crayne777

As a long time fan of Pokemon Go and the Harry Potter franchise, i was really stoked on the release of Harry Potter Wizards Unite. However I’m quite disappointed tbh. There a lot of things that this game has in common with Pokemon Go positive stuff first: - You have to actually get OUT to play and unlock the full potential of the game. It won’t work if youre just sitting in your basement and hoping for stuff to happen. - it has a storyline. It was kind of overwhelming at some points because you happen to read more than actually play the game at some parts but thats okay with me. - daily quests to keep you motivated - the prestige system is pretty cool - an energy system that actually works out. I‘m probably getting hated because people like to cry over the energy system, but i think thats just the rural players (focus on that later) or people that missed the point of the game and stay at home. If you are out walking and playing you wont have an energy problem - brewing is really cool. If you need a certain potion, just make it. - skill system neutral: - greenhouse planting. First thought it was cool but became obsolete really quick. However this is a nice idea - spell mechanics are kinda okay i guess. Main problem with this is sometimes you make a perfect spell and it wont recognize it correctly and you just get a good spell. Other times you mess it up but the game manages to read it as a masterful spell - friend system and hogwarts houses dont have any use so far - wizarding challenges are a great thing (especially to level up) but level 5 challenges gets you 50 xp more than a level 1 challenge while being incredibly harder. And since you get about 250 xp for a level 1 challenge, 10xp per level is not worth it tossing out all of your energy for harder challenges negatives: - microtransactions. Honestly this game forces you to buy coins to fully enjoy the game. Upgrading bags costs 150-200 coins (you got like 5 bags or so) and they fill up really fast so you are constantly tossing stuff out. You only get 10 coins per day if you play actively. This means it takes you 2 weeks of gameplay to upgrade a single one of your bags by a mere 5-10 storage. This is ridiculous and a huge game killer! - you are bound to play in. If you are living in a rural space you have NO chance to play at all. Energy drains quite fast and if you dont have an inn nearby you are lost. All you can do is to collect ingredients and walk for port keys. - you are forced to use AR when using your port keys. This probably looks super dumb when other people are looking at you. Played this game for a week and lost motivation and went back to pokemon go. I might try it again in half a year and hope stuff changed for the better but until that i wont touch it anymore. Big bummer.