Avalanche has fixed an animation glitch that has plagued Hogwarts Legacy players since the game's launch, as female character faces are now properly displayed outside cutscenes in normal gameplay. Though the character creator in Hogwarts Legacy isn't elaborate at first glance, it's surprisingly robust and allows fans to create their own Witch or Wizard to embark on an immersive adventure set in the Wizarding World. From choosing their broom, getting their wand at Ollivanders, and even being sorted into a Hogwarts house, Avalanche's open-world game lets players personalize their experience in a plethora of ways.
However, there was a visual glitch that has continuously irked the game's community for the past month or so. This interesting bug on the female character model in Hogwarts Legacy caused the protagonist's face to warp in a strange way whenever they weren't casting a spell like Lumos. To put it bluntly: the face as it showed in normal gameplay did not match the face players chose during character creation, nor the face they saw in cutscenes, and it was an immersion-breaking experience for a significant number of fans.
Thankfully, the new patch for Hogwarts Legacy has brought a laundry list of fixes to all the bugs and glitches that players have reported over the past month, and one of these documented changes finally fixes the female protagonist's face to match the model shown in character creation, cutscenes, as well the game's equipment screen. Given that the community has already whipped up a makeshift photo mode for Hogwarts Legacy, this change will no doubt be welcomed by players who want to take a glamorous screenshot of their Witch in one of the game's breathtaking locations.
As shown by Ungreth on the official subreddit for the game, Hogwarts Legacy players have flocked to social media – be it Twitter or Reddit – to share the improvements the new patch brought. Though the changes are subtle, and the flat lightning shown in normal Hogwarts Legacy gameplay leaves a lot to be desired, the facial features are now finally where they're supposed to be.
Avalanche has undoubtedly been occupied in its attempt to prepare Hogwarts Legacy for launch on the old generation of consoles, as well as its Switch port. Though the developers have been tight-lipped in terms of future content, as there have been no official plans for DLC in Hogwarts Legacy, it's almost everyone's expectation that Warner Bros. Interactive will allow Avalanche to deliver story and gameplay updates as soon as the game launches on all its announced platforms.
Hogwarts Legacy is available now for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions will launch May 5, followed by a Nintendo Switch port on July 25.