@@farterboy it means the writing is shrewd and clever (slytherin vibes) and the editing demonstrated hard work and patience (puff daddy vibes). Don’t be such a muggle bro.
These are the most high-pace videos on youtube. It takes me 5 minutes to watch 1 minute just because there's so much going on that when I blink I miss something, I rewind constantly. BUT it's always worth it. It's what makes these videos unique, I love it.
This is what today's tiktok kids attention span would look like in real life. Back in the day we used to laugh gold fish attention span to concentrate. While in reality, people attention window and response time have shortened at an alarming rate. Majority people don't know how to do anything anymore without their phones in social situation and they don't try to focus on anything unless it offers immediate dopamine hits. And the reason for this is the widespread use of mobile phones mirroring. Majority of people can''t last even one day without browsing and touching their smart phone, let alone be able to read even one Harry Potter book from start to finish without panicking and hysteria. It's so sad to behold.
Same After the first minute i already feel like ive watched 10 minutes🤣 I would appreciate it if he would do subtitles bc i funnily enough i understand most of the non english stuff he says but some of the english words get lost because of his style
watching rantons reviews are akin to a genius with tourette's having a fever dream, paired with his flawless editing skills and his hyper aware sense of self, this is some of the most dopest, legit, insightful, ceaseless barrage of information hitting on all cylinders, comedic videos i have ever seen, phenomenal
I remember stumbling on this channel when it had like 200k Subs... Super big fan ever since! It's so amazing to see how this Channel reached 1,25 Million Subs since then. Every single one of them more than deserved! And hopefully way more to come👍
Might be crazy but I’d love their second iteration to have nothing to do with being a student. Take us to places we’ve never seen and only heard of, have the stakes be real and give us a darker story and take the training wheels off. More Jedi fallen order vibes
Maybe a sequel where our character becomes an auror? Would be a great excuse to explore the wizarding world outside of Hogwarts and the surrounding area.
@@OblivionKnight76 I’d be down for that. During mad eye moodys time or something. Would be cool to see the prisons of the wizarding world not just Azkaban
yeah, either make me go full on student mode on a intricate full year cicle, making me pass tests and win competitions and cups (like quiddich or even triwizard) with a mistery subplot, almost persona-like, or make me something else in the wizarding world, like an auror or death eater idk. most of the time I felt not being part of anything and missing the old harry potter games.
As others have said, the best part of these amazing videos is that a single minute has around 5 minutes of amazing content. There is also no other channel that can capture so many languages nationalities in mere seconds. Amazing. Truly another level.
I've been watching this video for 5 mins and I still am on the 0:40 mark because I need to stop the video every 2 second and hit replay to appreciate the edits this man does.
As a rebuttal to the enemy kinda not mattering there are actually direct counter spells you can do to enemies when they try to hit certain spells. One example is when the ashwinder executioner is charging up his fire column spell and you hit them with expelliuamus their wand flies out of their hand and they get engulfed by their own fire column, there is a similar kind of thing for each enemy type
The gear part is 100% subjective. For example for my wife it is one of the best parts of the game. She plays on Normal or Easy, does not care that much about the stats because the fights are easy to her but she simply LOVES to change her character’s clothes all the time! They look cool (amazing design), she finds something new all the time, and it’s a great fun for her to just play around with different clothes and styles. And now she discovers mods and it’s getting even more crazy! :)
I do want to add into your opinion regarding the gear system. I was feeling the same way about it but I noticed that you can change the appearance of the specific body part to look the way you want to look regarding having a different gear equipped. It was a thankful edition and made me find more enjoyment with the game itself.
Yeah In this game I did enjoy that. Tho generally it is a bit immersive breaking to be able to change any gear into any other gear. But since visuals of armor are randomized anyways, its not bothering me in Hogwarts. Also side note: I really love the outfits in this game, I think I spent way too much time setting up some nice drip haha. I actually wish there was a way to save outfit sets so I can switch them easier depending on what I do.
But then you just spend even more time in their clumsy menu to change gear and then change their appearance to what you like. Why not do a consistent loot system and have a piece of gear have static statistics? Makes it so having a good piece of gear is actually rewarding instead of having to change things every two seconds to max out stats which don't really matter or having to go to merchants to spend a long time selling all the useless shite you looted. I really don't know who this loot system appeals to, this AC Origins system really makes me lose all interest in the loot system and it feels like they're taking players for dunkeys who can't play 2 seconds without getting "rewarded" with loots of color to hide an overall shallow system.
@@Hibbzon You're not wrong there. They could've at least implemented a system to where we can keep any customized gear on while changing the gear purely for the stats to make it even more bearable. It is a downside to the game but I have seen worst loot implementations on other games. If maybe they kept it more like Skyrim or God of War to where the loot wasn't recycled with a different stats, it would make the game much better.
@@wr3cklessnerd could be a simple solution to make this system "a bit more" tolerable but it doesn't change the system in itself which sucks for me, I definitely agree with you to go to a Skyrim/God of war system with static statistics for loot. To help with the fact that some people may not like the look of end game gear however (was my case with daedric gear for me for example), you could implement a way to change the look of a gear but have it be limited (like having to use a rare ressource like larval tears in elden ring to get reborn) AND part of the actual game, not through some menu. It could make sense to go see a specific sorcerer for this in a universe such as hogwart.
I agree on a lot but to be fair: a) The main story was quite shallow and predictable, but the Sebastian storyline was on another level, and aimed at a mature audience. b) Each enemy has an entry with their weaknesses and strengths, and there are various mechanics that can be missed if one doesn't look into them, e.g. casting Expelliarmus while a specific enemy prepares a sky attack brings a fire tornado on him
@@abeetmameetell you could literally say that about anything. You could just button mash to win in Soul Calibur but that doesn't mean the combat isn't deep. And if you play on a higher difficulty level then the player DOES have to use the enemy-specific combos if they want to survive. So while you can get by just throwing whatever spells you want, that doesn't mean the combat doesn't have depth to it. You could get by just hitting everyone with X in Arkham games but there are also a half dozen gadgets, throws, special moves, etc, so just bcuz the player can go thru a game doing the bare minimum in combat doesn't mean the combat doesn't have depth. Do you get what I'm trying to say?
@@jamesw657 He did play on Hard though and still found it shallow. The Arkham games are different because the various enemy types require you to do specific actions to counter them or else you can not kill them at all. Like the stun stick enemies require you to vault over them, shield enemies require an arial takedown, and enemies with knifes require you to do a blade dodge move. You can not just punch them even on normal difficulty which keeps the flow of combat non repetitive. Also, Arkham games on hard can be very challenging because all the enemies hit like a truck. This makes understanding all of the different enemy types important, and on hard you really have to use your gadgets to stay on top of a fight.
@@jamesw657 I am playing on max difficulty and I never have to think about anything other than the color coded shields. I don't have to pay attention to anything the enemies are casting because it doesn't matter. You dodge everything the same way and the enemies just evaporate in two casts.
on the looks of gear tho, you can mouse/select over what you have equipped, press F (or whatever 'use' is on a controller) and select your looks, including collection pieces that didn't come from found gear, but unlocked in challenges, etc. so gearing checks out for me. gear upgrading too. although... adding 'Ancient Magic III' to two pieces of gear and 'Concentration III' to the other four turns you into a god. seriously, i am one-shotting everything with Ancient Magic, even at only two trait slots. can't even see how much damage it rly does, cause it only shows how much damage the last cast did to the enemy, which is also the first one, basically showing their max hp value. and i can't find any enemy with over 22k hp...
There is another layer to the combat. Casting certain spells at certain enemies while they perform certain attacks leads to certain interactions. For example, the dudes who cast those huge fire or lightning storms can be hit with expelliarmus to inflict the attack on themselves, or with arresto momentum to prolong the attack, allowing you to launch enemies into it.
@@garyfreeman896 Ranton said the combat felt repetitive, the combat get another layer of depth if you try to learn the enemies weakness in order to fight them more efficiently. So if anything it makes it better
Don't forget to mention the body shields you have to destroy by using the right spell "color". Of course, it's made "repetitive" and simple because it's made for the masses. Anyway, I enjoy it more than other games I played recently. ✌️
@@teejalicious1316 I haven't played it so I'm only going off this review and this is only my opinion. This is probably a very good game however I don't believe the combat is it's strong point. In my opinion the idea of battling with wands just doesn't do it for me in the same way a physical fight or shoot out does. However wandsbplay a big role in the universe and are used for more than just combat. I will be playing the game for sure for the story, exploration of Hogwarts, Quidditch etc.
Ayo ranton only critic I have is although you can get by just by using whatever spells you want to kill most enemies each one actually does have unique spell combos that can be used to insta kill them but can usually only be used while interrupting attacks. Such as using levioso on a frog while it’s charging up it’s tongue attack so that the tongue gets pulled out of its mouth, then using the slash spell to cut it off, instakilling it. I don’t blame you for not noticing this though. I wouldn’t have known if i hadn’t seen it in a video
I wanted it to be a little bit deeper when it came to making decisions, i started the game with the intention of being a bad magician learning unforgivible spells early and be a Death Eater at the end but in reality i could just do side quests and rather than giving an item back to a person i could keep it myself which gave me literally nothing except the item in my bag which was absolutly useless.
You r my personal favourite internet person since your control review. but idk man I prefer the old style edit that emphasize on the script which I always find extremely funny and clever, the jokes often linger for like forever in my head. Whereas now it's just ranton being goofy and deliver lines extremely fast. Maybe because u become much more energetic and too hyped for this year which is def what we need. I appreciate the change of direction but I hate it.
As someone who has played the game a ton too, I feel like upgrading gear with those aspects n stuff only becomes worthwhile after already having finished the main story when the new gear finally isn't better than the legendary gear you already have unless it's legendary too.
im like lvl 30, once you get decent gear and a higher level, it becomes pretty rare that I find new good gear. Also if you jsut invest some time in the room of requirement you can have a decent stockpile of materials to upgrade. Upgrading stat wise is pretty expensive, but adding talents is pretty cheap
Absolutely with you on the unique items thing. As much as I love the Witcher and Cyberpunk, the same weapon doing a couple hundred more damage later on in the game makes no sense
If only more games could do loot like the Borderlands franchise - that's one of the only games that seems to really do loot the right way. It's always exciting getting new weapons that have different elemental abilities and whatnot in those games. Witcher has pretty good loot too, esp thanks to the Witcher gear and rare items like Aerondight. But gear in this game felt totally tacked on and lame. I'm just glad they at least put the transmog system in cuz otherwise everyone would be running around looking like a complete tool in all mismatched gear lol.
Man the gear thing is so true, playing wo Long right now and they spam you with 90% useless gear that's worse then what you already have and then you find the same weapon 3x but the third one is better for some bs reason
i felt tthe same way about the combatt. still enjoyed the whole game tho cuz im a disgusttiung harry potter nerd. They could have done with soe mmore animations
This is the Funniest, most well edited video I’ve seen from anton in a while and I can’t believe he actually got a sponsor never thought I would see the day lol
@@marcohagen6993 they seem to be afraid of everything, censoring in an absurd quantity things like videogames and stuffs; I remeber Left 4 Dead having some really dull and overall stupid censorship. If I'm to give a guess, it's because they are trying to bury deep down that 1939-1945 spirit or just trying to be too much of a love & peace society
I have 40 hrs in this game, and I agree on Ranton criticism I wish that 1. The combat needed to be deeper 2. The school life felt like a school life What I meant by that is basically, just like the game "Bully", it simulated basic school life incredibly, and I wish Hogwarts class was more like that, there's a day cycle, there's holidays, there is skipping school, there is teachers patrolling at night (Not just specific to mission), there's progression to each time we attend class, instead of given outside task, we learn to get better at a certain spell, or alchemy, better damage, more bigger object we could lift, etc.
a bit of advice on combat - make use of all spellbars, switch them in combat, use 12 spells instead of 4. And disable target based on camera in options
I actually like the combat. Especially the hidden moves against the different enemy types ;) Story is also cool if you are immersed in your character. Currently level 25 and still on *spoiler* * spoiler* 1st Keeper.
Tbf, I played on Mk-B and aside of needing a fix for the flying controls (bless the modders) and a somewhat good solution for the horrid performance, the combat was suuuper enjoyable. I did try playin with a 360 controller later on and I found the controls to be surprisingly horrid... I also share the same opinion on the gear, you can change the appearance of the gear but that doesnt rly fix its big issue with the looting system being fuckin shallow. You only loot gear to either sell, unlock new skin or to wear it for a short time until u find sth else. There other stuff u get from chests etc is mostly moni or other collectables that only serve as cosmetics for the sims room later on. I'd personally give it an 8 cuz I did enjoy some of the story and enjoyed the combat quite a lot even tho it's not as deep as it could've been... Super fair and as always very enjoyable review, Ranton. KEEP IT UP! PS.: Are you goin to check out Wo Long?
0:40 I am almost finished with the 2nd book, and Harry hasn't waved his wand once, barley anyone has. Reading these books is an experience, especialy if you have awesome memories of your childhood/childhood friends, and stupid sh*t you'd be doing every single day, monotony excluded.
My main issue with this game is that about at level 30 you start to get rediculously overpowered. I finished the story at level 38 with completely upgraded legendary equipment and could just stand around like a tree without worrying about dying...
Finally someone who sees the game for what it is. Honestly, it's a marker following simulator. Which means the open worlds serves NO purpose. And don't get me started on cursor controls with controller, too.
The combat is actually more interesting than you would think. There is a glossary for the enemies, it tells you how to fight them and what spells are the most effective. So in a way if you want the combat to feel repetitive, then you can do that but, if you want the combat to have a little more depth then you can read about the enemies and what they're weak to so when you're in a fight, it feels more engaging since you're looking for specific enemies and what attacks they're about to do so that you can try and counter them.
@@Krystalmyth If this gameplay is made for kids, then elden ring gameplay is made for a baby since you have only two buttons : dodge and attack. Double standard thinking is absurd and you should stop saying bad things about a video game just because he is famous. Judge a video game for what it is, not according to your own agenda.
@@michaelrenee9738 It's not just that, you can flipindo a trolls bat into his head, freeze him and hit him with difindo with extra damage. You can flip a dugbog on it's bag, or cast levioso and pull his tongue out, finish him off with difendo. Stuff like that...
Ranton man I love your reviews awesome as always. Btw I realized this couple days ago that using some spells differently with some enemies actually does make a difference! For example, if you use filipendo with a troll after defending its attack, it will flip its mace to its head. Or you can levioso the tongue of the dogbogs and slash it off. Just saying man, after you figure this out, the combat feels cool again.
One thing about the clothes in hogwarts is once you own something, you can then just keep the one with higher stats but change its appearance to something you've already had that looks cooler..
You should definitely review Star Wars Jedi: Survivor when it comes out! The first (Jedi: Fallen Order) one was a classic single player game, defintely an 8 if not a 9. Suggest going through Fallen Order first to get caught up
There is a combo system, for example, if you levioso on a giant frog demon while it is trying to do a tongue, blockable attack on you, you can levitate it by its tongue, and then using Diffindo will slice its tongue off instantly one shotting it. Every enemy has a combo like this I believe. Trying to pull this off with like 5 dudes on me is keeping combat fresh for me.
I'm a Harry Potter fan. Got the game at launch and been playing the game trying to complete it (do all the side quests available before moving to the next big story beat). I need a break from it. What Ranton pointed out is specially true if you are taking your time with it. If you are just there to complete the story, I think it's a great time.
I agree with most arguments, however the one about gear was misinformed. There's a transmog system in place, so it doesn't matter what gear you equip, you can just make it look like the outfit you want. I think they did well here.
yk ranton you're the only ever youtuber i've ever watched that i didnt and would never skip the ad part, because no matter wtf you're doing you're somehow so fucking funny and i love you for that
also you dont even need the protego spell. i just dodged it all except for when trolls throw boulders. i didnt expect hard difficulty to be elden ring level but at the same time i did expect hard to actually be... hard. its a beautiful game but the lack of enemy variety and dumb combat really dragged my enjoyment down.
in a weird way, i'm glad to see Ranton do an ad. Cause I know that means he's getting money, an thus can potentialy live better thks to his work here, enabling him to focus and make even better video. Results and reward man : HARD WORK!! ^^
The gear system is definitely awful and feels totally tacked on. And while combat can be repetitive, there are some neat little combos that only work with specific enemies so your statement that you fight everyone the same isn't necessarily true. For example, with dugbogs, your can use Leviosa when they stick their tongue out and then use Diffindo and it will cut off their tongue, usually killing them instantly. And with the Ashwinder executioner, you can use Expelliarmus when they're powering up that column of fire thing they do and it will cause it to engulf themselves, doing a ton of damage to them. Trolls you can use flipendo when they smash the ground to hit them in the face with their own club. Then the spiders you can kill almost instantly by using flipendo (or depulso?) when they try to burrow underground. So while the combat does get repetitive after awhile, all the combos for specific enemies was a nice touch and gave combat quite a bit more depth imo.
His humor is sometimes too over the top for my liking, but he is by far the most honest rreviewer on youtube. no matter if i agree or not i always watch his reviews before buying a game
“I actually like the combat!” Good, don’t listen to anyone. If you enjoy it, that’s all that matters. It’s so annoying hearing people say “man the combat is so simple!” MY BROTHER IN CHRIST, IT IS A DAMN HARRY POTTER GAME? YOU WANT THEM TO WHIP OUT GUNS AND START PUTTING ATTACHMENTS ON THEIR WANDS? Hell, I haven’t even played the game but so many people completely missing the point is a pain in the ass. Enjoy the game, it’s not for everyone, it’s a win win, have a good day, fin.
One thing that really bothered me about the combat was how the character is stationary whenever u use any type of spell. U should be able to move and attack at the same time
That works in like isometric ARPGs but not so much realtime 3D player control. Imagine Skyrim if you couldn't move while casting spells. I can see how some spells would require being still, but for basic combat attacks it seems weird you can't move and cast. Maybe they wanted the combat to feel like "souls-lite" more than third person action IDK. Kinda makes it sound more appealing in story or easy mode for the exploration and story with the combat as an afterthought rather than a slog. Not being able to dodge in realtime does sound bothersome.
The title of the video sums up what I think about the game. All this time I've been waiting for a Harry Potter game that is basically a fullfilling roleplaying experience in a sandbox, but instead we got this (which is still great, tho). What I've always expected is a HP game like GTA but with a level of roleplay closer to Kingdom Come and Read dead redemption 2.
Broooo you just Summed it up Perfectly. Your videos aren't just informational, they are entertaining from Start to End. Love your Content man. NGL game had me amazed in the start but, after that it just gets repetitive.
Can't agree more with the loot system and the cursor menus with a controller. The first gives me no incentive to care about loot anymore, since, as you said, your "legendary" item gets replaced with whatever white/blue loot you find one level after, while the second makes navigating the menu unbearable and seems very lazy. If you tell me on top of it that the talent section is not worth delving into, then the "RPG" aspect of the game won't appeal to me at all (and yes, Ubisoft started all this shit with AC Origins & co). Something else which bothers me, from looking at a few hours of gameplay, is that all characters seem very flat/dull, like everyone is overly nice to each other, there's no competition between students or actual goofy or bad characters. In the books/movies or in real life inside a school, there are all those aspects, it makes sense that in a school, you have good and bad interactions and kids can be very cruel to each other (even more than adults sometimes) whereas here, it looks like a fairy world which makes it very dull and forgettable. I guess I'll just buy the game in a year or two when it costs 20€ or less to just wander around the environnements without having too much expectations (just like for any recent AC game).
@ranton when you trained at the temple did you have to pay to stay and train there? As when I look online I always see huge fees to train near the temple. I've been training in shaolin kung fu for a few years at a club in my country, my shifu is from the shaolin temple in China. Also, I can speak and understand basic mandarin
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You can't cancel a reviewer argument when you don't understand it. Genius
He does got a point.
@@rainemakarov4911 "does got"
@@KainRazielMT stfu and start enjoying life
@@KainRazielMT thats what it do yugi, that does what it do
700 iq
This video comes off like it was written by a Slytherin and edited by a Hufflepuff.
what does that even mean harley
Based scripts and delivered while you're high
@@farterboy it means the writing is shrewd and clever (slytherin vibes) and the editing demonstrated hard work and patience (puff daddy vibes).
Don’t be such a muggle bro.
@@epicmealtime Sorry man I don't know the wizard lingo I'm not cool enough.
While playing quidditch.....in the dark
Ranton is like the human embodiment of epilepsy
Spot On
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Epilepsy is a condition. Seizures are the result.
@@audiogarden21Thank you for pointing it out
what is an epilepsy?
Happy to see you got a sponsor without hurting the flow of the video and keeping your style. GÖNN DIR BRUDER
It's good to see Rantoni being consistent on the main Channel.
Well there is actually games to play now
THERE'S A SECOND CHANNEL???? WHAT IS IT CALLED???
@@Fanchus bro you don't know that ? It's called Rantwo, he's been uploading there since months
@@bibhuchhetri5421 what the fuck man, he should be mentioning this on his videos 😭😭 lmao I've missed all this new content
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These are the most high-pace videos on youtube. It takes me 5 minutes to watch 1 minute just because there's so much going on that when I blink I miss something, I rewind constantly. BUT it's always worth it. It's what makes these videos unique, I love it.
This is what today's tiktok kids attention span would look like in real life. Back in the day we used to laugh gold fish attention span to concentrate. While in reality, people attention window and response time have shortened at an alarming rate. Majority people don't know how to do anything anymore without their phones in social situation and they don't try to focus on anything unless it offers immediate dopamine hits. And the reason for this is the widespread use of mobile phones mirroring. Majority of people can''t last even one day without browsing and touching their smart phone, let alone be able to read even one Harry Potter book from start to finish without panicking and hysteria. It's so sad to behold.
How'bout Max0r?
Same
After the first minute i already feel like ive watched 10 minutes🤣
I would appreciate it if he would do subtitles bc i funnily enough i understand most of the non english stuff he says but some of the english words get lost because of his style
@@luigivercotti6410 at least Max0r doesn't switch between 5 different languages within 10 seconds lmao
Ranton actually got a sponsor. This is legendary 🙌
In same video where he says "Dont get your niggas in a twist fag" 💀
@@iceilliden1910 😂 at least he keeps to his convictions
@@Alteronx To be fair he said "Ankles in a Twist" so at least he has alibi but we know what he meant saying it so fast 🤣
Unfortunately.
Mmm maybe we might get the old RUclips back.
watching rantons reviews are akin to a genius with tourette's having a fever dream, paired with his flawless editing skills and his hyper aware sense of self, this is some of the most dopest, legit, insightful, ceaseless barrage of information hitting on all cylinders, comedic videos i have ever seen, phenomenal
It's so powerful it cannot even be contained in a single language.
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@@myname-mz3lo cool
I'll never get tired of your Seizure inducing ADHD meme filled reviews lol 😆. They're too well made and hilarious
They're even better for german speakers🤣
@@Pointman11111 For real! I die laughing all the time when he randomly drops german phrases.
I'm genuinely struggling to find this entertaining....
@@Super_Broly Taste differs.
You like this you gotta watch max0r
I remember stumbling on this channel when it had like 200k Subs... Super big fan ever since! It's so amazing to see how this Channel reached 1,25 Million Subs since then. Every single one of them more than deserved! And hopefully way more to come👍
Might be crazy but I’d love their second iteration to have nothing to do with being a student. Take us to places we’ve never seen and only heard of, have the stakes be real and give us a darker story and take the training wheels off. More Jedi fallen order vibes
Maybe a sequel where our character becomes an auror? Would be a great excuse to explore the wizarding world outside of Hogwarts and the surrounding area.
@@OblivionKnight76 I’d be down for that. During mad eye moodys time or something. Would be cool to see the prisons of the wizarding world not just Azkaban
Honestly, I’d love a game that take place in ilvermorny or the American wizarding school and have the character be a transfer teacher.
yeah, either make me go full on student mode on a intricate full year cicle, making me pass tests and win competitions and cups (like quiddich or even triwizard) with a mistery subplot, almost persona-like, or make me something else in the wizarding world, like an auror or death eater idk. most of the time I felt not being part of anything and missing the old harry potter games.
Yeah it feels like they wanted to make this game rated M but they didn’t
I really liked your deep, introspective dialogue on the whole J.K Rowling's situation, it was really nice to get your perspective on it.
One of the controversies ever spoken about
Ranton can never be cancelled since that would mean someone actually understands what he's saying
As others have said, the best part of these amazing videos is that a single minute has around 5 minutes of amazing content. There is also no other channel that can capture so many languages nationalities in mere seconds. Amazing. Truly another level.
Thank you for making your stance on the situation clear in the first bit. I appreciate you.
I've been watching this video for 5 mins and I still am on the 0:40 mark because I need to stop the video every 2 second and hit replay to appreciate the edits this man does.
As a rebuttal to the enemy kinda not mattering there are actually direct counter spells you can do to enemies when they try to hit certain spells. One example is when the ashwinder executioner is charging up his fire column spell and you hit them with expelliuamus their wand flies out of their hand and they get engulfed by their own fire column, there is a similar kind of thing for each enemy type
11:19 the way Ranton turned to look at his wife, and from the look of his eyes it was as if his filming equipment had just started laughing.
The gear part is 100% subjective.
For example for my wife it is one of the best parts of the game. She plays on Normal or Easy, does not care that much about the stats because the fights are easy to her but she simply LOVES to change her character’s clothes all the time!
They look cool (amazing design), she finds something new all the time, and it’s a great fun for her to just play around with different clothes and styles.
And now she discovers mods and it’s getting even more crazy! :)
This is definitely one of the best Ranton reviews ever! I was cracking up constantly
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@RealRanton ACG interview when?
I do want to add into your opinion regarding the gear system. I was feeling the same way about it but I noticed that you can change the appearance of the specific body part to look the way you want to look regarding having a different gear equipped. It was a thankful edition and made me find more enjoyment with the game itself.
Yeah In this game I did enjoy that. Tho generally it is a bit immersive breaking to be able to change any gear into any other gear. But since visuals of armor are randomized anyways, its not bothering me in Hogwarts.
Also side note: I really love the outfits in this game, I think I spent way too much time setting up some nice drip haha. I actually wish there was a way to save outfit sets so I can switch them easier depending on what I do.
Yeah without the transmog it would be terrible.
But then you just spend even more time in their clumsy menu to change gear and then change their appearance to what you like. Why not do a consistent loot system and have a piece of gear have static statistics?
Makes it so having a good piece of gear is actually rewarding instead of having to change things every two seconds to max out stats which don't really matter or having to go to merchants to spend a long time selling all the useless shite you looted.
I really don't know who this loot system appeals to, this AC Origins system really makes me lose all interest in the loot system and it feels like they're taking players for dunkeys who can't play 2 seconds without getting "rewarded" with loots of color to hide an overall shallow system.
@@Hibbzon You're not wrong there. They could've at least implemented a system to where we can keep any customized gear on while changing the gear purely for the stats to make it even more bearable. It is a downside to the game but I have seen worst loot implementations on other games. If maybe they kept it more like Skyrim or God of War to where the loot wasn't recycled with a different stats, it would make the game much better.
@@wr3cklessnerd could be a simple solution to make this system "a bit more" tolerable but it doesn't change the system in itself which sucks for me, I definitely agree with you to go to a Skyrim/God of war system with static statistics for loot.
To help with the fact that some people may not like the look of end game gear however (was my case with daedric gear for me for example), you could implement a way to change the look of a gear but have it be limited (like having to use a rare ressource like larval tears in elden ring to get reborn) AND part of the actual game, not through some menu. It could make sense to go see a specific sorcerer for this in a universe such as hogwart.
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I agree on a lot but to be fair:
a) The main story was quite shallow and predictable, but the Sebastian storyline was on another level, and aimed at a mature audience.
b) Each enemy has an entry with their weaknesses and strengths, and there are various mechanics that can be missed if one doesn't look into them, e.g. casting Expelliarmus while a specific enemy prepares a sky attack brings a fire tornado on him
The player never has to contend with the "depth" of the combat so is the combat really in depth?
@@abeetmameetell you could literally say that about anything. You could just button mash to win in Soul Calibur but that doesn't mean the combat isn't deep. And if you play on a higher difficulty level then the player DOES have to use the enemy-specific combos if they want to survive. So while you can get by just throwing whatever spells you want, that doesn't mean the combat doesn't have depth to it. You could get by just hitting everyone with X in Arkham games but there are also a half dozen gadgets, throws, special moves, etc, so just bcuz the player can go thru a game doing the bare minimum in combat doesn't mean the combat doesn't have depth. Do you get what I'm trying to say?
@@jamesw657 He did play on Hard though and still found it shallow. The Arkham games are different because the various enemy types require you to do specific actions to counter them or else you can not kill them at all. Like the stun stick enemies require you to vault over them, shield enemies require an arial takedown, and enemies with knifes require you to do a blade dodge move. You can not just punch them even on normal difficulty which keeps the flow of combat non repetitive. Also, Arkham games on hard can be very challenging because all the enemies hit like a truck. This makes understanding all of the different enemy types important, and on hard you really have to use your gadgets to stay on top of a fight.
It doesn't matter if an enemy has weaknesses if you can just destroy them with diffindo and transfiguration either way.
@@jamesw657 I am playing on max difficulty and I never have to think about anything other than the color coded shields. I don't have to pay attention to anything the enemies are casting because it doesn't matter. You dodge everything the same way and the enemies just evaporate in two casts.
Really loving the consistent review drops on the main channel.
Enjoy it while it lasts folks…
on the looks of gear tho, you can mouse/select over what you have equipped, press F (or whatever 'use' is on a controller) and select your looks, including collection pieces that didn't come from found gear, but unlocked in challenges, etc. so gearing checks out for me. gear upgrading too. although... adding 'Ancient Magic III' to two pieces of gear and 'Concentration III' to the other four turns you into a god. seriously, i am one-shotting everything with Ancient Magic, even at only two trait slots. can't even see how much damage it rly does, cause it only shows how much damage the last cast did to the enemy, which is also the first one, basically showing their max hp value. and i can't find any enemy with over 22k hp...
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Almost every enemy has a unique combo of abilities that will basically one-shot it, regarding your point at 4:58 ish Maestro Rantonio
There is another layer to the combat. Casting certain spells at certain enemies while they perform certain attacks leads to certain interactions. For example, the dudes who cast those huge fire or lightning storms can be hit with expelliarmus to inflict the attack on themselves, or with arresto momentum to prolong the attack, allowing you to launch enemies into it.
You made it sound even worse.
@@garyfreeman896 elaborate
@@garyfreeman896 Ranton said the combat felt repetitive, the combat get another layer of depth if you try to learn the enemies weakness in order to fight them more efficiently. So if anything it makes it better
Don't forget to mention the body shields you have to destroy by using the right spell "color". Of course, it's made "repetitive" and simple because it's made for the masses. Anyway, I enjoy it more than other games I played recently. ✌️
@@teejalicious1316 I haven't played it so I'm only going off this review and this is only my opinion. This is probably a very good game however I don't believe the combat is it's strong point. In my opinion the idea of battling with wands just doesn't do it for me in the same way a physical fight or shoot out does. However wandsbplay a big role in the universe and are used for more than just combat. I will be playing the game for sure for the story, exploration of Hogwarts, Quidditch etc.
Ayo ranton only critic I have is although you can get by just by using whatever spells you want to kill most enemies each one actually does have unique spell combos that can be used to insta kill them but can usually only be used while interrupting attacks. Such as using levioso on a frog while it’s charging up it’s tongue attack so that the tongue gets pulled out of its mouth, then using the slash spell to cut it off, instakilling it.
I don’t blame you for not noticing this though. I wouldn’t have known if i hadn’t seen it in a video
Amazing reviews as always also it seems you didnt know you can transmog ,change your gear?
I wanted it to be a little bit deeper when it came to making decisions, i started the game with the intention of being a bad magician learning unforgivible spells early and be a Death Eater at the end but in reality i could just do side quests and rather than giving an item back to a person i could keep it myself which gave me literally nothing except the item in my bag which was absolutly useless.
'enlargio' 😂😂😂
rantons ability to fit 700 jokes in a 12 minute video is truly special. btw im glad ur back to posting reviews on ur main channel
Ranton is increasingly becoming my favourite reviewer due to his consistency in not liking what everyone likes in the gaming space.
Atleast he is honest. I think its a terrible game and as the hype die's down more true reviews and opinions will begin to surface.
1000 people who are wrong still wrong.
You r my personal favourite internet person since your control review. but idk man I prefer the old style edit that emphasize on the script which I always find extremely funny and clever, the jokes often linger for like forever in my head. Whereas now it's just ranton being goofy and deliver lines extremely fast. Maybe because u become much more energetic and too hyped for this year which is def what we need. I appreciate the change of direction but I hate it.
As someone who has played the game a ton too, I feel like upgrading gear with those aspects n stuff only becomes worthwhile after already having finished the main story when the new gear finally isn't better than the legendary gear you already have unless it's legendary too.
im like lvl 30, once you get decent gear and a higher level, it becomes pretty rare that I find new good gear. Also if you jsut invest some time in the room of requirement you can have a decent stockpile of materials to upgrade. Upgrading stat wise is pretty expensive, but adding talents is pretty cheap
wow too high for all this quickness. I'll try again in the morning
6 or 7 out of 10? Either way, this will be an amazing video.
Absolutely with you on the unique items thing. As much as I love the Witcher and Cyberpunk, the same weapon doing a couple hundred more damage later on in the game makes no sense
If only more games could do loot like the Borderlands franchise - that's one of the only games that seems to really do loot the right way. It's always exciting getting new weapons that have different elemental abilities and whatnot in those games. Witcher has pretty good loot too, esp thanks to the Witcher gear and rare items like Aerondight. But gear in this game felt totally tacked on and lame. I'm just glad they at least put the transmog system in cuz otherwise everyone would be running around looking like a complete tool in all mismatched gear lol.
Its like watching 3 reviews at once, basically just a more efficient review
Man the gear thing is so true, playing wo Long right now and they spam you with 90% useless gear that's worse then what you already have and then you find the same weapon 3x but the third one is better for some bs reason
I can't imagine how hard it is to edit these videos 😂
Also you can make the outfits look different even. When they dint match with the same stats, if you’ve wanted them that is
i felt tthe same way about the combatt. still enjoyed the whole game tho cuz im a disgusttiung harry potter nerd. They could have done with soe mmore animations
6:35 Nice balisong flips dude 😯
This is the Funniest, most well edited video I’ve seen from anton in a while and I can’t believe he actually got a sponsor never thought I would see the day lol
I wonder if he found out you can change the appearance of the clothing yet.. probably not
My god if there is ever a reason I do NOT regret being born a german........
it's that I can fully appreciate Rantons german jokes because of it.
What would be a reason to regret being born German
@@marcohagen6993being German
@@mre1561 whats wrong with being German?
@@marcohagen6993 they seem to be afraid of everything, censoring in an absurd quantity things like videogames and stuffs; I remeber Left 4 Dead having some really dull and overall stupid censorship. If I'm to give a guess, it's because they are trying to bury deep down that 1939-1945 spirit or just trying to be too much of a love & peace society
I have 40 hrs in this game, and I agree on Ranton criticism I wish that
1. The combat needed to be deeper
2. The school life felt like a school life
What I meant by that is basically, just like the game "Bully", it simulated basic school life incredibly, and I wish Hogwarts class was more like that, there's a day cycle, there's holidays, there is skipping school, there is teachers patrolling at night (Not just specific to mission), there's progression to each time we attend class, instead of given outside task, we learn to get better at a certain spell, or alchemy, better damage, more bigger object we could lift, etc.
The energy in delivering surprisingly true review is phenomenal
a bit of advice on combat - make use of all spellbars, switch them in combat, use 12 spells instead of 4. And disable target based on camera in options
Why? there is no challange at all.
So glad to see you getting your first sponsor! My gf and I love watching your videos and cry laugh!!! It keeps our chaotic brains entertained
Ranton disappears from the main channel for decades then comes back out of nowhere spitting these rapid reviews. Love to see it.
I actually like the combat. Especially the hidden moves against the different enemy types ;)
Story is also cool if you are immersed in your character.
Currently level 25 and still on *spoiler*
* spoiler*
1st Keeper.
So you haven't really seen any parts that drag the story out :D
Tbf, I played on Mk-B and aside of needing a fix for the flying controls (bless the modders) and a somewhat good solution for the horrid performance, the combat was suuuper enjoyable. I did try playin with a 360 controller later on and I found the controls to be surprisingly horrid... I also share the same opinion on the gear, you can change the appearance of the gear but that doesnt rly fix its big issue with the looting system being fuckin shallow. You only loot gear to either sell, unlock new skin or to wear it for a short time until u find sth else. There other stuff u get from chests etc is mostly moni or other collectables that only serve as cosmetics for the sims room later on. I'd personally give it an 8 cuz I did enjoy some of the story and enjoyed the combat quite a lot even tho it's not as deep as it could've been... Super fair and as always very enjoyable review, Ranton. KEEP IT UP!
PS.: Are you goin to check out Wo Long?
I can't have enough of his videos. 10 minutes feel like 1🤣👏
I know🤣 pretty crazy
0:40 I am almost finished with the 2nd book, and Harry hasn't waved his wand once, barley anyone has. Reading these books is an experience, especialy if you have awesome memories of your childhood/childhood friends, and stupid sh*t you'd be doing every single day, monotony excluded.
I can't stop laughing the German sentences are always very refreshing and really knock my socks off.🤣🤣
Woah, how long have I been gone... You used to only have 10k subs... Now 1 million. Congrats
me wanting to buy the hogwarts game- Ranton explaining that I'm a child- me no longer wanting to buy the game
My main issue with this game is that about at level 30 you start to get rediculously overpowered. I finished the story at level 38 with completely upgraded legendary equipment and could just stand around like a tree without worrying about dying...
Finally someone who sees the game for what it is. Honestly, it's a marker following simulator. Which means the open worlds serves NO purpose. And don't get me started on cursor controls with controller, too.
2:33 making it my phone wallpaper. LMFAO
The combat is actually more interesting than you would think. There is a glossary for the enemies, it tells you how to fight them and what spells are the most effective. So in a way if you want the combat to feel repetitive, then you can do that but, if you want the combat to have a little more depth then you can read about the enemies and what they're weak to so when you're in a fight, it feels more engaging since you're looking for specific enemies and what attacks they're about to do so that you can try and counter them.
The Square Peg goes in the Square Hole gameplay. Very interesting and engaging. Ranton nailed it when he said the game was made for kids.
Yep, stick go zap. Combat at its peak
I use red spell for red enemy! So deep and special!
@@Krystalmyth If this gameplay is made for kids, then elden ring gameplay is made for a baby since you have only two buttons : dodge and attack.
Double standard thinking is absurd and you should stop saying bad things about a video game just because he is famous. Judge a video game for what it is, not according to your own agenda.
@@michaelrenee9738 It's not just that, you can flipindo a trolls bat into his head, freeze him and hit him with difindo with extra damage. You can flip a dugbog on it's bag, or cast levioso and pull his tongue out, finish him off with difendo. Stuff like that...
Ranton man I love your reviews awesome as always. Btw I realized this couple days ago that using some spells differently with some enemies actually does make a difference! For example, if you use filipendo with a troll after defending its attack, it will flip its mace to its head. Or you can levioso the tongue of the dogbogs and slash it off. Just saying man, after you figure this out, the combat feels cool again.
The real spell iss - the montage skill here and plenty inside jokes there - Ranoninini-Wizardini delivered contet as always
One thing about the clothes in hogwarts is once you own something, you can then just keep the one with higher stats but change its appearance to something you've already had that looks cooler..
I believe it was Destiny 1 that started the Cursor on menu trend followed by Black ops 4 and AC: Origins
You should definitely review Star Wars Jedi: Survivor when it comes out! The first (Jedi: Fallen Order) one was a classic single player game, defintely an 8 if not a 9. Suggest going through Fallen Order first to get caught up
There is a combo system, for example, if you levioso on a giant frog demon while it is trying to do a tongue, blockable attack on you, you can levitate it by its tongue, and then using Diffindo will slice its tongue off instantly one shotting it.
Every enemy has a combo like this I believe. Trying to pull this off with like 5 dudes on me is keeping combat fresh for me.
I'm a Harry Potter fan.
Got the game at launch and been playing the game trying to complete it (do all the side quests available before moving to the next big story beat). I need a break from it.
What Ranton pointed out is specially true if you are taking your time with it. If you are just there to complete the story, I think it's a great time.
Hey Ranton not sure if you’ll see this but could you do a review of Shadow Warrior 3 please 🙏🏾
I agree with most arguments, however the one about gear was misinformed.
There's a transmog system in place, so it doesn't matter what gear you equip, you can just make it look like the outfit you want. I think they did well here.
By the time the ad came about I was still processing the first ten seconds of the video. Good shit, keep it up!
yk ranton you're the only ever youtuber i've ever watched that i didnt and would never skip the ad part, because no matter wtf you're doing you're somehow so fucking funny and i love you for that
also you dont even need the protego spell. i just dodged it all except for when trolls throw boulders. i didnt expect hard difficulty to be elden ring level but at the same time i did expect hard to actually be... hard. its a beautiful game but the lack of enemy variety and dumb combat really dragged my enjoyment down.
really on a roll with reviews, your hard work is appreciated rantoni
1:17 speaking of rays lucaria, when’s the Elden ring review coming out?
I'm glad somebody's saying what needs to be said about cursor menus. I agree with your stance on Rowling too, but mostly the menu thing
7:38 that transition though 🔥
i don't know if you used the psych logo as just a meme, but I freaking love that show.
I need a short of Ranton doing goofy balisong flips
the old ranton is back. god damn the fucking edit! god bless the edits
in a weird way, i'm glad to see Ranton do an ad. Cause I know that means he's getting money, an thus can potentialy live better thks to his work here, enabling him to focus and make even better video. Results and reward man : HARD WORK!! ^^
The gear system is definitely awful and feels totally tacked on. And while combat can be repetitive, there are some neat little combos that only work with specific enemies so your statement that you fight everyone the same isn't necessarily true. For example, with dugbogs, your can use Leviosa when they stick their tongue out and then use Diffindo and it will cut off their tongue, usually killing them instantly. And with the Ashwinder executioner, you can use Expelliarmus when they're powering up that column of fire thing they do and it will cause it to engulf themselves, doing a ton of damage to them. Trolls you can use flipendo when they smash the ground to hit them in the face with their own club. Then the spiders you can kill almost instantly by using flipendo (or depulso?) when they try to burrow underground. So while the combat does get repetitive after awhile, all the combos for specific enemies was a nice touch and gave combat quite a bit more depth imo.
His humor is sometimes too over the top for my liking, but he is by far the most honest rreviewer on youtube. no matter if i agree or not i always watch his reviews before buying a game
I think you should start rating all of your games based on whether or not they have squirt potential instead of number scores.
“I actually like the combat!” Good, don’t listen to anyone. If you enjoy it, that’s all that matters. It’s so annoying hearing people say “man the combat is so simple!” MY BROTHER IN CHRIST, IT IS A DAMN HARRY POTTER GAME? YOU WANT THEM TO WHIP OUT GUNS AND START PUTTING ATTACHMENTS ON THEIR WANDS? Hell, I haven’t even played the game but so many people completely missing the point is a pain in the ass. Enjoy the game, it’s not for everyone, it’s a win win, have a good day, fin.
One thing that really bothered me about the combat was how the character is stationary whenever u use any type of spell. U should be able to move and attack at the same time
That does sound frustrating... Decades of muscle memory would be telling me to circle strafe.
That works in like isometric ARPGs but not so much realtime 3D player control. Imagine Skyrim if you couldn't move while casting spells. I can see how some spells would require being still, but for basic combat attacks it seems weird you can't move and cast. Maybe they wanted the combat to feel like "souls-lite" more than third person action IDK. Kinda makes it sound more appealing in story or easy mode for the exploration and story with the combat as an afterthought rather than a slog. Not being able to dodge in realtime does sound bothersome.
the problem is that the game is made for consoles who can't move around well. If it had a better PC port would be more interesting combat
The title of the video sums up what I think about the game. All this time I've been waiting for a Harry Potter game that is basically a fullfilling roleplaying experience in a sandbox, but instead we got this (which is still great, tho). What I've always expected is a HP game like GTA but with a level of roleplay closer to Kingdom Come and Read dead redemption 2.
Broooo you just Summed it up Perfectly. Your videos aren't just informational, they are entertaining from Start to End.
Love your Content man.
NGL game had me amazed in the start but, after that it just gets repetitive.
It felt like the whole game was a tutorial to me. It was fun but I was waiting for the tutorials to end and realized that it never would.
Yes, mini-map off is a must in a game with such good exploration
Ranton is the only one I can't fast foward when he advertises :))
Can't agree more with the loot system and the cursor menus with a controller.
The first gives me no incentive to care about loot anymore, since, as you said, your "legendary" item gets replaced with whatever white/blue loot you find one level after, while the second makes navigating the menu unbearable and seems very lazy. If you tell me on top of it that the talent section is not worth delving into, then the "RPG" aspect of the game won't appeal to me at all (and yes, Ubisoft started all this shit with AC Origins & co).
Something else which bothers me, from looking at a few hours of gameplay, is that all characters seem very flat/dull, like everyone is overly nice to each other, there's no competition between students or actual goofy or bad characters. In the books/movies or in real life inside a school, there are all those aspects, it makes sense that in a school, you have good and bad interactions and kids can be very cruel to each other (even more than adults sometimes) whereas here, it looks like a fairy world which makes it very dull and forgettable.
I guess I'll just buy the game in a year or two when it costs 20€ or less to just wander around the environnements without having too much expectations (just like for any recent AC game).
Cool video even though I don't agree with a 6. By the way, you can change the appearance of the gear while using the same power up.
Rantoni, I fucking love you dude B) the hype for your vids is strong, your hyper editing is my favorite lol
@ranton when you trained at the temple did you have to pay to stay and train there? As when I look online I always see huge fees to train near the temple. I've been training in shaolin kung fu for a few years at a club in my country, my shifu is from the shaolin temple in China. Also, I can speak and understand basic mandarin
You can change the appearance of gear to look how you want