The team over at Digital Foundry has finally dug into the performance of Hogwarts Legacy on all console platforms, and you can tell why it's taken this long! Not only did the outlet set out to cover the game's launch day versions rather than pre-release code, but it also tested 21(!) modes across three consoles.
On the day our review went live, we touched on the fact that Xbox Series X has five overall modes, but that doesn't count the fact that you can actually unlock the FPS for four of those modes on Series X and PS5, almost doubling the number of available options on those machines. Xbox Series S is also covered by DF, with that console containing three modes in total.
As you can see in the analysis video, the outlet showcases mixed results from pretty much every Hogwarts Legacy mode on both Xbox consoles. None of the available options seem wholly perfect, with the 30FPS fidelity mode providing the most stable experience.
"It's not a clean bill of health in performance terms, with troubling frame rate issues on Xbox consoles, which hopefully can be addressed in due course. Now that's not to say that PlayStation 5 is perfect on the other hand, but it's clearly substantially more stable across its main visual options."
Outside of performance, the DF team has high praise for the game's general visual style, which does a fantastic job at translating the look of the movies into video game form. Harry Potter fans - despite some niggling performance problems, this is the game for you!
"Ultimately, Hogwarts Legacy is a beautiful, expansive piece of fan service with a level of visual accomplishment that's likely to seriously impress those deeply into the wizarding world."
Have you tried out all of the available Hogwarts Legacy modes? Let us know your experience with the game down below.
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Shame it's seriously underperforming on Xbox for now. Hopefully they will patch this soon.
Another game with performance issues that needs patching.
Is it worth buying any game day one at full price.
I have since last year started taking the stance of buy later, pay less and get the better patches version.
It seems the only way forward in this day and age of gaming.
Don’t get me wrong, not all games full under this category, but more and more are.
@Dezzy70 depends on how much you can live with really, I picked up this game and Elden Ring day one. Had great experiences with both. Also glad I could have experienced Elden Ring before some of its patches
@BrilliantBill
It’s rather simple though.
You can ignore a lot of options depending on your TV.
You got VRR and 120hz TV? You want ray tracing? Unlocked fidelity + RT
You got no VRR, but 120hz? Go for balanced mode
No “fiddling around”. Just different options for various TV features. Over time the amount of options will decrease with the increase of market share of 120hz +VRR capable TVs
@Total_Weirdo No real interest in this game, but I won't lie, I'm deeply interested in seeing how the Switch version fares.
Maybe it’s because I have a VRR TV but I haven’t noticed any noticeable frame rate issues on my Series X.
Xbox underperforms yet again. The most notable trend of this generation. 😢
Digital Foundry said the game runs better on PS5. Simply by chance i bought the PS5 version an it runs great. Not seen it on Series X.
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