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This is one of the best games I e ever played. It was sooo good.
I loved it.
The writer is a trans woman with a chip on his shoulder
To avoid even minor spoilers, I avoided all media on Hogwarts Legacy (all videos, all reviews, etc.) until I bought it when it went on sale for $30 during Steam's holiday sale. And there are a few things you missed in this "review" that make it even more blatantly obvious that she never played the game. The biggest one is saying the main story is about "trying to end slavery for a group that likes being slaves". That would be house-elves. And the main story is about goblins. Goblins are thought of as inferior in the wizarding world, but they're not slaves. And nor do they like their mistreatment, hence the several goblin rebellions throughout the history, and of course the goblin rebellion that is the main story of the game. But she thinks it's about house-elves.
Another one is the claim that the John Williams score is completely absent from the game, when it is right there in the title screen during the intro/tutorial, around just 15-20 minutes in. And the game's actual score is pretty heavily influenced by the HP scores. Of course, being in the HP universe, but not an HP story, it should have its own score. I think that was done quite well – you have the short section on the title screen with the HP theme to trigger nostalgia, then the rest of the game gets a score in a similar style, yet all its own.
These people deserve no respect and I'm tired of people trying to be nice to them because they dont respect anyone and they are so beyond reason and sanity that they refuse to hear any dissenting opinion. They're so fragile that if anyone even tries to ask them to elaborate on their own opinions they cry and scream abuse. Too many normal people now are so scared to disagree with them and too cowardly to be honest with them.
I'm now of the opinion that these people like this "reviewer" should never be taken seriously and should only be used for mockery. Sorry if that sounds mean but these idiots are mocking reality and trying to indoctrinate all of us.
Hi, Erik. I'm not sure if you will read my comment. This video brought to my attention of the Atlantic article from Helen Lewis entitled"The Hogwarts Legacy Boycott That Wasn’t:
If the public response to the game was truly a referendum on J. K. Rowling, she won." the subtitle is spot on. The article from Wired as terrible as it is, barely made a difference, except for the loss of reputation of the writer and the magazine. Lewis, managed to actually write a fair article, (or at least pleasing to my bias), but she also linked to the barely-research, one-sided Gamergate article she wrote in 2015. So I decided to resume looking what happened in the gaming news, ever since I stopped following it in 2016.
Wired also published another horrible article for about the death of Alex Holowka. I'm really wondering how these people can get paid. Thank you for having integrity since you also covered the Fallout writer guy case, despite saying that you don't want to. Also, thank to your work on Troy Leavitte, I looked at his youtube channel coverage of Gamergate, in 2016, and he was right in saying that GG was a success. Despite its reputation, the gaming journalists lost massive influence on it. Ever interested in doing a full account of Zoe Quinn long list of character assassinations? It had been over a decade of her name, yet she was almost always portrayed as a victim, and the actual victims were barely mentioned as a footnote. Simple for the sense of justice.
What annoys me most of all is that even to this day it's a major headline after a quick scroll down on the wired page. Just an unprofessional review. No, not unprofessional. Erik is right. It's absolutely unethical! And wired are unethical to publish it and keep it published this long.
My favourite part was the bit where they said it doesn't " stay true yo the established lore". I was like get dafuq outta here! 🤣🤣🤣
The details about her bad upbringing in the review is extremely unprofessional 🤦 Edit: Just adding more to my comment after I finished the video. What in the fuck kind of "review" is this? People like her need to be shunned out of journalism. I just don't even have words. I was shaking my head right along with you in the end.
"Game critiques" and their Reviews are a joke, just look at:
Dean's Shameful Cuphead Demo or Metacritic scores differences.
We all know they they have their own Personal and Political Agendas,
and that they are heavily influenced by monetary gains — their entire profession is a sham.
Where is a review of Episode 5 of the Last of Us? Where are you?!?! HELLO???
its a disgrace to actual reviewers…. instaed of unbiased objective review , they/she/he (idk a freaking fridge?!) wrote bunch of buzzwords, added new meanings and made up ideaologies/agendas just to prove his stupid point
As a gay person may I say J.K Rowling isn't a Harvey Weinstein. She has views people don't agree with, me included but GD she made a wonderful world I could never give up. Weinstein's movies are still played on TV/streaming because they're fn good! R Kelly is still played on the radio because he's a good ARTIST. And you can't say Michael Jackson is innocent after several accusations and fn Neverland! Anyway can't wait to play this game!
Are we really complaining about reviews In 2023?
I'll say the same thing I said about, well, every review score controversy from the last 20 years. Critics are allowed to review from whatever perspective they choose. Whether that's on the technical merits, a narrative focus, or overt politics.
As long as they’re being open about the basis of their review, and they’ve not accepted cash or gifts that could cause undue influence, then there’s no foul!
I've read Jaina Grey's review. From the outset, it makes clear that it’ll be an unabashed political piece. And that's exactly what It was! Analysis of the game was teaspoon-shallow. It’s also got some minor factual inaccuracies (no, goblins are not slaves in the HP lore, darling!). And it uses tropes essentializing queer people. (what was all that about stereotyping?)
As a consumer review, it’s useless for deciding on whether to buy the game on its own merit.. But it wasn’t pretending to be anything else.
A related question: Is a review piece in a major tech publication the right format for this sort of commentary, as opposed to a personal blog, or an op-ed? I’ve never personally seen Wired as an important pillar of games coverage, and that’s not going to change if this is what they feel a game review should be. But that's ultimately a decision for Wired 's editorial staff, and by extension their paying subscribers.
Y’All!
Game is okay, 5/10 at the most for me. Beautiful gfx, intuitive controls, fun combat, interesting game world. Not enough combat, boring characters, and meaningless dialogue choices drag down the fun factor for me. I find myself wanting to play something else the entire time I'm playing this game.
Remember, if you buy and play the game, you support inferior quality cheez Whiz, Argentinian beef nationalists and racial oppression of homeless carrots. Think politically correct and dont touch the game!! Review -1 of 10 without actually playing the game or knowing how to review a game.
The Wired review reminds me of how Focus on the Family used to review Harry Potter content in the 90s as being satanic.
The fake Wired "review" was clearly written well in advance, with the author jotting down bullet points which occurred to her over a period of time then strung together for publication upon the game's release. It's bad faith from start to finish, and the assertions are laughable. She knows the sexuality of every developer? Of course not. There's something deeply disturbing about the dishonesty of that hateful Wired hit piece.
The only thing I found missing is the staircases that like to rotate near the 3rd floor, but everything else seems great, everything feels alive and you can even find some of the suits of armor fighting each other and until one is destroyed, as I saw the aftermath of one such fight with a suit in pieces on the ground and another getting back into it's place
this game clearly has a lot of problems and is quite a bit "outdated" from day 1 already. It has quite a few performance issues, bugs, extremely lifeless NPC interactions, mushy controls, sound issues, not the best graphics and even the story and gameplay leaves stuff to be desired. But even, if you take all that into account and rate them quite highly, there is absolutely no way for a HONEST review to land below a 6. It is a solid game and depending on your system and emphasis on certain aspects, everything between 6 and 9 is reasonable (no sane person can give this game a 10, because of the issues mentioned).
WIRED's article showed that they never even bought the game in the first place and that the "writer" and headwriters are nothing, but brain-dead political extremists.
I'm seriously considering getting this game; I don't give a fuck about Harry Potter, but every review that was actually a review said it was great and I would get to spite woke assholes lol
Oh right the review in what the reviewer hasn't even played the game.
But does review sex toys…
Inspiring person. Perfect choice to review a harry potter game… ah.
Best is to point and laugh!
Yea this review killed my last brain cell
People who call for HL boycot are like Yoko Ono literally just insanely screaming for attention on that one concert of Chuck Berry and Lennon.
Had to give this a listen so I could remember that its not the entire world that is losing their mind.. Just most of them.
Yeah, when you review something it’s important to treat the product fairly. She wrote an opinion piece. Which honestly is fine and great. But that’s NOT a review. And a 1/10 is truly baffling and I’d say an abuse of her position.
It’s totally fine to have an opinion on a political social issue. I dont have an issue with people writing articles like that. But again, that’s not a review… just such a poor way to handle the situation, because now there’s no way anyone can trust anything from the writers of wired to be unbiased information.
Are we sure this author didn't play Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery and mistake it for Hogwarts: Legacy? 😂
Erik: you are awesome! You have a great balanced, review that puts people like her to shame.
All I hear from this is bias and a lack of any gaming knowledge. This writer has proven her point: her issues and agenda matter more than being a professional writer and a fair reviewer. What a joke.
I find a sane streamer in this incredibly stupid cancel culture world and I hit subscribe button, thank you
4:41 I remember learning in high school rule number 1 of professional writing, avoid using variations of the word "I" and yet she uses it 6 times in 2 paragraphs…
That's not a review. It's an editorial. Wired should be ashamed to market it as such.
I totally agree with you. When I saw the opening sentences stating the graphics are dated etc, I was so shocked at this hatred article. I am very disappointed that wired allowed this review to be published. Its ridiculous.
That person Twitter is filled with hogwarts spoilers so FYI be careful