STARSBarry
Gold Member
Shame we didn't have a Harry Potter themed avatar bet for this being delayed.
I would of ended up with this.
I would of ended up with this.
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Hogwarts Legacy will launch on February 10, 2023 for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
??? I'd rather have the game be really good. You don't get a redo.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
LOL. I don't think they considered GoW at all when they made their decision. There's plenty of room for other games this fall. GoW (I assume) is actually done. Hogwarts is not done. I really don't think it's any more complicated than that.
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Tiago Rodrigues
Member
I mean, PlayStation got Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7, free DLC for Returnal, MLB The Show, The Last of Us Part I, God of War Ragnarok, console exclusives like Stray and SiFu, etc...
If anything it's 3rd party publishers (and Xbox) that are failing to deliver this year.
Fake
Member
Holiday will be brutal for Nintendo as usual, can't deny that.
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Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Never seen someone use 'brutal' to describe something positive before. LOL
saintjules
Member
Understanding they need more time to polish, I'd agree that it would have fit well for Christmas. These kind of games that portray films also come out during this time.
I also don't get the moving away from GOW. Different genre of games?
Fake
Member
Just one thing or two about context. Brutal in the sense of versus their competition.
Nintendo never had a hard job wining sales between november and december.
Ezquimacore
Banned
Is this gonna be the game overshadowed by Zelda?
Kabelly
Member
I'm having a hoot that people think a Harry Potter Open World RPG should have anything to worry about. If anything this game will overshadow Zelda.
Ezquimacore
Banned
SLB1904
Banned
Fixed
remember_spinal
Banned
Funny didn’t see this on resetera…
three threads got locked lol
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remember_spinal
Banned
The Zelda team reading your comment:
I love NeoGAF.
Zelda is not bigger than Harry Potter.
not only is Harry Potter a bigger IP but its releasing on like 5 platforms.
especially with zelda releasing on 6 year old hardware. It's gonna be tough for it to recapture the momentum part 1 had with no new hardware
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BigbyTheSheriff
Member
Can't deny that.
Still, Nintendo has the edge here:
- Triangle Strategy
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus
- Pokemon Violet/Scarlet
- Live a Live
- Splatoon 3
- Bayonetta 3
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
- Harvestella
- Fire Emblem Warriors
- Switch Sports
- Mario Strikers
- Dragon Quest Treasures
Not for everyone but that's an impressive line-up for 2022.
balls of snow
Member
remember_spinal
Banned
Tams
Member
Zelda is going to be bigger amongst the gaming community, but the Harry Potter community is just absolutely massive. That said, I don't know how many of the Harry Potter community are that interested in gaming, especially something not 'casual'.
You can be assured that pretty much everyone interested in Zelda is going to buy Breath of the Wild. Whether that will be more than the number of Potter fans that will translate into gamers... I have no idea.
*The mentally who dislike JK Rowling automatically discounted.
Jaybe
Member
I thought I read that Ubisoft are effectively contractually obligated to release this game in 2022 as a condition of a bunch of government tax incentives they were given. Sure gives me confidence in a high quality product."Hold my beer." - Ubisoft 2022
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Kabelly
Member
I don't know why you believe there is some big segmentation among people who like Harry Potter and also like gaming. Harry Potter has had "not casual" video games before. Weird argument. Gaming is bigger than ever and this is basically every Harry Potter fan's biggest wet dream.
With you being able to play as the four houses I wouldn't be surprised if this game blows up on twitch/youtube gaming for roleplaying.
edit: and at least for me, if it came down to choosing between Zelda or Harry Potter.... Zelda will wait.
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Ezquimacore
Banned
the last zelda game, developed by NINTENDO, sold 28m copies only on one console. Zelda is BIGGER than HP in gaming. Also you gonna tell me these guys are developing a game with better mechanics than the most anticipated zelda game ever? The fact that I even have to argue this is mindblowing.Zelda is not bigger than Harry Potter.
not only is Harry Potter a bigger IP but its releasing on like 5 platforms.
especially with zelda releasing on 6 year old hardware. It's gonna be tough for it to recapture the momentum part 1 had with no new hardware
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STARSBarry
Gold Member
I mean I'm not a huge Harry Potter fan, I read the books as a teen growing up at they released, haven't seen all the movies or the newer none book ones. Or even played any of the older games, I think there was a creepy PS2 one with funny faces if I remember I did play, it wasent great.
However honesty between Hogwarts and a sequel to Breath of the Wild, I'm more interested in this, and with game consoles being more accessible than ever I honestly think this is going to do gang busters, but it will depend on the quality of the title.
Try not to forget this argument could be leveled against Shadows of Mordor but it became a huge hit in the gaming community because the game was good enough with an intresting and unique mechanic to draw in the gaming crowd. I honestly believe as WB has announced no fucking around with MTX and loot boxes this have a real chance of potentially recapturing that lightening in a bottle. Especially after what was shown in the trailers.
They could of course also just completely fuck this up, in a way the delay is a good sign their willing to not do that.
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RoadHazard
Gold Member
This is coming to Switch? I thought it was actually a proper next-gen game, but guess not then.
Ezquimacore
Banned
Ironic thing is this is the same thread full of people saying the game was delayed because of gow, when the last zelda game sold more than the last of gow.
Kabelly
Member
Breath of the Wild is a complete outlier in sales when it comes to Zelda.
It had a couple things going for it too:
launch of a brand new system
basically the only thing worth buying during that launch
and it's open world
Harry Potter is way bigger than Zelda and it's open world, and launching on way more systems , including the Switch.
If a hard ass game like Elden Ring can blow up by going open world, this game will mop the floor.
Ezquimacore
Banned
sorry, not going to trust your utter nonsense and judgment in video games when we are talking about a publisher like wb that is miss more than hits, and a developer that their last games were:
Toy story 3
Disney Infinity
and Cars 3.
VS
The F*****ing Zelda Team
Go and play some videogames, if you're hyped by pretty graphics alone, play some videogames.
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Umbasaborne
Banned
Dont kid yourself, most of these are getting pushed to the back half of 2023
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
I actually had no idea they had do much for this year. Damn!
remember_spinal
Banned
I’m assuming it will just be extremely downscaled. They basically have to invent a miracle port of it from this.
I always knew the idea of this releasing on the switch day 1 wasn’t going to happen. To have to make a game that runs on current gen hardware and also a switch which is just slightly better than a Wii-U is insane
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Kabelly
Member
I do play video games and prefer gameplay focused games. I did not mention graphics at all. But if you also want to mention that this game looks 100x better and ambitious looking than flat rock flat grass texture Breath of the Wild.
You can judge the developer all you want from those games but from what I've actually seen from THIS game it looks promising. Zelda's gameplay ain't the pinnacle. Cool you can stick to every surface and glide.
Zelda's combat is basic and the constant freeze frame when you switch weapons is not fluid at all. Plus the highly controversial weapon breaking mechanic.
The spell combat in Harry Potter actually looks pretty decent too. It's actually very reminisent of BOTW's sheika slate since it's magic.
edit: i forgot you actually learn how to fly a broom in this game too. Looks way more fun than the glider.
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SteelCurtain 59
Member
Definitely sucks as I was excited for it but a couple month delay isn't the end of the world. Also people need to realize that covid basically halted the world for a long period of time, most games released between 2020 and like 2023/2024 at least will have been seriously impacted by that. Some studios are/were better at handling the disruption than others, but the effects were always going to last a long time, leading to long development cycles, delayed games, etc. Plus the chip shortage and Ukraine War and massive inflation have also made the effects even worse
Astral Dog
Member
we all know it was launching too close to Ragnarok
Ezquimacore
Banned
Call me a pesimist but i'd rather put my hype and faith on developers that I know they know what they're doing. I've seen too many tech demos and broken promises to be hyped about a game like this one. I guess we will see, but no way in hell this game will be better than Starfield or Breath of the wild 2, and that's ok because it doesn't have to.
ComputerBlue
Member
I’m expecting another delay to be announced sometime in January.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
I really hope GOW is next so i can get rid of this fucking avatar.
CaptainSlayAHo
Banned
I can hear this gif, felt kind of guilty but I burst out laughing when I was watching it
Valedix
Banned
Thank god I closed my account there such a hostile site lmaowow you were not kidding
Hogwarts Legacy will launch on February 10, 2023 for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. News
This will probably be locked, but it's worth sharing that the game got delayed/got a release date: https://twitter.com/HogwartsLegacy/status/1558121248814759939 Also Message by Avalanche Studios: https://twitter.com/AvalancheWB/status/1558121276962586624www.resetera.com
imagine being on a VIDEO game forum where you are not allowed to talk freely about video games. literally one wrong word gets you banned there
CaptainSlayAHo
Banned
Damn near all the comments are about jk Rowling lmaowow you were not kidding
Hogwarts Legacy will launch on February 10, 2023 for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. News
This will probably be locked, but it's worth sharing that the game got delayed/got a release date: https://twitter.com/HogwartsLegacy/status/1558121248814759939 Also Message by Avalanche Studios: https://twitter.com/AvalancheWB/status/1558121276962586624
imagine being on a VIDEO game forum where you are not allowed to talk freely about video games. literally one wrong word gets you banned there
I'd bet my left nut that most of these faggots clutching their pearls about her still buy the game.
TVexperto
Member
im betting with you that kyiuuuuu is the first one to play this game when it releases
ManaByte
Member
They will be gifted a copy for research purposes.
Belthazar
Member
Lol, you people are so weirdly overprotective of BOTW. People are allowed to be more hyped for other games AND to think those games will have better mechanics than what's on BOTW2.
Fake
Member
Hogwarts Legacy will launch on February 10, 2023 for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. News
This will probably be locked, but it's worth sharing that the game got delayed/got a release date: https://twitter.com/HogwartsLegacy/status/1558121248814759939 Also Message by Avalanche Studios: https://twitter.com/AvalancheWB/status/1558121276962586624
What a freakshow.