Hogwarts Legacy IGN Review: Score and Verdict

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IGN scored the game highly and singled out the companions as the reason it works, even while flagging the story's rougher edges.

Searches for Hogwarts Legacy IGN are almost always people looking for one thing: what the outlet's review actually scored the game and why.

The score

IGN rated Hogwarts Legacy 9 out of 10. That places it firmly in "amazing" territory on IGN's scale, among the higher marks the site gave any open-world release that year.

What the review praised

The companion characters were the standout in IGN's writeup. The review singled out how the people around you — Sebastian, Natty, Poppy and the rest — were written and how much their individual arcs pulled the wider story along, calling their characterisation and the roles they play in the plot a genuine strength of the game.

What held it back

The review was not uncritical. IGN flagged narrative issues alongside the praise, which is why it reads as compelling despite its flaws rather than an unreserved recommendation.

The takeaway

IGN's verdict lines up with the wider critical picture: strong world, strong characters, rough technical edges at launch, and a main story that never quite matches the side content around it.