Hogwarts Legacy’s First DLC Update Angers Fans

Hogwarts Legacy players are left baffled by the game’s first downloadable content. Specifically, for its lack of any major updates.

As reported by Gaming Bible, players and fans have not responded positively to the first round of DLC for Hogwarts Legacy. Set to be released on June 6, the summer update is set to include a new photo mode, multiple new skins for the game’s mounts, new clothing and glasses options for player characters, and the addition of the Haunted Hogsmede quest which was previously only available for the Sony PlayStation.

One of the major points of contention among players is the lack of a New Game Plus mode. Considered a staple of modern roleplaying games, New Game Plus typically allows players to replay their favorite titles from the very beginning, usually while keeping their achievements and progress from earlier playthroughs. The absence of a New Game Plus mode is especially disheartening for fans who were looking for a reason to jump back into Hogwarts Legacy after already completing the game.

Released on February 10, 2023, Hogwarts Legacy garnered largely positive to middling reviews, with an overall Metacritic score in the mid-80s across all platforms. The game also received a multitude of nominations for various gaming awards, including Game of the Year and Best Game on Steam Deck from The Steam Awards, the latter of which Hogwarts Legacy won. Hogwarts Legacy was also nominated for Most Anticipated Game at The Game Awards in 2022, though it was beaten out for the award by Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

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In January, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment president David Haddad announced that numerous new Harry Potter games were in the works. As Haddad explained, the upcoming games will “let the fans be part of this world and stories and characters in deeper and deeper ways.” This came as no surprise following Hogwarts Legacy attaining the title of the best-selling game of 2023, marking the first time in 15 years that the title wasn’t taken down by a Rockstar of Call of Duty title.

Hogwarts Legacy is currently available on PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox.

Source: Gaming Bible

Hogwarts Legacy

Released

February 10, 2023

Developer(s)

Avalanche Software

Publisher(s)

Warner Bros. Games

Genre(s)

Action RPG , Adventure , Open-World

Engine

Unreal Engine 4

ESRB

T

Mode

Single-Player

Summary

Hogwarts Legacy is an open-world action RPG from Avalanche Software, originally creators behind games such as Disney Infinity. In the game, players will get to create their witch or wizard and traverse the hallowed halls of Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry one hundred years before the events of the original Harry Potter Books/films. Players will attend classes, learn spells, and face several creatures and foes as they slip into a dark conspiracy that brews from within the magical world.

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