Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery Game-Review
Developer: JAM CITY
Genre: RPG Mobila App Game
Plot:
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Game Play & Character Customization:
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As a student the player must attend lessons to expand their Wizarding knowledge. These lessons reward the player with experience that goes towards one of three character traits: Courage, Empathy, or Knowledge. If you do well, you also reward your house with points
for the coveted House Cup! A wizard can also win, or in some cases lose, points for their house. Students can also compete for rank within their respective houses. Although the houses and students have the appearance of online leaderboards they are only AI. Again, more room for improvement in gameplay here too.
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Spell casting has the student trace a spell on the screen with their finger to simulate the “Swish and flick” of spell casting. This also comes into play in dueling.
Dueling is probably the most entertaining aspect of Hogwarts Mystery. It’s a rock, paper, scissors type breakdown, represented in “stances”. Aggressive, Defensive, and Sneaky. Choosing one over the other effects who will take a turn first and the type of spells a player can cast.
The storyline presents the player with options in how to respond to certain situations or characters. These choices effect what attributes if any are rewarded.
Decent and solid. The side scrolling through the halls is smooth. Dobby, the house elf, stalks the halls and catching him restores some energy. It looks like the teachers are modeled after the actors from the movie and are done well. Random ghosts float through the halls as are random students, but are nothing more then pretty animations at this point. Again, another missed opportunity for some fun Wizard World facts, Hogwarts History, Lore, or interaction.
Pay to Play:
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Overall:
If you’re a hardcore “Potterhead” you’re going to love the game and playing in the halls of Hogwarts. If you’re a casual gamer, you’re probably going to get board right away and not want to pay to get further along before interest fades. Jam City is going to need to do some adjustments in the energy allotment if they want to catch more casual gamers and keep the Potter fans from dropping out of school before they reach their O.W.L.’s.
Over All: