There’s some less-than-ideal quirks to the game I hope get ironed out before release, like the fact that the best strategy as a survivor with a killer on your tail is to run in circles around him to exploit the limited perspective. It’s a bit goofy as a survivor, but it mostly just feels clumsy and frustrating as the killer. As well, though the developer described how other maps will provide much different gameplay from the forest level they were showing off, it sounds like activating generators to power an escape door is the only objective survivors will ever be given. I’d really like to see some creativity there, because while the meat of the Adventure game characters is ultimately about the tension of being hunted and the procedurally generated levels will add some variety to every match, it’d be nice to have something else to do once in a while.

If you’re a fan of Harry Potter, this game will absolutely feel like it was made for you. In many ways, Wizards Unite seems to expect that people playing will have some awareness of Harry Potter and the world. There are countless references, links and nods to the franchise's expansive wo

Buckle Up is handy for spotting survivors in trouble and healing them will reveal where the killer is for a few seconds. But his ultimate ability, Mettle of Man, triggers whenever he receives three Protection Hit Score Events. Whenever he reaches full health, he is immediately visible to the killer, thus incentivizing playing injured or willingly acting as b

While both games have their advantages and disadvantages, fans of Pokémon GO and Harry Potter now have the chance to enjoy and play both. We’ve put together a list of things Wizards Unite does better than Pokémon GO, and other areas in which it falls sh

Overall, the pattern of Wizards Unite 's gameplay looks to be borrowing heavily Pokémon GO 's. Players walk around to find collectibles, monitor their resources, and are eventually forced to visit real-world locations to replenish those resources. Then again, most mobile games have some sort of resource system. Even if Wizards Unite handles resources similar to GO, the latter still has very Pokémon -specific features like gyms and legendary battles. Surely Niantic wouldn't give us some Polyjuice Potion version of that, right? Wel

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite was announced a few months ago, and even with little to go on, many fans suspected that it would be a similar experience to Pokémon GO . Those suspicions were only given more fuel when the development team outlined the game's features earlier this week. Not only is the basic premise the same, but there are also some mechanics that seem directly pulled from Pokémon GO, particularly gyms and PokéSt

The Forest requires players to be imaginative and methodical as they create a base and explore the wilderness to find tools, resources, and of course their son. There are a lot of plates in the air that need to be kept spinning and INTPs will thrive in this atmosph

As a small studio, however, Niantic could only do so much. It made sense, then, for Pokéstops to be in the exact same locations as Ingress portals. It even used a lot of the same systems for things like spawn rates and item product

While Wizards Unite definitely features a continuation of the lore, it does take a while to get acclimatised to what's going on. You’re not a student at Hogwarts or anything directly from the series. In Pokémon Go, however, it’s very clear how you’re a part of the unive

Does this mean that our Witch or Wizard character is too exhausted to cast a simple charm or curse, but suddenly feels reinvigorated after spending $4.99 to purchase gold currency and in turn buy more Spell Ene

As a new agent for a mysterious federal organization that investigates the supernatural your first day at work is crazy to say the least. Everyone’s dead, creatures lurk in the shadows and the rules of reality no longer always ap

Your goal is to fix five generators in the level that will power the door leading to safety and get out. The levels are procedurally generated each time, though, so you’re never going to be able to memorize the layout and map the most efficient routes; you’re going to need to balance exploration with stealth in order to find the generators without getting spotted and winding up on one of the killer’s meat hooks. Every time you run, you leave a trail through the woods the killer will see and follow straight to you, so when you’re looking around, tread lightly. Fixing a generator doesn’t require much more than time and a bit of timing as a prompt similar to the Gears of War active reload pops up occasionally to make sure you’re still paying attention. Missing that prompt is a surefire way to get the killer on your tail as it causes the generator to make a loud noise with a visual icon on the killer’s display.

Instead, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite presents players and fans of the franchise with an entirely new activity, one we have never heard of in any detail before, which is the search for Foundables... and that is about it. For the unfamiliar, Foundables are items that have been found, as our in-game narrator tells us, being far too proud of a name that sounds as though it were unironically chosen by a five-year-old ch