Hogwarts Legacy Just Broke A 14-Year Games Industry Streak – For the first time since 2008, something other than Call of Duty or a Rockstar game was the best-seller

Might pirate it.

Wait till you learn about who cracked that game.

I did. it was alright. Worth it if you want to explore hogwarts and surroundings.

It's not worth it, and while the transphobia is absent, the antisemitism is still there

Also, the erstwhile lead designer was a far right agitator.

While that might be true, 2023 was an year filled with great games and yet Hogwarts Legacy is first, and Call of Duty is 2nd.

As for notable games of the year that weren't flop (in no particular order):

• Spider-Man 2
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Diablo IV
• FF 16
• Armored Core 6
• Street Fighter 6
• Alan Wake 2

Not to mention:

• Resident Evil 4 Remake
• Dead Space Remake

They may not be to your taste, but they all rated very highly. I haven't included any Nintendo games, cause they don't share digital data. Their numbers are based only on physical sales.

Just... pirate it... 🦜

Sorry, are the neighborhood kids on your yard again?

Yeah people really need to stop having fun in ways I disapprove of, totally with you on that.

I can absolutely believe it made that much money.

Millennials? Kids under 10 still go batshit for it!

The youngest millennials should be in their 30s. I doubt enough of them have the time or money for this to blame the whole generation.

Another way of saying you have deep empathic issues

No.

It's extremely popular because it is a well polished Harry Potter game; something the world has been begging for for a long time. It does invoke that sense of magic that the films do so well, so if you're just looking to get a fresh hit of the Hogwarts world it's great. There are also a lot of really interesting and well designed characters. Most of all the world, particularly the castle, is beautifully and lovingly crafted.

The game buried beneath all that polish is a pretty basic-ass RPG. It is crammed with filler fetch/find quests. The dialogue system is just another exhaust all options non-system. The combat has some really cool ideas on paper but I personally ended up mostly mashing buttons against one of like 5 generic enemies most of the time. Also the only customization in this RPG is your appearance.

It's not a bad game by any means, but i wouldn't say it's great either.

I got it on sale in December and think it’s worth it. I’m not a huge HP fan by any stretch but was impressed by the mechanics, they’re fun. Though as the game opens up you start to spot the tedious shit all open worlds tend to throw in to keep you busy. I just ignore that shit.

My wife is a big Harry Potter fan but has mixed feelings about it. She described the game this morning as not great but not bad either, with great graphics, but also with an indecisiveness to it that suggests too many cooks in the kitchen.

With that said, that's just one opinion. The game seems outstandingly popular. She felt it's worth the money if you can get it on sale in her personal opinion.

It's a casual game that lets you run around the world of harry potter casting spells at people and things, solving puzzles, and wearing silly wizard clothes. If that sounds good to you then it's good.

If you aren't sure, wait for a big sale. I quite enjoyed the game, but other than being a massively-popular IP, I'm not sure why it's getting so much acclaim. It's big, it's Harry Potter (with all the attention to detail that usually gets), and it's an RPG. If it wasn't HP, it'd be another good indie game, and that's it.

It's a standard open world game. If that appeals to you and you love HP then perhaps.

It's fun, lemmy/reddit screeches (rightfully so) about JKR's views but that doesn't mean the game itself is bad.

I'd say if you've ever wondered what it be like to just wander about the castle, it's well worth it. It's cheaper than going to say universal studios or the Warner Brothers lot in London...

But there's actually very little gameplay in the castle around areas you recognize from the books or movies. It doesn't take long until you're throwing into a very generic game with a thin coat of Harry Potter paint applied. There's a lot of samey quests and combat doesn't really evolve ever.

You're on the beehaw instance, bee nice.

It makes absolute sense that people are passionately against this game, which puts money directly in the pockets of not only a very vocal transphobe with a huge following-but one who actively finances anti-trans causes. The game itsself has its own incredibly problematic issues, but I focus on the transphobia because that's what your comment was concerned with.

Quite frankly, yes, we want acceptance. But "acceptance" of trans people as people who have human rights should be the bare minimum. That is in no way comparable to pushing back against this game, or pushing back against JKR.

"Moderately related" as in "written by and with royalties paid to"

People, and trans people especially, absolutely have good reason to not want to buy a product that directly funds a person who is actively hostile to their existence.

You can't deal with critical comments from a community who are directly affected by the actions of a major stakeholder? That's pathetic.