By the time that it finally and truly allows players to explore with each spell and feature that they’ll need for open-world progression unlocked, Hogwarts Legacy proves itself to be a gargantuan feat for anyone hoping to claim full, 100% completion—not just Field Guide challenge completion but combing each nook and cranny to fill out every collection catalog, too. This collection hunt turns a decently long action-RPG into a massive time sink if players wish for it to be; meanwhile, players have enough on their plates if they embark on every side quest and companion quest in Hogwarts Legacy.
Besides the back-burned quest for Ravenclaw’s Amit Thakkar, companion quests are thorough explorations of a particular character from Hogwarts’ Slytherin, Gryffindor, and Hufflepuff houses. Sebastian Sallow’s is objectively richer than the others as it presents players with the three Unforgivable Curses to learn, though, and it becomes far more immersive if players have already met Sebastian and his best friend, Ominis Gaunt, as a Slytherin student themselves. That said, while house-exclusive Richard Jackdaw quests create a fun incentive to choose another house in different playthroughs, a Gryffindor-exclusive quest in Hogwarts Legacy’s sequel could be extraordinary with one iconic weapon: the sword of Godric Gryffindor.
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Hogwarts Legacy’s House-Exclusive Quests are an Example of Good Concept, Poor Execution
House-exclusive quests in Hogwarts Legacy were a great idea because they could encourage players to want to enroll their protagonist as either a Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, or Ravenclaw and see what activity each one has them embark on. Rather, because of how short-lived and inconsequential they all are, house-exclusive quests are fairly unmemorable and will hopefully be more expansive in a sequel to Hogwarts Legacy if the concept is returned to.
Players are taken to Azkaban and see Dementors in Huffepuff’s house-exclusive quest, which is easily the most thrilling and remarkable detour of them all in Hogwarts Legacy despite only lasting a few minutes.
Hogwarts Legacy 2 Has an Opportunity to Let Players Feel Like Worthy Gryffindors
In Harry Potter, the sword of Godric Gryffindor appears to a worthy Gryffindor, whether that’s been Harry Potter who wielded it to kill the basilisk in the eponymous Chamber of Secrets or Neville Longbottom who wielded it to kill Nagini during the Battle of Hogwarts in the Deathly Hallows. As such, it could be fantastic if a sequel to Hogwarts Legacy has a Gryffindor-exclusive quest where Godric Gryffindor’s glistening and bejeweled sword is summoned to the player in a time of need, perhaps as a boss fight ensues with players wielding the sword instead of their wand.
Batman: Arkham City achieved this by having Batman wield Talia al Ghul’s sword against the game’s final boss, Clayface.
This would not only be terrific because it would give Gryffindors unique gameplay that other houses would lack but also because it could mean that Gryffindors encounter a fearsome creature not seen elsewhere in the game. Having that be a basilisk would be too transparent of an homage to the Chamber of Secrets, surely, though the wizarding world is full of terrifying beasts that had not graced Hogwarts Legacy and could appear in the sequel. The sword would be relinquished after this boss fight, but if the house-exclusive quest had an appropriate length it might be rewarding all the same.
Further, it could be clever to have players choose to fight whatever creature lies in wait and thus grant them the sword due to their demonstrated bravery. Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw could and should all have their own house-exclusive quests be as fulfilling as possible, and wielding the sword of Gryffindor would be the most significant and faithful way of honoring one of Hogwarts’ most popular houses.
Hogwarts Legacy
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 84 /100 Critics Rec: 88%
- 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
