A fan ofHogwarts Legacyhas shown off their ingenious role-play idea that makes the protagonist’s adventures make more sense.Hogwarts Legacyoffers players many different ways to play, but this idea takes the role-play one step further.
It’s no surprise that gamers are already figuring out how torole-play as fan-favoriteHarry Pottercharacters inHogwarts Legacy, but the creativity shown so far by the community has been great. There’s just a lot of positive feeling aroundHogwarts Legacyright now, with the game smashing sales records all over the world. Fans are loving the game, which has given them unparalleled freedom in the Wizarding World. Despite the game’s pre-launch controversy, it seems as though it has finally moved past it to become one of the most well-received games of the year so far.
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The role-play idea comes from Redditor AtlasFlynn, who claims they play the game as a Hogwarts student with a secret superhero identity, mask, cape, and all. This is to give more reasoning as to why the player is always away from Hogwarts battling poachers and goblins.Character creation is key inHogwarts Legacy, with a focus on players being able to live out their Wizarding World dreams. It’s great that the game even manages to give players the tools to role-play as a superhero, even if it’s just in the imagination of the player. As gamers become more familiar with the game’s plethora of outfits, they might become even more creative with the type of immersive role-plays that they create inHogwarts Legacy.
Players in the thread took to the idea, and even offered ways to further the role-play. One player suggested the Clark Kent-Superman approach, with the protagonist wearing glasses when not in superhero mode and no mask or glasses when acting as a hero. Others expressed disappointment that the game didn’t allow for different preset outfits to automatically switch between when entering and leaving Hogwarts. Fans ofHogwarts Legacyhave been quick to request quality-of-life improvementslike this, although it remains to be seen if Avalanche Software is planning to implement any of them.
If a potentialHogwarts Legacysequel arrives in the future, hopefully it will retain its focus on role-play and player customization. Thevariety of outfits inHogwarts Legacygoes a long way toward adding to the game’s role-play potential, and it’s clearly an element that’s important to the players. With any sequel still almost-certainly years away, players will have to hope Avalanche Software adds new outfits toHogwarts Legacywith DLC, increasing the role-play possibilities for the original game.
Hogwarts Legacyis available now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, with PS4 and Xbox One versions launching May 5 and a Switch port releasing July 25.
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