Avada Kedavra, no crowd reaction?

[erando]

I’ve only started playing it and just been watching videos about the spell and I feel like it lacks a bit of immersion, there should be consequences for that type of spell, I mean it’s forbidden to even learn it in the movies so they should have implemented something in the game to make people not want to cast it

I’m wondering if people think the same or is it just a non point and I’m nit-picking, although I don’t think it would have been hard to put something more immersive in the game.

[crawlord]

you answered yourself .

[Tiali]

as someone recently wrote in another post, at the time you are learning this spell

you have burned hundreds of people and goblins, thrown them off cliffs, left them permanently petrified and left to die, fed to your plants, or slain with anything that stands near you

the only reaction that should come is "finally he makes it quick and painless"

[erando]

Originally posted by crawlord:

you answered yourself .

Everything alright bro? 🤣🤣🤣 I’m just asking a question to gauge if others think the same, drop the passive aggressive ♥♥♥♥, nobody attacking the game & you’re not a developer, it’s just a question. If you don’t want to answer or involve yourself, keep scrolling. Change your boxers too.

[erando]

Originally posted by Lord Tiali:

as someone recently wrote in another post, at the time you are learning this spell

you have burned hundreds of people and goblins, thrown them off cliffs, left them permanently petrified and left to die, fed to your plants, or slain with anything that stands near you

the only reaction that should come is "finally he makes it quick and painless"

😂😂😂😂 that’s true

[Gønzö]

Ahh yes, have a spell in game but actively discourage people from using it. Brilliant game design you proposed.

[LowIQ]

Originally posted by Lord Tiali:

as someone recently wrote in another post, at the time you are learning this spell

you have burned hundreds of people and goblins, thrown them off cliffs, left them permanently petrified and left to die, fed to your plants, or slain with anything that stands near you

the only reaction that should come is "finally he makes it quick and painless"

Yeah but that should be the reaction of wizard kind in ALL harry potter lore but canonically isn't.

He's right, I killed a tent full of poachers with unforgivables right in front of sweet little Poppy Sweeting and she made a joke about how I'm not afraid of using the dark arts...

[erando]

Originally posted by Gønzö:

Ahh yes, have a spell in game but actively discourage people from using it. Brilliant game design you proposed.

Not so much discourage, but it’s a forbidden spell, I just expected some sort of reaction from NPCs I guess, nothing major, again I dunno what’s with the passive aggressive response, it’s just a question

[LowIQ]

Originally posted by Gønzö:

Ahh yes, have a spell in game but actively discourage people from using it. Brilliant game design you proposed.

Isn't that a thing with all games that have a good and evil power though? evil is generally stronger but discouraged and it's the whole dilemma of "it's harder and less rewarding, but morally better, to be good than evil"? Like these spells are canonically strong but forbidden by society and seen as evil, to the point that they're illegal and carry prison sentences. That's harry potter, not the game design.

[erando]

Originally posted by LowIQ:

Originally posted by Lord Tiali:

as someone recently wrote in another post, at the time you are learning this spell

you have burned hundreds of people and goblins, thrown them off cliffs, left them permanently petrified and left to die, fed to your plants, or slain with anything that stands near you

the only reaction that should come is "finally he makes it quick and painless"

Yeah but that should be the reaction of wizard kind in ALL harry potter lore but canonically isn't.

He's right, I killed a tent full of poachers with unforgivables right in front of sweet little Poppy Sweeting and she made a joke about how I'm not afraid of using the dark arts...

Exactly, I don’t think it’s a major thing at all, very small but wondering if anyone else thought the same. Game looks amazing

[󠀡󠀡]

Originally posted by Gønzö:

Ahh yes, have a spell in game but actively discourage people from using it. Brilliant game design you proposed.

There was a jedi game that had more powerful dark side powers, but using them changed your alignment towards the dark side. The same can be done with an alignment or reputation system in Hogwarts Legacy.

[Gønzö]

Originally posted by LowIQ:

Originally posted by Gønzö:

Ahh yes, have a spell in game but actively discourage people from using it. Brilliant game design you proposed.

Isn't that a thing with all games that have a good and evil power though? evil is generally stronger but discouraged and it's the whole dilemma of "it's harder and less rewarding, but morally better, to be good than evil"? Like these spells are canonically strong but forbidden by society and seen as evil, to the point that they're illegal and carry prison sentences. That's harry potter, not the game design.

I’m not a super Harry Potter lore nerd, but this game is set 100 years before voldemort who seemingly made the use of these “forbidden” curses infamous. Perhaps in this time it wasn’t as looked down upon.

In KOTOR you could become an evil Sith and the game never impeded you purposefully for choosing that path. You just couldn’t have certain followers. Same with BG series. The way OP posed this, sounds like the mere utterance of “Crucio” would get you sent to Azkabahn which from a gameplay aspect doesn’t seem fun considering there’s like 30 total spells.

[erando]

Originally posted by quaixor:

Originally posted by Gønzö:

Ahh yes, have a spell in game but actively discourage people from using it. Brilliant game design you proposed.

There was a jedi game that had more powerful dark side powers, but using them changed your alignment towards the dark side. The same can be done with an alignment or reputation system in Hogwarts Legacy.

Exactly!!

[Shadow]

Hocus pocus is the most dangerous magical spell in the history of all magic

[erando]

Originally posted by Gønzö:

Originally posted by LowIQ:

Isn't that a thing with all games that have a good and evil power though? evil is generally stronger but discouraged and it's the whole dilemma of "it's harder and less rewarding, but morally better, to be good than evil"? Like these spells are canonically strong but forbidden by society and seen as evil, to the point that they're illegal and carry prison sentences. That's harry potter, not the game design.

I’m not a super Harry Potter lore nerd, but this game is set 100 years before voldemort who seemingly made the use of these “forbidden” curses infamous. Perhaps in this time it wasn’t as looked down upon.

In KOTOR you could become an evil Sith and the game never impeded you purposefully for choosing that path. You just couldn’t have certain followers. Same with BG series.

That’s also very true, the point about 100 years before Voldemort, maybe something as simple as initial shock from NPCs for a brief moment and then back to normality would have been enough, some sort of acknowledgment but again nothing major

[k3nny]

Originally posted by Gønzö:

Ahh yes, have a spell in game but actively discourage people from using it. Brilliant game design you proposed.

Actually, yes. Having negative consequences for using an overpowered ability makes sense game-design wise, and it makes a LOT of sense lore-wise in the context of this game.