A new LEGO Harry Potter game appears to have been leaked, but there is a strong possibility that it will take the series in an undesirable direction. This would mark the first brand-new LEGO Harry Potter game in over a decade, with the most recent release being LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5–7 in 2011 (and remastered as part of the LEGO Harry Potter Collection alongside Years 1–4 in 2018). While a new LEGO game based on the story of The Boy Who Lived has great potential, recent LEGO game releases have raised concerns about the possibility of a disappointing experience.
The latest game from developer Traveller’s Tales, the studio behind the LEGO games, is LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Considered the most ambitious title in the LEGO series to date, LEGO Skywalker Saga ultimately disappointed by offering a rather shallow adventure through the Star Wars galaxy, despite its impressive scale. Details about the leaked LEGO Harry Potter game are scarce, but it is unlikely to revert to the series’ classic formula. Instead, a new LEGO Harry Potter game is likely to become another shallow collect-a-thon that neglects the series’ strengths in favor of a marketable open world.
LEGO Skywalker Saga’s recreation of every major setting in the nine-film epic is undeniably impressive, but its grand scale came at the expense of meaningful gameplay – a problem that not even the return of Mumble Mode could solve. Main missions became short, linear segments that ultimately felt like basic tools to advance the plot and return players to the open hub areas. While LEGO Skywalker Saga’s retelling of the Star Wars story is charming, the trademark slapstick humor of the LEGO games takes a back seat to repetitive platforming, puzzle-solving, and collecting.
With the leaked LEGO Harry Potter game presumably taking a similar approach to the seven-novel, eight-film series, it is likely to encounter the same issues. Trying to adapt a plot spanning seven years of Harry Potter’s battle against Lord Voldemort into engaging gameplay is simply too challenging. Instead, Harry’s early years at Hogwarts and the events of the Second Wizarding War will probably feel forced into an expansive world filled with mindless tasks, which can be freely explored through numerous characters that offer little more than fan service.
The leaked LEGO Harry Potter game would follow closely behind Hogwarts Legacy, a wizarding world game that highlights the difficulties of adapting the iconic castle and its grounds into another open world. Although the two games are quite different, Hogwarts Legacy suffers from many of the same problems as LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. The meticulously crafted castle is filled with repetitive tasks, and its halls and classrooms are just a small part of Hogwarts Legacy’s extensive map, which is scattered with nearly identical puzzles and simplistic combat encounters.
2023-08-04 12:24:04
Source from screenrant.com
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