For Harry Potter fans, the upcoming release of Hogwarts Legacy is fast approaching and it seems they're making sure it works on Steam Deck. Well, that might be a bit of a stretch, they might have just loaded it up to see if it works, but the result to players is the same.
When asked about the status of it on Twitter, the official WB Games Support account noted "We reached out to the Hogwarts Legacy team for you and were able to confirm that the game WILL be Steam Deck verified on launch. We hope this helps with your decision! Take care." — good news for anyone who plans to pick it up. Being Steam Deck Verified almost always means it will work well on desktop Linux too.
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Hogwarts Legacy is an open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. Embark on a journey through familiar and new locations as you explore and discover magical beasts, customize your character and craft potions, master spell casting, upgrade talents and become the wizard you want to be.
Experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. Make allies, battle Dark wizards, and ultimately decide the fate of the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it. Live the Unwritten.
Available for pre-order on Humble Store and Steam.
Something to be aware of though, are all the issues surrounding the Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling. An article on Forbes goes through some of it and goes into better detail than I can. Comments on it are open, as long as people don’t throw around insults at each other, respectful debate is fine.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: Koopacabraslook your comment seems very reasonable and logic, but lets call things how they are. Within the "cancel culture" there is ppl actively calling out to burn books or precious works of art. That's why I said I had split opinions about this because I don't like radical approaches in neither ends. This problem should be handled other way like having proper anti discrimination laws, JK Rowling should not be allowed to say such things. She should be fined. Her books are not the issue. It's a "free peach" issue, free speech is not about targeting and promoting hatred against minorities, here she crossed a line. She should be fined and legally muzzled.
What the hell, man.. Honestly. Is JKR really that "evil" for SAYING something? You think she deliberately has been trying to hurt someone?
Sometimes it looks like the joy has been stripped away from some people because of all the media hassles and out of propoprtion dramatization etc. Becoming sum nannies for others "you can't do that you can't say that". Geez?
We're talkin about a game here! I'm thrilled to play this when its out
Quoting: LinuxerWhat the hell, man.. Honestly. Is JKR really that "evil" for SAYING something?
You make this sound like "SAYING" something couldn't possibly be evil.
I wonder if there's a country were there aren't things that are forbidden by law to say.
(No, I don't think that JKR broke such a law, it's generally about saying stuff is possibly evil.)
Quoting: LinuxerThe world will never be perfect where everyone lives in harmony and there is sum mutual agreement... If you constantaly concentrate on "negative things" around and in social media, you become negative.
Yes.
Quoting: LinuxerSometimes it looks like the joy has been stripped away from some people because of all the media hassles and out of propoprtion dramatization etc.
This isn't as neutral as you'd like it to be I fear. Is it out of proportion in this case?
... and you're in the discussion, while you said you didn't want to.
(No, I don't want to either.)
Regarding J.K. Rollings quotes:
I don't get why many people feel so much hate. Rollings is an old school feminists and feels threatened, that something on scientifically very thin ice could (or a very young trend, or at least not as well researched until now) undermine women's rights. So her intentions are good, I can respect that. But I cannot respect the hate she gets or the call for boycott of the Hogwarts game, of which profit goes more to the developers and the publishers than in her pocket.
Quoting: Scytalescientifically very thin ice
I thought I had an idea what this all is about, but I really got no idea how this could be scientifically thin ice. To not further derail things here, could you PM me a pointer?
Quoting: ScytaleRollings is an old school feminists and feels threatened, that something on scientifically very thin ice could (or a very young trend, or at least not as well researched until now) undermine women's rights.Scientifically on very thin ice according to whom? Medical consensus across numerous studies shows that gender affirming care has better outcomes than the alternatives. If JKR thinks so, she's hardly an subject matter expert with her BA. And this idea that bigotry is justified because we should entertain baseless, hypothetical threats to women's rights is ridiculous. If I went on a campaign against washing your hands because washing your hands could undermine women's rights, should I really be given the benefit of the doubt?
At least by this point, you know what you're getting into with JKR.
InhaleOblivion Jan 13, 2023
*Goes to check Steam page*...$60 quid?!? Nah I'll wait for a sale for this one.
Last edited by InhaleOblivion on 13 January 2023 at 5:37 pm UTC
Looks fantastic, and i really love how they seem to follow the lore to the letter unlike many modern games that bastardize it into something completely else.
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