If you're a HP fan, this game is probably worth it. There are a lot of little details that I wouldn't have expected to be included.

If you are NOT an HP fan, things get difficult.

I'd say this is a 6-7/10 game for a non-fan, and a 8-9/10 for a fan.

The combat is fun, the world is beautiful, and there are many things to do.

The problem is most of those things are collectibles.

That said let me elaborate there are a *LOT* of collectibles. Too much, imo. A lot of the sidequests are just introducing a collectible. You level up by essentially completing collectibles (the game counts quests as collectibles, worth 180-260 XP but other standard collectibles are worth 50-80). The game warns you that your field guide (collection index + journal) is the only way to get experience, but combat challenges give XP per kill so it's not that big of a deal.

The classes are almost non-existent and it's my main gripe. Only the first class for each subject is unique. Everything after that (which is few and far between) is a canned animation.

This is more of an open world action game than a traditional RPG.

So you will be exploring for collectibles and doing cool spell combat.

If you want to be immersed as a student, with a slow roll out of the story like the books. This isn't that.

If you're a HP fan, this game is probably worth it. There are a lot of little details that I wouldn't have expected to be included. If you are NOT an HP fan, things get difficult. I'd say this is a 6-7/10 game for a non-fan, and a 8-9/10 for a fan. The combat is fun, the world is beautiful, and there are many things to do. The problem is most of those things are collectibles. That said let me elaborate there are a *LOT* of collectibles. Too much, imo. A lot of the sidequests are just introducing a collectible. You level up by essentially completing collectibles (the game counts quests as collectibles, worth 180-260 XP but other standard collectibles are worth 50-80). The game warns you that your field guide (collection index + journal) is the only way to get experience, but combat challenges give XP per kill so it's not that big of a deal. The classes are almost non-existent and it's my main gripe. Only the first class for each subject is unique. Everything after that (which is few and far between) is a canned animation. This is more of an open world action game than a traditional RPG. So you will be exploring for collectibles and doing cool spell combat. If you want to be immersed as a student, with a slow roll out of the story like the books. This isn't that.