Hogwarts Legacy - Angry Review

[@thisguydan]

Joe's neighbors are like "What in the fuck are these grown ass men doing dressed up playing wizards in the yard on a work day?"

[@AgentDrew81]

Dude, by now they're probably like "Shit is it that time of the month already?!"

[@brianlevor6295]

Joe's neighbors are 100% used to it by now

[@Senneru13]

Ngl I’d love to be his neighbor

[@nidusx2247]

Joe comes outta nowhere: "SHUT UP! *Flicks wand* "INCENDIO!!"

[@Temmoie]

Oh damn, they prob gonna upload video soon enough, their neighbors must be thinking like that.

[@donikebab86]

"You're bigger than my dad" "Thats too bad for your mom". Fantastic work guys Edit: a word

[@williamyoung9401]

I can't let my parents hear about this game...I'll never hear from them again, lol. (And it's "You're").

[@mattgee4867]

That was an exquisite joke. 🤌

[@Nile-oz2go]

Alex def wrote the script for that skit, 10/10.

[@khalidmarley7348]

Fucking hilarious 😂😂😂😂

[@Wangus899]

You're gay​@@williamyoung9401

[@ReadyPlayerDog]

25:11 That's actually a picture of Wendelin the Weird. When they used to do Witch burnings, the Witches and Wizards would cast a charm on the fires, so all they felt was a light tickling. Wendelin the Weird liked it so much that she allowed herself to be caught and burned 47 different times in various disguises. A pretty cool bit of lore that they added in!

[@oogabooga6183]

What a kinky witch

[@Montesama314]

That's the kind of ridiculous lore I need.

[@violawerenbach8499]

this homage was also in the camber of secrets game for the gameboy

[@pyner0s496]

Thank you. Backstory is AWESOME!!!

[@KingJColes]

Light tickling as in the flames wouldn't kill them and just tickle them? Or they altered their senses so they'd have a painless death? 😅 I'm assuming the first though.

[@crowkid5553]

Remember when people said hogwarts legacy was gonna be a disappointment and forspoken was gonna be a masterpiece? Boy were they wrong

[@jp3813]

We???

[@never1ess]

ikr they're both disappointing

[@crowkid5553]

@@jp3813 there were a lot of people saying it

[@jp3813]

@@crowkid5553 That would be a "they".

[@UghHimAgain]

Ain't nobody said that shit 😂

[@Yellowjack17]

It's really rare to see Alex so happy watching Joe playing a game.

[@Atrus999]

It's rare to see Alex happy period. 😂

[@dibblidyy]

@@Atrus999 No it's not, he smiles quite a bit in the weekly news

[@codym1819]

@@dibblidyy yeah, usually bad news about a company lmao that’s a different kind of smile.

[@scrinbot]

I notice that Joe don´t even listening when Alex is talking. I wonder why.

[@pali122]

​@Spin Joe is just like that, is definitely uncomfortable sometimes, but the dude listens looking at something else on the screen or interrupts a bit. But overall nothing really personal

[@justinmatheson9198]

“You’re bigger than my dad!” “That’s too bad for your mom.” That whole bit was gold. Has a drink and a cigar 😂

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

I was dying laughing at that skit. One of my favorite ones they've done. XD

[@MrAnimeFan4Eva]

The "fucking kids" killed me

[@jondoe7451]

The architecture of Hogwarts was like 5x better than I could imagine. I think it's bigger than the books or the movies ever depicted.

[@HelenaHades]

I thought the same. Even though a lot of the corridors and rooms were inspired from the movies, they really did an amazing job of putting everything together.

[@K4inan]

​@@HelenaHadesMy mom who doesn't play video games, nowadays when she visits me, she asks me to start hogwarts legacy so she can explore the castle, it's all she does too. She loves the books

[@SRTyler392]

Now you know you’re exaggerating bro lol the movies are timeless and the game is cool but hardly better than the movies depiction and imagination wise

[@GamingDualities]

Imagine Hogwarts but with no friends

[@DelsinRaw]

@@K4inanthats so wholesome what the fuck

[@errolneal9789]

Alex and Joe BOTH enjoying a game simultaneously is rare and a treat to see.

[@AG-sj4om]

Fax

[@josfur1977]

Dax

[@AG-sj4om]

@@josfur1977 Wax

[@davidfrber2005]

@@AG-sj4om Max

[@erikwilliams1562]

Sax

[@michaelschneider9141]

This is the most book accurate depiction of Hogwarts I've ever seen. Everything from the kitchens to the common rooms even to little things that only appear once or twice in the books like the One-Eyed Witch passageway or the sliding stairs to the girls dormitories. The developers really paid attention to every description of the castle in the books and did a great job blending it with what we see in the movies.

[@danzansandeev6033]

And we finally saw peeves in all his glory)

[@TG-ge1oh]

Isn't this what we have been waiting for so long? This game is such a nerd dream come true that I unironically love the fact that it finally was made.

[@jalero1596]

Yea I even remember reading about that witch in the painting, she enjoyed being burned at the stake so much because the charm she used made the flames tickle that she was burned like 13 times.

[@cursedhawkins1305]

Except according to some, they might have gone a bit too much with all the stairs in the castle, that and having the main character say something every single time they do an action like fast traveling or when they head to town as a couple of examples.

[@danzansandeev6033]

@@cursedhawkins1305 nitpicking if you ask me. Also what problems with stairs they work just fine, not to mention you have fast travel and broom

[@that1jamo]

Joe torturing OJ and then OJ getting revenge as well as him saying "Hufflepuff my nuts!" made this feel like an instant classic angry review lol!😂

[@DelShock]

Oh that’s what he said lol. I thought he said a censored version of the n-word 😂

[@that1jamo]

@DelShock nope. I caught that immediately and it instantly became one of my favorite OJ moments.

[@atrudokht]

I'm so angry with this game because Ravenclaw's so underwhelming compared to the other houses. Especially for the lamest house-related main quest and no relationship quest with Amit Thakkar whatsoever. What a great crime committed by the game developers. Ravenclaw's already underrated in both movies and books, don't make it worse in the most anticipated game.

[@Clown_Syndrome]

@@atrudokht gotta keep it consistent

[@michaelkhoury5231]

The intro using Crucio and Incendio and then Arresto Momentum for a "slow burn" seemed hilarious and like some hyper evil satire at first, but is made all the sweeter after finding these are actually legit combos and even count as combat achievements in the game 😂

[@scionofdorn9101]

Never occurred to me to use that combo. Now I gotta just to see, you know, for academic purposes of course.

[@DVeritas]

Dude, the combo system is great with all the possibilities of providing a slow dead and still call yourself from Gryffindor 😂.

[@ghostfacedude93]

Man its so good to see Joe and friends back to the classic Angry Review format with sketches and Joe talking directly to us. and who else missed the background tv that would make cracks too?

[@heavenunderrebel]

game is bugged quest rescue biscuit ruined everything this is another cyberpunk2077 and brooms are not changing speed game is boring, all u do is killing goblins and spiders, can i watch another review like mine?

[@sirtaugs]

​@@heavenunderrebel ​​​@HellNextLevel no I won't watch. You are already very biased. And I saw plenty of human killing in this review alone. How hard did you hit your head?

[@loganmcallister4635]

@@heavenunderrebel L take

[@Zer0Mood]

@@heavenunderrebel Game was hardly bugged. Try again buddy. I put over 40 hours in the game, yes now its boring, but i got my moneys worth.

[@MamadNobari]

@@heavenunderrebel cry about it bozo

[@pgp]

Sequel Wishlist: - Quidditch - House point system - More mission variety - House point system - Most house specific quests - Better facial animations and voice acting - Morality system/NPC interaction to spells - More consequences for using Unforgivable Curses

[@SolarBrain4128]

I love how you said house point system twice. I don't know if it was by accident or not, but I feel like that's such a key part of Hogwarts that it deserves the attention and really should be part of a DLC/update/sequel.

[@tylerdel3339]

TBH a sequel would not be as much as a success since we basically explored all of hogwarts and its outer regions, how they can still wow us with a sequel with basically the same exact map would be kind of redundant.. I'm still hoping they retract their statements and actually give us expansions of progressing through the last 2 years of schooling.

[@aaronmiller1947]

@@tylerdel3339that’s just it the second game will probably cover those final two years or break up the years and have three games of it. Just like how the first game was set in the 1800s maybe the second game is a little farther into the future, and so forth leading up to Dumbledore becoming headmaster.

[@nickfury5536]

Can we include romance?

[@matthollands7771]

​@@nickfury5536 Seriously though! Poppy Sweeting and my character had some real chemistry from the voice actors and dialog.

[@Boba_Tourette]

Seeing OJ as a Hufflepuff is something I never knew I needed until I got it

[@Dullsonic3]

he huffles, he puffs, and he blows the dorm down!

[@iamsimple9716]

@@Dullsonic3 Huffle-puff on my nuts

[@tylermarkabb7418]

HufflePUFF420 🤙

[@seb2750]

Hufflepuff deez nuts he says lol

[@drakenfist]

Professor to OJ: Why didn't you want to go to Gryffindor?. OJ:....The glove didn't fit.

[@KrustyBunion]

"That's too bad for your mom." That was a perfect line by Alex

[@Senneru13]

Dude, I was working out while listening to this. I almost killed myself :D

[@mullythebully5557]

YOUR BIGGER THAN MY DYYAD!!

[@eSKAone-]

Great acting in that whole scene 💟

[@mr.voidroy6869]

@Sennennokokuou yo this harry potter music is fire. Is it me or is it wierd to listen to orchestral or classical music while workin out?

[@Jake-tq3fw]

I love that scene they played

[@Nolaris3]

Having a house point system can be very useful in lieu of a morality system. You can be free to do bad things but getting caught can lose your house points, while doing certain good things gives you points. It's quite simple but it can make things interesting, maybe your fellow house members may act more hostile if you keep losing them points for example.

[@762x69]

Alex's acting was top-tier in this one as the 5th-year Chad, lol

[@chrish1645]

Came here to say that OJ "You're bigger than my dad...." Alex "Too bad for your mom, kid"

[@ariellira5881]

@@chrish1645 🤣

[@NorthDtagg]

@@chrish1645 By far my favorite part, I laughed so fucking hard lmfao

[@aaroncarroll2417]

When he mentioned Prof. Garlick I knew she had Waifu status

[@xboxisbetta]

“Your bigger than my dad!?” “That’s too bad for your mom” this skit was amazing.

[@DutchWeazel]

Comedy indeed 😄👍

[@tythanh4708]

ok

[@janm5854]

f*cking kids🤣

[@jimbob2252]

At one point during this game I was just running around looking at textures because I was in awe at the level of detail and atmosphere 😅

[@mylesaway2566]

lol, same 😅

[@amadeux5471]

@@homeuse-bw1ubbruh we all know that. Why do you even feel the need to mention RDR2?

[@manoeleduardoaraujofilho782]

@Home Use If you keep comparing everything you play to rdr2, then you'll never be able to enjoy anything.

[@criert135]

@Home Use Not at recreating an ancient magical school.

[@eddiebowles3]

16 TIMES THE DETAIL

[@rottekiwi]

That transition from Harry using flu powder to the sept of Baelor explosion was pretty nice

[@MrNH718]

The bell wiping out some bystanders gets me every time. 😂

[@courtkendell]

@@MrNH718BOOM 🤣

[@dedstring]

I cant express how good it is to see joe still have the same love and energy he had towards what he does after all this time, you can tell he genuinely enjoys it, I wish you the best man

[@davidwhite206]

If you do what you love you'll never work a day in your life. That's not exactly 100% accurate, but there is a lot of truth to it.

[@tesxfaye]

I really appreciate this comment and I agree. It’s a shame what’s been happening to joe lately.

[@josephbianco8405]

@@tesxfaye what’s been happening to him?

[@AlexSchwartzATV]

I know right. Joe is one of the best KZbinrs in the core meaning of the word. I know he has 3m subscribers but he still feels underrated.

[@dani_i8942]

Joe is a liberal tool who should be respected by no-one. do better and up your standards

[@starwarzfan49]

OJ: "you're bigger than my dad!" Alex:"I feel sorry for your mom" Omg that was great guys 😂

[@alispeed5095]

top tier line

[@Prestigewrldwyd]

“Show me a private room, tell me you’re looking for deek” OJ had me dying there 😂

[@danielporter3922]

Orgasma kedavra!!!

[@LukeLwil16Williams]

This game was incredible. And imagine what they could add in a sequel. We could have quidditch, the tri Wizard tournament, possibly delving more into Azkaban, or it could be even set at one of the numerous other wizarding schools in the world, such as the one they mention in Uganda. I’m so excited for more of these games

[@russellwilliams4317]

I really hope JKR does SOMETHING about this in the future and stops these wackos from ruining the original storyline or nosediving the franchise like they did with rings of power.

[@LukeLwil16Williams]

@@russellwilliams4317 But JK is really bad at making sequels to Harry Potter lol

[@Secret_Takodachi]

Man... you can tell someone is young from their enthusiasm for things that will eventually happen but suck. You'll figure it out, kid, hopefully. Don't just be another franchise slut like Star Wars or LOTR fans. Please stop buying trash just because you recognize the name. It's pretty clear you don't know what quality actually looks & feels like.

[@Artimidorus]

But the Triwizard made no sense in the books. A kid couldn't just say: "Nope, I have no idea how to do this." But instead had to TRY fighting a dragon or swimming under water for 45 minutes while adults watched and cheered them being mauled or drowning? They couldn't take a pass at all, else the entire thing with Harry could have been easily avoided by him just being allowed to say: "I'll take last." And the games also made no sense, as well as entire schools needing to move into the host school. "Well, screw your education for this year." If they did the Triwizard, it would be like four basic mini-games that would take like 30 minutes at most.

[@K4inan]

I truly felt like a kid again reading the books for the first time as I played Hogwarts Legacy. I explored every inch of the castle.

[@david_rocher]

the "too bad for your dad" line had me in tears. loved this review style coming back!

[@Iffy350]

“Your bigger than my mom.” “Too bad for your dad.” *JK Rowling has entered the chat*

[@Ryan-the-Rocketeer]

You got that quote Reversed

[@black-sv4gk]

3 angry reviews already. I think angry joe has returned

[@dannih4]

Im not a Harry Potter fan but I couldn't help but smile the entire time playing the game.

[@RCDW]

Y U NO LIKE HARRY POTTER!?

[@blackbearddmh1277]

Same here! I was in Middle School into Highschool when the movie crazy hit - I was never interested. The game is so awesome, I have a lot of fun playing it. Now, I'm even interested in watching the movies.

[@BowmansWorld]

@@blackbearddmh1277 read the books u child!

[@dannih4]

@Ryan Woodward i didnt say i don't like Harry Potter. I like Harry Potter franchise, just not a big fan. Not being a fan of something doesn't mean people don't like it.

[@mercerwing1458]

@@BowmansWorld Book is overrated tbh

[@elitehank862]

25:19 that is actually a reference to an essay harry and the gang had to write in the prisoner of azkaban book. it's about how during the salem witch trials, the witches that got captured would put a spell on the fire so that it tickled them instead of burning them. god! the amount of love the creators of the game have for this property is AMAZING

[@Phanthief95]

It’s absolutely insane how much stuff from the books & movies they put into this game. The casket of the Goblet of Fire in the Trophy Room, the Deathday Ballroom from the book of Chamber of Secrets, the One-Eyed Witch passage that leads to Honeydukes, & even little things like the statue of Boris the Bewildered right next to the Prefect’s Bathroom just like it’s described in the book of Goblet of Fire. There’s even a main quest that involves the Deathly Hallows!

[@thomasglover3834]

You guys like Harry Potter huh

[@jaythomas468]

That’s CRAZY attention to detail and the source material. Granted, I read the books like 20 years ago so I don’t even REMEMBER those specific details but it’s incredible that they thought to put them in, nonetheless.

[@TG-ge1oh]

@@thomasglover3834 Ssshhh 🤫 don't out us like that!

[@yarpen26]

Most of these references were most likely made by Rowling herself and I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out she was behind much of the artwork as well, the same way she had been for the original games. Of course they have to keep up the charade that she wasn't involved to placate the Twitter mob (which, as it turns out, is completely powerless when it comes to influencing consumers' choices, which is a good takeaway for the future), but I can assure you that she was, and intimately so. Log into the lead writers' inbox, you're sure to find hundreds of e-mail threads exchanged with Rowling.

[@flyingplantwhale545]

A major current gen game pushing for ambitious scope, content, and concepts, published by goddamn WB, and it actually delivers AND is not broken on launch? This game is truly an anomaly.

[@ssvineman]

Listening to Joe describe the combat makes me seriously question why the quick and painless death spell is somehow the one that’s forbidden.

[@zigsteenine8650]

Cause it has no purpose other than killing. Every other spell no matter how much more destructive or “painful” has other uses than just murdering someone

[@maxi1ification]

Because of its implications and complications. A quick, painless and traceless death is a nightmare to deal with regarding law enforcement. On the implication part, it is because it's got no other purposes than killing people, and one can never truly use an excuse of self-defense or similar, because there's plenty of options to incapacitare opponents and the Killing Curse REQUIRES killing intent, it does not work if that last part isn't there. So basically, it is a perfect assassination tool that only works when somebody truly wants to kill whatever they use it on despite always having other tools at their disposal, ergo it is forbidden.

[@zachrobinson6801]

Well it’s really because you can’t defend against it. It’s basically cheating.

[@MichieHoward]

Because AK has no there purpose then to kill and more importantly it is was the ease that one can use it that makes it terrible and unforgivable.

[@shadowsapphire100183]

I also don't believe they are 100% illegal to use. I think there's a Ministry of Magic job that is allowed, under strictly controlled circumstances, to use them. I might be wrong on that though.

[@zeldafreak598]

The skit where they list all the horrible things your character can do in Hogwarts Legacy is the funniest part of this whole experience. Voldemort who?? This fifth-year made him look tame!

[@Aedrion-]

He used the unforgivable curses. Every. Single. Day.

[@UltimatePerfection]

Too bad that if you use any of the bad spells you get the worst ending.

[@Clown_Syndrome]

@@UltimatePerfectionI'm just gonna spill it and say no you don't. I don't like spoilers, but I like liars less.

[@UltimatePerfection]

@@Clown_Syndrome Azkaban ending is a thing. If you use unforgivables, you get it.

[@DUTTAABHI914UEVER]

@@UltimatePerfection lol,no,u probably saw a mod.

[@michaelray1320]

The way you delivered “too bad for your mom” is a master class in line delivery hahahaha

[@popedizzled_mywizzle]

That shit made me literally laugh out loud 🤣

[@ChrisS-nj3ye]

@@popedizzled_mywizzle Same here lol

[@TheFIRESTARX]

Alex is actually a really good actor

[@AgentVamp]

It's a line that a 5 year old would use.

[@TheFlyingHeifer]

I played through the game and one thing I'd say is it gets boring fast. The spells are good, but there's not that many. There's not many enemy variety. Once you've seen the whole castle, it's a chore trying to run a mile to get to a location. Side quest or just go here kill the same enemy collective thing come back.

[@User-md3ul]

yeah it sadly still feels like a good movie set, not an immersive thing you can play around with a problem a ton of games have today

[@tickets23]

I don't think I've seen joe this happy to review a game in a long time. the joy that joe expressed for all the different sides of this game, I will definitely be getting this game now! good review joe!

[@williamyoung9401]

I don't even like Harry Potter, but seeing Joe this happy about ANY video game these days makes me want to play it. Are you paying attention, game developers? This is what video games are SUPPOSED to be.

[@arklytte]

It really is fantastic. If you're into Harry Potter at all, you can see that this is 1000% a labor of love, and a total love letter to the franchise. And if you just like open world games, with awesome combat, a solid story, and a metric fuckton of stuff filling the world, then it's good on those scores as well.

[@trindalas]

yea its a great game. I am a Ravenclaw myself. I am very much enjoying it, highly reccommend it.

[@MrEgofreak]

Check out his Horizon: Forbidden West review. Like with this review, he can't stop gushing about. Seeing reviewers act like kids in a candy store is always great to see!

[@pinkemoslayer6337]

Same same. I was probably going to get it eventually but now, with Joe's endorsement, I'm for sure going to be picking it up much sooner.

[@AGamerPS3]

You know it's a great game when Joe is having fun in the footage.

[@Gh0stGaminginc]

He makes fun with shit games...

[@Divinefapper]

If it had a combat not catered for babies it would be great, but holy hell is it boring to play due to zero challenge.

[@rehannoor4961]

@@Divinefapper yep only the combat is just too easy... even in hard difficulty its still too easy. at least its enough to fulfill my dream

[@jomareun]

​@@DivinefapperYou can't be seriously complaining about the depth of a combat system made accessible towards kids and teenagers.

[@sirfrosted3374]

@@Divinefapper it’s Harry Potter bruh

[@harty4707]

Deek´s friend quest had me legit depressed. Great game. I did not have high expectations but man, did I 100% this game like a mofo.

[@cartrellbouknight410]

Ong I seen the big spider and I knew deep down… 😵

[@heavenunderrebel]

game is bugged quest rescue biscuit ruined everything this is another cyberpunk2077 and brooms are not changing speed game is boring, all u do is killing goblins and spiders, can i watch another review like mine?

[@tSp289]

Apparently you can free a house elf, but only if you own a PS5. Seems a little odd that C19th muggle Britain was way more progressive than wizarding. I mean you've got witchy gay marriage in 1890, sure, but muggles had banned the slave trade in 1807. I know which of those two is more important.

[@netweed09]

I'd knock off a Mark (from 10) just because of AvraKadavra though. What,, were,, they ,, thinking?? 😳🤯🤯💫😂

[@DevaPein]

im not a real fan of harry potter, its super great to hear the fans got such a wonderful game. its really good to hear honestly.

[@BeastBetsDaily]

I feel the same way! In hopes one day I’ll be greeted with one of my favorites movies turned into a phenomenal game

[@scionofdorn9101]

It literally made me, a dilettante fan of HP at best, a super fan. Give it a go, it may surprise you and change your whole perspective.

[@GamingDualities]

any real gamer of harry potter fan know this game is not even close to being a complete game

[@TimeBucks]

That was an enjoyable video.

[@supriyakorsipati8289]

Super

[@hotactressvideo658]

Super

[@dethswurl117]

Seems like a paid boosted comment based on the channel

[@verse_shorts_]

It was awesome

[@DeathMetalMilitia305]

Careful. The trannies are coming.

[@grimmashley8422]

Maybe if they make a sequel, it could have your character entering the Ministry of Magic, getting to explore the different facilities and history, and you could take jobs as an Auror or an investigator of enchanted objects and creatures. Maybe it could even let you Obliviate muggles during a mission.

[@stephenstrange5663]

That would be an amazing game. I pretty much thought of myself as a 21 jump street auror lol,with my dragonskin coat and duelist mask making me not look like a student at all.

[@MrEgofreak]

They could put Quidditch in!

[@Durzaka]

I think that would fall apart extremely quickly. The Harry Potter Universe only works well in the constrained setting of the school. Any time you explore the greater magical world and its like looking at swiss cheese. Nothing makes sense, and a ton of the magic and wonder is lost once you enter the "real world"

[@kylegardner6272]

Sequel is alreadu confirmed

[@wolfey141]

@@kylegardner6272 I would love a kindom hearts 3 type sequel. Where you play the background character of the harry potter books whos actions actually help the canon happen. Kibnda like Sora did in KH3.

[@stayve.]

All these Angry Reviews have been so good lately. Dead Space gets the first 10/10 in a while and Forspoken had me cracking up the whole review 😂

[@ghost245353]

Other Joe has great acting XD

[@netweed09]

People were saying it's been great so far - I dunno for PC games: Forsaken ended up a massive disappointment (maybe even on about the scale of Anthem when you consider who the developers were and lessons of the past they didn't learn.) So it was great to see this doing so well.

[@jadedheartsz]

for me giving this mediocre-ass game a 10 really shot AJ's credibility, Forspoken is better fight me.

[@Skylancer727]

​@@jadedheartsz only thing I'll knock from HL is that the story is very heavy and you don't get much choice in it. Some have also critiqued the open world but I think the puzzles were far more varied than BotW which was praised as the savior of open worlds. 50 hours in I was still finding new puzzle types I hadn't seen before. And the school mysteries were pretty neat too.

[@R3TR0J4N]

dude, forspoken isnt a review, its a comedy bit 💀

[@noxthefriendlyghost]

This is the game in which I constantly, and I mean *constantly* , decide to do something in particular, then I *slightly* go off track for one second, just to "see what's around the corner", and 30 minutes later I find myself in the complete opposite side of the castle after solving 15 puzzles. I'm a super curious, story and exploration driven type of gamer, so that happens to me in other RPGs as well, but this one has that certain something to it. The way it entices you into exploring every single little corner is simply charming!

[@TheBlueEyedBastard]

Well said!

[@warrioremperor6320]

choices don't matter and combat is a joke

[@NoneofyourBusiness-iv6pi]

LOL I kept tellimg myself..."Stop picking up side quests" yet I kept picking up side quests. LOL I never do that in games

[@JustKelso1993]

​@@warrioremperor6320 I hate to break this to you but choices do not have to matter and the combat is perfectly fine if you don't expect some crazy combat system(which isn't needed to begin with). Gaming used to be straight up storylines without choices at all and they were perfectly fine. Hogwarts Legacy is mostly puzzles and logical thinking, combat is a secondary component.

[@warrioremperor6320]

@@JustKelso1993 Choices not mattering takes away everything from a choice idiot, combat is Dogsh t and the puzzles are similar

[@Jimbobfredthefirst]

The transition from Harry taking the flume to the Sept exploding was absolutely incredible. Hilarious and well done!

[@giangkim8789]

ok

[@vantruongthi9105]

ok

[@Thorerthedwarf]

He said trans. Get him

[@Kaidennadin]

It's so great to see genuine joy and excitement coming from Joe while playing this

[@HumanPerson_final]

As another person who’s been a Harry Potter fan since I was a little kid back in the late 90’s or whenever, I never thought at this point we’d get a Harry Potter game like this. So many failed attempts over the decades and suddenly we get Hogwarts Legacy? It’s not often we get nostalgic treats like this.

[@WabbaJackel_54]

@@HumanPerson_final Hogwarts Legacy kind of felt like a modern version of the Chamber of Secrets that EA made back in the day(at least the console version I also remember the PC port it was way more linear) could be remembering the free roam wrong but I remember flying the broom around Hogwarts and down to Hagrid's hut

[@iro6758]

Yeah, it gets him really geared up to call people racists and pedo's for not liking what they did to April in the new Ninja Turtles... Literally, though.

[@borris3768]

He got paid off

[@Allaiya.]

I definitely wasn’t expecting the combat to be as fun & satisfying as it was.

[@radicalxg8282]

The combat is definitely the highlight of the game, didnt even expect a harry potter gameplay could be that fun

[@michaelwesten4624]

you should play actual good games then

[@Skylancer727]

​@@michaelwesten4624 well how pray tell would we know what's good before we buy it? You kinda need to know what you like in the first place. And this game was good so...

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

Combat gets boring fast though.

[@damianhg4848]

@@michaelwesten4624 yeah, he totally shouldn't be having fun playing a game

[@HendriktheEight]

As you said it's a great foundation. I do wish they'd go for a more sim like game in the sequel. Go Bully with it. Have schedules and way more classes, better npcs for interaction, the house you picked should make a bigger difference, make the common rooms useful, morality system. I find it a bit funny that there are unforgivable curses in the HP world, but then you can freeze enemies and then shatter them up in small pieces and for some reason that is all fine and dandy. The kill curse is small beans compared to that lol.

[@scionofdorn9101]

Aye, somehow lighting people on fire, freezing them solid, and then tossing them into the air, only to smash them face first into the ground, shattering them is considered fair-play self-defense. 😆😂🤣 But kill them instantly? NOOOOO, that’s unforgivable forbidden magic.

[@laurakinney3767]

Because the spell used for freezing enemies and shattering them up serves other purposes rather than just murder. The Unforgivable curses were specifically designed for Murder, Torture and Control. They serve no other purposes.

[@laurakinney3767]

​@@scionofdorn9101because the spells used for those methods of killings serve a lot more purposes than just murder. It's a wizard's choice on how they choose to use those spells, Unforgivable Curses on the other hand serves no other purposes aside from killing, torture and control. They were specifically designed for that sake only.

[@akmal94ibrahim]

​@@laurakinney3767 Yep, it's like the difference between a knife and a gun. A gun is specifically designed to kill as quick as possible, like Avada Kedavra. A knife is used in the kitchen, as a tool to cut things, but you can also use it to cut a person until they bleed to death which is worse than straight up getting shot.

[@El_Rabbit]

If they're going to do a sequel to this one (which i believe they are doing it 'cause this game was a hit in sales), i kinda want a more Bully approach to the classes and side activities, wich can integrate the points system so that by the end of the game we can see how gryffindor always win because plot.

[@caboose512justinf.9]

Some exciting news for ya bud. They are remaking the game "Bully" 😏

[@Montesama314]

Gryffindor won because the supposedly heroic 5th Year Hufflepuff started using Crucio on people in the hallways for his own amusement.

[@mahaffer71]

JKR was involved they had to get her approval and wanted her to love it so it could be cannon in the harry potter world

[@REDDEADANDGTACLUB]

This is the reason the game shouldn't be rated 10/10... It simply feels like it's iterating on the Ubisoft formula instead of taking advantage of the school environment it has...

[@stefanlaterra5797]

Agreed, the first half of the game could be as a first year maybe this years characters sibling. Or just make it that in his 6th year he decides to follow the rules for the first half of the game

[@pedrokoury1352]

I felt the good vibes in this video. I hope they'll expand the game in future expansions...so good to see these guys still having fun and doing what they love!

[@dimitri4457]

The house distribution for Alex and OJ was just perfect! I can easily see Alex being the snooty know it all Ravenclaw and OJ being the happy go lucky Hufflepuff! Perfect skits as ever!

[@andrenalinvr]

You know you made a good game when Angry Joe isn't angry.

[@2genders-tk2ue]

He isn't the reviewer he used to be..I use to love his channel but the is so scared to be canceled..atleast that's what it seems like to me.

[@indubitablyhector]

​@@2genders-tk2ueAnd by that you mean he isn't mindlessly spouting hate for certain groups. The original comment was pointing out Angry Joe's entire shtick, being angry, which he still does all the time when he dislikes a game. Your username is very telling of what you actually mean.

[@lightinferno4490]

​@@indubitablyhectorAJ used to not hold back more. Becoming more PC is a byproduct of his success. Tale as old as time

[@Rifky809]

​@@lightinferno4490eh, at least he's still entertaining. Been watching his content since his terminator salvation review

[@GamingDualities]

Harry potter without open-world multiplayer elements? yaayks. Imagine Hogwarts but without friends.

[@GodWorksOut]

I started playing this game and I was so enchanted that I sat in the same position for 13 hours and didn’t even realize it. My body wasn’t happy with me 😂

[@FUNNYMANERICWHITE]

😂

[@userSf96ejBJ4]

good on you for liking the game so much reminder if possible to try to stretch, stand up for 5-10 minutes every now and then, at least that's what my doctor tells me lol

[@mahaffer71]

JKR was involved they had to get her approval and wanted her to love it. So it maybe cannon in the harry potter world

[@VonDutchNL]

13 hours? Hmm, that sounds a bit exaggerated. I'm sure you had to go to the toilet, drink, eat etc.

[@heavenunderrebel]

i sat on drugs 72 hours in league of legends homie

[@Yerlockk]

Just imagine walking around the neighborhood and you see AJ OJ and Alex just screaming spells loudly while pretending to be in excruciating pain dressed like Harry Potter characters. 😂

[@JakNasty69]

I'd run inside get my wand and join in

[@Andytlp]

Hah but its accurate. A student uses all the curses and kills probably a thousand people and other creatures and then goes back to studying like nothing. The game would be 10/10 if all that inevitably resulted to the main character turning evil. He's way worse than voldemort after just 20% progress into the game.

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

@@Andytlp Ted Bundy was way worse than Voldemort and he didn't even have magic

[@Ar1AnX1x]

pretending? with the method acting of OJ nobody would think they're pretending

[@ItachiUchiha-jv3rf]

​@@Ar1AnX1x 🤣

[@eurosonly]

Joe's neighbors every time he films a scene outside the house: hey, the neighbors are being weird again.

[@Quincy_Morris]

I live in Austin TX. Trust me. It’s not that weird. Our city motto is “Keep Austin Weird”

[@SvenskSork]

bet there's neighbor's with slipping slides and mini carnivals N shett. If you just go outside with a beer can where I live the whole village knows

[@Voltaic_Fire]

I must have cast revelio 2000 times but I explored every single inch of that game, it looked amazing and boy, talk about wish fulfilment. I wanted more lessons, I really did, I would happily sit through a whole real life year's magical school education.

[@scionofdorn9101]

Facts.

[@charliecomer6001]

Careful, Hermione was practicallythe schools bookworm and teacherspet, but even she felt a bit sleepy during binns class at times. But Agreed though I would need to brew some wideye potions for history of magic (the option to continue the conversation with Binns and qte of staying awake is a nice touch).

[@NuclearWinter69]

I've never been a potter fan but this game makes me jealous. I want a Gandalf game like this. And the increased focus on character animations, clothing and graphics is phenomenal.

[@dixen9116]

You mean you want a game with some passion? You don't want to just pay $70 to flick controller stick and mash buttons mindlessly? We should all buy and support games like these so shareholders start seeing the value in a good product

[@netweed09]

@@dixen9116 Yes, indeed. I barely know the 2nd thing about Harry Potter but I love a good Modern arcade action game and this is a _very_ Special entry. Lots of depth too, more than I have the time for at least! With games like these: Fun Wins. 💫

[@guers1210]

This has been my favorite Angry Joe vid in a long ass time going back to Joe actually talking with us with funny ass cuts with everyone, old school I loved it!

[@Y0G0FU]

This game is a visual love letter to the Harry Potter universe. Hogwarts Castle is full of details (even some super obscure that are mentioned maybe once or twice in the Books). The Devs clearly care about Hogwarts and the World. Its sad the game got cought in the JK Rowling controversy crossfire but man.. they did an amazing Job with the game and i hope they continue to make good games for this Universe :D

[@ErikWarhammer]

Rowling is the worst part of the franchise.

[@urg6923]

I honestly don't understand the whole boycott thing, boycotting Hogwart's legacy is not gonna hurt Rowling, at all. The only ones it'd hurt would be the studio that made the game, and the people working there.

[@KingOfBlades27]

​@@ErikWarhammer Kinda odd to say that when she is the one who has created the whole world 😂 And people are overblowing her statements. She has her right to have an opinion like anyone else.

[@nickamodio721]

@@KingOfBlades27 Sure, she can have her opinions, but it's still a shitty opinion to have... which, in my humble opinion, makes her kind of a shit person. That said, I chose not to boycott the game because she wasn't directly involved in its creation in any way. I'm happy to see the passionate and talented team responsible for creating this wonderful game getting the accolades they deserve and the sales to go along with it.

[@lyravain6304]

@@ErikWarhammer Frankly, she isn't. Her views are fairly tame. If you think her separating "women who menstruate from women who don't" is extreme, you've never been bullied, have you? Or at least never faced an ACTUAL racist or sexist person. Because they? They wouldn't refer to someone as "a woman who doesn't mensturate", they'd refer to them as an "it". "If it ain't a he or a she, then it's an 'it', like a thing or a dog, hurr durr durr".

[@Mohgenstein]

Angry Joe gave this magical Assasins Creed game a higher score than Elden Ring and RDR2 🤦

[@johnnyflannigan136]

So what? I haven't played it but supposedly its amazing.. Stop crying

[@MegaMerdeux]

Yeah it's an opinion just like yours. Now go cry somewhere else

[@danishiqbal2963]

How does it being assassin's creed in first time? It is nothing like AC.

[@iggswanna1248]

For me the most incredible thing in this game is the castle. It was made on a 1:1 scale of a real castle if there ever were a Hogwarts in real life. I cannot even fathom the amount of work it took to make Hogwarts so humongous and so detailed.

[@samuelflabra7326]

Exactly and not only that but the world outside the castle is massive as well. Loving this game so much. Haven’t had this much fun since rdr2.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

as someone who's not a Harry Potter fan in any shape or form the atmosphere and set design is so good, it just has that cozy and beautiful European architecture to how everything looks, how buildings and decor looks is amazing, the music is also pretty good.

[@TG-ge1oh]

It's a living breathing Hogwarts is what it is.

[@joeyxl3456]

Looks like they're after getting paid handsomely for their work too. Massive seller.

[@raresmacovei8382]

1:1? So it's even bigger than the one in HP5?

[@SolracNexus]

"It's a 10/10" I felt a great disturbance in gaming, as if millions of twitter freaks suddenly cried out in anger, and are suddenly harassing anyone who likes the game

[@borris3768]

not true really. The game is great and a lot of fun but not a 10/10. Maybe an 8 or 9.

[@xxx-pliskin-sniper-xxx8538]

@@borris3768 it doesn’t change the fact that a group of sad weirdos are melting down over a game about wizards 😂

[@Coeurebene1]

@@khaki_man he didn't cried out in anger and harass people... the game is really simplistic, if you're into deep RPGs it's far from a 10/10. to each its own.

[@gigabilly1160]

Angering Twitter freaks is the only good thing that came from HL, in fact this game is no better than average Ubisoft open world

[@jadedheartsz]

quiet nazi troll, sorry but Joe really let his nostalgia cloud his judgement here, Yahtzee's review is far more accurate, he said it started out good but once it got to the open-world stuff the facade was revealed and it turned out to be another jiminiy-cockthroat game with the same bland copy-pasted open-worlds fighting the same 2 enemies the whole time with a lame nonsensical plot. I don't even care about the controversy but the game truly looks like shit, Joe really lost credibility with this review IMO.

[@Janman1988]

quality stands on its own, so glad a game didnt fail to deliver

[@shannonbriggs100]

Got this game a few days ago. I didn’t have high hopes for it, if I’m honest. I wasn’t expecting anything better than a 7/10. Now I’m 20 hours in at level 22 and I’m hooked. So pleased with the game. It went far beyond my expectations. It’s everything my childhood self wanted when I bought my first Harry Potter game and got horribly let down after realising I couldn’t explore all of Hogwarts and it was incredibly linear and boring. This game though, it is just… **chef’s kiss** 10/10

[@GamingDualities]

why u sound like a bot? is this 1 game u ever played or what?

[@Sidera_]

Holy fuck Alex’s line delivery at 8:30 had me CRYING HAHAHAHAHA

[@RasnakJS]

The amount of angry reviews over the past year have been a great treat. Hope you're not working yourself too hard Joe

[@throwingdartsandbreakinghearts]

Less now than when he did it all himself. Stop praising mediocrity

[@Fartucus]

Im not but thank you for your consideration, make sure to smash that like button and to turn on your notifications so you never miss one of my angry reviews.

[@Zoxxies]

Angry Joe has his own GFUEL coming out, I’m assuming he’s on top of the world right now considering he’s been wanting his own flavour for years.

[@RasnakJS]

​@@throwingdartsandbreakinghearts probably because he's making a bunch of other content as well

[@GrippeeTV]

@@throwingdartsandbreakinghearts you’re dumb as hell if you think hiring help to offset time consuming tasks as the scale of your business improves is the practice of mediocrity lol

[@HectorinoX2]

I missed so much this kind of Angry Joe's Reviews, thanks for it

[@Kali_D_BeaR]

because the games were bad, Hogwarts Legacy did really brought us joy to play games again

[@carvinguptrails]

This is happy joe, not angry joe

[@kickupgamer]

Yeah, you are spot on Joe. I put in 40 hours in like a week and I haven’t done that since Witcher 3. It definitely made me feel very nostalgic. It is a fantastic game. So much fun.

[@GamingDualities]

selling your soul to bots. very disappinting

[@kickupgamer]

@@GamingDualities good thing yours and everyone else’s opinion means nothing to me. Have a good day and a fantastic 2024! 🥳

[@LotR4Lyfe]

Amazing game! One thing I got way too excited for was did anyone else for a moment think we’d be able to go underwater more so than we did with the “Diving” side mission? That would be something awesome to add in a future game. Bubble charm or take some gillyweed.

[@jazzman7320]

Absolutely, I reckon gillyweed, Diagon and Nocturn Alley, London and greater interaction with the NPCs is almost guaranteed for the sequel. I hope they do at least one more sequel before showing us other schools!

[@jaredsamples6969]

Or turn into aquatic life, like Viktor krum.

[@dsadawrware]

I actually avoided that quest for a long time as I hated the ideea of going underwater, but the merfolk quest where you do go into an underwater cavern was cool, albeit too short and I dont think you ever see merfolk in the game

[@OmegaSpark01]

Two 10/10 titles this year and we just got started? This is looking to be an awesome year for gaming!

[@Greatsharkbite]

what was the other one they gave a 10/10

[@TheSleepyMarnie]

​@@Greatsharkbite dead space remake

[@Scantronacon]

Y'all know RE4 gonna join the 10 club too. There's no way that's gonna miss. I bet on it

[@judgedread9724]

@@Scantronacon Probably. Capcom are a buncha clowns, but they've been nailing the RE remakes at least.

[@kevinmillerwaynejr5852]

@@judgedread9724 Well the Third one was eh but easily the weakest remake they did tbh

[@ZiroWatt]

From the opening cutscene, when the thestrals appeared, I knew this was made by people who actually genuinely like harry potter and want to make the game amazing

[@scottmcqueen3964]

For sure, but it wasnt just that, it was like oh shit, they really just killed that dude in the first 30 seconds 🤣🤣

[@netweed09]

The effort they put into authenticating the whole experience alone is exemplary.

[@TG-ge1oh]

I think for me it would be this year's apex example of silent storytelling. That particular moment is on par with Arcane's Ekko-Powder fight.

[@alwaysdisputin9930]

@@scottmcqueen3964 We've got unfinished business with that dragon. The DLC kind of unfinished business.

[@oddfreaks6452]

Damn it’s been so long since I’ve seen a 10/10 from Joe. I love this game to bits (I named my first to Thestrals: Morticia and Gomez and got them breeding). Everything in it has been such a wonderful experience that I’ll never forget and keep playing for a while.

[@efesezer8206]

youı are kidding right? the review just before this one got a 10 aswell (deservedly so) . back to back 10's for the first time ever and you say this lol

[@jamesvalkyrie7469]

​​@@efesezer8206 think the first back to back 10/10s for Joe was Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok but those were movies. Edit: Oh yeah and he gave Infinity War 10/10 right after too.

[@efesezer8206]

@@jamesvalkyrie7469 he even said on twitch the other day that he holds on from making a warhammer mortal empires review just so not to give 3 consecutive 10's.

[@scionofdorn9101]

Dude, BRILLIANT name for your thestrals. I should have thought of that.

[@whitewalker9862]

I'm not a HP fan but this game really looks great with its amazing details. Imagine if an open world Middle Earth RPG made like this much detail and love for the lore.

[@YokomichiSilver]

Well there is the The Lord of the Rings Online MMO but it is from 2007. For now that's as close as we can get until they decide to make another open world Middle Earth

[@SinarBaru-bp4jx]

And this game was the long lost sequel of bully 2 despite its the PG version

[@netweed09]

Going by Hogwarts Legacys timeline, it will take almost a decade of love, care & attention to detail. Generally, sheer effort.

[@Nachumbox]

Shadow of Mordor and War

[@ubiergo1978]

​@@Nachumbox "for the Lore"

[@PotatoesFromSaturn]

I just remembered why I love this channel. This review was top tier KZbin content holy shit.

[@TheBeastNC]

That's why we love AJS, giving a little piece of old school KZbin era.

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

The Hogsmeade Shop side quest mission is one of the best in the game, it was like visiting Disney’s Haunted Mansion. I was a bit disappointed with the actual shop you own, all you can sell is gear at a slightly higher price than the other stores. It would have been nice to sell other materials like animals products or potions.

[@Vislow]

Those are PlayStation exclusives

[@TheDravic]

Sony is the most antihuman company on the planet for this one.

[@Uldihaa]

But you get one of the best outfits in the game, especially for Slytherins.

[@gamerdweebentertainment1616]

@@Vislow I was thinking wtf was he on about, I don't remember Hogsmead shop side quest... and haunted mansion?

[@TheDravic]

@@soundwavesuperior6761 exclusive content is evil and I absolutely despise anyone defending these awful practices. I wouldn't wish exclusivity deals taking away other people's fun on my worst enemy, absolutely disgraceful.

[@Foob2TheR]

I honestly can't believe he gave this a 10/10

[@donmeisner4438]

Narh me too. I mean its a decent game for sure. 7-8 maybe but not a perfect 10/10. The game lacks a good social system where you can interact with many of the npcs instead of them just being background filler that disappears at night

[@Cruddy129]

@phantomxero1x447 this game is known to basically have a fanbase that is ready to punish people for daring to have criticisms

[@Toy1er]

Joe used to have much higher standards for a 10. If he gave out a 10 in the past it basically meant that the game was highly original and close to perfect. 10/10 means perfect so even really good games would only get a 9. Obviously Joe is compromised like any mainstream game reviewer. It's an industry like any other. There are billions of dollars at stake and the publishers want to move units. If that means buying off reviewers so be it.

[@rensb9214]

@@donmeisner4438i would prefer they just don’t talk, every character is annoying and agreeable as fuck.

[@elderwitch8632]

He got stupefied

[@afedorchak77]

Its honestly nice to see Avalanche score such a W with this title. Goes to show you should never judge a studio based on its previous work( they did a lot of animated film games prior). Good on them for surprising us all with how well this was done

[@david_rocher]

hi Asmon

[@greedgod5827]

Honestly avalanche to me never had a bad track record like I enjoyed the mad max game they made, the just cause stuff can be hit or miss

[@redshared]

The most true statement ever!

[@thiagoporto8001]

@@greedgod5827 not the same Avalanche.

[@zoeysnow8451]

@@greedgod5827 different company. People mix up Avalanche studio and Avalanche software.

[@SidPil]

A 10/10 from other reviewers means its a masterpiece, but from Angry Joe? Its Art.

[@G_Moos]

A 10/10 from IGN means nothing

[@borris3768]

he was paid off

[@anthonygregory6797]

Nobody that reviewed Hogwarts Legacy and gave it a 10 out of 10 was paid to....🤦‍♂️😂😭 Those who hate, or tried bullying people into not playing it, or those who tried boycotting Hogwarts Legacy would say something like that. I gave it a solid 10. I'm just some random gamer, the consumer....

[@netweed09]

Way to spoil the rating for others? This is the reason I don't check comments for reviews at 1st. 🙄

[@SidPil]

​@@netweed09 bruh did you not expect the comment section to comment on the video?

[@twalker5801]

I had to take my wife's picture when she first got on her broom and flew around Hogwarts. Biggest smile I've seen in months!

[@travixo]

Not sure if that’s a good thing bro… lol

[@Giathirds]

Same I wasnt even into harry potter but this game has so much soul to it. Has me on the 4th movie already.

[@JerryReyes]

Im actually pretty disappointed that this is one of the few games Joe has given a 10/10 in over 15 years. Let me start off by saying that the beginning of this game was AMAZING. if you are a harry potter fan then experiencing the castle for the first time is probably everything that you would've hoped for. It felt alive, you had the moving staircase, secret rooms, ghosts, animated paintings, quirky students and classes etc. You get to experience nearly everything that makes Harry Potter feel intriguing, and it's probably the best harry potter game ever made. If you are a casual gamer or someone whose nostalgia will carry you through almost anything, then I recommend this game 100%. In fact, I would recommend this game to anyone who is feeling even a little nostalgic because you will satisfy that urge to experience harry potter without a doubt, although be warned that you may end up caring a little bit less by the end of it since it might not feel as magical once you've experienced it all yourself. As a game, I think this game fails at quite a lot and it doesnt do anything new. It doesnt perfect the formula nor does it revolutionize anything. I give it a 6/10 but definitely a must buy for some people. After the first 10 hours or so, the stuff that impressed me on a first look, started to feel like routine. I wasnt impressed anymore by the moving staircases and paintings. You realize that everything is the same, over and over again. the castle stops feeling alive and begins to feel scripted. The mission structure began to overstay its welcome and it made me realize that every mission felt the same(both main and side quests). The npcs end up feeling very one-dimmensional, oftentimes only interacting with you if they're trying to give you a mission. They talk to the player as opposed to the character. towards the middle of the game, I ended up getting more and more frustrated at the level requirements to progress the story. I was being forced to do boring side quests just to complete the storyline(I usually dont mind side quests). at the end of it all, the story itself wasnt worth the effort. The combat is indeed fun but the enemy variety is extremely lacking. Every encounter feels the same. The spells are cool when used in conjunction, but even this is limited by the fact that you only have four spells available at a time and are required to switch pages for different loadouts. This would be fine, if you didnt have an abundance of useless or highly situational spells that take up these slots. You have to equip a spell to summon a crafting table, to conjure up food for animals, to conjure a brush to pet them, to repair broken things. The process of assigning these slots is not only tedious because its very easy to assign the wrong thing, but also quite cumbersome for the first 2/3s of the game. it slows the fights down and discourages you from using your spells the way you want to since youre more than likely going to need to reassign something mid battle. The biggest motivation to level up in the middle of the game was being able to upgrade the amount of pages that i could have simply to reduce the amount tedium that came with this system. I could go on and on. I really wanted to like this game. Even my wife was really intrigued at first and was enjoying watching me play but she also got bored after the first section. I understand that he is entitled to his opinion, but I would have hoped for a bit more objectivity from angry joe. This is definitely not a great 'game'. It might be a 10/10 'experience' for some. But for any veteran gamer, the flaws should stick out like a sore thumb. Giving this game a 10/10 over SO MANY amazing games that DO perfect the formula and DO revolutionize aspects of gaming is a great disservice to those games.

[@jimmykarlsson2567]

I hear you. Having play all kinds of games for almost 33 years now. This is not a 10/10 material, maybe at most 8/10

[@N1ghtF4ll3r]

Okay but Alex’s skit on getting sorted, fuckin 10/10

[@spyderbyte4271]

The panning shot to hogwarts in the intro truly felt like a celebration of this universe. I absolutely loved every second of this game.

[@reizak8966]

This is one of your best reviews yet! Little Joe as a 12-year-old is just too funny! 😂

[@djdravax5412]

But totally believable.

[@tSp289]

Except a first year would be 11. But nm.

[@reizak8966]

@@tSp289 There were always those kids in school that either had really early or really late birthdays though. I was always the youngest in my class because my birthday was right on the line between school years.

[@tSp289]

@@reizak8966 Suppose so, though I'd guess it's more likely that he chose 12 becauseit's because the school system is different in the US so he's guessing. In the UK it's 11 for secondary school.

[@djdravax5412]

@@tSp289 11 is just the age in which you're allowed to start at Hogwarts, it doesn't mean you have to be 11 when you start. Students at Hogwarts were typically age 11-12 when they started and can even be older.

[@karabomaja8484]

Those little Goblins dancing to the rap song is the best thing that ever happened in video game history🤣

[@mojo_joju]

I love the cute little treasure chests with the eyes. They’re surprisingly expressive for a loot chest. The way they look so disappointed with themselves when the protagonist steals their stuff is so adorable

[@TheViper4Life]

I love when you reveal yourself right after opening them. They seem to have more of this "oh...you son of!" look to them. It's so good.

[@Cinedragon]

@@TheViper4Life Yes! I do that too! To rub it in their faces that I outsmarted them! Muhahaha

[@alwaysdisputin9930]

It was nice later spoiler coming to a door & thinking "how tf do i get in?" & then I see the eye above the door

[@1rotzy]

They're disappointed? I thought they were trying to catch the last glimpses of light before darkness takes them forever because we just literally ripped them in half.

[@tj3603]

I feel bad for little fuckers. They squeal like a beaten dog after you rob them, it's sad.

[@mikeyjeanson]

this game is a great stepping off point for the future, I think if the story continues with an older character maybe 17(senior year) they'll be able to do so much. More branching paths and more tonally aware with greater interaction with the NPCs

[@Superbad22]

Joe I’ll be honest I haven’t watched your videos in a number of years but I’m so happy that you’re still doing great and that these angry reviews have not skipped a beat. This review has definitely gotten me back on board to checking the channel more often again

[@truongtran-sl6rh]

ok

[@carvinguptrails]

But this game is far from a 10.. it’s more like a 6. His reviews have gone downhill. Might be sponsorships. I blame G fuel 😂

[@clownworld4655]

Same

[@clownworld4655]

@@carvinguptrails you do realize it’s subjective

[@carvinguptrails]

@@clownworld4655 agree it’s subjective. But a 10 might be a stretch for anyone. Harry Potter is awesome though

[@TheSauceYouGetLostin]

I had a different experience when it comes to the combat; the Targeting wouldnt target the person I wanted to or switch off the person I'm trying to target even with the target lock causing me to waste spells. Like if a blue shield stood too close to a yellow shield your character will switch to that enemy and your spell would bounce off. It was just frustrating to fight more than 2 enemies at a time because of it.

[@JamesCartermusic]

Cause it’s based off camera targeting and it’s very sensitive. It’s the main targeting it wants you to use. You could have just turned it off completely in settings which is completely different than target lock. It plays great. Not so great if you’re a clunky movement kinda person or one that panics often.

[@CFLaughs]

Does anybody remember how the chamber of secrets game let you hit people with Flippendo and they would say things like "Ouch!" and "Harry stop it!" I would've messed around with all the other students in Hogwarts Legacy if they reacted in a similar way! 😅

[@hassathunter2464]

"Wingardium leviosa" "Oh Harry, sttaaaaahp!"

[@CFLaughs]

@@hassathunter2464 Yeah I really want them to make it an update one day!

[@spiralflame88]

If you're a fan of the Wizarding World then I can see why you would give this game a 9 or 10. They did a pretty damn great job with just exploring the world.

[@MaSs1V31]

Well the world design itself is good, but the game overall is definitely not even close to a 9 with those fetch side quest severe repetitiveness and robotic npcs

[@williamchavez9131]

​@MaSs1V31 I'd give the game a solid 8, it's a great game just a few issues and wish there was a bit more interaction with the environment👍

[@polski8bit]

I'm a fan and I wouldn't even give it an 8. They definitely have a great foundation with the combat and how they've modeled the world, but the actual content is VERY lacking. Like you either do fetch quests, or repetitive and shallow side activities. One of them is literally just landing on a platform. No precision, no challenge, just fly up to a random platform and dismount. Congrats, that's content right there. Main story is serviceable, not great not terrible, but the cutscenes are amazing. Outside of them, even with the relationship stories with the trio in the game, you basically do the same thing as in the shallow open world, just with more cool cutscenes and actually decent writing, especially with Sebastian. But then you also have the game become basically a Revelio, aka another Witcher sense sim. But again, it's nothing groundbreaking or even top of the line. As a game it's just serviceable. I'm not saying it's bad, because they clearly have potential to make the sequel great and so I'm glad it sells like hot cakes. It's just not that great, I've enjoyed it enough to put 52h into it, but I'm never going back to replay it, cause there's frankly nothing TO replay.

[@crimsoniroh]

He gave it a 10 out of 10. There was no 9, but yea, I understand what you mean regarding other reviewers.

[@talkingpie1]

​@@MaSs1V31 main story kicked ass. Many side quests are great. So some are small ones. Who cares? More content is a good thing.

[@CriticalNobody]

While Hogwarts legacy is made well and is likely a dream game for Potter fans, I think it's let down by the formulaic open world design and missing QoL elements. A mark all as read button for menus, faster transitions between those menus, a universal transmog option instead of having to reapply looks every time you get new gear, an in-game quest list/cycler, not changing my active quest when I pick one up on the way etc. Small things that add up over long play sessions.

[@MaadhatsOnTwitch]

I can't believe he gave a fetch quest sim a 10. As far as immersive environments go it absolutely killed it, but the combat, characters, and overall story of the game are subpar at best. You aren't a student at Hogwarts you're an undercover detective. I'd give it a strong 6

[@ananousous]

The 10/10 is absolutely ridiculous

[@Foob2TheR]

Yes we are the few that agree, maybe a 8 at best. But people that love HP world are biased. I'm a straight up nerd for HP stuff, have read through all the books multiple times and am active in forum discussion about HP. But I am also a gamer and could not say this game is a masterpiece.

[@deannolan248]

I really am left marveled by how good Hogwarts Legacy is. It felt so easy to mess up yet everything is flawless. It's truly a dream come true for Harry Potter fans.

[@benwasserman8223]

Yeah but, and this sounds weird for a video game, I wanted to attend more classes. Like give us extra in-class lessons to improve our spell power, rather than an upgrade tree.

[@amberace]

It's not flawless but its a very good game.

[@human1066]

It's certainly not flawless on PC

[@Darkeus1]

​@@human1066 Runs pretty flawless on my system. PC will always have computers that have issues because of the vast variety of configurations..

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

It's good as some nostalgia pandering fan service mass consumable modern handholdy tangle. As a video game, less so.

[@firefighter17687]

Love the game. Played for like 33 hrs so far and having fun just doing all the side stuff. Only recently reached the fall season after doing the first trial. So much stuff to do and keep me entertained.

[@cheoa1473]

ok

[@jp3813]

@@cheoa1473 ko

[@Whocares158]

33 hours? Pfft, I play three playthroughs going on my fourth.

[@niftyjimmymack]

This game turned me into a freaking harry potter fan, never really got into fantasy stuff growing up as I preferred scifi. But this game has diving into the wizarding world head first, I can't wait to see what this developer does in the future, inside & outside of the wizarding world.

[@trenkys9327]

Same...Star Wars and LotR are my main, I basically preordered just to piss off reddit 🤣. But man I've spent last month just in HP lore and this game

[@Rebel3000]

Harry potter has ALOT more going on than the movies suggest, Pottermore actualy updates the canon lore, even J.K. herself makes posts on things like characters backstories, it keeps going

[@Threesnap]

Read the books. 10x better then the movies, movie producers didn't know certain characters were important. So you only see them like once in the beginning then they come in for the important part at the end of the series

[@Rebel3000]

@@Threesnap they did GinnyxHarry dirty, they did Ron dirty, but theres things that the movies did much better, like the battle of the Deparent of Mysteries. Ill say its worth experiencing both

[@PikaLink91]

@@trenkys9327 It's funny because both Star Wars and LotR are chock full of elements I love about fantasy and sci-fi, yet for some reason none of them grabbed me like HP did.

[@ihaveasecret9539]

Bro gave this a higher score than Resident Evil 4, Spider-Man 2 and Baldur’s Gate 3.

[@anthonyt1t5]

Really?! Wow. The amount of love towards baldurs gate 3 is astounding. Thought it would rank higher. Never personally played it but it looks cool

[@nathanstrimpel1550]

The first video I ever saw off this channel was the Aliens vs. Predator game review back in 2010. I played the game and LOVED it, and wanted to see what this random KZbinr had to say about it. It’s crazy how far you’ve grown since then ❤ keep it up

[@christineagosto5485]

I love seeing Joe being so happy, like a little kid!!!

[@RobertSela]

There is a good mod that makes Aurors chase you and throw you into Azkaban if you are seen using unforgivable curses. Mods are your best friend in this game, they provide the experience still lacking in an already great game, and make it into one of the greatest games of the last decade overall.

[@dsadawrware]

yes for me just the mod that makes alohomora from a meh puzzle to an ACTUAL instant unlock spell helps so much with enjoying the game

[@Waydewilson89]

​@@dsadawrware play on story mode to have instant unlock

[@robertivey7644]

Hogwarts Legacy 2 you start the game fighting the Villain of the game. He beats you and uses Obliviate on you and you wake up in St Mungos. Then you spend the first half of the game remembering everything you forgot with Flashbacks. Include in some new spells, potions and creatures along with making the introduction for each quest house specific.

[@russianFB7442]

This is such a great review. Brings me back. No micro transaction, live service bull,... just a solid game!!!!! 10/10 in my book :)

[@yaqinmalul6467]

Cant wait to buy the game thx

[@warrioremperor6320]

It's shallower than base Skyrim with no dlc and no mods

[@tripxez8478]

9 outta 10

[@crashMYbandicoot-iv8mw]

It’s a 7/10 at best don’t listen to these payed reviewiers who get free games trust me you’ll see

[@warrioremperor6320]

@@tripxez8478 Your brain is inferior and a puddle if you thought this shallow game was 9/10

[@belowaveragedudewithanopin2249]

Wow this has been a great year for gaming so far

[@islandhopper78]

And we still have resident evil 4 to go among other great titles. Can’t wait!

[@Scantronacon]

​@@islandhopper78 when it drop? Bruh this year is crazy

[@islandhopper78]

@@Scantronacon March 24th so In about two weeks!

[@goldhound4389]

Dbz Budokai Tenkaichi 4 gonna be 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@badreedinedjellali1328]

I think seeing howgrty legacy and dead space remake and hifi rush not have this woke carp is a good sign that developers knows woke story are failing imean even movies are good again

[@ibeennerfed7019]

“your bigger then my dad that’s to bad for your mom” was the highlight of my day thank you for that 😂

[@AmariMarvelous]

😂

[@borris3768]

You must be 10 years old

[@Virtual_Citizens_Gaming]

Joe completely glanced for the fact that NONE of your choices matter in the game.

[@kainightingale253]

Ikr? The game was kinda empty & shallow, it felt more like a tourism ad than a story 😅