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[feral locust]

As cool as that'd be, it just won't happen

[zinc swallow]

try RDR2 if u like snow in games

[rotund plover]

If it does well, hopefully we can get more built onto it, the engine expanded etc

[feral locust]

It's already done well enough to pay for a sequal probably

I mean it's the n1 most anticipated game, also on top of all charts in regards of pre orders and more incoming on launch after reviews most likely.

[rotund plover]

True, it's done well for us normal people, but i'm talking about executives and board room members, you know how they want profits beyond profits

[native vine]

Ooo careful with that lmao. You get some snitches on here about rumors and it’s done lol. But yeah, I also believe there will be a new game+. The reason is when it was asked, the devs on twitter said “we have no official answer to that yet” which means there will be new game plus. I was going to play and evil playthrough as my first but I have changed that. New game + would allow being evil from the beginning so I am waiting for the 2nd playthrough just in case.

[feral locust]

No like profit wise, it's outsold most games on the market and have already most likely gained more than the budget spent on the game.

[native vine]

You pop balloons at a kids party too? 😂

[feral locust]

Wym

[crude osprey]

I did, but I want a full map with snow. Not one region where you can do nothing, cool for a hunting game, not for everything else

[shadow thicket]

You're debbie downing on their hopes

[rotund plover]

Unfortunately a lot of stuff in gaming is profit driven, getting your budget back, or even doing well by current standards sometimes isn't enough, sometimes the higher up want you to hit a number before they even think of additional support

That's just business though, chasing infinite growth

[zinc swallow]

thats coz RDR2 has a huge map

[spare rivet]

It’s sucks how ign kept on talking about Rowling more than the game lol 😂

[native vine]

I guess that was too subtle. It’s all good. When you said it would never happen I was making it seem like you are the dude going around popping the ballons(dreams) of others. No biggie. I guess the joke didn’t hit right.

[zinc swallow]

coz jkr created all of this indirectly

[grizzled ridge]

Yeah, I'll certainly have multiple playthroughs myself! One for each house and then likely my attitude for that character as well. You have good-good, evil for the purpose of good, strait evil, moderate.. You know, the possibilities are endless lol.

[crude osprey]

that was their only flaw on the game, literally talking about her.

[rotund plover]

Ultimately what they say about whoever doesn't matter, if you're going to buy the game it literally doesn't and cannot hurt you anyway

[warped flower]

is romance included in the game?

[crude osprey]

yeah, doesnt change that you cant do anything in it

[zinc swallow]

wdym by cant do anything in it?

[spare rivet]

Reviews should be focused on gameplay and development not the authors

[rotund plover]

They can't stop you from playing the game, they can't hurt you, they can't bring down the word of law on you, so worrying about what they say is just stressing yourself out for nothing

[warped flower]

damn...modding community, you're up

[grizzled ridge]

I don't believe so, but there is companionship for sure.

[rotund plover]

Winding yourself of over it is in fact hurting you more than them

[crude osprey]

it is an empty region, not with gameplay. Its great if you like hunting games. Not quests or anything else

[feral locust]

Rather have a realistic view on it than waiting for disappointment. Don't really mean it in an offensive way. It's just logic, HL in itself took 5-6 years of development and asking for an entire world with all 11 wizarding schools, economy system, etc etc probably isn't very realistic. I mean sure we have the technology to make it happen but it'd take 15+ years to develop lol. Longer than elder scrolls 6 most likely 😹

[zinc swallow]

um what? rdr2 is an open world game

[fair kite]

Considering they are uh yk children I don’t think romance is likely

[crude osprey]

my guy just forget it

[zinc swallow]

there's events in those regions, u just didnt encounter it

[native vine]

Yeah just think though, these guys make an actual WoW wizarding world and change subscriptions monthly like WoW does? That game makes so much money man and I would easily buy a HL subscription. WoW already made a lot of money off me. Subscriptions are the real money maker.

[zinc swallow]

naw naw u know ur wrong now

[crude osprey]

We were talking about snow, thats it

[warped flower]

cmooon we are 5th year 😉

[zinc swallow]

it's fine i wont argue with u further since u know u got it wrong

[fair kite]

They are 15…

[crude osprey]

There arent encounters in the snow region my guy, stop trying to tell me what isnt the truth

[warped flower]

i had my first gf at 11 lmao

[shadow thicket]

I'm not disagreeing with you. I was just explaining what they meant because you asked. 🙂

[rotund plover]

I expect aggressive, spicy hand holding at most, maybe even a "wow, that person is really a pal" at most

[crude osprey]

the snowy region is empty, thats a fact.

[fair kite]

Cool

[zinc swallow]

not encountering them doesnt make it doesnt exist

[grizzled ridge]

Not necessarily, lol.. Once you have the map, the fillers come to fruition far quicker. I'm speaking from development experience. But anyways.

[crude osprey]

Sure my guy, now leave me be thank you lmao

[warped flower]

in the movies when they hit 4th year romance has been included

[zinc swallow]

lmao

[zinc swallow]

naw naw u know u got it wrong, all g tho but dont make it sound like ur the victim

[feral locust]

And how long do u think HL's map took to make. Now add in an entire world with 11 different schools and the same surroundings.

[ivory verge]

please don't include rumors or leaks in the discussions in here. It's not allowed regardless of the channel.

[feral locust]

what leaks

[ivory verge]

also @native vine let's stop degrading people as "snitches" please

[native vine]

Most definitely. I have been slytherin on here for months but I had to(regretfully) switch to hufflepuff because my first playthrowill be straight grinding out offensive plants/ plant materials, tames/breeding and potion making. I will make sure to leave a detailed list of all times and what not. Having said that, I can’t be a slytherin and be seen doing all that stuff if you get my drift. Not a good look at all.

[ivory verge]

It was rumors being included but I am announcing both so it's known

[fair kite]

It’s different in video games

Yes. Controlling and watching are two different things

[zinc swallow]

i hardly see romance plots in a game that isnt 18+ ngl

[native vine]

Ok, sorry. We do know people ping you for stuff they shouldn’t be bothering you with though. Just saying.

[warped flower]

im not talking about str8 up s*x lmao just u know, couple of smooches, maybe some side quests with them, companionship, etc

[zinc swallow]

and plus romance isnt really needed

[warped flower]

yeah im coming off weird right about now ill stop lmfao

[zinc swallow]

all we want is just a hogwarts game

[grizzled ridge]

There's no need to speculate, my point is, as a developer myself(of other games, software, apps, etc), it's not impossible to see that become a reality. It's more about if that matches their vision rather than time and effort requirements to get there. Creating a building and filler items is rather fast, where context for characters and such takes a little more time.

[fair kite]

I mean maybe. You are talking about mods tho

[warped flower]

true

bro this game is gonna be off the chain whatever happens

[feral locust]

Yeah Ik I never said it was impossible. I just stated that for that to happen, they can't expect it to be done in the same timeframe as HL was made.

[ivory verge]

Sure, and they learn when and when it isn't appropriate. But calling people snitches is just being rude and makes others feel discouraged from using the tag which we don't want.

[warped flower]

like u gotta be a die hard J.K Rowling hater to hate it

[rotund plover]

I can see having like a relationship meter that fills up more if we do their companion quests and at the end we could potentially get a skill, as a pure hypothetical. I highly doubt we'll get the whirlwind romances some people are thinking about

[warped flower]

yeah thats probably true. they confirmed by building rship with people they give u bonuses like spells n stuff

[grizzled ridge]

HL is the bones, you could have expansions like that in 6 months-a year, certainly not 5. But it's semantics at this point regardless.

[warped flower]

like that slytherin dude giving u crucio

[native vine]

Yes and I apologized for it. I wasn’t trying to justify what I said.

[grizzled ridge]

Yeah, for sure! I just can't wait, only two weeks to go!!!! 😁😁

[modern robin]

What did you guys think of the new gameplay? 😄

[native vine]

Yeah man, I am hyped AF. I am literally planning on making 100’s of potions/gear/offensive plants as well as breeding and being the first one to see what the max capacity of beasts are. Going to be grinding like hell. Probably won’t finish the story for at least a week or two to be honest.

[native vine]

New gameplay is awesome man. I try to tell people in general chat that they don’t need to worry that the hype is 100% warranted. Some still say they are skeptical but I just say well you do you man lol

[rotund plover]

With the sum total of what i've seen, the game won't disappoint me and that's all I ask for. I'm expecting potential random little things that might be annoying but I haven't seen any major trip ups

[lilac prism]

what was one thing you all seen from the Hogwarts gameplay today that made you more excited for the game?

[rotund plover]

Most importantly, all the fundamentals look like they're in place

[shadow thicket]

Just ONE thing...gahhhhh!!! That's so hard! I guess if I really could only choose one, it's the animal care/taming.

[mental flax]

Dragons. Dragons, so many dragons. As far as the eye can see. Big beautiful lizards with fire out their mouths. My child self screams with joy.

[rotund plover]

For me just being able to fly at will and explore

[native vine]

Literally every single thing. This is not coming from a fan boy. This is coming from someone who plays every early access title that has come out pretty much. This is way more polished than most games. I know bad games and this sure as hell isn’t one of them lol

[river solstice]

Legit the combat. The one thing I love about RDR2 was how the combat made you feel like a badass, especially with deadeye. Something tells me I'll feel the same with HL's combat once I get used to it

It just feels soooo cinematic

[lilac prism]

you can list them all if you want and thats one thing i'm looking forward to as well

[mental flax]

The open world flight pleases me too in the same way that Horizon Forbidden West did with the Sunwing.

[native vine]

Yeah man, this game will be solid. The devs aren’t hiding stuff for big reasons. They are hiding stuff for the shock value and they will deliver.

[mental flax]

I’m glad games have progressed in a way to give you ultimate freedom without sacrificing story or making anything necessarily easier.

[lilac prism]

can't wait to see all the beast in the game. especially dragons

[lilac prism]

thats a big one for me

[lilac prism]

love this approach

[native vine]

I will be spending days taming and breeding every single beast there is. If the cap is 100 I will be the one to let you know it’s 100 😂

[lilac prism]

the combat is looking really strong in this game

[lilac prism]

traversal will be so fun

[lilac prism]

perfectly said

[native vine]

Yeah it is really a blessing in disguise. When you get into early access you see a game literally being made over the course of years. All of the bugs and bad game mechanics. You see all the improvements over time. It’s like watching a baby grow into an adult. Definitely an awesome yet frustrating experience, but well worth it.

[lilac prism]

i'm holding you to that lol

[rotund plover]

I also lowkey hope the game does well enough to show publishers and execs that singleplayer games aren't "dead" and will sell just fine

[mental flax]

Except in this case you typically yell at the baby when it crashes rather than check to see if it’s alright.

[lilac prism]

i still can't believe we are actually about to play it

[native vine]

Please do. I am actually planning on having a few drinks when I get home from work on the 6th and sleeping at 6 o’clock. I will wake up around 12-1 am fully rested(I don’t sleep 8 hours regardless) and literally all of the 7th I will be grinding in the room of requirement 😂 already planning on putting all of my latent points into the RoR talent tree and nothing else. I won’t be the midnight player. More efficient to sleep early since you can’t play anyway.

[native vine]

So close man. So close

[mental flax]

The game comes out “officially” two days before my birthday but I have to work 10 hour days through the early access period. Who knows how I’ll be.

[lilac prism]

you have your whole release day planned i love it lol me too

[mental flax]

Might prop my eyelids long enough to do character creation with a glass of wine.

[native vine]

Just don’t shake the baby lol. That would be the equivalent of throwing your controller. Had to stop myself a couple times 😂

[mellow grove]

Random question

[native vine]

Well what is your plan now?

[shadow thicket]

Oh well, aside from the animal care - the combat system looks amazing, the quest we got to take a peek looks super interesting, the gathering, the crafting, the flying, the swimming (although I wish you could dive but I can always hope for an underwater expansion dlc later), decorating, and the mini-games.

[lilac prism]

the moment it's available for download on steam i'm installing and playing asap lol

[native vine]

Are you a night owl?

[mellow grove]

You know what nevermind

[native vine]

Why?

[lilac prism]

I Absolutly 110 percent agree with everything here

[mellow grove]

I was gonna ask if we could talk about achievements yet?

[cursive comet]

I just wanna throw anvils at dark wizards 🥺

[mellow grove]

Ha that's gonna hurt

[cursive comet]

walk it off buddy

[native vine]

No unfortunately. I won’t act on a bad way. I will be helpful and let you know we can’t do that here. Gotta be private message

[mellow grove]

Roger

[vestal bobcat]

does anyone know if i can be a frog?

[cursive comet]

like a animagus?

[vestal bobcat]

no, A frog Wizard.

[cursive comet]

🤨

[lilac prism]

Unfortunately not at this time

[mellow grove]

I see

[native vine]

Yeah girl, bummer on the diving as well but we will survive. The RoR itself and vivarium has me going crazy right now

[vestal bobcat]

Im gonna tame them all!

[mental flax]

I’ll take swimming at surface level over outright invisible water walls.

[mellow grove]

Gotta tame em all
Fantastic beasts

[vestal bobcat]

❤️

[native vine]

Some other wizard might turn you into a chicken if they have access to ancient magic. Sorry but no frog. You get to be a chicken.

[vestal bobcat]

Arise Chicken

[native vine]

POKÉMON!!!

Oops wrong game.

[mellow grove]

Lmao

[vestal bobcat]

i hope i get a shiny Nargle.

[cursive comet]

oh i love chickens

[rotund plover]

I kind of assumed there would be some pretty hard limits on water/swimming, making every body of water diveable and deep would mostly be rendering in lots of empty space. Pretty empty space, but still empty

[mellow grove]

I hope to get a shiny niffler

I hear they're blue

[native vine]

Still not sure what they look like? How will I know when I get one?

[rotund plover]

My guess is we'll be able to dive at certain points for smaller set pieces, not full on underwater swimming but at least underwater segments

[vestal bobcat]

@native vine If you hear buzzing i think your good.

[native vine]

😋

[vestal bobcat]

Please dont forget, Skrimger is a vampire.

[native vine]

Tinnitus? That is a sucky pet

[cursive comet]

if get the chance check ur DM

[mellow grove]

Something tells me there's gonna be alot of those strange parchments (I don't remember what they're called) hidden around the map

[vestal bobcat]

Korok seeds?

[cursive comet]

field guide pages

[mellow grove]

I think so

[cursive comet]

they're hidden all over the world

[vestal bobcat]

idk i got trolled last time i tried to get all of them,

[mellow grove]

It's gonna be the equivalent of riddler trophy's hidden around the arkham game maps

[night gull]

So far, previews is only available for the PS5, right? Would there be previews for the Steam Deck/PC? Or would we have to wait 2 weeks and find out how well it runs lol

[shadow thicket]

No, it'll only be for PS5 because that's all that was allowed to be played at the headquarters that people were invited to

[rotund plover]

Probably not, I think they more than likely have a deal with PS to film all the footage on it first, my guess, pure speculation

[night gull]

ah, okie okie. I understand now. Thanks!

[cloud hornet]

Yeah, playstation is thier advertisement partner, it's not that they don't have something to show, they just have a deal

[valid forum]

Did people on ps5 play early or nah

Sorry I wasn't on discord

[rotund plover]

Select, invited creators I think, it wasn't a general public early release

[shadow thicket]

People in general, no. Game reviewers were invited to headquarters to do a 2 hour play test.

[valid forum]

So they had the Outfits that were on YouTube ? Them clothes were amazing and the auto aim is bad in my opinion

[rotund plover]

Auto-aim is a reality of consoles, I'm guessing PC will probably have options to minimize it or turn it off if they make kb&m viable

[shadow thicket]

The clothes you saw in the previews would be available in the game. And the aim seemed fine in the ones I watched. I believe there is the option to free-aim so not sure what the person you were watching was doing.

[valid forum]

Hope they let us console turn it off

[valid forum]

I was twitch early today

[shadow thicket]

Since the previews were done on a console, I would assume so

[rotund plover]

Soft aim assist is the norm for the most part because it makes more people happy than it doesn't, but yep, they should still have an option for people to disable it

[valid forum]

That were I saw auto aim

[rotund plover]

At least, I hope they do

[valid forum]

Idc about the spoiling cause all my story line going be different and I have to get me a console :]

[normal drift]

the most concerning thing for me right now is those field guide pages, really... do you think there will be more variability in puzzles and so on? from the footage it seems like every minu-puzzle only results in one of those pages, no other award and seems like a fetch quest that gets boring easily(?) Also we saw multiple of those lumos-butterfly mirror things, seems fun thr first time, but when it will be in the game 20+ times, not so much... Opinions?;

[valid forum]

Bro I was twitch right

[normal creek]

When yall think reviews coming out?

[valid forum]

I was watching a live and they have lock picking

[normal creek]

Also kinda excited to see what potions can do

[valid forum]

It looks hard ;-;

[shadow thicket]

Previews are already out. Reviews will be done after the game release

[normal creek]

No diving

[valid forum]

I'm excited to watch people play the game and be evil or kinda good ;))))

[normal creek]

Wonder how thats gonna work

Kinda happy we don't just turn evil by just

yeah

Lock picking seems weird

Not weird bad but weird as in idk what's going on

[valid forum]

I would get mad if I couldn't picklock

[feral locust]

Anyone have the map?

[valid forum]

Nope sadly

Try scroll up if it is up there

[normal drift]

i think theres no actual map out there (?) wasnt it only the concept art map that was shown so far?

[outer bolt]

Red oak and aspen wands are the best wands for dueling according to wand lore. Is there any chance you think we can have access to multiple wands we win against other wizards in real duels. Not against our classmates ofc but the bad guys perhaps?

Like some wands are bis for nature like english oak others are good at transfiguration , charms , legilimency etc

I seen in the character armor slots there was a slot for your wand so i hope so

[outer bolt]

Maybe not until we find gillyweed to be able to not drown hehe 🙂

[steel wadi]

nah its been confirmed there is no diving and no gillyweed

[outer bolt]

Where?

[steel wadi]

lemme find the vidya

[outer bolt]

If 20 year old games like wow allow diving under water i dont see why not rip

[steel wadi]

https://youtu.be/uGsftYYgcf8?t=30

timestamped

[outer bolt]

Thats just him playing it and saying he couldent atm. He dident have it in his inventory we hope

[weak widget]

no diving isn’t in the game.

[steel wadi]

I mean maybe in a future update/dlc...? But hope for the future is the best we got rn

[outer bolt]

You need to go out and find ingredients to be able to do certain things. He never stated the guy told him its not possible. It just was not possible for him at the time

[crude osprey]

We will haver over 100 side quests, game is going to be crazy big

much to do, thankfully the world wont be empty

[steel wadi]

He said it was straight up not in the game, it's not a big deal if there is no diving though

the black lake is a small piece compared to the large world they have

on a different note I hope the game plays well on mouse and keyboard, I don't like using the controller so much

[silk sparrow]

cause no body of water, just plane with shader, swimming animation on top of it yeet easy implementation no effort, no performance hit

[dry river]

Is a photo mode confirmed? The game looks great so there better be one

[silk sparrow]

you wanna be run at 5FPS cause they gotta add full bodies of water and add some physics to it and render origin offsets all time or you want decent performance?

[outer furnace]

wow

there's actual swimming mechanics

[rotund plover]

I think people underestimate how much of the Black Lake would just be lake, as in just normal water, sitting there being water... eating up performance to just be water

[silk sparrow]

swimming mechanics, add swim animation to ik , character speed set to 50% "cool swimming"

[rotund plover]

I get wanting to explore what's down there, but I also get wanting to have a game that can actually run

[outer furnace]

cannot wait to explore the lake

[rotund plover]

That being said, I'm willing to bet there will be underwater set pieces we can visit or travel to, but not massive-underwater-open-world-explore

[outer bolt]

Im just saying theres aquatic plants that we will need to gather and i hope they jus dont have them growing out the side of the waters edge

[dry river]

Why do you want to dive underwater? Most single player games don't have this feature. It would require a lot of work and would make the game harder to run for mid range hardware. If you want some underwater exploration I highly recommend subnautica

[outer furnace]

there could be loot under water

[rotund plover]

Yea, I can fully see diving for smaller segments or for smaller areas, but I highly doubt they're rendering a whole lake

I will be happily wrong if they do

[outer bolt]

By midrange hardware do u mean ps5 and xbox s?

[dry river]

No, I mean mid range PCs. I can't speak for console hardware, I don't own any.

[silk sparrow]

what you talking ... we need a full 1900s diving suit, complete diving bell and sea life with full physics and rigged animals, cause who needs performance.

[outer furnace]

stupidest thing i ever heard

[rotund plover]

If that was to me, my bad, I didn't mean to rain on anyone's parade

[outer bolt]

Or you could just use gillyweed

[dry river]

My bad, I forgot this is a completely necessary feature for a single player game that we can't do without

[silk sparrow]

lol you didnt hear people asking for an entirely new quidditch game with mechanics that the game doesnt support and aerodynamics that isnt in the game and AI that they dont have

[quick basalt]

add swimming animation to ik? What's that suppose to mean, IK is something you use to make an animation, not something you add an animation to. Unless IK means something else I suppose

[silk sparrow]

i meant rig too lazy to edit

[outer furnace]

why don't you you develop the game then

[silk sparrow]

key the animation , check the player is in "water" speed 50%

[silk sparrow]

i have, and i am

[outer bolt]

Ravenclaw complaining about swimming animations would be too hard go read up on game development and sort it out for us bookworm

[outer furnace]

for all i know you could be lying

[silk sparrow]

ok

[dry river]

Still heard some people asking for that... It's like they expect HL to have immersion on the level of RDR2 or even better

[quick basalt]

If they are using root motion, they wouldn't even need to adjust the speed, just use the animation

[outer furnace]

you really expect me to twke the wor

[rotund plover]

There are two things I did notice that make me think any diving we do will be context specific, as in it's an event or we can dive in a certain spot to get a plant or something

[gleaming spear]

Why are people so pressed about no diving

[silk sparrow]

it depends cause, if the shader is not using proper origin offsets or collision is applied differently might need to tweak speed, but you could be right yep

[rotund plover]

One, when we try to broom dismount in an area we're not allowed the game straight up tells us NO in giant letters. We don't even get a warning about that as far as I can see in the water

[outer bolt]

Yes theres magical plant ingredients in that lake and i want emmmm

[dry river]

They need something to complain about I suppose. They'll pull elements from every game in existence then ask why HL doesn't have all of them.

[rotund plover]

I'm not complaining, I'm fine with their design choice, wasn't my intention to come off as complaining

[outer bolt]

Gta has it wow has it skyrim has it we want what we want i suppose

[quick basalt]

Has what? Diving?

[outer bolt]

Yas

[rotund plover]

People really need to learn the amount of work that goes into "the devs should just add it" before they throw it around so casually though

[quick basalt]

It took GTA like 5 iterations to have meaningful underwater diving

[gleaming spear]

“Meaningful”

[silk sparrow]

they wanna see those sexy underwater plants

[quick basalt]

As in, they actually created underwater environments, and used the mechanic in some missions

[silk sparrow]

look imagine diving in that with some underwater plants

[outer bolt]

The lets play guy was missing gillyweed that he failed to have in his bags and failed to harvest before he got into the lake and just casually said looks like we cant dive under here guys and everyone just assumes its not in the game

[gleaming spear]

Ok yeah true

[rotund plover]

Who knows, maybe you're right

[gleaming spear]

Let’s assume it’s not and if it is we’ll all be happy

[feral locust]

On a different creator video he confirmed he talked to devs and they said no underwater exploration

[dry river]

What's with the plants bruh atleast ask for some underwater beasts or smth

[feral locust]

I did want underwater mounts rlly bad tho ngl

[rotund plover]

if you're right, it means my expectations get exceeded, if not it's within expectations

[dry river]

I've never seen anyone ask for diving to harvest underwater plants

[silk sparrow]

hold on let me see whats on the marketplace

[gleaming spear]

Do we know all spells yet

[feral locust]

I could still see water mounts maybe being in game but I doubt it

[dry river]

That would be great

[silk sparrow]

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/monster-frog

best monster i ever saw

[rotund plover]

Well, apparently we have a water vivarium for what that's worth

[dry river]

Do we know how many mounts are confirmed to be in the game yet?

[quick basalt]

I think swimming but no diving is a reasonable expectation for their first iteration on the game

[feral locust]

Definitely is

[feral locust]

With how much is already in the game

I mean I feel like now we really know what we’re about to get

[quick basalt]

a sequel could maybe expand on the word by adding underwater exploration

[feral locust]

Sequel will also be hard because what will they do with Hogwarts to make it better and fresh

[dry river]

Could be dlc as well

[outer bolt]

Tbh the black lake does not look scaled very well but who knows if theres more lakes in the game other than that one

[feral locust]

But I think it’s possible

Im thinking DLC is more likely than a sequel

[dry river]

Maybe a different time period?

[feral locust]

But maybe both who knows

[rotund plover]

So who is going to eject from this discord when the game drops? Anyone plan to stick around?

[silk sparrow]

the map size looks kinda small honestly but it does look a little more dense than i expected and density is more important than map size

[quick basalt]

Could be a good candidate for dlc, but would add an entire mechanic, which I think is unlikely for DLC.

[dry river]

True, but you never know

[feral locust]

I will be here but only in general channel without spoilers

[rotund plover]

Are we even getting DLC?

[feral locust]

Not confirmed but tbh this game will sell really well so I think they will eventually

[dry river]

If the game is popular enough then probably yeah

[rotund plover]

Honestly, they can keep all the dlc, if they drop modtools instead but that ain't happening

[quick basalt]

People will make their own mod tools probably

[outer furnace]

ue4 is highly modular

[ocean owl]

Anybody think we'll get a sequel?

[long bobcat]

We don’t really know, depends on how well the game is received

[quick basalt]

I think it's likely, but we'll see how release goes

[feral locust]

daddy voldemort

[trail holly]

Who deleted chad Voldemort

[long bobcat]

If it ends up doing really well then they’ll probably do DLCs for a couple years then start development on another

[feral locust]

what is dlc

[long bobcat]

Expansions that have their own stories/content. (Downloadable content)

[feral locust]

honestly i think this is simialr to GTA

[long bobcat]

What?

[feral locust]

but wizard gta

[trail holly]

Casual gamer detected

[long bobcat]

No… it’s not

[feral locust]

idk base on the playthrughs i sqw

how?

its simialar to gta

maybe the wicther?

idk

[long bobcat]

Explain to me how, without saying it’s open world

[feral locust]

there are story missions?

side quests?

what else

[long bobcat]

So every single player game is like GTA

[feral locust]

well halo isnt

maybe cod

its diff

[long bobcat]

So you’re telling me dying light is like GTA

[feral locust]

well dying light and higwarts are diff

hogwarts 3rd person view

[long bobcat]

Bro tell me you’re reading this

[feral locust]

i would say dying light is simlar to cyber punk

idk i feel this is like any other gta game

[long bobcat]

I’m swapping chats👋

[feral locust]

just wizards lol

[trail holly]

[outer bolt]

Yre a wizzerd h’arrie

[sinful frigate]

Wether or not it like gta depends on how much of nerd you are

[feral locust]

hogwarts shld be diff

i feel elden rings was amazing

shld have made a simalar concept to that

[trail holly]

Elden Ring is a much better comparison than GTA

[feral locust]

wym?

u cant fly in elden rings

u can fly in gta

gta has quests

elden ring doesnt

[feral locust]

PC mods will happen eventually even if it’s not right away

gta is bascially hogwarts

[tropic jungle]

Bro what are you talking? You dont even know what a dlc is…

[outer bolt]

GRAND THEFT BROOMSTICK

[outer furnace]

i vastly perfer hl hogwarts

alot more open

[trail holly]

I wish we could yeet people off their broomsticks

[feral locust]

can u attack studenst?

they shld have a detention

[outer furnace]

gta doesn't even have quests

[outer bolt]

Hope we can as beaters in the quidditch dlc

[outer furnace]

you don't take it and return

and get a reward

[tribal lark]

i opened this chat and this is the first thing i saw. im dying. 🤣

[outer furnace]

theres no items or xp

[outer bolt]

My god will teen wolf the movie drop alrdy its almost 3 am seesh

[brave turtle]

Elden ring has quest but hidden

[feral locust]

yea its self ex[ploration

[crude osprey]

No wonder we have like 40 level or so, with that many things to do there is plenty of xp to gain

so excited about all the items we will unlock over time for the room of requirement, so much to get

[outer furnace]

game looks terrific

i will preorder the next portkey game

[wispy sun]

Oh is there max lvl reveal 🤔

[inner wagon]

Any info about dementors ?

[shut trellis]

Nothing except that there in the game or a cutscene

[crude osprey]

they are in the game, but no info if they are actually going to fight us at maybe azkaban or if its only a cutscene

I would say probably cutscene, as we dont get to have the patronus spell most likely

[loud heart]

There is a time for quest, must we went on the quest place on time? or can we failed the quest other than we die?

I hate timer quest, makes me anxiety

[crude osprey]

There should be no timer quest no

very rare on singleplayer rpg games, this is more for simulators and realistic games that tend to do just a few of them

this was found during the story mission, maybe having an own dragon confirmed?

[steel wadi]

dragon omelet

[dry river]

💀

[ivory verge]

Poppy and the MC both mention the mom probably wants the egg back and the imply they'll take it back later, so I think it becomes a quest to return it tbh

[outer furnace]

explain how is it

[ivory verge]

but maybe you get an egg or dragon hatchling out of that

[bright bison]

i think they are gonna raise the dragon

[ivory verge]

maybe! if it hatches early or something before you return it? but Poppy seemed pretty determined about returning it

[outer bolt]

We gonna have to haggrid style hatch it and name it Norberta

[bright bison]

Ummm idk lol I cant remember she saying that lol She looked very exited

I feel each companion may have flaws

I dont think She sees the danger around Her when she goes very exited

Sebastian messing with the dark magic... not sure Natsai yet

[feral wing]

Anyone testing on PS5 can you use kb&m ??

[crude osprey]

natsais flaw will be obviously being too brave and just not thinking about danger I guess

[ivory verge]

yeah, at the end when you get dialogue options, you can ask "What should we do with the egg?" and she says "We should keep it safe from the poachers for now, but we shouldn't keep it indefinitely." and prior to that she mentions the mom wouldn't have left without it and the MC asks how they'd figure out how to find the mom.

so idk, just my speculation

[crude osprey]

lol yeah I will give him a different german name

[ivory verge]

They said there wasn't any announced plans for KB&M support for Xbox so I imagine it'd be the same for PS

[misty rivet]

Poppy is very affine to dragons , so maybe part of her story line?

[crude osprey]

yeah we will see, still pretty interesting and I kinda have a good feeling about it

[crude osprey]

Could be

[bright bison]

oh ok

[ivory verge]

Poppy’s excitement over the dragon was the best though

[bright bison]

oooh so the logo shows in the letter

[misty rivet]

You’re a Hagrid, Poppy

But seems the three companions might have powerful questlines…Sebastian the unforgivable curses, Poppy getting a Dragon…wondering what Gryffindor could be

[wispy sun]

Hey even tho we don't know who the ravenclaw companion is don't count out what we could get from them

[bright bison]

Yay

[misty rivet]

There is no ravenclaw companion like the three we know

[wispy sun]

It weird not to have one from each house

[gleaming spear]

how do we know

[wispy sun]

Plus it probably one of the boys

[misty rivet]

There will be one but without a major side quest

[wispy sun]

To make It an even 2 boy 2 girl

[radiant solstice]

Isn't Everett Clopton the Ravenclaw companion? It's been confirmed I'm pretty sure but they've been fairly mysterious

[unborn pendant]

can we commit crime in hogwarts legacy

[wispy sun]

He might be. I know there the one but he might be more of a side character but probably has more involvement then other side characters 🤔

Tho both of them got cast character cards in the announcement so I guess we'll just see which one the lucky companion

Place your bets 🤣

[misty rivet]

Those are side characters who are main story related not side quests like Poppy, Sebastian and gryff girl

Only those three will lead to companion quests, that’s why they didn’t show a ravenclaw companion .

[bright bison]

Someone said there is a mini game in the quidditch camp but it wasnt allowed to play in this demo version

[gleaming spear]

but we don't know that do we

maybe they held out on one of the companions

[coral crypt]

Nah

there are, can I DM you?

There is more than just 3.

[simple nymph]

Sure thing

[misty rivet]

[misty rivet]

Leakers and Achievements

[modern nimbus]

Can we not talk about leaks please.

[vapid thorn]

Ohh love that design they did for it

[frail haven]

how are you guys playing the game?

[tough pollen]

Is it releasing the 7th at 00:00v

??

[misty rivet]

If there is one thing which I’m being sceptic about it’s the Gryffindor Companion.

Definitely lacks personality, compared to the other two, I can’t even remember her name.

[misty rivet]

PS5

[frail haven]

oh

lucky you

[simple nymph]

I refunded my PC preorder for a PS5 copy when I (luckily) got to purchase one

[tough pollen]

So if I choose ravenclaw I get no companion..?

[flint portal]

So any new videos today coming

[simple nymph]

There's plenty of companions available don't worry 👍 You can use Natsai, Poppy or Sebastian regardless of what house YOU are in

[misty rivet]

God…companions are not connected to your house. Choose one of the three you’d like

[tough pollen]

Oh ok

[turbid basin]

Having friends outside your house doesn't make you betray your house 😂

[coral crypt]

This.

[misty rivet]

There will be a lot NPCs you can interact with via relationship quests, but Poppy, Sebastian and Natsai will get their own story line and specific companion quests.

You can choose one of those three, regardless which house is yours.

There are no ravenclaw connected companion quests regarding to the achievements

[deft shore]

Yeah because who would wanna be a Ravenclaw

[echo echo]

🤭

[deft shore]

😝

[echo echo]

RC don't need companions we can find our own way 😉
/jk I know about how the deal works with the 3 others

[noble kindle]

Always end up in the library

[coral crypt]

You do... Not sure if you have played Dragon Age.

Imagine, we have companions with a big questline that We have to do multiple missions in order to gain their trust.

And then we have other companions that are just smaller, they still part of the story and get to be our companions, aids us in some missions, react accordingly to the story, etc. But to gain them as companions you don't have to do a big, huge questline to get them to join your rooster.

The other 3 I believe can be locked in some missions but You can still choose bring one of the other along, they may say "No, I can't do this" maybe because that mission goes against their morals or they dont feel confident enough, etc.

[flint portal]

So wil there bee videos today or noting more till release ??

How do you know that about the companions ???

[deft shore]

Is this an actually official discord made by the devs or is it some fan made

[wispy sun]

I mean I know I'm preparing my self to the eventuality us ravenclaws will have be our own companions. But I stil hold out hope we have one

[turbid basin]

But what happened to the ravenclaw companion ?

[graceful wedge]

You have devs with WB rank

[flint portal]

Probably have also one but Mabey just a secret

[wispy sun]

It just throws off the balance of 1 guy and 2 girls

[deft shore]

Don’t worry about it mate ur a stinky hufflepuff

[flint portal]

I mean they still have surprises so why would we not have a ravenclaw companion

[wispy sun]

And no even 50/50

[deft shore]

I’m gonna choose the guy no matter what because women will make my quests harder

[glad hinge]

We don’t know, mostly it just pops up around the same time. But nothing confirmed or pronounced

[shut trellis]

Gameplay looks really smooth

[turbid basin]

They gave me hufflepuff cause i love beasts lmao

[coral crypt]

Maybe a DLC with one with a quest line ig... But there is companions for each house, so dw

[turbid basin]

Me likey housing and pets

[wispy sun]

I mean Everett or Amit one of them gotta be 🤔

[flint portal]

@glad hinge probably a few announcements like before yesterday with a few beast or plants

[glad hinge]

Sure likely yes

But I’m not sure if there will be any big announcement anymore

Maybe in the last week before it’s release

[flint portal]

Yeah probably next week some big trailer but not like yesterday anymore

[wispy sun]

Most likely a few more small bits and then launch

[flint portal]

So everybody knows wat house they choosing

[silent snow]

Does sombody know all the spells we saw?

[flint portal]

I have a picture you can guess

[silent snow]

Yes i havr the pic but don’t know all the spells

[glad hinge]

I think that’s most self explanatory, since the house roles everybody already chose in this server. But I’ll eventually go thru every house, to achieve all achievements

[flint portal]

Yeah I choose this because I did not want Huffelpuf but probably going to choose ravenclaw

[prisma root]

I'll go through them all

[glad hinge]

You can always change your role in #🏰choose-your-house

[mellow grove]

Slytherin for me

[noble kindle]

I like snakes too

[wispy sun]

I'm still curious on how the fan club account like will apply in game. Like dialog and choice wise 🤔

[feral locust]

Did someone already identify all the spells that are going to be in there?

[flint portal]

Yeah true probably going to do that

[feral locust]

Based on the spell menu?

[mellow grove]

So far I've been able to identify
All 3 unforgivable curses
Lumos
Incendio and
Stupefy

And accio

[wispy sun]

I thunk there are already lists online that have most of the spells you can use

[flint portal]

You want me to show the picture with the spells u can use with the dragon mission

[quick basalt]

If the game lets me I want it to be random

[flint portal]

Yeah I want to see wat the house test is

I don’t think it really matters wat house you get for the missions and everything

[quick basalt]

If the game doesn't let me, I'll just use a randomizer

[clear sphinx]

Really? Source? I hope it’s true.

[flint portal]

Source???

[mellow grove]

It's been stated multiple times there's going to be house exclusive quests

[glad hinge]

Heard that aswell, that’s why I’ll be going thru all houses

[mellow grove]

I can't remember where but I know it's mentioned on YouTube

[flint portal]

I mean I am going to do 4 playtrough so doesn’t really matter

[modern nimbus]

Can we just be careful what we are discussing in here. I know there is a lot of info flying around and it's hard to know what is official and what isn't but can we stick to only confirmed information that has been officially released please. If you have any doubt on what is and what isn't please ask.

[neat remnant]

Chances are:
a.) Its somehow special so they are not telling us
b.) They ran out of dev time and its not in the game yet.

or perhaps three NPCs is most they are gonna tell us about

[trail holly]

I think it’s in the official guide that got leaked

[burnt viper]

leaks are not allowed here, delete it

[outer furnace]

oh boy

am in for a treat

[trail holly]

What’s the point of the spoilers channel then

[clear sphinx]

They’re for the previews.

Previews are official, leaks are not.

[modern nimbus]

Giving everyone a space to discuss the previews where people who don't want to know don't have to look is something we wanted to do and it's something people would have asked for had we not done it.

[outer furnace]

is this rule true

no reviews untill its within a day or so

means a bad game?

[modern nimbus]

Not always

[outer furnace]

forspoken witheld codes

and that's concerning

cause if you are confident on the quality you would send it to ign gamespot even streamers

[modern nimbus]

More often that not it's a concern, I think it's more a concern when reviews are not allowed at all until after release, even though occasionally that also can be wrong (Kena: Bridge of Spirits didn't have reviews until launch day and that game is wonderful).

I think though we are going to see reviews for Hogwarts Legacy come well before the launch because I'd imagine going by the previews that this game is going to review very well.

[outer furnace]

are we allowed to talk about the game without restrictions

[modern nimbus]

When it's out you will be, once the game has launched this spoiler section will have be fully open to everything.

[feral locust]

I mean the chat is literally called spoilers so no rules i guess

[noble kindle]

Voldemort dies

[rotund plover]

Rules are in the pinned messages, very bottom

[feral locust]

Bruh

[feral locust]

Alright

[outer furnace]

why are people in the pitch

[misty rivet]

We will be able to visit the other common rooms

[feral locust]

dunno about that

that ||artbook looked legit||

[clear sphinx]

Not what I meant.

[feral locust]

loominarty chest

[feral locust]

op my bad

[cursive comet]

they're really keeping an eye on you

[clear sphinx]

I’m talking officially released.

[feral locust]

well thats really eye popping

[cursive comet]

Soon™️

[misty rivet]

Conjunctivitis Curse looks fine, to me

[feral locust]

this game keeps getting better

[silk tundra]

bro where u found that

i literally cannot wait ill combust

[cosmic totem]

Is there any youtuber whose actually flies to hogsmeade ?

[bright bison]

No

they were not allowed

[cosmic totem]

Damn

[cursive comet]

that and they had 2 hours to play and that went by really fast

[cosmic totem]

I believe someone tryed to fly everywhere but definitely wont allowed to show it

[trail holly]

Some leaks have been official sources tho

[cosmic totem]

Anyway kudos to wb that allowing people to showcase some gameplay which made me pre order tbh

[silk tundra]

I DONT WANNA WAIT

[neat remnant]

"Official guide" made by devs themselves or is it a third party book? Cause I have some iffy experiences regarding third party guides in the past...

[clear sphinx]

@trail holly

[rotund plover]

It's only two weeks, remember when the very first showcase dropped and the game felt like an eternity away

Now it's a smol eternity, a lil baby one

[silk tundra]

i dont wanna WAIT 😢 are u from turkey

[rotund plover]

I'm pretty sure I was just hungry when I made the name

[bright bison]

"The developers of the game themselves have admitted that they keep getting lost in Hogwarts – so Merlin knows how well we’ll be able to navigate the famously labyrinthine castle. Even with a brief play-through, it’s clear to see how much detail is in every nook and cranny of our beloved school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, with every portrait, statue and fountain designed with love and care.

When we were playing - we learnt quickly to speak to every character you can hanging around the castle – you never know who might have a little side-quest for you and how they can help you in the future. We also recommend casting Revelio at any given opportunity, to unveil any secrets."

[trail holly]

Official art book which contains actual content from the game, seems legit to me

[cursive comet]

weeeeeeeeeeeeee~

[rotund plover]

If I like this game as much as it looks like I will, I might even buy that guide for 100% completion after a run for each of the houses if haven't gotten it already

[neat remnant]

Hogwarts at least feels closer than Starfield 🫣

[rotund plover]

I could probably look it up online, but I like owning physical books

[neat remnant]

Even though my gut instinct and internet searches tells me that Starfield probably has a march launch date

or at least summer

[river ember]

who is gonna stream hogwards legacy?

early

[neat remnant]

I dont think my old computer can handle it

[cosmic totem]

I’m scared how its going to be at the game awards 2023

So big releases this year

[rotund plover]

I'm going total media blackout for game launch and at least the first two weeks. No twitch, no twitter, no hogwarts youtube

[river ember]

play on a console

[silk tundra]

who cares, it's gonna be the best game

[river ember]

sons of the forest or hogwards

[neat remnant]

Starfield has practically nothing to show that should make me interested in the game, yet Im still excited about it since its BETHESDA and its their next big IP

and supposedly 25 years in the making

Its Todd Howards pet project

[gleaming spear]

what does that do, just make your joints hurt?

[tidal storm]

The hair looks pretty cool !

[cosmic totem]

If they land everything they want in Starfield I don’t think anything current can match it man

[west axle]

Everyone saying this game seems to be really good, haven't seen any negative reviews yet

[tidal storm]

Here’s in green

[rotund plover]

Finally, nice hair that looks good instead of stacked on lego-brick hair. it might seem like something small but it gets so old seeing bad options

[cosmic totem]

I mean I have high hopes for hogwarts legacy but dont think anything can compete with Starfield if its get successful

[neat remnant]

me neither, although the embargo has been pretty heavy and the demo version of the game was somewhat restricted. So theres this fear of devs hiding something.... but we got no proof

Most previewers were excited

I think the worst that can happen that the rest of the game is bland or buggy

[noble kindle]

I know this is a stupid question as you are playing a 5th year but are beards in the game?

[silent snow]

Ofcourse the dont wanna show everything.

[rotund plover]

I don't think i've seen any beards

[gleaming spear]

devs hiding stuff in previews is quite normal lol

[cosmic totem]

Npc’s feels bland tho

[rotund plover]

Npcs feel like npcs, because they're npcs, in my very limited uninformed opinion

[neat remnant]

yeah.... but there was this case with CP2077 in recent memory...............

[outer furnace]

is it me or good hair should looj great

[neat remnant]

and tbh most games that have released in last couple years have been disappointments imo

[silent snow]

Why should u show whole game. U need some stuff that u need to find urself

[gleaming spear]

cp2077 didn't let reviewers play the pc version and had a super late embargo

[gleaming spear]

imho that's on u cause we've had some absolute masterpieces released in the last couple of years

[cosmic totem]

Cdpr didnt even showed single ps4 or xbox one gameplay man

[neat remnant]

Starfield has been delayed like twice. Bethesda has had two games in the past that were geared for autumn release, both got delayed to next year, both released in march that year.

[bright bison]

right lmao They actually interact a lot and talk a lot about whats going on, i like that

[neat remnant]

There are many signs that point that Starfield is coming out in march

even though there is no official information yet

[rotund plover]

I had to check myself because I actually thought I had a lot of issues with games having bad npcs. Turns out it wasn't npcs I had the problem with, I just didn't like something about the character, looks, personality etc

[neat remnant]

but they are having a showcase just for starfield soon

I reckon they will give release date there

[silent snow]

Wrong channel 🤣 this still hogwarts not star thingies :p

[rotund plover]

The only functional difference I found was that I was very forgiving of npcs that I liked, even if they were just as basically programmed as other ones, me liking them made them feel more advanced when they weren't

[gleaming spear]

what do you guys expect from npc's lol

[mellow grove]

Idk

[cosmic totem]

Anyway I’m just glad now I can watch hp when I get deppressed and take some walks around hogsmeade and fly around you know

[rotund plover]

I expect it to be an npc, follow its basic routine, nothing more. All this "I want them to have a full schedule and moods" is a bit...

[neat remnant]

I expect it to be immersive

[gleaming spear]

as if it isn't

[neat remnant]

I dont expect the NPCs to be as deep as in RDR2

[cosmic totem]

Hogwarts legacy going to fill lots of empty feelings for me about harry potter universe

[neat remnant]

What worries me is that in the preview videos I repeatedly see NPCs appear out of thin air when the MC turns their back

[gleaming spear]

yeah i noticed some pop-in as well

[neat remnant]

and sometimes in clear sight

[rotund plover]

That sounds like a performance feature or problem, or both. Hopefully it'll be sorted

[neat remnant]

Like, there is an empty corridor, the character turns around, turns back, and theres two students there

[gleaming spear]

"feature" lmfao

[cosmic totem]

And so we have invisibility potion but how about cloak

[neat remnant]

We know that the demo was played on console, hoping its a hardware issue and wont happen when I play it

[rotund plover]

By "feature" I mean an aspect of one of the scaling modes, not a feature that purely benefits us

[cursive comet]

Le swimming

[cosmic totem]

Infinite invisibility would be nice imo

in end game

[neat remnant]

The cloak in the movies was an extremely rare item iirc, so I doubt it

[gleaming spear]

pop-in should never be a thing regardless of mode

[rotund plover]

It could be something you can toggle on if you're willing to endure immersion breaking for performance

[dry river]

isn't that pretty much what we have rn

looks like it from what I've seen

[gleaming spear]

no, pop-in is always a bug

[river ember]

plzz

PLZZ

PLZZ

[steep jasper]

Yo

[neat remnant]

The disillusionment charm is not full invisibility tho

[solemn saffron]

Flying raccoons in hogwarts legacy?

[rotund plover]

Well I mean, usually it does it when you aren't looking or are focused elsewhere but true enough

[steep jasper]

did yall see ign preview

it was good inltil the end

[cosmic totem]

I remember I saw something about deathly hollows in hogwarts legacy

[noble kindle]

Hufflepuff would ask that

[cursive comet]

let me guess, IGN got political

[bright bison]

https://youtu.be/yzZBpgJJi48

[dry river]

doesn't it function pretty much the same? correct me if I'm wrong

[neat remnant]

I dont like IGN. In my experience IGN always says what they think people WANT to hear, rather than being truly objective

[cosmic totem]

It was and achievement or something i dont remember

[steep jasper]

ye they did

[gleaming spear]

only slightly, but fans here are instantly hurt when jkr gets mentioned

[steep jasper]

also they said a 15 year old shoulndt be killing ppl

[rotund plover]

Respectfully, with all the love in the world, with all the good feelings, literally who cares if they got political. It doesn't matter. They can't stop you from buying the game, it won't impact anything

[neat remnant]

so if overall sentiment is good, IGN will hype the game. If its bad, they will badmouth the game

[solemn saffron]

I hope we can mate dementors

[steep jasper]

IGN is ass

[reef flume]

tbf considering the size of ign if they didnt get political theyd get rinsed aswell lose lose

[steep jasper]

u need therapy

[cursive comet]

im here for the game, not JKR, i care nothing about politics and what people say on twitter

[rotund plover]

The game is selling well, it's on track to do well, the overall overwhelming response for the game is positive. It's one awful review, let it go and enjoy the game

[solemn saffron]

Why?

[neat remnant]

What I mean is that you can still be detected by NPCs if you are in their line of sight and close enough. There is a reveal icon that pops up

[steep jasper]

i wonder id we can use a bubble head charm

[bright bison]

they gave a good review but that ending mentioning JKR... girl

[gleaming spear]

that was a fair point though i hadn't thought about that

[steep jasper]

why would u even think bout that lmao

[noble kindle]

Politics stay out of video games

[steep jasper]

ye they had a great review it was just the ending

[solemn saffron]

Or we can mate with dementors

[dry river]

true

[gleaming spear]

it's not really politics and good for ign to mention the controversy

[neat remnant]

IGN preview was gringe

[rotund plover]

Streisand effect complaining about one segment of their review will probably do more harm than anything they've ever printed ever, same with all the twitter beef

[dry river]

would be rather broken tho if you couldn't be detected ever

[cursive comet]

dementors are a-mortal beings

they're not dead or alive and they dont reproduce

[bright bison]

yeah that is what i said "girl" lmao they are so unserious, i cant

[steep jasper]

i remebemer theres a whole missionon youtube but im not gonna watch it

[solemn saffron]

Don't knock it till u try it

[steep jasper]

what did i say u need therapy

[solemn saffron]

We will know 9 months later

[cursive comet]

no. down. bad.

🗞️

[tough pollen]

I don’t think so

[gleaming spear]

sorry

[steep jasper]

prolly not as this game is more focused on other stuff rather than under water

[modern nimbus]

No, just no.

[steep jasper]

but we can swim so ill take the W

[gleaming spear]

i figured

[solemn saffron]

Hi

[calm reef]

Draws sword

[bright bison]

swimming look really good tbh, even when it slows down when you trying to walk inside the lake... Sad we cant go underneath yet

[steep jasper]

we cant have patronus which leads me to believe dementors wont be something u can interact with

[bright bison]

I love how the water flows while you swimming, smooth

[gleaming spear]

they didn't say we don't have a patronus

[rotund plover]

No patronus confirmed?

[calm reef]

Or only run from

[calm reef]

Or hide

[steep jasper]

i think they might have

[gleaming spear]

no, not confirmed

[rotund plover]

We may still have a generic AOE patronus like the one in the movies

It's a remote possibility

[gleaming spear]

it's not a slottable spell afaik though

[calm reef]

Or Patronus will be in a DLC

[steep jasper]

I wonder if we can go on a murder spree or side with rookwood and the goblins

[gleaming spear]

you can't do the former

[rotund plover]

I don't imagine they'd waste a spell slot for something like that, it would probably be context specific if it was even a thing

[gleaming spear]

probably

[steep jasper]

why not i wanna kill ppl

[calm reef]

I highly doubt we can do either

[cursive comet]

the loyalists all want to kill you

[gleaming spear]

too bad

[steep jasper]

lmao

[cursive comet]

and viccy band of misfits are only interested in money

[steep jasper]

wait so how can we be evil exactly

[gleaming spear]

unsure

[steep jasper]

i wana be voldemort goddamit

[cursive comet]

you can be evil in how you handle quests and dialogue outside of the castle walls

[steep jasper]

i wanna kill a baby

[cursive comet]

lets not

[echo echo]

Replace the pumpkin juice with orange juice and just wait for the look on their faces when they sip 😏

[steep jasper]

or at least try to

[steep jasper]

lmao

[cursive comet]

🗞️

[gleaming spear]

watchlist unlocked

[steep jasper]

so basically im evil but still good

thats dumb

[echo echo]

Questionable

I thought your first line was simply a statement about yourself 😅

[steep jasper]

No lol

[tacit plover]

I know we are 15 in the game, but I want beards...

[steep jasper]

ig if they can get a dlc where i can go a murder spree ill do it

[steep jasper]

me too

im 15 and i have one

[tacit plover]

And boobs. Beard and wizarding boobs

[steep jasper]

so it would make sense

[echo echo]

It can be true. I went to school with a kid who had a full beard at 13/14.

[steep jasper]

alr with boobs ur takin it too far

[calm reef]

I had a beard when I was 15.

[steep jasper]

i have one rn am 15

[cursive comet]

guys lets stay appropriate please

PG 13 server, suuuuuper family friendly okay

[steep jasper]

alr lmao

[calm reef]

What about having beards at age 15 is inappropriate?

[echo echo]

If you want crazy customisation, play Saints Row and modify your adult character lol. You can make a lot of alterations

[tacit plover]

Beards PG 18

[misty rivet]

Actually would prefer ice cold orange juice

[silent snow]

This wan on showcase 2 there are 3 more spells in the bottom. Maybe dlc?

[cursive comet]

there is no beards in game sorry

[gleaming spear]

hang on i've got the unblurred version

[west axle]

oh what, no beards :c

7/10

[steep jasper]

nah prolly not

[cursive comet]

you play as a 5th year student that means ur 15/16, they likely had their reasons for not adding it

[noble kindle]

I mean you are a 5th year I get it, but that sucks lol

[steep jasper]

BRUH

i want a bread

[echo echo]

I discovered I like sangria as a drink this year

[calm reef]

Prof Black looks like he has one. Rookwood has at least stubbles

[cursive comet]

🍞

there u go buddy

[silent snow]

Now im curious haha

[tacit plover]

Gonna have to wait for the mods

Beard mod

[echo echo]

🥖

En garde

[misty rivet]

Stunning bread, not gonna lie

[cursive comet]

touche

u dont loaf around

[silent snow]

Yeah but if u see my pic there 3 more spells after the unforgivable

[echo echo]

Bottom left EK?

[gleaming spear]

those are the greenish ones that are above the UC

[steep jasper]

lmao

[echo echo]

You guys got me rye-ing with laughter on the bread puns

[cursive comet]

Killing curse, cruciatus curse, imperius curse

[echo echo]

Yeah logos check out, nice

[silent snow]

Just count i have 26 spells in my pic u have only 23 :p

[misty rivet]

Equip your bread with this, for more flavor 🧀🍅

[silent snow]

So maybe like patronus or something for a dlc. Its all possible 🤣

[tough pollen]

Do i see vera verto top right

[misty rivet]

Yes

[tough pollen]

Lol

[echo echo]

Looks like those on the second to bottom line are the 3 locked unforgivables, and something else below.

[echo echo]

Thanks

[gleaming spear]

Hmm

[silent snow]

True

[misty rivet]

It’s super powerful now

[echo echo]

🍞🧀🍖🥗🍞

Giga sandwich

[gleaming spear]

Could those three be the ones u use in the ror @silent snow

[steep jasper]

if its an oh ko imagine boss battles

u havin trouble with a boss?

BOOM

one shot

[tough pollen]

Maybe those below are the ancient spells u can choose

[neat remnant]

Considering the demo gameplay takes place roughly in middle of the story, those spells could be something you could get later

[echo echo]

Pow! Evada errrything, just ground smash and green light goes out all around you. Facemelt.

[neat remnant]

I saw the unblurred icons in a video, Im 100% sure the unforgivable curses are included in the 23 spells shown because of their obvious icons

so the three that show up as ? are something else

[calm reef]

So you wanna spell spam
I'm actually glad the cooldown system actively discourages spell spam.

[steep jasper]

imagine on pc aveda kedavra no cooldown mod

[steep jasper]

i agree

[tough pollen]

Maybe ancient dpells

Spells

[steep jasper]

i hear we can equip 8 spells at a time?

that gives u quite alot of freedom to mix

[gleaming spear]

Either something unlocked later on or maybe the ones u use in the ror

[neat remnant]

I heard from a previewer its more like 16. We can cycle the 4 slottable spells shown

[echo echo]

Yeah tbf if you could do that all the time, then no it would be game breaking. But if you had like a mega ability to get you out of a sticky situation, say you can only use it in boss battles and it's like a 1 time per battle thing where there are multiple NPC attacks.

[neat remnant]

as in we can slot 16 and cycle what 4 are visible

[steep jasper]

16 wow?

[gleaming spear]

How do we think vera verto will work

[steep jasper]

so u get even more freedom

[steep jasper]

can i befreind all companions

[echo echo]

Apparently so

[steep jasper]

even if im in a diffrent house than them

intresting

[echo echo]

I still think it's unusual that no RC companion but if you can befriend any then it's now gamebreaking. I still didn't decide whether to playthrough on RC or HP as I test pretty much evenly for both houses

[steep jasper]

Im playing RC anyway

[neat remnant]

we dont know for sure theres no RC companion imo

[tough pollen]

Companions are not related to your house

[cursive comet]

they are in a way, u wont see sebastian in the ravenclaw room if you are one

you can befriend all 3 tho, regardless of house

[bright bison]

"[For the new characters], we have Everett and Sebastian and Poppy and all these great personalities and backstories and really feel like friends to me. I think everyone did a really good job with that – and the characters will put you in predicaments where you have to react to. You compensate your friends, and they compensate for you and it’s a real relationship." oop

[neat remnant]

Everett?

[bright bison]

The guy with the glasses i believe

[neat remnant]

Im confused

[neat remnant]

ok, I have missed this one

I remember hearing the name of the actor tho

[bright bison]

So I am guessing He is a companion in some way because she says "You compensate your friends, and they compensate for you and it’s a real relationship."

[neat remnant]

I think it just refers to various NPCs we can befriend

nowhere was it stated that the three house companions are all there is regarding companions. In fact the opposite

[bright bison]

why single him out, he wasnt even in the gameplay but yeah maybe

We dont know we are speculating tbh

[flint portal]

Mabey he have special quest that they don’t want to show

[bright bison]

Yeah... that backstory part and helping us it's suspicious

[cursive comet]

yep but only 3 companions are fleshed out

Poppy, natty and sebby

the rest are just classmates

[bright bison]

True

for now

we dont know anything until the game is out. Lets pray

[crisp sable]

Lenora Everleigh is annoying

[bright bison]

Someone chose to not tell her how to decode the paintings and she was like "You are competing with Imelda to see Who is the most know it all." "Imagine telling someone something and they dont tell you whats going on after they found out what happenes because of you"

something like that lol, she got mad

[amber tundra]

https://youtu.be/PObiQvtg-Oo?t=414

[crisp sable]

I'm gonna be a mean Huffie 😛

[bright bison]

I get why she is mad tho

[neat remnant]

"you figured it out but you're not telling? You are mean!"

[loud heart]

Sebastian is so popular..

[flint portal]

A mean huffie why?

[crisp sable]

evil Slytherin boys are popular 🤣

[flint portal]

I mean poppy is also growing on me but for combo Sebastian is the best

[loud heart]

Yeah I want to get his quest first if I can

[flint portal]

Mabey the gryffindor girl first but don’t now yet

[neat remnant]

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllGirlsWantBadBoys

[bright bison]

Someone said in a hungarian (translated vid) something about they telling Him that we can unlock more hairstyle

but I wonder how

maybe going to the barbershop?

not sure

[neat remnant]

same way as every SP RPG ever I guess

[flint portal]

Must be a barber shop right ??

[neat remnant]

find a secret to unlock

or achievement

[bright bison]

yeah, confirmed in the showcase

[bright bison]

maybe yes

[nocturne vigil]

my player is wearing a mask in hogwarts or? bc corona

[flint portal]

I liked the hair that a lot of YouTubers used in the game

[bright bison]

WB play have companies every where it seems lol

[neat remnant]

The game takes place in 1890. No corona.

[bright bison]

Having a scar seems accurate, but i hate scars

especially after that attack they mention

but i wont have one lol

[neat remnant]

scars are sexy, but wouldnt fit my "perfect in every way" character

[bright bison]

same lol

[flint portal]

Yeah I wil not use a scar

[bright bison]

I like this long hair but maybe the one with more volume

i want to create this lone wolf type of mc

very mysterious instead of being witty, he would be kinda mean and intriguing

[nocturne vigil]

i want to become a animagus

[tender cliff]

I really want to know how voice 1 and 2 of the main character sounds in my language (French) but I also just want to discover when the game is out, it's really hard to wait

[nocturne vigil]

i cant speak english lol

[flint portal]

I mean there are France content creators right ?

[bright bison]

yes

[tender cliff]

Yeah but don't want to watch their videos

like I said, I want to discover how the voices will sound in French so I'm keeping myself from watching them

[neat remnant]

Is it weird that this reminds me of Mark Dadascos?

[neat remnant]

I doubt we get much options in terms of dialog though

[flint portal]

I mean guess it will be a surprise then

[bright bison]

who?

[neat remnant]

an actor...

[bright bison]

yeah ig but one dialogue unlocks another dialogue and they confirmed the same for mission decisions so ig It could work

[bright bison]

i dont know them

[neat remnant]

yeah sure, but what I mean: I dont think we have many options portraying our characters personality through the dialog. Although I guess there is some in that you can choose to be "nasty" or "good"

[languid cave]

I can't help but wonder what the upper half of the Castle clock tower looks like

[shadow token]

Seems there are 150 quests in the game

[neat remnant]

If the pendulum is the size of a bus, I imagine theres lot of big gears in there

[bright bison]

This game is gonna be long lol

[languid cave]

I know what it looks like thanks to Prisoner of Azkaban, and the 5th and 6th games

[neat remnant]

I sincerely doubt its going to be as long as AC valhalla or odyssey...

[cursive comet]

Soon™️

[agile copper]

[bright bison]

Umm I believe it will, I finished Odyssey and it wasnt thaaat long. I was talking if you really really want to do everything like brew potions, etc

[neat remnant]

😂

yes well, I wasnt talking about JUST the main story

[nocturne vigil]

holy merlin is this loud. my ears are hurting

[bright bison]

I completed all dlc and most of the side quests and it wasnt that challenging because unlike Hogwarts Legacy (xd), i didnt have to worry that much about learning stuff, it unlocks automatically with your experience points

[weak igloo]

but how many expansions and dlc's did ac get? Even if it's longer to complete now maybe it will not be so in the future

[bright bison]

"We may have a lot of little things throughout the game that people may recognise. I would say to look out for a certain sea creature who may want to be fed toast… especially if you’re part of a particular house! Just hanging around the Black Lake, there may be something you can find." Who is he talking about?

[weak igloo]

And in Hogwarts Legacy I can spend between 100-200h per playthrough, 4 houses and then maybe new game +

I can get in over 1000h in game easily 😄

[bright bison]

not sure what you mean but i completed all of them that was already out, the cultist one, the atlantis, etc

[bright bison]

yes technically because its sooooo big that finishing it in like 20 hours is kinda impossible unless you skip everything just to the main story and dont explore or try to find any secret or do side missions

[weak igloo]

I mean Odyssey and Valhalla are already complete with all expansions that it could get. HL has a lot of room for expansion: storyline, quidditch etc

[bright bison]

Just walking from Herbology to DADA dueling room took like around 5 real time minutes or so

[bright bison]

yes

[bright bison]

I still wondering what is he talking about

[weak igloo]

if you don't use the floo network

[weak igloo]

the giant squid maybe ?

[bright bison]

not sure

[misty rivet]

Poppy

[bright bison]

this too "I would also recommend, in the Forbidden Forest, finding a certain lake, and keeping an eye out for maybe something there that may call back to iconic moments in the franchise!"

it's from the dev

https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/hogwarts-legacy-interviews-with-the-experts

[misty rivet]

Swimming in the black lake

[clear sphinx]

Anybody seen this? I assume they have.

[weak igloo]

There are Grindylows (vicious little water demons), merpeople (of a hardy Scottish strain) and a giant squid, which is semi-domesticated and permits students to tickle its tentacles on sunny days, when it basks in the shallows. Giant squid genuinely exist, though they are most mysterious creatures.

[misty rivet]

The Gaunt family kept the secret of the COS

[weak igloo]

the giant squid is actually semi-domesticated so that's the one prob

[compact skiff]

I would die if we would have kelpies too😭

[bright bison]

"Definitely tickle the pear! Also maybe knock on some barrels. And if you are not of a certain house, go see what happens when you hang out at someone else’s common room!"

👀

[clear sphinx]

What game is the character in your profile picture from?

[bright bison]

oh interesting

"Honeydukes candy wrapping! In the 1800s, the concept team and the artists on Hogsmeade put a lot of time into thinking of what was authentically 1800s – so we couldn’t use cellophane or plastic. We had to use materials that might be used then. That’s a tiny, tiny detail that I love the authenticity. We’ll see if people notice!"

[misty rivet]

[bright bison]

"One day, I was wearing certain items - you can adjust your fashion, do what you want to do – but I was shocked, my jaw dropped when a character commented on how I looked! It made me laugh.

Another thing is the stained-glass windows going into the Great Hall, that actually change with the seasons. I discovered that as we were doing other things!"

[compact skiff]

Its my red dead online character 🙂

[silk tundra]

I can't wait anymore

https://tenor.com/view/goddard-jimmy-neutron-explode-explosion-combust-gif-24052521

[weak igloo]

Same 😦

[bright bison]

"Most games don’t start with a building larger than most game cities! And just plop you right in the middle of the game. So, Hogwarts is really big, it’s got to be something that feels like home. It’s got to be something you keep coming back to. "

[silk tundra]

I'm not even gonna be able to play it just watch play throughs

[misty rivet]

[feral locust]

Map please

[weak igloo]

I have it all planned: Monday the 6th I finish my courses at 5, early dinner and take a nap until midnight 😂

[feral locust]

I didn't preorder to play on the 7th to find out I have a test on the 8th

[clear sphinx]

Nice. She's pretty.

[feral locust]

No you're pretty

[rancid trellis]

yo the deluxe version says 72 hours early access what does that mean

[feral locust]

It means you play 3 days after release

[rancid trellis]

after??

[true lotus]

You can play on the 7th

[feral locust]

Yes after

[rancid trellis]

noice

[misty rivet]

[true lotus]

What's up everyone 😁

[compact skiff]

Thanks😊. I hope my HL will mean as much to me as my rdo one does.

[nocturne vigil]

no he trolls

[rancid trellis]

but wait how though, dumb question. im getting the physical copy. how does one get to play early

[feral locust]

Obviously 🤭

[silk sparrow]

1/10 game no diving

[feral locust]

When you receive it

[feral locust]

Confirmed no diving?

Or no videos yet?

[true lotus]

You can dive😁

[feral locust]

Not falling for it

Can't play a player

[weak igloo]

If I remember correctly xpectogo confirmed no diving for now

[feral locust]

Same.