The new State of Play showed promising trailers for Hogwarts Legacy, the new game in the Harry Potter franchise. All the details and more, in the note.
We all heard of the boy with the mark on his forehead who survived, the great magnum opus of the British writer JK Rowling that managed to transcend for more than 25 years in the hearts of the fans. For this reason, Warner Bros Games with Avalanche Software prepared a 20 minute presentation to reveal new details about the next installment of the franchise in the world of video games, Hogwarts Legacy.
The State of Play began with who will be our character in the vicinity of hogwarts with the Lumos enchantment to show the impressiveness of the models that are handled in this installment. In an apparently open world in the third person, we are going to go through not only Hogwarts, but also nearby towns, forests and an extensive terrain full of challenges and secondary missions around the year 1890, long before Harry Potter and close to the events of Fantastic Beasts.
The 23-minute State of Play event presented by PlayStation showed in detail what our character creation and house assignment will look like, and the fun fact is that, apparently just like the books, we won’t be able to decide which house to go to. , but the sorting hat will tell us.
Already with a house selected, we were able to witness the common rooms. gryffindor next to its large log fireplace, slytherins in the basements, Hufflepuff next to the kitchen and ravenclaw with its large library. All recreated following what the books tell and with a little imagination of what they never told.
Life at Hogwarts
Inside the game, being in a school we should study And what better subjects than herbology, defense against the dark arts, enchantments, potions class, among others. When attending the classrooms, we must pass tests for get a note, a new spell or improve the ones we already have available. The most striking is the duel class, where the scene from the second movie comes true, in hand-to-hand combat against teammates in fluid combat.
Between classes, we will can to explore and visit mythical locations of the saga and tour the entire Hogwarts castle, where we can find mysteries, new enchantments and secrets everywhere. solving these dungeons, secret passageways and puzzle will improve our character and discover everything that the castle hidden. These locations also highlight areas we never saw in the movies but are familiar with from the books, like the house-elves’ kitchen.
Among so many new things for being a game set before fantastic creatures, we will be able to recognize several ghosts like Nearly Headless Nick, who served us as a guide to this magical world. With side missions to get experience and improve our character.
a dangerous mystery
“Opportunities for adventure abound in and around Hogwarts” the narrator warns us while showing us never-before-seen areas of the magical world such as a lake with a statue of Neptune and a gigantic forest. Our companion throughout the adventure will be the Professor Fig.which will help us discover the rumors of a goblin rebellion which is falling
The world will be surrounded by creatures corrupted by powerful magic, powerful goblins, witches and wizards who are willing to do anything, even kill. After showing us goblin leader have a conversation with a dark wizard, we get a little hint that an even more powerful student is interfering with his plans. With the unknown of being us or perhaps, due to the years that have passed in the game, some famous magician.
Spells and Combat
The enemies they will have cursed spells, artudizion, enchanted weapons, among others. Some will attack us directly while others specialize in stopping us and leaving us open to receive those attacks.
Our weapons to defend ourselves they will be magic shields to create Ricochets of the spells, use of the stage like explosive barrels and parry about the spells for turn them against their casters. These spells could cause death in our enemies since we will have, if we wish, with dark arts that our teachers do not want to teach us.
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Talents, skills and beasts
Not only will we get classes, but in Hogwarts Legacy we can get improvements in our talents and abilities to be able to be a better magician. To improve them we will have to complete different challenges in the world that will allow us to learn experience things to unlock our spells and improve them.
not only ours powers would be improvedbut also our weapons, such as the clothing and objects we use to fight. With Quick Time Event minigameswe can create potions that They will passively improve our attacks, defenses or be able to use them as weapons. We can also get animals and plants what they will help us in combatleaving us with an advantage over the enemies that we will face throughout the adventure.
In the kind of beasts You will be able to learn about magical creatures, their weak points, their variations and be able to live with them to the point of being able to caress them. Meanwhile in flight classthey recommend us to improve as much as we can to be able to fly over the maps with greater ease.
Companions
Some schoolmates can be our friends, they can go with us, improve our relationships and thus learn about their stories. Giving us secondary missions to continue in the exploration of this world.
Room of Requirements
The hall of requirements is the one that appears at the moment that one needs it and this could not be better used as base for the player. where can we carry our machines for create potions and improve our character. An open space is also set up as an area for magical creatures where we can customize at our whim and breed or cure these creatures for the use of ingredients that they provide us.
Behind the castle walls
Hogsmeade says present in the trailergiving us the illusion of being in that remote city full of merchants willing to provide us with materials and recipes. From seeds and ingredients to armor and clothing we can find in this small magical town.
The world is alive beyond the great castle, where we can find dangers in every corner, a day and night system along with seasons and weather. In these places we can find peddlers the only ones that will give us various goods, new stories and quests that we must face.
Hogwarts Legacy will be available for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and PC for these festivities.