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[JusticeForAll]

Considering the already enormous and unwarranted controversy surrounding this game, I think these will be all over the place.

What outlets do you think will review the game honestly?

And which ones should be avoided like the plague if you want to read/watch/hear a fair review?

Personally, I see the release of this game as a perfect opportunity to separate the wheat from the chaff in gaming media. I will play the game myself and then check out reviews to see which ones are unbiased.

The outlets that don't review it are disqualified immediately, of course. Media that don't report one of the biggest releases in the field they are supposed to cover, are untrustworthy regardless of what other content they offer.

 

[Mister Wolf]

ACG will.

 

[Duchess]

I do believe that Easy Allies won't be reviewing it.

EDIT: I may have gotten confused with them not covering the State of Play or reveal, rather than not reviewing the game outright. More into on this video:

 

[Freeman76]

ACG will.

He's a boy! He wont let none of this woke bollocks stop an honest review.

I can tell you now any outlet that follows this bullshit idea of transphobia will never get another click outta me, thats for sure.

 

[Jennings]

None of them. There's no such thing as an unbiased review, only omission. You just need to find a reviewer that omits details you don't want to know.

 

[remember_spinal]

Gaf will, they will give it a 10/10 for being anti-woke

 

[lh032]

kotaku.

 

[Fake]

Skill Up.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Resetera is pretty unbiased.


....

 

[ComputerBlue]

Angry Joe?

I don’t know I hardly pay attention to reviews these days.

 

[JusticeForAll]

I do believe that Easy Allies won't be reviewing it.

If so, they are not a trustworthy news source for gaming.

He's a boy!

Ho there, watch out with assuming his gender. He can be whatever he wants.

 

[itsjustJEFF]

Shill Up... he's always tried to be upfront about things and is usually pretty good about not letting his "personal" feelings get in the way. In fact, I'm pretty sure at some point in that video he'll let you know what he thinks of JK Rowling, but that it doesn't reflect on what he thinks of all the work the developers did. He does a pretty good job of explaining himself. You may not agree with his end "score" but based on his explanation it makes sense. That's the shitty thing about the whole situation, "fans" will feel like not buying the game or bashing it maybe the only way to "punish" JK... but really it's only really affecting the developers. JK has already made her money, she's good, none of this bothers her.

 

[JokerMM]

I do believe that Easy Allies won't be reviewing it.

actual clowns lmao

 

[Spukc]

ACG
Worth a buy
Skill up
colin

me
most people on gaf

also harry pooter will have plenty of woke shit and the people it's catering for will not give a fuck

 

[Banjo64]

Is the controversy enormous? Just absolute fringe headcases in my opinion. It’s been nice to see so many people excited for a proper Potter game.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Skill Up
ACG

Are the first and only two that come to mind. I feel like all of the big connected outlets will all be totally biased because they're friends or acquaintances with some journalists that have already made ridiculous comments.

 

[Spukc]

Also i know this sounds salty... but i'm buying a copy just to piss off some flakes

 

[Lucifers Beard]

It's a video game and should be scored on how good it is at being one. The game itself hasn't got any kind of agenda (from what I've seen) against anyone. Most outlets will review it because of that reason, any that don't should get a firm grip of reality and fuck themselves.

To be absolutely clear, I don't care who you are, trans or not, I despise everyone equally

 

[Freeman76]

Is the controversy enormous? Just absolute fringe headcases in my opinion. It’s been nice to see so many people excited for a proper Potter game.

Yeah the outrage is only a load of pansies getting defensive because JK Rowling said some stuff that was 100% accurate and they don't want to hear it because it shatters their bubble of bullshit they live in.

I just hope the game delivers in spades to make it even harder for the fools to boycott it. There seems to be a lot of mechanics they included and I hope it all works and meshes together. It looks amazing but almost too good to be true.

 

[JusticeForAll]

Is the controversy enormous? Just absolute fringe headcases in my opinion. It’s been nice to see so many people excited for a proper Potter game.

Well, compared to other games there is more controversy than average. I agree that it's totally unwarranted, but it is still there. I hope the game will be good and will do very well, though. And for once not only because I have it already pre-ordered.

 

[Certinty]

Era be like:

Pros:
- Amazing graphics
- Awesome gameplay
- Heart-touching story

Cons:
- Not woke

Final score: 2/10

 

[cormack12]

Jimothy Sterling

 

[FalsettoVibe]

If you are given and accept a free review copy then you should review the damn game.

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

Edge, Digital Foundry

 

[Superkewl]

I rarely even check reviews nowadays, as I stopped pre-ordering/day 1 buying years ago, and usually go by word of mouth. If I do want a solid review, I watch ACG, but that's about it.

 

[JusticeForAll]

Edge, Digital Foundry

True, Edge hates most games equally.

But isn't Digital Foundry connected to Eurogamer somehow?

 

[jshackles]

Is the controversy enormous? Just absolute fringe headcases in my opinion. It’s been nice to see so many people excited for a proper Potter game.

Unfortunately, these headcases make up about 90% of Kotaku's readership at this point. So their only options to keep their fan base happy are to either give it a bad review, not review it at all, or (worst still) write a puff piece about why they won't be reviewing it. Otherwise, it's rocks through the windows and bronies digging up all their previous tweets to get whatever poor intern there that wrote the review fired.

 

[Mozza]

Is the controversy enormous? Just absolute fringe headcases in my opinion. It’s been nice to see so many people excited for a proper Potter game.

Like I have always said, never in human history have so few people influenced the views of so many.

 

[Kadve]

Anyone not giving it a 9+

 

[Saber]

Is the controversy enormous? Just absolute fringe headcases in my opinion. It’s been nice to see so many people excited for a proper Potter game.

I think it all depends on the amount of attention, maybe some will just go with the flow for clicks.

But I'm almost sure Gamespot will be against this game, theres a bitch in there who is screaming constantly against it because of J.K.

 

[Fbh]

If it's good I don't think they'll give it bad scores but I do think most "mainstream" sites are going to be a bit harsher with it than with other games (like giving it an 75-80 when they'd otherwise have given it a 80-85)

Gaf will, they will give it a 10/10 for being anti-woke

I actually wouldn't be surprised if the game ends up being a bit woke, probably WB trying to overcompensate for the whole controversy.
People see this as some anit-woke game because of the JK Rowling drama but keep in mind that aside from the whole trans thing she is pretty woke herself and places like Era/Kotaku used to love her, like when she pretended she never envisioned Hermione as white

 

[SJRB]

Dude who cares? This game is going to sell gangbusters and no amount of autistic screeching from "allies" is going to change that.

 

[remember_spinal]

If it's good I don't think they'll give it bad scores but I do think most "mainstream" sites are going to be a bit harsher with it than with other games (like giving it an 75-80 when they'd otherwise have given it a 80-85)



I actually wouldn't be surprised if the game ends up being a bit woke, probably WB trying to overcompensate for the whole controversy.
People see this as some anit-woke game because of the JK Rowling drama but keep in mind that aside from the whole trans thing she is pretty woke herself and places like Era/Kotaku used to love her, like when she pretended she never envisioned Hermione as white

Woke on woke vs anti-woke.

Btw is there a way to permanently block certain words on chrome/gaf?

 

[Punished Miku]

Destructiod is pretty solid. Some staff more than others.

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

True, Edge hates most games equally.

But isn't Digital Foundry connected to Eurogamer somehow?

Yes but I've never seen them go hard on a game for ideological reasons

 

[R6Rider]

I think most reviewers are going to review it.

 

[anthony2690]

Oh man, I'm hyped for Hogwarts Legacy.

But this is getting silly, people care too much about what others think.

Just buy the game, form your own opinion on it and enjoy it.

That will send a clear strong message that silly online boycotts mean nothing.

 

[Skifi28]

No idea, but it's going to be a great game to see which reviewers I should stop wasting time on.

 

[EverythingsOverrated]

I don't really care about Harry Potter or JK Rowling, but I can't wait to see all these sites and youtubers try to out virtue signal one another.

My guess is a large portion just won't cover the game at all and will post an article or video dicussing why they aren't without explicitly mentioning anything.

 

[Saber]

I actually wouldn't be surprised if the game ends up being a bit woke, probably WB trying to overcompensate for the whole controversy.
People see this as some anit-woke game because of the JK Rowling drama but keep in mind that aside from the whole trans thing she is pretty woke herself and places like Era/Kotaku used to love her, like when she pretended she never envisioned Hermione as white

Yeah, at this point it should be obvious. During the stream, I felt like they gave away too much of screen to the aspects of character creation. Nothing wrong with it, alot of games has a wide character creation, but it was alot of time wasting for which I believe it was something on purpose, the guy was even screaming for every feature of it.

 

[Luipadre]

Every professional outlet should

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

None of the mainstream review sites will be fair and honest. We'll have to rely on the better youtube channels to fill the void.

 

[iHaunter]

Angry Joe probably. But he sucks so bad at video games that it's hard to gauge his experience compared to the average player.

 

[HoodWinked]

this will be a Litmus test.

 

[fermcr]

The most important opinion will be mine. ME!!!

I'll will form my own opinion.

 

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[SegaSnatcher]

From my understanding, J.K. didn't have any role in this game and her only connection is creating the Universe, so not really sure what the Twitter mob is howling about. Boycotting this game will only hurt innocent people who worked on this game, not J.K. Rowling who is already beyond rich. Do people honestly think boycotting is going to put any dent in her bank account lol?

 

[mansoor1980]

EDGE

 

[JayK47]

My prediction is many "professional" reviews will subtract points simply for being Harry Potter, if they review it at all. User reviews will be good. Even with some review bombing, I bet Steam will end up as mostly positive or better.

 

[fart town usa]

I'll watch my wife play it and share my impressions.