Summary
InHogwarts Legacy, players have an unprecedented amount of freedom, able to choose which Hogwarts house best suits them. While this was an exciting aspect of what became a hugely successful game, there is an argument for a futureHogwarts Legacysequel to confine players to one house. Perhaps, even, the one house that deserves its time in the sun the most.
A Brief Hogwarts House History Leading into Hogwarts Legacy
Hogwarts was founded by Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin, with each house named after them. Students are sorted by the Sorting Hat and where they’re elected is meant to be determined by the qualities that the house founder prized in their students. This boils down to:
According to the Sorting Hat, Helga Hufflepuff was willing to take on any students left behind by the other houses. This, and the relatively small role Hufflepuff house played throughout the book series, gaveHufflepuff the reputation of housing unremarkable or even weak wizards. Hufflepuff has earned an ‘underdog’ reputation as a result, and it’s popularity (or lack thereof) is reflected in the statistics on which house players were most likely to sort themselves into regardingHogwarts Legacy.
Hufflepuff was markedly not dead last, but there were clearly more players interested in either following in Harry Potter’s footsteps or investigating the allure of Slytherin, a house with a rather dark reputation. InHogwarts Legacy, each house has its own exclusive quests, includinga trip to the infamous wizard prison Azkabanonly accessible by Hufflepuff students. These exclusive missions encourage players to seek out houses beyond the one they decided upon via a personality test or the Sorting Hat (which is a kind of personality test in and of itself, albeit a wholly optional one).
Hogwarts Legacy 2 Could Be Hufflepuff’s Time To Shine
Hogwarts Legacyfulfills a dream manyHarry Potterfans have held—the chance to roleplay as a Hogwarts student, choose their own wand, and sort themselves into their favorite house. The first game can serve as a great introduction to the wide Wizarding World, butaHogwarts Legacysequel has the opportunity to narrow its focus. In a follow-up game, Avalanche could create a story that sheds much-needed light on the underdog house at Hogwarts.
The Hogwarts house with the least amount of attention and with a dubious reputation has room to grow, and a sequel toHogwarts Legacycould serve as a perfect proving ground for Hufflepuff.
Just as thequests and companions made available to Slytherin studentsproved that cunning and ambition weren’t synonymous with selfishness and bullying, Avalanche has the chance to show that Hufflepuff’s hard work and loyalty don’t equate to a lack of talent or being a pushover. Now that players have had the chance to explore their chosen house, it would be acceptable for a sequel to focus on fleshing out Hufflepuff.
After all, Avalanche at last fleshed outwhat Hufflepuff’s humble dormitories and common room look like. Avalanche crafted a cozy, plant-filled common room nestled beside the Hogwarts kitchens for Hufflepuff students to find refuge in. If it took such care to create a common room, there may be hope that it could give Hufflepuff its much-needed time in the sun with a story that highlights what hard work and loyalty can achieve for a scripted Hufflepuff protagonist.
Hogwarts Legacy
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Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. For the first time, experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it.Explore an Open WorldThe wizarding world awaits you. Freely roam Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest, and the surrounding Overland area.Be the Witch or Wizard You Want to beLearn spells, brew potions, grow plants, and tend to magical beasts along your journey. Get sorted into your house, forge relationships, and master skills to become the witch or wizard you want to be Experience a New Wizarding World AdventureExperience the wizarding world in an unexplored era to uncover a hidden truth from its past. Battle against trolls, Dark Wizards, goblins, and more as you face a dangerous villain threatening the fate of the wizarding world.
