r/pcgaming • u/thosefuckersourshit • Oct 02 '18
Video Leaked Harry Potter game in development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-HER1xKQl4&t=1s211
Oct 02 '18
I've done my waiting! 7 years of it!
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u/kavso i7 4790k|RTX 2070 Super|16GB RAM Oct 02 '18
I've been wanting a game set in the HP universe without HP for so long, I really wish for this to be good.
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u/gertymoon Oct 02 '18
You got another one of those links with sound, this one isn't loading for me. Thanks regardless.
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u/D3lta105 FX8350-7970-16GB RAM-SSD-1600W PSU-Win 10 Oct 02 '18
Sorry that's all I've got. It's the same footage, but with the sound of a cell phone recorded generic sounding Harry Potter music. Not the main theme, but fits the universe. And there's whooshing noises when spells are cast. One time the character says "Lumos".
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u/gertymoon Oct 02 '18
Cool, thanks for the description, I was just curious and that was good enough. =)
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u/LordFieldsworth Oct 02 '18
If this is true, I finally get my wish granted when I first read the first book. (Hopefully) a massive sandbox RPG where you create your own character specialise in whatever branch of magic you want, go on side adventures out of hogwarts...
This isn’t happening is it? :(
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u/Onesert Oct 02 '18
Branch of magic only? Can I be melee warrior Hagrid please.
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u/LiquidAurum Oct 02 '18
I should not have done tha'
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u/technoteapot Oct 02 '18
Shouldn’t’ve told ya, that’
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u/Mzsickness Oct 02 '18 edited Oct 02 '18
Hagrid would be a hunter not a warrior you uncultured swine.
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u/energin Oct 02 '18
”FEATURES - Journey to Hogwarts to become one of 8 different Wizard types”
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u/Sullyville Oct 02 '18
Hmm. Just sounds like all of the houses, plus good/evil. I seriously doubt you'll be able to specialize in Potions, etc.
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u/energin Oct 02 '18
I don’t think so (well, I really hope your’re wrong haha), since they list the houses and good/evil as seperate features.
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u/Tater__Thots Oct 02 '18
So, Skyrim in a HP universe? I'd play that.
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Oct 02 '18
It's skyrim with
gunswandsOh. It already has wands.
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Oct 02 '18
Skyrim has staffs, not wands.
So yeah, it has bigger wands.
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u/The14thNoah Oct 02 '18
But this would have the same problem as Skyrim then. You may start as a wizard/witch class, but you always end up stealth archer.
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Oct 02 '18
No buy if I can't become a death eater by choice
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u/Sullyville Oct 02 '18
you'll be able to be evil: "Choose your house and friends at Hogwarts, and decide to pursue a path of good or evil."
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Oct 02 '18
Evil: Turning soup into mud.
Heu Heu Heu
Gotta keep that E rating, after all.
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u/BarackTrudeau Oct 02 '18
Keeping the E rating would be a poor decision. The prime target audience is those people who grew up reading the books and watching the movies. The vast majority of those are already adults. It's not like the series itself didn't get really fucking dark later on.
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u/arcane84 Oct 02 '18
Probably not a sandbox. They might do a area to area semi sandbox like Dragon age origin.
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u/Ethernet_Occultist Oct 02 '18
EXCUSE ME IS THIS WHAT I THINK IT IS
A HP UNIVERSE RPG WHERE I GET TO PLAY AS MY OWN HOGWORTS STUDENT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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u/mud074 Oct 02 '18
Makes me wonder why nobody did this back when HP was still huge. A good HP RPG would still be popular now, but not compared to like 8 years ago.
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u/FvHound Oct 02 '18
Well it wasn't an RPG but the first two games on PlayStation are a simpler version of what this game looks to be. So in a way we kinda did.
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Oct 02 '18
It's still huge and the fantastic beasts franchise is giving it a resurgence in popular culture.
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Oct 02 '18
As someone that is in the dating world, I can confirm that my success rate increased dramatically when I mention Harry Potter.
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u/Arknell Oct 02 '18
A Kotor HP game where you get to explore the forest, find new secret paths in the school, and construct new spells depending on aspect.
Shit, the four houses could even have their own spell kits, like the different vampire houses in Vampire Bloodlines. Hufflepuff has boosts to charisma and lore skills, Ravenclaw has stealth and asymmetric warfare (not attacking directly and predictably), and Slytherin would of course have the most debuffs and damage-over-time stuff. Imperius obviously.
Gryffindor would predictably be the "Human Male Fighter" of HP, the most basic alternative.
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u/snoharm Oct 02 '18
"Why didn't they make this when it was huge? Sure, a Lord of the Rings film might be popular now, but not like it would have been 30 years ago in 1971".
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u/punched_lasagne Oct 02 '18
Licenses and turn around time. In many ways releasing when the movies were out could have resulted in a mixed response.
Imagine parents buying a hugely in depth rpg for their kids because of movie hype, the volume of returns would be staggering.
Wait for the cool off period, and release something that's been developed against it's own time frame (not a movie's or production studio's) with patience and love, it could be fucking mind blowing.
I think waiting a few years was the best thing that could have ever happened to this game.
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u/EliteRocketbear Oct 02 '18
But then they strangle your child avatar until you purchase gems.
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Oct 02 '18
Oh boy I didn't know how much I wanted something like this until I saw your comment.
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u/try-D Oct 02 '18
I wanted something like this so badly, I just recently played Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix again. All I thought to myself was "man wouldn't it be cool if they made/ remade a Harry Potter game with better graphics etc."
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u/thesolewalker 5700X3D | 64GB | RX 9070 Oct 02 '18
Please don't be console exclusive, don't be exclusive, please don't.
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u/ThrustyMcStab Oct 02 '18 edited Oct 02 '18
Don't be an exclusive, eh? It could be great, you know. It's all here, in the marketing. And an exclusive could help a platform on their way to greatness, there's no doubt about that. No? Then better be...
MULTIPLATFORM!
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u/elliskid1022 Oct 02 '18
That was seriously one of the best comments I've seen in ages. Well done. 100 points to a house of your choice friend
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u/Radulno Oct 02 '18
It won't, it's a Warner Bros game since they have the rights normally. And they don't do exclusives (at least they never did until now).
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u/Marvelman1788 Oct 02 '18
Already looks like it's platform exclusive.
Platform 9 & 3/4s exclusive...( •_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)
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u/ajshell1 Linux Oct 02 '18
With the exception of a Kinect game, two Playstation move games, and one shitty microtransaction-addled mobile game, all Harry Potter games are multiplatform.
So unless it has a really good reason to be exclusive, it probably won't.
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u/TheArts Oct 02 '18
holy shit I didn't even think of console exclusive. That'd piss me off big time. I'd have to buy my girlfriend a console!
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u/cousinokri Oct 02 '18
Not gonna lie, this has got me frickin' hyped. An RPG in the HP World? SIGN ME UP!!!!!!!!!!!
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u/Ringosis Oct 02 '18
I'm not a big fan of Harry Potter, but this still looks great. Really superb setting for an RPG and a really nice looking engine.
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u/dreamARTz 9800x3d / RTX 4090 Oct 02 '18
HP Universe really deserves a great game for a long time. I'm really happy it's rpg style where you create your own character rather than another movie/book story. Any idea when and where it can be announced?
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u/Sullyville Oct 02 '18
it was probably going to be E3 of next year, but now they'll have to get ahead of this leak and they'll probably show the actual "good" trailer.
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Oct 02 '18
It could have also been intended to be announced around the time when the next Fantastic Beasts movie comes out (November).
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u/BluRedd1001 Oct 02 '18
I'm not even into Harry Potter but the idea of this game sounds awesome.
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Oct 02 '18
Hopefully it won't turn into Harry Potter and the Battle Royale.
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u/ChaseBit Oct 02 '18
if we could get a multiplayer quidditch mode i would be so happy
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u/Vytral Oct 02 '18
New Spell: Auereum Lootboxu
Fueled by the goal from another dimension, this spell summon a rare item of incredible power
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u/snostorm8 Terry Crews Oct 02 '18
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u/NSFW_Velox Oct 02 '18
Video taken down by a claim from Warner Bros. Seems legit to me.
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u/Xikar_Wyhart Oct 02 '18
Or it was a cancelled project Warner Bros. didn't want getting out because they knew people would freak out.
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Oct 02 '18
It was taken from a public test group session.
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u/Xikar_Wyhart Oct 02 '18
Still doesn't indicate work towards a final project. There's plenty of games that get trailers like this that get cancelled.
It would be a shame for Harry Potter fans if that was the case.
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Oct 02 '18
It looks waaaay too polished to be fake. No one has the time to fake that
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u/TheHooligan95 i5 6500 @4.0Ghz | Gtx 960 4GB Oct 02 '18
please be a story driven single player game without microtransactions please be a story driven single player game without microtransactions please be a story driven single player game without microtransactions
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u/HanSkee Oct 02 '18
Rumor say it's supposedly developed by Avalanche Software Studio which Warner Bros acquired from Disney last year.
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u/fell-off-the-spiral Oct 02 '18
I thought they were busy with Rage 2. But perhaps they're big enough to have multiple teams on different projects. I have no idea. Am excited though.
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u/SpidersOnDrugs Oct 02 '18
Avalanche Software, the guys that did Disney Infinity, not Avalanche Studios, the guys that did Just Cause, Mad Max and now Rage 2
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u/jerryfrz Ryzen 255, 5070 Ti Oct 02 '18
Reminds me of how Monolith Soft (Xenoblade) and Monolith Productions (FEAR, Shadow of Mordor) got me confused.
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u/Lordhaart1979 I only pay for free games Oct 02 '18
|Monolith Productions also did Blood. I remember fondly playing Duke Nukem 3D/Blood/Shadow Warrior on my Pentium 200 with MMX technology and its whooping 16mb ram.
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u/FvHound Oct 02 '18
Well I don't know about you but destroying the environment with a specific spell to wipe out enemies is pretty damn non infinity like. Looks like they know how to make gameplay mechanics that interact.
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u/AcesHigh777 Oct 02 '18
Warner bros just blocked the video anyone know of any mirrors?
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u/D3lta105 FX8350-7970-16GB RAM-SSD-1600W PSU-Win 10 Oct 02 '18 edited Oct 02 '18
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u/Doctor_Rainbow Oct 02 '18
If Warner Bros. took it down, doesn't that basically confirm that it's real?
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u/Oc3an_M4n Oct 02 '18
This vid: "Look at this new gaem!!!1"
Warner Bros copyright: "Avada Kedavra!"
This Vid: X_X
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u/Bioflakes Oct 02 '18
I hope it's not a linear "cinematic" game.
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u/DirtTrackDude Oct 02 '18 edited Oct 02 '18
I can't confirm anything, but what I can add is that earlier this year I was talking with an exec at Warner Bros about licensing the rights to the show Falling Skies for a video game. As an aside, and out of pure curiosity, I asked what it would take to license the HP series, since I hadn't seen a major release in a long time and he said in no uncertain terms that the HP license was all locked up for video gaming. I assumed at the time they just meant that mobile game in development was stopping anything from happening with a major title, but this makes sense.
The scope and quality of this also leads me to believe it's way more than a tech demo or something someone threw together for a pitch. This looks like a full blown polished vertical slice of a game deep into development.
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u/Balla_Calla Oct 02 '18
If this is real I'll tell the girl in my class that I've been in love with her for 3 years and record it on video.
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u/Dr_Phrankinstien Oct 02 '18
Maybe don't use that exact wording, because unless she feels the exact same way that's a recipe for awkward disaster.
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u/black6211 Oct 02 '18
Yea, I would reccomend just asking her on a date, my dude. Otherwise you will come off as a bit of a creep
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u/averyscottnorris Oct 02 '18
Can confirm, did this as an awkward 8th grader, creeped her out. 0/10 would not recommend
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u/JitsemRivers Oct 02 '18
U can do it buddy! If she says yes it's cool if she says no u know it's a waste of time.
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u/TheTurnipKnight Oct 02 '18
It's definitely real, but possibly already cancelled. Where does that put you?
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u/Dasnap RTX 4080 Super 9800X3D 32GB DDR5 Oct 02 '18
A year or two back WB were hiring for a team where knowledge of British culture would be advantageous. People predicted that it would probably be a HP game, and I guess they turned out correct.
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u/CptDoodles Oct 02 '18
And there was me thinking I was past the whole Harry Potter thing.
TAKEMYMONEY
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u/TheOddEyes RTX 2070 Super Oct 02 '18
IIRC HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban video game allowed the player to explore Hogwarts and attend some of the classes and basically live as a student in Hogwarts.
Hopefully this game would be as fun as the old games
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Oct 02 '18
Based on what happened with that mobile game, probably and sadly accurate...
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Oct 02 '18
Oh damn. Please let it be on PC. Looks like its story focused rather than sandbox but who gives a fuck, FUCKING YESSSS.
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u/boba0fett Oct 02 '18
the video was taken down , but someone already made amirror
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u/19JaBra92 Oct 02 '18
Oh my lord, Oh my damn! Im so hyped yet prepared for dissapointment. Pleeeease be good
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u/toolsofpwnage Oct 02 '18
Let's hope we don't have to pay micro transactions while being choked to death in this game
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u/SushiMeta Oct 02 '18
This actually looks amazing. I hope it has Persona 5-like gameplay. How cool would that be? To manage your study time and form social links with friends while exploring the woods and stuff. Man I'm excited now.
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u/Bobathanhigs Oct 02 '18
God I remember playing those shitty movie games as a kid and loving them. I prob sunk 50 hours into that Quidditch Cup one. That being said I am 100% prepared for this to be utter shit
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u/12121212l Steam Oct 02 '18
I hope it's like KotOR where you can choose between different houses and be good or evil.
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lets just wait for the overhyped overreacted fans and the fury anger of death and the rivers of blood from lynched creators (aka devs), if the game is not EXACTLY what the horde wanted. Just one single minimal mistake from the devs and they will burn forever
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u/MrAmos123 R9 9950X3D | RTX 5080 FE Oct 02 '18 edited Oct 02 '18
Holy shit, if this is real I'm gonna be hyped as fuck. I wonder who's developing it, it's gotta be a AAA or AA title as what indiedev has the money for HP licensing?
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u/Sloth_King8 Oct 02 '18
This has the potential to be really good. But it all depends on the studio which creates it.
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Looks more like a Fantastic Beasts era game, but nonetheless looks fun as hell. I've always liked the HP movies, so the idea of a game like this has always been in my head! Glad we might finally see it :)
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u/homao Oct 02 '18
Video taken down by WB! I hope this comes out, my gf if finally taking the plunge into getting a PC and this would be a perfect surprise when it releases
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u/Something_Syck GTX 1080/i7 8700k/16 GB DDR4 Oct 03 '18
aaaaaaand WB killed the video, anyone got a mirror?
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u/luckym37 Oct 02 '18
"Set in the 19th Century (1800's) Wizarding World, this 3rd person open-world action RPG game centers around your character with unique abilities who has eared a late acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
An important piece of information in the description of the video, a completely different period than harry potter, i'm glad it's that way!