 All I'm playing right now is Hogwarts Legacy, can we just say what a game this is such a game? You know what I wasn't at all hyped at first when I saw this game announced and all of that people have been talking a lot about it now leading up to the release and you know what I heard it had early accesses so I just had to not miss out on this and I bought the Digital Deluxe two days prior to the release which was the early access window. I have done nothing else than playing this game and I am not even a big Harry Potter fan to begin with. Tiny Arts and I we gave a first impression on the podcast, link down below if you want to listen to that episode and I am playing on the PlayStation 5 it performs perfectly. There is practically no load times there's none of that. Tiny Arts was saying that there are tips and tricks on the loading screens. Well I haven't seen one in the PS5 version maybe once in my 30 hours playthrough so far I'm not done with the game I'm only 30 hours in and this is a big game. It's really big. So let me tell you a bit about the game. You create your character and the starting story in cutscenes feels like you are watching a movie. A Harry Potter movie. The graphics, the voice acting and everything is just so good. So polished. Now I wasn't very happy with the customization options in the beginning of the game. I felt like I couldn't get my character to look exactly how I would like them to sort of thing. I thought it was a bit lacking but I grew to like my character the more and more I played. Also you have a ton of customization options later on with actual clothes and the cape and hats and the scarves but you know what sometimes I just feel like her facial expressions can be a bit tight. Her grain especially. Now you are playing as a student at this huge old school called Hogwarts if you didn't know that where you participate in various classes to become a great wizard and master the skills of potion making, spell casting, herbology and so much more. There's so many classes. Now outside of the school you have a massive gigantic open world and I'm sold already by hearing that and here you can explore and do a ton of things. I mean just look at this map. Now let's talk about the gameplay. Like when you are actually starting out. You have main quests of course that will progress the main story of the game which I recommend that you do and focus on until at least you get the broom. At least push that main story until you get the broom and arguably also the lock picking spell but keep in there oh my god with the broom you can finally fly around the world everywhere. That was a magical experience for me you know what when you got the broom and when I was flying for my first time that was a religious experience for me. That was the highlight of my gaming so far this year getting that broom. I unlocked mine after about seven hours I think and it is so worth it. So if you bought this game and ended up not liking it or quit it at some point at least push through until you get the broom and we'll talk. This game has so many quests and so many collectables secrets Easter eggs and references to the HP universe cosmetics and there's just a lot of everything in the game. I very early on got a huge thing for collecting the field guide pages spamming that rebellion all over the place all over the school and also out in the world and the spell also highlights points of interest like chests and loot and stuff like that and there are so many field guide pages. That is such a fun element to the game collecting stuff like that. In the menus you can see your gear your map inventory and talents and all of that but also there is a challenge tab and this is fun stuff. You can see your progression in percentages and get rewards for various feats that you've done and I am loving this addicted to this. The menus overall they look very pretty although they really remind me of Assassin's Creed kind of menus very much so actually. Actually there are several comparisons that I can put towards Assassin's Creed also with a sneaky gameplay and that you can take out enemies when they are not aware of you. That is also a style of gameplay that you can delve into in this game. You should always equip your best gear. Currently this is my fashion statement and I mean if you join the discord you can post your fashion statement in the discord. We have our own channel about Hogwarts Legacy currently in the discord link down below to that also. We're all about Hogwarts Legacy right now. For the most part you are free to do almost whatever you want to except for maybe in the starting hours of the game where you kind of have to progress that main story a bit to unlock certain spells and stuff but like I said after you've got that broom and maybe also upgraded that Aloha moral picking spell a bit you are free to go and do whatever you want and explore the world and it is so fun. You are losing track of real life and time and I know what I'm talking about 30 hours in already in a few days actually. Time large over here. It is just so fun. I mean riding that broom watching that incredible sunrise and the sunset and with the ps5 vibrations in the controller it's like it was almost as if I could feel that wind in my hair magical. Now the graphics they are out of this world. First time arriving at Hogsmeade this little town that's outside of the school area. Oh my god I just had to lean back and take it all in for a moment. The attention to detail in every single shop in the NPCs it felt so lively. I don't think I've seen a world this lively before you know in a convincing way. It feels like I'm not even playing a game at this point. This is a world. This is our life and I am shocked and not even to mention the school. The actual school Hogwarts. It is so big. You know what I'm still getting lost in the corridors of the school. It is so big. It is so massive. I have no idea where anything is and every single nook and cranny within the school so many details and nothing is copy pasted and it's just such a school. You know what no room is the same in this game. No room. Every single location is unique at least in the school and in Hogsmeade. Now you will unlock the room of requirement or room of retirement as I call it. This is the place where you can actually customize it around a bit and you know put out furniture or statues or collectibles that you have actually collected around in the world. You can magically place the stuff all around the place in this room. This is also where you can brew potions and grow some plants and decipher some gear that is not deciphered. And you know what guys actually entering and leaving the school is seamless. The size of Hogwarts seen from outside is the actual size of the inside if that makes sense. There's no loading screen going in and out of the school and out into the open world and the size of the school it is the exact size. I've never seen that in a video game before I don't think in this massive scale. I thought I would mention that. I've not seen anyone mention this but that really impressed me. You can of course use fast traveling points and like I said there's no loading times at least not on the ps5. Random encounters they can happen anywhere and they always make me stop whatever I'm doing and I'm finding myself listening in on other students conversations all the time and it is stuff like that moments like these that makes me go is this even a video game at this point? I get so immersed and there's also a ton of role playing opportunities in this game if you're into that sort of stuff. I read on Reddit actually go on Reddit sometimes that people are already role playing this game like crazy and that is so fun. Like I mean there are no consequences in being evil and answering in an evil way but it's there for role playing purposes. Now Hogwarts Legacy has a real-time action combat with several spells that you also can combine together and create combos with. Combat feels so nice, very satisfying and it gets better the more spells that you have unlocked naturally. I'm loving the Dark Arts spells and the magic just looks really good. The game also has several difficulty settings and you can change between them at any time so if the game is hard change it down a bit to easy to change it up a bit. Combat is very satisfying. I'm actively seeking out combat because there are also challenges within you know defeating a certain amount of spiders or goblins or stuff like that so it's just a lot of fun. That also. Hogwarts Legacy is magical. That is my verdict. I am in awe. There's so much to do. It's like I'm living a whole separate life. Full praise to the developers of this game. Oh my god these people are the best people. I can see that they have taken blood, sweat and tears into creating this game. They knew their source material and it must have taken them years. I can only imagine. Now this game is a hundred percent must buy a 10 out of 10 if you are a Harry Potter fan to begin with. Absolutely. People are saying that this is the dream game when they are hardcore Harry Potter friends and I mean if you are not a Harry Potter fan like me I'm not a you know never considered myself a big fan. I liked the first and the second movie when I was like 10 years old but other than that I'm not a huge fan but this is still a game for RPG fans. Hell I even think that this game is what could actually push people over that edge to become a Harry Potter fan and imagine giving this treatment to other huge fantasy universes like the Lord of the Rings. Put this development studio onto something like that. The world of Tolkien. Oh my god Middle Earth with all the source materials that they have from that universe. Put this development team onto something like that. You could also do like Narnia universe or the Game of Thrones universe. Tons of source material to go through there as well. Now Hogwarts Legacy if this game isn't a 10 out of 10 then I have to ask you. What do you want? Leave that down below. I'm hoping for a ton of DLCs for this game. I want a lot of support for this game going forward. I am having a wonderful time. Now join the discord down below. Hit like on this video and I'll be covering more Hogwarts Legacy really soon so you should subscribe to the channel. Thank you so much for watching and I will see you later. People are saying this is the dream game when they are hardcore.