Patches should fix these issues soon after release. This seems like a technical issue, but we could only speculate about the cause. The PC requirements for Hogwarts Legacy are pretty demanding, but nothing ridiculous for a brand-new game. If you want to see the terrible performance in action, you can do so in this video by German publication GameStar, which is currently the best showcase for the mentioned issues. This sounds gnarly and like a huge bummer. Many sections had poor framerates, making tough jumping puzzles and combat difficult with unpredictable stuttering. This was one of the worst moments that we saw in terms of performance, but bugs of that calibre were common during the 20 hours we spent with the game. Walking into Hogsmeade’s town square early in the game every NPC in the square started to shimmer in and out of existence, flickering wildly as the trees slowly grew and shook until basically nothing could be seen. The article by NME is one which highlights the biggest issues, including massive frame drops, weird flickering and other annoying bugs: Walking into certain areas will see trees violently shaking themselves like a malfunctioning Whomping Willow, obscuring vision as the framerate drops into the single digits.

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