I'm late to playing this, but now fully understand why it was 2023's best selling game - beating Zelda, Call of Duty, Diablo, and more.

My review: 10/10 for a single player only experience.

The story is so incredibly well written and acted in the game by great voice actors - I have no doubt this could be a multi-billion dollar movie. I often found myself sitting back in awe of how rare it is to find a game that stays true to the IP yet is a great game. This is it.

Graphics are great - with lots of PC specific options. That said, I did have shader recompiling every single time I would launch the game. Very annoying. The HDR implementation felt average - and required Windows HDR to be enabled for the option to exist in the game.

Sound is great - situational and well done with music, voice, effects.

The game is long - offering 100+ hours if that is your thing. The main campaign plus some of the side quests is likely a 30-40 hour adventure depending on what you do. If you are someone who completes games (complete = get all achievements), it's 50+ hours easily. I will be honest in that some of the achievements are collection based - and there's just way, way too much collection in this game. finding everything, doing every little item - takes ages and can get repetitive. Completionists won't enjoy that too much.

Overall, whether you like Harry Potter or not - this is a fantastic game and I hope we see DLC and more games. An outstanding job by the developer in almost every way possible.

Highly recommended if you enjoy single player, strong story, adventures.

I'm late to playing this, but now fully understand why it was 2023's best selling game - beating Zelda, Call of Duty, Diablo, and more. My review: 10/10 for a single player only experience. The story is so incredibly well written and acted in the game by great voice actors - I have no doubt this could be a multi-billion dollar movie. I often found myself sitting back in awe of how rare it is to find a game that stays true to the IP yet is a great game. This is it. Graphics are great - with lots of PC specific options. That said, I did have shader recompiling every single time I would launch the game. Very annoying. The HDR implementation felt average - and required Windows HDR to be enabled for the option to exist in the game. Sound is great - situational and well done with music, voice, effects. The game is long - offering 100+ hours if that is your thing. The main campaign plus some of the side quests is likely a 30-40 hour adventure depending on what you do. If you are someone who completes games (complete = get all achievements), it's 50+ hours easily. I will be honest in that some of the achievements are collection based - and there's just way, way too much collection in this game. finding everything, doing every little item - takes ages and can get repetitive. Completionists won't enjoy that too much. Overall, whether you like Harry Potter or not - this is a fantastic game and I hope we see DLC and more games. An outstanding job by the developer in almost every way possible. Highly recommended if you enjoy single player, strong story, adventures.