Although the leaked LEGO Harry Potter game has some inherent potential, all signs point to it quickly re-treading a well-worn story, primarily subjecting players to an uninspired, open-world collect-a-thon.
Unless Traveller's Tales has significantly re-evaluated its approach to LEGO game development since the release of Skywalker Saga, the leaked LEGO Harry Potter may have disappointingly little substance. Hogwarts Legacy's saving grace is perhaps its story while not exceptional, it's at least novel, and it is – despite the game's bloat – given plenty of room to develop. The lovingly and beautifully crafted castle is filled to the brim with repetitive tasks, and its halls and classrooms are only a fraction of Hogwarts Legacy's sizable map, which litters the surrounding Scottish highlands with near-identical puzzles and one-note combat encounters. Despite being a 30-something who grew up during the golden age of Harry Potter, Hogwarts Legacy managed to be my first real exposure to the Wizarding World. Although the two are quite different, Hogwarts Legacy suffers many of the same issues as LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. The leaked LEGO Harry Potter game would be coming on the heels of Hogwarts Legacy, a wizarding world game which demonstrates the folly of adapting the eponymous castle and its grounds to another open world. Instead, Harry's early years at Hogwarts and the events of the Second Wizarding War will likely feel tacked onto an expansive world filled with mindless tasks, freely explorable through a great number of characters that offer little more than fan service. A plot spanning seven years of Harry Potter's struggle against Lord Voldemort is simply too much to adapt into engaging gameplay. With the leaked LEGO Harry Potter presumably taking a similar approach to the seven-novel, eight-film series, the same missteps are bound to resurface. While LEGO Skywalker Saga's re-telling of the Star Wars story is endearing, the slapstick parody the LEGO games are known for takes a back seat in favor of repetitive platforming, puzzle-solving, and collecting. Life at Hogwarts is a busy one, especially in Hogwarts Legacy where you're tasked with catching up on years of lessons and helping thwart dark plans that threaten the Wizarding World. Main missions became short, incredibly linear segments that ultimately feel like bare-bones vehicles to drive the plot forward in the interest of returning players to its open hub areas. Thank you for making it easy for me to close the book on Hogwarts and Harry Potter. LEGO Skywalker Saga's recreation of every major setting in the nine-film epic is admittedly impressive, but its scale came at the expense of meaningful gameplay – an issue not even the return of Mumble Mode could remedy. We’re here to talk about Hogwarts Legacy.
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