History YMMV / HarryPotterHogwartsMystery

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
** Barnaby Lee was a bit of an enigma at first, being the only Slytherin in your list of friends, and the only one who has yet to have any hint on how to unlock him, leading several to speculate whether he would be the TokenGoodTeammate to Slytherin. Many were disappointed that when he first showed up in third year he was little more than DumbMuscle to Merula. This was mitigated somewhat when it was revealed [[HiddenDepths he's extremely talented at dueling]] and the player can eventually befriend him.
** The Slytherin prefect Felix Rosier. We see the name Rosier many times in the series as a family affiliated with Voldemort, however he doesn't have any separate characterization from the other prefects.

* TheScrappy: Ben was panned on the initial release due to his cowardly personality and rather unflattering character design, as well as the fact that [[ButThouMust the game basically forces the character to be good friends with him]].

* NeverLiveItDown: Whatever reputation this game has is ignored thanks in part to the Devil's Snare scene and the image of the player's avatar being strangled being a great picture to show the horrors of micro-transactions, even though the scene in question can be completed rather easily without having to pay for more energy -- though it requires waiting for hours.

*** [[Spoiler: Clown-Voldemort]] is the stuff of nightmares.

*** [[Spoiler:Clown-Voldemort]] is the stuff of nightmares.

* For a character who [[TheGhost has never even been seen]], Billingsley has quite a few fans eager to at least get a glimpse of him due to his notoriety.

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Many critics point out about how the core gameplay is boringly tap the screen, though as the tropes pages can show you, the story makes people come back for more.

** Jane Court, the Hufflepuff prefect, takes the cake with [[https://imgur.com/a/sZTEn4s her blank expressions]]. [[MemeticMutation Whether she is an Eldritch Abomination or Satan herself, is up to you to decide.]]

** Jane Court, the Hufflepuff prefect, takes the cake with [[https://imgur.com/a/sZTEn4s her blank expressions]]. [[MemeticMutation Whether she is an Eldritch Abomination or Satan herself, is up to you to decide]]

** Jane Court, the Hufflepuff prefect, takes the cake with [[https://imgur.com/a/sZTEn4s her blank expressions]]. [[MemeticMutation Whether she is an Eldrich Abomination or Satan herself, is up to you to decide]]

* InintentionallyUnsympathetic: The game treats the Prefects as though you're supposed to be extremely fond of them, and during the conversation where they point out they'll be leaving Hogwarts forever at the end of the school year, the obvious right dialogue choice is something along the lines of "I'll miss you when you're gone". Unfortunately, the only Prefect that seems to be genuinely liked by the fandom is Felix (Slytherin), because the GameplayAndStorySegregation hits ''hard'' with the other three, constantly nagging at you about having to earn more house points regardless of how many you have.

** Barnaby Lee was a bit of an enigma at first, being the only Slytherin in your list of friends, and the only one who has yet to have any hint on how to unlock him, leading several to speculate whether he would be the TokenGoodTeammate to Slytherin. Many were disappointed that when he first showed up in third year he was little more than DumbMuscle to Merula. This was mitigated somewhat when it was revealed [[HiddenDepth he's extremely talented at dueling]] and the player can eventually befriend him.

** Barnaby Lee was a bit of an enigma at first, being the only Slytherin in your list of friends, and the only one who has yet to have any hint on how to unlock him, leading several to speculate whether he would be the TokenGoodTeammate to Slytherin. Many were disappointed that when he first showed up in third year he was little more than DumbMuscle to Merula.

* {{Narm}}: The huge smiles made by your avatar and whomever they're talking to when you complete a quicktime event. Rowan, in particular, looks like they just got away with murder when you accomplish their note-passing events.

* JerkassWoobie: Merula has had some cursed luck. [[spoiler:First, both of her parents were incarcerated in [[HellholePrison Azkaban]] for their support of Voldemort when she was just 7 or 8. Likely because of that, she's hinted to be poor (her boots are noticeably over-sized compared to the dress shoes everyone else wears, her leggings are ripped, the uneven cut of her hairline makes it look like she couldn't afford a haircut so tried to cut her own hair and gave up on it, and she has an overall ragged appearance). It's revealed by Tulip that she had a lack of real adult supervision or care after their arrest, so she grew used to having to be aggressive to get her way. On top of her background scaring others away from her, her extremely competitive and unpleasant personality combined with her bullying ensures that she has no friends. Tulip, the one person who she did trust and befriended used and betrayed her. And finally, the protagonist always manages to [[AlwaysSecondBest effortlessly outdo]] or foil her in everything she tries to do. Even when she wins, she loses, such as the case where the player crowns her the "Face of Hogwarts" in Rita Skeeter's popularity contest. Overwhelmed with happiness at first, Merula learns the hard way what type of journalist Rita is as she proceeds to write a scathing article in the Daily Prophet about how the child of Death Eaters is loose in Hogwarts.]]

* JerkassWoobie: [[spoiler: Merula has some cursed luck. First, both of her parents were incarcerated in [[HellholePrison Azkaban]] for their support of Voldemort when she was just 7 or 8. Likely because of that, she's hinted to be poor, unable to afford newer clothes (her boots are noticeably over-sized compared to the dress shoes everyone else wears, her leggings are ripped, and she has an overall ragged appearance). On top of her background scaring others away from her, her extremely competitive and unpleasant personality combined with her bullying ensures that she has no friends. The one person who she did trust and befriended used and betrayed her. And finally, the protagonist always manages to [[AlwaysSecondBest effortlessly outdo]] or foil her in everything she tries to do. Even when she wins, she loses, such as the case where the player crowns her the "Face of Hogwarts" in Rita Skeeter's popularity contest. Overwhelmed with happiness at first, Merula learns the hard way what type of journalist Rita is as she proceeds to write a scathing article in the Daily Prophet about how the child of Death Eaters is loose in Hogwarts.]]

* ScrappyMechanic: The energy system requires players to pay real money to speed up gameplay, lest they have to wait hours to get through a simple class; this is especially frustrating for players who aren't able to play their game intermittently at their leisure, leading to some failed requirements. It's the most frequent criticism of this game.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Barnaby Lee was a bit of an enigma at first, being the only Slytherin in your list of friends, and the only one who has yet to have any hint on how to unlock him, leading several to speculate whether he would be the TokenGoodTeammate to Slytherin. Many were disappointed that when he first showed up in third year he was little more than DumbMuscle to Merula.

* BrokenBase: Some players enjoy the game and plotline and find it in line with the expectations they had for a mobile game; others find it SoOkayItsAverage but not engaging; and others were disappointed or downright pissed in the energy-demanding time-restricted gameplay when the game was initially advertised as a more open-world RPG.

* BrokenBase: Some players enjoy the game and plotline and find it in line with the expectations they had for a mobile game; others find it SoOkayItsAverage but not engaging; and others were disappointed in the energy-demanding time-restricted gameplay when the game was initially advertised as a more open-world RPG.

** UnpopularPopularCharacter: Ostracized and hated in story, beloved by a chunk of the fandom.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Merula's popularity virtually exploded online, with many hoping that she'll eventually be a friendship or romance option for the player.

* NightmareFuel: Seeing your avatar being strangled by the Devil's Snare, and when (and not ''if'') you run out of energy to fight it, the amount of energy you're left with leaves you at a shot of your character being choked at the ''throat'' while the room is dark and the only light is on your horrified, helpless face. In all likelihood, it's there to scare children into buying energy.

** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[spoiler:Choosing Ben for the mission late in Year 2 shows his HiddenDepths and allows the player to get away without losing house points, which warmed a few players up to him.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Being sorted into your house is just a matter of picking the one you want. No attempt at replicating any of the ''myriad'' personality tests which could calculate which house you might actually fit into best, after which point the game could still let you choose the house you truly wish to be in if you didn't get the result you wanted.