How night time is handled is straight laziness

[DLM]

I am having a good times but how night time is treated seriously annoys me.

First of all... Not a single student in their bed at night. Seriously? It couldn't be any lazier.

And above all, you can freely wander around the corridors at night. Like have they read any book or watched any movie? Especially when early on you have a quest that teaches you how to sneak and avoid prefects. It was the perfect time to make running around the castle at night more aventurous and simply true to the Hogwarts world.

[DLM]

Originally posted by Buldor:

Originally posted by DLM:

I am having a good times but how night time is treated seriously annoys me.

First of all... Not a single student in their bed at night. Seriously? It couldn't be any lazier.

And above all, you can freely wander around the corridors at night. Like have they read any book or watched any movie? Especially when early on you have a quest that teaches you how to sneak and avoid prefects. It was the perfect time to make running around the castle at night more aventurous and simply true to the Hogwarts world.

It is for gameplay reasons. Otherwise the player would be severely hampered for half of their gameplay, which would make the game a chore for most (not all). So it wasn't not done because of "being rushed". It simply would of made the game less appealing for the majority (please remember that majority does not mean all, which means you are more than entitled to feel that you would enjoy it more had they done this).

This would be a sorry excuse as sneaking would be gameplay also in itself. Done right it wouldn't mean that these is a prefect or teacher at every turn but just one patrol in each wing of the castle would be enough to keep you on your toes. This is gameplay, making things adventurous... in an adventure game.

Also you are not forced to play at any time of the day, the game allows you to skip day to night and night to day. So if you don't like having to sneak at a time where as a student you are supposed to be in your bed you can still change the time of the day.

[monkeypunch87]

Originally posted by DesUxSλsU:

Oh yeah I would love to see a patch where you have to hide and go invisible when it's night time, or well, if there are any guards around the castle. I wonder if this only applies in restricted areas? But there is a curfew time as mentioned in the game.

Hopefully. It is a disappointment right now.

[Skidrow]

Originally posted by DLM:

Like have they read any book or watched any movie?

Yes, it's not allowed to walk outside your common room in the books/movies at night.
....but the game is set before the books/movies. How do you know that the same rules existed 100 years before?

Originally posted by DLM:

Especially when early on you have a quest that teaches you how to sneak and avoid prefects.

....in the faculty tower and the forbidden library.

I'm more confused about the fact that the cloths of the students don't change during seasons. People walking around in thin robes in the middle of winter like it's July. That was extremely immersion-breaking for me.

[LizBlizz]

There's a whole lot of things that could be improved in the inevitable sequel, I feel like this game would benefit a lot from taking a more Rockstar like approach than the Ubisoft one so obviously prevalent here. A combination between all the immersion oriented mechanics in a modern Rocktstar released like RDR2 and all the school related gameplay in Bully would make a sequel absolutely perfect.

[MooCows]

Originally posted by Skidrow:

....but the game is set before the books/movies. How do you know that the same rules existed 100 years before?

On that subject, I've always wondered when the heck the restriction on underage magic became a thing.

We know it was illegal in Harry's time, and his Aunt Petunia complains about his mother coming back in the summers from Hogwarts and, "turning teacups into rats," and such. Which implies it wasn't illegal in his parents day, but then in Legacy it's stated as being illegal.


Anyway, back to topic: Yeah, I think they missed an opportunity to have things to do and/or places you could explore only at night, and have them require the player sneaking about after curfew.

On the other hand, having to go back to sleep in your dorms every 20 minutes or whatever the day/night cycle is would've been irritating. Probably better to make the time only change when you rest in your room or as part of quests if they had made curfew a thing.

[conor_cass]

Originally posted by Castyles:

Rushed game.

I have to laugh at this considering it was 3 yers in the making and delayed for 1.5 years :D

[podge112]

ITS 200-300 YEARS BEFORE THE BOOK AND MOVIE TIMES WERE DIFFRENT

[ℳメ]

maybe that rule was only implemented when voldemort started his rampage

[Jinx]

Yeah, also wish you could sit in some chairs. I understand you cant sit in all, and it likely takes up some some of system needs, but cant sit in the feast hall? or at the common room fire? they did so many asmr videos, I would've thought they'd want the players to enjoy the little moments too? Its odd to me, but it is what it is. Despite these little things. I do quite enjoy the game. So i'm not at all surprised by the positive reviews.

[DLM]

Originally posted by podge112:

ITS 200-300 YEARS BEFORE THE BOOK AND MOVIE TIMES WERE DIFFRENT

Actually late 19th century. Yeah I bet that during the Victorian era discipline was lax for kids, even young wizards at their school...

You know very well when you wrote this that the interdiction for students to wander in the corridors at night also had to apply back then. There is a reason why you are not seeing a single student in the corridors at night.

[Brain]

Originally posted by Blackened Halo:

the game has lots of shortcomings so I do not understand the high score on Steam

Dude it's fan service, big world, lots of (really easy) quests and 1 button mashing gameplay. 12 year olds are happy, game is 99% on steam. Ez.

[Chainsmokers]

Couldn't agree more. Also, the *Moon* thing said should be *sneaky*, turns out, it's not

[Danielle]

Nobody in charge of the Harry Potter franchise understands what people actually like about it- frankly it survives purely on leftover momentum.
Even this game, which has for once correctly identified that a spin-off should probably focus on adventures in the beloved magic school that's central to the series, doesn't really get that the "school" part is just as important as the "adventure" part.
The game should have been Bully but with magic. Not just in that it had a schedule and classes- though it should have- but also that the plot should have centred the school.

[ChoopChoopMyMorningWood]

Yes, I started wondering, whether I remembered something the wrong way about the books.

[ChoopChoopMyMorningWood]

Originally posted by Danielle:

Nobody in charge of the Harry Potter franchise understands what people actually like about it- frankly it survives purely on leftover momentum.
Even this game, which has for once correctly identified that a spin-off should probably focus on adventures in the beloved magic school that's central to the series, doesn't really get that the "school" part is just as important as the "adventure" part.
The game should have been Bully but with magic. Not just in that it had a schedule and classes- though it should have- but also that the plot should have centred the school.

I actually think the opposite. It's already too much school for me. However, I'm not a hardcore Harry Potter fan. I just think, it's fine. So, you are probably more right on that, if you are truly into the franchise.