Hogwarts Legacy’s recreation of Hogwarts castle is extremely accurate to the book series, as confirmed by some recent videos that have compared the two.Hogwarts Legacyhas earned mostly positive reviews since its release, with near-universal praise for how the game effectively brings Hogwarts castle and the world of theHarry Potterfranchise to life.
Hogwarts Legacylets players explore Hogsmeade and much of the surrounding countryside, but it’s safe to say mostHarry Potterfans will find Hogwarts castle itself to be the most interesting location in the game. Hogwarts Castle inHogwarts Legacyis massive and filled with secrets, with players able to explore basically the entire castle as much as they’d like. Some areas are blocked off by puzzles, and others require playershave the Alohomora spell upgraded, but otherwise Hogwarts can be freely explored.
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WhileHogwarts Legacyplayers explore Hogwarts castle, they may want to seek out locations described in theHarry Potterbook series. TikTok user kingmoraj has been uploading clips that compareHarry Potteraudio book readings to their locations inHogwarts Legacy, underlining just how accurate the game is to the books. One of the most popular of these clips shows theHogwarts Legacystudent coming across the statue of Boris the Bewildered, as described inHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Following the book’s description, the player character goes through a door and winds up in a bathroom that looks near-identical to how it’s described in the pages ofGoblet of Fire.
Another clip shows theHogwarts Legacyplayer visiting the Deathday room as described inHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Here, players can find some ofHogwarts' ghostshanging out around tables filled with rotten food that they fly through because they think they can almost taste the rancidness.
Anyone interested can check outkingmoraj’s TikTok pagefor the rest of the videos, but another impressive one showcases Harry’s arrival to Hogwarts as depicted in theHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stonebook. In this clip, players see the train platform, the steep stairs as described in the book, the black lake, and ultimately the trip to Hogwarts castle proper.
Of course, anyone that has playedHogwarts Legacywill know that their arrival toHogwarts castledoesn’t exactly play out like Harry’s first visit to the place, but it’s cool that players can still visit these iconic locations for themselves.
Hogwarts Legacyis out now for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X with PS4 and Xbox One versions coming April 4 and a Nintendo Switch port dropping July 25.
