I am a Potterhead. My generation was raised on Harry Potter. We read all of the books, waited months for the movies to come out, and cos-played at the theaters to celebrate our love for HP. I am still very obsessed with Harry Potter- my graduation cap says “Because Hogwarts didn’t take FAFSA.” When I heard there was a Harry Potter game in the making, I stalked every forum I could looking for a release date. I downloaded this game the first day it was available, and I have not been able to stop since.
This is a narrative based game, which I adore. As I already said I loved reading the Harry Potter series, so anything that reads like a J.K. Rowling’s book interests me. Being the lunatic I am, I noticed that some of the lines the characters use within the game are lines taken directly from the novels and movies. The game allows you to choose a character, male or female, and your name. Naturally I had to play off of the original characters names, so my character is Margie Granger. You begin the game by being sorted into one of the four houses. The sorting hat lets you choose which House you would prefer to be in, just like the sorting hat took Harry’s opinion to heart. After being sorted, you’re guided around the castle to your common room and begin challenges. The challenges are very basic to begin; you are in charms, potions and flying to start your journey at Hogwarts. You learn new spells and get to live the first-year life experience as if you were an actual first-year at Hogwarts. As you are playing the game, you learn the hidden story of (in my game it is my brother Jacob) a missing student who went looking for the hidden vaults in Hogwarts. (Spoiler alert, that is the mystery part of the game).
I don’t want to describe the entire game on this blog post, mostly because I feel like I do it no justice. I have been playing it non-stop for a few weeks now, and I am a third year in the game already. I highly recommend the game to any Harry Potter fan- it will not disappoint.
Emily Hatch