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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Puts a Stranglehold on Potterheads

After months of waiting, Potterheads around the world rejoiced when the new game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, was released on April 25th. The game follows you starting as a first-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy between the end of the First Wizarding War and the return of Harry Potter to the wizarding world.
It's time to embark on your Hogwarts story. Download #HogwartsMystery on the App Store or Google Play store today! https://t.co/pTfAyXPbgy pic.twitter.com/XhmL8nmcMm
— Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (@HogwartsMystery) April 25, 2018
Players were excited to get their Hogwarts letter.
Friends: "Its 2am. Why aren't you asleep?!"
— Pandemonium (@larv22) April 26, 2018
Me: *Screems when she receives her letter* #HogwartsMystery pic.twitter.com/rWJuqom33E
Some were excited to be able to choose their own house.
Instead of going to the gym before going to work, I'm out here playing #HogwartsMystery instead😆🤦♀️🤣What can I say, I'm such a Potterhead🤷♀️At least the sorting hat let me choose my house, unlike @ pottermore😑😅Anyway, I'll continue playing this during my break at work
— Liz (リズ) (@DANCEYLiz) April 25, 2018
Others were not.
The sorting hat scene is so anti-climatic. 😫😣 #HogwartsMystery
— 💛 Jungkook-ah & Jimin-ah 💙 (@kkukiejams) April 25, 2018
And we all know Hogwarts is a dangerous place, but being strangled by a plant on your first day?!
Cool, I'm gonna die on my first day at Hogwarts. #HogwartsMystery pic.twitter.com/64UmsRa2F9
— Lars / LGK (@lgkonline) April 26, 2018
Technically, it's free. The biggest problem? SUPER slow gameplay, unless you’re willing to make microtransactions to pay to play instead of waiting for energy to reload.
Waiting for my energy to refill in #HogwartsMystery pic.twitter.com/vpk649DODf
— Its Jedi (@l_Its_Jedi_l) April 25, 2018
But not to worry, someone filled us in on how to get extra energy!
YOU CAN GET MORE ENERGY BY TAPPING ON PARTICULAR THINGS IN EACH SECTION OF THE CASTLE!! I REPEAT EXTRA ENERGY!! (THERE ARE MORE LOCATIONS THAN THIS EG THE STICK IN THE CASTLE GROUNDS) #HogwartsMystery pic.twitter.com/mLax3cRcmU
— erin (@traqically) April 26, 2018
I don’t know about you, but this new game has cast a spell on me!