The question is, how does featuring the Whomping Willow in the Hogwarts Legacy wallpaper break canon? Well, in 1971, the Whomping Willow was located at the Hogwarts grounds for the first time. The tree hid a secret passage from Hogwarts to the Shrieking Shack, a house just outside of Hogsmeade, where Remus Lupin would go to transform into a werewolf once every month. It was believed that Headmaster Dumbledore planted the tree for that very purpose. After all, the tree was extremely violent towards any student, excepting Remus Lu

While released content for **Hogwarts Legacy ** is currently limited, it is already clear that the new addition to the Harry Potter franchise is planning on an open world game with active exploration. With access to areas like Hogsmeade and the Forbidden Forest, as well as Hogwarts itself, it is clear that this game is planning on taking the magical world of Harry Potter to the next level for fans of the series and gamers alike. However, in the past Harry Potter games have been linear, with limited exploration available to players. What can Hogwarts Legacy learn from open world games like Skyrim that have set the standard for RPG explorat

The Shrieking Shack was secluded from everything else and was the perfect stop for Remus to transfer into his monstrous half. Stupidly, Sirius Black would eventually tell Severus Snape how to avoid the Whomping Willow, and Snape, being curious, proceeds to do this on the night of a full moon. On that night, Snape almost faced death by a transformed Remus, but was saved by James Potter. This was part of what cemented Sirius and Snape as mortal enemies for the rest of their living d

Games like Skyrim have found the perfect balance of plot with purpose. Quests don't feel bogged down and include adventure and challenge across the board. Some quests are much higher in difficulty than others, while the main storyline is enriched by what players accomplish before going to the main plot points on the map. By making sure that everything players do affects the story they are immersed in, the exploration process is rewarding. If Hogwarts Legacy is able to integrate the world into it's story, and put value on side quests and a filled-out map, the game could be very successful. A map that has no weight or purpose will not feel worth exploring or useful to the game, so quality content is

Notable Aurors in the Wizarding World include Mad-Eye Moody, Nymphadora Tonks, Percival Graves, Ron Weasley, and of course, Harry Potter himself. An Auror game could place you in the role of these characters, or could give players a chance to develop and roleplay as their own personalized Au

I’ve always hated the idea of Quidditch. J.K. Rowling just wanted to involve brooms, and never managed to make an interesting sport around them. As the reveal trailer showed, there will be brooms, and you can be sure that there will be Quidditch. But the game shouldn’t limit you as the only playable character in the field; make it a team game like FIFA or NFL Madden. I’d also like to see a management layer where you can identify and nurture young talent in hopes of them breaking into the first team. Basically, I want Quidditch Manager 2022 way more than a half-baked Quidditch minigame that’s just there for the sake of

Hogwarts Legacy was announced last summer as an original RPG in the Harry Potter universe. Players will take control of a student at the magical school of Hogwarts decades prior to the arrival of "the boy who lived". The game will open up a lot of unseen angles to this universe, such as expanding on its history while also showcasing iconic locations. The game looks very promising, but more recent developments have caused some concern. The game's lead designer, Troy Leavitt, has been under fire after journalist Liam Robertson discovered that he has a history of spreading controversial Gamergate rhetoric on a personal YouTube chan

Upon releasing an announcement trailer at the PS5 Showcase , the developers also added a wallpaper that proves Hogwarts Legacy may be breaking Harry Potter canon to their website. Obviously, the wallpaper puts the Hogwarts castle at centerstage, but just to the right of Hogwarts is a very particular looking tree. The tree is the infamous Whomping Willow, which has been an intriguing part of Hogwarts for a long t

My suggestion would be to introduce Dark Arts as a skill - powerful spells that would drastically turn the tide in your favour, but are of course banned due to their volatile nature. You then layer it with something akin to the Karma meter from the Infamous series and Avada Kedavra! You now not only have a purview into the "dark path", but also have to constantly fight off the temptation to use it. Your "Legacy" now depends on which side of the meter you swing towards by the end of the g

It's unclear if this was a PR effort to try here and get in the good graces of fans or if this has always been something planned for a while. Hogwarts Legacy was recently delayed from 2021 to 2022 , giving the team more time to work on the game and ensure it lives up to the hype. There's no concrete release date at the moment, but it's likely we'll find out more later this y