Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom
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Welcome to the beautiful world of Ni no Kuni! After being overthrown in a coup, the young king Evan sets out on an extraordinary quest to found a new kingdom, unite his world and protect its inhabitants from the dark forces that threaten them. Join him on an unforgettable adventure which blurs the line between animated feature film and video game. Developed by LEVEL-5, Ni no Kuni II features enchanting character designs from the legendary artist Yoshiyuki Momose and a stirring soundtrack composed by the world-famous Joe Hisaishi.
Steam User 304
Stealing part of someone else's gripes about the game to explain why it's perfect-
"Instead, you're the leader of the UN helping a catboy build a kingdom and unite the world (forgive everyone in the process! there are no consequences they were being manipulated by <insert final boss with weak twist here> and are therefore free of crimes according to the literally 12 year old catboy emperor)."
Don't you ever just want to play something NICE? This is it. It's not a gritty reboot, Wolverine won't lose three daughters in a pile of gore- there's no grey on grey main character who's so cynical your eyes bleed facing off against an enemy written to have a good point really, because the world is terrible and Thanos is probably right.
You help a fucking catboy make a happy kingdom.
Is it hard? No, it isn't. Probably not even at highest levels.
It's not designed to hurt you that way either.
Bros, this game is not designed to hurt you at all- it's like Therapy, lol. You're gonna be a father figure to an autistic catboy and help him live out his dreams.
There's no romance options.
You cannot do a dark run through.
It will not teach you something about politics or yourself.
You are going to help a catboy make a world where everyone can be happy.
And when you do you'll smile. Because you made Evan happy.
And because you're not as dead inside as you thought you were.
Steam User 41
I realllly don't know how to rate this game. I've played it for 80+ hours and have almost 100%'d the main game content, and yet if you ask me if it's a good game I kinda have to say no. I'm rating it good because it's pretty worth it if you buy it on sale and have time to kill, but buyer beware this game is crawling towards "hot mess" faster and faster the longer you play.
Examples:
Overall the graphics are pretty great, but it will play with a framerate of 4 on a low-end PC at lowest graphics settings.
the combat is annoying at best and insufferable at worst, but has pretty good balance & typing & visuals. It's also not boring to fight hard enemies, just time consuming.
The menuing is fucking torturous. First of all, there are like 8 menus and its kinda awful. Second, let's say you want to level up a spell 6 times. Get ready to mash A and sit through an animation every single time!!! I have spent 10 uninterrupted minutes mashing "upgrade spell" before, and after that I decided that spell upgrades literally were not worth it.
This also happens for item exchanging, weapon production, higgledy creation, literally everything. there's no batch buying/selling except in shops. The worst example of this is pebbles. you pick them up everywehre, and can exchange them for permanent stat boosting items. However, to do this, you have to mash through a conversation and item acquisition menu 800 times like you're in purgatory.
The game is needlessly grindy in very wierd aspects. leveling up spells, weapons, and characters takes way more time and resources than just getting new spells from level ups, new weapons from harder enemies, or maining 3 characters forever.
There are several DLC's for this game. One is free (just go get it from the steam store), another one just adds a stupid grindy dungeon, and the final one adds character backstories interspaced by stupid grindy dungeons & swarm enemy fights. To be clear, the main game has an expected max level of ~80. The DLC content skyrockets past 100 real quick, laughing as it goes. The associated DLC equipment is bonkers good in comparison too.
the story starts pretty good and then slowly but surely dives into a fucking pit (the fanale is jrpg trash). The DLC kinda makes this worse.
To clarify, the story is 400% worse than Ni No Kuni wrath of the white witch. to be fair, they barely feel like they are in the same universe. The worldbuilding is more haphazard, spells/mages are not the focus, and neither is the magical heartbreak corruption stuff (which was actually interesting). Instead, you're the leader of the UN helping a catboy build a kingdom and unite the world (forgive everyone in the process! there are no consequences they were being manipulated by <insert final boss with weak twist here> and are therefore free of crimes according to the literally 12 year old catboy emperor).
To quote someone else's review: "Don't you ever just want to play something NICE? This is it. It's not a gritty reboot." Yes, yes I do want to play something nice. But character growth, and honestly story in any shape or form, kind of just.... stops after about the halfway point of the game. The start is good, the direction is interesting, the main characters are reasonably fleshed out, just please don't have expectations for it to stay good. Spoilers obviously (these are 3 seperate spoilers, the first is the twist): The final boss is revealed to be alternate dimension Roland but olive green for some reason, and he's being evil because his dragon GF screwed up and cursed herself so now he's going to destroy the world to "save her" without any evidence that his actions will help her in any way (it doesn't, she shows up and goes "what the hell I was trying to not destroy the world"). Once final boss fight is over, Evan resolves everything by announcing that they'll rebuild Doloran's (main antagonist) kingdom even though literally all the residents are dead and it is a floating castle filled with monsters and Doloran just happily agrees and the game ends. Where am I??? Wattpad??
This is kinda 3 games in a trenchcoat: the standard real time hack and slash RPG content, a city builder (with fixed upgrades that buff various game aspects), and a weird "skirmish" mode that's trying to be some sort of real time tactical thing? it's the worst one by far. You are required to play all 3.
Basically, If i could go back in time, I don't think i would buy this game in the first place, as there is much better content to play. That being said, there is also much much MUCH worse content.
Steam User 39
The only reason I might recommend against this game is if you have a life, but you're on Steam. You have no life. Surrender your time to Ni no Kuni. It's better than your life, for sure.
Steam User 49
Ninokuni 1: Kid goes on an adventure to save his mom.
Ninokuni 2: US president gets blown up by a nuclear explosion and is transported to another world to make a kingdom with a cat eared 9 year old.
Not gonna lie the paths have changed. But I still love this franchise.
This game is simply phenomenal. It takes the essence of every JRPG trope and boils it down to a caramel sticky puddle of syrupy joy. Its just so damn fun to play. None of the elements of this game are done better than in other games, but the streamlined nature of each allows your focus to shift around at a whim so that you are constantly excited with each new shiny experience. And my god! That soundtrack.
To me this game is a success because of its ability to retain that classical Studio Ghibli fantastical fiction and wonder without being childish. The art style continues to be amazing as they always have. Gameplay manages to capture my attention and keep me interested for 45-ish hours. It plays and feels like a Studio Ghibli animation that you can participate in, which should be enough to capture the hearts of all Ghibli fans out there.
It retains the charm of the first one, while improving other aspects, some “improvements" will be of a more subjective taste, but still, I love this game, totally worth it! It's one of those games that will soften your heart but only if you allow it to. I feel many gamers became increasingly cynical and that keeps them from enjoying games like this.
Ni no kuni II is really charming. Great art direction, the few animated scenes are awesome. It has many combat mechanics that were useless because of how easy it was. The patch that introduced the Expert difficulty mode improves the situation dramatically though and in my opinion is the only difficulty worth playing.
The DLCs are good. The free one, Adventure pack, is entertaining enough for grinding. The Lair of the Lost Lord is average and the labyrinth becomes repetitive. Finally the Tale of a Timeless Tome I think is the best because it adds a lot of background story for the characters, all presented by the mysterious rabbit-conductor character.
I completely finished it, so I know it back to back. I know its flaws. The story is good, with a bit of drama and a bit of comic relief. The side quests are ok, and sure get fetchy if you try to complete them all. So I recommend you completing side content only as far as you enjoy it, to avoid burn out, since you won't miss much story-wise if you don't do them. I think building the kingdom and getting villagers was actually my favorite part probably.
The game is really worth your time and money if you are ready to let yourself be carried by a fantasy tale-adventure. I swear if people were able to be objective about video games .... Listen it’s better than Breath of the Wild. It just is. Please play this.
10/10
Steam User 27
This is a great game. Honestly, I didn't even played the first game (I just suppose there is a first game) and I don't really feel like it because this one is good enough.
It has this old school RPG vibe mixed with modern mechanics. I was expecting something like the modern Tales Of series but got surprised by being better, much better. I love the old Tales Of series games but there is something about the modern ones that just don't hit the spot. Ni No Kuni II did.
Steam User 15
Solid RPG with a not-so solid postgame. This game is a fairly standard JRPG with a fun combat system where you can run around and use special moves, dodge enemies, etc. The story is decent enough, but the whole two-worlds thing factors so little into it that I don't even know why it's there. Visually, there are a lot of interesting locations and characters and the city-building aspect adds a bit of variety to the game. That being said, if you are the type who likes to play on the hardest difficulty and/or min-max your characters or equipment, then I would say to avoid this game, because it seems like the devs didn't really know what to do about the late game and just made it grindy as all hell. The game also has an expert mode where you can find more items but is supposed to be very challenging, but all it means is that you have to overlevel to the point where bosses can't one-hit KO you. It's kind of ridiculous when some bosses even at a lower level than my characters can deal THREE TIMES my maximum hp in a single attack. Grinding high-level enemies for equipment also is tedious as hell because there are so many variations of weapons/armor that can drop and then if you manage to find a good item you have to grind shiny spots for materials to upgrade it.
Basically, if you just want a nice JRPG to casually play through, this game is a great buy. Just don't make my mistake and play on the hardest difficulty.
Steam User 17
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I played the first ni no kuni on my switch, and while it was enjoyable, I prefer this one. The story, quests, mechanics and kingdom management here make the game more dynamic, imo.
There's so much to do that I find myself returning often to help Evan with his dream, and protect his precious pure heart.