot to do, but 90% of it is tedious busywork.

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