Hogwarts Legacy: Surprising PEGI Rating, How Dark Is The Game Really?

We already have quite a few scenes out at the moment Hogwarts legacy seen and we can now get a good idea of ​​what to expect from the latest “Harry Potter” game.

But who exactly is the game made for? For whom is it suitable? Will it be child’s play or more of a medium for an older audience?

I have a Look at the PEGI rating thrown that covers the European area and found that it is anyway shouldn’t be child’s play. The reason for this? It’s probably pretty clear.

From what age is Hogwarts Legacy suitable?

The RPG from the Potter universe “Hogwarts Legacy” is expected to receive a USK 16 rating in Germany if it matches the PEGI result. However, it could also receive a USK 12 rating. That remains open at the moment.

Surprise: the In any case, PEGI has a provisional age rating of 16 years granted! This is about the Pan-European game information and it is comparable to a USK at European level.

The PEGI-16 rating suggests that Play darker in tonality than we had previously expected. But should that surprise us?

At first glance it looks like a perfectly normal one Open-world role-playing game made us like in our childhood dreams Hogwarts and the fictional world of Harry Potter explore. But appearances are deceptive. The game will definitely not be an adventure for magic bundles of joy.

Like us, among other things Gameplay Details can see, there are quite a few starting points that go in a more mature direction.

Why is Hogwarts Legacy more for adults?

We know that in Hogwarts Legacy we will be exploring the darker side of the franchise. For example, we make use of malicious and deadly spells. Hogwarts Legacy lets us use forbidden magic.

This unforgivable curses (as they are officially called) are already, according to lore, “magical forms extreme violence“. If they are used, since 1717 there is even a risk of one life imprisonment in Azkaban.

Although there were some aurorswho you at the Fighting Death Eaters officially used and were allowed to do so, but that doesn’t change the evil of these spells. There would be for example:

• the killing curse Avada Kedavra, who magically kills victims,
• the torture curse Cruciatus, who magically subjects others to torture,
• or the Imperius cursewhich directly imposes its own will on other people!

In the “Harry Potter” universe there is definitely scope for more adult material. So how does Hogwarts Legacy grow up?

Harry Potter occupied for example Bellatrix Lestrange with a Cruciatus curse, but his curse is barely strong enough to harm her. at Severus Snape he tries to do the same, but he elegantly avoids the curse. And the Imperius curse? It is also used by Harry Potter during the burglary at the Gringotts.

Difference between PEGI and USK

Rather for adults because of violence? Although one can PEGI 16 rating also for sexual content or for them Integration of substance abuse (or alcohol) forgiven, but it stands to reason that it relates more to the tonality of the game, which on average might be darker than we thought. The PEGI 16 in this case is therefore definitely awarded:

“This rating is applied once the depiction of violence reaches a level that looks the same as it would be expected in real life.”

We therefore assume that the Rating primarily on the authentic depiction of violence relates in the game. Sex, drugs and alcohol in the Wizarding World are currently rather foreign to me?

Consider that the PEGI rating in Germany from the USK replaced because the PEGI has no legal force. The PEGI classification is therefore only a recommendation, while the USK has been mandatory since 2003. That is why no 14-year-old can buy a USK-16 game in Germany. However, he could legally buy a PEGI 16 game in Europe.

A classification of the USK is not yet available for “Hogwarts Legacy”, which of course can still deviate.

Would you have thought that the development studio was aiming for a PEGI 16? After all, it is the second highest rating of the PEGI. Or are you as surprised as we are? Write it in the comments and discuss with us!