![]() The majesty of Hogwarts is very much present here, and it’s easily the game’s strongest point. A whole week into Hogwarts Legacy, and I’m still awestruck by the fact that I can just casually stroll out of the castle, take a brisk walk across the iconic wooden bridge where Cedric Diggory (my fave) gave Harry that vague hint about the bath, and go down the hill to find myself outside Hagrid’s Hut, years before he’d ever inhabit it. ![]() I’ll give Hogwarts Legacy this: the movies have always excelled at bringing this mystical school to life onscreen, and the game lets you live in it. It’s fantasy fiction in video game form, and while it’s certainly not without its faults, we’ve never been closer to that Hogwarts self-insert dream we all had as a child. For better or for worse, Hogwarts Legacy is a revival of the magic of that time. It was a time of blissful fantasy, where every kid in school would tirelessly pore over every detail in the latest Harry Potter book, share their theories, and craft their own original stories of what it’d be like to explore that universe and to really, truly be attuned to it. My early teenage years were riddled with romantic Harry Potter fanfics, along with fan-made music videos detailing headcanon arcs of unrequited love and jealousy set to The Killers’ Mr Brightside. The most popular ones among our friend group usually involved Malfoy and Hermione making out, or of them getting caught in some variation of angsty “I hate that I love you” situations. A silly, giggly schoolgirl who’d sit in the back of class with friends, sharing notes and links to our favorite fics. ![]() ![]() The last time I read Harry Potter fanfiction, I was about 15-years-old. ![]()
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