![]() Hogwarts Legacy launches for Xbox Series X|S on February 10th. While we don't have the Hogwarts Legacy achievements yet, there is a leaked Hogwarts Legacy trophy list floating around that suggests we'll need to complete all side quests (of which there are supposedly over 100), all Merlin Trials, and find a bunch of collectables. Hogwarts Legacy delivers a detail-rich world steeped in Harry Potter lore with satisfying spells, exploration, and combat, though it plays better on consoles than on PC. The decision came after the now-former Lead Designer’s Youtube channel was discovered, in with he posted videos defending toxic and criminal behavior, attacking social justice movements, and mentioning his support of GamerGate. Hogwarts Legacy’s Lead Designer, Troy Leavitt, announced on his Twitter his departure from Avalanche Software. Of course, it's likely that Tew and Murphy are not talking about these completion estimates from an achievement perspective, so earning the full 1,000G from Hogwarts Legacy could only take a fraction of that time or much longer. Hogwarts Legacy’s Lead Designer, Troy Leavitt, announced on his Twitter his departure from Avalanche Software. In an interview with ScreenRant, lead game designer Alan Tew said that his first time playing through the game for a 100% completion run, it took him over 80 hours, though Tew noted that he "understands the game really well." If you decide that you want to do everything, you are at over 100 hours, 120 hours probably." ![]() But for a first-time playthrough, if you just go through the mainline, you are looking at a 40-hour-plus experience. More than just flaws in the code, the real Legacy here is hatred.When asked about the game's length, Hogwarts Legacy lead designer Kelly Murphy told Gamereactor: "So we are finding it is hard to put a number on, just based on playstyles. ![]() Whatever Harry Potter’s adventures may have meant before all the ugliness came out, I can’t in good faith think that Hogwarts Legacy is something worth buying or promoting. "I never felt like my job or my position was truly threatened." Interactive Entertainments Hogwarts Legacy is under fire for his alt-right YouTube channel. After reports about Leavitt's YouTube channel began to make the rounds, management at WB Games did not pressure him into retiring or stepping away, Leavitt said. A lead designer for Avalanche Software and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has come under fire for the anti-social justice politics he has touted on his YouTube channel. The absence of a morality system in Hogwarts Legacy, an RPG where you can indeed learn dark magic and use it against your enemies, was no accident. “Leavitt said WB Games was a good partner during his time at Avalanche and said again that the management was aware of his YouTube channel years ago. Troy Leavitt, a lead designer on Hogwarts Legacy the controversial upcoming Harry Potter RPG developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Last year, Hogwarts Legacy developer Avalanche distanced the Harry Potter RPG from series creator JK Rowling and her transphobic commentary. A game of this size is not a solo effort, so each of the leads was fine with the anti-Semitic content. He said he was glad they didn't seem interested in pushing a "social justice agenda". Troy Leavitt went on record as saying that he made WB well aware of his youtube channel and they had no problem with it. 'Hogwarts Legacy' doesnt offer players the chance to become a Quidditch star, and that might be the most disappointing part of the entire game. Well, by hiring a developer known to be sympathetic to Gamergate (which evolved into part of the alt-right movement), with an ‘Anti-social Justice’ focused youtube channel. So, how could this sort of thing slip past the censors at Warner Brothers, who brought us the warning that old Looney Tunes could be racist as a product of their times? Not to get all academic about this, but the idea that Jewish music/instrument exists to annoy Christians is an antisemitic trope going back to the Middle Ages, per Ruth HaCohen's The Music Libel Against the Jews (2012).- Hannah Sparwasser Soroka February 9, 2023
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