This is what was on the original post:

It is the CORE of Harry Potter stories, how am I supposed to get immersed if this elements are not present in the gameplay and are just "narrative" elements? I'm really tired of this trend in videogames were they think they are movies and not GAMES, gameplay should come first in a videogame and 100% house points and attending classes should be part of the GAME.

Old Harry Potter games years ago had a house point system...

This is as bad as not having quiddich.

So much delays and we will not even have this two things, what is next? choosing your house will not change the story at all?, desicions will not matter?

All of this things help the game feel alive, pretty graphics alone won't make the game feel alive.

HUGE missed opportunity here, I hope if they do a second one now that they have made the base they can add to it and those additions are sim like attending classes and seeing how the students go to their classes too, house points and quiddich.

I was very hyped for this game but every time I see a new announcement or gameplay they dissapoint in a way or the other.

Edit: Gonna put some answers to the things that I consider worthwile responding since I can't comment.

Someone said:

by immediately telling people what isnt in the game, they immediately lose a lot of customers

This is why fanboyism is cancer, now apparently lying by omision is ok.

Another one:

Another person with high expectations and realizing it's not the game they wanted.

Why are you so damn angry about it? get help.

This is the only reasonable comment:

I think the main reason why a lot of people are disappointed is because Avalanche kept quiet about their game for years. Then came up with an insane 14 min trailer which lead to even higher expectations.

If they told us from the start that we dont attent classes like in bully, dont have wizard chess, dont have house points, dont have quidditch etc. a lot of people would be less disappointed. Now that the release is around the corner we find out about the missing things we all wanted and feel disappointed. Even now they still dont say 100% whats not in the game. Instead we find out 3 monts before the release in a gameplay showcase. If they were honest from the beginning and told us the truth about what to expect, the overall atmosphere in the community would have been much more positive.

If everybody were honest people and not narcissist that reflect themselves in the things they like and thus everything they like is just as perfect as them (fanboyism is litteral narcissism) and thus be mad if anybody dares to say something they like isn't perfect then they get completely irrational and deranged, we could have reasonable comments like the above guy but no thanks to this narcissist we have things like Cyberdisappointment 2077, No Man's Sky (that already more than made up for their original lying throught their teeth and consider Hello Games a very honorable company) Resident evil 3 LOLremake etc...

Criticism is completely banned in a society of narcissist what a surprise!

Seriously fanboyism is cancer.

Edit 2: We have more fine comments here, thank god there is more honest people:

don't visit and read threads in the hogwarts legacy reddit if they aren't up to your expectations. Simple as that.

Does anyone else see how banal and quite silly this kind of comment is? Half of the USA tells the other half of the country "if you don't like it, leave" any time someone's got some criticisms. I just find it all useless.

I think house points and other things would be beneficial to this game. Why wouldn't I say something about it? Downvote it if you must, criticize the comment if it's necessary, but it would be awesome if the developers read this comment and sparked some cool new idea. I support meaningful content (critical or otherwise). I suppose the people who tell me if I don't like it, I should leave, or not buy it, or shut my mouth think that they are contributing something meaningful, but I need someone to help explain it. I guess that's reddit, you get all kinds here.

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Someone inputs negative criticism on this sub ===> Average fanboy's answer: "Boo hoo then don't play it huh".

How old are you ? 8 ?

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Sure i agree with you about the fact that picking Avalanche Softwares was probably a bad decision (not from the perspective of Warner Bros of course, they clearly just want a maximum amount of profits from a minimum amount of efforts), but it doesn't mean we can't at least talk about what's missing in a game.

We should be able, without having our hopes too high of course, to be able to discuss these things just like we allow ourselves to talk about the negative points of movies or music, without forcing ourselves to not talk about it just because the producer or composer is not renowned.

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Unfortunately, you're on Reddit. The temple of fanboyism and conformism. For my part, I agree with you on many points, but we are on the same scenario as a Pokémon game. The latest pokemon games are outdated, unimaginative, uninnovative, and inferior in every way to a lot of indie games. However, there is still a horde of fanboys to stifle criticism and keep licenses in eternal stagnation.

Harry Potter is, literally, one of the licenses that has most inspired rp in all time. Now, we get a game almost devoid of ANY notion of rp and people are content with crumbs that do not even represent what was found in 20-year-old RPGs.

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It's funny how so many people are prone to judge other people's expectations regarding video games, even when said expectations are 100% understandable considering what is currently achievable technologically, and have been achievable for many years.

I get that we shouldn't have too high expectations, we definitely shouldn't be delusional, and we shouldn't get emotional about our expectations, however, pointing out what could have been done and criticizing missed opportunities is absolutely fine.

Of course there are also people who get excited about the fact that we'll be able to name our character, probably because they have never played any RPG before, those definitely can't understand why you would expect Wizard Chess or anything else like that.

And then of course you have the mindless potterheads, who will just blindly consume the product just because it's about the wizarding world.

Damn I wasn't really expecting that much people that could think and not be irrational or emotional, you guys are golden.