TLDR: If you're thinking about buying it, do it.

Pros:
* #1 BEST: VERY wide wange of graphical options ranging from low end/old pc all the way to high end/modern pcs with (MAY I ADD ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GORGEOUS) RTX capability.
* LGBT+ REP WITH SIRONA LETS GO!!!
* TOGGLEABLE HOODS?!?
* Lots of gameplay/story and plenty of side missions to distract yourself with.
* Beautiful graphics
* Lots of secrets to be found
* PARSEL TONGUE?? (found in settings i have no idea what it is about)
* Many challenges that increase how much you look around the world indoors and out (like with flying pages to catch)
* As far as I've seen very lore-accurate as well as some VERY BEAUTIFULLY animated scenes that just ♥♥♥♥♥ SLAP you with nastalgia and immersion
* WONDERFUL MUSIC (hogsmead music sent me back to the universal harry potter world as a kid :')! )
Cons:
* Feels like there seems to be some occasional lag spikes even on higher end pcs, presumably due to scene or world loading? Usually fixed by just opening the menu for a moment
* A few VERY MINOR bugs like a specific character T-Posing (Multiple confirmations)
* A sad but understandable lack of things i can really use 'Reparo' on for how much emphasis is put on it at the start, also tends to apply to 'Wingardum-Leviosa' later on
* personal pet-'Peeves' of not being able to kill passive animals lol

(im high af so imma rant) As an early review for people who are thinking about buying it but dont want spoilers, im 30% through the game at 22 hours, havent even done all that much time just exploring and enjoying it yet (because i wanted the spells to not be blocked by some locks lol). but yet its SO gorgeous and i wanna spend hours just living watching the sun rise and set, but also the game provides a large variation in settings to be able to enjoy the story and immerse in the world just as much even on a lower end/older pc. So much nastalgia and lore accurate nastalgia slapping instances like the music throwing me back to hogsmeade at universal studios or the animation of the door to the room of requirement . Theres just so much good and nothing huge game or immersion breaking wise that its easy to overlook or even just enjoy and laugh at like a T-posing villager of a small hamlet. Other quirks are things like low visibility on the fact you can actually toggle a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hood on/or (HUGE PLUS FROM ME because no one does this like EVER) like im just very overall happy and satisfied that someone finally EARNED a 70$ from me and even with the balls to make it purely singleplayer (though i wish there were some MMORPG aspects like just seeing players while in the castle or even co op aspects like elden ring style maybe to hook up with friends to do certain fights or something, but still the fact the game is so good it doesnt matter they did it very ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ well.

TLDR: If you're thinking about buying it, do it. Pros: * #1 BEST: VERY wide wange of graphical options ranging from low end/old pc all the way to high end/modern pcs with (MAY I ADD FUCKING GORGEOUS) RTX capability. * LGBT+ REP WITH SIRONA LETS GO!!! * TOGGLEABLE HOODS?!? * Lots of gameplay/story and plenty of side missions to distract yourself with. * Beautiful graphics * Lots of secrets to be found [spoiler] * PARSEL TONGUE?? (found in settings i have no idea what it is about) [/spoiler] * Many challenges that increase how much you look around the world indoors and out (like with flying pages to catch) * As far as I've seen very lore-accurate as well as some VERY BEAUTIFULLY animated scenes that just BITCH SLAP you with nastalgia and immersion * WONDERFUL MUSIC (hogsmead music sent me back to the universal harry potter world as a kid :')! ) Cons: * Feels like there seems to be some occasional lag spikes even on higher end pcs, presumably due to scene or world loading? Usually fixed by just opening the menu for a moment * A few VERY MINOR bugs like a specific character T-Posing (Multiple confirmations) * A sad but understandable lack of things i can really use 'Reparo' on for how much emphasis is put on it at the start, also tends to apply to 'Wingardum-Leviosa' later on * personal pet-'Peeves' of not being able to kill passive animals lol (im high af so imma rant) As an early review for people who are thinking about buying it but dont want spoilers, im 30% through the game at 22 hours, havent even done all that much time just exploring and enjoying it yet (because i wanted the spells to not be blocked by some locks lol). but yet its SO gorgeous and i wanna spend hours just living watching the sun rise and set, but also the game provides a large variation in settings to be able to enjoy the story and immerse in the world just as much even on a lower end/older pc. So much nastalgia and lore accurate nastalgia slapping instances like the music throwing me back to hogsmeade at universal studios or the animation of [spoiler] the door to the room of requirement [/spoiler]. Theres just so much good and nothing huge game or immersion breaking wise that its easy to overlook or even just enjoy and laugh at like a T-posing villager of a small hamlet. Other quirks are things like low visibility on the fact you can actually toggle a fucking hood on/or (HUGE PLUS FROM ME because no one does this like EVER) like im just very overall happy and satisfied that someone finally EARNED a 70$ from me and even with the balls to make it purely singleplayer (though i wish there were some MMORPG aspects like just seeing players while in the castle or even co op aspects like elden ring style maybe to hook up with friends to do certain fights or something, but still the fact the game is so good it doesnt matter they did it very fucking well.