Hogwarts Legacy became one of 2023’s biggest single-player games, with the game immersing fans in the Wizarding World like never before. The overall game had many successes within it, from the incredible open-world, atmosphere, and spell combat.
While the overall game was magical in a lot of aspects, the game left plenty of untapped magic within the game. Hogwarts Legacy 2 could have the chance to deliver the true Hogwarts experience.
The first games moral system was shallow, what I mean by this was that there was no lasting consequences for using any of the unforgivable curses or if you side with certain characters within the games world.
If the second game added the addition of branching storylines within the game, maybe a reputation system, or even house-specific story paths that actually change the gameplay and dialogue. I remember playing the first game and using the unforgivable curses every chance I got and nothing ever came from using it: no corruption, no punishment, nothing.
While exploring the Hogwarts castle and surrounding world was great in its own right, I believe expanding the world and giving players more explorable areas to go to would be a huge improvement to a vast open-world map as is. Imagine being able to go to places like Diagon Alley, Azkaban, Forbiddin Forest settlements, and even other schools like Durmstrang.
One of the major vocal points for the first game was Quidditch. Why was it missing within the first game? I mean, not long after the first game, there was a Quidditch-focused video game released, although very cartoonish, Quidditch was still done and it was generally a fun game for what it was. Adding a Quidditch mode or a mini-season within the game could add a new aspect of fun, competing against other houses witin the game.
The second game needs to add a more “Bully-esque” system to it. Tell the player to attend classes and unlock certain abilities. If you miss a lesson let there be punishments and curfews. Within the first game, you had to attend a few mandatory lessons, but let us be able to attend more lessons to compete for grades, rivalries, or even house points.
Imagine being able to go and attend a Muggle Studdies lesson or a History of Magic lesson and being able to truly get that “student life”. The first game let us live our Hogwarts dream, the sequel game could make us feel like we truly belong there.
