If there’s one thing aHogwarts Legacysequel desperately needs, it’s playable Quidditch. This was easily my biggest disappointment with the original, despite loving the game overall, and I know I’m not alone.Hogwarts Legacy’s excuse for not having Quidditch in the game was a bit of a cop-out, with the headmaster announcing the Quidditch season’s cancellation due to an injury. The lore is just an in-game explanation, however, and the lack of Quidditch presumably has more to do with development priorities for the single-player game than anything else.
This never made sense to me, as you wouldn’t necessarily need amultiplayer version of Quidditchto implement the game successfully into the Hogwarts Legacy universe. Further, as evidenced by the lacklusterHarry Potter: Quidditch Championsbeing released as a multiplayer experience that left players and fans of the franchise wanting more, multiplayer isn’t the main feature we want out of a Quidditch system.Hogwarts Legacy 2needs its own single-player Quidditch game that’s self-contained and incorporates the same broom-flying mechanics we got in the base game.
If Quidditch Isn’t Included In A Hogwarts Legacy Sequel, I’m Out
Quidditch Is Essential For A Harry Potter Game At Hogwarts
The lack of playable Quidditch inHogwarts Legacygameplaywas borderline unforgivable from my perspective, especially given the inclusion of the Quidditch stadium and various plot points discussing the Quidditch season itself. Not only didHogwarts Legacydeveloper Avalanche Software fail to include this in the base game, but it also missed the opportunity to right this wrong with DLC, and planned DLCwas reportedly canceleddue to a lack of content that would justify the cost.The answer to meaningful DLC content was right there, and it’s one of the most obvious additions thatHogwarts Legacy 2needs to include.
Quidditch is essential to theHarry Potterexperience. As a huge fan of the broom-flying mechanics inHogwarts Legacyand a critic ofQuidditch Championsbeing a multiplayer-focused game, I’d consider the inclusion of Quidditch in aHogwarts Legacysequela dream come true. Conversely, failing to have any playable Quidditch component in the sequelmight be a complete deal-breaker for me,especially if we get another in-game cop-out for canceling another season.
How many seasons of Quidditch are they going to cancel at Hogwarts due to minor injuries, and what’s the precedent for that anyway? There were countless Quidditch injuries in the books and movies, butthey were never the reason Quidditch seasons were canceled.Canceled Quidditch seasons were a result of other in-universe events, but it’s debatable whether this even made sense in the main story, much less a video game where you can do just about everything on a broom short of actually playing a Quidditch match.
There’s No Excuse For Hogwarts Legacy 2 Not To Have Quidditch
Quidditch May Have Been Too Complicated For Hogwarts Legacy, But Shouldn’t Be For A Sequel
Leaving Quidditch out ofHogwarts Legacymay have benefited other elements of the game, as it would have taken a considerable amount of development resources. However, at this point, I don’t think a sequel toHogwarts Legacyhas the same excuse.Avalanche Software has the core infrastructure for the game already available,and all the components for a playable Quidditch tournament are right at its fingertips. Pretending like there’s a legitimate in-game explanation for players not being able to partake in Quidditch also won’t go over well a second time.
Hogwarts Legacy 2has the potential to right one of the original’s biggest wrongs, and it doesn’t make any sense for Quidditch to be left out of the next installment. As aHarry Potterenthusiast andHogwarts Legacyfan, I’m confident that a well-done Quidditch experience would be worth every penny spent. Even if it were limited to somewhat scripted matches that connected or added to the sequel’s story, I’d prefer that to having no playable Quidditch whatsoever. Whether or not we see Quidditch in aHogwarts Legacysequel is yet to be determined, but in my view, it’s a no-brainer.
