Is it Just Me or Does Gryffindor Have the Most Boring Common Room?

[SatyrToon]

Now, I'm not really a Harry Potter fan. I was gifted this game and I never read the books, seen about 2 movies so this isn't me trying to start discourse or whatever.

I made characters for the other houses first and I noticed that the Gryffindor room was nowhere near as intricate and interesting as the other three. I mean, Slytherin's is under water and Hufflepuff's is gorgeous with lots of natural light and plants. Ravenclaw even has this nice, neat space motif. Gryffindor's just looks like any odd room from some old mansion.

[holmdt]

Originally posted by SatyrToon:

Now, I'm not really a Harry Potter fan. I was gifted this game and I never read the books, seen about 2 movies so this isn't me trying to start discourse or whatever.

I made characters for the other houses first and I noticed that the Gryffindor room was nowhere near as intricate and interesting as the other three. I mean, Slytherin's is under water and Hufflepuff's is gorgeous with lots of natural light and plants. Ravenclaw even has this nice, neat space motif. Gryffindor's just looks like any odd room from some old mansion.

Thank you for the information. I just got my O.W.A.L.S as a Hufflepuff and was thinking of a few more play thues just to see what the other houses look like but not to get my O.W.A.L.S because the play true are almost the same. I think I will explore Slytyerin's and Ravenclaw and do a few side quest that I liked but that will be it.

[id795078477]

Gryffindor is about getting stuff done, not about showing off ;p

[Bello]

Originally posted by Dellecross:

Gryffindor is about getting stuff done, not about showing off ;p

Griffindors literally are the ones known to show off the most

[forcecomdr]

Well, Grif common room is the only one described in detail in the books and movies, so they're kinda limited with what they can do with it.

Where as the others aren't really described so they have more freedom to make them look cool.
TBH even though i went with Ravenclaw, i almost made a Grif just to see the common room we all know.

[SatyrToon]

Originally posted by Bello:

Originally posted by Dellecross:

Gryffindor is about getting stuff done, not about showing off ;p

Griffindors literally are the ones known to show off the most

Yeah, from what I can gather, Gryffindors are the book author's favorites or something so they tend to be the most showy.

[SatyrToon]

Originally posted by Dellecross:

Gryffindor is about getting stuff done, not about showing off ;p

I feel like from a game design perspective that this isn't a very sound argument. The other rooms are very interesting for the player to look at and explore where the Gryffindor common room isn't to the same extent. It's pretty, sure, but overall less attention-grabbing than the others and I feel less compelled to bother with anything in said room than with the common rooms on my other characters.

[eighmy_lupin]

Ravenclaw easily has the ugliest.

Slytherin and Hufflepuff are tied for first (really just depends on the aesthetic you want, Spooky Castle or Comfy Cozy)

Gryffindor isn't ugly but its not amazing either.

[Revalopod]

Common room is obsolete anyway when you get room of requirement. I made it look like Hufflepuff aesthetic :)

[SatyrToon]

Originally posted by eighmy_lupin:

Ravenclaw easily has the ugliest.

Slytherin and Hufflepuff are tied for first (really just depends on the aesthetic you want, Spooky Castle or Comfy Cozy)

Gryffindor isn't ugly but its not amazing either.

I don't really think any of them are really outright ugly. I just found that Gryff. was less interesting.

[Jynn]

I absolutely adore Slytherin common room, super glad I was a Slytheirn

underwater windows, sea creature tapestries, and absolutely amazing music

[desaix]

Seems like a good thread to get a question answered.

When I was prepping for my first playthrough (I have not seen the Gryffindor common room, yet, having only played a Ravenclaw run, so far), I found a site that described differences between the four houses, including the common rooms. Gryffindor's "special" feature (all the rooms are supposed to have one; Ravenclaw has special roof access for brooms, Slytherin has the ability to see both the basilisk and the great squid at times, and Hufflepuff has... something to do with the kitchens, IIRC) is that it is supposed to have a bunch of secret rooms hidden around the place. I haven't seen anyone talk about this feature, anywhere else, however. Can anyone confirm this?

[holmdt]

Originally posted by desaix:

Seems like a good thread to get a question answered.

When I was prepping for my first playthrough (I have not seen the Gryffindor common room, yet, having only played a Ravenclaw run, so far), I found a site that described differences between the four houses, including the common rooms. Gryffindor's "special" feature (all the rooms are supposed to have one; Ravenclaw has special roof access for brooms, Slytherin has the ability to see both the basilisk and the great squid at times, and Hufflepuff has... something to do with the kitchens, IIRC) is that it is supposed to have a bunch of secret rooms hidden around the place. I haven't seen anyone talk about this feature, anywhere else, however. Can anyone confirm this?

As a Hufflepuff I have found a way into a kitchen once and have not been able to find it again. That was outside of the entrance to the common room and bedrooms. I have yet to find any secret rooms inside but I was not looking for any I will now thanks for the tip.

[Angrypillow]

Pretty much. Slytherin gets the whole "dark and creepy" vibe with all their stuff, ravenclaw gets the tower with the view, hufflepuff gets the shire, and gryffindor gets vanilla.

[SatyrToon]

Originally posted by holmdt:

Originally posted by desaix:

Seems like a good thread to get a question answered.

When I was prepping for my first playthrough (I have not seen the Gryffindor common room, yet, having only played a Ravenclaw run, so far), I found a site that described differences between the four houses, including the common rooms. Gryffindor's "special" feature (all the rooms are supposed to have one; Ravenclaw has special roof access for brooms, Slytherin has the ability to see both the basilisk and the great squid at times, and Hufflepuff has... something to do with the kitchens, IIRC) is that it is supposed to have a bunch of secret rooms hidden around the place. I haven't seen anyone talk about this feature, anywhere else, however. Can anyone confirm this?

As a Hufflepuff I have found a way into a kitchen once and have not been able to find it again. That was outside of the entrance to the common room and bedrooms. I have yet to find any secret rooms inside but I was not looking for any I will now thanks for the tip.

Are these the same as the stairs you can't go up in the Slytherin common room or is that different?

[vedsonho]

Originally posted by eighmy_lupin:

Ravenclaw easily has the ugliest.

Slytherin and Hufflepuff are tied for first (really just depends on the aesthetic you want, Spooky Castle or Comfy Cozy)

Gryffindor isn't ugly but its not amazing either.

Bet you know nothing about interior design if you say Ravenclaw’s the ugliest. Ravenclaw's common room is by far has the most balanced interior composition, even acknowledged by professional designers as fascinating room-experience with well-chosen colors. It's so bright in the morning and noon because Ravenclaw students love to read books, thus they need plenty of light. Wait til night fall and you'll find the room even more beautiful with stars constellation on the ceiling and warm ambiance.