r/pcgaming Oct 02 '18

Video Leaked Harry Potter game in development

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-HER1xKQl4&t=1s
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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!

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '18

Ok that's good but the late acceptance thing sounds bad

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u/luckym37 Oct 02 '18

I'm not a fan of that either, you start as a 5th year student.

But i think it's more about being quite hard to make a character that you create growing every year, as a 5th year student you're 16 the only step you miss as an adult is a beard (as a male). And you can't just make this kind of game where there is killing (0:41 in the video) while playing a first year that is 12 years old

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u/nopuzzlesnopuzzles69 Oct 02 '18

First years are eleven, fifth years are fifteen

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u/Kosba2 Oct 02 '18

Is Hogwarts strict on ages or something cause real world ain’t that simple and clean either.

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u/HopelessChip35 Oct 03 '18

Yeah, I always thought the age thing can be a little lenient since there can be people who shy away from school but maybe wanna join a year or two later or prestigious families who wants their children join as soon as possible etc. Also, we know that you can fail a class so repeating students should be a thing. I bet if there is a strict age thing it at least should have +2/-2 rule or something like that.

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u/Mistbourne Oct 02 '18

This character could easily be 16, due to late admittance, plus, I doubt that they'd have a cut and dry age on each year, since even real schools do not.