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Review information Time played: 18 hours Platform: PC In a corridor near the Gryffindor common room, there is a suit of armor that hums to itself. Forgetting that it’s supposed to be stoically standing guard, it lets out a vibrating trill that can be heard by the robed students going by, rushing between classes. Its neighbor, another suit of armor, urges it to shut up by punching it on the arm.  My first hours in Hogwarts Legacy , the open-world Harry Potter RPG, are filled with moments of discovery. Where, like with the suits of armor, I stop in my tracks to watch what is going on around me.  I find a set of portraits of musicians playing melodies to one another, with a student sitting on a bench listening to the impromptu band practice. A gargoyle built into the foot of a grand staircase busied by throngs of loud students, complaining, “A hundred and forty-two staircases, and this is where they put me”. Or, Peeves the Poltergeist flying out from a closed door to ...