Summary
There isn’t much nostalgic memorabilia fromHarry Potter’s wizarding world that hasn’t already been featured inHogwarts Legacy, even considering the fact that the seminalHarry Potterseries takes place much closer to the present day.Hogwarts Legacy’s late-1800s setting is still incredibly familiar as not much of the castle is different, and even events players don’t get to have a role in, such asQuidditch or the Triwizard Tournament, are represented or referenced in some way.
How Hogwarts Legacy 2 Can Lean on Harry Potter Nostalgia
It’s interesting how the early PlayStationHarry Pottergames adapted their source material and how those experiences could have impacted players more than the movies.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stoneon PS1 is an obvious example of a popular classic, having generated memes and memorable moments alike. Chocolate frogs are a featured item inSorcerer’s StonethatHogwarts Legacyhasn’t yet employed, for instance, and doing so could give it its biggest punch of nostalgia thus far.
Chocolate Frogs Could Supplement Hogwarts Legacy’s Wiggenweld Potions
Chocolate frogs are a terrificHarry Potterconfectionbecause of how simple they are in design. They’re frogs made of chocolate, capable of hopping around and fleeing from sight, but inSorcerer’s Stonethey simply hop in place and wait for Harry to consume them.
Chocolate frogs could be purely decorative and be seen hopping around common rooms, but having them involved as consumable items again would be a great way to instill their importance in gameplay. This way, chocolate frogs could be reintroduced as healing items, but Avalanche making them difficult to catch would be the perfect iteration.
Hogwarts Legacy’s Wiggenweld potionsare already the perfect basic healing item akin toDark Souls’ Estus flasks, but perhaps consuming chocolate frogs could replenish players’ health gradually over a period of time—similar to pellets fromSekiro: Shadows Die Twice—in order to give them a functional distinction.
Famous Witches and Wizards Cards Would Kill Two Owls with One Stone
Chocolate frogs are otherwise known to accompanyFamous Witches and Wizards cards, which are also featured inSorcerer’s Stone. It would be wonderful to have another collectible item entry that had lore baked into it becauseHogwarts Legacyfailed to offer much in the way of loot that didn’t pertain to an abundance of underwhelming gear.
These cards could contribute to such collection hunting, not unlikehow Gwent cards are scavenged inThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but with them players could also collect chocolate frogs and decide when they want to consume them for their unique healing properties. It is fantastic that players can brew as much Wiggenweld or any other potion of their liking in their free time, ensuring they’ll have unending stores thereafter.
Only being able to claim one chocolate frog when finding a Famous Witches and Wizards card could be a neat incentive that makes the item far more valuable.
If there were only a finite number of chocolate frogs in the game because they were exclusively found alongside these cards, it would make choosing to consume one terribly important. That said, with the potential for over 100 cards to collect, there’d likely be no shortage of chocolate frogs for players to either consume or hold onto for safekeeping, and at that pointHogwarts Legacy 2could consider making chocolate frogs an item that is available ubiquitously after all. Moreover, Wiggenweld was sufficient forHogwarts Legacyand it might as well be forHogwarts Legacy 2.
Hogwarts Legacy
WHERE TO PLAY
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. For the first time, experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it.Explore an Open WorldThe wizarding world awaits you. Freely roam Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest, and the surrounding Overland area.Be the Witch or Wizard You Want to beLearn spells, brew potions, grow plants, and tend to magical beasts along your journey. Get sorted into your house, forge relationships, and master skills to become the witch or wizard you want to be Experience a New Wizarding World AdventureExperience the wizarding world in an unexplored era to uncover a hidden truth from its past. Battle against trolls, Dark Wizards, goblins, and more as you face a dangerous villain threatening the fate of the wizarding world.
