The sequel to Ni no Kuni being developed for Windows and PlayStation 4. Players control Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum, a young king who was usurped from his castle and sets out to reclaim his kingdom. While players can freely navigate Evan throughout the game's open world, other characters can be controlled during battles against enemies. During these battles, players use magical abilities and elemental creatures known as "Higgledies", which are used to cast spells.
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NNKWOTWW's sad, mid sequel. Story's lukewarm. Familiars are gone. Drippy's replacement is depressing. It's been turned into a standard JRPG.
not as good as the original, still worth a try.
First, it fell like a downgrade.
The story was not as good as the first game.
No cutscenes made by Ghibli studio anymore ...
The characters were lame. Terrible dialogues that are not even dubbed.
But after giving it a second chance:
- I liked the combats but the first was better
- i liked completing many optional quests
- building our kingdom is fun, especially recruiting people
- skirmish missions were all right
- skipping dialogue made the game better
- main story was meh
So, overall it is a good JRPG but not as good as the first one.
The end game is grindy, like the first one
The story was not as good as the first game.
No cutscenes made by Ghibli studio anymore ...
The characters were lame. Terrible dialogues that are not even dubbed.
But after giving it a second chance:
- I liked the combats but the first was better
- i liked completing many optional quests
- building our kingdom is fun, especially recruiting people
- skirmish missions were all right
- skipping dialogue made the game better
- main story was meh
So, overall it is a good JRPG but not as good as the first one.
The end game is grindy, like the first one
Ni No Kuni 2 has alot to offer, but having alot doesn't mean it is all done well or needs to be included.
The game looks amazing (even for a switch port), I love the cell shaded graphics my favourite area was the forest. The issue (which is well known) is performance. There are two areas, the open world and the close encounters. The open world, with a more chibi design, is sluggish with a low framerate and minor stutters. The close encounters that's cell shaded does run better.
The game has three main gameplay loops, the quests, the skirmishes and the town building. Doing the main story quest is perfectly fine while the story I find very average.
The game starts strong with the voice acting but seems to wane off throughout the game. This leads to me the audio. The music is suited to the game. I would prefer some more voice acting as well. When there was voice acting it was poorly balanced. The voice acting is hard to hear as it is too soft and droned out by the background music, even when audio for voice is set to max.
My biggest problem with the game is the grinding and side quests. The game does not provide enough xp to move the story more smoothly. As you move to the next zone you will realise you are at 3 or 4 levels too low and you may have to do a 20 side quests to move forward. These side quests are very repetitive being 'collect this item' or 'defeat this monster'.
If they made the game more focused, half of the side quests and had the city building with fewer buildings to balance the residents joining ,this could be a more pleasurable experience. Sure the game would be about 15 hours shorter but it would feel less grindy.
The skirmishes are a fun mini game. There is a minor learning curve and depth. I got into it but it is not necessary. Overall this game is fine but in no means a must own. I put a little over 60 hours into it and would be happier if it was 40-45 hours.
The game looks amazing (even for a switch port), I love the cell shaded graphics my favourite area was the forest. The issue (which is well known) is performance. There are two areas, the open world and the close encounters. The open world, with a more chibi design, is sluggish with a low framerate and minor stutters. The close encounters that's cell shaded does run better.
The game has three main gameplay loops, the quests, the skirmishes and the town building. Doing the main story quest is perfectly fine while the story I find very average.
The game starts strong with the voice acting but seems to wane off throughout the game. This leads to me the audio. The music is suited to the game. I would prefer some more voice acting as well. When there was voice acting it was poorly balanced. The voice acting is hard to hear as it is too soft and droned out by the background music, even when audio for voice is set to max.
My biggest problem with the game is the grinding and side quests. The game does not provide enough xp to move the story more smoothly. As you move to the next zone you will realise you are at 3 or 4 levels too low and you may have to do a 20 side quests to move forward. These side quests are very repetitive being 'collect this item' or 'defeat this monster'.
If they made the game more focused, half of the side quests and had the city building with fewer buildings to balance the residents joining ,this could be a more pleasurable experience. Sure the game would be about 15 hours shorter but it would feel less grindy.
The skirmishes are a fun mini game. There is a minor learning curve and depth. I got into it but it is not necessary. Overall this game is fine but in no means a must own. I put a little over 60 hours into it and would be happier if it was 40-45 hours.
Quite disappointing.
I finished this but idk the story wasn't too memorable I mean I don't remember the og too well but this one I especially don't. All I remember is that there's some weasel coup and the president of the u.s. is isekaid. Not horrible but I think many are going to be likely to drop this one. I haven't played the dlc but apparently there's a pack that is in or mentions the first game? Apparently it reuses audio though so seems pretty cheap NGL.