Players will start from a fixed character, which they’ll be able to change and edit to their liking: hairstyle, hair color, complexion, facial features, eyes, etc. Games specified in a Q&A that the Harry Potter author was not part of the development, and a sign of that they pointed at the fact that the character creator in the game does not include gender options, just as shown in the recent gameplay stream. Rowling's problematic opinions about the LGBTQ community has influenced Hogwarts Legacy, although, in a less problematic way than expected. Many have pledged not to buy Hogwarts Legacy due to the author's political activity, and are encouraging others to boycott it, too, an issue I covered in depth earlier this week.J.K. Hogwarts Legacy also includes a trans character, a first for the Harry Potter universe, but the choice has understandably not been seen as a win for representation, and has instead been interpreted as an ineffectual effort to parry the issue of Harry Potter creator JK Rowling's years-long campaign against trans acceptance.
(I'll save my dismay for the inevitable mod that turns Hogwarts into a whites-only school.) In that context, it could be taken as unpleasantly ironic that there's a day-one paleness mod, but the great majority of the comments I've seen express only a desire to see their own likeness in the game, or to create a Draco Malfoy-like character. Like some other popular fantasy works, the Harry Potter series has been extensively criticized for excluding or stereotyping people of color (when it's not Opposite Day, that is), and that was clearly on the minds of Hogwarts Legacy's developers.
The NPCs populating Hogwarts Legacy are a much more diverse group than the teaching staff and student body from the original movies, at least as far as skin tones go.
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