Hogwarts Legacy players can drastically improve the game by changing just one setting

Hogwarts Legacy players who have already got themselves stuck into the new game have revealed how others can drastically improve their gameplay by changing just one setting.

The open-world role-playing game, which is set long before Potter’s time in the 1800s, dropped today (10 February), and already fans of the franchise have been giving it a whirl.

It allows players to attend classes at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry while also exploring the likes of Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade and the Forbidden Forest, with the website saying: “Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books.

“For the first time, experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart.

“Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it.”

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While some of you may have been waiting until the weekend to get the games console fired up, some people have already given it a whirl – which is handy, as they’ve been able to share their pearls of wisdom.

Over on Reddit, one user called egyptianbeast96 shared some advice about game settings – and a simple change you can make to improve things.

They wrote: “PSA: Turn off these two settings for more immersion. Highly recommend going into the user interface settings and turning off ‘Show HUD Tracking Icons’ and ‘Minimap.’

“It makes a world of difference and since there is a button to turn on quest tracking in the actual world, the two settings off adds a whole level of immersion if you want to explore Hogwarts to the fullest.”

And they weren’t the only one to back the idea, with another agreeing: “Can confirm. The book compass charm is enough if you need guidance. First thing I did was turn these two off and it’s so fun stumbling around.”

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Someone else also said they originally planned to turn the Minimap off in the castle, as they wanted to get their bearings like a real first-year student at Hogwarts first.

They explained: “I've only played the first ‘in-game day’, but after I have thoroughly explored everything first, I'll be turning it off. For now it's just helping me get my bearings a bit, but I want to be able to navigate by memory. But seriously, f**k me, it's a big castle! They've done it justice alright!”