Hogwarts Legacy 2 Has To Break This 27-Year Harry Potter Trend

For most fans, it seems pretty obvious that desperately needs a sequel. Not only do players want to be whisked away back to Hogwarts, free to roam its gorgeously detailed halls, but there's a lot that the sequel could do to improve upon the overall experience. Big changes need to be made, including more roleplaying opportunities, so that players can have the ultimate experience.

However, aside from the many new features needs to include, there is also one other major change it should make from the first game. The series and subsequent spin-offs have all followed one particular trend that a sequel could finally break. It would be a big departure for the franchise but a much-needed one.

reviews were extremely positive, but one thing many of them did not praise it for was its protagonist. While they weren't terrible, they felt a little lifeless at times and lacked the same charisma and energy found in Harry Potter and, to a lesser extent, Newt Scamander. As a result, forgoing this initial character for a brand-new protagonist would be an exciting change.

There are so many ways that a sequel could introduce a new protagonist.Players could take on the role of another student who's attending Hogwarts around the same time the first game's protagonist is, or they could be a student from a hundred years before. Considering that the protagonist of the first game would be going into their sixth year, unless another dangerous event happens in their final two years, which is unlikely unless they're Harry Potter, there isn't much left to explore during their time there.

had the same protagonist from 1997 until 2007, and the movies also shared the same protagonist in Newton Scamander. It has been 27 years since that first book, and so for to switch protagonists would finally break this trend.

It also wouldn't make sense for the game to continue with the same protagonists afterending left things ambiguous, especially depending on the choices players made. A sequel would have to