The reason there is no Quidditch *spoilers*

[Feurthan]

From the most recent gameplay footage release, a Hufflepuff student says:
"Professor Black was terrible before he decided to cancel Quidditch. That decision was the icing on the Cauldron Cake, if you ask me."

[patrick68794]

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You're literally flying after a snitch and that is it. It was super barebones. Hell, the later games barely added anything else. I wouldn't call it Quidditch and trail after an object on a broom mini game. I would rather they hold off and add it as dlc as a full game mode.

Because the game was about Harry and because Harry's role on the team was just to look out for - and catch - the snitch. Period.

Some of the games that came after upgraded the mechanics.

Again. 1)It counts. Doesn't matter if you like it or not. 2)It's laziness and a sad excuse for it. People would literally ban the headmaster for banning quidditch. Get real.

At this point I hope we get Quidditch World Cup 2 instead of a half assed overpriced DLC.

Don't talk about things you don't know anything about. Quidditch isn't in the game because it would have taken a lot of resources to do properly and games don't have infinite time or money to be made, nor do they have unlimited manpower. It's not because the developers are "lazy" like you're ignorantly claiming.

Also, the only HP game that actually came close to having full Quidditch has been the dedicated game, and even that was greatly simplified. It would be a huge undertaking to actually make Quidditch a playable game mode in HL without dumbing it down significantly like it was in other HP games, both from a programming and art perspective.

Being a single player game where the player is supposed to be free to play who they want, there would have to be gameplay systems for each position, competent AI for each position, and a lot of animations specific to Quidditch for it to be done properly.

[patrick68794]

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Not easy?

Games like "Flying Carpet" were doing a good job of such physics back in the early nineties.

Physics aren't the problem. competent AI, fun gameplay mechanics, and art assets are the main issues. Not to mention the game doesn't have an unlimited budget, in terms of money or time.

[FunnyTheDog]

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As a huge fan of harry potter I gotta say that quidditch is just the dumbest sport. Soooooo close to being great and then they throw in that the snitch gets you 150 points. Thats almost a guaranteed win if you catch it.... It would be much better if the seeker had to both locate it AND decide if the time was right to go after it. Adds strategy and planning to the game.

if I remember right in book 3 Harry had to wait to catch the snitch because the team needed more points to win the cup.

[amathy]

the real reason is quidditch is boring as hell and there's no point in wasting dev time on it

[HiImTony]

Good job on the writers for that one as well as the devs.

I'm certain that they had a proto-type up and running but couldn't finish it with what they wanted, and instead decided to leave it out and have it as a future DLC. they COULD of released a simpler version, something akin to Blitzball in Final Fantasy X but wanted something more grand and ambitious.

Tournaments, good AI with dynamic relations to other teams, transfer players, etc. basically the FIFA game, having leagues and being able to create your own team, start from the bottom and work your wait to the top, getting sponsors, etc (without the loot-box gambling BS) ...... so 2 games in 1.

that's what I think in the end and I hope they release it as a DLC.

[sfebtyler]

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As a huge fan of harry potter I gotta say that quidditch is just the dumbest sport. Soooooo close to being great and then they throw in that the snitch gets you 150 points. Thats almost a guaranteed win if you catch it.... It would be much better if the seeker had to both locate it AND decide if the time was right to go after it. Adds strategy and planning to the game.

if I remember right in book 3 Harry had to wait to catch the snitch because the team needed more points to win the cup.

Point is that the snitch would be worth so many points that unless your team was doing absolute trash that day you could win the whole thing like its nothing. If getting the quaffle through the opponents goal posts is worth 10 points then catching the snitch is worth 15 shots through the enemies goal posts. Thats insane.

From a game dev perspective it needs balancing....

[Yürei]

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You're literally flying after a snitch and that is it. It was super barebones. Hell, the later games barely added anything else. I wouldn't call it Quidditch and trail after an object on a broom mini game. I would rather they hold off and add it as dlc as a full game mode.

Because the game was about Harry and because Harry's role on the team was just to look out for - and catch - the snitch. Period.

Some of the games that came after upgraded the mechanics.

Again. 1)It counts. Doesn't matter if you like it or not. 2)It's laziness and a sad excuse for it. People would literally ban the headmaster for banning quidditch. Get real.

At this point I hope we get Quidditch World Cup 2 instead of a half assed overpriced DLC.

FFX was about Tidus and his adventure, yet we got a full fledged Blitzball game mode where you could play without him and choose who was on your team. The excuse that Harry is the main character is pointless when its a video game that could easily ignore that fact for a fun game mode. Flawed logic be flawed. You can't call it Quidditch when you're not even playing most of the game. You're flying after a snitch and doing barely anything else.

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İlk olarak patrick68794 tarafından gönderildi:

lol don't get upset because you got called out on your ignorance little fella

"If I keep posting I win arguments".

Ok fanboy.

Says the guy who resorted to Ad Hominem. "I can't argue back with good reasoning, so I'm going to insult you as a point".

[FunnyTheDog]

They probably cut quidditch to stay on time with the release, it's probably coming as a DLC.
We can count on there being some DLC since game sold like hot cakes.

Ps: I wish they kept in the Chamber of Secrets.

[Alby]

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They probably cut quidditch to stay on time with the release, it's probably coming as a DLC.
We can count on there being some DLC since game sold like hot cakes.

Ps: I wish they kept in the Chamber of Secrets.

This

I think they wanted to, but they knew if they added quidditch, it had to be done correct. This way, if anything, they'd be able to release a polished, intuitive system. Here's to hoping