Hogwarts Legacyhas a bunch of different ways for players to customize their experience as a Hogwarts student, from their own personal avatar, which house they are sorted into, and how to decorate their Room of Requirement. Character customization is not as thorough or in-depth as other action-RPGs on the market, and it arguably needed to do more torepresent transgender inclusivity sufficiently inHogwarts Legacy. Rather, another customization option inHogwarts Legacythat disappoints concerns its broomsticks, which is not a mistakeHarry Potter: Quidditch Championscan afford to make.
Little is known about the competitive multiplayer game thus far, though much more will be revealed during this weekend’s playtest. Understanding common live-service trends, though, could determine that cosmetics and skins and the like will all be a substantial part of what keepsQuidditch Championsafloat until other seasonal content is potentially released. If so,Quidditch Champions’ own broomstick customization could easily eclipseHogwarts Legacy’s broomstick customization, which offered unique skins that players needed to purchase throughout the open world.
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Quidditch Champions Needs Excellent Broomstick Customization
However,Hogwarts Legacy’s broomstick customization hardly feels like satisfying customization at all. Players simply get to substitute what the entire broom’s appearance looks like, with no effect on its passive stats. The only way players can make their broom control slightly better or move slightly faster is to procure upgrades after competing inHogwarts Legacy’s timed broom races.
Otherwise, broom skins are found almost anywhere for sale from remote merchants inHogwarts Legacy’s open-world Highlands. This was serviceable as both a customization option and a means of acquiring each skin, but leaves itself wide open to be interpreted much differently. It is possible that not a ton of detail went into broomstick customization to not pry attention away from customization inQuidditch Champions, similar tohow Quidditch might have been omitted fromHogwarts Legacyfor the same reason.
If this is the case, then fans should be able to expectQuidditch Championsto have a wonderful breadth of customization options in its character avatars and broomsticks. This could be dynamic with individual parts of the broom being customizable themselves, in the same way that different lightsaber components are individually customizable in theStar Wars Jedifranchise.
Likewise,Quidditch Championscould draw inspiration from recentResident Evilgames and allow fans to dangle ornamental attachments to the end of their broom. It would be neat to see unique trails left behind each broom as well that could be customized, such as the spectral Patronus-like trail that is left behind the character’s broom inQuidditch Champions’ announcement footage.
It is unlikely thatQuidditch Championswill have a narrative component, though it is more than possible that players will be asked to choose a Hogwarts house that will represent which team they are on. This is the only way it would make sense for players to have respectively colored robes unless players are impartially sorted onto a random team whenever they enter into a match, though it would be more in-line with theHarry PotterIP to let players choose themselves.
Either way, it would be excellent to see broomsticks that can be fully customized, let alone broomstick upgrades that players can earn. If possible, it would be fun to finally unlock a Nimbus 2000 or a Nimbus 2001 as long as progression is fun and non-predatory. If stats are apparent and affect gameplay with particular brooms, then that could be a whole other approach to consider when selecting broomstick cosmetics inHarry Potter: Quidditch Champions.
Harry Potter: Quidditch Championsis in development for PC and unspecified consoles.
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