Review:
25 hours in (gametime, not Steam time) and the game is great!
I hope the team adds performance fixes and fixes the booty cheeks facial animations, however.
The combat challenges system is amazing! Please keep this in a sequel!

Things for the future of the games (DEVS PLEASE READ):
1. DO NOT MAKE THE SEQUEL TO THIS GAME AN MMO!
-- Many Harry Potter fans are now adults and I know for one, I don't want to sink thousands of hours into a game, because I simply don't have time to. I want to play a game and beat it. That's all the satisfaction I need.

2. Consider adding Quidditch to give the game a multiplayer aspect, so that they:
-- 1. Shut up about the team adding it
-- 2. Can get their fill of a multiplayer experience in a Wizarding World game
-- Note: I am 100% indifferent on it being added, as I have no need to play yet another multiplayer game or have to get more achievements, but I know a lot of people want it.

3. Please add more black and purple outfits to the game
-- I want my character to look like they're from the Matrix, Bladerunner 2049, or like Knightmare Batman and all the current black outfits look goofy with the long socks.
--- I'd prefer a suit look, similar to the Dark Arts suit

4. I have yet to beat the game, but please do not continue this story in a sequel.
-- It's great so far, but I want each game(s) to feel fresh and new, not have the same exact side-quests, challenges, Merlin Trials, etc., but just play as a sixth year student

5. Most importantly, please keep the way combat challenges work in a sequel!
- They are awesome, because you don't have to open your field guide to complete them, they just appear in battle, which is the best implementation I've ever seen!

6. Contrary to my 4th point, I think it would be awesome if you could transfer your character to a new game and all their spells, outfits, etc., but be able to visit the other Wizarding Schools; basically, if you could be a student studying abroad at another Wizarding school, that would be sick!
- I immediately thought this when the Quidditch professor mentioned that there was a school in Japan
-- I'm no weeabo, but exploring how magic is used in different regions of the world, would be amazing!

7. Adding to my 6th point, maybe this could be DLC ("A Summer abroad" type beat), rather than a whole year spent at the Wizarding School, but "lengthy". Maybe like 10 hours or so and you can learn maybe 10 or less new spells, but get to experience different Wizarding Schools and different settings that we have never experienced the Wizarding World in before.
- Some of my favorite parts in the movies are when they venture outside of the Hogwarts area and to places like the beach, the Ministry of Magic, Harry's home, etc.

8. If I could summarize my 1st, 4th, 6th, and 7th points, I would say make sequels similar to how Assassin's Creed series is; different settings and different time periods.
- Important to note, that I mean this on the smaller scale that the teams developing the games are going forward; shorter and more focused.
-- This would be a great way to do DLC or a sequel!

9. I very much appreciate the devs respecting our time in the game and only having about 70 hours of content.
- So many open world games feel the need to have like 100+ hours of "content" that is mostly just doggy filler and fetch quests, but everything I do in this game feels like I'm doing it for a reason, which is great!

10. Listing this one more time as I know there are a ton of points; DEVS, DO. NOT. MAKE. A. WIZARDING. WORLD. MMO.

TLDR; This game needs a sequel or DLC, but not an MMO Sequel or Multiplayer aspects (other than maybe adding Quidditch, so people stop asking for it), and it does not necessarily need to continue this story. This would allow us to explore different time periods and countries/regions of the world, similar to how the Assassin's Creed games work, but not on as a grand a scale.

Seems like it's going to be awesome, but it needs a performance patch.

The game runs at half the FPS Spiderman did on the same hardware (3070 Strix + 10700K w/ 16GB of RAM)

Remove the Battle Royale mode from the weekly challenges for the Gigachads that hate Battel Royales like myself.

I have no interest in playing a game mode like a Battle Royale, especially when it detracts from me being able to do other challenges for the Weekly Ultimate Rewards.

I was excited for Season 2, but now have zero interest in playing because I am going to miss out on a ton of cool rewards because we're forced to play a cheeks game mode.

Remove it and people will be happy.

11/25/2023 Update: Game is moving in the right direction now and it's really fun!

Apex Legends Arenas is the only good FPS that has come out since Titanfall 2 (besides Destiny 2 PVP)

Thank you Respawn for bringing us back.

I have been waiting for this for 4.5 years :')

This is by far the best birthday present anyone could ever ask for. Thank you Gearbox!