Video Game Ideas for The Wizarding World Franchise

 Video Game Ideas for The Wizarding World Franchise

As a fan of all the great Franchises Star Wars(Obviously based on Previous Writings) , Lord of the Rings, and the Marvel Cinematic universe, a few video game ideas always return to my brain every couple weeks for the Wizarding World/Harry Potter Franchise. Portkey games has constantly been impressive to me creating new games and with Hogwarts Legacy on its way, I thought it no better time than to state a few of my own Video Game Ideas for the Wizarding World franchise.

The Sims meet the Wizarding World

As I mentioned in my Star Wars video game idea list, i am a very huge fan of the Sims 3(and i think Sims 4 while fine is not as good), I would love to see a the Sims do a Harry Potter game, where players can create their own wizarding family over generations of history within the wizarding world franchise. Of course Iconic Characters such as Tom Riddle, Albus Dumbledore, James and Lily Potter, Severus Snape and Harry would all play a part in the game as meetable sims and iconic locations such as Diagon Alley, The Ministry of Magic,Hogsmeade, Hogwarts and The Burrow would have to be featured as playable areas. A variety of Spells should be available from Expelliarmos to Avada Kedavra, should be included but the fun is really in the greater wizarding world and muggle world. 

Players should be able to choose the wizarding career of their choice, Auror, Magi-zoologist, Office Worker, Wand Maker,Professor and even Minister of Magic as they expand their lineage and play Wizarding World meets the Sims. of course for those younger sims Hogwarts Student would be their main career, and they'd be allowed to join different clubs and organizations. Adults will also have the ability to join secret organizations such as the Order of the Phoenix, and the Death Eaters, which would impact their family as years go on, some may end up in Azkaban forcing their children to grow up parentless or their parents may die and they end up living with a distant relative of sorts.

The game should feature hundreds of eras of play starting with an era of the Hogwarts founders to the modern era where Harry is an Auror and Hermione is Minister of Magic. Players should be able to choose sides for each individual sim in their legacy in the conflicts that shook the wizarding world including both wizarding wars and Grindelwald's rise during the fantastic beasts era. Players would also be allowed to choose their own hogwarts house and learn from hogwarts professors new and old across centuries.

For DLC, i would suggest new countries be added, France, The US, Bulgaria, and more be different DLC’s expanding the worlds, the magical schools and magical creatures that players can play with, as well as the magical schools that are offered, bringing Ilvermorny, Durmstrang, Beauxbatons and more to the game as well as new spells,abilities and traits. Another DLC could include new careers and the Muggle World as an addition where players can play as more muggle careers and would bring blood purity, half giants, half elves and house elves to the game as factors that can change your sims.  Another DLC would be one that allowed players to make Werewolves, Analogous,Ghosts,Vampires and Goblins to the game similar to sims supernatural did in sims 3,allowing even more ways to play. Another DLC could be magical vacations to places like Egypt, China, Romania or India similar to the Weasley’s vacation trip in Prisoner of Azkaban and introduce Portkeys to the game as a means of travel. There are many more ideas for DLC i have for this game but i’d rather let the creatives come up with those, but some of my ideas i have left include a More Magical Pets DLC: that includes Parseltongue as a trait or learnable skill, and dozens of magical creatures, an Azkaban DLC: which features Azkaban as an actual place in game as well as dementors,dark arts, crimes and ways to frame other sims and escape crimes, a Weasley Wizard Wheezes Stuff Pack, A Dark Arts Stuff Pack, An Order of the Phoenix Stuff Pack, The fidelius Charm DLC:which allows players to build and hide their home within the muggle world using the fidelius charm, A DLC that adds Time turners allowing players to go backwards in time and obtain immortality by wicked(horcrux) or alchemic ways(sorcerer's stone reference), a DLC where players can open up their own Store in Hogsmeade, Diagon Alley Etc as well as their own tavern, and a pack for each of the hogwarts founders and key Wizarding World Figures.

Shadow Of Mordor meets Harry Potter

Another idea I had once again(similar to my Star Wars Idea) involves a nemesis system similar to Shadow of Mordor or Shadow of War. In this game players play as Voldemort or one of his Death Eater Generals during Voldemort's rise to power, and will require followers to take over the wizarding world. Players would be able to use the imperius curse,Cruciatus curse and killing curse to meet their goals and recruit numbers to their side and face off against members of the ministry itself turning them to the Dark Lord's side. This could also be a fun concept if players are playing on the Auror side against the Dark Lord, and needing to find people they trust within the ministry to face him, but I still would argue taking the side of the death eaters in this kind of game sounds more fun.

In this game players would create their own Dark Wizard or Auror and rise to power through the ranks of either the auror office or Death eaters, using spells to defeat enemies and meet their goals. Players can also weed out enemies and build a unified version of their selected side of the wizarding war. 

DLC for this game would consist of Species packs that add: Werewolves, Vampires, Hags,Acromantula, House Elves, Goblins and Dementors to the game, Armor gear and customizables packs that would add :new ways to customize characters and special gear, Faction Packs: that would allow players to customize their own Auror office or Death Eater Factions and members, and Spell packs: that will add new spells,curses and more to the game. Another DLC idea would be to add more locations, maps and countries, The Order of the Phoenix and its members as well as missions that go with that, and Azkaban breakout: a game mode where players play as escaping death eaters or aurora trying to stop the breakout,as a mission.

Legacy of the Three Brothers

Following the story of Beedle the Bards tale of the Three brothers this game is an open world RPG where players play as the three brothers and then their descendants who obtained their Deathly Hallows from the Peverels to Grindelwald(the Wand), James Potter(the cloak) and Albus Dumbledore(the Stone), as we already know what happens at that point. This game will cover hundreds of years of Wizarding history and follow the trail of the Deathly Hallows owners over the years.

The Alchemist

A prequel story to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's(philosophers)stone, where players play as a young Nicholas Flemel from his days at Beauxbatons to the creation of the Sorcerer's stone to the day Albus Dumbledore destroyed the stone. This story would cover hundreds of years and involve spell casting, potion making and Alchemy to meet mission requirements.

Triwizard Legacy

A game where players create their own triwizard champion and compete in tasks from the first triwizard tournament to the last before the Events of Goblet of Fire, this would allow the mystery of why the tournament was canceled to be revealed. This would be an online multiplayer game with players playing in minigames over the course of three tasks at the end of three tasks the champion is determined. Players in this game would be able to use a variety of magic and gear to help complete the tasks and missions.the first task will always be a confrontation with a large magical creature:trolls, Giants, Dragons, Gargoyle, Runespoor,Acromantula the second would involve a location close to but not on the school grounds:black Lake, Mountains of Dermstrang, Water near Durmstrang, the Forbidden Forest,Beuxbatons grounds, The final round will almost always be a battle royale each set in a different location from the last, where players will be have to fight it out to gain the triwizard cup.

The three schools can also change based on the players choice:Durmstrang, Beuxbatons,Hogwarts,Ilvermorny,Koldovstoretz,Mahoutokoro,Uagadou,Castelobruxo and more will all be featured in the game as playable options for players each with a variety of skills available to be used based on the schools specialties, that can both aid of hinder players.

The game should be the more players who play the more they will obtain pts to be used to gain upgrades for spells and new gear/customizations. There will be customization points and skill/magic/gear points, players can also unlock professors or allies who can help them strategize for the tasks similar to Harry having Mad Eye(Crouch Jr/Neville) as his ally during the Goblet of fire. The professors can help strategize and train while the allies can help you find new objects or gear,Professors can also give hints to players about the next tasks. The more renowned players unlock from completing missions:specific to the specific ally or professor, of course players can save their skills and gear to their champion and play, keeping everything they earned permanently.

Harry Potter meets GTA

In this game you play as a group of wizards who wish to break into different wizarding banks across the wizarding world over a variety of classes.this game will be multiplayer and will feature a variety of iconic locations and new ones. The classes for this game include:

Class	Description	Specialization
The Leader	A wizard who plans the heists, and divides out the pay. The leader always seems to know what's coming and when	Occlumency and Legilimency
The Herbalist	A wizard who specializes in herbology and plants, could be useful in some cases	herbology
The Animagus	A wizard who isn’t always a wizard can at times sneak by undetected and scout ahead.	Transfiguration
The Magizoologist	A wizard whose mind is mostly on Fantastic beasts and where to find them, and uses them to his advantage	Magical Creatures
The Potions Master	A wizard with skills in potions that can aid his allies or poison his foes	Potions
The Master of the Dark Arts	A wizard with the skills in the dark arts in particular the unforgivable curses	Dark Arts
The Trickster	A wizard who can provide the distractions needed and do dads and toys to distract guards or cause massive chaos	Wizard Wheezes, Zonkos and Trickery
The Muscle	While not the brightest tools in the shed these wizard or perhaps just beings of brute strength tend to be the best at taking hits and holding a large amount of the take, good for boosting heist income	Brute strength, large inventory, hit points boost
The Curse Breaker	A rare gift for breaking curses could come in handy especially when breaking into wizarding banks, with all the traps these ones can detect	Breaking curses and detecting traps, stealth
The Man on the inside	Every good heist needs a man on the inside, perhaps a security guard or one of the banks Goblins or perhaps a house elf	Stealth, treachery and sabotage
The Cleaner	Cleans up messes left behind by the others allowing for a clean getaway with no evidence.	Stealth, cleaning up the mess,
The Clairvoyant	Clairvoyants studied divination in school and have a gift for the great beyond. Clairvoyants can detect incoming enemies and traps	divination
The duelist	Once a master duelist or champion now nothing, with skill in charms and defense against the dark arts, these are the wizards who use their skills to relieve foes with ease	Dueling, Charms and Defense against the DArk Arts
The Broker	Working in a fence is hard work, having one of these on your jobs is best when you want to maximize profits	Increasing income, trading stolen items for best rewards
Muggle Enthusiast	Muggles are normally a challenge to deal with in some situations however not for this wizard, he knows how to distract muggles and aid in particularly odd getaways, through the muggle world	Muggle Studies
The Doctor	A healer who uses skills to aid in any magical malady that may occur on a job	healer/potions master/herbalist
The Simpleton	While they weren't the best student or the best with magic or the best at anything these wizards are particularly lucky and seem to cause chaos wherever they go	Chaos
The memory collector	Memory charms are their game, and a good thing to who wants to leave behind any witnesses	Memory charms
The wand maker		Wand Lore and Repair

Players will design their own character in this game using one of these classes from a variety of species:

Species	Special abilities	other
Half Blood	Can hide easily in the muggle world. Earn more advanced magic earlier
Pure Blood	Normally have a higher level of influence in the wizarding world, their wealth is tripled during heists learn more advanced magic earlier
Muggle Born	Learn as much as they can about the Wizarding World faster than most, but can hide easier in the muggle world
Goblin	Excels in wandless magic can make objects that take on the strength of attacks	Cannot use wands
Half Goblin	Excel in wand magic. Can make objects that take on the strength of the attacks
House Elf	Excels in wandless magic and stealth	Cannot use wands
Half Elf	Greater Stealth, and excels in wandless magic.	Cannot use wands
Giant	Size prohibits stealth, enhanced strength	Cannot use wands Cannot ride brooms
Half Giant	Enhanced strength. Can enchant objects for travel.	Cannot ride brooms
Troll	Size prohibits stealth. Enhance strength. Slow but can take on attacks with ease	Cannot ride brooms Cannot use wands
Half Troll	Enhanced strength. Slow but can take on attacks
Vampire	Require human blood to function. Can use wandless magic. Enhanced sense	Cannot be an animagus
Werewolf	Under a full moon transform automatically, if they embrace the beast they retain some of their wolf abilities without transforming	Cannot be animagus
Metamorphmagus	Can change shape at will as stealth. Exceed in transfiguration magic.	Cannot be animagus
Muggle	Stealth boost(who would think a muggle capable of robbing a wizarding bank),	Cannot use magic
Squib	Stealth boosts(who would think a squib capable of robbing a wizarding bank)	Cannot use magic
Veela	Can transform into a harpie to fly for stealth and attack enemies with fireballs. Can bewitch NPC’s with beauty at will.
Half Veela	Can bewitch NPCs with beauty	Cannot be male
Obscuris	Very Powerful dark magic gets stronger the more they are angered and attacked.
Maledictus	Can transform into their animal form and choose an animal form for themselves as strength, as well as attack as their animal for stealth. (Snakes can speak Parseltongue)	Cannot use magic

This would be only one of many ways to play a wizarding heist game, another game mode could involve playing as a Death Eater, or Dark Wizard from a different era of Dark Magic or Dark Wizards. 

Conclusion

This concludes my small but adequate list of games set in the Wizarding world that I would like to see. I may add more ideas as ideas arise, as almost every week new ideas come to mind, the more I watch and re-read the series and engage in gaming. I can’t wait for Hogwarts Legacy and hope it's just as amazing as it looks in the trailers.