The excuse for leaving the king of the magical world sport out of the video game is quite poor.
The release date of Hogwarts Legacy it’s practically here. The video game, the most ambitious set in the universe of Harry Potter and surely one of the most anticipated of the year for all platforms, it comes with everything one would expect from an adventure in the Wizarding World of this size: wizarding classes, potions, wand duels with other students, fantastic creatures to fight, tame or ride, a sinister organization that threatens the order of society created by JK Rowling in her books… There is even an “ancient magic” created expressly for Hogwarts Legacy. However, in our final look at the latest gameplay footage, we realized something was missing: where’s the Quidditch?
Why is there no Quidditch in Hogwarts Legacy
In the new video game of the universe of Harry Potter You can, of course, cast the best-known spells from the franchise’s books and movies, from Lumos and other harmless charms to the three Unforgivable Curses: Crucio, Imperio, and the deadly Avada Kedabra. You can also pet the cats that walk through the centuries-old halls of Hogwarts or take a bath in the lake next to the school, with mermaids and mermen. And, obviously, there will be no shortage of flying broom rides. But a fundamental ingredient of school life at Dumbledore’s institution, Quidditch is totally missing. And the excuse that the video game gives to leave the king of sports out of the wizarding world is, honestly, pretty poor.
After some leaks of the development on social networks, the players had their hopes up, but the truth is that there is no sign of Quidditch in Hogwarts Legacy. The magical sport, a kind of rugby with players riding on flying brooms and four different balls with a life of their own, has been left out of the playable elements of the Warner Bros. Games title for a most absurd reason: within the game, the Hogwarts headmaster at the time the plot unfolds, Phineas Nigellus Black, explains to the students at the school that Quidditch is banned for the entire course due to an “unfortunate injury” suffered by a player in the final last spring.
Even so, Hogwarts Legacy it is full of flying brooms with which you can even participate in races; Also, the Quidditch field It does exist within the game map. Therefore, it is not unreasonable to think that, if the title is as successful as expected, this modality can be included as extra downloadable content or DLC in the future.
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