Despite having access to an entire universe of possibilities, its sole trick is using magic to cover up tired video game clichés that feel entirely disconnected from the vibrant source material it’s adapting. Hogwarts Legacy delivers a perfectly competent adventure, but its most unforgivable curse is its lack of imagination. Strip away all those aesthetic trappings like wallpaper from your childhood bedroom and you’ll find something cold and clinical cleverly disguised by warm nostalgia. Looking in as an outsider, though, I can’t help but feel like developer Avalanche Software has cast an effective illusory spell. Every corner of it is stuffed with some visual reference or lore tidbit for fans to pore over as they finally get their chance to role-play as a Hogwarts student. The glitzy open-world adventure game goes to painstaking lengths to bring the franchise to life. While I wouldn’t quite put it in the category of the former titles yet (more on that once we get into our analysis of the game), it offers an undeniably impressive amount of content that will take you quite a long time to beat.For some of the series’ most die-hard loyalists, I’m sure Hogwarts Legacy will be a dream come true. It’s closer to games like Elden Ring and Red Dead Redemption 2 in terms of scope than it is to titles like Gotham Knights or Saints Row. Similarly, you should take advantage of mechanics like broomstick flying and fast travel if you’re simply looking to beat everything as quickly as possible.Įven still, I really can’t emphasize enough just how massive Hogwarts Legacy is. Those looking to beat the game as quickly as possible will want to choose the easiest difficulty options available. You will die quite a few times in combat if you play at higher difficulty settings. At its highest difficulty settings, Hogwarts Legacy is a surprisingly tough game. ![]() The biggest of those variables (aside from your personal skill level), will be your chosen difficulty level. It should also be noted that your Hogwarts Legacy completion time will be altered by a few notable variables. You’ll probably be able to trim that down to 50-75 hours once enough guides are available, but that’s still quite impressive. It’s not a stretch to say that you’re looking at something closer to 75-100 hours of gameplay if you’re looking to reach that fabled 100% mark. While I’ll happily offer you more information whenever someone comes closer to achieving that goal, that could take quite a while. ![]() I have not heard of anyone coming close to finding and doing absolutely everything there is to find and do in this game. However, anyone looking to casually enjoy the game and see as much of it as reasonably possible the first time around is probably looking at closer to 40 to 50 hours on their first playthrough.Īs for a completionist playthrough…well, good luck with that. ![]() Speedrunners will certainly find ways to make the campaign much shorter than that. If you are able to focus on the main story missions (and those missions alone, as much as possible), then you could probably beat the game’s campaign in less than 30 hours on your first playthrough. I suspect I’m close to the end of the game based on where I’m at in the story (hence the estimate noted above), though I was certainly surprised to find just how easy it is to get caught up by “distractions” even when you’re trying to reach the next part of the story. There will be many times when you’ll find yourself exploring the world in order to reach the next part of the main story, either because you need to level up, acquire new items, or because some of the sidequests feel substantial enough to be main story quests. I haven’t seen the game’s ending as of the time of this writing, and that’s largely because it’s so easy to get caught up in the game’s various sidequests.
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