Hogwarts Legacy 2: Romance Seems Like a Safe Bet, But It…

An image of Hogwarts Legacy 2 has yet to fully materialize, but it's always been a safe bet that Avalanche is planning on developing it, if it's not already. The first Hogwarts Legacy sold exceptionally well, outpacing other giants of its year like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and it's only a matter of time before a follow-up, whether direct or indirect, is announced.

The burgeoning Hogwarts Legacy IP is, by definition, limitless: it's not bound to any existing Harry Potter IP, and is thus free to explore any era or concept of the Wizarding World.

And of course, where there's room for a sequel, there's room for rampant discussion, wish-listing, and daydreaming about one. However, one commonly requested sequel addition, romance, might still wind up scrapped in the final release, and for good reason.

Hogwarts Legacy: Why You Should Start Over in 2025

It might not have had a cavalcade of post-launch content, but the latest Harry Potter video game is more than deserving of a revisit in 2025.

Posts 3

By Connor O'Keefe

It Will Be Tough for Hogwarts Legacy 2 To Do Romance Right, So Maybe It Just Shouldn't Try

Hogwarts Legacy 2's Central Characters Will Presumably Just Be Teenagers Again

Unless Hogwarts Legacy 2 follows Aurors or some other adult faction—sections of the Wizarding World that have been famously underrepresented in Harry Potter media—it seems probable that its main characters will be schoolchildren again. This makes sense, especially since Hogwarts is arguably the most interesting part of Harry Potter, but it could stand in the way of meaningful and interesting romance experiences.

Hogwarts Legacy 2's romance plots can only go so far, as it were. This isn't just in reference to the physically intimate elements of the romance, which would of course not be appropriate to depict in a video game like this, but also the more emotional side. The fact is, a romance between two sixteen-year-olds isn't very interesting for many older players, as their emotional connection is often less intense and complex than what two adults can have.

Depicting physical intimacy between teenagers may not be inherently bad in media as a whole, but the fact that Hogwarts Legacy 2 will presumably be an RPG within which players are encouraged to insert themselves, makes the subject a little hairier.

If Hogwarts Legacy 2 were to get romance options and subplots, then they would likely be cursory to the point of being ineffectual. In other words, Hogwarts Legacy 2 would only give players a swing at puppy love, which, by definition, is shallow and uninteresting. Considering the moral and optical minefield that romance options would pose in Hogwarts Legacy 2, a bare-bones and uninspired romance system would likely not be worth the trouble.

That doesn't mean that Hogwarts Legacy 2 should shy away from social-sim elements entirely, though. On the contrary, the repeated absence of romance options, coupled with a greater pivot away from trivial action-RPG mechanics, could make the sequel's in-game friendships much more impactful and well-defined. Hogwarts Legacy has problems with its central, school-based premise, but they won't be solved by the arrival of romance features alone.

Rating block community and brand ratings Image

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Legacy Tag Page Cover Art

Display card tags widget

Action

RPG

Display card system widget

Systems

Display card community and brand rating widget Display card open critics widget

OpenCritic Reviews: Top Critic Avg: 84 /100 Critics Rec: 88%

Display card main info widget

Released: February 10, 2023
ESRB: T For Teen Due To Blood, Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Use of Alcohol
Developer(s): Avalanche Software
Publisher(s): Warner Bros. Games
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
Cross-Platform Play: Hogwarts Legacy doesn't have crossplay or crossplatform support
Cross Save: you can freely use your saved data between each console as long as you are connected to the internet and signed into the same account where the saved data was created

Display card main info widget end Display card media widget start Display card media widget end

Checkbox: control the expandable behavior of the extra info

Franchise: Harry Potter
Number of Players: Single-player
Steam Deck Compatibility: Verified
PC Release Date: February 10, 2023
Xbox Series X|S Release Date: February 10, 2023
PS5 Release Date: February 10, 2023
Nintendo Switch Release Date: November 14, 2023
Nintendo Switch 2 Release Date: June 5, 2025
Genre(s): Action, RPG
Platform(s): PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PC
OpenCritic Rating: Mighty
How Long To Beat: 26 Hours
X|S Optimized: yes
PS Plus Availability: Extra & Premium

Autumn

Autumn

#WH654955

Member since 2025-06-28

0

Reviews

Following

0

Topics

0

Users

Follow

Followed

0 Followers

View

In all honesty, I feel having a love interest. /boyfriend girlfriend in the game would make it more interesting.
But I also believe that making the game multiplayer, you may just have more people buying the game because they can actually play with their friends and family and significant other. Yes, the game is great playing by yourself. But just think of the possibilities, you could have all those ideas you could put into the game if it's multiplayer, they could both have their own separate story that play into each other..

2025-06-28 01:07:19