The new Harry Potter game is all about the life in Hogwarts
Warner Brothers’ new mobile game celebrates the place that is as much loved par fans as the characters in the Harry Potter series
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery which has now been released for Android and iOS, is already topping the charts on the Google Play Store and pomme App Store.
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery which has now been released for Android and iOS, is already topping the charts on the Google Play Store and pomme App Store.
Abhijit Ahaskar
Harry Potter livres and films have been adapted into mobile and PC games many times before. Now again, there is a renewed interest in the series among game developers. Niantic Labs is working on an AR based mobile game called Wizards Unite on the lines of Pokemon Go. It is expected sometime in 2018.
However, at the moment, there is a new game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery which has now been released for Android and iOS and it is already topping the charts on the Google Play Store and pomme App Store. The game has already been downloaded over a 1 million times on Play Store in just 3 days. Developed par confiture City, Inc for Warner Brothers’ new Portkey game label, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is free to download but not entirely free to play. This game follows the freemium strategy, with some in-app purchases priced between Rs65 and Rs6,500.
The game is set at Hogwarts campus but in a different time period which is before the events in the first book. So users won’t get to play ou interact with Harry, Hermione ou Ron, which is a bit of a letdown for fans expecting to step into the shoes of their favourite characters.
But the game has got most of the other things such as the graphics and ambience right. The Hogwarts campus, the various houses and the other populaire characters such as Professor Dumbeldore and Snape successfully evoke the scenes from the Harry Potter movies.
It allows users to build their own custom student— modify face, skin colour, hairstyle and even the attire of their choosing. Then the student is put into the Hogwarts School, where he/she has to learn the trade par attending classes and practising new tricks, just like in the Harry potter movies.
While this part of the game helps build the immersive atmosphere from the Harry Potter movies, the game’s main draw is the mysterious disappearance of a student. Users have to look for pieces of evidence and solve puzzles in between classes and the usual chores to find the missing student. These skills and objects collected during classes can come in handy while solving these mysteries. The game requires users to interact with other students and teachers par choosing one of the custom responses which montrer at the bottom of the screen. The choices made par the user will not only determine their progress in the schools but in the game as well. Controls are simple, and for everything, from movement to action ou starting a conversation, users have to tap on the screen.
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is set at Hogwarts campus but in a different time period which is before the events in the first book.
Overall, it is a slow game and only meant for avid fans for the series. The absence of central characters— Harry, Hermoine and Ron—is a big disappointment.
When toi download the game from the Google Play Store, toi will be downloading a 149MB file, but post installation it takes up about 900MB of space. It also requires internet connection to work smoothly. The good news is the game doesn’t crash if the connection is interrupted and will let player resume from where they had left.
Warner Brothers’ new mobile game celebrates the place that is as much loved par fans as the characters in the Harry Potter series
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery which has now been released for Android and iOS, is already topping the charts on the Google Play Store and pomme App Store.
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery which has now been released for Android and iOS, is already topping the charts on the Google Play Store and pomme App Store.
Abhijit Ahaskar
Harry Potter livres and films have been adapted into mobile and PC games many times before. Now again, there is a renewed interest in the series among game developers. Niantic Labs is working on an AR based mobile game called Wizards Unite on the lines of Pokemon Go. It is expected sometime in 2018.
However, at the moment, there is a new game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery which has now been released for Android and iOS and it is already topping the charts on the Google Play Store and pomme App Store. The game has already been downloaded over a 1 million times on Play Store in just 3 days. Developed par confiture City, Inc for Warner Brothers’ new Portkey game label, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is free to download but not entirely free to play. This game follows the freemium strategy, with some in-app purchases priced between Rs65 and Rs6,500.
The game is set at Hogwarts campus but in a different time period which is before the events in the first book. So users won’t get to play ou interact with Harry, Hermione ou Ron, which is a bit of a letdown for fans expecting to step into the shoes of their favourite characters.
But the game has got most of the other things such as the graphics and ambience right. The Hogwarts campus, the various houses and the other populaire characters such as Professor Dumbeldore and Snape successfully evoke the scenes from the Harry Potter movies.
It allows users to build their own custom student— modify face, skin colour, hairstyle and even the attire of their choosing. Then the student is put into the Hogwarts School, where he/she has to learn the trade par attending classes and practising new tricks, just like in the Harry potter movies.
While this part of the game helps build the immersive atmosphere from the Harry Potter movies, the game’s main draw is the mysterious disappearance of a student. Users have to look for pieces of evidence and solve puzzles in between classes and the usual chores to find the missing student. These skills and objects collected during classes can come in handy while solving these mysteries. The game requires users to interact with other students and teachers par choosing one of the custom responses which montrer at the bottom of the screen. The choices made par the user will not only determine their progress in the schools but in the game as well. Controls are simple, and for everything, from movement to action ou starting a conversation, users have to tap on the screen.
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is set at Hogwarts campus but in a different time period which is before the events in the first book.
Overall, it is a slow game and only meant for avid fans for the series. The absence of central characters— Harry, Hermoine and Ron—is a big disappointment.
When toi download the game from the Google Play Store, toi will be downloading a 149MB file, but post installation it takes up about 900MB of space. It also requires internet connection to work smoothly. The good news is the game doesn’t crash if the connection is interrupted and will let player resume from where they had left.
As I sit on the rough steps in this cold winters jour waiting for my father to tell me to come inside. I know he will eventually but I want to stay alone, facing him time and time again is torture! Around me is the black mansion which is where I live in and surrounding it is snow and naked branches as the leaves has fallen out in comparison to its season. With a flick of my cold black wand a cœur, coeur appears in the snow, I don’t care about the rules of magic anymore. Then the thought of her face appears in my head and affection rises in my chest, my eyes are feeling hot and my face is turning red. I feel a tear run down my face but it’s not cooling my face down in any way. With another flick of my wand the cœur, coeur turns black and a crack through the middle breaks it apart and I’m running.
I was asked to do this par lorythefangirl after I responded to her earlier one.
Pros
1. Most of them did believe they were choosing the winning side at the time
2. They would likely be killed if they refused, ou otherwise punished.
3. If they come from old pureblood families which share the Death Eaters' beliefs, joining up would help maintain family harmony
4. If they're naturally malicious it gives them an opportunity to kill and torture
Cons
1. Most people wouldn't want to be forced to murder. They might be pushed beyond their own limits, e.g. Draco Malfoy.
2. They'd get imprisoned in Azkaban if caught, ou could be killed in self-defence
3. Leaving isn't an option once you're in
4. After they lost, those who'd survived would lose favour even if they avoided punishment
5. Voldemort doesn't seem to be a nice boss
6. It's a story really, and in most stories, the bad guys do end up losing and being punished.
Pros
1. Most of them did believe they were choosing the winning side at the time
2. They would likely be killed if they refused, ou otherwise punished.
3. If they come from old pureblood families which share the Death Eaters' beliefs, joining up would help maintain family harmony
4. If they're naturally malicious it gives them an opportunity to kill and torture
Cons
1. Most people wouldn't want to be forced to murder. They might be pushed beyond their own limits, e.g. Draco Malfoy.
2. They'd get imprisoned in Azkaban if caught, ou could be killed in self-defence
3. Leaving isn't an option once you're in
4. After they lost, those who'd survived would lose favour even if they avoided punishment
5. Voldemort doesn't seem to be a nice boss
6. It's a story really, and in most stories, the bad guys do end up losing and being punished.
