

The scene occurs less than an hour into the game and, according to players on Twitter and Tumblr, feels like it’s forcing people to spend money on energy. The alternative is to either buy more energy through in-app purchases or wait for hours, but players argue they don’t want to spend actual money this early on. Players are expected to use their energy, a resource that builds through completing activities and depletes during challenges, to get out of the Devil’s Snare’s vice-like grip.Įxcept the app doesn’t let players earn enough energy before encountering the plant. There’s a challenge early on in the free-to-play game where players become trapped in Devil’s Snare, the potentially lethal plant that Harry and his friends faced in The Philosopher’s Stone. Players jumping into Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery are experiencing the same shared frustrations early on in the game.
