History YMMV / HarryPotterHogwartsMystery

** With the introduction of the character Murphy [[NameMcAdjective McNully]], it is common a belief that the British Ministry of Magic offers a magical keycard, with an ID holder, that can conjure an elevator to take the holder, and anyone who they wish, anywhere in the castle as an option for any physically disabled person.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler:Does Peregrine actually want to connect with his estranged kids or did he see them as a means to make the end, using their familial ties to be more manipulative? He seems genuine at times, but seems to have preyed on Jacob's desire to reunite the family, treating him as a backup Legilimens, on favoring his younger child more because they were more gifted. How much is the Cursed Amulet overwriting his personality? Is his revenge plot agaisnt the ministry really because he lost his friends in the war and almost lost his ex-wife or is it an accidental curse left behind by Ryusaki? Or perhaps its a mix of both?]] Its hard to really say at the end of it all and the game allows you the interpret it either way.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler:Does Peregrine actually want to connect with his estranged kids or did he see them as a means to make the end, using their familial ties to be more manipulative? He seems geniuene at times, but seems to have preyed on Jacob's desire to reunite the family, treating him as a backup Legilimens, on favoring his younger child more because they were more gifted. How much is the Cursed Amulet overwriting his personality? Is his revenge plot agaisnt the ministry really because he lost his friends in the war and almost lost his ex-wife or is it an accidental curse left behind by Ryusaki? Or perhaps its a mix of both?]] Its hard to really say at the end of it all and the game allows you the interpret it either way.

** Year 7 moved at an even SLOWER pace, lasting two and a half years in real time, with a total of 61 chapters.

** When the game was officially released, Years 1, 2, and the beginning of 3 were already available, with the latter released in large portions within a month (each year relatively short with 10-11 chapters). In June 2018, Year 4 was released with 1-2 chapters per week, lasting throughout the summer, with 17 chapters. While this forced players, most who have caught up by now, to keep waiting every week for more, the process was at least consistent and all the chapters were laid out. When Year 5 was released in September, the chapter a week plan slowed down dramatically because of events and timed side quests being released AS OPPOSED to chapters instead of alongside them, as well as extending the number of the chapters shown with each update, leaving players in the dark as to how many there would actually be. Year 5 was finally completed in July 2019, lasting over 10 months with 34 chapters. Thanks to more timed side quests and the addition of Quidditch, Year 6 moved at an even slower pace until it was completed in January 2021 with 46 chapters. Year 7 somehow made this even worse by following a similar process until its completion in July 2023 with 61 chapters.

*** This really gets out of control by the final 10 or so chapters of Year 7. Players who did all the main chapters, side quests, and Quidditch chapters up to this point would most likely have attributes roughly around 50. The alternative dialogue options now require attributes to be at least 53 and have all of a sudden been rapidly increasing, as if you’re expected to reach the next attribute level for all three by the next chapter (which by this point, grinding to the next level takes an incredibly long time). Made even worse with conversations where if you don’t have high enough attributes, you won’t be able to progress through the main story until you grind your way up.

** When the game was officially released, Years 1, 2, and the beginning of 3 were already available, with the latter released in large portions within a month (each year relatively short with 10-11 chapters). In June 2018, Year 4 was released with 1-2 chapters per week, lasting throughout the summer, with 17 chapters. While this forced players, most who have caught up by now, to keep waiting every week for more, the process was at least consistent and all the chapters were laid out. When Year 5 was released in September, the chapter a week plan slowed down dramatically because of events and timed side quests being released AS OPPOSED to chapters instead of alongside them, as well as extending the number of the chapters shown with each update, leaving players in the dark as to how many there would actually be. Year 5 was finally completed in July 2019, lasting over 10 months with 34 chapters. Thanks to more timed side quests and the addition of Quidditch, Year 6 moved at an even slower pace until it was completed in January 2021 with 46 chapters. Year 7 is currently following a similar process.

** With the introduction of the character Murphy McNully, it is common a belief that the British Ministry of Magic offers a magical keycard, with an ID holder, that can conjure an elevator to take the holder, and anyone who they wish, anywhere in the castle as an option for any physically disabled person.

** Year 7 is the absolute worst. As of writing, its chapter count has exceeded Year 6 and shows no sign of a conclusion.

* IdiotPlot: The Chiara Lobosca sidequest spirals into a cavalcade of stupidity in the back half. It transpires that Chiara has been covertly giving her supply of Wolfsbane potion to Remus Lupin, who rightfully calls her out for leaving herself to dry. However, he then asks the protagonist, a ''twelve-year-old child'', to keep Chiara company right before she goes ''rabidly insane'', and the protagonist ''agrees'' rather than bite the bullet and warn a teacher of what's been happening. Chiara herself earns no points for wasting time playing Gobstones in the courtyard and risking going rabidly insane in a castle full of children rather than find an isolated spot to ride out the transformation like the Forbidden Forest. Finally, the fact that the staff doesn't have any contingency protocols in case something goes wrong with the Wolfsbane potion is extremely suspect ([[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban and they haven't learned their lesson when Lupin is hired as a teacher in 1993]]). The result of all this is the protagonist being thrown into a frantic duel with a cannibalistic beast that wants to rip their throat out. The fact that you don't end up dead or infected is a miracle.

** Cribb, the boss of the Giant Dung Beetle side quest, not only is she similar to werewolves in that she's programmed to have higher stats then you at the time of your encounter, it's also due to the fact you are battling wandless and thus, your actions are fairly limited.