The game from developer Avalanche Software lets players experience the famed school of witchcraft and wizardry as a student in the 1800s, before the events of the Harry Potter books. The open-world roleplaying game is set in the Harry Potter universe, and it seems like the game that many fans of the books have long hoped for.

I'm hoping Avalanche takes the time and care Hogwarts Legacy on Switch needs, but only time will tell if the game on Switch is as spellbinding as its PS5 counterpart appears to be.Hogwarts Legacy is now available, allowing wizarding fans the chance to shape their own magical fantasy. I certainly don't expect the experience to be the same as it will be on the latest hardware. Creating a game across generations isn't an easy task, and Hogwarts Legacy doesn't seem to be pulling any punches when it comes to utilizing the PS5's power - we saw combat between multiple enemies and tons of spells (and special effects) whizzing past the camera, then there's the ability to fly around Hogwarts on the back of a broom, demanding significant draw distances from the console.Īll this means the developer could run into performance issues developing Hogwarts Legacy for the less powerful Switch. There's almost no way that Hogwarts Legacy will look the same on Switch as it did in the PS5 gameplay, but it's likely it won't perform as well either. The question is, with so much going on on-screen, will the Nintendo Switch be able to capture that magic? I'm worried the PS4 and Xbox One will be able to cope, let alone the Nintendo Switch.

The build we saw in the State of Play showcase was running on PS5, so we were seeing the game at its current-gen best. Hogwarts Legacy's gameplay reveal introduced us to a richly detailed and, frankly, gorgeous take on the Harry Potter universe.

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