{"id":157847,"date":"2022-12-14T19:56:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/new-hogwarts-legacy-gameplay-highlights-flight-customization-and-murder\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T19:56:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:56:03","slug":"new-hogwarts-legacy-gameplay-highlights-flight-customization-and-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/new-hogwarts-legacy-gameplay-highlights-flight-customization-and-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hogwarts Legacy Gameplay Highlights Flight, Customization, and Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new gameplay showcase has highlighted a number of new features in Hogwarts Legacy, including flying around the castle, customizing the Room of Requirement, and murdering other people with the killing curse.<\/p>\n

The first segment of gameplay shows the extent of flight on both a broom and a hippogriff, which can be used to travel outside of Hogwarts to other villages and places where quests might be available. <\/p>\n

We also see the seasons change during this section. Later in the showcase, we get an in-depth look at the customization of gear, magical creatures, and the Room of Requirement, a space that can be customized through conjuration spells obtainable through gameplay.<\/p>\n

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But maybe the wildest part of the showcase for those keenly aware of the Harry Potter franchise is a middle segment where the player travels to the Dark Arts Battle Arena. In this section, we see the player – who is a student at Hogwarts and thus a teenage child still – immediately perform the Avada Kedavra killing curse and straight up murder a man. The trailer continues with them using a number of combat spells to damage and eventually defeat (kill?) a number of other enemies, including goblins labeled “Loyalist Warriors.”<\/p>\n

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It’s obviously not unusual for a game to feature combat or even teenage protagonists engaging in it – plenty of games do. But it is a bit of a strange move given the game’s basis in a book series that largely treated combat as a last resort and focused most of its attention on day-to-day school life and magical antics. Combat, murder, and torture in those books were almost entirely the province of its villains, with combat used as a last resort and the “Unforgiveable Curses” as, well, unforgivable. <\/p>\n

It’s especially bizarre to see the killing curse used so casually given the hefty weight it was given in the books – though it’s not unexpected after a past trailer revealed players could choose to use the literal torture curse on other students as well.<\/p>\n