Whether Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy comes in the form of the ultimate adaptation of the Harry Potter universe, it lacks an essential element: Quidditch competitions.
Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy is the ultimate adaptation. Never has a video game adapted from the Harry Potter universe been so beautiful, complete, well finished and authentic. Nevertheless, all this praise will perhaps not make some forget the impossibility of playing the game of Quidditch (while old Harry Potter titles made it possible to make matches). This absence is assumed in the FAQ, published on the official website.
However, Quidditch competitions are an important activity in the education of Hogwarts students, beyond maintaining the rivalry between the four emblematic houses. In the FAQ, Warner Bros. does not specify why we cannot play Quidditch in Hogwarts Legacy: The Hogwarts Legacy. There is, however, a narrative explanation, provided by the headmaster of Hogwarts himself.
Warning, the rest of this article contains a small spoiler on the plot of Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy.
Go to a DLC to play Quidditch in Hogwarts Legacy?
The narrative explanation
The developers have found a little pirouette to justify the absence of Quidditch in Hogwarts Legacy: The Hogwarts Legacy. In the game, we embody a student who goes directly to fifth grade. Before the distribution ceremony, director Phineas Nigellus Black told the audience that there would be no Quidditch matches this year, due to an “unfortunate accident which occurred during the previous final”. It’s a clever way of bringing up the subject, when Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy could have omitted it altogether.
Note that, during your walks in the game’s environments, you will come across several elements directly related to Quidditch – including the stadium is fully modeled, near Hogwarts. Thus, you will be able to wear outfits and accessories in the colors of the sport. Quidditch therefore exists in the lore of Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacybut the practice is prohibited.
Technical theory
About JK Rowling
The editorial staff received the video game Hogwarts Legacy to test it before its release on Friday. JK Rowling did not originate it and was not involved in its design. We reject the active transphobia of the author, who has become a figure in the anti-trans struggle and who brings her funding and endangers the lives of trans people.
Everything suggests that the absence of Quidditch is mainly linked to a technical constraint. This discipline would constitute a game in its own right, in terms of gameplay, in an already very ambitious structure at the base. This is also what suggests these indiscretions published in January 2023, a priori taken from a Discord subject. ” Originally it was planned to include Quidditch and the Four Posts. But that was dropped after a year. Compromises are always necessary “, can we read. On paper, developing a good adaptation of Quidditch, with the same quality as the rest of the game, would require significant resources (a kind of game within the game).
Numerama asked Warner Bros. ; we are awaiting a response.
The DLC track
Will Quidditch be integrated later into Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy, in the form of a large extension? This is a possible solution for Warner Bros., coupled with a means of securing a future for the project in the longer term. This is all the more true since the basics are there. In addition to the stadium already modeled, it is interesting to note that we can already move around with a broom with a very convincing gameplay. ” Flying on a broomstick is a means of travel in Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy and there are also broom races. Players can attend flight lessons to master their flying skills on a broom “says the FAQ. Hope is allowed.
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