Hogwarts Legacy has failed to fill your nostalgia for games Harry Potter of the PS1 and PC era? Do you have to do a realistic open world and want to find the old Hagrid lacking polygons and facial textures? We have what you need. This Thursday, March 6, 2025, an independent game in the name as strange as its concept appeared in early access to Steam, and is already starting to be talked about. If the images of Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate You seem familiar to you, it is because it is a fully assumed parody of Harry’s first video game adventures.
A tribute both faithful and crazy
A few seconds from the trailer are enough to find what made the charm of the Harry Potter games in the 2000s. The textures of the castle walls, the flipendo to open hidden doors, the particles of stars produced by the spells … Nothing is left to chance, and it almost feels like Hogwarts. But you can already forget Harry, Ron, Hermione and the whole clique. No question of recovering the philosopher’s stone or going to kill the basil in the Chamber of Secrets: here, the players will have to thwart the plans of the evil director Grublemort. A name that leaves no doubt about the parodic will of the title. Yet, Secret Agent Wizard Boy Do not just be a simple even video game and offers a real sandbox experience to share up to 4 players online.
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Harry meets Goat Simulator
On Steam, the description makes the promise of a “Bac-A-Sable game loaded with comedy, without any restraint or limit“. A pitch which is reminiscent of the formula at the origin of the success of Goat Simulator. Players can go for a walk as they see fit in this chaotic magic school, where the main objectives only need to be ignored to have fun destroying everything with a wand.
Secret Agent Wizard Boy Invite players to test the limits of his physique and warn that multiplayer sessions will certainly not be “very cooperative“. For its entry into early access, The game is displayed at a promotional rate of € 7.80 until March 20. The developers’ notes indicate that the final version will offer many additional NPCs and areas, but that Early Access already offers a good overview of the finished product. This beautiful nostalgic and wacky surprise comes just in time for the weekend: it only remains to convince your playmates that this video game stupidity is really worth it.
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