I’m not sure if that’s an editorial decision and they won’t be reviewing it, or they didn’t get codes (those outlets don’t do scored reviews anyway). As of right now, outlets like Polygon and Kotaku which are generally deemed more liberal than others don’t have reviews up yet. If anything, I wonder if scores may skew higher than they might have otherwise because of the JK Rowling controversy, as reviewers who may have been unable to unlink JK Rowling from Hogwarts Legacy either don’t want to play/review it in the first place, or didn’t want to be crucified on the internet if they gave it a low score. But it’s described as immersive and of course “magical” as an overall experience.

Where faults are found, its in things like enemy variety, UI, simplistic side quests and other issues that plague many modern games. Overwhelmingly, the focus is purely on the content of the game itself, which generally is being described as something that is likely going to satisfy most Potter fans as a fantasy RPG based in the famed Wizarding World. In fact, in ten of the bigger reviews I’ve read, only one even mentioned her at all. The elephant in the room was this growing narrative that some in a liberal-skewing games media would score the game poorly because of JK Rowling’s history of transphobic comments. It’s certainly weighed down by technical issues, a lackluster main story, and some poor enemy variety, but even those couldn’t come close to breaking its enchanting spell over me.” Its open-world adventure captures all the excitement and wonder of the Wizarding World with its memorable new characters, challenging and nuanced combat, and a wonderfully executed Hogwarts student fantasy that kept me glued to my controller for dozens of hours. “In nearly every way, Hogwarts Legacy is the Harry Potter RPG I’ve always wanted to play.

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