Hogwarts Legacy | Map Design Done RIGHT

[@DarkSpaceStudios]

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[@AhmadWahelsa]

speaking of map design, will you review Deus Ex Mankind Divided? some Bethesda games (especially Dishonored and Elder Scrolls), Yakuza games, and Witcher 3?

[@juliajuanafernandaalvarez1456]

I think they really nailed Hogwarts in the game. It´s a perfect mix of the different movie versions, the books and some own designs and yet it really feels like Hogwarts, like how it should be and it gives the warm and homely feeling of the first films. It´s so detailed and I love spending time there. Probably the best and most detailed version we have ever gotten of Hogwarts.

[@lukegki6072]

I may agree, but it is not so close to be books version at all. You can check my analysis called Hogwarts by LukeGki

[@fr1sti756]

wow it is a really nice blog@@lukegki6072 is it completely finished?

[@Nathan-Croft]

Thank you Dark Space for this great analysis as always, your editing is insane.

[@Garrison64]

The only thing I would change on the castle design is the windows. It needs more clear glass to open it up. The books mention Harry looking out the windows on a number of occasions. Also with this castle being completely open and not a loaded zone, like we always had in the past, it would be perfect to show that off by being able to look outside. The top room of the headmaster’s area is a perfect example of this. It has a wonderful view of the surrounding countryside from inside. More areas could benefit from this. I love the stained glass but some clear here and there would have helped a lot.

[@luciacastille]

I agree with you but I think the reason why was because glass was hard to make transparent in large sheets in the medieval era so having large windows might break some immersion. I still think they could have done it well, though

[@Maxxxim1]

Unfortunately I think our consoles are not near powerful enough to do that. But yeah, that was a wish I had before the game released

[@KemiZaki]

That's what I thought about Slytherin common room. We have that beautiful view to the Black Lake and only 3 windows.

[@JimC607]

Nothing butters my bread like a nice big, hard, red obligatory arrow in a thumbnail

[@ivanmultiverse]

It's a miracle this game's content isn't shredded to pieces and instead sold as a whole package, Rockstar Ubisoft and many others should make notes

[@omarsabir1210]

Judging from how long the epilogue from rdr2, rockstar could have easily sold it separately as dlc and people would Parise rockstar. Rockstar is definitely not one of those companies you mention.

[@ivanmultiverse]

@@omarsabir1210 You might be right, I just miss their golden years before GTAV came out..

[@galacticmaui2]

Rockstar? They have some of the most content filled games ever made. Minus that mention agree with your sentiment

[@itselizauwu]

Idk bro, the Quiddich DLC ain’t gonna sell itself

[@khursaadt]

@@itselizauwu It's strange that you are talking about the Quidditch DLC, even though the devs have not yet announced that they are working on such DLC.

[@yashbhardwaj3392]

Hey youtube recommended me the video instantly . They really had something going for the gta clone ones . Cant wait to start playing this game after a month or two . Till then the anticipation is just KILLING me from inside

[@marresjepie1887]

One of the greatest, and most detailed, games I've ever played. Even with the weird hiccups in the fps (on PC). The design of the environments is absolutely stunning. Added to that, it's actually using some of the most beautiful locations in the UK as inspiration. It's supposed to be Scotland, but it has many, màny elements of Devon and the Lake District in it. (For those that want to 'feel' the Harry Potter world for realz, I'd suggest a trip to Devon, and the region around Watersmeet in particular. ( Advantage compared to Scotland in summer: WAY less Knuts/Mosquito's.. 😋 ) Oh.. and I néed that free flying 'drone cam' plugin... One tiny caveat with the game when You really want to role-play and immerse Yourself : You can pet all the cats.. but You cannot sit.. ànywhere. Wasted opportunity. Inviting chairs, even love seats, and benches in all shapes and sizes.. but You Just. Can. Not. Sit on them.. (I'm not the only one grumbling about that, mind You.. :P ) My hope is for a handy modder to get that flaw fixed. They did it for GTA5...

[@shellshocktm]

I've already sunk 80 hours into this game and I'm still having fun exploring the world. There are a few optimization issues on PC but nothing game breaking. The combat was better than I had anticipated. I would like to add that going around doing every puzzle may get old fast for completionists because they're somewhat lacking in variety and it just turns into a list that you're ticking things off.

[@ShadowMan64572]

We NEED a Lord of the Rings game made by this team.

[@parvdhillon2465]

And Game of thrones game

[@Abdulrahman99699]

I wasn't expecting BadgerGoodger... Amazing. Why isn't he mentioned in title

[@manoeleduardoaraujofilho782]

Can't wait to get my copy ❤. Not only is this a dream come true for HP fans, but also a banger of a game for both non HP fans and more casual players. I know the year just started, but we could definetely be looking at a strong Goty contender.

[@BradWoodburn]

Avalanche - "So, exactly how hard are you going to convince people to play our game?" This guy - "YES!" Still, he's not lyin. It's simply amazing!

[@salamanderavem3782]

Wish the game wasn’t getting hate I feel people are overlooking the art that goes behind it

[@Phantomdude]

People hating this game would never appreciate art. Some of them have even started calling the game anti semetic for having goblin enemies

[@salamanderavem3782]

@@Phantomdude the goblin theory was proven wrong THEY ARE GOBLINS!!!! I feel the people who complain about those side of things dont know how fantasy writing works

[@Rebcap05]

@@Phantomdude And you don't understand empathy, ironic.

[@brodyasher1305]

@@Rebcap05???

[@martinritchie7576]

Except you spend all your time out of Hogwarts fighting against everything that moves instead of actually being in classes in a school.

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

I just played the game one year on, and what disappoints me the most is that there is no interaction to go to sleep during night time, or any punishment system being put in place. I feels like an interloper being present among students who goes to class and do stuff and I am just wandering around the castle doing side mission. I really expect something like Bully tbh.

[@XtReMeReMoTeR]

I enjoyed every single second of this video, even the ad 😄 Keep up the good work ❤️

[@petersomogyi3280]

Did ANYBODY play the Order of the Phoenix game? It was one of the best games from my childhood. I'm still fascinated by how much detail they have packed in a game from 2007 that ran on a PS2 when the PS3 was already out.

[@ActuallyZee]

Best game I've played in YEARS, world, characters, combat, and graphics.

[@rahulverma8774]

That advertisment placement was amazing 😂 And yes this is not sarcasm i really liked it

[@ObviousMalcolm_PLUS]

Bruh that was the smoothest sponsor transition ive ever seen. I was wondering where the hell this argument point was gonna lead to. I was not disappointed

[@nhproductions7705]

cant forget the obligatory arrow

[@Goale36134]

Got a like from me just for that lol

[@Alex.Waddington]

This map is the closest thing to a “perfect map” since RDR2

[@peterharz5938]

How was rdr2 close to perfect?😅

[@Thomas_Angelo]

This game is so beautiful and well crafted.

[@sinsan0374]

Sounds like an awesome real estate promotional video 😂

[@Jpik72]

Clicked because the big red arrow in the thumbnail, truly inspiring content from the dark space channel!

[@DarkSpaceStudios]

Your being inspired is inspiring me

[@AmEg]

This whole game is truly amazing. It's a dream come true for any Harry Potter fan and a place to spend hundreds of hours for a Potterhead. I can't even describe how beautiful the castle is and how breathtaking it is every single time. This map of Hogwarts and Hogsmeade is A M A Z I N G. Avalanche did a great job. If they only could introduce a photo mode in the summer update they're planning, i'm gonna photograph every single piece of it. Great video anyways

[@rachelsmith6820]

I think they could have done better in hogsmeade. Good start but it needs more interaction with other students and shops. Also why are other hogwarts students wandering the paths? What are they doing out in the middle of no where? What am I doing in the middle of no where with virtually no classes to attend and no curfew? Also we start sneaking into the restricted section but later do not need to put on our invisibility cloak?

[@Pappalardium]

4:35 Gifs before gifs were invented

[@romanblaunt]

And how long did it take the developers to make the impressive map???

[@TheRadPhoenix]

Finally! A game that is truly excellent. Avalanche software have really outdone themselves. They are giving Rockstar a run for their money.

[@tinystar3010]

It's a great game but no. They aren't giving Rockstar any challenge at all. Hogwarts Legacy isn't even the same type of game as anything they do. The closest competitor for Hogwarts would maybe be Skyrim? Oblivion? That magical genre of rpg based games. And I'd say it's on par with Elder Scrolls, but still not better. I absolutely loved Hogwarts Legacy too, but I'm not gonna blindly say its better than anything else out there. Especially not going to compare it to a company that doesn't really focus on this segment of games. Rockstar is more focused on multiplayer worlds now.

[@ShadowMan64572]

@@tinystar3010 To me the game literally feels like Witcher 3 but in a Harry Potter setting. The way you do quests and such is literally just like Witcher 3.

[@fran131415]

This video is insanely good. I didn't want it to end!

The only thing I hated about it was the foggy greenish color, I had to mod it to adjust to a more natural color, tint and reduce the fog.

[@lucasnagydarkspace]

The map do be big though

[@rochelimit55555]

damn Ravenclaw common room

[@hobojoe4910]

Avalanche really did just come out of the blue, make one of the greatest open world games (quite literally rivalling Rockstar levels of quality) and then just go back into hibernation.

[@Borkerando]

It's a true Legacy of Hogwart.

[@sky_rig]

did you get a new voice?

[@VamsiMohanKrishnaVadrevu]

Such a detailed world building by the developers. I just wish they started it with Unreal Engine 5 instead of UE 4. It would have been even more awesome. Perhaps they can re-master it in UE 5 and make it even more spectacular.

[@notlegitkoolaid4911]

The map looks awesome just want them to add more interactivity into the world.

[@awiseauthor3456]

That's how I feel about most open world games nowadays, especially Ubisoft

[@notlegitkoolaid4911]

@@awiseauthor3456 ye fr, its kinda crazy how little you can do at times

[@gabrielreid4950]

​​​@@awiseauthor3456 RDR2 is one of the only open world games I've played that has felt interactive and living, even then it isn't perfect and definetly use some improvements, like any game

[@CleverDragon]

Please fix your audio settings. The high pitched hussing sounds are not fun to listen to.

[@DarkSpaceStudios]

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that. Can you let me know what type of device/audio setup you're using, and an example from the video where this is occurring? This will help me to replicate the issue and avoid it in the future.

[@CleverDragon]

​@@DarkSpaceStudios during the voice over any S and C sounds create a sharp high pitch sound. I tied using my phone speakers and the audio is the same as my Vizio 5.1 surround sound setup for my TV.

[@CleverDragon]

Maybe my ears are too sensitive to these sounds I particular.

[@DarkSpaceStudios]

@@CleverDragon Or maybe i'm going deaf. I can see how if my ears were more sensitive i'd have issue with it. Concerning to me that I didn't notice any issue with it.

[@szanto_sz9524]

@@DarkSpaceStudios After having it pointed out these sharp sounds are definitely quite noticable on my Sennheiser headphones

[@roybreaker1515]

Hey man great videos but please consider uploading in 1440p or 4k. Would significantly increase the quality :)

[@supervibe2298]

It has that charming of Skyrim environment and it can truly beat Skyrim.

[@AmbivalentMind]

It's such a shame that the NPC interaction doesn't match up with the castle itself

[@etzooo7385]

بسیار خوب توضیح داده شد.

[@MRVCSL80]

Good to see badger goodger

[@selkie698]

According to leaks, they were planning on making the map even bigger. The leaker suspects that the extra map parts might be sold as a dlc

[@LanaVentus]

Best map ever literally

[@Adam_X78]

Yes!

[@ToastyMann]

This video actually makes me want to play the game. There's actually shit to do!

[@Chineseisntalanguageapparently]

Wow man I love what you’ve done with your voice

[@zombie4034]

It'll be nicer if it worked on PC...

[@3114bsad]

The grand staircase tower was a little disappointing only having the top accessible, there are many windows on the tower leading you to believe there are rooms but the core of the tower is just the staircase

[@skyedavies1042]

There really isn’t space inside the tower for a grand staircase + rooms unfortunately.

[@joenasesmon1938]

We needed diagon alley too

[@zagariasbooysen7401]

I am still waiting to get my hands on this game. Till then i am busy playing the 9 Harry Potter games.

[@qasimplays2531]

Can u do a similar video about elden ring's map?

[@NaufalDzaky]

I don't like they made black lake smaller

[@MattBSmith]

Should have called this game “Woods, and sometimes Hogwarts”

[@AnimationWizardry]

Amazing video and analysis Thank you ❤️

[@khebre6032]

Why didn't KZbin noticed me that Dark Space made a new video

[@mekman4]

Great Stuff, as always!

[@rossbrown1273]

aCTuaLlY, modern technology doesn’t work on Hogwarts grounds (with some minor exceptions) so they wouldn’t need surfshark.

[@DarkSpaceStudios]

@@rossbrown1273 nice

[@MasterOfTheElements]

Shouldn't the Astronomy tower be the tallest tower in Hogwarts?

[@rochelimit55555]

140 hours, still finding something new

[@Raulikien]

I think they could have reduced the size of the map, reduce the amount of boring exploration markers and use that time to make the already rich and detailed castle even more so

[@tinystar3010]

Disagree. I've explored the castle and hogsmead extensively and it got boring. I like having the entire world outside of what we already have to see in the movies. Getting to visually see the world that surrounds the castle thats seldom shown visually in the movies. It's alot of fun discovering hidden caves, and Merlin trials, beast rescuing, finding dark wizard encampments and kicking their ass. There's so much more fun outside the school too. You clearly are purposely avoiding exploring the outer world as much as possible if you find it boring.

[@Raulikien]

​@@tinystar3010 Merlin trials are boring as fuck and made for toddlers, and well apart from the beautiful scenery everything in the open world feels rushed and repetitive. It's like 2 different teams made the same game, I'd rather have what we got in the castle but 10 times more with even more secrets and cool lore and random situations.

[@simonblanchard2676]

@@Raulikien i agree, ubisoft is so dead set on making massive open world games that they fill them with repetitive shit, i really like the game though

[@karlscullyvlogs4217]

If this is a real place, i would definitely be late for class on my first day of school😢😂

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

If only there was something fun to do on this wonderful map, aside from overabundance of menial "points of (dis)interest"

[@ElNegus9985]

Wym?

[@paulheap1982]

@@ElNegus9985 can you not tell?

[@khursaadt]

Love your videos. Just wanted to say that you talked about a specific location that you would only visit in the game if your character is a Hufflepuff. It would have been nice to put a Spoiler warning before that, as it would help people who have not played the game (like me) yet to skip that section. Apart from that, we have only visited the Gryffindor common room and once the Ravenclaw common room in the Harry Potter books, so seeing the other common rooms in this video also was a Spoiler for me.

[@Ccccc-mi3tr]

This is what people think Rockstar do.. but they don’t actually do it

[@cjgsfhomie]

Woah, why your voice is more deeper now??

[@Neon-xl6hf]

Definitely gonna be a contender for goty

[@United_Wings]

Amazing

[@KillerZxAce]

The game has a ton of pop in on my Xbox Series X. It also suffers from a lot of frame drops. I play on Performance Mode. I’m level 33 and the game is a lot of fun, but these issues are very annoying!

[@rochelimit55555]

SURFSHARK BOMB lol

[@pablomarzanavaldivieso8819]

great hype building video, perfect to then after being kidnaped get that kick when you find your self inside another UBISOFT game

[@m.aswanthajay7727]

Let him cook

[@skankhunt4527]

Why does this guy talk like he’s announcing dancers at a gentlemen’s club?

[@yashbhardwaj3392]

this video on so few views is a travesty

[@Lupuzi]

This is going to be a great video. I know it though i have seen only 57 seconds of it.

[@_SilentRiver_]

and I was thinking that this will be just your regular licence sellout game guess I was wrong this time

[@victorvatari8333]

The thumbnail made this video much worse of an experience to watch.

[@gamingtimespov]

Great job with the video, thank you!! I love this game 🤩

[@azrieljale]

6:45 - aaaaaah, so thats why so many troons kill themselves in HP universe xD

[@igorthebrazilianguy7769]

"Obligitory"

[@DropoutJerome]

I'm playing on ps5 and I feel like although Hogwarts is a labyrinth, it's still too small. The rooms need to be expanded quite a bit, the castle from the outside needs to be enlarged quite a bit. Hogsmead needs to be more alive with more buildings and a lot more NPCs walking around, same with Hogwarts... there aren't nearly enough students walking around, running to classes, professors leading their classes out for activities around the castle, etc. As a whole the game is missing a grand and huge scale feel of Hogwarts and it's areas outside of the castle and the world don't feel alive at all. It's like an early 2010's RPG with a 2020's paint job.

[@jinx8624]

i prefer your voice much more than this badger guy

[@kadimusbaratheon7352]

The most unbelievable thing in the whole franchise is the fact that hundreds or even thousands of students sleep in the same school together and NOT EVEN one girl shows up pregnant. Do you mean to tell me that they're ALL virgins and NO ONE is focking IN THE WHOLE SCHOOL? This is more unbelievable than any magic in the whole series.

[@FR4M3Sharma]

Detail wise maybe, but Cant say the same for the Gameplay and the Graphics.

[@Orthodoge]

I think the Castle in Hogwarts Legacy is somewhat too “whimsical and a little silly and Tacky”. Yes it’s amazing and beautiful in many parts, but it needs to be more grounded and Romanesque/Gothic in Design and less so Disney Castle. I like the design from the Films(3-6 really) for the castle. I also didn’t like the redesign of the great hall and that stupid extra foyer.

[@Popcorn-ch7uy]

I think that's because they were aiming for the way the castle was described as whimsical in the books.

[@sergiu-gabrielcristea6582]

I don't understand why you and other people find this game so extraordinary and unique, to me it's just like every other game that came out in the last 10 years. The quest design is generic, the rpg elements are generic, the world map with markers and other points of interest is generic, the mini map in the corner of the screen telling you which way to go and many other generic mechanics. People are crazy over this game just because it has a Harry Potter skin on it

[@BobGeanis]

People like things. You don't have to. Don't buy it then

[@vipervolkan3042]

Because these people are normies with no taste at all

[@bobtailsquid]

Hogwarts is too small and alot of nothing lots of empty rooms filled with stairs

[@MichaelM28]

Salty transgenders incoming

[@moominfella7614]

So far I haven’t seen a single snowflake in the comments yet… let’s keep it that way

[@MichaelM28]

@@moominfella7614 They'll come

[@Cassandria]

*cough*

[@spiriteagle9583]

If im being honest they can label me whatever they want im still gonna play it

[@BobGeanis]

@@MichaelM28 currently looking

[@MichaelM28]

Huh? I thought this was a Dark Space video?

[@FR4M3Sharma]

It is.

[@MichaelM28]

@@FR4M3Sharma yet Badger Goodger is doing all the narration.

[@FR4M3Sharma]

@@MichaelM28 Because he does, aswell as some others.

[@gregoryalves5436]

Can we get the other voice back??? this ones extremely professional but the videos are not nearly as entertaining. PLEASE BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL CREATOR'S VOICE

[@DarkSpaceStudios]

Haha don't worry! I'm here! I'm working on "The Future of Gaming, Artificial Intelligence" It's gonna be about 50 minutes long :D

[@gregoryalves5436]

@@DarkSpaceStudios Awesome to hear as I wasn't even expecing you to see it. As you can tell your videos and the editing work that goes into them is absolutely phenomenal. However your voice ties it all together. Your voice in the videos is extremely retaining and I honestly cannot explain why but your specific voice in the videos makes them 100000x more entertaining and the second I notice you upload I watch. Thank you for your amazing content, cannot wait to see the future videos 👍👍 Also, if you could do a video on Hitman 3 in some way, or Left 4 Dead 2, that would be awesome.

[@pohkan8923]

nothing your sayinng is real did we play the same game???? this game is mid castle to small and places inside it a like junk food main story is an IQ killer and the most fast food fantasy story you could find+ the detail is very good game options are a fking joke you don't play them you activate them f this muggle blob the fighting system is basic and every fight is the same structure almost as fast food this game should have been a battle arena adventure game with the real life reward of finishing school traumatized i say fast food game 6 out 10 Frodos traumas when he came back from modor

[@ElPatron42069]

Yeah but the game is boring as fuck 🤦🏿 and let me tell you I grew up with Harry Potter I read every book, have every game and every movie.

[@fanomapage2091]

This Game Was Crap

[@kanoaikawach]

No.

[@BobGeanis]

Yes.

[@dannymusic47]

The map is good enough but they should of Added London tho

[@sshk1653]

I was going to buy spiderman ps4 but it can wait now