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But hogwarts legacy is actually a really good game, the whole problem was that it might lead to jk rowling getting more money. Though they never did clarify if she got a cut or a flat fee that would have already been paid. Either way, this should nullify that, but the team that made the game did a great job, and made it more in-line with the spirit of the books instead of the author. Went specifically against her current wishes. The trans inclusion and positivity was pretty well done. Even if it was put in to spite her, they didn't draw attention to it, it just is there, and no one bats an eye.
Edit: I should mention that I played it in VR, I can't speak to what the game is like without VR. But I really enjoyed it. UEVR with a motion controls mod, there is also a voice casting mod, but I didn't personally go that route.
Even if she doesn't get a direct payment per copy sold, which I'm not sure I believe considering you know her negotiating power, there are still benefits for her. Increasing the brand increases future payments. Increases her bargaining power later on. And I'm sure allows her more creative control which means that any trans inclusion would probably be nullified in future projects.
Maybe it's a good game, but at a certain point you got to nut up or shut up. Are you going to take a stand and boycott something or not? Yeah you miss out on things with your boycott, that's the point. If you're not willing to sacrifice at all, and we're talking a very minimal sacrifice here aren't we, then what are you even doing?
Though why we are even talking about paying for it I don't quite understand. There's always other ways.
I have to disagree, it wasn't a particularly good game. Everything felt off. I was days into the game and it felt like I was still doing tutorial missions. Basic mechanics weren't unlocked until 3 quarters through the game. And I can't imagine it has much replayability at all beyond trying to hunt down every trinket.
It never granted you the feeling of being a wizard or whatever made Harry Potter special, it made Wizards feel ridiculous. 90% of the game is spamming a generic unnamed "attack" spell
I was days into the game and it felt like I was still doing tutorial missions. Basic mechanics weren't unlocked until 3 quarters through the game
Oh wow. That's fucking heinous. Even if there was nothing else objectionable about the game, that's a definite dealbreaker.
You basically hop on your broom, fly directly to the thing you need, hop off, spam three buttons and kill everyone one by one, then get back on the broom and return. Repeat.
I thought it was interesting to fly around and see how they built the world but that isn't fun for long.
The whole thing sort of doesnt make sense, but then again harry potter doesnt make sense as a book series so maybe they nailed it.
Isn't the game about putting down a Jewish slave rebellion?
No, no, they are goblins not Jews. By the end of 10th grade this 16 year old has killed like 1000 goblins and 1000 "dark" wizards, all extrajudicial, and everyone is just like "good job on your homework". It's pretty fucked up.
Hook nosed greedy goblins who control the banks, huh? I'm sorry, I was clearly mistaken. I'm sure there's no subtext in that.
Not only that, but it also makes reference to multiple attempted genocides against Jews with the dates of other goblin rebellions and item descriptions such as a Jewish religious horn being described as a "goblin war horn used to annoy wizards" that is filled specifically with a non-Kosher type of cheese.
Then there's also the fact that the lead dev resigned from the project after it came out that he ran a white supremacist YouTube channel, and made a statement about how he "felt at home" with the other people working on the game.
It's an insanely boring game with no depth. To each their own, but calling it a "really good game" is as much of a stretch as calling it "shit". To me it felt like a Hogwarts walking simulator with a bunch of basic unrelated minigames stuck onto it, marketed as an open world action rpg. The combat was insulting.
Yeah it feels very unfinished. The whole South of the map is completely unused, and they clearly cut quidditch last minute.
It's almost like people can have different opinions on things.
Oh wow, who knew. The whole thread simply shouldn't exist then.
really good game
Yeah no
Just pirate. Do not inflate Epic Games' numbers. All corporations are evil, but I think we can all agree that Tim Sweeney is leagues above Gabe Newell in terms of being an utter piece of shit.
Want to support the developers? Guess what. They already got the money from Epic, so whether or not you claim the game doesn't make a difference. And even if it did, none of that would go towards the actual devs.
JK Rowling has openly said that she also sees piracy as an endorsement of her fascist views. She looks at the download numbers and thinks to herself "trans women have finally lost"
Like she knows how.
she has market research companies doing that for her, she's a billionaire
We can't let the anti-trans black mold win.
The worst thing about the antisemitic, transphobic wizard game: it's extremely mid.
Don't give Epic your time or money. Putting aside Fortnite and their pro-AI stance, they forsake the Unreal Tournament series. That's just unforgivable.
As for Hogwart's Legacy, the game is decent and even fun at first but gets repetitive quick. Bully from 2006 is a similar game minus the magic and lucrative IP attached. A shame it didn't get a sequel.
And as for J. K. Rowling, forgive me but she's a cunt. I wasn't huge on Harry Potter when growing up so I don't have any nostalgia about the series - be it the books or movies- but I know many of you are. I also know that many of you are LGBTQ+ so how you decided to reconcile with the series is up to you. While you can separate Rowling from your affection to the series, don't give her any more your time, money or attention.
Plus Bully did it so much better with social interactions with staff and students, having a schedule and generally feeling like a school. HL came nowhere even close to that to the point where I wondered if the devs even tried to make it like Bully and we all just assumed they did because what other game makes school life the focus and does it even half as well? I don't even think there is an indie game that tries it.
Joke is, I might actually grab it for free. So long as Rowling isn't profiting from it, I don't actively hate HP (despite its bad worldbuilding and unsubtle racism 😬). Especially that iirc there were a few small things in the game kinda flipping off Rowling, so the devs working on it probably didn't like her either.
I'm trans, and HP was a big part of my childhood, then Rowling got brain-mould and somewhat ruined it retroactively (tbh even before her current TERF saga she kept tweeting bollocks, like that whole "wizards used to shit in the corner and magic it away" thing 🤢)
She absolutely is profiting from it.
When a game is "free" the publisher isn't just donating it for funzies. Either Epic pays them (Epic is spending money to get people to its platform) or the publisher is using the game to advertise other games, which has value to them.
Epic pays the publisher a flat fee for permission to distribute the game for free for the week.
Your individual download doesn't give Rowling any less or more, but shows support for her IP, and tells epic they made a good decision to support her.
I've heard great things about the game, but for me the download does support Rowling, so it's a hard pass.
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Be careful if you download this game your computer will blow up if you make your character trans by swapping them for witch or wizard
Around one week ago the game was on sale on Steam for %85, if any of your friends have bought it during that time ask them to refund :)
