I'll start by saying this game isn't perfect but if you're a Harry Potter fan, you'll love this game. The combat is amazing, easily changing between spells and combinations of spells to destroy enemies. Potions are useful but I find myself hardly using them unless its the Wiggenweld potion. Others may use them a lot. Graphics are beautiful in my opinion on performance mode at 60fps. I've not tried the fidelity 30fps mode, although with Ray tracing, it'll look amazing. Character creation is limited but does enough to fulfill my needs. There's plenty of clothing options. Gameplay is fun and keeps me wanting to come back for more. I've played 40 hours so far and there's more to do. If you really get into the world of Hogwarts and Harry Potter you'll notice many things that link to the movies.

I'll admit maybe I haven't given it much of a chance but for some reason the game really just didn't grip me. I am a huge Harry Potter fan, and even that didn't make a difference. The game is undoubtedly gorgeous but I found myself yawning a lot of the time and forcing myself to keep playing. I'm still playing currently because I really do want to enjoy it but it's harder than it should be. It feels super fast paced and all the parts where I want to be immersed in, are the moments so so sped up. The arriving at hogwarts, the sorting hat, seeing my dorm room for the first time, and my actual classes went by in almost 2× speed and it didn't allow me to feel immersed in the world. This may be enjoyable for some people but it really wasn't for me. On another note, this may be a preference to some, but so much of the gameplay became endless voice lines where you end up reading ahead and skipping before the actual voices finish. If you have played genshin impact you'll know how this feels. As a majoritively story based singleplayer game I was hoping for more cinematics and they lost me there. The gameplay on the other hand is kind of fun, it's very ‘souls’ influenced, if you know what I mean by that, which is alright. It almost feels to easy, standing far away with a wand spamming your automatically aimed spells. I understand that I've kind of just ripped the game to shreds but if you are a Harry Potter fan I recommend you give it a go, it may just be my own preferences interfering and keep in mind this is just my own opinion of the game.

So much more fun than I expected…really enjoying playing this and the scope of the story mode is amazing. 20+ hours into it so far and heaps more to go!