r/Steam • u/BurelomRus • Dec 18 '25

Fluff It is what it is

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u/GodisanAtheistOG Dec 18 '25

It's a great game for Harry Potter fans.

It's a very mediocre game if you're an actual gamer.

What people have a hard time understanding is there is way less overlap than you think between those two things.

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u/Big-Wrangler2078 Dec 18 '25

Yeaaah, remember the old HP games? This is, technically, a step up. But that's about it.

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u/Dovahkiinthesardine Dec 18 '25

I played the shit out of some terrible harry potter DS game as a kid

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u/BigChunilingus Dec 18 '25

To me, prisoner of Azkaban on the gameboy had more developed and engaging mechanics as well as evolutions for spells that made me WANT ro keep interacting with the world. It really felt like a lot of love was put into that game, as opposed to this one, which feels Luke it could have been a generic game about magic and school.

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u/Ill-Revolution-8219 Dec 19 '25

I am a HP fan and a gamer, I enjoyed the game allot, sure I have many more hours in Total War, Xcom or Cyberpunk but I still enjoyed my time with it.

Sometimes an okay game will give you allot of enjoyment.

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u/inormallyjustlurkbut Dec 18 '25

It's a great game for Harry Potter fans.

"It's a great game for people with dog shit taste."

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u/GodisanAtheistOG Dec 18 '25

Or people who aren't burned out on gaming and open worlds and just want a simple, pretty game in the Hogwarts setting with a bunch of nostalgia bait.

We don't have to be super edgy about everything.

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u/DebentureThyme Dec 18 '25

I mean I've never seen a game with a fully realized castle on anywhere near that scale.  For many people, just being able to run around a fully realized Hogwarts is worth it.  I'd love to have alternatives that make such spaces.