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[SCB3]

There's so much stuff packed in pretty much every location. A lot of small environmental interactions too. Music is absolutely phenomenal.
You can also customise your wand at Olivanders (type of wood, colour, length etc), aaaaah!

Hey look at that, can even play in Witcher language! Isn't technology wonderful

 

[ComputerBlue]

Everybody who’s starting the game today, or who has already started, have fun! I can’t wait until Friday!

 

[Ocean Dweller]

are there NVIDIA gameready drivers for this?

 

[Joel Was Right]

Is there anyway to increase the font size in the menu pop-ups? Not the dialogue font size.

 

[Dynasty8]

Two questions for those playing it:

1) How's the combat overall?

2) Does the game offer a decent challenge or is it easy like most triple A games? I'll even play on hard if I have to, but that'll most likely make enemies billyet sponges. :/

 

[NikuNashi]

Dropped in to say nice choice for the OT title. Hope everyone's enjoying the game.

 

[GHG]

GHG said you need to disable in steam. Haven't tried it yet.

I might have spoken too soon there. The controller is 100% recognised by the game and it automatically changes the button maps to the PS ones but I haven't felt anything with the triggers etc.

All we can hope is that it's just a bug at this point.

 

[Thebonehead]

Dropped in to say nice choice for the OT title. Hope everyone's enjoying the game.

 

[Agent_Nobody]

Have to go the whole way:

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

"AskforBan"

That's pure genius.

 

[Banjo64]

How's the writing? Good or Ubisoft level?

I’ve only played the intro (just been sorted, took 45 mins) and I think it’s been great so far - very much in line with the spirit of the books as far as a non-J.K piece can be.

 

[Joel Was Right]

Random question - is there a way to highlight my own posts here so it's easier to spot when scrolling?

 

[rofif]

Early PC impressions from me:

5800X3D, 4090, 32GB Ram.

• 4k native, DLSS upscaling off, ultra settings, all RT on (ultra) + DLSS 3 frame gen on = 80-90 fps
• 4K DLSS quality, ultra settings, all RT on (ultra) + DLSS 3 frame gen on = ~105-120fps
• 4K DLSS quality, ultra settings, RT off + DLSS 3 frame gen on = 120 fps locked

That's all I've tried so far since I settled on 4k native + RT + DLSS frame gen but nothing to be alarmed about as far as I can see. No issues with stuttering yet etc. The game compiles shaders upon booting the game so that's probably why, but so far it seems solid. I think I love Nvidia's fake frames.

Haven't managed to get any decent screenshots since I'm playing in HDR and screenshots always come out too dark when HDR is turned on but here's one from the opening area anyway:

Also this game has the best fucking hair options I've ever seen for black men in a videogame I've ever seen. It's fantastic, meanwhile the white purple haired whales are crying? I don't get it. Clowns.

Giving fps numbers with dlss3 is like measuring penis length starting from the butt
(game looks good.... maybe I should get pc version instead of ps5 afterall)

btw. Can I get a huge afro like I do in every game character creator? (last glorious usage in Saints Row 2022)

Spoiler: can i do this

 

[KyoZz]

It looks amazing on PC with everything maxed out

 

[Eotheod]

Do we have to start the game for the pre-order bonus? Won't probably play straight away as I've got Gotham Knights to finish up.

 

[rofif]

It looks amazing on PC with everything maxed out

wow

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

Played for about 2 hours and it's excellent. Gameplay feels great and the visuals are stunning. Rocking at 4k ultra RT settings on my 4090.

Goty contender for sure

 

[Krathoon]

The PS5 exclusive is DLC, so you can't unlock it with a hack on the PC version. So, you have to wait a year.

 

[Valedix]

That ot title

So good

 

[jshackles]

Random question - is there a way to highlight my own posts here so it's easier to spot when scrolling?

Your own posts will be highlighted on the left, where your avatar is, in blue (for light theme) or grey (for dark theme).

 

[Saber]

Random question - is there a way to highlight my own posts here so it's easier to spot when scrolling?

I think you can bookmark them? Other than that, I think you can use your own post history on your profile.

 

[Banjo64]

The level of detail at the start of the game in

Spoiler: Location spoiler

Gringots

Let’s me know straight away that this is going to be an unbelievably faithful game.

 

[chris121580]

Aside from the other positive things others have mentioned, I can’t express enough how much charm this game has. This development team has absolutely nailed the feel of what a Hogwarts game should be

 

[Mr.ODST]

Like 4 hours in and just done sidequests exploring the castle, this game is amaze

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Native dualsense support on PC by the way for anyone wondering.

Just make sure you first disable playstation controller support in the steam controller settings.

Sorry can you explain that? I'm digging around the menus and getting confused! Cheers

 

[GHG]

Sorry can you explain that? I'm digging around the menus and getting confused! Cheers

Steam settings - -> controllers --> untick playstaion support.

Exit out of that then start the game.

 

[JokerMM]

don't go to twitter searching the game, degenerate cunts are spoiling the game

 

[Man with Knife]

You guys have any advice for settings?

Download is finished now and I'm playing on XSX and an LG C8 OLED (so no 4K@120fps).

I'll start with fidelity/quality mode (I'm not someone who notices much difference between 30 and 60fps) and will heed the camera advice from earlier (acceleration all the way down, sensitivity up). Anything else?

 

[mindfreak191]

Game is absolutely gorgeous! They deffo have some kind of memory leak problem on PC, it will randomly drop to 15fps for a good 10 seconds until it just snaps back to 60fps. Performance in the prologue was flawless though, really thought for a second that it might be one of the best performing launch day PC ports lmao.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Played for an hour, good start; hat gave me gryffindor.
Will play some more tomorrow

 

[Jin]

Supposedly Nvidia driver drops tomorrow per their subreddit. Fingers crossed.

 

[Yoboman]

The soundtrack is so good, like the first two movies

 

[Hawk269]

Got the PC version and having some issues. 4090/13900k/32gb ram. Issue is I had 1 crash so far and if I use Frame Generation it disables VSync which then introduces screen tearing. I have a 120hz display with VRR and it is fine if I turn off Frame Generation and turn Vsync back to on, but frame rate is not as good as with Frame Generation. Using DLSS in quality mode and getting range between 80-120fps. Range is better with FG but then I get screen tearing.

Does this have the day 1 patch? Also drivers not updated for the game so maybe that will help when drivers come out.

Oh I got banned for 2 weeks at that other place. I posted 2 days ago asking if anyone has input on the games performance on Series X and nothing happened...so I figured it was ok for me to mention that after having the game on Series X that it performs great and that I thought Quality mode at 30fps was the way to go. For some reason that was enough to ban my ass. Fucking idiots over there.

 

[SlimySnake]

lol hilarious title. 10 points to Gryffondor.

 

[jshackles]

Does this have the day 1 patch? Also drivers not updated for the game so maybe that will help when drivers come out.

My understanding is that the "Day One" patch is releasing Friday, and that Nvidia drivers for the game will release tomorrow.

 

[nikos]

This game is running an older version of DLSS. For those who want to use the latest version, you can download it at the site below and replace the file located in steamapps\common\Hogwarts Legacy\Engine\Plugins\Runtime\Nvidia\DLSS\Binaries\ThirdParty\Win64

Could improve performance/visuals.

NVIDIA DLSS DLL 310.2 Download

This download provides various versions of NVIDIA's DLSS DLL for download. In this one file, which is bundled with all games that support NVIDIA's

www.techpowerup.com

EDIT: For those playing with RTX on. Apparently if you disable RTX (while it's enabled) without restarting the game (therefore not applying) it keeps RTX on but improves performance. Not sure why, and I have yet to experiment with that.

 

[Denton]

Lmao that OT title, good one

 

[TLZ]

Lol at the title change

 

[ANDS]

First, are there no horses in fucking Hogwarts; the fuck is pulling this carraige. B, is there really no Exclusive Fullscreen in this? And purple, pretty good looking game; haven't gotten out of the opening yet - and am totally expecting to get absolutely murdered on my system (only 16GB's of RAM), but hanging in so far. Finally, your character is ENTIRELY too happy to be involved - nice change from the gruff and already bitter and world weary characters we usually get.

. . .only negative - that cursor speed in menus is ridiculously slow and I hate that it's got the "colored" icons despite clearly having native DUALSENSE support. I like the flat white icons as it doesn't distract from the UI aesthetic.

 

[Certinty]

Is the side content as bad as some early impressions were saying where it’s all literally full of bland repetitive side quests? I sure hope not.

 

[PaddyOCanager]

I couldn't hold off. I bought the Deluxe Edition, downloading now on Steam.

 

[imsosleepy]

First, are there no horses in fucking Hogwarts; the fuck is pulling this carraige. B, is there really no Exclusive Fullscreen in this? And purple, pretty good looking game; haven't gotten out of the opening yet - and am totally expecting to get absolutely murdered on my system (only 16GB's of RAM), but hanging in so far. Finally, your character is ENTIRELY too happy to be involved - nice change from the gruff and already bitter and world weary characters we usually get.

. . .only negative - that cursor speed in menus is ridiculously slow and I hate that it's got the "colored" icons despite clearly having native DUALSENSE support. I like the flat white icons as it doesn't distract from the UI aesthetic.

Lol its a lore thing. An animal is carrying the carriage but u can only see the animal if u have watched someone die

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

I thought there was a balanced mode? I only have fidelity, fidelity RT, performance on ps5.

 

[Gans]

I thought there was a balanced mode? I only have fidelity, fidelity RT, performance on ps5.

You need a funky screen with funky hdmi cable, I think it’s 2.1 or something on those lines but maybe 1440p as well?

 

[MP!]

I thought there was a balanced mode? I only have fidelity, fidelity RT, performance on ps5.

mine says balanced mode only supported on certain devices?
Maybe it doesn't show up if it doesn't support VRR or something?

 

[jshackles]

I kinda wish there was a way to upgrade my copy to the Deluxe edition to play early now. But I bought it on GreenManGaming and redeemed it on Steam so no refunds. Steam seems happy to charge me $70 but they can fuck off with that.

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

You need a funky screen with funky hdmi cable, I think it’s 2.1 or something on those lines but maybe 1440p as well?

Oh lmao. Thanks

 

[MP!]

You need a funky screen with funky hdmi cable, I think it’s 2.1 or something on those lines but maybe 1440p as well?

yeah maybe the cable?

From what I can tell
Fidelity is like Highest resolution and texture settings without raytracing
Fidelity with raytracing is the same as above but with adjustements to quality to fit raytracing (I actually think this mode feels better)
Performance is 60fps mode
Balanced is basically VRR mode? maybe...
HFR is max frame rate mode as fast as it can go.

those last two can only be done on certain monitors/tv's that support it

 

[48086]

Does your house have an impact on your spells/abilities?

 

[MP!]

Does your house have an impact on your spells/abilities?

no
The house impacts your house robe color and the few characters you can initially interact with but nothing else really. Its more of an identity