History YMMV / HogwartsLegacy

* RonTheDeathEater: A minor character called Leander Prewett (ironically an ancestor of the TropeNamer) is mentioned as being a bully, and makes one off-handed remark showing prejudice against Slytherin. Fans tend to flanderize him as being the school's biggest bully who has an extreme hatred for everything that's not related to Gryffindor. Whilst Leander definitely has his {{Jerkass}} moments, he's mentioned as trying to live up to the Gryffindor legacy, and is shown to be affable to the player, no matter his or her house.
* SignatureSeriesArc: For many people, Sebastian's questline stands out as the best written storytelling in the game. Even more so than the main story. Along with the fact that it's the questline that allows the player to learn the Three Unforgivable Curses, which it became a massive [[MemeticMutation meme]] that the player could just go around using said curses everywhere without suffering any consequences whatsoever for using forbidden spells, the other part that really sticks out was how much the questline developed [[EnsembleDarkhorse Ominis Gaunt]] despite him not being one of the player's primary companions.

** Related to the above, the game garnered a notoriously militant response from a small subset of the transgender community. While the cause was reasonably noble -- get people to boycott the game because of Rowling's anti-transgender stance -- the movement ended up becoming militant when the website "Have They Streamed THAT Wizard Game?" cropped up, whose express purpose was to keep track of Twitch streamers playing the game and attempt to cancel them [[AssociationFallacy under the pretense that anyone who at least bought Hogwarts Legacy also fully supported Rowling's views]]. Not only did this take all the wind out of the movement's sails, it ended up vilifying anyone supporting the boycott and also caused a counter-response from people otherwise not invested in the game buying and playing it to spite the boycotters. One such streamer, [[WebAnimation/PhaseConnect Pipkin Pippa]], tweeted a stream announcement saying that she hated the franchise, but that she hated people on Twitter more.

* OlderThanTheyThink: [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/17845 This isn't the first time]] shinies would be implemented into a non-''Pokémon''/''Pokémon''-related AAA title, though this would be the first game to implement them officially.

* EpilepticTrees: There's an automatic filter in the character's creation menu, preventing to give inappropriate names to the protagonist or the rescued magical beasts. The presence of a profanity filter in a currently single player-only game has resulted in some players speculating a multiplayer mode would be added in a future update.

* OvershadowedByControversy: While the game is considered a polished SoOkayItsAverage game about ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' at best, it has been massively overshadowed by the futile but militant attempt to force a boycott and associated backlash directed at Creator/JKRowling's infamous statements about the transgender community and various accusations of antisemitism. For context of just how bad it got at the height of the drama, the collective hate towards ''Hogwarts Legacy'' caused several [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] to back out from playing the game out of fear of harassment, or in the case for [[Characters/VShojo Silvervale]], ''actual harassment and doxxing'' to the point of a public breakdown. Making matters worse was a poor case of timing where one such [=VTuber=], [[WebVideo/VOMSProject Amano Pikamee]], extended her then-existing hiatus after getting harassed and shortly after her return, her graduation, something she had planned long before the hiatus, was announced. This caused several of her fans to think that the harassment was what caused her graduation or at the very least drastically accelerated her existing plans to do so, muddying the already muddy controversy and causing a massive counter backlash from the wider VTuber community.

* OvershadowedByControversy: While the game is considered a polished SoOkayItsAverage game about ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' at best, it has been massively overshadowed by the futile but militant attempt to force a boycott and associated backlash directed at Creator/JKRowling's infamous statements about the transgender community and various accusations of antisemitism. For context of just how bad it got at the height of the drama, the collective hate towards ''Hogwarts Legacy'' caused several [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] to back out from playing the game out of fear of harassment. Making matters worse was a poor case of timing where one such [=vTuber=], [[WebVideo/VOMSProject Amano Pikamee]], extended her then-existing hiatus after getting harassed and shortly after her return, her graduation, something she had planned long before the hiatus, was announced. This caused several of her fans to think that the harassment was what caused her graduation or at the very least drastically accelerated her existing plans to do so, muddying the already muddy controversy.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The game had the bad luck of being unveiled roughly around the same time ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' series creator Creator/JKRowling got into hot water for her rampantly transphobic remarks. Although the game had no direct involvement from Rowling and [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the controversy didn't stop the game from becoming a success]], the fact that it's tied to Rowling's creation at all has led to any discussion surrounding the game becoming dominated by the controversy surrounding Rowling.

* OvershadowedByControversy: While the game is considered a polished SoOkayItsAverage game about ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' at best, it was been massively overshadowed by the futile but militant attempt to force a boycott and associated backlash directed at Creator/JKRowling's infamous statements about the transgender community and various accusations of antisemitism. For context of just how bad it got at the height of the drama, the collective hate towards ''Hogwarts Legacy'' caused several [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] to back out from playing the game out of fear of harassment. Making matters worse was a poor case of timing where one such [=vTuber=], [[WebVideo/VOMSProject Amano Pikamee]], extended her then-existing hiatus after getting harassed and shortly after her return, her graduation, something she had planned long before the hiatus, was announced. This caused several of her fans to think that the harassment was what caused her graduation or at the very least drastically accelerated her existing plans to do so, muddying the already muddy controversy.

* OvershadowedByControversy: While the game is considered a polished SoOkayItsAverage game about ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' at best, it was been massively overshadowed by the futile but militant attempt to force a boycott and associated backlash directed at Creator/JKRowling's infamous statements about the transgender community and various accusations of antisemitism. For context of just how bad it got at the height of the drama, the collective hate towards ''Hogwarts Legacy'' caused several [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] to back out from playing the game out of fear of harassment. Making matters worse was a poor case of timing where one such [=vTuber=], [[WebAnimation/VOMSProject Amano Pikamee]], extended her then-existing hiatus after getting harassed and shortly after her return, her graduation, something she had planned long before the hiatus, was announced. This caused several of her fans to think that the harassment was what caused her graduation or at the very least drastically accelerated her existing plans to do so, muddying the already muddy controversy.

* OvershadowedByControversy: While the game is considered a polished SoOkayItsAverage game about ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' at best, it was been massively overshadowed by the futile but militant attempt to force a boycott and associated backlash directed at Creator/JKRowling's infamous statements about the transgender community and various accusations of antisemitism. For context of just how bad it got at the height of the drama, the collective hate towards ''Hogwarts Legacy'' caused several [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] to back out from playing the game out of fear of harassment. Making matters worse was a poor case of timing where one such [=vTuber=], Pikamee, went on a hiatus after getting harassed and shortly after her return, her graduation, something she had planned long before the hiatus, was announced. This caused several of her fans to think that the harassment was what caused her graduation, muddying the already muddy controversy.

* OvershadowedByControversy: While the game is considered a polished SoOkayItsAverage game about the ''Franchise/WizardingWorld'' at best, it was been massively overshadowed by the futile but militant attempt to force a boycott and associated backlash directed at Creator/JKRowling's infamous statements about the transgender community and various accusations of antisemitism. For context of just how bad it got at the height of the drama, the collective hate towards ''Hogwarts Legacy'' caused several [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] to back out from playing the game out of fear of harassment. Making matters worse was a poor case of timing where one such [=vTuber=], Pikamee, went on a hiatus after getting harassed and shortly after her return, her graduation, something she had planned long before the hiatus, was announced. This caused several of her fans to think that the harassment was what caused her graduation, muddying the already muddy controversy.

** Related to the above, the game garnered a notoriously militant response from a small subset of the transgender community. While the cause was reasonably noble -- get people to boycott the game because of Rowling's anti-transgender stance -- the movement ended up becoming militant when the website "Have They Streamed THAT Wizard Game?" cropped up, whose express purpose was to keep track of Twitch streamers playing the game and attempt to cancel them [[AssociationFallacy under the pretense that anyone who at least bought Hogwarts Legacy also fully supported Rowling's views]]. Not only did this take all the wind out of the movement's sails, it ended up vilifying anyone supporting the boycott and also caused a counter-response from people otherwise not invested in the game buying it to spite the boycotters.
* OvershadowedByControversy: While the game is considered a polished SoOkayItsAverage game about the ''Franchise/WizardingWorld'' at best, it was been massively overshadowed by the futile but militant attempt to force a boycott and associated backlash directed at Creator/JKRowling's infamous statements about the transgender community and various accusations of antisemitism. For context of just how bad it got at the height of the drama, the collective hate towards ''Hogwarts Legacy'' caused several [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] to back out from playing the game out of fear of harassment. [[WebAnimation/PhaseConnect Pipkin Pippa, one of the more notable targets, openly stated she played and streamed the game just to spite the haters even more]]. Making matters worse was a poor case of timing where one such [=vTuber=], Pikamee, went on a hiatus after getting harassed and shortly after her return, her graduation, something she had planned long before the hiatus, was announced. This caused several of her fans to think that the harassment was what caused her graduation, muddying the already muddy controversy.

* OvershadowedByControversy: While the game is considered a polished SoOkayItsAverage game about the ''Franchise/WizardingWorld'' at best, it was been massively overshadowed by the futile but militant attempt to force a boycott and associated backlash directed at Creator/JKRowling's infamous statements about the transgender community and various accusations of antisemitism. For context of just how bad it got at the height of the drama, the collective hate towards ''Hogwarts Legacy'' caused several [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] to back out from playing the game out of fear of harassment. Making matters worse was a poor case of timing where one such [=vTuber=], Pikamee, went on a hiatus after getting harassed and shortly after her return, her graduation, something she had planned long before the hiatus, was announced. This caused several of her fans to think that the harassment was what caused her graduation, muddying the already muddy controversy.

** Related to the above, the game garnered a notoriously militant response from a small subset of the transgender community. While the cause was reasonably noble -- get people to boycott the game because of Rowling's anti-transgender stance -- the movement ended up becoming militant when the website "Have They Streamed THAT Wizard Game?" cropped up, whose express purpose was to keep track of Twitch streamers playing the game and attempt to cancel them [[AssociationFallacy under the pretense that anyone who at least bought Hogwarts Legacy also fully supported Rowling's views]]. Not only did this take all the wind out of the movement's sails, it ended up vilifying anyone supporting the boycott and also caused a counter-response from normal people otherwise not invested in the game, buying it mostly to spite the militant movement.
* OvershadowedByControversy: While the game is considered a polished SoOkayItsAverage game about the ''Franchise/WizardingWorld'' at best, it was been massively overshadowed by the futile but militant attempt to force a boycott and associated backlash directed at Creator/JKRowling's infamous statements about the transgender community and various accusations of antisemitism. For context of just how bad it got at the height of the drama, the collective hate towards ''Hogwarts Legacy'' caused several [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] to back out from playing the game out of fear of harassment. [[WebAnimation/PhaseConnect Pipkin Pippa openly stated she played and streamed the game just to spite the haters even more]]. Making matters worse was a poor case of timing where one such [=vTuber=], Pikamee, went on a hiatus after getting harassed and shortly after her return, her graduation, something she had planned long before the hiatus, was announced. This caused several of her fans to think that the harassment was what caused her graduation, muddying the already muddy controversy.

* OvershadowedByControversy: While the game is considered a polished SoOkayItsAverage game about the ''Franchise/WizardingWorld'' at best, it was been massively overshadowed by the futile but militant attempt to force a boycott and associated backlash directed at Creator/JKRowling's infamous statements about the LGBTQ+ community and various accusations of antisemitism. For context of just how bad it got at the height of the drama, the collective hate towards ''Hogwarts Legacy'' caused several [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] to back out from playing the game out of fear of harassment. [[WebAnimation/PhaseConnect Pipkin Pippa openly stated she played and streamed the game just to spite the haters even more]]. Making matters worse was a poor case of timing where one such [=vTuber=], Pikamee, went on a hiatus after getting harassed and shortly after her return, her graduation, something she had planned long before the hiatus, was announced. This caused several of her fans to think that the harassment was what caused her graduation, muddying the already muddy controversy.

* Fanon : while the extant relation is never revealed in the game due to the timeline and knowledge of the family tree from the Books many fans and theorists have decided that Ominis is the younger brother of Marvolo thus making him Uncle to Merope Gaunt and great uncle to Voldemort.

* Fanon: while the extant relation is never revealed in the game due to the timeline and knowledge of the family tree from the Books many fans and theorists have decided that Ominis is the younger brother of Marvolo thus making him Uncle to Merope Gaunt and great uncle to Voldemort.

* EscapistCharacter: The protagonist is an InstantExpert who can seemingly master any spell, is the ChosenOne, has access to ancient magics that would make even Voldemort green with envy, and are so skilled/strong that they can take down entire groups of Dark Wizards and monsters without breaking a sweat. All this while still being a teenager who only just enrolled in Hogwarts at the story's beginning, something completely unheard of -- this character is solely meant for the player to put themselves in the world of ''Harry Potter'' and go as buck wild as they please.

* OvershadowedByControversy: While the game is considered a polished SoOkayItsAverage game about the ''Franchise/WizardingWorld'' at best, it was been massively overshadowed by the futile but militant attempt to force a boycott and associated backlash directed at Creator/JKRowling's infamous statements about the LGBTQ+ community and various accusations of antisemitism. For context of just how bad it got at the height of the drama, the collective hate towards ''Hogwarts Legacy'' caused several [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] to back out from playing the game out of fear of harassment. [[WebAnimation/PhaseConnect Pipkin Pippa openly stated she played and streamed the game just to spite the haters even more]].

* OvershadowedByControversy: While the game is considered a polished SoOkayItsAverage game about the ''Franchise/WizardingWorld'' at best, it was been massively overshadowed by the futile but militant attempt to force a boycott and associated backlash directed at Creator/JKRowling's infamous statements about the LGBTQ+ community and various accusations of antisemitism. For context of just how bad it got at the height of the drama, the collective hate towards ''Hogwarts Legacy'' caused several [[VirtualYouTuber Vtubers]] to back out from playing the game out of fear of harassment. [[WebVideo/VOMSProject Pikamee had to graduate for even wanting to played the game]], while [[WebAnimation/PhaseConnect Pipkin Pippa openly stated she played and streamed the game just to spite the haters even more]].

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Although not based on any of the ''Harry Potter'' films or books and employs BroadStrokes in regards to the Wizarding World franchise, the game is very well regarded by fans [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity despite the negative reputation surrounding it up to its release]].