“Hogwarts Inheritance” Metacritic “9.2” players are highly praised, Steam broke the peak of 800,000 players online | 4Gamers

In addition to “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom”, this year’s TGA Game Awards GOTY may have a new opponent. “Hogwarts Legacy” (Hogwarts Legacy) was officially launched on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC Steam, and Epic Games platforms on February 11. The player ratings were consistent with the evaluations of foreign media’s first evaluation, and received overwhelming praise.

according to Metacritic“Hogwarts Inheritance” received the highest player rating of “9.2” in the PS5 version, and “9.1” in the Xbox Series version. Although there are still some optimization problems in the PC version, it is still a positive “8.6” praise.

This kind of praise is also reflected on the public Steam platform. Since the game was launched on February 11, more than 40,000 player comments have flooded in just one day, and it has received an overwhelming 93% positive word-of-mouth.

This word of mouth is reflected in the online data,SteamDB It shows that “Inheritance of Hogwarts” reached a peak of more than 800,000 players online less than 24 hours after its launch. It is currently the most eye-catching game among new games released on Steam in 2023.

However, “Inheritance of Hogwarts” was not welcomed by all foreign media,WIRED The editor gave this work a score of 1/10 with the title “There is no magic in “The Legacy of Hogwarts”. The content mainly criticizes the influence of the original author JK Rowling’s controversy. The world of is empty and lackluster.

However, WIRED’s score is not included in Metacritic’s media score, and even if it is included, it seems that it will not have much impact on the overall evaluation of the player community.

As for the fun of “Hogwarts Inheritance” for players, it is self-evident. The game has faithfully created a complete and free to explore Hogwarts College and Hogmead Village. Wand battles have changes in spell combinations and good feedback. , riding a broomstick in the open world is even more refreshing.

More importantly, in the PC version, players can freely install mods from the modding community to make the game world more colorful or funnier.(Listen to me Ron! This thing is much better than a wand)

Finally a real mod on Hogwarts Legacy pic.twitter.com/F50VTUHijI

— Sheshounet (@Sheshounet) February 11, 2023

“Hogwarts Inheritance” will be available on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on February 10, 2023, the PC Steam version will be available on February 11, and the PS4, Xbox One and Switch versions will be available in the summer of 2023.