If you want some other game recommendations from a huge gamer that is NOT Hogwarts Legacy, I got you bc we do not support antisemitism or transphobia.
Full disclaimer: If your advocacy goes as far as for Trans and Jewish voices to fall on deaf ears about a VIDEOGAME?!? Then, you were never an ally to begin with.
But, as a videogame lover and player, I will make other recommendations for you to play if you really need a good game that will support the rights of other people and is not built on hate!
If you really want a wizard game:
Play Skyrim and Eldan Ring! Those are two great open-world/build your character/magic games that donβt center around magic but have magic nonetheless! They actually have more spells and than this stupid game centered around wizards! Plus, they both have HUGE open worlds that will take (I promise) hundreds of hours to play and explore.
Play the Witcher!!! Although I have not played it, my sister raves left and right about the Witcher 3! Itβs a choice-based, super long, world-heavy game that just immerses you in both magic and spells from the get go! Although not a ton of spells, itβs a timeless game and WAY ahead of itβs time.
If you really want a choice based game:
We literally got Cyberpunk a few years ago! It has amazing features for custom characters and fun armor to mix and match. It also has a choice-based storyline and multiple endings based on the choices you make/categories of your personality you update! Whatβs also so great about this game is it naturally has great representation. Iβve never seen a game that has NPCs have a set sexual orientation and wonβt stray from it: if you are a straight man and hit on the lesbian, she will TELL YOU sheβs a lesbian. Itβs very interesting and also have trans representation and her personality is not just her being trans. Itβs compelling. So, play this game!!!
Another set of great choice games is the Life is Strange series! Although not open world, every choice you make impacts the ending/relationships you have with different characters. There is also GREAT LGBTQ+ rep in every game they produce. The first time I played these games, my brain chemistry changed.
The walking dead series is an AMAZING choice-based series with a lot of representation. Although not open world and depressing(lol), it is a super immersive experience and has your heart rip in half for the characters. In the last game, especially, we see a more immursive and creative fighting techniques that just made you binge the game.
Another great game (that isnβt exactly choice but has an interesting way for you to interact with the world based off the way you want to explore) is Disco Elysium. You get to choose how/why/when/where you interact with the world and people. I have literally never played a game like this and my jaw dropped when I started. I could NOT put it down. The clock ticks throughout the day so you need to be careful about what you do with the amount of time you have. EVERY relationship will unravel another part of the mystery going on throughout the game. And, itβs very intense, fun, and full of philosophical shit that just makes you excited. Plus, you can tell it was made with so much dedication and care.
Fallout 4!!!!! This game is super underrated now a days, but is it worth playing! You can customize your character and choose who you side with/who you kill/who you save/who your friend are/what clothes you wear/what weapons you weld. Like, you cannot ask for more out of this game!! And, the world is HUGE and filled with such intricaticay. I cant rave about this game enough.
Persona 5! This is one of the best games I have ever played in my life! Like Disco Elysium, you only have so much time throughout the day to complete tasks and your relationship with peers/the skills you have are gotten from that time. So, if you choose not to hang out with someone or do homework or whatever, you could not max different parts of your personality/combat techniques. Is game is also in part a choice game, where you get to choose which route you want your narrative to be. Super fun! Also, this game has super fun turn-based combat that just leaves you on your toes! Itβs super fun and super immersive and super HARD. It will take you a hundred hours to play.
If you want an immersive open-world:
I already named a few up there, but I havenβt mentioned the Horizon series yet, which is just fantastic. Both games have HUGE open worlds and a great amount of representation that just comes so easy to it and feels so natural. Itβs not forced or random or anything: itβs right and natural and not a HUGE deal. It also has very immersive worlds with quite a lot to do. Although Horizon Forbidden West only has about 28 hours of the main story, it took me 80 hours to complete it because thatβs just how huge the world was. Plus, the lead character, Aloy, has so much depth and interesting tidbits about her that you KNOW the game was created so much love and care. Also, the face expressions are so real and beautiful, it literally brought tears to my EYES
Red Dead Redemption 2 literally has one of the greatest open-worlds of all time and yβall are gonna play that shitty wizard game π?? Itβs SO intimate and fun. There are times where youβll be stopped to do a side mission and, if you die, you canβt go back to do it! I canβt say enough about this game because im sure everyone has heard it already but itβs emotional, FILLED TO THE BRIM with character depth, and super goddamn fun.
We all know about Breath of the Wild, but if you havenβt played that yet and are choosing to play Hogwarts Legacy, what are you doing ??
And just other GREAT games:
All the Batman Arkham Series games are INCREDIBLE. They literally were the stepping stones to other great games and was one of the first to introduce such an interesting half-open world concept. They fighting and stealth is ridiculously fun, and I have replayed these games so many times!
The tomb raider games are FANTASTIC. Filled with puzzles, stealth, and fighting, you cannot milk out more from this game. Plus, you okay as the incredible Lara Croft, who is such an interesting character.
The Last of Us?!? Such great representation! And what great character depth! You can see the love that goes into this game and what it means for the people that create it. Although a linear game, it does not necessarily feel that way because of the amount of exploring you are forced to do. This is one of those rare games where crafting does not feel like a chore, but an immersive and anxious experience. Both games are perfect!!!
If I forgot any, repost and add them because yeah! And, if youβre still not convinced to play something else, you arenβt an ally and stop calling yourself one!
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The aim of this is to make a definite list of ACTIVE roleplayers in the Harry Potter/Wizarding World roleplaying community here on Tumblr so everyone can connect and have fun.
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Trauma and Healing in Children's Media
Β I love reading fantasy as much as so many others do, but I cannot be the only to notice the extreme lack of care and appreciation for the abuse, mistreatment and trauma of these characters. Especially in media meant for young adults, teens mostly. From Percy Jackson and Harry Potter to Naruto and Danny Phantom, these varying stories all showcase extreme and painful sources of abuse to their main characters often from their own families that are either completely ignored and even made fun of. Never do we see healing, or the natural results of such torment on these characters.Β
Here are just a few examples of the abuses I mentioned...Β
Percy's mom doomed her son to misery just by having him, got with an incredibly abusive man to protect her son and keep him near. He was in constant life ending danger for literally years, the center of a prophecy, constantly threatened by the gods who he was actually related to, mistreated by the demigods and forced into terrible situations over and over again. He saw kids his own age and younger die...Β
Harry lost his parents, was forced into an abusive home with his so called family for more than a decade. Forced into a cupboard, starved, hit and hurt, told he was worthless and his parents were too. He was forced to save the Wizards over and over despite near death experiences and being treated like garbage by all of the wizards for no reason. He was abandoned by his friends and literally died at some point. He was literally tortured and forced to see people die.Β
Danny was forced to act as a hero despite constant threats against his life and well being, terrible friends and parents that wanted to kill his alter ago... neglectful parents at that.Β
Naruto is literally all trauma, abused and neglected by all of his peers and the adults around him. He had no friends or allies, betrayed by someone he admired and nearly killed. He had a demon/timebomb in his soul and so on... his parents were killed to save him. The boy is all trauma.Β
In all four cases, these kids give everything to the world, altruistically over and over again... they are the center of servile behavior for those that do no deserve their love or appreciation. The people they save and help are often their biggest abusers.Β
There is this pervasive idea that trauma makes you stronger, it doesn't healing does. None of these characters got help, just more trauma and neglect! It is a terrible message we send our kids, that you just have to buck up and ignore the pain, sacrificing your needs for others.Β
The only example I can think of challenging this is in Percy Jackson where Percy and several others at least point out the abuse and call it out. Percy gets the gods to be good parents, or at least less terrible ones.Β
I for one look forward to the day where we get to see a story where the Main character fights for themselves and is not just the center of salvation for others... that would be a revelation, to see someone, especially a kid, being healthily selfish for once...Β
So... yeah.Β
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