Looks a bit like Elden ring as a mage. Probably a shiiit tonnne easier though, graphically looks impressive

Is it open world?

The only good Harry Potter game was chamber of secrets on PS2.

This definitely looks interesting.

comment by Luke, I Am Your Admin 3 (U1250)
posted 40 minutes ago
Is it open world?
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Yes it is. Massive

comment by Luke, I Am Your Admin 3 (U1250)
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comment by Luke, I Am Your Admin 3 (U1250)
posted 40 minutes ago
Is it open world?
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Yes it is. Massive
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Cheers Luke

Yeah it looks like a huge open map, I'm not sure exactly how open it is with having to do classes and stuff though

On another note, did anyone play Bully? Would love a follow up to that

Never played a HP game, but was a massive fan of the books and (to a lesser extent) the films.

This title looks promising, and they have a crazy amount of lore and history to go at, to make it interesting for fans.

If it’s anything like Shadow of Mordor / War are for LOTR, I’d be extremely happy.

It must be very hard to balance a game like this for younger generations, for which the wizarding world is a marvel, and us older (SERIOUS) gamers and fans, who read the books as they came out. A game like Elden Ring, RDR2, Ghost of Tsushima, et al doesn’t really have that issue, as your fan base is going to be 16+ for the vast majority.

I’d love it if it was as vast and difficult as Elden Ring, but I have a sneaking suspicion that there’ll be a lot of hand-holding and a fairly basic plot; I hope I’m wrong!

Not really a Harry Potter fan personally. But my daughter grew up on it. I remember queuing when the books came out so she could read them. And she is looking forward to this.

On a different note, anyone been to the Harry Potter Studio tour. As I said I'm not a Harry Potter fan, But it really is a good day out with the family. you get to see all the original sets, and you get a real behind the scenes look. Well worth it.

Looks interesting but the combat looks like it'll get stale quite quickly just standing around firing your wand.

Probably one where the side activities and exploration will be more fun to play than the actual story.

comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 5 hours, 51 minutes ago
Looks interesting but the combat looks like it'll get stale quite quickly just standing around firing your wand.

Probably one where the side activities and exploration will be more fun to play than the actual story.
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Hopefully it'll be worth the trade off. I think back to playing Red Dead 2 and the missions themselves weren't that interesting in terms of gameplay cos they mostly end up just being shootouts where you're superhuman, but I still sunk so much time into that game just exploring it and living the world. If we can get close to that with a HP world I'd be very happy

comment by Amigawolf no longer MIA (U18508)
posted 1 day, 21 hours ago
Not really a Harry Potter fan personally. But my daughter grew up on it. I remember queuing when the books came out so she could read them. And she is looking forward to this.

On a different note, anyone been to the Harry Potter Studio tour. As I said I'm not a Harry Potter fan, But it really is a good day out with the family. you get to see all the original sets, and you get a real behind the scenes look. Well worth it.

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My mum used to do the same for me First time I would stay up all night reading a book. Fond memories.

And yeah the studio tour is a great day out.

comment by TBag. (U11806)
posted 43 seconds ago
comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 5 hours, 51 minutes ago
Looks interesting but the combat looks like it'll get stale quite quickly just standing around firing your wand.

Probably one where the side activities and exploration will be more fun to play than the actual story.
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Hopefully it'll be worth the trade off. I think back to playing Red Dead 2 and the missions themselves weren't that interesting in terms of gameplay cos they mostly end up just being shootouts where you're superhuman, but I still sunk so much time into that game just exploring it and living the world. If we can get close to that with a HP world I'd be very happy
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Try Elden ring mate. You are far, far from superhuman in that game it’s brilliant and has spells that out potter to shame

I have Elden Ring on my radar, but I've still got a few games to complete before I can justify buying another one to gather dust right now

I'm a big fan of Harry Potter, the only game I recall playing though was Prizoner of Azkaban on PS2 and that was pretty good.

the set pieces look great , however the combat looks like it would get boring very quickly. I got bored watching the combat on the preview.

I suppose it depends on how big a part of the game the com at actually is.

Plenty of games don't particularly have great combat.

FFVII remake tended to suck apart from the major set piece battles.

Red Dead 2 wasn't great either.

Skyrim is another example where combat was incredibly boring, particularly after you hit a level where your character basically became invincible.

Yet all three are class games.

comment by Mattyp (U8926)
posted 1 day, 21 hours ago
I suppose it depends on how big a part of the game the com at actually is.

Plenty of games don't particularly have great combat.

FFVII remake tended to suck apart from the major set piece battles.

Red Dead 2 wasn't great either.

Skyrim is another example where combat was incredibly boring, particularly after you hit a level where your character basically became invincible.

Yet all three are class games.

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looking through the extended gameplay trailer, the combat seems to be a very large part of the game.

Skyrims combat at the time was nowhere near a bad as made out.

Combat in FF7 was excellent??

and you cannot compare the combat for a gun shooter to that of a spell casting mage

FF7 was great for boss battles, however walking down a patch and fighting a dog, time and time again soon got tedious, particularly if you were just hitting the energy with your sword cause you were saving mp.

Of course you can compare the two, both are ranged attack games.

Even now I just finished the Guardians of the Galaxy game and that gets a bit samey by the end, but it's still a fantastic game because of everything else going on.

I expect something similar to happen with this game, but if everything else is really great then I won't mind.