Hogwarts Legacy gets great reviews

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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.

stop being transphobic.

I'm pretty sure "Sir Ryan" is what Rowling had in mind when she named the trans character. That's why I put it in quotes.

IMO she should ask for assistance when giving a name to a character who isn't cis, white and British.

You are coming across as very transphobic

it’s as if you are deliberately twisting this character name just so you can say nasty things about MtF transitioners whilst pretending someone else did the bad thing.

The inclusion of the token trans character including their name, has not gone down well with a lot of people, given the context and JK Rowling's track record on the topic.

IMO Rowling would have been better not having a trans-character in her game. It's not looking good for her.

This is the actor whose voice you are ridiculing:

Rebecca Root:

So dial back the gleeful transphobia a bit eh?

My opinion on a token trans-character who could have been implemented better on a game associated with someone who has controversial views on transpeople doesn't make me "transphobic".

www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/books/who-is-sirona-ryan-in-hogwarts-legacy-and-why-is-she-offensive/ar-AA17gI16

Another article here.

Linking to other nasty things doesn’t excuse your own nastiness.

The character you are mocking for being masculine is based on the actual actor voicing the part. Who is transgender.

Does this excuse everything JK Rowling has said?

Would you like to re-read this and maybe apologise for this incredibly transphobic comment?

I think you're projecting your own bigotry here, or parroting something you read somewhere else. I know a Sirona. Never have I heard her name abbreviated to Sir. It isn't long enough to require abbreviation.

In Celtic polytheism, Sirona was a goddess worshipped predominantly in East Central Gaul and along the Danubian limes. A healing deity, she was associated with healing springs; her attributes were snakes and eggs. She was sometimes depicted with Apollo Grannus or Apollo Borvo. She was particularly worshipped by the Treveri in the Moselle Valley.

wikipedia

Why are you deflecting the blame for YOUR TRANSPHOBIA onto JK Rowling (who wasn’t actually involved in the making of this game anyway)?

All your past assertions re: posting on Mumsnet to support LGBT people have crumbled to dust in this thread.

It isn't too far of a reach IMO to think whoever came up with the name was thinking of ways to make it intentionally masculine, as if they didn't have good intentions towards transpeople.

My polyjuice comment was in jest and a reference to Harry Potter. I apologies if it came across as offensive as that wasn't the intent.

I still stand by my views this non-playable character (who barely appears) could have been implemented better.

It really, definitely is.

See previous post. I know a (female!) Sirona, and also a Seren, a Welsh girls' name from the same Celtic root. Never has anyone thought either to be a masculine name.

For Pete's name. What next? That Morrigan sounds like Morris?

It’s a massive reach.

A transphobic reach.

It’s such a female-associated name there is even a menstrual cup brand named Sirona ffs!

Shall we talk about Cho Chang and Shacklebolt (names which were chosen by JK Rowling herself)? Or save that for another day?

I think we're past enjoying your embarrassing posts. Please don't treat us to any more parroted, bigoted interpretations.

There are plenty of real life people who go by the name Cho Chang or Chang Cho

Go chuck it in a Facebook search and see for yourself.

You are coming across as a wee bit racist now.

Plenty of black people with the surname ‘Shacklebolt’ on Facebook too - although you do have to sift through the Kingsley character profiles to find the real life people!

The irony is just bursting out. Marg has had it pointed out more than once that PIE stands for Pedophile Exchange Network. And here we are with ridiculous name associations.

Someone call Alanis, peak irony.

Pie deffo needs to be a bit more careful about pointing fingers!

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No-one would object if the respected Auror (wizarding police officer, who arrests dark wizards and criminals- do I have to labour the point that the police put handcuffs on other people? ), member of the Order of the Phoenix, and eventual Minister of Magic was white and called Kingsley Shacklebolt.

There is a point where purported "anti-racism" becomes racism, and this is over that line by so many miles.

Hold the phones. JK Rowling's magical world has a black man for the magical Prime Minister. Seriously. FFS.

There's a nice pattern to Kingsley's narrative arc, too, because one of his assignments as an Auror is protecting the Muggle Prime Minister.

from my quick Facebook search it looked like there were lots of black people with the surname Shacklebolt who rather liked the Hogwarts connection (ie had it listed in their bio).

Pie’s been offence mining and come back with only fools gold.