Part of what has helped theHarry Potterfranchise resonate with its fanbase is its social interpretations in a fantastical environment, and many are hoping that will carry over to the upcoming game. While few details have been shared regardingHarry Potter: Hogwarts Legacybeyond its official announcement and leaked gameplay footage, fans have been speculating since about significant design elements that might be in the game.
Hogwarts Legacyappears to present a more action-oriented RPG with a third-person perspective, though the social aspect of being a student at Hogwarts is still its most intriguing conceptfor many fans.Hogwarts Legacysets itself upfor social simulation within an educational institution, similar to a lot of other turn-based RPG games. As such, fans are selecting particular games that they would like to seeHogwarts Legacyemulate.
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Dragmassanthem suggests thatHogwarts Legacycould take insightful inspiration fromFire Emblem: Three Houses' Garreg Mach Monastery when designing activities and social features within Hogwarts.Fire Emblem: Three Houses' three boarding houses include the Golden Deer, the Blue Lions, and the Black Eagles. Hogwarts' personality-driven houses could be implemented in a similar fashion, whereHogwarts Legacyplayers select from student housesGryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. While the player character inHogwarts Legacymay not be a professor, the rest ofFire Emblem: Three Houses' social simulation activities could act as a blueprint for entertaining activities.
Further, fans suggest that relationship bonds with non-playable characters should be developed as players take trips to iconic wizarding locations, such as Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade, or join their house’s Quidditch team. Because theHarry Potterseries offers a wide range of locations and characters that span generations, fans are interested to see what may makean appearance inHogwarts Legacy.
Persona 5andPersona 5 Royalare also definitive social simulation games, with fans such as Zhymantas hoping to see the franchise’sinfluence inHogwarts Legacy. WithPersonaas a blueprint, student chores inHogwarts Legacysuch as homework and general studying sessions could improve particular stats, while sneaking into the library’s restricted section could improve stats further for obtaining prohibited texts. Ultimately, fans would like to learn to cast spells and craft potions from individual classes, which would remain consistent with the game’s narrative and the traditional canon for how Hogwarts students learn magic.
Of course,comparable toPersona 5, students may simply learn trivial tidbits. AlicetheTechNerd instead states that they would be thrilled “if there was a history class on wizarding world stuff” as a way to learn more about Hogwarts and its lore. Ordinary Wizarding Levels, or OWLs, and other rigorous educational challenges already exist in theHarry Pottermythology, so it would not be a stretch to imagine such obstacles as part of a concentrated social simulation.
Hogwarts Legacyis currently scheduled to release for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X in 2022.
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