Choosing between Wo-Long, Hogwarts Legacy, Dead Space Remake, and the upcoming RE4 Remake?

Which game to get?


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FakeSympathy

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So I've been watching the threads for two of these games, Wo Long and Hogwarts Legacy. I find I want both games. On top of that, I heard Dead Space Remake is superb! On top of TOP OF THAT, Resident Evil 4 Remake is just around the corner, and I am hyped for that as well.

But as with any members of society w/ jobs and responsibilities, I can only spend so much time and money on these games!

I plan on getting two of these soon, and wait for other two to go on sale. Here are my quick reasonings for each games;

Hogwarts Legacy
IGNORING THE WHOLE TRANS VS ANTI-TRANS debacle, I always found wizarding world to be quite charming. I do not like JK Rowling anymore than other people, but she managed to create one of my favorite fictional fantasy worlds. The spells look super fun, the world looks colorful and begging to be explored, and riding on magical creatures and broom sounds amazing. However, I heard the story is a bit on mediocre side, nothing much to do once you get the strongest gears, and there are no current plans for additional contents?

Wo-Long
I loved the parry gameplay of Sekiro. I heard this game is a lot like sekiro, just with crazier movements and even tigher parry window. Weapon variety looks like, and character builds look simple but still gives you cool abilities. But I'm also seeing comments like story and characters are a bit on boring side, and currently the technical issues are huge on pc version. Plus the game as a whole feels wide, but shallow in its depth

Dead Space Remake
The original game is quite possibly one of my favorite horror game, even my favorite games in general, of all time. I always wondered how the remake would look like, or if it would ever come out. Well here we are! Apparently this game is a prime example of how a remake should be; Right up there with Resident Evil 2 Remake. Better graphics (duh!), better controls, all weapons are kinda viable now, and new necromorph type plus secret ending for new game plus. One thing that I do have to say is I can't get used to Isaac Clark's new voice and face. It feel drastically different from the original trilogy, almost as if it's baiting for remakes for all games....wait a minute.

Resident Evil 4 Remake
like the original RE4 quite a bit. It will hold a special place in my heart for revolutionizing the franchise and tps horror genre. And what was publicly shown so far has been great, and I am hyped. However, as with any new releases, I am cautiously-optimistic. I would need to see some more gameplay and playthroughs before I got out and buy the game. I am tired of riding the hype train only to derail and fall into neverending void of disappointment.

To be honest, DSR is a very strong candidate for me right now, so it'll probably be that + one other game. But I am open to other suggestions
 
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From the looks of it, you've kind of talked yourself into Hogwarts and Dead Space.

Of the four, I personally would get Dead Space (it can wait to get cheaper because EA) and RE4. I have no interest in the Harry Potterverse so I won't be playing that and I will have a look at the demo for Wo-long but at the moment my interest is minimal.
 

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If on PC, probably best to just stick with what’s proven to work well now, and save the others for later. Although RE4 Remake might be best if the last couple remakes are anything to go by.
 

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From what I've seen, the Wo-Long demo has some substantial gameplay all on its own, so you might be able to gnaw on that for a little while and buy another game entirely.
Back to the days of the cover disk. Buy the game?! No thanks, I'll play this short demo over and over and over.
 
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I'm getting Resident Evil 4 Remake, because it's at least available on the PS4. Hogwarts I have no interest in, and JK Rowling and WB can both screw off. They'll get nothing from me. I don't have a PS5, nor a powerful PC, so Dead Space Remake is off the table. Wo-Long looks interesting, but I'm not into those type of games.
 
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Wo Long easy. The most fun I had with that kind of game since last year with Elden Ring. Only it's actually pretty challenging and there's no spirit summons to hold your hand. But yeah I'm on console, not sure about how it is on pc.
 

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If you get Hogwarts Legacy you are dead to me.

Also it seemed kind of boring from what I played.
 

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What platform are you playing on. If PC, consider that Wo Long is from Koei Tecmo, so the pc port will be garbage. I don't need to have played it or looked it up to know.
 

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I'll be getting all of them sooner or later, but I'd go with Wo Long and Hogwarts Legacy first probably, simply because those aren't remakes and thus are new.

Wo Long looks especially interesting since it's similar to Sekiro, which I love despite having to play it for several months straight.
 

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The Harry Potter world is dumb, and say that as a Star Wars, and Marvel fan. The killing curse is too OP, and if your intent is to kill you should never do anything else.

It's basically if force lightning bypasses lightsabers or the Scarlet Witch was good, and just pwned every other Marvel supervillain.
 

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Whatever, just wash your hands.
I think you would get the most bang for your buck from Hogwarts. It sounds like there is a ton of content in that game. Wo-Long has some what middling reviews, I would wait for a sale. Both Dead Space and RE4 remake would also be good, but I think Dead Space has the least playtime of all of these, but I did enjoy the hell out of the original back in the day. Same with RE4...

I think my vote would be RE4, with Hogwarts being second for the world/length.
 

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The Harry Potter world is dumb, and say that as a Star Wars, and Marvel fan. The killing curse is too OP, and if your intent is to kill you should never do anything else.
Very few people can use the killing curse though. To quote Mad Eye Moody, "all of you [his class] could point their wands at me and say Advada Kavada, and I doubt I'd get more than a bloody nose." Most of the time, in duels, other spells are used (e.g. Stupefy).
 

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I can't really speak for Wo Long or RE4, but Hogwarts Legacy isn't even in the same stratosphere of quality as the Dead Space remake.

Honestly, it is so aggressively mediocre.
 
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Very few people can use the killing curse though. To quote Mad Eye Moody, "all of you [his class] could point their wands at me and say Advada Kavada, and I doubt I'd get more than a bloody nose." Most of the time, in duels, other spells are used (e.g. Stupefy).
(e.g. the one that lets you turn your enemy into an exploding barrel and then explode them. Or the one that makes them small so you can step on them.)

Harry Potter was never meant to be a world in which a lot of combat happens, the whole thing just breaks down once your typical video game murder hobos get involved.
 
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(e.g. the one that lets you turn your enemy into an exploding barrel and then explode them. Or the one that makes them small so you can step on them.)
Not sure what spells you're referring to, unless they're new to Hogwarts Legacy.

Harry Potter was never meant to be a world in which a lot of combat happens, the whole thing just breaks down once your typical video game murder hobos get involved.
It's certainly not meant to be a world designed for that, but the dueling's relativly decent.
 

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Not sure what spells you're referring to, unless they're new to Hogwarts Legacy.
They are in Hogwarts Legacy, I don't know if they were pre-existing spells though I've only seen a couple clips. Kind of doubt it though.

Unrelated, but what the heck is wrong with my spellchecker?

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