I think if you go in expecting an RPG you will be disappointed, as it's more of an Action adventure game. So the people who wanted an RPG are very disappointed, and the folks who wanted an action adventure game are happy. So from that point of view aggressively mediocre is pretty fair - from a story perspective. The danger of course with going Action Adventure is lack of re-playability - as your choices all lead to the same place, just your character model changes.
It's why I stopped playing Cyberpunk 2077 - we were promised an RPG, and they delivered an Action Adventure game. Its just kind of boring to know that nothing you do actually matters - story-wise.
Hey, but what they did on combat in Hogwarts Legacy was really well done. So props there.
