How Hogwarts Legacy Shines Despite Its Tragic Launch State

JEECE852d ago

Well, the loading screens and spinning loading wheels when you try to open doors are not great. The point of PS5's SSD was supposed to be there wouldn't be spinning loading wheels when you go to open a door. At that point I'd rather have them hide the load behind a slow door opening animation or something.

But yeah as far as performance goes this game has launched in a better state than a lot of similar games do.

However, just playing the game on PS5 and seeing the smaller issues there, it's easy to see that this game is going to be a trainwreck on PS4 and Xbox One. Presumably there will be long loading screens at every door, massive pop in issues, and a tragically low frame rate. That's to say nothing of Switch.

Reply Agree 1 Disagree 3

andy85852d ago

Thats the only thing I've seen wrong. But it doesn't happen often and it's only for 1 or 2 seconds so I'm not too fussed

Agree 4 Disagree 0

myfathersbastard852d ago

The loading wheel doors are a nit pick but noticeable. For my entire play through I had 3 problems.
1 hard crash
1 corrupted save file where it loaded me under the map unable to move. Luckily an auto save was available and I didn’t lose too much progress
1 section near the end where the frames dropped to about 1fps. A pause to the menu fixed it though.
Other than that I’ve had no issues during gameplay in my 43hrs.

Snookies12851d ago (Edited 851d ago )

I mean, that's great for you... As a PC player, this has not been a great launch. I bought the deluxe edition to play it early. And have only put in a couple hours, because it just won't stay at a stable frame rate. Some areas run flawlessly on my PC at 60 FPS on high settings. Other areas drop to under 10 FPS on even medium/low settings. Just doesn't make sense. Really hoping they get to fixing the PC version soon. They clearly focused on consoles over the PC port on this one.

The game itself is really great, I just want to be able to play it without it turning into a slideshow at the most random times.

Reply Agree 2 Disagree 1

garos82852d ago

other than tiny open world clipping bugs in the world (i have yet to see a open world game not having these) i dont see what the author is referring too. game runs and plays great on ps5 for me

Reply Agree 8 Disagree 0

Reply Agree 11 Disagree 1

CrimsonWing69852d ago

Tragic launch state? It’s been pretty f*cking amazing for me. Maybe I’m just lucky.

Pocahontas852d ago

Probably on the Master PC

Reply Agree 4 Disagree 3

Snookies12851d ago

Please don't make an actual issue a joke. It's not exactly fair to PC players who were looking forward to this, only to have it filled with performance issues. This was one of the only games I was really looking forward to lately. It sucks that I can't really enjoy it because of the issues it's having right now.

Pocahontas851d ago

So not master race?

That does suck though. Hopefully they’ll get it quick.

Agree 0 Disagree 0

ModsDoBetter852d ago

Tragic launch state…?

Where? What? Are you okay?

Reply Agree 2 Disagree 2

SinisterMister851d ago

Are you even remotely aware of the game's situation on PC?

Reply Agree 1 Disagree 2

MeatyUrologist852d ago

Yeah I've been playing on fidelity RT mode on ps5 and it's been great. A few weird animation bugs aside, one of the best open world launches I've seen in a while!

myfathersbastard852d ago

How’s it running for you? I tried all 3 modes. Only one I had issues with was Fidelity RT. I found it was running at around 15fps (aducated guess as I have no tools to measure).
Fidelity and performance both ran well. Ended up staying on performance even though I didn’t find fidelity bad at all.

Ra3v3r852d ago

It chugs a bit at parts of Hogwarts but in the open world it's been mainly stable for me in fidelity RT. Even then it's really only two areas where I've seen it struggle a bit.

Agree 1 Disagree 0

MeatyUrologist851d ago

Honestly I found fidelity rt to be smoother than regular fidelity but I know others have had the opposite experience. May have something to do with the anti judder features on my TV. Either way the framerate is smooth and consistent so I really don't notice that it isn't 60.

Agree 0 Disagree 0

BrainSyphoned851d ago (Edited 851d ago )

Seen issues on PC twitch streams but my play on PS5 has been nearly flawless. The PC flaws i've seen are bad optimization with slow loading of outdoor lighting vs indoor lighting and other small immersion breakers. Kind of hard to think of that as tragic after Cyberpunk and it is sitting at 93% on Steam so it can't have been that bad.

tombfan851d ago

Tragic Launch State? Lol hahahahaha this is pretty polished compared to other games that release now-a-days.

gold_drake851d ago

tragic release state?
it runs fantastic for me. no issues whatsoever

isarai851d ago (Edited 851d ago )

Maybe on PC but i've been playing since day one on ps5, and only experienced 1 very minor bug where a puzzle ball wouldn't move with Accio.

Demetrius851d ago

Bought a ps5 today treated myself for real, first game I download is this 😁 many more to come

Dinobot851d ago

Sounds like a low-key Rowling hater's article, the game runs great, even PC is about average.

Reply Agree 17 Disagree 3

Show all comments (23)

- Comments (16)

Expand all

CrimsonWing693d ago

I mean, did anyone think the Switch 2 would be comparable to current-gen? Yea, I’m pretty sure it’s going to give you PS4 quality looking/playing games and in a couple years we’ll be onto PS6 and most third-party games will either be downgraded to hell or just not be available on Switch 2 🤷‍♂️.

Profchaos3d ago

I was never under any illusion it would compare to series s imagine the battery life

Reply Agree 4 Disagree 2

ABizzel13d ago (Edited 3d ago )

It’s doing exactly what I expected and what it needed to do base Xbox One settings in most games upscaled to 2x the resolution with DLSS when docked, and running with better performance. What more can you ask for out of a 10w - ~57w~ platform

Current-gen AAA Games (SX/PS5): 540p @ 30-40fps most games upscaled to 1080p @ 30-40fps
Last-gen AAA Games (XBO/PS4): 720p @ 30-60fps most games upscaled to 1440p @ 30-60fps
PS360/Switch AAA Games: 1080p @ 30-60fps most games upscaled to 1440p-4K @ 30-60fps
Rare cases the PS360/Switch games at 1080p@120fps games like Metroid

And that’s perfectly fine, except docked mode on AAA games could become fairly blurry on large 4K displays.

Reply Agree 1 Disagree 8

Babadook73d ago

Sorry, I disagree with this sentiment. The Switch 2 is a current gen machine and well above the PS4 Pro. It goes toe to toe with the Series S due to great DLSS and a modern architecture in many games. This game (Hogwarts Legacy) has always been the poorest example of what the Switch 2 can do and appears to simply be a bad port. Cyberpunk 2077 is on the other hand a great port.

Reply Agree 1 Disagree 9

OtterX3d ago

for a handheld it's quite nice, but don't go in expecting a serious console. Keep your PS5 and/or PC. You can tell a huge difference in those long distance shots w the foilage/grass. But again on an 8 inch screen, I bet it looks and plays decent enough.

Reply Agree 9 Disagree 0

Neonridr3d ago

the way I look at it, the PS4 Pro still had some gorgeous games. If I could have games that looked like TLOU2 on the system, would I really care about what it would look like on a PS5? No.

Reply Agree 8 Disagree 1

OtterX3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Only on my 55" 4k do I care for that extra oomph. I would be blown away to have a game on par graphically w the PS4 Pro version of TLOU II on a handheld!

Agree 2 Disagree 0

RaiderNation3d ago

Looked? No. Ran? Yes!

Agree 0 Disagree 0

babadivad3d ago

It's a hand held X1/PS4.

Grilla3d ago

Graphics are irrelevant if it’s not running at 60fps

Reply Agree 1 Disagree 1

anast3d ago

Switch 2 is around $450 to $700 depending on the country. Let that sink in. Get that nice '280p' Cyberpunk...

They are comparing the S to the PS4. HA!

Reply Agree 2 Disagree 3

Deathdeliverer3d ago (Edited 2d ago )

These comparisons are so ridiculous. The switch 2 is NOT equal to a PS4 pro nor does it rival it. Period. This is all to justify the purchase and absurd asking price for the age of the tech. Want it to show its power? Show it’s 60fps mode. I’ll wait. Let’s see it for Cyberpunk and for this. Crazy pop up in this video on the switch version whenever a room is entered on the first 30fps run through. Especially when you go from inside to the outside atrium. No mention. At best it is a Xbox 1 in SOME ways and DLSS is doing some real heavy lifting with the upscaler which is great. But the water in the waterfall on switch has to be completely redone as a 2d blend. There are cutbacks, people just ignore them or avoid them. Cherry pick a scene, ignore 30fps being MAX FPS, and champion it as an equal. It’s odd but understandable. One day I might get one, but it won’t be because of misinformation like these videos.

Reply Agree 2 Disagree 7

hiawa232d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Love the Switch 2 for what it is. A hybrid console to play Nintendo games. I was under no illusion it compared to my Series consoles or current Playstations. Given all of that it still is a capable console. All I wanted was a better Switch and Nintendo has delivered that and I plan to enjoy it for what it was intended for. The mere fact that we are seeing games go to the S2 that were not possible on S1 or enhanced on the S2 is a win.

DivineHand1252d ago

It is unfortunate but the switch 2 is comparable to an Rtx 3050 mobile GPU.

This combined with the fact that it does not have access to the same amount of watts as the PS4 pro or the Xbox Series S will make it difficult to compare. The AI features will need to do a lot of heavy lifting to allow the handheld to keep up.

Reply Agree 1 Disagree 1

VariantAEC2d ago

Switch 2 sits somewhere close to Xbox One and PS4 and I'm not talking about last generation's enhanced models either. The evidence is provided by the video. Switch 2's native rendering resolution doesn't even compare favorably to last generation systems. Loading content much faster and is about the only real next generation thing about Switch 2 compared to last gen home consoles.

repsahj2d ago

It really depends on the port. Like Cyberpunk 2077, SF6, and Hitman, to name a few. It is comparable (not higher) to current gen. There are also bad ports, like Wild Hearts.

I don't understand people sometimes. You used to bash the Switch 1 because of the power gap with the PS4 or PS5. Now that it's pretty close to the graphical capabilities of the current gen, you're still bashing it? XD

I am happy with what Switch 2 is capable of right now. I don't need it to exceed PS5 capabilities because I already have one, but for a legit handheld (not handheld pc)? I am very satisfied.