You do choose your house at the Sorting Ceremony near the start of the game, yes.

Instead of starting over, if you have a second device, you can start a second character.

>by both HP Mystery and Legacy
biggest example being Houses
a mini game or quiz, and make a suggestion based on that

Ok, in HPHM you just chose, but there is the quiz in Legacy for 100%. Yes, it's kinda short, but still. And they even offered a feature where you bind your Pottermore results to the game! So you basically go to Pottermore, do the large quiz, define your House and Patronus, and once you link your Pottermore account to the game, they will suggest you the House you've end up with by doing that quiz. Not to mention there's another little quiz, as I said before, (3 questions if I remember it right?) in the game itself before you chose the House.

I think in games like HPHM you just don't have all that time to create the right atmosphere though they really did try to in the beginning, at Diagon Alley, with you character's name selection and the letter from Hagwarts.

As to wands, I don't really understand the whole idea of wand choosing the owner cause from what I've seen, the wandmaker makes a choice for you and the wand just tends to either accept it and say "ok, let's do it" or deny by "you don't own me!" So what we see in games is really ok, I just wish there was customization option (or more options to pick from) but once again I understand that HP HM is not that kind of game unlike Legacy where they can actually put more effort into making wands unique.

I don’t remember getting those options to choose from when my wand was “selected”. It was decided based on how I felt on MC’s brother’s expulsion; and I was never shown the wands beforehand.

Anyway, I partly see where you’re coming from… maybe a “personality quiz” done with the Sorting Hat, though you can pick something else. For the wands, I’d honestly like the ability to customize it and make my own so I can recreate my wand from Pottermore (ebony, dragon heartstring).

you should probably tag this as year 5 spoilers, since most people don't know >!you get a second wand!< later in the game 😭

I didn't remember being given this choice! Do wish there had been a choice of styles rather than getting a non-descriptive "stick"! Recall more when helping Penny get a replacement & when helping a first year get hers (think she was the muggle-born entranced to get one with a unicorn hair!)

When were these choices given? It was different for me.

• Hidden dialogue options with house mates
• Dice-roll dialogue options may not be as effective with other houses
• Access to your common room and activities
• House Cup

I’m in the same boat at the moment. It could mean literally nothing.

Alternatively there could be a small stat buff per house I.e hp boost for one or increased spell damage for another.

Another idea I had, which is far less likely, would be that there are certain companions only accessible when sharing a house.

I’m not expecting anything, but I would like at least a small quest line exclusive to each house to encourage repeated play throughs. I understand that developers are hesitant to put time into content that not everyone can see on any save file, but I love it when they do.

Agreed, the only thing I can see it changing is maybe one side quest specific to that house and of course where your doorm is.

I’m not sure but I’ll definitely be doing a second play through to see

Well slightly more impactful than that because it actually changes where you live

I mean, aside from flavor or maybe some house cup shenanigans, I prefer it that way. I don't wanna have to pick Gryffindor to get a better ending or Ravenclaw to get that one companion etc. etc.

I think the best thing to do would be have a set of scenarios where you have to pick paths early in the game intro. Help the person/exploit them/etc. type choices.

Based on your choices the sorting hat will tell you which house you should be in.

If you don't like it, then you can pick.

Won't be disappointed either way but if I was designing it that's how I'd do it!

It wouldn't be canon if that's the case.

Harry for example really didn't want to be in Slytherin even though the Hat said he would be a great wizard there in the first book. A bit later he asks the hat again and the hat basically says the same thing. He would have been a great wizard in Slytherin, but Harry didn't want to be a Slytherin, so he put him in Gryffindor.

So there will probably a test or something, but you'll get the option to change the outcome of that test.

Didn't we know that already?

It's even canon because the Sorting Hat takes your choice into consideration.

You can just do a quiz in any site and then choose the house you got in the quiz lol

I am so excited to be a "good" Slytherin.

What house are you in?

The mobile game does a fairly good job of having friendly Slytherin characters.

I basically want to play a more reasonable Crab/Goyle. Big kid that's not the greatest at magic or the smartest. But whereas those two were just big jerks, my guy will be pretty self serving and ambitious but fiercely loyal to his friends... His companions are the reason he's a bully and also the only reason he's not complete jerk all the time.

I wonder if they'll have stats beyond magic. Like do build a character behind their appearance? Can my character be bigger and dumber then yours lol?

Just discovered this game and am very excited.

Ya it just makes me question why that house is allowed to continue to exist especially after the second wizarding war

I was hopeful that you could do a test or quiz to have the hat select for you OR choose the house you want.

Either way, I know I’m gonna be a good slytherin then a really evil gryffindor just to throw the stereotypes for a loop.

on third house, still fun to play.

I've completed it twice and got the platinum PS5 trophy. There are some things in the game that could be better but overall the game is amazing.

Welcome to the game :)

It’s the best game I ve ever played

I go from male to female characters, from house to house, from race to race. I’ve played close to 20 times.

Just go with Ravenclaw. All quests except one are exactly the same for all four houses, you won't be missing out on anything. Besides the traits of Ravenclaw fit MC's perceptiveness and curiosity quite well and a character important to the narrative, who your MC is often compared with, was also in Ravenclaw. As for the missing companion, just imagine your character IS the Ravenclaw companion to these other three.

Having played as all the houses, I think the game was set up with the Slytherin house in mind. The main story line focuses on a powerful ancient magic. Slythrin is not directly an evil house, it more about power and ambition. But power often corrupts people. Your response choices are all the same regardless of what house you are in. The character can’t really be evil overall even if you want them to be. There are many aspects of the game that are limited.

There aren’t huge differences between the houses though. There is one different quest which I agree Hufflepuff wins on that one as it is the only house that goes to Azkaban. The common rooms and a few things here and there but nothing significant. I would pick whichever one makes sense for you. If you really have no preference I would go Slythrin and then play just enough of a second round to do the hufflepuff quest.

I think the player character's nature suits itself most to Ravenclaw, since your main goal is searching for answers and being generally inquisitive and open to new knowledge and experience. The three main student NPCs represent the other houses, and the intellectually curious and accepting nature of a Ravenclaw would explain why the player is so open to go along with them in each of their own very different pursuits. There really isn't one "correct" answer for you though, so you should mainly just pick whatever you like. There are also really no substantial in-game consequences for the "alignment" you follow, so even that is really up to you to decide if you want to roleplay or not.

Imo, slythern house fits really well with the Ominus, Sebathian, and Anne arc... which is a major portion of the game. It also helps justify the absolute genocide the MC lays down on the goblin community.

There is absolutely no consequences in the game except few dialogue differences, so you can do whatever you want no matter which house you choose. There is a house related quest though that may change 15 minute of your gameplay.

Slytherin fits the best in my opinion due to the best companion quests.

(Tried to give the least amount of spoliers)

I want familiars/companion pets so bad 😭 I love that we can have and care for different beasts in the Room of Requirement and that we’re able to ride some outside the RoR and pet cats all over the place but come onnnnnn, let us have our own owl, cat, toad, rat, or whatever that will be with us wherever we go 😭

Everything Baldur’s Gate did.

-companions

-multiple dialogue options that MATTER and will make people play multiple times to uncover them all

-romance

-companion approval and companion related quests (you can do but don’t have to)

-different wizard classes like maybe master in one field/fighting style versus another?

I could go on but this is what I’ve got so far

Ignatia wildsmith learns to shut the fuck up

I'd love to see the fame actually close to the Harry Potter we know and enjoy it not only in films

I think a game that's just based in that magical world would be good, without Hogwarts.

Like a proper RPG, you customize your full grown adult character and then have free roam if all the locations we see in the movies and hear about in the books.

Maybe set it even further in the past, like the 1800s or earlier.

Legacy didn't do a very good job with the choosing alternate paths aspect. Just having a slightly different cutscene isn't enough and doesn't feel like my decision really matters because the rest of the game continues the same after the cutscene, regardless of what I do.

I want to be abe to choose if I want to be a good wizard or a dark wizard. And I want more dark magic, not just the three unforgivable curses.

Better NPC interaction. Nobody reacts to you firing spells everhsju. Building on that, you should be able to attack NPCs in this game (since you're not a child and neither will be NPCs). Shouldn't be able to attack anyone for free though. Should have a wanted system or something.

I think there are plenty of spells in legacy, but I would love to see even more.

The ability to wear some head equipment with the hood on

Ok, story time:

I always wanted to be in Gryffindor when I was new to the fandom and kind of didn't want to accept I was a Ravenclaw (or any other house for that matter), which deep down I knew I was. I kind of manipulated my answers on quizzes just to be a Gryffindor but it obviously didn't feel right. Then, when I was reading OotP for the first time, I started to embrace the fact that my true house was Ravenclaw (yes I stan Luna) and began to acknowledge it when I got Slytherin and Hufflepuff on quizzes as well. Basically, it was a long journey of accepting what my inner house was.

Do the Pottermore Quiz. For a lot of people it’s the end all final answer.

Go to the wizarding world website, create an account, and take the test

Pottermore Sorting

I just chose gryffindor because it's the one that most resonated with me