Hogwarts Legacy vs Harry Potter Game - Physics and Details Comparison

[@maxreese3006]

I like in the old game how the stairs move like the movies its a little more immersive because of the familiarity.

[@Makapend]

The staircase is book accurate.

[@robtennant98]

@@Makapend yeah, not as cool though

[@Sadwilly]

@@robtennant98 what are you talking about hogwarts legacy’s staircase is better than the movies😂

[@mattrb8101]

@@Sadwilly nah movie is more creative and iconic

[@DZ.alvess]

​@@mattrb8101 no lmao,This is just nostalgia speaking louder

[@BillyBreezeArt]

One small little detail I wish they would have included in hogwarts legacy is; I wish the paintings were asleep at night like they are in the movies. They're always awake lol

[@143_homestar_u]

Well, Student is always awake too

[@tanapunarthakaivalvatee5320]

In fact, they are asleep at night. If you stop casting Revelio every 5 seconds, of course.

[@champion3433]

It's because they're a gif lol

[@thorish933]

They do sleep at night

[@Andromedon777]

They do sleep at night. At least in the head masters room

[@vigneshk6775]

Love the detailing and physics in Legacy, but still gotta appreciate what they were able to pull off in the early and late 2000s, given the crappy budget and limited HW capability. My favourite of the franchise used to be the Chamber of Secrets in 2002. The environment was immersive and haunting.

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

Are you talking about Chamber of Secrets on PC or PS2 ? Because they're radically different games, but both very charming.

[@Tsrashi]

@@yrooxrksvi7142 PS2, I’d hasten to guess. It helps that the composer for the soundtrack was none other than Jeremy Soule, who also scored Oblivion.

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

@@Tsrashi CoS PS2 has to be my favorite HP game (until I get my hands on HL, naturally). And speaking of Jeremy Soule, I'd love to see a soundtrack replacement mod where they use his music and James Hannigan's from Order of The Phoenix onwards.

[@mink1872]

"late 2000s' bruh it aint 2090, its 2023, we still in the early 2000s.

[@mooncult88]

liked prisoner of azkaban more, cuz of the hogwarts exploring

[@millythecat7316]

I'm actually impressed with the 2009 version's graphics. It's been more than a decade and it's not bad at all.

[@Wackaz]

Atmosphere of The Half Blood Prince >>>>

[@GeorgeMonet]

It's terrible.

[@Freyia_xo]

​@GeorgeMonet You got any idea what games in the 2000s look like? In comparison to the others, this is awesome

[@EatThePath-7]

​@@Freyia_xo All the games i can think from that year (or before) looked lightyears better than this. Killzone 2, MGS4, Uncharted 2, Resident Evil 5, L4D2, Batman Arkham Asylum, Battlefield Bad Company (which also introduced destructible enviroments to that series), Gears of War 1 & 2... even going back to 2007 you got stuff like Halo 3, BioShock, COD4 (i'd mention Crysis but pretty much nothing could compete with that game until the next generation). I'm surprised just how many likes that original comment has, honestly, either people are remembering wrong or they never experienced the PS3-X360 era.

[@Hazemann]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Healingpro90]

One thing I’ll add as an avid book reader. I noticed that a lot of features in Hogwarts legacy are based of descriptions from the book rather than how it shows up in the movie. A lot of the exterior is similar to the movies but inside seems more based on the book description. Two easy examples is the Grand Stair Case in Hogwarts Legacy is more based on how the book describes the area rather than what’s shown in the movie. The second example is the location of the Common room entrance. The movie shows the entrance to be in the area of the grand staircase but in the book it describes the entrance being close to the staircase but down its own hall way as we see in Hogwarts Legacy. I love both versions but can definitely appreciate the attention given from the books honestly

[@shubharthidasgupta25]

Also the house points structure!

[@darkphoenx3930]

They did say they were basing the game more on the books than the movies, with just enough of the movies/music thrown in

[@kittyworld5096]

Movies are for gheys

[@jstmarton]

I was nerding out ... - the honeydukes shortcut behind the Witch statue. - entering the kitchens by tickling the pear on the portrait So many direct references from the books I teared up and I haven't read the books in ages I'll be honest but instant whiplash.

[@itsvianka]

Also de prefects bathroom is exactly as the description in the books, absolutely amazing. (is it called in english like that?sry)

[@xSTONYTARKx]

One thing i remember from the order of the phoenix game is that you could attack any random student and they would duel you. It was so disappointing to find out that in legacy the students wouldn't even react at all if you are casting spells at them.

[@Annathebelle123]

i mean they kinda do they kinda jerk backwards sometimes

[@xSTONYTARKx]

@@Annathebelle123 yeah okay, but their conversation continues like nothing happened.

[@Azyne]

you could Avada Kedavra someone and nobody could care in Legacy

[@claymorexx]

Cause it was made by noob cash grab

[@StoryEnjoyer220]

​@@claymorexx the fuck do you mean cash grab? Hogwarts legacy is in no way a cash grab. It has LITERALLY only one thing you can buy in game with real money which is the dark arts pack and you can totally not buy it.

[@_DigitalCam]

I’m shocked at how good the old game was! I never played it so I would have expected worse.

[@hyy3657]

especially the flying broom!

[@hamilton2861]

Also the old games are back 2 console generations on the ps3 and ps2 😅

[@luanamendes1710]

The Harry potter games were very good, it is bad thats there is no more of them to buy 😢 I had but they CD crashed

[@pano3410]

They were rated pretty harshly back in the day by reviewers. However myself and many others enjoyed these games and I think overtime they're considered great games. I'd go as far as to say some of the best of the PS2 era. Definitely worth checking out even today.

[@madman2538]

​​@@luanamendes1710 U can always play on Ps2 emu btw..

[@laxmanrawat748]

I think they should remake the old ones with modern graphics and combat style. It would be really good to play the story from books and movies.

[@SaintJimmy379]

Modern graphic Yes, maybe some quality of life improvements definitely, but a remaster rather than a remake is what I'd love. I'm having heavy nostalgia for PS2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I'd love a remaster if that gem and the PS2 Chamber of secrets

[@justinluna6668]

@@SaintJimmy379you want to pay full price for a game released 2 decades ago? 💀 remake >>> remaster

[@alexr6913]

@@justinluna6668 Call of Duty creators: first time?

[@bionic3500]

i think we shouldnt let them temper anymore with that story better to move forward instead of backward we know how it goes with the remasters...

[@NoahM21]

Why changing the combat style? The analog thing was cool to me. It feels like having a REAL wand in your hand, I wish the Switch version had remote commands, what a shame 😔

[@Rudron1]

Another important detail in old Harry Potter games was how long they had to make them, they needed to release them quickly after each movie so they didn't have like 4-6 years that games like Hogwarts Legacy and others have. Just one to two years and after release instantly you need to start working on the other.

[@bbc8q112]

exactly, completetly agree with you.

[@oreborg]

Though some of the old games reused a lot of things from previous games. Ps2 Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets had basically the same castle. Also Order of the Phoenix and Half Blood Prince were very similar. The biggest difference can be seen between Prisoner of Azkaban and Order the Phoenix and inbetween those they had that rushed dumbsterfire of Goblet of Fire. Also the games were a lot shorter in terms of story and world. Not saying smaller size is automatically a bad thing but it definitely affects the time needed for development.

[@officialkirbyfan6899]

That my friend is why movie tie-in games barely exist nowadays, it was a dumb practice made only for advertising

[@lyricalmage]

Correction: BEFORE each movie so they could launch in time.

[@lukethegoldenminecart1297]

​@officialkirbyfan6899 i think the last time it truly worked was the Revenge of the Sith game

[@FluffyJackie]

What Half-Blood Prince did definitely better is the potion making. It's also nice that you can play Gobstone with others.

[@alex786]

Another nice thing in my opinion was the manual spell casting. You actually had to make specific mouse movements to cast spells and had to remember the movements. I wish this was at least an option in legacy

[@LunnarisLP]

@@alex786 they could have made combos for controler gameplay too instead of having 4 spells sloted and then changing them. I think it would have actually improved fighting.

[@lid1222]

Half blood prince potion making was the biggest part i miss. Now You just select the potion and it makes it for you. But in half blood prince it was so entertaining to make all these potions. Trying to make the perfect potion.

[@EndomouEnd]

But deek thinks you should be proud with all potions you've brewed

[@diabloakland]

@@kakemi9 i loved order of the Phoenix it was so fun

[@JudeHoward-m3w]

I like how the old games make hogwarts feel creepy with the grey lighting instead of it almost always being lighter and more alive in legacy

[@MIKISPIRE]

Cuz in the old games voldemort was alive, in Legacy nope

[@robintitanstudios6455]

It was around Wizarding War times lol

[@FabresFour]

For me, this has always been weird. Hogwarts is rarely described as scary, but rather as a warm and welcoming, yet confusing magical place.

[@TjSamson]

Its accurate to the tone of Half Blood Prince since it was also the year the Ministry formally announced that the Second Wizarding War is on going.

[@adliadadliad4096]

The first two games are really vibrant

[@Leandrobni]

For me, the best game in the harry potter saga is "the order of the phoenix". the mechanics of using spells were really cool

[@xSTONYTARKx]

Yeah that game was so awesome! The in-game map was like the marauder's map. And you could just attack any random student and they would duel you, i loved that detail. In legacy the students don't even react if you're shooting spells right at them.

[@RENX5]

Half-blood prince works the same but it’s way less boring.

[@aleejjj]

Yes daddy!

[@lazosims7908]

Very strange but I felt more life in the npcs of the old games, it seemed that they were really seeing me. In Legacy sometimes it seems like they don't notice you.

[@dikaduha6891]

Cos you’re harry potter! Thats why u are public attention

[@Epintus06]

​@@dikaduha6891 You're also supposed to be public attention in Hogwarts Legacy too with how you attended Hogwarts on the fift year and joined the ceremony late. You have dialogues about you everytime you see other students and all.

[@Supersquigi]

The NPCs acted very erratically during cutscenes in legacy, sometimes they would walk back and forth when the camera switched focus 🙄lmfao they would look like they were obviously eavesdropping LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@aastikkhatri1940]

Yeah they mostly look at you and curse at you mostly Slytherins for ex "Potty Potter" and "Mudblood when Hermione is with you" And so many things. Best thing you can beat every student up anytime

[@cyberbron2024]

Aren't you a new student in legacy? I don't think much people would pay attention to a new person unless they make the effort.

[@stormwolf2224]

We have to remember that hogwarts legacy takes place 100 years before Harry, and in the books, the castle seems to be somewhat sentient, so the castle will and can somewhat change how it looks, if I remember the 7th book correctly the castle literally helps rebuild its self

[@thedamntrain]

No, it's not because of that, Hogwarts didn't change Its appearance. It's just the devopers of the game based their Hogwarts on its depiction from the books rather than films. So Hogwarts Legacy is just closer to the canon

[@clapinpawgs3189]

@@thedamntrain this^^

[@hansyolo9649]

In my headcanon Hogwarts can change its appearance and size depending on how many students attend Hogwarts. For example the common rooms and great hall can get bigger or smaller.

[@antch0]

@@hansyolo9649 Makes sense

[@claudewillis234]

​@@thedamntrain I agree

[@tyzbbaby]

While the 2009 one focuses much more on the fidelity of the films (not that it is more faithful than the hogwarts legacy) but I feel that it brings a more "faithful" feeling, the Hogwarts legacy brings a more glamorous and detailed hogwarts, while in the films it is very "finished" and very old

[@philmitchell91]

That's my feeling towards Hogwarts Legacy too compared to the movies. Hogwarts doesn't have the ambience and look of an ancient 1000 year old castle. It leans way too much on the glamorous side.

[@tinbear1121]

My thought is because Hogwarts Legacy's timeline is different. It's way way back before Harry Potter which may be the reason why the castle is not that worn out yet. I read somewhere that the game's timeline took place around the 1890s, that's about a century before the events in the Harry Potter books and films. The first wizarding war hasn't taken place yet.

[@mmalhao06]

@@tinbear1121 the game is based on the books, not movies, just that.

[@theharshtruthoutthere]

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[@Borov1984]

​@@tinbear1121 and, according to your beautiful logic, a thousand-year-old castle is brand new, and after some hundred years it has grown old It stood new for a thousand years, and sharply dilapidated in a hundred years.

[@brosenone1068]

This really makes me appreciate the range of color we get in more modern games too

[@phaexal]

Yes PS3's era was the dark age of desaturated crap

[@cyberbron2024]

It has its charm though, makes me nostalgia seeing it.

[@eduardolobos7380]

​@@phaexalI dont know what are you talking about i play a lot ps3 games and everything look colorful and crisp maybe is your tv.

[@turbotrup96]

In this case, sure, but in many, if not most modern games, the warm coloring and overly realistic environments - are pretty boring, overused and make locations seem less creative/artistic, more similar to one another. Also, artists often can't pull out details without making your eyes having a hard time to focus on one particular thing with all the "Visual noise" you see on the screen. Which is why the older, more outdated technology actually made games look better, in a way, because game developers had limited space and resources which's forced them to only show you what they really wanted to show you, without all the extra unnecessary foliage, rocks, etc. - which often is just copy pasted and pretty randomly spread across the ground. This is also why Open World games are so boring to look at / explore, for the most part.

[@chronicle8080]

Somehow the male character in Hogwarts Legacy sounds more like Harry Potter than Harry Potter.

[@LiteFightr]

Don't trust that bot

[@coryr.7056]

@@LiteFightr let’s mass report it

[@Abdullah-Ibn-Mahmud]

true

[@TTmusic_TT]

​@@LiteFightris not a bot bro stop the cap

[@SomeMisterMens]

why am i agreeing with this guy

[@missautumn764]

Those old Potter games were IT. Such nostalgia. Thanks for this!

[@amysantos4579]

I preferred the staircase as it is in Half Blood Prince 'cause it's like I saw in movies

[@ConsumptiveSoul]

But the staircases in Hogwarts legacy are based off the book

[@morannonnorstund254]

@@ConsumptiveSoul they don't. On the books they changed directions. The Legacy ones can't have that option being designed in a different way

[@ConsumptiveSoul]

@@morannonnorstund254 well yeah it be harder to do

[@michaelpaijo165]

​@@morannonnorstund254 why cant have that option?

[@dennis9746]

@@morannonnorstund254 No thats not true. In the books they are NOT constantly moving. It is just mentioned, that they can lead on i.e. Friday somewhere else than on Thursday (but also only some staircases).

[@spiritofzen7022]

It’s surprising graphically how well the old games hold up, I adore HL as it really does feel like a huge open world. And the fact you can walk or fly miles from the castle and land pretty much every where and explore and do side quests makes it so immersive. I’m playing HL for the first time and it’s up in my top 5 all time favourite games. The detail is just incredible and I’m so grateful we got to play it .

[@takkundb]

昔のゲームも普通に綺麗じゃん

[@lazosims7908]

They did a wonderful job with the spells, I really felt like I had a wand in order of the phoenix and half-blood prince

[@thauanalberto97]

Same. Felt so good to just throw a bench at other students.

[@CraftMotion]

Honestly, the old game doesn't look all to bad!👍🏻😍

[@UncleLumbago0]

the harry potter game had wayy better flying physics

[@CraftMotion]

​@@UncleLumbago0 I think they are equal, just different styles.

[@TickleAndrew]

The Harry Potter games have assists in sharp turns and rotate the camera automatically so that’s why is easier but not better, in Hogwarts Legacy you control every single movement and camera angle

[@Arachnophobia20]

They need to make a quidditch game again last they made was on the original Xbox 🙄

[@CraftMotion]

@@Arachnophobia20 Wow that's a long time😂 But I think a pure Quidditch game wouldn't meet today's expectitions, I think it will akways be integrated into another, bigger game.

[@jennys4562]

The map from the Half-Blood Prince is very accurate to the movies. Hogwarts Legacy has changed a lot, which is understandable and fine, but the Half-Blood Prince map is, from what I can see, almost a complete recreation of the sets in the movies, which I really appreciated back in the day and is why I enjoyed it so much Edit: This is not a critique of Hogwarts Legacy or the books. I Just simply explained why I loved the old game

[@tienhoang5918]

the time in hogwart legacy was a long time before the movie

[@jennys4562]

​@@tienhoang5918 It's the same Hogwarts. I mean that the structure itself is very accurate to the film

[@hernandez4871]

They mixed the book and the movie version of Hogwarts together thats why its a little different

[@__mindflayer__]

@@jennys4562 It’s the same Hogwarts but the game takes place in the 1800s. Just like schools in real life, they can be renovated in the future.

[@jennys4562]

@@__mindflayer__ Yes, but the main structure is different. It wasn't a critique, I just pointed out why I liked the HBP game so much

[@beth3715]

Two distinctions I can remember is that ‘accio’ is pronounced differently in earlier games (like ‘axe-io’) and potions brewing in THBP was a lot more fun as a mini game, even if it was hard to brew amortentia

[@RR-ei1bg]

昔の方の、完成度が思ってたよりも高くて驚いた

[@eduardojadam]

For those who say that Half-Blood Prince feels weird at times, that's because they recycled everything that was done in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, they only added a couple of areas and the history of the Half-Blood Prince, but the rest being the map, the spells, the animations, the combat system all comes from Order of the Phoenix.

[@mikhmikhser]

Несогласен они заявляли создали по фильму больше !!!

[@Night_frost]

The combat felt much more responsive in HBP and the character models looked better too.

[@JTAGames]

@@Night_frost It’s because it’s been refined from the previous game. It’s a normal thing for studios to do. Except in normal video game titles they tend to have the budget/expectation to increase graphics quality. Which almost never happens for movie tie in games.

[@LunnarisLP]

@@Night_frost wasn't HBP utter shit, extremely buggy and nearly all about it was just collecting stuff? I have the first 5 games and I remember that I didn't get the 6th because it was supposed to be pretty bad and very buggy too or having stuff coded in a way that makes small "mistakes" made by the player very punishing.

[@Night_frost]

@@LunnarisLP Wasn’t buggy IIRC. It does have a lot to collect though (but not much more than OOTP).

[@alekseev_s_]

Lack of interactions with students at Hogwarts Legacy. The world feels dead... and that makes me sad. There are no mini-games, no duels with anyone. Of course, the detail and world are impressive, but for me it could have been better, we are waiting for a DLC or something. If I were the developers, I would add a co-op mode. To play with friends)

[@danykwood]

The problem is that there is nothing to play with friends) So you go in, and then what? Merlin's tasks?😂😂😂

[@icarus1065]

I've only played HL and I love that the castle isn't dark all throughout (except for places not usually explored by students) In daytime, it has a warmer feeling and feels very student appropriate as it gets. But come night time, it definitely feels eerie. I also should note that this Hogwarts is from an earlier timeline, a century before Harry's or even Dumbledore's time. So the castle is understandably in good condition. The Wizarding War first occurred in the 19th century which would explain why the Hogwarts we know is not as "glamorous" as it used to be. Also, Filch is a terrible caretaker compared to Gladwin Moon. See his journal entry where he wrote: I must remain steadfast. If I falter, to whom will the students look for guidance in these magical halls? Hogwarts would certainly fall into a state of utter chaos if I were to abandon my post for even one day. Filch other than being a Squib which doesn't make his job easier, also hated the students. HL have flaws that frustrate me in terms of gameplay (a lot of it actually) but the design very much exceeded my book expectations. Devs have a lot to improve on and that's ok. We have something to look forward to. The 2009 game is great for its time. I know young me would've been obsessed

[@MySavageDynasty]

The old game looks more accurate to the movie but I appreciate the massive amounts of space and details put in the Hogwarts legacy.

[@Chaein-r9f]

legacy is based on the books

[@StoryEnjoyer220]

Well, it also may be cuz the story is set a century earlier than the films so who knows, they may have done renovations or changed things in a hundred years.

[@kevinrosario2729]

HBP is supposed to resemble the movie version of the castle, while Legacy took some inspiration from the movies but added in elements from the book.

[@mckay7965]

I'm not gonna lie, I'd prefer having to wait for the grand staircase instead of it just appearing when you need it. I also like its square and angular design more than the spiral staircase in Hogwarts legacy.

[@mikkihintikka7273]

it should be angular like in the movies. That spiral staircase doesnt feel hogwartsy

[@plaxxle130]

​@@mikkihintikka7273 well the staircase is based off the books rather the movie a lot was taken from the books over the movie and I prefer that

[@mikkihintikka7273]

@@plaxxle130 thanks

[@likle7163]

I would like to be able to fall down also instead of invisible walls -_-

[@sandiego2380]

@@plaxxle130 I don't recall the books saying the staircase is spiral. Not a fan of the spiral version either.

[@ACARDtvMusic]

0:35 why didn’t they do those stairs in the newest game?

[@burnsy96]

Because it's annoying as hell to wait for wait for them. The new game always has the physical stairs in place just that they visually appear in front of you like magic

[@Montieeeee]

who tf uses these stairs in 2024 lol 😂

[@superior_nobody07]

It's more accurate to the book in hogwarts legacy

[@inflames1004]

Books

[@burnsy96]

@@inflames1004 wait there's more books than harry potter and the magical stone?

[@wisterio.musicgeek]

I played both OotP and HBP on Wii and they were absolutely great games! The side-to-side comparison here makes it look quite harsh, but Hogwarts was just as big than in HL, without all the loading between towers. I actually preferred Hogwarts' map in the Wii games, it had more locations from the movies and made a bit more sense to me. The entire Defence Against the Dark Arts Tower with the baroque style and music is a weird addition in my opinion. I'm wondering where that concept came from...

[@lilith7109]

Maybe there's something wrong with me but I miss the old one's dark athmosphere

[@JishinimaTidehoshi]

I got really tired of the bleakness after seeing it in so many movies (3, 4, 5, 6, 7 part 1 and 7 part 2) Too depressive considering it's supposed to be a world of magic

[@maciejpolak2458]

​@@JishinimaTidehoshiit ws supposed to be darker because Voldemort returned

[@HULK-HOGAN1]

You miss the bleak dark atmosphere. Ok buddy

[@EC-mg4gb]

I miss it too. I was expecting Hogwarts Legacy to look like Prisoner of Azkaban movie in termd of atmosphere. But instead it feels too bright and colorful, almost like a Sims game.

[@arcadicus_ezevius]

​@@HULK-HOGAN1i miss it cause i played it as a kid. I didnt really think of it as bleak and dark just magical and kinda creepy at times but really really cool like how a kid would lol

[@sandstinger3454]

i like the subtle changes because of legacy being set in the 1800’s

[@mvpmike81]

I do miss moving the joystick in specific ways to cast spells in the old game; instead of just hitting a button

[@kahtyman7293]

you compared Levioso from Hogwards Legacy with Wingardium Leviosa from Harry Potter, but later in game (Hogwards Legacy) you unlock Wingardium Leviosa, witch is more advanced than Levioso

[@2WarriorJay8]

The castle in the older game isn't too bad, from the outside moreso. It's just drab/dull. Also, I agree that while the newer game is remarkable, the castle does feel a bit too... posh sometimes.

[@ryder_hd]

Posh and ever so slightly pretentious

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

Half Blood Prince still looks pretty nice, but in terms of gameplay, it was just a shallow walking simulator throwing fetch quest after fetch quest to distract the player. The first 3 HP games, particularly the PS2 versions, while taking some liberties in how they depicted Hogwarts, were much more in line with Hogwarts Legacy's scope. Even Order of the Phoenix, while sharing the same core gameplay as HBP, had more interesting minigames.

[@amysteriousviewer3772]

Shallow gameplay and fetch quests? Sounds like Hogwarts Legacy. The game is nothing more than a pretty movie-set.

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

@@amysteriousviewer3772 If you put HBP on the same boat as Legacy, you obviously never played either. Hogwarts Legacy has actual dungeons, hordes of enemies, actual combos, puzzles to solve, harvesting potion ingredients, stealth. HBP just makes you walk around the castle and do the same 3 things : potions, broken duels, on-rail Quidditch. You're obviously talking aimlessly here.

[@amysteriousviewer3772]

@@yrooxrksvi7142 I didn't put them on the same level I said that Hogwarts Legacy has shallow gameplay and fetch quests because it does. It has all those things you listed but none of them have any depth. It's a well designed world with barley anything worthwhile to do in it. Dungeons are short, Puzzles are repetitive and dead simple, collectibles are boring, combat is spamming the same 4 spells (yellow, purple, red + basic cast) over and over, brewing potions is literally just a menu, stealth is overpowered because the AI is so braindead. And the worst thing is that the only reward for doing anything is boring loot with arbitrary stats that don't have any tangible impact on gameplay.

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

@@amysteriousviewer3772 I disagree on the dungeons length, some may be shorter than others, but overall they last enough. Puzzles being repetitive is nothing new to Harry Potter games, I do wish there were more collectibles than money loot, clothes and guide pages though. As for combat, I have some gripes with how some spells have been handled : I don't like Stupefy being tied ONLY to counters and Petrificus Totalus strictly to stealth, as Glacius and Arresto Momentum feel like weaker versions that could have been used a bit more for interacting with the enviroment than just combat.

[@YouCanCallMeReTro]

I agree. I remember playing the first few harry potter games and loving them. But then they stopped making it open world, the scope was diminished, so I stopped buying them.

[@gnbman]

The scale and realism of the Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince games were mind-blowing at the time, but _now_ look how far we've come.

[@danilkronkin9465]

Y'all remember when Harry drank the potion in Half-Blood Prince and became extremely confident?

[@Sausagerills]

Called cocaine in the muggle world

[@danilkronkin9465]

@@Sausagerills 😎👌

[@AvirajMahadik115]

Felix Felicis potion

[@danilkronkin9465]

@@AvirajMahadik115 YEESSSS, THAT'S RIGHT

[@doomguy51]

@@danilkronkin9465 everybody knows Stop crying

[@jae3185]

I wish there was a little more interaction with random students, like walking by and saying hello or even waving. Sometimes the Npc look more like look like walking mannequins with no personality. Other than the game is awesome

[@archerzzy]

Half blood game was great, the details of the castle and how similar it is to the castle in movie

[@MightyDantheman]

I loved the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter game. I wish Hogwarts Legacy took after that and the movies more with the construction of certain areas. I mean, how did we not get the moving grand staircase? Also I felt like the older games were a bit more free and sandboxy in comparison. You could destroy and repair random things, you could levitate and throw objects at people or a stack them to get to particular locations, and you could start fights with any student(s) that you wanted. It just felt more interactive overall. I also liked the shortcut doorways that you had to unlock one way or another. With that said, I still prefer Hogwarts Legacy, but I really wish they added more sandbox elements and stayed closer to the films design wise. I mean, I can freeze any object with fire and nothing will happen (except for one specific interaction, in which you can't even light it back on fire afterwards). Hopefully they can make a more sandboxy and immersive game in the next one. Though I am excited for whatever DLC they have coming along currently.

[@lakmalhapuarachchi7866]

My favourite harry potter game (except hogwarts legacy) is Prisoner of Azkaban. Smooth controls and cute and fun graphics. HP 4, 5 games were fine too but controls were too hard to get used to because there was no mouse control option.

[@ignaciofranco7460]

HP 4 is trash

[@CITYZEN50]

"Cute and fun" tf is cute and fun in graphics lmao

[@ÁS222]

such a classic 2 me

[@CITYZEN50]

@@user-ky1zg2rw6k 👍

[@danielruud224]

@@CITYZEN50 yeah gotta agree with the others, you haven't played it i assume, because that's exactly how i would describe it as well hah

[@sezerdblan7215]

Hp6 have better spell mechanics and haunted atmosphere, Hogwarts Legacy feels like a mmorpg with shiny glittering world

[@eternity5611]

Man the Herbology dept seen some huge budget cuts in the past 100 years.

[@FlowingTitlesUniverse]

In Half Blood Prince you don’t have the. Levioso spell you have leviosa, but in the clip at 1:32 he uses Levioso just makes thing levitate in place and you can pull it with accio. You do Unlock Leviosa later though and you can move it around with that spell in all directions. In the Half Blood Prince you only have leviosa. I just thought some people would want to know in case they were confused as to why one says its not “levioso its leviosa”.

[@bluelemonade6430]

Both are in a league of their own. 2009 can definitely keep up with 2023, even on some of the newer open world games

[@hatoriddr]

Howart's it's a failing school. After WWII and magic war, Howart's became a dangerous place, no father wants expose his sons and prefers that study something to generate money.

[@10293]

@@hatoriddr Are you referencing your own fan fiction? I have no idea wth you’re talking about 😂

[@hatoriddr]

@@10293 U caught me!

[@Poopmyjorts]

It can’t keep up man let it rest in peace. The colors are boring and monotone and it’s just a dated game in general

[@NeonSuperNovas]

09 definitely can’t keep up with 23. 09 was great for its time, but let’s not push it lol. If 09 was released today, that shit would get torn apart by these reviews lmao.

[@jakebastian6726]

Question: what are Expelliarmus and Stupefy like in most of the video games? Like, I'm guessing there isn't a game where you simply disarm your enemy, because why would you do that and not directly beat them? Besides, the two spells have a very similar effect in the moves: knocking someone backwards. Do they both present that equivalent move in any games?

[@vinnietorres1145]

Only thing that was wrong is that in HBP you're actually using wingardium leviosa, in HL youre using a different spell that's levioso. You do get wingardium leviosa later in the story.

[@angelus1738]

He uses levioso at first when the purple beam shoots out. However when the yellow beam shouts out and he walks around with the barrel, that's wingardium leviosa. Both are in Hogwarts Legacy

[@farisbalouchi4346]

Wish they had added Quidditch, a more interactive world where you can talk to students and different people, added Goblet of fire games, some amount of parkour-ish gameplay,

[@MonetYB]

BRUH WE SHOULD NOT FORGET THE OG HARRY POTTER IT GOT THAT OLD VIBE

[@DallyLama93]

Did you turn off the ambient music for Legacy? It's so souless without any music

[@Charlesssssss]

The older one has a more Harry Potter vibe to it, kinda how it was in the movies.

[@goodaimshield1115]

Because it is based on the movies. I agree the new one looks too posh at times, but it is generally more accurate to the actual books.

[@proudream]

Edited to clarify: The only better thing in the 2009 game is the fact that the Great Hall is bigger. It's much longer with more seats, which is more realistic because there are a lot of students studying at Hogwarts (Years 1 to Years 7). Obviously the graphics in Hogwarts Legacy are better.

[@KuroKaii991]

Year 7?

[@vitor.com_acento]

It's too narrow, the tables are too close to each other. And the roof and wall don't have a lot of details

[@Hypergangnam]

Surely you cant be serious? The 2009 Great Hall looks like a hallway, with tables stuffed in. Narrow looking, and not great at all. Hogwarts Legacy made it look like a Great Hall.

[@proudream]

@@vitor.com_acento Yeah I agree it looks better in Hogwarts Legacy (OBVIOUSLY) but it's too small.

[@proudream]

@@KuroKaii991 Yes, Hogwarts students study there for 7 years...

[@twistedinnocence8617]

Honestly, graphics really have gotten that much better in 14 years. Understandable though, you can only get so much better when it's been realistic for years now. You can only improve perfection so much

[@JGHMusic]

Anybody else kinda wish they had kept the moving stairs like that?

[@wylie4637]

I love how some areas were clearly inspired by it’s predecessor/movie counterpart like the potions classroom being almost exactly the same This hogwarts is a combination of the familiarity of the movies castle combines with some great creative liberties and more true to source material in the book

[@mikhailstarovich2017]

Despite the fact that the Half-Blood Prince and the Order of the Phoenix are my favorite parts, I have something to praise the Hogwarts legacy for. it is more open, variable, and rpg-like. In Harry Potter, the emphasis is still on Harry Potter and his story. Hogwarts was created based on the film and Jowling 's developments

[@shiiche]

I wish the doors in Legacy actually had weight like they did in 2009. It's still so weird how the fattest door of the castle swings open like the cheapest, most decapitated trailer door you could find

[@nathanmcdowell4064]

Never played any of the old Harry Potter games because I assumed it was trash like all the over licensed movie games, but wow, it looks like the half blood Prince team put alot of love into the project

[@scorpion40k]

Oh yeah no Half-Blood Prince was really fun to play

[@AJ-jq3hm]

Half blood Prince and prisoner of azkaban are definitely worth playing.

[@alexandrumacedon291]

read the books play them all they are nice

[@siddarthbalakrishnan9657]

Order of Phoenix as well actually it was that game that created this world half blood prince just built upon it. The games before order of Phoenix were quite different in every aspect. Order of Phoenix built this amazing hogwarts castle

[@alexandrumacedon291]

@@siddarthbalakrishnan9657 it was nice to see the evolution of these games. i always compared them to the books. even the movies were spot on in almost every aspect. being a fan ofcourse i spotted some differences but they were so minor... it didnt even matter, it seems they really put a big effort into making them just as we imagined them

[@stabbycat748]

“Back in my day, we could haras as many children as we wanted!” -me, who would hit students with stone benches, upset that you couldn’t fight the students-

[@EvilSockMonkeys]

2:44 why does Harry run like that lmao

[@eduardojadam]

That's because Harry's model was just made bigger, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince recycles everything that was done in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, just added a couple of areas, the history of the Half- Blood Prince and practically nothing else, the spells, the animations all come from Order of the Phoenix

[@elliter5465]

He thinks he's in Bully

[@macca05]

vergleich zwischen 2009 und 2023. toller vergleich

[@1stMikeWhite]

Certain things about the harry potter game seem more magical than the Hogwarts game; like how they cast the spells (Lumos) and how the stairs move, even how they fly on a broom seems way better than the hogwarts legacy gameplay. The harry potter game is older but they kept what I admire about magic in those movies.

[@samuraibruga9177]

The npcs density in Phoenix game is waaaay higher. You can also talk and point wand to students. Hogwarts Legacy kinda gives me fanfic vibes

[@1stMikeWhite]

@@samuraibruga9177 I actually don’t know much about the other Harry Potter games, I’ve only seen some short gameplay videos. Comparing The two always reminds me of Grandtheft auto San Andreas versus Grandtheft auto 5. The first one was massive but lacked a lot of details that the future games had, and Grandtheft auto five was the most detailed although it just didn’t seem as fun and free is the first one.

[@Matheus-vf9sj]

​@Clem F no, it's totally different. Flying on a broomstick shouldn't be easy, and in HP games it seemed to be something simple, very hard. just go through the hoops without moving too much. Hogwarts Legacy shows the complexity and precision needed to fly

[@1stMikeWhite]

@Clem F I just watched the clips over and I'm pretty sure in the Hogwartz Legacy gameplay the broom is flying at its top speed lol. I've watched most of the gameplay of H.L. and saw the lessons they took on the broom etc. as well. Comparing thoee 2 clips though, the Harry potter game looks so much better (more magical) because when the camera pans as harry turns back into the ring, you get an affect feeling as if you're actually flying and cutting a sharp turn. Youre trying to keep up with the stich just like in the movie, although I do agree it may be too easy for the controls as this other commenter said. Whereas on the Hogwartz game, I really don't like how the camera angle is controlled. I haven't played it but I'm assuming it's manually controlled by the joystick. Both games are doing the exact same thing and even though the graphics aren't the same at all, the harry potter game just looks better and embodies the feeling of flying better.

[@1stMikeWhite]

@Clem F Looks like he used the turbo briefly at the beginning in this video. You also fly faster when closer to the ground I heard.

[@hallyuotaku2777]

when I played the old game back then, it has the graphics of Hogwarts Legacy today. that's how I see every game back then

[@FranF-g8r]

Me pasa que los imagino así en súper calidad hasta que los vuelvo a ver hoy en día

[@Chopsthix]

Man, running animation on harry potter half blood prince looks really ridicilous bruhv 😂

[@karttavym]

half blood prince is like gta san andreas and hogwarts legacy is like gta 5

[@javierslytherin9898]

Nah

[@Bia-lm8it]

I like the old stairs mechanics better

[@abdul_wahab0]

Now every bug is a magic ✨

[@abdul_wahab0]

@official_GameBest259 💀

[@bonryu3565]

you forgot to show that you actually make the potions in the old game as a mini game instead of just having the ingredients and get them automatically made in Hogwarts legacy

[@gleyno]

I prefer the Harry Potter Great hall since the Hogwarts Legacy feels like a shared food court

[@HalloyNency]

Наследие конечно классная современная игра.. но и кубок огня тоже любимая, так как старую игру тоже по своему любишь.

[@Alienking01]

I am amazed the old game did hold up so well

[@merakimelodies8931]

I liked the broom better in halfblood-prince, to be honest: it felt more zoomy with the wind and sound

[@Rubiktron]

In my opinion everything looks way better and more polished in Hogwarts Legacy, except for the Grand Staircase which was a tremendous letdown in Hogwarts Legacy, such an iconic location gone to waste. However, it's still amazing the amount of love and detail that was put into Half Blood Prince given the age and Hardware capabilities of the time. The atmosphere is amazing, but it's also fitting given the events going on during Half Blod Prince. That wouldn't work in Hogwarts Legacy since it was a brighter moment Hogwarts history.

[@it_nick]

the fact that the non-harry potter character sounds more like Daniel Radcliff than the character who IS Daniel Radcliff is hilarious. I kinda wish they had made the guy voice not just Harry's exact voice, intonation, cadence etc, sorta took me out of the whole "this is before Harry's time" but thats my only big gripe really

[@不思議の国のアリス-j7j]

新しいのは美しすぎて言葉にならないけど、古いヤツの方が映画の世界を忠実に再現している気がする🤔

[@あああいいい-h1n]

今作は映画の舞台が設定じゃないだろ

[@不思議の国のアリス-j7j]

@@あああいいい-h1n そんなことはわかってます。

[@あああいいい-h1n]

@@不思議の国のアリス-j7j じゃあそこで比べる必要ないね

[@不思議の国のアリス-j7j]

@@あああいいい-h1n 感想を言ったまでです。

[@sima_luckyo]

映画の舞台が設定じゃないにしても、階段の仕組みとかは変わってるしやっぱり昔の方が再現度は高い気がする🤔

[@mikefelipe2379]

Os antigos são mais fiéis aos filmes, embora eu prefira o mapa de Hogwarts Legacy, o detalhe que mais chamou atenção pra mim foi a mudança das escadarias.

[@russomp5956]

Na verdade se passa em um tempo bem antigo ao atual de Harry Potter, provável que mudarão e adaptarão filelmente ao atualconforme as mudanças no tempo.

[@fernandodimi]

Escada do legacy nada a vê

[@theshenkz]

É que a escadaria do legacy é fiel aos livros, as escadarias que se vê nos primeiros jogos é uma coisa dos filmes

[@fernandodimi]

@@theshenkz eu acredito que a maioria gostaria de vê as escadas do filmes, em alto nível, eu gostava dela já nos jogos anteriores, nessa geração iria ficar top, eu pelo menos... n curti

[@arilight1]

​​@@fernandodimi Além de as escadas do HL serem fiéis aos livros, também tem a questão de que HL se passa mais de 150 anos antes de Harry Potter. Dá pra pensar que várias coisas não são iguais porquê as coisas são antigas e vão mudando com o tempo.

[@ДенисСергеевич-ю9я]

Игра 2009 года смотрится на много атмосфернее

[@АртурРадикович-л7ц]

Лампово)

[@ilyaflower]

факты

[@CedrickEnd]

I think the world is very different as the Hogwarts legacy's and Half Blood Prince time were different and so the environment are. Tbh I love how the 2000's Hogwarts game were done considering the technology and budge.

[@paul_nthny]

Neither of these two Grand Staircase designs are "more accurate" to the books because the books don't even have a Grand Staircase. The books only mention the castle having 142 different staircases but never an area or tower with a huge staircase inside

[@AdiiS]

wow so boring in the books then, glad I didn't invest my time in that

[@paul_nthny]

@@AdiiS To be fair the staircases in the books have their own quirks (like some have disappearing steps and others lead to different places every other day), so yeah they're still "magical" but there's just nott one area with a lot of staircases like the Grand Staircase

[@mattvmalone]

@@AdiiS Wow bro. You must be really important if moving staircases are your deal breaker.

[@darthmortem585]

@@AdiiS 💀💀💀🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@Ohmygodstfu2045]

@@AdiiSWow so just stairs make a book boring for you. Rolls eyes- Charming indeed

[@xavierguzman4812]

What’s crazy is that I never heard any buzz about this game back in the day when it came out. I had no idea it had a whole ass explorable Hogwarts! I thought Hogwarts Legacy was the first game to do that!

[@darkmaster1201]

More like two games based on different things: Hogwarts Legacy is based on the books, and the other HP games are based on the movies. Both concepts are good though.

[@obiwankenobi687]

Well no, hogwarts legacy is based on the films and some details from the books, it’s a blend

[@Bio452]

​@@obiwankenobi687 Nope, Hogwarts Legacy is 90% based on the books.

[@obiwankenobi687]

@@Bio452 90% not at all. The entire outside and the majority of the inside all tie up with the film locations. 90% based on the books is utter nonsense.

[@Bio452]

@@obiwankenobi687 Not at all! A lot of things are different and based on the books. The only areas that are inspired (but not the same) to the movies are really a short list.

[@obiwankenobi687]

@@Bio452 the entire outside of the castle is modeled on the films. It’s an 1800’s version of the movie hogwarts model. Different architecture here and there but based on the films. Same with the location of the headmasters office, grand staircase, great hall, gamekeeper hut, potions classroom, owlery, tapestry room, potions masters storage room, greenhouses, transfiguration classroom, clocktower, bridge, astronomy tower, astronomy courtyard, they all match their locations in the film on the hogwarts model. You could point to different locations on the movie hogwarts model and they all line up to what’s presented to us in the game. Then the ghost designs, based off the film versions, fat lady portrait design, common room designs, hogsmeade station design, hogwarts express design, creature design, bathroom designs etc. they’re all inspired by the films. Even the location of the copse of trees in the lake behind the great hall. There are obviously a number of interiors and locations and Easter eggs from the books as well to compliment it, a real blend of the two mediums. But to suggest it’s 90% based off the books is just not right. 50% of hogwarts is the exterior and the other 50% the interior and the exterior is practically the film model so you’re at 50% movie inspiration already. Then most of the classrooms being the same design as the films bumps it up even more. It’s a good 70% film to 30% book blend as you walk around. And that’s before you get onto the room of requirement, creature designs and hogsmeade station. I don’t get how anyone could pretend it isn’t. Maybe you like the books more than the films and that’s 100% fine but let’s not start pretending it’s not majorly based on the films. At a real stretch you could just sit in the middle and say it’s 50/50 book/film. But 90% book? 10% film? Lol absolutely not.

[@JiHyunPeTziE]

Being able to fly everywhere is really a good mechanism in Hogwarts Legacy. Ive made 2 bandit camps gone by npc, while I haven't done anything 😂

[@Crazy-HouseTV]

0:09 настолько плохая оптимизация, что приходится ждать подгрузки лестницы.

[@panxogaming1782]

Had to check the Sorcerer's Stone after so many years. Haven't picked any HP game since then. Now that I've played many hours of HL... I'm so glad to see such an improvement on the characters in game and the scenario. Even with low graphics they feel like part of the game rather than just images put together. They truly nailed the immersion experience of the game. Can't wait to see how quidditch works.

[@VitiateTheImmortal]

Am I the only who actually prefers the old one? Lol i mean sure the newer graphics have gotten better of course but the castle looked closer to the films in the old version. Loved reading the books but since I been a kid, the film version of the castle always been my favorite. Probably because I seen them soo many times

[@kyuurahitotama4271]

No you are not, almost every main commenter here prefers the old game more, so here you go

[@RVK87]

The new one looks so much more realistic but I'm surprised by how well the HBP held up. Things I wanted to see in this or the next game: 1. RPG elements - classes, relationships, choices that matter. 2. Night time distinctions - paintings asleep and some complaining if lumos is used, repercussions and animations for being out of common rooms if caught 3. Animation distinctions - more fluid door animations because currently they don't match the charcter's speed when opening, distinct stair movement animation because you can't have people run full speed down a spiral staircase like they do when they run outside on flat ground, the HBP game did it well.

[@andreyvyazemsky6705]

Гарри из 2009 такой ламповый, что даже в моменте legacy переплевывает по по впечатлениям от картинки)

[@danzeldesuomi3849]

Согласен с этиим

[@popspeps]

Это комплекс утёнка

[@andreyvyazemsky6705]

​@@popspeps Гарри из 2009 явно не первая моя игра из этой вселенной, и уже даже не из детства. Так что это тут не при чем)

[@Ultimate_Utopian]

The amount of dedication they cast upon Hogwarts Legacy cannot be compared with any other HP game.

[@MaxPain1996]

I loved playing Half-Blood Prince as a kid 😍

[@cjs8000]

Brings back the memories... Why'd you mute the HP6 though?

[@GreedLoaGaming]

Судя по всему старая игра намного каноничней во всех отношениях. К сожалению в те годы не удалось реализовать весь возможный сейчас визуал. В самом начале явственно видна разница в анимации лестниц, и для меня в старой игре они выглядят так как нужно, точно так же они описаны в книгах. А в хг легаси просто визуальные понты которые далеки от канона.

[@Deiyel]

Pelo que entendi.... questão é comparar a fidelidade, além dos gráficos, é que Hogwarts Legacy foi feito de acordo com os livros, já o de 2009, é de acordo com o filme.

[@yancarvalho8766]

exato

[@victoreax]

broom flying looks pretty good for 2009

[@LuisRamos-oe6te]

Man I'm literally enchanted by Hogwarts legacy, I haven't felt this feeling since I last saw the movies and played Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone on GameCube, heck I haven't used enchanted in a sentence until now, there's just some things that a thugga thugga like me who use to be a street thief just can't deny.

[@jaxcasonmaximus]

Man, I remember playing HBP when it came out and I was OBSESSED with it! I thought they'd done such a good job and I played it for hours every day religiously. I thought it was the coolest HP game ever, and then when Deathly Hallows game came out I was expecting obviously they gotta up the ante and it was such a MASSIVE disappointment. I hardly played it it sucked so bad. I still got my Wii, still got my HBP game and check it out every couple years. Legacy is everything I've wanted ❤