The REAL REASON Quidditch is MISSING in Hogwarts Legacy

[@ddubzz_]

I’ve played 15 hours of Hogwarts Legacy so far and honestly there are SO MANY references to quidditch by NPCs and what feels like a lot of subtle hints that Quidditch will eventually come - I’m pretty convinced at this point

[@RevanBC]

Right?

[@nuudelz3711]

Yeah there’s some Easter eggs during a side quest that show the “injured” person and a note from Black as well. Definitely will be a dlc feature in the future

[@shiraaz4458]

It would be cool if they release quidditch in-game as a multiplayer feature

[@jlyvren89]

They'd be foolish not to add it later. Would make for a great DLC, but imagine it being Multi-Player. I can see great potential...🤔

[@ddubzz_]

@@shiraaz4458 I’m intrigued as to how they would integrate it .. I think it will probably be a side quest style function, however I would love if they could add another year of your school I.e sixth year continuing the story arc with quidditch included. I’d straight up pay for that

[@theaces3697]

you really cant expect a quidditch DLC to be free... Quidditch is big enough and has enough depth to be its own game as we saw on the PS2 and even that game was very barebones

[@CEOofDankkMemes]

I'll buy it, if they add it. I don't care

[@perkygotmesnail]

@@CEOofDankkMemes facts 💯

[@Black-Re4per]

@@CEOofDankkMemes if it's good, I'll buy it as well, unless It's like 30 bucks or more.

[@smiley2082]

Quidditch world cup was a quallity game

[@gamehustle3233]

I believe they are setting up for a multplayer quidditch game.its in the works trust. It is By WB as well.

[@tannersorensen]

I hope they give us an option to explore the black lake further in a dlc as well. There are so many cool underwater creatures in the Harry Potter world

[@angelafahlenkamp9311]

Right?!?! The mermen in the lake would eat you alive without the gillyweed to help you breath, there is so much they could do!

[@jamesh8433]

Call me at the air and water DLC, That could also tease another DLC on top of that with the earth and fire with fire being more creatures, Earth being more of an underground, finally a spirit DLC being more to do with magic

[@Dannydarko27]

Yeah i hate no underwater mechanics. Imagine being able to make an air bubble, or transfiguring some gills, or even using gillyweed

[@tannersorensen]

@DannyDarko27 for reals! They could add all sorts of cool spells and creatures for us to tame. They could even make a lake in the vivarium. It would he epic

[@jamesh8433]

@@tannersorensen and that's not counting in other fun places like diagon Alley, they can definitely add a flu point as well

[@iremainteague5653]

I think another reason quidditch isn't in the game is that the brooms needed to go a certain speed to feel useful to explore the open world, but that speed makes quidditch very difficult because the pitch at proper scale would be small for going that fast, and keeping track of like 20 npcs flying around that fast would probably be very hectic. You also kind of have to make the players seekers, because otherwise the match just ends randomly at any time due to npc getting the gold snitch.

[@vladvlad48]

I mean I’ve played career mode as a kicker in nfl before so I would def be ok not being a seeker and just bashing people

[@n0body550]

Or have a party where people can be refs, and if someone leaves a ref can come on and play plus that also might make for better refs 😂 when the AI takes over the again and makes better decisions. Or just spectators than can fill in like a watchable lobby.

[@badpiggies988]

And RIP cpu 🔥

[@olivia8oof]

Honestly there’s so much they can add, between more quests in the future, more character customization, more characters to interact with. Plus more. It would be cool if they added a time turner feature where we could go to another timeline. All of this would take a long time so I think it’s cool, that they are taking their time on the game to make sure that everything is perfect

[@olivia8oof]

@@obi-wankenobi8446 wow clearly someone doesn’t understand something called future dlc updates. How is saying there’s other cool things they can add being a dick? When this video is about quidditch.

[@olivia8oof]

@@obi-wankenobi8446 but yes I’m the only dick. Do you not see all the other comments saying things they want added in the future? But nope it’s just me? Just me for hoping the team will continue to give more amazing content? Ik if I started developing games, I’d be thrilled if people were enjoying my game that much that they were hoping for updates just so they could keep playing

[@jordanhill254]

@@obi-wankenobi8446you’re fucking weird 😂😂😂

[@RoyLevan]

When the Headmaster mentioned Quidditch was cancelled I immediately jumped to the conclusion that it’s either gonna be an expansion for this game or is getting an entirely different project on it’s own - Edit: I know Valenwood’s tweaking but just let him be there’s clearly something going on there.

[@valenwood6299]

How do you know that tho ? The devs haven't actually said they gonna bring it into the game . Bit disappointed tbh .....You better pray the devs bring it into the game because I've seen far to many games today come out incomplete and STAYS incomplete and forgotten. Also what's with all the sitting chairs and sofas all around hogwarts but can't sit in a single fking chair ? Cmonnnn.....

[@RoyLevan]

@@valenwood6299 that’s completely on you mate, the devs have confirmed over a year ago that there wasn’t gonna be any Quidditch in the base game. That’s more then enough time to cancel your pre-order. That said: it has been also confirmed that early in development, they were in fact working on several Quidditch game modes but has since been cut from the game, probably because they ran out of time to develop it if they also wanted to polish all elements that had been finished already

[@valenwood6299]

@Roy Levan the fact that the devs confirmed there will be no quditch over a year ago.... is a very strong indication they not gonna bring it into the game dude.........

[@valenwood6299]

@Roy Levan and no this is not on me..... it's a fkkng hogwarts game ......... no wizards chess ... no quditch .... in fact no games at all to play.... so like what happens if you finish all side quests and main quests ??? You just walk around ? Kill the same enemies ? Cant even role play or immerse yourself .... like i cant even sit down ANYWHERE and just take in the beautiful sights..... Games incomplete with no confirmation on dlc by the devs..... not looking good.

[@RoyLevan]

@@valenwood6299 wow the sitting thing really pissed you off huh?

[@geekyraven2911]

Honestly, the loss of Quidditch doesn't bother me that much. The game is 40 hours with story missions not counting the side quests. It will be fun to immerse in the world and get lost in its depth.

[@z_Nyztro]

frl ima play this game slow asf just like when i played cyberpunk, just soak it all in lmao easy 100 hours plus lol

[@johnwong5317]

Playing PC version, I'll know some dedicate fans will make a mods for it and even expand on it if it later adds to the game.

[@Tolbeer]

100 hrs. 120 with side quest.

[@khotunkhan3950]

@@Tolbeer c'mon Naa

[@choppedandbobbed9729]

@@Tolbeer nah, dog. Maybe 100 hours to 100% the game. Listen to devs not youtubers.

[@Czejenesku]

It will come as DLC, you can bet on it. I think, that because of complexity, they want to have more focus on it to make it good. Hence post release.

[@italianrager5831]

its called releasing it later for more money not to make it look good lmfao

[@QuiteTheBandNerd]

@@italianrager5831 They’ll probably make more money if it is good though. Not necessarily looks but performance. I don’t know how greedy the game company that’s making it is though so I could be entirely wrong. Or maybe it’s a bit of both?

[@leonardofarias8843]

@@italianrager5831 It doesn’t translate into other parts of the game

[@DS-lk3tx]

"It's called releasing it for money." Not in this case. You're asking a developer to include madden 2023 in their game on top of the role play aspect. That would be a huge technical feat to do and then to only sell it for 60$. Except madden is on the ground. Quiddach is in the air.

[@gscryinlikeabitch]

Realistically it's gonna take 7+ years to make another harry potter game at least in terms of a mainline storyline game, Come out with paid DLC or make a separate Harry Potter Quiddich game that makes improvements on the 2003 game I NEVER played but has awesome region specific specials.

[@LoganH0076]

2:54 I have to disagree with this. The game doing well isn't a reason for it to not have paid DLC. In fact, I would say the opposite. I would rather pay $60 for an incredible base game and $30 for incredible DLC than $60 for a bad game and $30 for equally bad DLC (obviously the numbers can change, but the point is the same). The developers did a great job with this game, and it doing well at launch shouldn't mean that they don't deserve additional compensation for the additional work of making DLC. I'm not saying that it will be paid, I'm just saying I would be happier to buy DLC from Hogwarts Legacy because they deserve it than I would to buy DLC for a bad game that doesn't respect its players.

[@Soniphex]

0:16 I literally paused the video because I thought I heard a bomb falling. Then I saw the guys channel name and felt trolled.

[@robertjackson9005]

Quidditch is one of my favorite things in Harry Potter universe. And was bummed to hear, it’s not playable in the game. Hopefully it does in a DLC like you said in this video 🤞🏻

[@troy090]

that would honestly be a very smart move on avalanches part because they know everyone wants quidditch so people would definitely buy it.

[@valenwood6299]

​@Troy Gromley unfortunately in todays age its still more expensive to make a dlc than a chit ton of people buying the dlc. I can't tell you how many games are coming out incomplete and staying incomplete.

[@rjh6111]

I fully expect it to be added to the game. While I only have a few hours in game, the snitch flies around in the background of certain menus, and there's a store for getting sport gear with a snitch emblem. So I bet they'll add it in later

[@Toshii242]

There is also a snitch in the Room of Requirement. as well as a snitch in the Gryffindor common room. they are all over the place!

[@EC-mg4gb]

Aged like milk

[@RPknight101]

I have to give absolute props to the team for factoring in a reason with Headmaster Black banning it, it's quite clever cause they could have just not given a reason and said deal with it as a couple of GC's have done recently, as to why it's not available (whether it will be later or not)

[@catandrobbyflores]

From what I've heard just walking around Hogwarts I'm guessing the snitch went into the lake. Which would really put a damper on the game.

[@4eyedjohnson954]

you are kidding right? its pretty obviously a last minute excuse, with nearly no believability or explanation. in the books/movies, several students are injured and hospitalized and we never see quidditch not being played. i don't mind waiting, but the in game reason is laughable at best.

[@Agherosh]

@@4eyedjohnson954 "Students having injuries" and "having a prick headmaster who doesn't allow it because he doesn't like it' are very different reasons, and it's actually not a bad one.

[@4eyedjohnson954]

@@Agherosh both of those are bad reasons lmao

[@Arcturus_Reaper]

@@4eyedjohnson954 It is a good reason. Cause again, Phineas Black is a full pure blood. He does not care for the fun of the school. He cares about the prestige of the title 'Headmaster' and wants to make sure that its not ruined by 'silly' things like quidditch injuries.

[@piplup10203854]

I’m actually quite glad to see so many people make an uproar for more features being added to the game. I personally hope for a Quidditch World Cup dlc I don’t mind paying honestly because I’m enjoying the game so far. I’ve barely scratched the surface but so many people and characters reference it and the Quidditch pitch looks stunning! I’m also in the boat of give us more! 🤣 give me more broom racing challenges and all that!

[@RealYRM]

If you're adding quidditch to the game, what do you do to fix the problem that catching the snitch is worth 15 scores and ends the game? For any other position to matter, one team must be beating the other by more than 15 scores. I often wondered why teams wouldn't just put three players in front of the three hoops and send two seekers after the snitch, since it's the only thing that matters.

[@DS14747]

​@@RealYRM bludgers exist so you need beaters

[@Iluvantir]

The main quest of the game lasts until Christmas. After, you get the "side issue" of the House Cup, so that's in the early summer, nearly five or six months later. All fine and good. There's a five or six month gap between the end of the Main Quest and the secondary "end" of the game (house cup) where they can plug in all manner of large, expansion sized DLCs (prefer to just call them expansions so as not to make people panic over getting small DLC things like clothing items or crap like that that always should be just part of the main game anyway!). It would also be the perfect place to plug in Quidditch, having Headmaster Black say after Christmas that the season is now back open after he'd reconsidered it, and we get to play then. This would mean that what he says at the start of the Main Quest remains true, he just changes his mind after that Quest is resolved. As for paying for it? I'd be fine if that were the case, but I'd not be happy paying for a DLC that just contained Quidditch. If that were part of a larger expansion (new quest, fallout from your choices (a moral system!) etc) then great.

[@michaellebert8907]

also its nice that the game seems more brutal and cruel than the movies. Was worried it was just another disney roller coaster ride, but with the beginning part with dragons maybe eating the dude, and the goblin murdering the banker - just more dark and awesome

[@alexsawicki]

Oh, the dragon 100% ate the dude... We know this because the Thestrals become visible. That only happens after seeing someone die. Well... Our character saw someone die.

[@ShaggyRogers1]

@@alexsawicki Yes. You can also 100% murder people in the game. However, the consequences of using dark magic is none, and you can't actually cast spells at other students or random friendly NPC's.

[@lexsea]

me either I wasn't expecting the game to be so dark. when I did the quest to search for tobbs who was in the cave getting leech juice and heard his super depressing story about his abuse and horrible life just to find out he had died anyways and there was no way to bury him or kill the master for being so cruel I was so sad. defs was not ready for how sad and brutal some of the stories in this game are

[@alexsawicki]

@@ShaggyRogers1 I am a little surprised at how you can use Unforgivable curses pretty much consequence-free. You can use them in front of your classmates, and they don't seem to care. Now, sure... I disagree that these curses are "Unforgivable", in the sense that all of them have morally justifiable uses (the hardest one to justify is Crusio...). But, still...

[@SA80TAGE]

the dragons definitely ate the dude... you're character (and by extension you yourself) couldn't see the thestrals until after the dragon attack.

[@TheGamingCathedral]

My first thought when I heard Quidditch wasn't in the game was "It's gonna be DLC"

[@Shay416]

And possible online, multiplayer

[@HenryAshman]

Tbh I'm not too fussed about Quidditch not being in the game. The way the sport is set up it's built around the seeker to an insane degree. Yeah in the books it makes sense as that's Harry's position and it's largely separated from the rest of the match. But I do wonder how you'd balance that from a gameplay perspective that makes it fun to play any other position.

[@powertale7164]

Quidditch World Cup did a good job

[@bbqjack8885]

@Power Tale But in Quidditch world cup you weren't playing an RPG with one dedicated character. It might break immersion if you were suddenly controlling other characters.

[@xXSubieSnacksXx]

Came here to say this. The game only makes sense in the books. I think a lot of people have their nostalgia glasses on here and aren’t seeing how hard it would be to put it in the game in a way that would be at all satisfying or rewarding. Creating a season would take up too much of the game and making it optional would likely result in everyone playing it once or twice and never touching it again

[@michaelkeha]

I mean it could work and we have seen in story several times that you can catch the snitch and still not win the match

[@brooksfire9580]

​@@xXSubieSnacksXx Yeah, while reading the books, I understood that JK Rowling had no clue how sports worked. It's like creating a soccer game with no game clock. Someone outside the game is doing this puzzle, and gives 5 goals to the team he's doing the puzzle for. Well, obviously, in almost every case those 5 goals are the most important of the game, with most scores 1-0, 2-1, 3-1, or within 5 goals. So, winning the puzzle is really the only thing that matters, not the game on the field. You could be destroying the other team on the field 4-0, and lose 5-4 because the other team's puzzle master got the puzzle first.

[@kristiantofte1020]

A dlc that has quidditch and perhaps code to make the npcs more reactive to your actions would be cool. I see so many videos with people having joined the "dark side" killing students and teacher alike, and its just thumbs up from the other npcs in the room 😂 actions, reactions and consequenses😍

[@FitzyyLives]

Those spells don't interact with the npcs. You physically can't cast them

[@kristiantofte1020]

@@FitzyyLives hmm, then I guess its a mod.

[@FitzyyLives]

@kristiantofte1020 I'm not sure but believe me, if it were possible, I would have done it already... there's a few npcs who have a smart mouth lol

[@SuperFlawless2010]

@@FitzyyLives yeah but when you're fighting mobs outside with professors they STILL dont react to you Avada Kedavraing suckers left and right

[@austinsavage5962]

@@FitzyyLives yeah for real that slytherin girl on the quidditch field and that annoying gryffindor girl would be getting the crucio on the daily

[@VinnyVyze]

This game is so amazing. I would love a Quidditch DLC, maybe some tournament taking place at hogwarts ? They would have to integrate new mechanics and physics, like throwing, catching, barrel rolls, etc Imagine if they were to integrate AI in games like Hogwarts, where characters would have endless background and conversations, it would allow to make up small side quests or adventures in the world.

[@forestfire7022]

I think its funny thet everyone focuses on what we dont have instead of the massive game we are about to get

[@boomshanka4667]

Some people who got it early are saying its bad, just what i heard could be wrong.

[@forestfire7022]

@@boomshanka4667 all of the ones i have seen are people saying its amazing so….

[@boomshanka4667]

@@forestfire7022 Well not long to wait now, so we will all know if the hype was justified or not.

[@theaces3697]

@@forestfire7022 I've seen a lot of the leaked gameplay reactions and they are saying the story is really good, side quests are average (on par with Ubisofts AC games) and the open world is bad as it's just a bunch of collectables (around 600!) And a bunch of constantly spawning groups of enemies very similar to Assassin's creed games

[@forestfire7022]

@@theaces3697 oy i dont want spoilers

[@aricalamari]

3:29 I think you mean Quidditch, and not Hogwarts here. LOL Love your content!

[@shawnwalsh2060]

I can imagine that making a game like Quidditch isnt an easy task

[@mrsn3sbit888]

Its way easier than people think though, they used to have semi solid quidditch gameplay 15 years ago.

[@Reyalegro]

@@mrsn3sbit888 Yeah I loved the Quidditch World Cup game on pc back then

[@Reyalegro]

@Tyler Holt You don't only have the passing and scoring (which would be FIFA) but also the beaters (bludgeon) and seeker (snitch). And it's in 3D in stat of a flat. Still they could easily do it of course, as they've done before

[@wallyspencer3253]

@Tyler Holt it s more complex that that u have to expect 3D movements and different gameplay for team

[@DavoR7724]

Did y’all ever see the freestyle combos and special plays quidditch World Cup had? That game was ahead of it’s time, & a remastered version would be a dream

[@kylejorden6426]

I hope Quidditch makes it into the game. Also, I hope they make an online mode as well so you can play against other players that be cool

[@solvexis]

Yeah, like an online Dueling arena! Or even just the ability to explore Hogwarts with others would be nice

[@Dazzzz4]

@@solvexis the amount of shit talking that would happen if the game was online, the word mudblood would be thrown around like nothing new lmaooo

[@itsuplike9947]

Quidditch should be the LEAST of our worries. Anyone else notice we can’t sleep in our beds, sneak in/out of the castle, or follow other students in their daily routines (they don’t have one, they just load in different locations) !?

[@AmbivalentMind]

Yeah, I'm a bit dissapointed at that, quite an immersion breaker

[@nunomeira]

I think theres plenty of immersion to let a few things slide, sleeping being an easy one. Theres way too much to do and see for me to want to go to bed. And also for following people around, unless youre some type of creep, then you'd be the one already breaking the immersion acting that type of silly.

[@SeraphsWitness]

The students just walk in circles. It's not quite Skyrim, it's much more of an on-rails game with the illusion of choice.

[@nunomeira]

@@SeraphsWitness I could easily spend 30 plus hours freely lego-ing my room of requirement. That’s more then enough choice on its own

[@SeraphsWitness]

@@nunomeira I mean yea, sandboxes aren't hard to program. Games that legitimately offer choices with major long-term ramifications? That's a lot more challenging. Remember the Mass Effect 3 outrage?

[@Draidis]

I strongly suspect it will be added later as paid dlc, specifically as a full expansion, not some small add-on. The reason I say this is because (as stated in this video) all the elements are already there, the field, the broom flying, even the uniforms (as shown but not spoken about in the video as well). The reason I think it will be a full expansion is because it would need to happen canonically AFTER the main storyline. As, it was stated that it is currently banned. So, it would need to take place in the future when it is no longer banned and that is not the kind of thing added as just a dlc add on. Besides, the fact that this game is going to sell gang busters doesn't in anyway mean that the devs (and more importantly the publisher) doesn't want MORE money when people absolutely will spend more money on something like this. Especially because something like this would likely have a suitably large development price tag attached, there is NO WAY it would be free dlc. That is just not happening, not in this world, not in this time. Maybe if the game flopped at launch and it turned out everything was a lie, MAYBE then it would be put in as free dlc to earn back good will (a-la Cyberpunk and No Man's Sky) but all the reviews are in and they are VERY good. I also suspect (although I have no evidence of this, it's just a theory) that it will include a full quidditch tournament and storyline to go with it. I HOPE it will even include some kind of team management sim where you can pick your team and develop/improve players or even their gear as you progress. That's just me and my wishful thinking though.

[@JezielProdigalSon]

Several of the teachers are trying to "convince" the headmaster, to open up for quidditch again. I bet the quidditch questline will begin with dealing with the headmaster and assisting those teachers.

[@Draidis]

@JailbreakJezie Yeah I agree, now that I have hands-on and am a good way into the game. It's clear to me that literally all the peices are in place, and they are setting up the storyline to be there. I can say with absolute confidence that quidditch with eventually be in the game. It's just a matter of time.

[@ShaggyRogers1]

@@Draidis Eh, *most* of the pieces for quidditch are in the game. There's only a couple times in the game, during the main story, that you actually fly with other characters and it is always programmed that you are following them while going slightly slower. Having 2 teams of 7 people plus the balls going at the same time with physics and AI play is incredibly different than a single character flying around with limited controls. In fact, the flying controls in Legacy would lowkey be terrible for trying to play quidditch. The AI would have to be super super dumb and have the other characters basically just stall in the background looking cool for every match to be a stomp against the player. The only positions that would actually feel okay to play would be keeper or seeker, and seeker would end up just being chasing the dadelian keys but on brooms.

[@JezielProdigalSon]

@@ShaggyRogers1 I would be happy with the only position on the team available, being seeker.

[@Draidis]

@Laika Drake OH, no doubt it would still take a lot of work, it's not as simple as throwing some ball physics into the game. I know that. But I don't think the flight controls are as bad as you think and I do think they have all the pieces. Which is why I keep saying full expansion. Not some dlc. The surface work is done, the rest is still a whole Lotta big steps. Still, they wouldn't dangle all this in front of our faces so completely if they didn't intend to eventually put it in. I just can't imagine them doing that.

[@NaCly1]

I am hopeful that if they do Quidditch right that they could eventually branch it out into its own game and we can get a FIFA style Quidditch game at some point. It would be really cool to build a character and a team and go through a career.

[@the1observer]

I can't wait to build my dream Quidditch team, one $9.99 pack at a time. Hopefully I catch a Harry Potter 6 Stars catcher for my roaster.

[@number-kg3ul]

​@@the1observergotta get them Quid points

[@Shay416]

Legit. I would go pro if qudditch comes out as a DLC and multiplayer.

[@BeKindToBirds]

That would be sick. Could add some racing game type customizing with brooms too

[@Jord3965]

Quidditch world Cup 2024 let's goo!

[@mrmesozoic1094]

I cant beleive they didnt add quitage first, all the previous harry potter games always had matches.

[@davidordaz5251]

Yeah exactly

[@troyknights3342]

They were poorly done though. They probably could have made uninspired quidditch as well.

[@rigby2335]

Quitage 😂

[@tgiacin435]

It would be interesting especially if you got to try out for the different positions. Though I feel only playing one position would get boring

[@mrmesozoic1094]

@@tgiacin435 Yes it would be good, there was a ps2 Harry Potter game which was entierly just quitage matches from all over the world, you could play as different countrys and switch beetwen all the team members.

[@thatidiotoverthere6311]

The second you said “they might add them later” I just new it would be a DLC

[@JH-fp1lw]

I feel like its a solid bet they'll be adding quidditch eventually. Another thing i think would make a cool expansion would be to make the black lake exploreable. Make a swimming/diving mechanic, add gilly weed or whatever, battle the little monsters down there, ruins and stuff to explore. Just an idea

[@991leafy]

What I would love to see happen is avalanche working on a quidditch game like the old PS2 Quidditch game

[@a1pha_star]

People are hungry for more HP games. 💯

[@epicshadowdemon1211]

The music in the old quidditch game was fire tho, Dies Irae by Giuseppe its called

[@tamaskiss5978]

Quidditch is a fun thing to watch, but wouldn't function well in the game. Controlling the whole game would not be fun, since they should have added a quick-time event for the seeker, like in the previous games which in my opinion is very outdated and breaks the flow of the game. I think it would only work if your character could play as a seeker, but then again, you wouldn't have any effect on the ball palys apart from chasing the snitch. I'm hoping that they will find a good solution to put Quidditch in the game either by controlling a whole team or only 1 player.

[@MrQuadro83]

Did you not play Quidditch World Cup on PS2/Xbox/GameCube? It was a great game.

[@BorderlineBinge]

I would love to see a version that worked, but let's face it - quidditch is a very poorly designed sport. You'd need to overhaul scoring to make any position but seeker feel impactful.

[@joshlagreca]

@@BorderlineBinge or just make seeker an extremely hard position to play

[@BorderlineBinge]

@@joshlagreca it seems like it's coming, I'm honestly curious to see how they tackle it. Other than accuracy, they've clearly put massive value in just making the game fun - personally I don't think quidditch would be a compelling game to play, but the Quidditch World Cup pleased fans so at least there's a framework. I played the hell out of Pyre so "magic soccer"-esque games can definitely work. Honestly, I'd love to have a team just build a new wizarding sport from scratch with an eye on making a competitive e-sport - it's weird that their aren't more sports in universe, why not make one that is built game first instead of narrative first

[@ShaggyRogers1]

Quidditch would not function well in Hogwarts Legacy for one simple reason. You can only look around horizontally while on a broom in Hogwarts Legacy. You can't move the camera to look up or down while in flight, so the very first thing players would find out if they tried to play quidditch in it is that they can't see shit going on.

[@JaggusBaro]

I think it's going to be a DLC in the future. Quidditch being cancelled is mentioned a lot in the game, including in the letters and the dialogue of the teachers.

[@Sunbro-nd7zd]

I know the triwizard tournament wasn’t canonically active in the 1800s but i still think itd be awesome to have one as a dlc later it was something i was most excited about honestly

[@codingvio7383]

It would have probably been such a difficult feature to implement and the work required to make it playable and not a nightmare just isn't worth it for a one-time game.

[@RichieRK7]

I'd like to see the tri-wizard tournament added

[@Panda_Obey283]

A Quidditch multi-player would be good

[@justincampbell6192]

I hope they add quidditch to the story line as well, however I think this game is massively missing out on multiplayer. The game is amazing as a single player game, but adding just dueling in the arena with multiplayer or multiplayer quidditch would add a lot more players and give sorry mode players an option to play with or without multiplayer. multiplayer is a must need in this game even in an elden ring sense where you can summon others to fight with or against.

[@justincampbell6192]

story mode*

[@t3chfx13]

The real reason is likely because they just announced Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions lol

[@TheClimb511]

3:25 "If they never brought "Hogwarts" to this universe? I think he meant to say "If they never brought "Quidditch" to this universe..."

[@AerYdmyg]

When I was a lil kid my older sister used to play a game on ps2 “quidditch World Cup” I have a feeling if they add quidditch to this game I’m gonna be very nostalgic

[@M.Godfrey]

It would be amazing to see this introduced to the game, there’s nothing like different modes etc to play in a game. All it does is just increases the life span. Especially if it’s that well made, it could actually get competitive

[@s.-8406]

I think the fact that Portkey Games is so prominent everywhere; in the logo, in every trailer etc. tells us that there's more games coming. Maybe even a Quidditch sports game, like FIFA or NBA? That would be pretty awesome. I used to play the Quidditch World Cup PS2 game, that was pretty awesome. I think the 'sport' is really well thought through and actually lends itself as platform for a great sports game.

[@ShaggyRogers1]

That's one thing to think about. Unless they made Portkey Games to literally just act as the holding company for this game, there *have* to be more games in the works for the wizarding world.

[@inspector_beyond]

I honestly think that they will make Quidditch a separate game instead of DLC to Hogwarts Legacy. Because Quidditch needs to be either a sports simulator, like FIFA or NHL, or a multiplayer only game where each human player - is a team player. But regardless, this owuld require multiplayer and since HL is a single-layer game and advertised as such, then it is doubtfull they will make Quidditch a DLC. Well, at least that is if they won't add coop into HL before that. If they will add coop, then Quidditch will be a possibility as a DLC.

[@matthewdunphy8524]

The problem is that as an actual sport Quidditch is nonsensical. That is why we have only had one dedicated Quidditch game in the entire franchise. Quidditch makes infinitely more sense as an addon to a single-player RPG because the only role in the game that has any significance is the seeker.

[@adamololo5112]

ghost of Tsushima was advertised originally as only singleplayer

[@thund3r94]

@@matthewdunphy8524 it makes sense lol, its not hard to understand, it would be difficult to be "good" at but its not hard to understand lol

[@matthewdunphy8524]

@@thund3r94 I never said it was hard to understand. I said it does not make sense as a sport. It is a "team" sport where the only player that matters is the seeker. It was created as a narrative device for Harry Potter, not as an actual sport that would make any sense in practice.

[@thund3r94]

@@matthewdunphy8524 i also said it makes sense, which it does, the seeker is not the only important player, even in the quidditch World Cup krum caught the snitch but still lost, have you read the books?

[@longlost00]

I keep expecting a Rocket League style Quidditch game from somebody at some point....*crickets* Maybe not.

[@lethalinjection.zo6312]

I think quidditch is a game in itself. I can’t imagine how much more they’ll have to tweak the controls for the maneuvering system just to cater to an adaptive game like quidditch.. would be so dope if they did drop it

[@gillese9446]

Fineus actually plays a kind of important role in the books

[@johnwerner69]

Why?

[@Ked7]

@@johnwerner69 he is a spy into snapes office using the magic pictures

[@arty533]

No spoilers: Book 7

[@johnwerner69]

@@arty533 and with spoilers? The book did come out 16 years ago

[@Mike-wc3jo]

@@johnwerner69 man’s never heard of google

[@TheQuasimodoH]

Playing quidditch on the original games was so fun - I hope it’s coming

[@ShaggyRogers1]

There was one game that had quidditch, and it was World Cup.

[@jamesofhoenn4790]

I hope they will also release a patronus update later (that you have to use the online quiz to summon a corporeal form so you can’t just choose a rare or powerful one every time) so that you could have a battle/exploration companion at times

[@Sera666]

That'd be awesome since my patronus on the quiz is a dragon

[@jamesofhoenn4790]

@@Sera666 same

[@Sera666]

@@jamesofhoenn4790 I love that all my stuff is reptilian, I got Slytherin as my house, English oak wood with dragon heartstring and a dragon patronus

[@jamesofhoenn4790]

@@Sera666 mine was an unusual combination; Hufflepuff house, dragon patronus, and dogwood-phoenix wand…

[@Kessra]

I'm playing on PC with a Logitech DualAction controller and the handling of brooms via a controller is quite different from using the traditional mouse & keyboard inputs. For precision flights I feel more comfortable with mouse & keyboard as with controllers the right stick is used for up and down movements but also for changing the view left and right, which is annoying as the direction of the broom is controlled via the left stick and therefore you often look in different directions than you are actually flying. Especially in those racing or balloon ploping cases I often miss the target as it is just to hard to control the view adequately. Therefore I think Quiddich will be very hard to play with controllers. Combat-wise I think controllers though are way more intuitive to handle than a keyboard. IMO for controller flights they should have put up and down on A and Y and leave the camera to the right stick. By default the camera should always look in the current fly direction. This way an up/down movement does not accidentally change the view direction "slightly" and thus make you miss targets that easily.

[@grimshock6983]

I also wanted to play Wizard Chess, Patronus, and ridiculous

[@tallerwarrior1256]

Hopefully Quidditch is able to play as a player Vs CPU or an online multiplayer mode, where you can play against other Hogwarts legacy players online.

[@justincampbell6192]

I highly agree, we need multiplayer

[@ericb642]

Loving these Harry Potter/Hogwarts Legacy videos!

[@lordcrayzar]

The actual reason is that shitty Quidditch Champions game.

[@kristiantofte1020]

Quidditch may actually become an online feature pvp thing. Would make a lot of sense and also make sure it wouldnt get old very fast

[@pazz]

Honestly, I don’t know if it works in an RPG game where you’re playing as an individual. It would work as a sports game like FIFA or Madden, where you play as the whole team and swap to whoever has possession, they even made that quidditch game way back in the day. But Hogwarts Legacy is an RPG, you’re playing as a single PC. Programming quidditch, where each position is individually playable, sounds like a bloody nightmare, and to make each position engaging and fun is a whole new challenge. And I guess you COULD make it more like FIFA or Madden for this mini game, but it would be kind of weird to suddenly play as an entire team in what is otherwise a by the books RPG.

[@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart]

I hope and pray I really hope quidditch will come soon because it’s as a part of hogwarts as the common rooms

[@jim8656]

It’s most likely dlc locked, at least that’s what we’re all hoping 😅

[@kelseymiller2414]

I’m not too bothered about it not being in the game. All I ever hoped for was a Hogwarts walking simulator…anything else is extra 😂

[@lightborn9071]

Solely to build this whole school is impressive, since they used several different castles for the movies.

[@boomshanka4667]

Thats probably all its going to be. A disappointing let down i predict.

[@SynthD]

Hey there is only one true walking sim and that’s Death Stranding.

[@ouroborus6951]

@@boomshanka4667 it is Not it is fun to Walk around Hogwarts Fight in the Game do quests and everything

[@boomshanka4667]

@@ouroborus6951 Im glad you like it but its just not for me, have fun.

[@mitasmight3121]

Lots of the castle I realized simply weren’t shown in the movies because I am constantly finding brand new areas I don’t recognize.

[@wonder_9315]

I was so disappointed in no quidditch, but the second I hopped on the broom with those horrendous controls, it all made sense

[@rovosunny1687]

we need quidditch they need to add it!

[@KellyKMc]

The broom mechanics are awesome and wouldn’t need to be modified much to adapt to quiddich

[@plantsvszombiesplushes3746]

Bombastic I love your videos

[@NotBlizzo]

0:38 “And Yes you are hearing the name right, Phin-a-ous Nigellus Black” actually, its Phin-e-ous 😂😂

[@lukeshaddick4105]

whether avalanche release it at a later date or not... i expect modders will make a better version with multiplayer

[@gwstreams]

I can easily see them doing a “year 6” and “year 7” DLC. Playable Quidditch and Wizards Chess( if you can’t already), access to new story content and side quests, access to new spells like aguamenti and Ascendio.

[@mucha7966]

glacius is already in game 😅

[@gwstreams]

@@mucha7966 Can’t use it yourself.

[@mucha7966]

@@gwstreams What? I can use it

[@gwstreams]

@@mucha7966 are you actually? I’m not super far into the game. I was just basing it off the spells that are in the spell select menu.

[@mucha7966]

@@gwstreams Yes, it is in the menu, it has yellow background (i don't remember the category of the spell) like Levioso I think (i'm really not good at remembering things 😅)

[@PhantomThiefKageOkami]

If a Quidditch DLC does release but it's only for PC players then I'm gonna be really pissed off. I wouldn't mind paying the DLC to. Also multiplayer could also be optional if it happens to. So people better get training with their broom flight. 🤣 (This is probably an unpopular opinion) I hope a class DLC releases too, as a Ravenclaw there is nowhere near enough interaction in classes. Like a school simulator game.

[@debbiegilmour6171]

Quidditch's biggest problem is that, as a sport, it doesn't work.

[@JonBurdGaming]

I think its very likely that they add quidditch later on. The reason I think they didn’t add it at release is because they want everyone to focus on getting fully immersed in the story and completing the side quests instead of spending all their time at the quidditch pitch. It would also be cool if they add a quidditch world cup feature where you got to travel to watch the world cup and go into those awesome tents! There’s so much they can do with this game they could even have your character play through their 6th and 7th years!

[@jooj6535]

I'm pretty sure I read on a note in the hospital wing that a pureblood was hit by a bludger so that's why Black cancelled this year's season

[@AdamZ5k]

It’s also possible that, while quidditch is a great narrative device for a book or movie, it is actually a rather frustrating game in reality and doesn’t translate well to an actual game. Imagine scoring points for an hour, dominating, and then the opposing team just happens to get the snitch. Or, being a seeker, floating in the air for 15 min, waiting to see the snitch, and then an npc just swoops in and grabs it.

[@gordonshumway2532]

the rules are pretty stupid and if they dont change the core mechanic of the 150p snitch, I dont thin it will be an enjoyable game. the score literally doesnt matter until one team is up by 150p.

[@andrewmaughan1205]

Given that there's already the cutscene in the beginning of the player's time at Hogwarts of the headmaster saying that there won't be any quidditch that year, I'd prefer to have the DLC that adds quidditch be unlocked after the player has completed the story mode. This being said, I'd also like to see that expansion include other multiplayer activities like wizard duels and chess.

[@zr0fluxxx452]

We also want wizard chess

[@charlielouise2428]

In the Faculty tower you can find a note saying that a student got mysteriously injured and the staff think Black used it as an excuse to ban quidditch, but they've all been banned from talking about it, and the information on how it happened is 'redacted on the orders of Professor Black'

[@the_better_tokito_twin]

you see, the headmaster is in the black famil- **EPIC FIGHTING MUSIC, SIRIUS PUNCHING MALFOY**

[@grimshock6983]

If it costs money. They’ll be motivated to make it good

[@MrMorde420]

Because they want to make more money off making it into a whole new game instead of it just being in the game at base, or as a cheaper dlc option. They rather milk it with quidditch champions with fat microtransactions. they already hinted at their hand when sony was able to pay for a playstation exclusive quest.

[@cheesydanishgaming3333]

If they do make dlc Quidditch, more dueling, more spells perhaps, but the one thing I want most is a multiplayer mode maybe specifically PvP dueling

[@ordusrosae4940]

DLC for sure And I am convinced that a Triwizard tournament DLC will come along with some new schools as well

[@truthseeker1867]

Not happening. Sorry

[@ordusrosae4940]

@@truthseeker1867 how do you know ?

[@truthseeker1867]

@@ordusrosae4940 there's a separate standalone quidditch game coming soon. Quidditch champions. Online multiplayer. They were never gonna put it in legacy.

[@Bricci89]

Save yourself some time and click on 2:07 so much fluff

[@nemtudom5074]

2:55 I hope it doesnt come as a paid DLC, but i must say, if they took it out so they can spend more time polishing the base game, and while thats out, polishing quidditch, then thats a fair compromise to no quidditch at all. I'd take a well polished game + an after launch polished paid quidditch DLC over no quidditch at all, or free but unpolished quidditch. Its not even that they took it out last minute. As far as we can tell its been taken out quite a while ago

[@outogetyougotyou5250]

So save yourself 3:48....they don't know.

[@Sela1]

As someone who enjoyed HW Legacy and played and enjoyed Harry Potter Quidditch World Cup for PS2, I think while the idea of having Quidditch in the game sounds cool, the actual resources required to make it work mechanically wise are close to making another almost full fledged game while probably only a portion of people who came to play an action rpg would spend a significant time playing it's sports mode.

[@bayarea_pyro4159]

I’m loving these longer videos a lot

[@bad1971nova]

I really Hope the developers see all the attention this game is getting and expands on the world a LOT! Or at least start on the next chapter. This game has the potential to be HUGE. This is the first game in awhile I am just sucked into the world. I usually play racing and flight sims. But something about walking around hogwarts looking at all the neat things, I can do that for hours on end. The forbidden forest is so fun to just go get lost! There is so much to do already, I would gladly play money for a DLC add ons. Especially to support the devs to keep going. This imo had the potential to be game of the year for a next few years. We really don't get many original idea games anymore. But when these greats show up it's glorious.

[@PositiveRaincloud]

I want as many DLCs and expansions as humanly possible for this game to extend my play time. As a gigantic Harry Potter fan, and watching every single movie in cinema multiple times since I was 11 years old, this game is an absolute wet dream for me.

[@lanceseaman88]

I think they simply couldn't get it to properly function. Using the controls as they are would be very awkward for a fast paced sport where you need to be able to turn on a dime and maneuver quickly. Then there's the physics of the ball. I think the mechanics needed aren't jiving with the engine. They probably take more cracks at it to get it at the very least enjoyable. Fingers crossed they get something that feels decent.

[@kevinsobiski5212]

The AI is one of the hardest things to get right in sports games. Sports software companies mitigate that by adding setting sliders, so the users can get the game play fun for them. If the developers really want to get this right, it's going to take a lot of work because quidditch is a very complex game. The hardest thing they will have to deal with is multiple balls in play at the same time. Different types that do different things. I could see where the keeper might be impossible to score on, or the bludgers would be constantly knocking the quaffle away from you. The snitch will be too fast to catch. It's going to be a dlc for sure.

[@ProudFilthyCasual]

There's even makeshift Quidditch arenas in some of the coastal towns, so there will probably even be different arenas to play in, possibly even a league type of focused DLC. On top of all the Quidditch items and broom upgrades. Seems like they just wanted extra time to do it right.

[@Bonxur]

They have absolutely no excuse. Final Fantasy X had Blitzball, a fully playable sport with a tournament and roster system that could be accessed at every save sphere. And you were able to recruit players during the actual game. Final Fantasy IX had an entire card collecting/battle system where you could play against NPCs throughout the game.

[@Kraechtshammer]

Honestly I think it would simply be absolute hell to make. It's a fast game im which you move on flying "vehicles" that you steer yourself, while there are 4 different roles to play in the sport itself. The current flying physics are by far not fit for Quidditch (you'd have to have fighter jet kind of flying physics with complete freedom to fly full speed downwards etc) and it'd be chaotic as hell I reckon with the seeker thing being something incredibly hard to balance. I don't think they necessarily ran out of time, they just came to the conclusion that it's an almost impossible task to make a Quidditch gamemode (as a minigame!) that is even remotely balanced and fun to play.

[@Nephibis]

I can't play quidditch with the current flight controls. If they give the option to look up and down with the mouse then maybe, but the controls make it difficult to fly if there is a lot of maneuvering.

[@crowbar3]

I really hope that it comes out. I remember playing the 2003 quidditch game for countless hours it was just so good even being that old.

[@MightyGreedo]

I gave up at around 2:00. Get to the damn point.

[@GrinchinFrmDaBlock]

quidditch could really be the entrance to multiplayer imagine if you and your friends just party up and play quidditch against other squads

[@CyGea]

Maybe don't add long tunnels, inside enemies, secondary puzzles to each side "treasure" (one piece of middling clothing), and just have the chest on the other side of the puzzle door you just opened. Then maybe, they would have had time to work on Quidditch.

[@ahastar1141]

Quidditch could be really cool, but it's very important that they get it right. It would be fun to see it play a little more "freely" than it did in past games, where you have freedom of movement and the game doesn't hold your hand too much. As a chaser I wanna fight for position and call for passes. It would also be cool for them to allow you to play as all positions from beater, to goalie, to chaser, to seeker. I dont mid the extra time being taken on that mode as long as they give players a true experience at the game.

[@lucas_farinha]

Well, in the end the reason is that other game was in development, because money. Probably will have 50$ brooms and all sorts of bullshit microtransactions.

[@johnhodgdon2434]

This is exactly what I heard, they were working on it and actually most likely could have given us a very crappy version of it. They instead chose to not add it and keep working on it until they had a very good working model of it which they will then add. Part of the reason the cutscene with Phineas states "pray I don't ban it all together. I would guess, is just in case they can't get a fully operational version. Which will cause them to scrap the entire idea without fuss.

[@limemime565]

Given how the story goes through a whole school year it would be great if they added summer classes and quidditch