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Hogwarts Legacy gets great reviews

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fromorbit · 06/02/2023 14:20

The Hogwarts Legacy reviews have dropped from major game review sites before release tomorrow and they are great:

Review ratings :
• PSU - 9.5
• IGN - 9
• JVCOM - 9
• Xbox Era - 9
• Power Up - 9
• Press Start - 9
• Well Played - 9
• Pushsquare - 8
• Gamerant - 4.5/5
• Screen Rant - 4.5/5
• VGC - 4/5
• Metacritic - 87

Typical review below is an example it has some of the usual anti JKR performative nonsense, but otherwise the review shows how good the game is and how close it ties into the magic of the books. :
metro.co.uk/2023/02/06/hogwarts-legacy-review-the-best-harry-potter-video-game-ever-made-18230040/

The massive failure of the campaign against Hogwarts Legacy is another example of TRA self sabotage. The game itself is good and is going to do more massive sales now it is out, and the controversy helped give it great name recognition. Better than that it demonstrates that "transphobia" is a meaningless term which people increasingly ignore. It means that the gender fanatics attempt to control how people think is collapsing more and more.

Their latest TRA ploy is to call for a boycott of Twitch because it is showing Hogwarts Legacy adverts which again is going to fail and will further alienate people:
www.thegamer.com/hogwarts-legacy-twitch-ads-boycott/

What makes this all more sweet is JKR is benefitting massively from this because TRAs are so bigoted and can't tolerate dissent. This is nothing to do with helping anyone "trans" this is just about "moral" purity. It is even more blatant now it has been revealed there is a "trans" charater in the game as well as there being no rules about whether you are a witch or wizard. Yes turns out a JKR based game doesn't care whether people call themselves witches or wizards or how they dress exactly as JKR states:
"Dress however you please.
Call yourself whatever you like."

Hogwarts Legacy "Trans" Character details
www.gamerevolution.com/news/934065-hogwarts-legacy-trans-character-transgender-sirona-ryan

Yes Hogwarts Legacy is more supportive of having an avatar which can gender non conform than most other games. Which makes sense because JKR doesn't care about that and the game reflects the universe she created.

The TRAs would never challenge the Call Of Duty franchise beloved by right wingers and where Activision the company behind it who have paid directly into Republican party coffers. No they only go after the game where a woman gets some of the profits, a woman who actively opposes the right and tried to stop Trump being elected in 2016.

If the TRAs hated the popularity of Hogwarts Legacy before it launched, they are really really going to hate how big it is going to be. They also can look forward Hogwarts {Rowling] Legacy 2 which their nonsense has helped make inevitable.

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twitterexile · 06/02/2023 18:19

Loving that the blue haired trolls are wetting their pants over this. 😂

NicolaSturgeonsSOGIbottom · 06/02/2023 17:42

Yep.

Maybe she’ll peak though - the most awful comments are (unsurprisingly) from the trans side.

 Hogwarts Legacy gets great reviews
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PaterPower · 06/02/2023 17:35

It’s not going down well on Twitter.

On either ‘side’ it seems.

The reviewer was never going to win, bless their blue hair…

…at three stars it’s too high a score for fellow travellers (so getting slated by them) and yet too low to be an objectively fair review, given where the rest of the gaming press has positioned it.

Which has ticked off everyone else!

NicolaSturgeonsSOGIbottom · 06/02/2023 17:19

Guardian Reviewer gave it 3 stars.

It’s not going down well on Twitter.

 Hogwarts Legacy gets great reviews
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 Hogwarts Legacy gets great reviews
 Hogwarts Legacy gets great reviews
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NicolaSturgeonsSOGIbottom · 06/02/2023 16:10

I don’t know a thing about gaming (the last console I owned was a SNES) but I am getting really interested in purity spirals and how they can hollow out communities and this seems like a significant event that has the potential to kick off hundreds of the things as various woke gamers inevitably get outed for disobeying the boycott.

Thanks for the detailed OP fromorbit!

zanahoria · 06/02/2023 16:08

Cannot wait to get confirmation that this pathetic boycott has completely failed

MrsTerryPratchett · 06/02/2023 15:50

What I want to know is whether it's worth the whole family being the same House. I'd like us all to be in different ones so we can hang out in the different Common Rooms but I bet there's a boost being on the same team.

Answers on a postcard, please.

fromorbit · 06/02/2023 15:46

PaterPower · 06/02/2023 14:32

I’d buy the game to show my support but, like most AAA console titles now, it’s £60 (for the standard edition, you can choose to shell out more). It’s a sixth of the price of the original hardware!

Much as I admire JKR, I struggle to see the value of new release games at that price.

Don't feel obligated. Plenty of other ways to show support just buy something supporting women JKR would love that or any bit of Potter merchandise she will get a cut. To be honest JKR has never cared much about the computer games part of the franchise and has never sought to control them unlike her interest in the films. That is why the TRAs campaign was particularly pointless.

If you are interested in what she thinks about the gaming world and its complexities and dangers check out the latest Strike book.

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KimberWozRobbed · 06/02/2023 15:23

My copy arrived in Saturday morning and I played for a couple of hours last night. It's very good so far and looks beautiful.

MillicentTrilbyHiggins · 06/02/2023 15:22

We've got to wait until April to play it on ps4. I never thought I'd happily pay £75 for a game (we got the deluxe edition) but I did. Well, DC and I went thirds, so I suppose I only paid £25. And the hours of play we'll get between us make it a bargain.

xeraco · 06/02/2023 15:14

Never in a million years would I buy an action game like this. But guess what?Grin

Thecomfortador · 06/02/2023 15:02

Ordered a copy from Curry's I think for £47.99. I don't even like computer games but there's DPs 40th birthday coming up and two young sons who like gaming so between them all it felt justified to buy it.

nauticant · 06/02/2023 14:51

For games that are deep and involved, many gamers are getting 50+ hours of entertaiment for their £50+. When looking at other forms of entertainment, £60 can be argued to be reasonable value for money.

I'd not pay it, I'm reluctant to pay more than £10 for a game and am content to wait a few years for massive price drops in the AAA games. It also means I have a machine that can run them.

WhereYouLeftIt · 06/02/2023 14:47

PaterPower · 06/02/2023 14:32

I’d buy the game to show my support but, like most AAA console titles now, it’s £60 (for the standard edition, you can choose to shell out more). It’s a sixth of the price of the original hardware!

Much as I admire JKR, I struggle to see the value of new release games at that price.

Not a gamer, just mother to one. I was paying £45 for new games maybe 5-6 years ago, so £60 doesn't actually seem that out of step.

PaterPower · 06/02/2023 14:32

I’d buy the game to show my support but, like most AAA console titles now, it’s £60 (for the standard edition, you can choose to shell out more). It’s a sixth of the price of the original hardware!

Much as I admire JKR, I struggle to see the value of new release games at that price.

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