Awesome, enjoyable, imperfect – Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Review

I really enjoy this game and immersing myself in the Wizarding world. That said... - It takes too long to get each energy, the tank saves too few, and it becomes impossible to complete activities within the time frame! Especially special activities. Considering how much energy is needed for one class, and then there are classes that require study sessions first (which use more energy) it’s ridiculous to spend so much for so little. BOTTOM LINE: Make energy cheaper, require less energy, accumulate energy faster. - I’d be happy to watch ads to gain energy, gems, animal feed, coins, etc BUT: 1. ads are rarely offered, and 2. after watching for 30 seconds, the app often crashes (without giving me my earned energies!) - The story starts off pretty slow, especially because there’s no way to have enough notebooks or gems to adopt creatures and pets early on. And I never even saw the option to pursue even one Achievement activities in Year 1. - LACK of customization and diversity available for my character, and choice in friends. 1. I should be able to choose my character’s personality (maybe taking a quiz to get into a house instead of choosing it outright, like on Pottermore) 2. I would like the option to not choose or to change genders, and where are less gendered hairstyles and clothes? Why can’t a male wizard have long hair and a dress? 3. It’s frustrating that I had no choice in who my friends are. My character should be presented with several options from the beginning - not just one person of the same gender with a very defined personality - whom I’d personally never enjoy getting along with in real life... I hope my dating choices won’t be so limited... Thanks to the development team for creating and working on the game; hopefully you’ll improve these points and make it far more enjoyable!
Review by Baslol on Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery.