Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

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  1. uncharted4
    Mar 23, 2018
    10
    Man omg, Ni No Kuni 2 is incredible and awesome game ever i playing.. it is way better than first one.. the graphic look so beautiful.. Character are adorable : Evan, Roland and other characters.. gameplay is excellent especially real time battle
  2. banmaarten
    Mar 23, 2018
    10
    What a beautiful game! I loved the first Ni No Kuni and they captured the same atmosphere in this game. The gameplay is great: fluent battles and perfect controls. The game looks absolutely stunning and the surroundings are varied. A musthave for fans of the genre and if you've played and loved the first game, you should definitely play this one.
  3. JvJ
    Mar 23, 2018
    10
    An amazing game that won't just tell you a story, but will make you live it.
  4. Prrgangsta
    Mar 23, 2018
    10
    There is too much to say about this game that makes it great. The bright and colorful world and cast of characters. The battles feel great and responsive. I love the Tactics Tweaker and managing the kingdom to make sure it is coming along the way I want it. I want to go into greater detail but then this review might become way too long. If you have or plan on buying a PS4 this is a must buy.
  5. SplitMind
    May 21, 2019
    6
    I don't understand the rave reviews for this. Once you strip away the delightful graphics you are left with quite a dull and repetitive game.

    The quests and puzzles are what ruined the game for me. So many of the quests are simple fetch quests, annoying and tedious. Combine this with their obligation in order to upgrade your kingdom so the story could advance and I was nearly tearing my    I don't understand the rave reviews for this. Once you strip away the delightful graphics you are left with quite a dull and repetitive game.

    The quests and puzzles are what ruined the game for me. So many of the quests are simple fetch quests, annoying and tedious. Combine this with their obligation in order to upgrade your kingdom so the story could advance and I was nearly tearing my hair out. I don't mind assassination missions, but there are just too many dull missions disguised as content, when really the game is quite shallow.

    The puzzles are another despairing experience, not because they're hard, but because they are just so tedious. It's basically "go there and push that switch, cross the bridge, push another switch then double back" ad infinitum. I'd much rather have skipped these and saved time.

    The final bizarre experience I've had is that around chapter 6 I suddenly found myself being quite under-levelled, which is in contrast to many reviews saying the game is quite easy. Albeit I didn't struggle much, I did lose patience with how long levelling up took. I love RPGs but the monotony here made levelling up such a tedious grind.

    If you're desperate for a JRPG then maybe go for this, but there are so many better options out there now. Do not spend anything more than £10/20 on this game.    … Expand
  6. Super_Cloud
    Jan 30, 2019
    10
    This game look amazing, one of the best looking game i ever played. The battle system is really fun, i couldn't get into the first game because of that and this one i really liked it. The soundtrack of the game is fantastic. I really had a lot of of fun with this game, after finishing the game i played the post game content because i couldn't get enough of this game. One thing, i wish theThis game look amazing, one of the best looking game i ever played. The battle system is really fun, i couldn't get into the first game because of that and this one i really liked it. The soundtrack of the game is fantastic. I really had a lot of of fun with this game, after finishing the game i played the post game content because i couldn't get enough of this game. One thing, i wish the game had more voice over, there is no excuse for this game not to be fully voiced. I spent 90 hours on this game, really good game.… Expand
  7. DevilSurvivor
    Nov 19, 2021
    3
    Had to force myself to finish this game. Compared to the first one, which felt like a classic old school japanese RPG with a lot of charm and modern upgrades, this one just feels like a huge cash grab without any care for the gameplay or the story.
    Main character is crying after an important plot twist is revealed, character tells him "you have to be strong", main character instantly    Had to force myself to finish this game. Compared to the first one, which felt like a classic old school japanese RPG with a lot of charm and modern upgrades, this one just feels like a huge cash grab without any care for the gameplay or the story.
    Main character is crying after an important plot twist is revealed, character tells him "you have to be strong", main character instantly stops crying and continues the game. Like what?
    Countless uninspired moments, obnoxious side quests, bad and boring gameplay that is too easy even on the highest difficulty, and you can see that the hack and slash aspect was badly thought out when enemies have no tells to their attacks and you're always swarmed.

    Awful game, very disappointing after the first one, was already fed up by the time I got to the base building part, which is probably the most fun but also the most waiting around you do.    … Expand
  8. Sensou
    Feb 26, 2022
    6
    Straight to the point. This game is different from the 1st Ni No Kuni but most of the game element and feature is a complete downgrade from the 1st Ni No Kuni

    The world is not necessarily larger than before, its at least the same or even smaller. The world still beautiful but not as rich as the previous title of the series. This time around they make the jump feature "a bit" useful    Straight to the point. This game is different from the 1st Ni No Kuni but most of the game element and feature is a complete downgrade from the 1st Ni No Kuni

    The world is not necessarily larger than before, its at least the same or even smaller. The world still beautiful but not as rich as the previous title of the series.

    This time around they make the jump feature "a bit" useful than before where jump button is a complete trash as it didn't serve any purpose or anything in the game.

    Enemy or monsters type is a complete downgrade, there are too few of them which you will meet all of them whenever you go in the world of Ni No Kuni 2.

    Input buttons is way too confusing. Even after spending around 50 hours in the game I still miss-press the button which I intended to like why you back to traditional buttons input? And there's no setting to adjust or change that.

    Once again, they are trying to create a way of customization for player in the game but for me it still just way too much. Tactic tweaker, armory which consist of 3 weapons, armor, boots, necklace, etc.

    One thing that they do right in my opinion is the addition of "Kingdom" which you manage your own Kingdom and its fun but later when you reach level 3, the coins is moving up very slow which I abandon it at the last minute.

    Conclusion: Great game but they change and broke too many great things from the 1st Ni No Kuni. Drop the game after 67 hours (Chapter 8) due to leveling is not really smooth so I often encounter enemy that 5-7 levels above me where I can say that I'm the type of grinding player when playing RPG    … Expand
  9. abowman
    Apr 4, 2018
    7
    Overall I think the game is worth the price, but Its definitely lacking in quite a few areas. First off the game is extremely easy. You will be killing things much higher level than you to feel any sort of challenge. The story is also very dry and childish. It's about a boy who wants to build a kingdom where everyone can live "happily ever after." I liked some of the kingdom buildingOverall I think the game is worth the price, but Its definitely lacking in quite a few areas. First off the game is extremely easy. You will be killing things much higher level than you to feel any sort of challenge. The story is also very dry and childish. It's about a boy who wants to build a kingdom where everyone can live "happily ever after." I liked some of the kingdom building mechanics... to a point. After the 60th fetch quest to find more loyal subjects, I couldn't care less. This is especially true when you realized you could of probably used your level 10 weapon throughout the entire game. With no difficulty incentive, and a bad story, I often asked myself why I kept playing. Needless to say after about 25-30 hours of gameplay I rushed to the end as fast as possible to wrap things up.

    It's a gorgeous game with a great sound track... but the world building and overall immersion just wasn't there.    … Expand
  10. duxdaro
    Jan 5, 2019
    5
    The biggest disappointment of 2018. After the magical Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch I had high expectations for the sequel, but I got a boring game, with a boring story, with shallow characters, and a simple gameplay with difficulty for 5 years old kids :/
  11. M3RTIPAH
    Apr 1, 2018
    9
    What makes a game great? A wonderful story, amazing characters, beatiful landscapes, lots of fun activites etc? Quess what, Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom has all of that and even more. Only complain is lack of voice acting, it doesnt ruin the overall feeling but I really wanted to hear some more. I dont remember when I was so hooked to the game that i had to force myself to quit justWhat makes a game great? A wonderful story, amazing characters, beatiful landscapes, lots of fun activites etc? Quess what, Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom has all of that and even more. Only complain is lack of voice acting, it doesnt ruin the overall feeling but I really wanted to hear some more. I dont remember when I was so hooked to the game that i had to force myself to quit just because humans must sleep. Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom is beatiful, polished, and a must have game to all (J)RPG fans and its also easy to pick up for those who are unfamiliar to (J)RPG genre.… Expand
  12. Lemonade1408
    Mar 26, 2018
    9
    This is a wonderful game, i've played 11 hours already and feel like I haven't scratched the surface.

    The pacing of the game is spot on, the story while cliched is decent, the characters are all likeable, the combat is fun, the kingdom building is surprisingly decent, i even enjoy the skirmish battles Th only negative I can find is that its too easy, it needs a hard mode (which maybe    This is a wonderful game, i've played 11 hours already and feel like I haven't scratched the surface.

    The pacing of the game is spot on, the story while cliched is decent, the characters are all likeable, the combat is fun, the kingdom building is surprisingly decent, i even enjoy the skirmish battles

    Th only negative I can find is that its too easy, it needs a hard mode (which maybe coming with the season pass I believe) I have only encountered one battle where I had to take a health potion. I have not tried the tainted beasts yet though, so they may offer some challenge

    Buy this game if you like RPG's you wont be disappointed    … Expand
  13. mj_arthur
    Mar 26, 2018
    9
    I gave Wrath of the White Witch 91/100. Revenant Kingdom, despite being slightly inferior to the original, still earns a solid 88/100. Lovely animation, fun and addictive gameplay and wonderful score strongly make up for the lack of difficulty as well as lack of abundant voice acting. Nevertheless, the story remained compelling enough to read through text boxes most of the way. Im justI gave Wrath of the White Witch 91/100. Revenant Kingdom, despite being slightly inferior to the original, still earns a solid 88/100. Lovely animation, fun and addictive gameplay and wonderful score strongly make up for the lack of difficulty as well as lack of abundant voice acting. Nevertheless, the story remained compelling enough to read through text boxes most of the way. Im just about to enter the final dungeon (35 hours on) and im certain that ill play on after i beat it. Might as well platinum the flipping thing! Gameplay is just that engrossing. Must-have for JRPG fans.… Expand
  14. pristiq
    Mar 26, 2018
    10
    I think i'm in love.
    This might be one of the best JRPG's I have ever played, Wonderful characters, a lot of Studio Ghibli influences, In case you were scared for the cut scenes not being drawn and directed by Ghibli, let me tell you, they are still super Ghibliish, and very good.
    Extremely colorful and diverse world, monsters, characters. Every inch of this game is filled with charm and    I think i'm in love.
    This might be one of the best JRPG's I have ever played, Wonderful characters, a lot of Studio Ghibli influences, In case you were scared for the cut scenes not being drawn and directed by Ghibli, let me tell you, they are still super Ghibliish, and very good.
    Extremely colorful and diverse world, monsters, characters. Every inch of this game is filled with charm and moments that make you go: "Wooooaaah".

    I personally love the fluent real-time-battle system, it makes me want to challenge every monster I come across.

    I don't really have a bad word to say about this game tbh, it's just THAT good.
    Buy it if you want a fantastic story, characters, world, dungeons, monsters, design, colors.
    and the Humor is right up my alley. so yeah 10/10. Thanks for this gem.

    side note: The PC port is excellent too, 4k, uncapped framerate and full controller Key-bindings    … Expand
  15. shinshichirou
    Mar 27, 2018
    10
    It is amazing. When playing it it's like having a relaxing walk in the park :D
  16. TerrenceG
    Mar 31, 2018
    6
    Unfortunately the beauty in this game is only skin deep. Yes, the soundtrack and graphics are nice but the gameplay itself is lacking.
    The most satisfying gameplay element is Citizen recruitment, however your recruits are rarely fleshed out and recruitment often amount to a few lines of shallow dialogue and a fetch or monster extermination quest.
    Battles are pretty and flashy but offer    Unfortunately the beauty in this game is only skin deep. Yes, the soundtrack and graphics are nice but the gameplay itself is lacking.
    The most satisfying gameplay element is Citizen recruitment, however your recruits are rarely fleshed out and recruitment often amount to a few lines of shallow dialogue and a fetch or monster extermination quest.
    Battles are pretty and flashy but offer no real challenge (beyond the tainted challenge monsters).
    Shallow motivations from villains take away from the otherwise passable plot.
    Kingdom management is a nice distraction from the fetch quests. You assign your citizens around your kingdom to help you, whether it be collecting materials, making medicine, helping you learn magic...
    If you don't mind endless fetch quests broken up with a little kingdom management and some eye-roll moments at the enemies, I'd pick this game up on sale.    … Expand
  17. Reddrag0852
    Mar 24, 2018
    10
    Deep in the game(barely slept). So I'll say a few things and address some of the criticism/complaints I see here.

    Firstly, the game is the most beautiful thing I've seen in my entire life. Secondly, I love the creative characters, enemies and locations. Combat is great. Story is great, but , obviously, sometimes quirky due to it being a japanese game. Kingdom building is fantastic.    Deep in the game(barely slept). So I'll say a few things and address some of the criticism/complaints I see here.

    Firstly, the game is the most beautiful thing I've seen in my entire life.
    Secondly, I love the creative characters, enemies and locations.
    Combat is great.
    Story is great, but , obviously, sometimes quirky due to it being a japanese game.
    Kingdom building is fantastic. Reminds me of dark cloud/dark could 2, but way better.
    Skirmish army battles are super fun.
    Vehicles are awesome looking.

    It really feels like a ghibli game in every aspect.

    Now for what my fellow reviewers complain about.
    Ugly character? What?
    Fetch quests? I've only encountered a few of those in side quests.
    Too much text? Ya'll never heard of jrpgs have you?
    And yeah it might need a difficulty setting.    … Expand
  18. AgriasReign
    Mar 24, 2018
    10
    Ni No Kuni 2 is a breath taking and pleasant sequel to the first game. The art style is so colorful and the game play is fun even though some people disliked the changes from the first. This is one of those games where you can play 3 hours straight and still want to keep going just for the next surprise that is waiting for you. The only negative so far is that the battles and bosses areNi No Kuni 2 is a breath taking and pleasant sequel to the first game. The art style is so colorful and the game play is fun even though some people disliked the changes from the first. This is one of those games where you can play 3 hours straight and still want to keep going just for the next surprise that is waiting for you. The only negative so far is that the battles and bosses are too easy but I am hoping that as it progresses so too does the difficulty. If you are a RPG fan do not pass up this game as it is like playing a dream.… Expand
  19. PULKEMONTHE
    Mar 27, 2018
    10
    Man omg, Ni No Kuni 2 is incredible and awesome game ever i playing.. it is way better than first one.. the graphic look so beautiful.. Character are adorable : Evan, Roland and other characters.. gameplay is excellent especially real time battle
  20. FreeStylerFC
    Mar 24, 2018
    10
    Thank you Level 5 and Bandai Namco for this gem. Much better than the first one, and that's not easy.
  21. Zavi
    Mar 26, 2018
    10
    Simply Amazing, when you think about a classic RPG to enjoy like old time and still hoping for something new and amazing. Ni no Kuni 2 simply the good choice for you. At the beginning you may get bored and tired of the way the game begin , but slowly you just get into the game without noticed.

    Amazing fantasy world , with very interesting characters , even NPCs . Trust me, you will    Simply Amazing, when you think about a classic RPG to enjoy like old time and still hoping for something new and amazing. Ni no Kuni 2 simply the good choice for you. At the beginning you may get bored and tired of the way the game begin , but slowly you just get into the game without noticed.

    Amazing fantasy world , with very interesting characters , even NPCs . Trust me, you will laugh till you cry when you got asked to climb a cliff to get a flower, kill a dragon and raid a bandit band to make a lipstick for a NPC.

    Overall : 9/10 . Highly recommend    … Expand
  22. Gizmo-Guy
    Mar 23, 2018
    9
    Learning japanese language through this amazing game game is just something incrediable
  23. Mizuru
    Mar 30, 2018
    9
    Flawless in graphics! If you're looking for a pretty RPG Ni No Kuni is for you. The scenarios and atmosphere is very well built and soundtrack is very immersive. The downsides is that the connections and personalities of playable characters are not "shaped" enough. The game is very easy, one simple fix for me is halving the damage of the characters and reducing the damage of enemies byFlawless in graphics! If you're looking for a pretty RPG Ni No Kuni is for you. The scenarios and atmosphere is very well built and soundtrack is very immersive. The downsides is that the connections and personalities of playable characters are not "shaped" enough. The game is very easy, one simple fix for me is halving the damage of the characters and reducing the damage of enemies by 25%.

    History: 8.5
    Graphics: 11
    Soundtrack: 9.5 (make voice for all texts for a 10)
    Gameplay (funfactor): 9
    Animations: 8.5 (make animations for talking for a 9.5)
    Difficulty: 6 (System well built but is too easy)

    My Final Score: 8.5 (Rounded to a 9)

    Fun and stunning, definitely worth playing if you like the RPG genre    … Expand
  24. kwstas
    Mar 24, 2018
    9
    wow nino kuni is an amzing game . i am not a big fun of jrpgs but this is the best of all for me and i cant say its not good cz it is a jrpg . the characters especially evan are really good . graphics of the game are great and with some playfull design with some lively colours and astonishing places . combat is also really good and i find exceptional compared to other jrpgs , it propablywow nino kuni is an amzing game . i am not a big fun of jrpgs but this is the best of all for me and i cant say its not good cz it is a jrpg . the characters especially evan are really good . graphics of the game are great and with some playfull design with some lively colours and astonishing places . combat is also really good and i find exceptional compared to other jrpgs , it propably one of the best combat system i have experienced since now and i have played almost everything on ps4 . it is just so fun that it can get you addicted . story is interesting involving some emotion and houmor all allong the journey in the game . it is just a very well made game , am not sure if ot is for everyone but for anyone who played kingdom hearts , dragon quest or tales of berseria then sure can be absolutely love this one . for me is just the best jrpg on ps4 right now , even better than final fantasy… Expand
  25. Goo4you
    Apr 16, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Update 4/16/18: I have finally completed this game and after doing so I have some issues with the glaringly obtuse portions of the game both in the plot and the story not to mention some of the silliest gameplay choices I have seen in quite awhile.

    Plot: The game is whimsical and child-like, but that didn't mean the plot also had to be insipid and obvious. Villians change sides on a whim with nearly no explanation other than "Durrr, I need to be good now."

    Story: Ni No Kuni 2 doesn't know what it is, what it was going to be, whose story it is, or where it's really going. Is it Evan's story? Is it Roland's story? What character in this group has any story to speak of outside their introduction to the game? Even Doloran and his impromptu reasons for doing anything (you literally find out his reasons at the very end of the game during the final battle). I had no clue until the very end why anything happened or what everything meant....if you can even call it that. There is near to no LORE to the world and very little connection to the prior game. This line of storytelling was a massive letdown for me and soured the entirety of the experience.

    Gameplay: Combat is a joke where the only difficulty lies in simply the abnormal amount of damage later enemies can dish out (one-shot deaths) and the arbitrary limit on items usable in combat. The enemies never get more challenging...just their damage output. That is just lazy.

    Extra point-Endgame after endgame: There is no endgame...there is a ridiculous partitioning of content that can be finished after you beat the final boss. A literal chunk of the game the devs hacked off from the main game that should not have been here. Final armors/weapons/finishing off evermore and the only place where you could obtain the tools necessary to fight the game's "SECRET BOSS" (10th dream door). Not to mention the absurd notion that all the crafting items you need to get those tools reside inside this one place...and they expect you to grind and grind and grind it until you are high enough level to take it on. This was the stupidest choice Level 5 made and really left me despising them for it. Hours upon hours of building my kingdom and you stick completing it after beating everything?

    Bad job folks, really bad job.

    Orginal Score:8/10

    I enjoyed NI NO KUNI: Wrath of the White Witch, though if you asked me why I really couldn't tell you. The only things I can remember about that game was the music, the art style, the pokemon-like combat: the whimsical feel of everything. In many aspects, the first game was ALL style and ZERO substance.

    Still, for me, that was just fine, and that's rare. Superficial components never carry a title for me--I need more than that in a game, but this series did it...kind of.

    So when I heard there was going to be a new title coming and the things that I superficially liked from the first game were more or less gone--I was wary. After spending a few hours with the game though, I was pleased.

    Let's get this right out of the way: NI NO KUNI 2 is simple...Way too simple. Combat might be the easiest I have ever come across yet. At level 3 I was able to take down world enemies 8-10 levels above me with ease. Even higher level enemies were simple by steering clear of them and fighting at range. Still, you can spam enemies in straight-up combat with little worry or use of the higgles or items (at least at the very early set of the game). I don't want "dark souls" but I also don't want "sesame street" and this game veers too close to sesame street.

    The graphics are wonderful. With full 4k and HDR enabled, the game is stunning. There are very few jagged animations and movement is fluid in "dungeons" and open world combat.

    The musical score takes its cues from the original title, with soaring and whimsical arrangements to suit the moment (mostly). There were a few moments when the music and location did not line up, but can easily be overlooked due to how wonderful it is.

    The story is cheesy and frankly, common fare for the genre. I would have liked more depth, but it doesn't derail too much from the overall package. Also, the splotchy use of voice acting is a down note. Sometimes there are spoken words, sometimes you get a perfunctory word like "Yes" or "Ah" but not much more, and sometimes you just get word bubbles. I would preferred consistency here. Either actual voice acting for the whole game or NO voice acting for the whole game. As it is right now, it feels disjointed at best or unfinished at worst.

    The biggest point for me with the time I've spent with the game so far is if I will continue and finish or just abandon it for something better (or go back to a game I've already started). I think for the time being I will continue until I beat it. It seems to be a good time but doesn't do anything revolutionary. I feel like I've played this game before and that's not a bad thing, but it could have been more.    … Expand
  26. Ketawu
    Apr 5, 2018
    6
    Let's just start by saying I loved the first game. The main character was awesome, animation was simply amazing, the world beautiful, and story kept me glued to my tv for countless hours while trying to get all familiars. When I started playing the second one I felt the difference from the start. Everything that made the first game great was gone. This is the first game that makes me wantLet's just start by saying I loved the first game. The main character was awesome, animation was simply amazing, the world beautiful, and story kept me glued to my tv for countless hours while trying to get all familiars. When I started playing the second one I felt the difference from the start. Everything that made the first game great was gone. This is the first game that makes me want to know more about Roland, who is not the main character, more than the main one( lets get something clear, if you're a president of a country with years of experience, will you really follow a silly little boy, who does not know a single thing when it comes to creating a country?). When it comes to building the actual structures, this is the first time I've encountered free online mmo strategies in a single player game. Want to upgrade this spell? WAIT 93 MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I'm currently just waiting for the gold in my capital to GENERATE itself, you heard right, i'm not actually doing anything, just watching netflix waiting for it to be done, just like Farmville. Good thing it has an easy platinum so I can trade it back to the shop when I'm finished with it. (edit: I'm down to my last trophy and let me just say this, after finishing everything so far I have 1300 balls and the trophy is to get 2000. It would be ok if not for the fact that they are randomly generated.... this game literally sucks BALLS ^^)… Expand
  27. wolfie79
    Mar 28, 2018
    6
    The story and the charm is really nice in this game, but if you'd put that away it'd be a silly excuse of a game. Almost every side quest and nearly half of the main quests is a variation of a common fetch quest. Wether I fetch a rose or deliver a pizza or a person, it's all a fetch quest. I've so far not come across a game with more monotonous side quests.

    The game engine must be crap    The story and the charm is really nice in this game, but if you'd put that away it'd be a silly excuse of a game. Almost every side quest and nearly half of the main quests is a variation of a common fetch quest. Wether I fetch a rose or deliver a pizza or a person, it's all a fetch quest. I've so far not come across a game with more monotonous side quests.

    The game engine must be crap because theres no hints where you can leap of a ledge or not. There's no voice acting (there is, but it's so little amounts to nothing. Review's really overstate this fact to where it's ridiculous. There's no voice acting and it matters. I dont watch mute movies now do I?), the fighting is good, like any other game, so its par with a normal game there. half of the game you move across a mini-map where theres zero freedom so forget jumping a cross anything, walk around all of it to find out you cant. Enjoy. Then the music, it's well composed but so badly timed I had to mute it. It is NOT open world. After Persona 5 it's the most linear game I've played in my life. It has a silly opening tutorial and over explains everything. "You are now using the spell.", "You just used the spell", "The spell executed fine". Click X all the time. It's a strong 6, where most of its positive is because of the charm from Ghibli.

    Basically it's a very charming sub-par mobile game on a big screen TV. That's it. Makes me wanna give up playing games all together. But in general, a very mediocre game with a lot of charm that'd fit perfectly for a mobile phone.    … Expand
  28. Aragree
    Mar 24, 2018
    10
    I loved Ni No Kuni 1 and was even more surprised, that Ni No Kuni 2 was able to reach, if not even surpass, my expectations. An Amazing piece of gaming, which every JRPG fan should play!
  29. pixelpassion
    Mar 23, 2018
    10
    A modern masterpiece of storytelling that can transport you into a magical mystical world. Level-5 has brought it's years of honing their craft to bear with Ni No Kuni II and it shines! At a dynamic 4k w/ HDR on the Pro it's jaw dropping but it's so much more than that. Loose yourself in this modern masterpiece you will not be disappointed.
  30. ps4lover
    Mar 23, 2018
    10
    this game is amazing ever i playing and graphic is so beautiful.. combat is incredible in real time battle.. Evan look funny with 2 cat's ears.. Roland is so cool characters. i am very enjoying it in every minutes
  31. Soulsborne
    Mar 23, 2018
    9
    Im only a few hours into the game but its pretty great. Not normally a jrpg fan but the game seemed interesting and has real time combat instead of turn based so i decided to give it a go. Ill update review as i play but only giving it a 8 for now because its ridiculously easy to the point where im afraid of leveling up too much. They need to add a difficulty option and that would fix thisIm only a few hours into the game but its pretty great. Not normally a jrpg fan but the game seemed interesting and has real time combat instead of turn based so i decided to give it a go. Ill update review as i play but only giving it a 8 for now because its ridiculously easy to the point where im afraid of leveling up too much. They need to add a difficulty option and that would fix this issue. Besides that its amazing, great art style and fluid combat.… Expand
  32. gq_foine
    Apr 16, 2018
    9
    Ok - so I just cleared it after 50hrs on Chapter 9. I can tell you this game is great but not a masterpiece like the first one. Its an amazing game but has some things that could be have been done better. Overall, I give it 9/10 any anyone giving this less than 8 isn't really being honest since.. the Music, Gameplay and Graphics are definitely high.

    I have played the first one -    Ok - so I just cleared it after 50hrs on Chapter 9. I can tell you this game is great but not a masterpiece like the first one. Its an amazing game but has some things that could be have been done better. Overall, I give it 9/10 any anyone giving this less than 8 isn't really being honest since.. the Music, Gameplay and Graphics are definitely high.

    I have played the first one - Ni No Kuni and so I had very high expectations. I would say this game has a different tone and game-play than the original, but none the less, just as charming. You don’t need to play the first Ni No Kuni to really enjoy the 2nd one, completely two different worlds, story and gameplay. Overall, I would give this a 9/10 so far and here is how I broke it down.

    Graphics- 10 absolutely the best! Its basically JRPG anime game! It virtually looks like you are playing an ANIME game. The hand drawn characters, background and settings are very impressive. They did a fantastic job and thought the cut scenes were amazing.

    Sound- 9.5. The music chords and instruments are spectacular and very easy to listen to. You can tell that real instruments are being played and it works harmoniously with the story and combat. A few criticisms about the Song are lack of variety being played during certain battle sequences and cut-scenes. I wished final boss songs were different than the regular . I also felt more dubs were needed in the story. They left way too much voice acting out of the story telling. I think it had to be because of budget?

    Story- 9.0- while the story started off very slow compared the first Ni No Kuni this was picks up after chapter 6.. And the final chapter 9 actually has some good spots.. But it just didn't have the charm or story telling that Studio Ghibli had in the original! I felt this wasn’t as emotional, or as impressive as the first one, but still very good! The character development is not as strong and I am not too sure if I have a connection with King Evan as the main protagonist. While the other characters are interesting I wished we had a more of backstory to them as well so we can feel like we are a team rather than randomly adding new characters to the roster.

    Gameplay- 9! Here is where I can tell they (Bandai) spent a lot of time in. I am really enjoying the various gameplays- building my kingdom- Sim City, which has a direct impact on my weapons, magic and everything! Also, the fun Army’s Battles was a great addition as well. The only thing I don't care about are the invisible walls when going into battle fights. The invisible walls are distracting and made some fights a bit difficult since my character can get stuck. Basically, I think they took TALES games and incorporated the battle mechanics in this since they are owned by same company -Bandai. Pe

    -Critics and other gamers are saying the game isn’t challenging enough? I sort of agree in some aspects, but I disagree if they are fighting against enemies 20+ levels higher than your characters aren't fast traveling back to get healed up. If you really want to make it challenging you can! Don't have any armor, don't use potions, don't use any special attacks.. You can make it like Dark Souls if you really wanted too - but 90% of players are just saying its too easy because that's basically the only critique they have.

    Overall- 9.0/10! This is definitely an amazing game and disregard anything lower than 8 on this. With the amazing graphics, sounds and gameplay, it has me hooked and played over 50hrs within 3days. I am looking forward to the expansion that will come later on and I will continue my review once I finished it but so far so good. And the only real criticism I have is the story, not enough voice in story, and character development is a tad weak and not as strong as the first original Ni No Kuni. But that's because Studio Ghibli was not involved. But overall it's still a very solid game and would recommend players to try!    … Expand
  33. Underpants158
    Apr 5, 2018
    6
    Story is childish and boring. Character motivations make no sense. Combat is ok. World is beautiful. A pretty good variety of things to do in this game like war mini-game and base building. Very little amount of voice acting making what voice acting there is feel like a tease.
  34. sylvanguria
    Apr 2, 2018
    7
    I expected story will be a strong part of the game but it's not, far away from Myazaki's masterpieces, Ni No Kuni 2 doesn't have any original twists, nothing unique and even sometimes it has stupid unbalanced illogical script with no sense, nothing emotional and I don't even care about what's happening and what will happen at the end. It's weird because many characters were interestingI expected story will be a strong part of the game but it's not, far away from Myazaki's masterpieces, Ni No Kuni 2 doesn't have any original twists, nothing unique and even sometimes it has stupid unbalanced illogical script with no sense, nothing emotional and I don't even care about what's happening and what will happen at the end. It's weird because many characters were interesting enough. Art design is just perfect, atmosphere, is much stronger part, some audio tracks stucked in my brain. Gameplay? Addictive like hell, not perfect but i love it, especially amazing kingdom building where i can develop everything I need: spells, armor, weapons, food, skills and tons of everything else. Combat is fun and smooth, similar to Persona 5 but only with real time fighting, sadly the game is just too easy, it's almost impossible to die and every fight is so short that i can't fully enjoy. Almost perfect combat mechanics hidden somewhere in the game with no difficulty settings. Deeper narrative and more balanced gameplay could make this game contender to the game of the year awards, but it is how it is...… Expand
  35. frzpop
    Nov 30, 2018
    4
    Boring story, boring characters, boring combat and awful music. Seriously, one specific track was so horrible I had to mute the music. The game looks nice but that's pretty much it.
  36. chad_pattan
    Apr 8, 2018
    6
    No. No, it's not a 10. It's not close to a 10. Too many glaring issues. Many people are overrating the game for the wrong reasons. Let me be clear: it's not garbage, but it's not some legendary epic, either.

    Story is just not worth writing home about. A guy blinks in out of nowhere, and not only does this never get questioned or explored, said guy seemingly doesn't care about    No. No, it's not a 10. It's not close to a 10. Too many glaring issues. Many people are overrating the game for the wrong reasons. Let me be clear: it's not garbage, but it's not some legendary epic, either.

    Story is just not worth writing home about. A guy blinks in out of nowhere, and not only does this never get questioned or explored, said guy seemingly doesn't care about getting home. Pirates join and seemingly forget they're supposed to be pirates. You get a ship so late it doesn't matter. Some spells are used for one or two quests, then pointless.

    Then there's skirmishes, which is this game's attempt to be a new version of Suikoden. Except that they're either way too easy or way too difficult. There's no middle ground. Additionally, some commands don't respond.

    Higgledies are largely pointless except for large bosses, and only then due to the fact that you can only carry a limited number of each item into battle - something that isn't told to you.

    The game lacks a useful purpose for all of the various team members. I mostly ran through the first half of the game with the same three characters, then switched two of them and ran through the second half with those three.

    Then come the artificial, glass walls blocking progress. You can't max your town or recruit everyone until after you've beaten the game. Why? Since there's no New Game Plus, there isn't a reason to keep playing.

    Speaking of which, the DLC weapons in the "Day One" edition has a bug where they won't show up until it's way too late. So that's another issue. Small issue, still an issue.

    Voice acting is piecemeal at best, instead of fully voice cutscenes ala World of Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest Heroes.

    Again, it's not a bad game at all. But it could have been MUCH more than it ended up being. All it has going for it are the graphics.    … Expand
  37. maverics
    Apr 18, 2018
    8
    Good Game.. the battle system is not too fun, sometimes boring.. the difficulties are increasing slowly. Quests are various and not that repetitive, it has various events. I somehow feel that this game really more about kingdom building game than RPG, you will spend so much time in building your kingdom, waiting for resources, looking for new citizens, upgrading etc.
    The story is too    Good Game.. the battle system is not too fun, sometimes boring.. the difficulties are increasing slowly. Quests are various and not that repetitive, it has various events. I somehow feel that this game really more about kingdom building game than RPG, you will spend so much time in building your kingdom, waiting for resources, looking for new citizens, upgrading etc.
    The story is too straight, no plot twist.. it lacks of voice acting, what a pity.. i sometimes feel sleepy to have to read all that long and small text
    But the overall game are amazing, i can tell you that i want to play this game longer than i should each day.    … Expand
  38. Raxumotra
    Jun 1, 2018
    8
    Beautiful game the hours pass by fast. I just dont like some of the camera angles and the mandatory fights you go through when a lower level enemy spots you, can be annoying due to enemy being low lvl and you high level
  39. ZacFry
    Apr 3, 2018
    8
    Ni No Kuni II is a worthy successor to the original. While it imitates many of the classic's greatest features, it also loses some of them. From the jump, the game is gorgeous on an HDR-supported screen, strengthening my argument that Disney needs to re-release their classics in 4K HDR. However, the beautiful graphics completely fall apart once the player reaches the world map, which is anNi No Kuni II is a worthy successor to the original. While it imitates many of the classic's greatest features, it also loses some of them. From the jump, the game is gorgeous on an HDR-supported screen, strengthening my argument that Disney needs to re-release their classics in 4K HDR. However, the beautiful graphics completely fall apart once the player reaches the world map, which is an FPS nightmare that lacks the color and fidelity of the rest of the game. Like the world map, the battle system also received a downgrade from the original game. The game ditches the Pokemon-esque fighting system and moves towards something more in the vein of the Tales series, which is to say that it became for vanilla JRPG. This new system is clunky and unrewarding. The saving grace for the game is that it rewards you in other ways. The kingdom creator is the backbone, and what ultimately drives the player throughout NNK2. While not on the level of many city-simulation games, it is still a fun way to reward players for exploring within the game. Spoken dialogue is sparse, and the story really could have been great with more effort, but the ending still evokes emotion dispite all of this, something many games are unable to achieve.… Expand
  40. vahn
    Jan 1, 2019
    8
    Ni no Kuni 2 was a pleasant surprise, to say the least: I hated the first game because the combat was a mess, the characters were meh and overall the only thing that saved the original game was the exploration and the fact you had a huge world to explore...and the sequel does pretty much the same too. To a certain extent.

    First thing first, the game is supposedly set in another world,    Ni no Kuni 2 was a pleasant surprise, to say the least: I hated the first game because the combat was a mess, the characters were meh and overall the only thing that saved the original game was the exploration and the fact you had a huge world to explore...and the sequel does pretty much the same too. To a certain extent.

    First thing first, the game is supposedly set in another world, possibly the same as the first but due to the only reference being Ding Dong Dell it's hard to tell if it's actually the same world: I assume it's the future since there's a reference to an "ancestor" in the game but there's no real hint about that at all.

    The "another world" gist is important since it's "kind" of the main theme of the two games (Ni No Kuni means "second country"), including stuff like soul mates which are a thing of the previous game but is very barebone present here.

    In fact, many things in this game are barebone: the story is about Roland, a president of an unnamed country (most likely USA) who gets transported into another world and meets Evan who's the actual main protagonist since Roland is more like an excuse for the "another world" theme. The plot starts off pretty interesting but falls flat after a couple of hours due to the premise: Evan wants to build a kingdom where there's no war and the first chapters are all about signing an alliance treaty while chasing the obvious final boss complete with dark aura and snake-like costume.

    Problem with the plot is simple: it's poorly told and the more you play the more you notice a severe lack of character development or arcs and it's a shame because the potential was there.
    On the other hand the ending was pretty nice, had a very good twist and the lack of details and hints worked. For the rest it feels rushed to say the least.

    Let's move to the combat, which is actually better than the first game.
    No more action/turn-based hybrids mumbo jumbo that didn't know what it wanted to be but instead legit action combat with dodging, heavy and light attacks and skills to use at full charge: this all sounds great if it wasn't for two major issues that make the combat really bad:

    1) Animation lock. Each time you use a skill or magic your character will be locked in animation for several seconds and this makes you an easy target AND interrupt your skill midway, resulting in losing both mana and charge.
    On top of that enemies have the tendency to aim straight at the player and ignore the other two, resulting in many one-sided battles against them.
    This leads to my other issue which is...

    2) Unbalanced difficulty. The game has 3 difficulties: normal hard and expert, but unless you're a masochist you'll always go for either hard or normal because in expert you can be one shot fairly easy - and since enemies will ALWAYS ignore the other two team members this means you'll always have to kite them. However normal is far too easy but gives the less loot so it's really not worth it which means you'll want to stick with hard most of the time because you get more loot and the fights are more challenging - even though one-shots can still happen.

    However, despite these two major issues of the game it's hard to ignore the best part of the whole package: it's a huge world and filled to the brim with content to do! Sidequests, skirmishes, kingdom simulator, crafting, gathering...there's so much stuff is amazing! The world is also fully explorable and with many dungeons to unlock and secret enemies to beat, they are definitely the best components of the game.

    For starters the kingdom is easy to manage and recruiting all 100 citizens takes a while and involves doing all sorts of activities and requests: each citizen is qualified for something more than the rest so make sure to use them properly to get the benefits out of them. The kingdom also unlocks perks which are very useful for postgame content and it's highly recommended to focus on unlocking everything available as soon as you can.

    Skirmishes are 100% okay but they're not too thrilling. Just make sure to have a skirmishing party around 25-30 for the final chapter of the game.

    Questing is very easy due to a tracker that works wonders and in case you need to find an item the game will tell you where to go and get it! However many quests are all about fetching so be ready for it.

    Crafting is actually not bad for both weapons and armor, as well as higgledies - basically combat helpers - and with the right combination, they can be devastatingly good.

    And overall plenty of challenges which requires a lot of time - for leveling up - and gear to achieve.

    Do I recommend it? Yes of course!

    it's a fun little game with plenty of content to do but ruined by a poorly told story with no character development and missing plot arcs and combat that is not smooth or balanced enough.
    Play it for the exploration and the content that it offers...and ignore the story if you can.    … Expand
  41. Binyabik
    May 19, 2018
    6
    Sadly this game is one huge disappointment.

    - The characters are boring at best, annoying at worst. The main character and his Kingsmaker are the worst in recent history. - There are over 150 quests in this game and it feels like 99% of them are boring, uninspired fetch quests. Kill x of this, find/bring my y of those. - 0 Characterdevelopment. - The main story is extremely weak and    Sadly this game is one huge disappointment.

    - The characters are boring at best, annoying at worst. The main character and his Kingsmaker are the worst in recent history.
    - There are over 150 quests in this game and it feels like 99% of them are boring, uninspired fetch quests. Kill x of this, find/bring my y of those.
    - 0 Characterdevelopment.
    - The main story is extremely weak and can be told in about 5 minutes.

    The combat system is kind of fun but the game is way too easy so even investing in spells, research and better gear/armor is wasted effort. You can beat about every single enemy in the game by spamming X unless they are 20 level or more above you.

    The soundtrack is beautiful but too few songs so it gets repetetive fast.

    What's really positive is the kingdom building and the graphics. That's about it.

    I love JRPGs but this was a huge let down and disappointment. And I finished it with 100%.

    6.4 at best.    … Expand
  42. Kenmei
    Aug 6, 2018
    7
    For everything this game seems to do right, there's something that comes around that brings it back down. The combat in the game is a very well done action RPG style that I thought was the best part of the game. However while the combat is extremely fun and engaging, the extremely cookie-cutter story is beyond boring and seemingly meant for a much younger audience. I kinda expected thatFor everything this game seems to do right, there's something that comes around that brings it back down. The combat in the game is a very well done action RPG style that I thought was the best part of the game. However while the combat is extremely fun and engaging, the extremely cookie-cutter story is beyond boring and seemingly meant for a much younger audience. I kinda expected that but there were moments where it was almost agonizingly hard to get through. I found myself just skipping alot of the dialogue towards the end because I just really didn't care about what was going on. The main reason to keep playing was the kingdom building aspect of the game. It's how you get basically all of the upgrades throughout the game and gaining new citizens to build up your kingdom was the highlight for me. I wasn't impressed that EVERY side quest devolved into a fetch quest. There are so many fetch quests in this game it could probably have been added as a subtitle to the game. Nothing was too hard to come by, even though there are a few quests that are oddly misplaced in where they are available in the game. Meaning there are some that were designed for items you get in the end game they ask for early on and vice-versa. It seems like a bit of an oversight. The main thing I can say about this game is that at least the story was more bearable then the first game. It's not as kiddy as the first game was, but its still extremely boring at times because it was clearly made with a younger audience in mind. I could recommend this to anyone who's pre-teens might be wanting to get into a light JRPG style game. As the combat and kingdom building parts are actually very good. It's just hard to recommend to anyone over that age because that's not exactly this games target audience IMO.… Expand
  43. magicpork
    Apr 3, 2018
    6
    The game has some of the best graphics I've seen on PS4 but its beauty doesn't hide its painfully easy combat and boring story which I personally considered are the two most important things in a role playing game. .
  44. Darthtux
    May 4, 2018
    9
    I loved it! Playtime is around 130 hrs
    I did everything that I could even exhausting every one's dialogue; I have a tendecy to do that in every jrpg xD
    It's game I would look back to for it's beautiful art and graphics The story was simple and the characters lacked character development I really wish I knew more about these characters and serve more of a greater purpose than just    I loved it! Playtime is around 130 hrs
    I did everything that I could even exhausting every one's dialogue; I have a tendecy to do that in every jrpg xD

    It's game I would look back to for it's beautiful art and graphics
    The story was simple and the characters lacked character development
    I really wish I knew more about these characters and serve more of a greater purpose than just being there once their arc is finished
    (Would love more interactions and bond with the crew kinda like in Tales games or any other JRPGS)

    Also wish they utilize more of the battle system; its fun but too short except for when you fight some of the harder tainted monsters and giant beasts in the over world.

    The voice acting and music were amazing but I wish there was a bit more!
    Would love a bit more interesting and variety in the side quests! There's so many in this game :O
    Really love the higgledies and some of the ones late game are so fun to use

    I loved the skirmishes too!
    It's a fun mini game and I love the different units you get to play around with; some of them gets pretty intense
    There are some issues with it though like the text boxes are a bit too small to read and some of the units get stuck at a bridge to the next area

    Mainly what I love about this game is Kingdom Building!
    It's really satisfying to watch Evermore grows as you keep recruiting more citizens and I love interacting with them

    Another thing I really like are the kingdoms you get to go; the music and design behind it are amazing. I love exploring these kingdoms!

    Overall I'm giving it a 8.5!
    There are problems with Ni no Kuni 2 but the art style and the whole feeling of building a kingdom is amazing
    It is a very solid JRPG filled with many content and hours
    Definitely recommend it to those who want to get into JRPGS
    I'm left satisfied and hoping the DLC Story will focus on the lost kingdom and sort of epilogue for Evan!    … Expand
  45. megabear
    Feb 14, 2019
    0
    Pros:
    - Beautiful art
    - Good Japanese voice acting - Smooth combat Cons: - Terribly thin and generic story. Early teens or kids might like it though - Games tries to do too many things and makes the entire game shallow - Shameless copying of sounds from Zelda Breath of the Wild - Turn based is still better. Might've been good to see X-Com style combat instead of the poorly    Pros:
    - Beautiful art
    - Good Japanese voice acting
    - Smooth combat

    Cons:
    - Terribly thin and generic story. Early teens or kids might like it though
    - Games tries to do too many things and makes the entire game shallow
    - Shameless copying of sounds from Zelda Breath of the Wild
    - Turn based is still better. Might've been good to see X-Com style combat instead of the poorly executed warfare combat    … Expand
  46. ghlladeira
    Jul 7, 2018
    8
    Incredible game with these stunning Ghibli-studio graphics-like.
    The story is for sure a high point, along with the gameplay with elements of JRPG mixed with hack n slash features.
    Cons: side quests are way too repetitive. Poor skills diversity.

    Can't wait for the season pass content!
  47. TatsMcGee
    Sep 8, 2018
    6
    Why did you want to play this game?

    The one genre that I have never really gotten into is the JRPG genre. I had heard good things about this game from nearly every outlet that consume content from. What did you not like about it? There is nothing special about this game. Its a jack of all of trades but master of none. The game is too ambitious for its own good and it just doesn’t    Why did you want to play this game?

    The one genre that I have never really gotten into is the JRPG genre. I had heard good things about this game from nearly every outlet that consume content from.

    What did you not like about it?

    There is nothing special about this game. Its a jack of all of trades but master of none. The game is too ambitious for its own good and it just doesn’t do anything overly well.

    The story is, eh, the graphics are good but for a triple-A game very average. The combat is okay and there is also another type of combat and it’s an RTS. That’s not fully fleshed out either. To me, it felt like a very average video game.

    I sunk about 20 hours into the game and I just didn’t have it in me to keep playing.

    Do you think you’ll try it again at some point?

    No, I’m okay. I know what the game is and it’s not for me.    … Expand
  48. Reed618
    Aug 20, 2018
    8
    I have mixed feelings about ni no kuni 2. The story while a bit too basic actually ended up impressing me by the time the credits rolled.
    The progression systems in place are quite interesting as well. Developing your kingdom and using it as a kind of skill tree to shape your characters is a really unique idea. The inclusion of tainted monsters is great too as they're fun to track down    I have mixed feelings about ni no kuni 2. The story while a bit too basic actually ended up impressing me by the time the credits rolled.
    The progression systems in place are quite interesting as well. Developing your kingdom and using it as a kind of skill tree to shape your characters is a really unique idea. The inclusion of tainted monsters is great too as they're fun to track down and offer some good experience.
    However, at points ni no kuni 2 really doesn't respect your time and feels padded. One chapter in particular stands out for this. It mostly involves your party trying to get a library card.. but you have to do three favors for the librarian... which are mostly fetch quests... and your reward for all of this is four small written texts offering some information on neighboring kingdoms. This is just one example but dealing with these kind of dull fetch quests repeatedly was disheartening. Also you should note that kingdom building and the skirmish battles aren't really optional as they are necessary for completing certain story objectives. Personally I found skirmish battles to be a nice change of pace and kingdom building can be quite fun too but you should note that none of the progression systems in ni no kuni 2 can really be ignored.
    Also there are difficulty spikes starting around chapter 5/6. You'll start noticing monsters and bosses are much stronger than you. Unfortunately grinding can be quite slow in this game even if you develop your kingdom and build facilities which offer experience boosts. You may find you're spending more time than you'd like fighting monsters.
    Overall though I did really enjoy my time with this game. The story is quite nice, the combat is fun, the progression systems are interesting and the animation is fantastic. It has its flaws but personally it's an improvement over the first game. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes jrpgs/ghibli animation.    … Expand
  49. MsKittenSneezes
    Jun 12, 2018
    7
    Melanie Tong

    My Final Opinions On Ni No Kuni II After going through and playing Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, I think it’s safe to say that it’s a pretty good game.It was fun, and it had a lot of aspects that were pretty wonderful like the game play, which was fast paced and engaging, and some aspects it fell a little flat in, like the writing of the characters. But overall, my    Melanie Tong

    My Final Opinions On Ni No Kuni II

    After going through and playing Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, I think it’s safe to say that it’s a pretty good game.It was fun, and it had a lot of aspects that were pretty wonderful like the game play, which was fast paced and engaging, and some aspects it fell a little flat in, like the writing of the characters. But overall, my review will encompace certain aspects of the game that tie into the overall enjoyment, like it’s genre and aesthetic, and I’ll talk about how some aspects just didn’t pay out well.

    Ni No Kuni II is about as much of a hack and slash Action JRPG, Japanese Role Playing Game, as it can be. The game play is very simplistic, but it does have some satisfying moments when you land a special strike or dodging a large enemy attack. Ni No Kuni also formats itself to a lot of JRPG tropes which is more team centric focus where you’re controlling a team of people towards one goal as opposed to a Western RPG that’s more player focused like Skyrim. Along with that, there is And if you’re interested in playing a hack and slash JRPG, Ni No Kuni would be right up your alley.

    Another that drew me into Ni No Kuni was how it looked and the fact that the first game has animated cutscenes made by Studio Ghibli, creator of such animated films like Spirited Away. This unexpected partnership between Level-5 Studios and Ghibli produced a visually stunning game Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. Which then lead to a large audience wanting a new game and after years later, Level-5 Studios makes a new game with intentions to allow the players to explore the world of Ni No Kuni. And I have to say that Ni No Kuni packs a punch in terms of visuals, it really sells that feeling of being somewhere magical and mystical, like you’re in another world. But it does fall short, in comparison to the first because it lacks that 2D animation flair that made the first game so special. The different worlds that you go to also have their own flair, and although it doesn’t have special 2d cutscenes, I believe that it still is stunning.

    My main issue with the game stems from the writing. The narrative of the story follows a basic format, and it’s seems to add no struggle or conflict with the characters. There are no stakes when Evan, the main character does something. Evan is about as boring as white bread. He hardly changes throughout the story, and every conflict that he’s given is solved by being kind. He makes no hard decisions or gives the players hard decisions to make. The game, as explorative as it is, railroads the player into these situations. Because of this it’s difficult to engage the players into the game, which is a huge issue when the game is focused on Evan and the story.

    I believed that this issue could have been avoided if the game focused more on who they were creating it for. What I mean by that is that, there was a 7 year gap in between the first game and the second, and as that progressed the audience of the game grew up too. I think the game is very child like, and the marketing insisted that the story was more grown up and the world was more expansive for those who played the original and wanted to explore the world of Ni No Kuni. So a lot of people say that the game is too easy and story is really basic because it’s kind of made for kids when the community is comprised of adults and teens. As for kids who play this game, I think it’s good. It enforces that “be nice” mentality, and it teaches a lot of good morals.

    In summary, I believe that the game is good for people who enjoy Studio Ghibli films, and enjoy the sort of hack and slash combat system tied in with small kingdom building simulator. Along with the large world exploration and the different areas to go through, I also believe that Ni No Kuni has an amazing concept and a creative and well created world. But the main issues fall in the writing of the story and the balancing system. And if you want an aesthetically pleasing 3d cartoon style game, I would also recommend the game. Overall this is my review after playing Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom.    … Expand
  50. hasansins
    Nov 5, 2019
    0
    This game is an absolute horror. There is no voice acting except few cinematics, you need to read texts. Musics are so horrible they game me a headache I had to turn it off. Gameplay is terribly easy and just button mashing.

    I truly just created an account just to write the truth about this piece of garbage so others wont spend their hard earned money on this. They obviously had no    This game is an absolute horror. There is no voice acting except few cinematics, you need to read texts. Musics are so horrible they game me a headache I had to turn it off. Gameplay is terribly easy and just button mashing.

    I truly just created an account just to write the truth about this piece of garbage so others wont spend their hard earned money on this. They obviously had no budget making the game and wrapped it up quick and cheap.    … Expand
  51. Stefanobed
    Apr 3, 2021
    2
    Boring ,slowly ,boring! -1000 from the first game , I can t finish this game ,bad story and gameplay
  52. thaesino
    Mar 26, 2018
    9
    How do you make a great JRPG in 2018?
    You take from all the top RPGs that have existed in the last 15+ years.
    There is a lot of Ni no Kuni (PS3) in this game - it is mostly in the music, story, animation and design... and that's about it. And then there's the rest, which I won't spoil with specifics. There is Witcher 3 in this game. There is FInal Fantasy VII in this game. There is    How do you make a great JRPG in 2018?
    You take from all the top RPGs that have existed in the last 15+ years.

    There is a lot of Ni no Kuni (PS3) in this game - it is mostly in the music, story, animation and design... and that's about it. And then there's the rest, which I won't spoil with specifics.

    There is Witcher 3 in this game. There is FInal Fantasy VII in this game. There is Pokemon in this game. There is Zelda in this game. There is Tales in this game.

    In fact, for the first time in a while, I am actually having as much fun with this game as I first had with both Witcher 3 and FFVII when I played them in their own time... that, despite the fact that this game is not geared towards the same audience - those two other games are not necessarily for children... as we well know. This one, however, is.

    The most important factor, I think, which truly amazed me was how important all the characters are. I had become disappointed with character heavy JRPGs as of late, especially when you could easily tell stuff like, "Oh... that one with the boob physics is only there for that," or, "The dude with the creepy personality, licking his knives and sh*t, is only there for that." Basically, characters that don't need to be in the game.

    And then there's this game. The game that was allowed time to be developed because the first one sort of failed. The game that will probably make the first one a "hidden gem" and "collectible classic" now, and will skyrocket the price of an unopened copy upwards of $150 in a few years. The game that shows us, the same way Witcher 3 and Zelda BotW showed us... that when you have time to make a game and don't rush it, all the planned elements CAN be there. The game that, thankfully, will only disappoint people who don't like JRPGs. Which is exactly how it should be for all major releases.    … Expand
  53. deuxdoom
    Mar 27, 2018
    9
    Very good Graphic Design and Narrative Story line.

    +Fu$king SLANT MAGAZINE !!!!
  54. natanfk
    Jun 20, 2018
    3
    This was one of the biggest disappointments of my life. I loved the first Ni No Kuni, but this is pure GARBAGE. The story would make a 3 year-old fall to sleep, because it's so flat and stupid. When Evan gave his "speech" which was like "Let's make a kingdom where everyone gets happy! Hooray!" and the characters were like "wow, best speech ever, Evan", I just couldn't go further.

    Combat    This was one of the biggest disappointments of my life. I loved the first Ni No Kuni, but this is pure GARBAGE. The story would make a 3 year-old fall to sleep, because it's so flat and stupid. When Evan gave his "speech" which was like "Let's make a kingdom where everyone gets happy! Hooray!" and the characters were like "wow, best speech ever, Evan", I just couldn't go further.

    Combat is TERRIBLE compared to the first Ni no Kuni, it's just button mashing. Instead of capturing pokemon-like monsters, we have these stupid higgledies with their stupid mechanics. We also have no tactics to give to our companions. We also have this "kingdom management", which is absolutely boring, as are these terribly done skirmishes. The game also puts music that don't combine with the environment. You're in a canyon and the soundtrack makes you look you're in a Hitchcock movie. Characters are flat, stupid, boring and voice acting just makes it worse.

    I just dropped it after 10 hours. Don't buy this crap.    … Expand
  55. Swabator
    Mar 25, 2018
    9
    I have picked this game as my enter to JRPG. And it was not bad choice at all. Very complex game with RPG core along with simple RTS battles and quite complex building of kingdom. Not very hard. Nice visual, great music And very addictive gameplay. It will catch you and not let go until you Wil finished it
  56. Hyper-Dash
    Mar 27, 2018
    9
    I haven't felt so warm inside playing a video game since a long time. Spending my time in this game world is both a delightful and fun experience. Yes, the combat is a little on the easier side, but after hours upon hours of playtime, it's still very fun.

    From the characterizations to storytelling, everything is so beautifully charming, something a lot of games these days are missing.    I haven't felt so warm inside playing a video game since a long time. Spending my time in this game world is both a delightful and fun experience. Yes, the combat is a little on the easier side, but after hours upon hours of playtime, it's still very fun.

    From the characterizations to storytelling, everything is so beautifully charming, something a lot of games these days are missing.

    The gameplay is varied and has quite a lot of surprises up its sleeves.

    And of course there's the soundtrack, created by Studio Ghibli's own composer.

    It's a fun, lovely ride that RPG fans shouldn't be missed.    … Expand
  57. Grapetrap
    Mar 27, 2018
    8
    Full disclosure, I have not played all the way through

    This game world is absolutely beautiful and the Studio Ghibli inspired charm still shines from its bright animation and graphics (I have yet to see any "hand drawn" animated story sections and do miss those). The new battle system is more engaging and less tedious than the one in Wrath of the White Witch and it's real time like    Full disclosure, I have not played all the way through

    This game world is absolutely beautiful and the Studio Ghibli inspired charm still shines from its bright animation and graphics (I have yet to see any "hand drawn" animated story sections and do miss those). The new battle system is more engaging and less tedious than the one in Wrath of the White Witch and it's real time like most of today's action rpgs. The music is incredible thanks to the amazing Joe Hisaishi. Plus there are plenty of new aspects to the game that give those that played the last one something fresh. So that's it, the perfect Studio Ghibli inspired action rpg kingdom builder with charm.

    So with all that going for it why am I having so much trouble engaging in this game. In the Wrath of the White Witch I immediately felt something for the characters but this time not so much. I was invested in Oliver's journey even before he gets to the Other World. I am having a hard time discovering who I am supposed to care about in this game after 10 hours and I do hope that changes as I am still having fun with the game. It is not by any means a bad game, in fact it's a wonderful game. Maybe I just need to Journey farther to find its heart.    … Expand
  58. Karver
    Apr 30, 2018
    3
    I spent ten hours on this before bowing out. My main issue on this is the utter lack of difficulty. It’s mind numbingly easy. I was hoping the challenge may increase over time but 10 hours in and it doesn’t. The enemy AI is very simple, even the bosses, and it is barely a challenge to tackle enemies even about 5-8 levels higher than your party.

    The story is simple and uninteresting, the    I spent ten hours on this before bowing out. My main issue on this is the utter lack of difficulty. It’s mind numbingly easy. I was hoping the challenge may increase over time but 10 hours in and it doesn’t. The enemy AI is very simple, even the bosses, and it is barely a challenge to tackle enemies even about 5-8 levels higher than your party.

    The story is simple and uninteresting, the side quests are tedious. All in all, as a fan of RPG’s and considering the high reviews, this was very disappointing.    … Expand
  59. bloodless08
    Apr 4, 2018
    7
    This game was good.
    Its pretty, it has some elements of studio ghiblis' loveable worlds, and it scratches a certain 'progression itch' via gear and building your kingdom.
    On tge other hand, the end comes too soon via a relatively simplistic story with minimal character and plot development, the game is VERY easy, and ultimately all the kingdom developement and gear grinding literally    This game was good.
    Its pretty, it has some elements of studio ghiblis' loveable worlds, and it scratches a certain 'progression itch' via gear and building your kingdom.

    On tge other hand, the end comes too soon via a relatively simplistic story with minimal character and plot development, the game is VERY easy, and ultimately all the kingdom developement and gear grinding literally doesn't matter by the end of the game. There isn't anything to challenge you or any true justification for all the citizen collecting and kingdom upgrading you did by the end game, aside from personal satisfaction (Okay, and the 10th dreamer's door, but that is really just there to justify post-game grinding and thats not enough for me).

    I truly enjoyed the game, though the ending fizzled, and I found myself skipping dialogue by the end (which I almost NEVER do).

    I don't think anyone interested will regret buying this game, but I don't think anyone will be missing out if they skip it either. I'm trading mine in now, without bothering with more than a few hours of post-game.    … Expand
  60. drowblade
    Mar 30, 2018
    10
    Красивая, умная и интересная игра. Один из главных шедевров 2018 года.
  61. Gabriellord
    Mar 28, 2018
    9
    eu esperei por esse jogo por muito tempo o jogo esta fantástico cara é um dos melhores activar ns rpg que joguei ,defeito é n tem dublagem nem legenda ,
  62. spizer511
    Apr 9, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Too little. Too quick. And not enough depth.

    I find myself on the precipice of what feels like the final chapter and can't shake that nagging feeling. The feeling is that this game was too quick. Surely a game with so many side quests and complex (enough) kingdom building system would have several hours of time left so that I can actually utilize the boosts and improvements provided, right? I mean, I did invest countless hours in gathering/poaching citizens, from other kingdoms, researching spells, and the ability to build better gear (which I still haven't needed to take advantage of).

    So... Why does it seem like some joke is being played on me?

    I am one of those folks who played the first game. And while yes, it had it's faults (inconsistent plot pacing, grinding requirements, and a terribly heavy menu system for supporting your... "pokemon"), but in the end it at least held my interest. More-so it compelled me to continue. It's cut-scenes and voice acting were incredibly robust. Certainly it still took some shortcuts, but this new story is so childish it's a wonder there wasn't a Little Golden Book that came along with the game.

    As for things I've appreciated, I did mostly like the more straight forward battle system, when compared to the constant shuffle that existed in the first game. Even if it did err on the side of "make sure your stick has higher numbers and just keep hitting the bad guys. Oh look a higher numbered stick!" Some tactics would have been appreciated. Also, the Higgledee's are really one of the best things in a game, like ever... Cute + Powerful + Support equals a win in my book.

    I'd made peace long before playing the game that this wasn't going to be exactly the same world as the previous entry, and even adjusted to the less colorful visuals... But in the end, this world feels less populated, less functional, and less immersive than the previous title. 2 towns, an old woman's cottage, 5 kingdoms/cities make up the whole world, and a billion caves. And if I ignore the non-mandatory quests... I only ever have to visit them once or twice. I'm really tempted to replay the game and see how much more difficult it is with only doing the main story.

    In the end, I'm left wondering...
    Why some reference to the first game at the beginning (the trial), and then abandon it from there on? I mean... Where are the faeries!?!
    Why is Ding Dong Dell the only city that spans the two titles...? Are they hoping to pull a Cid-style thing from the FF series, where in each title there's a Ding Dong Dell?
    Where's Evan's mom in all of this? She's mentioned briefly at the start of the game, then forgotten like cheap hummus.
    And why are there only 10 creatures that you have to fight over and over in the game? Sure they're reskinned, renamed, but it's the same creature with basically the same skill set.
    And finally, am I the only one who never purchased gear/food/items from any of the shops... ever?    … Expand
  63. MagickMusician
    Apr 20, 2018
    2
    I am so freaking mad that after I preordered this game and paid the full price of 65$ that this game gives me no sense of reward or accomplishment. I am just destroying every enemy in under five seconds. It is super annoying, and I'm not a super high level. No reason to use magic, or upgrade anything. I am 30 hrs in and at level 25 and the easy difficulty with no option to change it hasI am so freaking mad that after I preordered this game and paid the full price of 65$ that this game gives me no sense of reward or accomplishment. I am just destroying every enemy in under five seconds. It is super annoying, and I'm not a super high level. No reason to use magic, or upgrade anything. I am 30 hrs in and at level 25 and the easy difficulty with no option to change it has absolutely ruined what could be a masterpiece. Ok the music is not great but I just turn on Spotify. No voice acting really, and I hate that. if CDProjekt Red can make actualy voiced dialogue to every single word In the game, and they did it for every country the game was released in. This game cant even do .0010% of the dialogue in witcher3. U read non stop, and I hate reading. I would be ok with it, but the amazing glorious looking combat I can never enjoy, cuz the fights r over in seconds. Iam so furious that they wont respond to the emails I'm sending them and messages on facebook asking if they plan to add a difficulty option or balance the gameplay. I feel like I have wasted my time unless they fix this. its the easiest game iveever played, and I feel robbed. They have until Friday to address the issue and say they will release a patch or I am done with this company. Ill never play level 5 games again. this is total crap to be honest. they have ruined their game that could have made them a ton and I mean a ton of more cash, but everyone is trading it in, or telling their friends do not buy this. I can understand if ur 10 yrs old or younger. but I was so excited for this game, and no I don't want dark souls either. I hate how hard that game is, but I want atleast normal difficulty like the witcher 3 and kingdom hearts 3...even final fantasy 15 on its hardest difficulty was actualy really easy, but nowhere near as easy as this game. I pray that they release some words to us gamers that they are well aware of our issue, and that they r working on a fix, or like I said, I'm done...they will also not get my money on any other game in the future. because if they don't respond, then they obviously do not care about the fans, so I will never put my trust into their company again. I'm serious guys I have never even wrote a review for a game, and I'm 30 yrs old, been playing since the Nintendo .I have played almost every major game title released, especially on ps4 and xbox one, and this game has got me so mad. its like super super super super just ridiculous that they would make it this easy. I hate it and I'm just freaking so mad over it. I hope they fix it, because if they just do that one thing, they would have so many more people buying it. and they would have possible game of the year. but if not, itll be one of the biggest let downs in video game history. I'm not joking at all on this. until they fix this issue, I'm telling u. do not buy this game. it is literally so dull when u cant even enjoy a single battle. and even boss fights are over in seconds. why would they screw it up this bad? when clearly much time was spent doing everything else(minus voice acting). I really hope someone over there will see this,… Expand
  64. moonman1994
    Apr 15, 2018
    9
    Finally a spiritual successor to the Suikoden series!

    Ni No Kuni II is a fun game with great animation support provided by Studio Ghibli. The overall story of the game is very uplifting and reminiscent of JRPGS of the PS2 and PS1 era. It features a world map reminiscent of older RPGs and the same more optimistic tone. Characters: 9.5/10 The main party is all interesting. You get to    Finally a spiritual successor to the Suikoden series!

    Ni No Kuni II is a fun game with great animation support provided by Studio Ghibli. The overall story of the game is very uplifting and reminiscent of JRPGS of the PS2 and PS1 era. It features a world map reminiscent of older RPGs and the same more optimistic tone.

    Characters: 9.5/10 The main party is all interesting. You get to control a party from a variety of races of the world and one party is a transplant from Earth. Roland, the transplant from earth, is equally as interesting as the main character (Evan) which provides depth to the party. You also are able to recruit a multitude of side characters and while they can't join the party (like in Suikoden) main cain aid in larger war efforts and many have side quests that feature their personalities well.

    Graphics/art: 9.5/10. With Studio Ghibli giving support what can go wrong? Not much. The only thing that is lacking is that it would have been great to have some Studio Ghibli 2D cutscenes instead of the sort of screen shot Studio-Ghilbli0image-with-dialouge that we get some times

    Story: 8/10. The story is very optimistic and reminiscent of a classic JRPG. That being said it was almost too easy to get side tracked by side quests and things could have been harder for the main character in chapters other than chapter one to give it more meat (while still retaining the game's T rating).

    Gameplay: 8.5/10: Fun, Somewhat strategic. At least strategic enough to not be button mashing. Gathering side quests could get a bit repetitive however.

    Extras/Side quests: 10/10: With over 100 citizens to recruit and a multitude of gathering and fighting side quests you can't be bored. Finally a game has come along with some great kingdom building to fill the void that the Suikoden Series has left! The kingdom building was honestly my favorite part of the game. That being said it in no way diminished from the overall story, but I would recommend doing side quests throughout instead of procrastinating them because then it could distract from the story.

    Overall: 9/10: Very, very good game. Fun to play with a lot of fun characters. The story could use a bit more meat but the multitude of personalities and kingdom building more than make up for it.    … Expand
  65. Bure1088
    Apr 3, 2018
    10
    Just beat the game. Such a heartwarming adventure with many fun aspects. This game is a worthy successor to the first game. I still believe the first one was better but not by much imo. Evan and Roland are my boys! The new fighting mechanics is fun and the kingdom building is interesting at times. The visuals are amazing in 4K HDR. The story is great! This game really does feel like aJust beat the game. Such a heartwarming adventure with many fun aspects. This game is a worthy successor to the first game. I still believe the first one was better but not by much imo. Evan and Roland are my boys! The new fighting mechanics is fun and the kingdom building is interesting at times. The visuals are amazing in 4K HDR. The story is great! This game really does feel like a genuine Ni No Kuni game and I’m so glad the developers made a second game. I hope they make more Ni No Kuni games in the future!… Expand
  66. lelu
    Apr 5, 2018
    10
    I love the first game, and somehow, the sequel is even better. The art-style and graphics are beautiful. The music is moving. Gameplay is perfect and improved from the first game. Love all the cute little creatures and looting is great! Halfway through and am slow-playing it, because I don't want it to end.
  67. dschuds
    Apr 5, 2018
    9
    Really diverse and fun gameplay and a good but not great story. I loved building a kingdom and it has the same great studio ghibli style the white witch did. The story is unfortunately inferior to the original both in its substance and its presentation. There are no tv/movie style anime scenes like in the original or Persona 5 and barely any lines are voiced with the voice acting justReally diverse and fun gameplay and a good but not great story. I loved building a kingdom and it has the same great studio ghibli style the white witch did. The story is unfortunately inferior to the original both in its substance and its presentation. There are no tv/movie style anime scenes like in the original or Persona 5 and barely any lines are voiced with the voice acting just okay. The endgame sees more story and voice acting that makes the last act stronger but the adventure fells less epic than Wrath of the White Witch. It is still a stellar RPG that is fun rewarding and beautiful and drew me deeper into a genre thats not my traditional favorite. If your going for the Platinum the grind sucks but hey, JRPGS.… Expand
  68. M4nU
    Apr 6, 2018
    9
    A marvellous JRPG: amazing gameplay, superb graphic, interesting story and crazy immersive soundtrack; Simply wonderful.
  69. rachillustrate
    Apr 25, 2018
    7
    Although enjoyable, Ni No Kuni 2 fails to improve upon and in many ways regresses from its predecessor. Above all, the game has breathtaking visuals that will charm you at every turn. Unfortunately, the game fails to add similar amounts of charm to its characters or plot.

    The characters fall flat in many ways, and the lack of voice-acting certainly plays a part. The plot and plot    Although enjoyable, Ni No Kuni 2 fails to improve upon and in many ways regresses from its predecessor. Above all, the game has breathtaking visuals that will charm you at every turn. Unfortunately, the game fails to add similar amounts of charm to its characters or plot.

    The characters fall flat in many ways, and the lack of voice-acting certainly plays a part. The plot and plot "twists" also seem predictable and childish to a fault. Skirmishes and kingdom building are fun additions to the series, but they don't make up for the lackluster battle system which in part feels slightly lacking due to the removal of familiars.

    Seemingly unimportant UI/UX decisions also add a clunkiness to the overall experience, including too small/fast/long dialogue boxes and unclear active vs. inactive button styling. No ability to change the difficulty setting also seems like an important oversight.

    Overall, Ni No Kuni 2 still gets many things right and is an enjoyable enough experience, but it was a step-down for the series.    … Expand
  70. suhanzhi
    Apr 5, 2018
    0
    This game sucks. The only pro here is the art style of Ghibli studio. If you are a big fan of Ghibli movie, you will feel like playing a game in the animated movie. However, if you are expected a good story like a Ghibli movie, you will be extremely disappointed. To say the story is childish will be a compliment. The character is one dimensional and the plot is really stupid. It feels likeThis game sucks. The only pro here is the art style of Ghibli studio. If you are a big fan of Ghibli movie, you will feel like playing a game in the animated movie. However, if you are expected a good story like a Ghibli movie, you will be extremely disappointed. To say the story is childish will be a compliment. The character is one dimensional and the plot is really stupid. It feels like the writer doesn't bother to come up with a good reason behind characters' motivations. For example, the kingdom Hydropolis is a kingdom where love is forbidden. Sounds interesting, right? Now guess the reason behind it. It is because the spell that protects the kingdom requires the population to stay the same. Therefore, the queen banned love.

    The gameplay is fine but the difficult is really **** up. It is either extremely easy or frustratedly hard. No middle ground in between. For instance, there is a skirmish mission where you control an army to defeat enemy's army. The mission is called "Criminal Capture: Bandit Gang" and I stuck at this ****er for an hour. It required you to kill enemy boss. The problem is, the enemy boss ran towards the exit like a mad man. You have to sprint to catch him but your stamina is limited. No to mention there are dozens of enemy in the road trying to stop you. If you made a bad decision to buy and play this stupid game, good luck on this mission because you have to beat it to get a trophy.    … Expand
  71. Rizefall
    Apr 13, 2018
    5
    Ni No Kuni 2 is a great game, but it faulters where it really needed to succeed the most.

    The game is to easy. Here you might start to think that, well, some people like easier games and dont want a so called "dark souls experience". That is true, but what you get here is a game where you literally can go through it with your eyes closed. Which is a big, big shame because the battle    Ni No Kuni 2 is a great game, but it faulters where it really needed to succeed the most.

    The game is to easy. Here you might start to think that, well, some people like easier games and dont want a so called "dark souls experience". That is true, but what you get here is a game where you literally can go through it with your eyes closed. Which is a big, big shame because the battle system is really cool, in theory. The problem is that because the game is so easy there is no point in using the robust battle mechanics the game actually offer. There are lots of cool skills to use, familiars to care about that have cool effects, but none of them matter as you can just button mash through most of the game.

    I can't stress this enough. For a JRPG that is mostly built around you fighting monsters, getting better gear and stuff, it's infuriating how little challenge the game actually throws at you. What's even worse is that the fun Kingdom building system gives you lots of cool ways to acquire better gear, but then again, that feature is totally useless because of how easy the game is.

    Most of the other stuff in the game are great. Music is fantastic and so is the graphics, story and it's characters. But the combat falters so much that i have a hard time recommending the game. Luckily for us PC users there are scripts out there to give the enemies more HP and deal more damage so you actually have to dodge, block and use your abilities to be able to deal damage, but i have to judge the game based on what comes from the developer, and combat wise it really sucks. In a sense at least. If you actually use it it’s really fun, but there is no point in doing so because you just kill everything faster and easier just by mashing the attack button.

    This just shows that they have gone for quantity over quality in this game. You have lots of underdeveloped features that aren't balanced to one another and it just feels very bland. Army battles are randomly thrown in that sounds fun on paper but like most other things the game offers it falls flat. It's obvious there was some kind of plan there from the start. Build a kingdom, quests to collect citizens, army battles out on the battlefield, etc. But it all just ends up with lots of features that are very thin and don't get to fully shine.

    With that said i can't have been more disappointed in this game. It sucks seeing the potential here and how the game didn't reach any of it.    … Expand
  72. Ryskim
    Apr 3, 2018
    8
    It’s a good game indeed. The places, the cities and everything is quite impressive and immersive. I don’t like the design of some playable characters, but I have to admit I purchased the season pass and I rarely do so on a game so quickly. 10 minutes into de game you already know this is not an ordinary rpg, it is a piece of art.
  73. Kai676111
    Apr 6, 2018
    10
    Ni No Kuni ll is a really nice game with it nice story,likable characters and easy gameplay but also hard to master in fact the kingdom building is really nice and gives move spirit to the game.

    The Graphic made it look like a good anime in fact it looks beautiful even on the lowest setting is still good I can,t even quit after playing this game like I spread tons of hours trying to    Ni No Kuni ll is a really nice game with it nice story,likable characters and easy gameplay but also hard to master in fact the kingdom building is really nice and gives move spirit to the game.

    The Graphic made it look like a good anime in fact it looks beautiful even on the lowest setting is still good

    I can,t even quit after playing this game like I spread tons of hours trying to complete all the side quest and the main story in which I fail to do in fact I going to play it even more right now to hopefully finish the story    … Expand
  74. Feriatus
    Apr 10, 2018
    3
    It's an overrated game. The art style is cute but that is all here. But it doesn't help a weak gameplay and story. Basic game design. A mix of underdeveloped/boring action, puzzle and strategy games in one. I am 10 hours in but I see no point to continue.
  75. Vidya_
    Apr 11, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How does one go from such a fantastic and beloved game like Ni No Kuni to THIS?
    I'll list my positives right off the bat, because there's less of that than negatives. The graphics and music are top notch, done. Now, this game heavily relies on its Facebook-tier mechanic known as Kingdom Building. I was hoping that this **** mode would not get in the way of story progression but BOY OH BOY WAS I WRONG. Right when you get to Chapter 9 they force you to level up your Kingdom to stage 3, sounds simple, right? Except it's extremely tedious. You have to get 50 Villagers in total, now how do you do that? You do side quests, a **** ton of them. They vary from fetch quests to fighting monsters. This was annoying and it took me up to 10-15 hours to get the amount of villagers needed to progress. So I get to the final boss right? A nice plot twist happened right before it, a call back to the original game, I was impressed. But soon after I was put in the battle against the final boss, after all the boss rushes which were manageable despite me being very under-leveled, which is another Issue I will tackle in a moment. I did a total of 14 damage to the final boss, there was a 20 level difference between us. I tried killing him and got his Hp down to about 1/10 after about an hour of fighting, and then he gained another HP Bar and killed off my entire party, I gave up because I thought it wasn't worth it, so I looked up the ending on YouTube and as expected it was predictable, but satisfying; although I don't think it would've been worth the grind. So, back to the level Issue, I was under-leveled ever since Chapter 5, although I didn't mind as much back then because I blamed myself for not doing any side stuff. But after doing the amount of side quests they seemingly expect you to do, I was still under-leveled and look what happened versus the final boss. Therefore, I think the pacing of the game is utter **** I usually enjoy grinding in JRPGs but the enemys give you a ridiculously low amount of EXP, even with the booster turned on. There's another mode called Skirmish, i'm just gonna say it's not as irritating as the kingdom building but still un-fun. Now for the Story, it's alright I guess, definitely a step down from the first game and very predictable. Chapter 1 starts off promising but then it turns into a routine until chapter 7. The cast goes to a kingdom, an Issue occurs, you solve it and then fight the king of said kingdom. Nothing more, nothing less. The best character in the whole game was without a doubt, Roland. Everyone else seemed shallow and un-interesting and were cast to the side after their debut.
    I think my review is very subjective, I think someone that enjoys side content and loves pouring hundreds of hours into a game would enjoy this game thoroughly.    … Expand
  76. Skyblue93
    Nov 13, 2018
    4
    Horrible shallow version of the first game. A big disappointment as a fan of the first.
  77. shiftyman
    Aug 26, 2018
    1
    The game looks great but that’s about the only positive, it’s the ultimate fan boy trash, from a dialogue written for 5 year olds to the most typical generic quests. Just your average over hyped open world rpg. With the most boring, unimaginative main characters in gaming history, make this, 2018’s biggest piece of overrated trash.
  78. ORevisor
    Mar 27, 2018
    0
    O que mais me deixou triste com essa "continuação" é que não é uma continuação... é um novo jogo em um cenário familiar, com estrutura totalmente diferente da original (infelizmente). O sistema de familiares que era a base do jogo foi extinto, a luta ficou uma mistura de "Hack and slash" e pikimin... deprimente e entediante. Todos os sistemas implementados perderam a graça quando meO que mais me deixou triste com essa "continuação" é que não é uma continuação... é um novo jogo em um cenário familiar, com estrutura totalmente diferente da original (infelizmente). O sistema de familiares que era a base do jogo foi extinto, a luta ficou uma mistura de "Hack and slash" e pikimin... deprimente e entediante. Todos os sistemas implementados perderam a graça quando me deparei com um jogo novo intitulado de "2", simplesmente não consigo dar uma nova chance e continuar a jogar... Fiquei encantado com o primeiro jogo da série e totalmente desencantado com o segundo.… Expand
  79. beewarrior
    Mar 23, 2018
    0
    Text Text Text Text... then 5-10 seconds of actual Gameplay then again Text Text Text Text... is this a book or a game? put some fkin voice in your stupid game! instant regret for buying this ****
    This could've been amazing if it was just a 10-20 hour story driven cartoon style game without all this **** text that we have to read!
  80. Phuz
    Oct 8, 2018
    0
    I pretty much bought my PS4 to play this game. I can't rate it any higher, as I couldn't play it long enough. I love Joe Hisaishi's music, I love Ghibli but this doesn't feel anything like it. There was terrible voice acting but even so it was better than when they just stop the voices to accompany the text with grunts of one word, the boy king was highly irritating. I play many games atI pretty much bought my PS4 to play this game. I can't rate it any higher, as I couldn't play it long enough. I love Joe Hisaishi's music, I love Ghibli but this doesn't feel anything like it. There was terrible voice acting but even so it was better than when they just stop the voices to accompany the text with grunts of one word, the boy king was highly irritating. I play many games at once and this was so boring compared to others I was playing at the same time that I got rid of it because it gave me nothing to make me chose it over the others. I know this isn't Studio Ghibli but it tries to be and fails. Miyazaki is a legend for a reason, he cannot be replicated.… Expand
  81. EpicPwnage5
    Mar 25, 2018
    0
    Bad game with poor graphics and slow loadings.

    I do not recommend anyone to buy this game.
  82. sityoazzdown
    Apr 9, 2018
    7
    Lack of challenge, Lack of challenge, Lack of challenge! Everything about this game is good, but the lack of challenge almost single handlely destroys it. The game is an classic jrpg, you grind, fight, upgrade, repeat. In a nutshell, combat is a hack and slash/classic jrpg style. The story was ok, a slow trudge until you reach the ending which I enjoyed. The characters were ok, none stoodLack of challenge, Lack of challenge, Lack of challenge! Everything about this game is good, but the lack of challenge almost single handlely destroys it. The game is an classic jrpg, you grind, fight, upgrade, repeat. In a nutshell, combat is a hack and slash/classic jrpg style. The story was ok, a slow trudge until you reach the ending which I enjoyed. The characters were ok, none stood out, they were just there.. Kingdom building was what hooked me (for the first 10 hours or so), side missions for recruiting citizens to come work for you, in turn lets you research new abilities. I also enjoyed the boss battles of this game it's fun and diverse. Basically, core gameplay and it's elements are all good, it just depends on how tolerant you are to repetitiveness. But as I said, the lack of challenge in this game killed it, it could've been something better, more rewarding, etc. No challenge meant of all the items you can buy in this game, and I only stuck to potions to health, mana and revive. No challenge meant every time an enemy drops a loot, I go "ok" cool; instead of wow I wonder what it does! No challenge meant research into new abilities which take up to 30 minutes for a ability that you may or may not use a lot doesn't feel rewarding. I think you get the point. To end, slightly disappointed in the sequel to ni no kuni which I LOVED. They changed the combat for the worse, and although a tales like combat is fine, the lack of challenge ruined it. I can recommend this at full price only if you're looking for a decent jrpg, otherwise wait for it to drop if you're looking for something more.… Expand
  83. OwtDaft
    Apr 23, 2019
    7
    + Different gameplay elements help bring purpose to the otherwise dull side quests.
    + Graphics are great for a JRPG, though there is a slight stutter in 4K mode.
    + Music is extremely good. + Voice acting is very good. + The game is fun to try 100%. You will want to get the platinum. + There is a small town where they speak in Yorkshire dialect, it's funny. +/- The side quests are    + Different gameplay elements help bring purpose to the otherwise dull side quests.
    + Graphics are great for a JRPG, though there is a slight stutter in 4K mode.
    + Music is extremely good.
    + Voice acting is very good.
    + The game is fun to try 100%. You will want to get the platinum.
    + There is a small town where they speak in Yorkshire dialect, it's funny.
    +/- The side quests are very basic though rewarding to do.
    - Story alright but it's nothing amazing.
    - The main story is quite short.
    - Easy to miss in gameplay dialogue comes and goes quick, should of been voiced.
    - The combat is very basic and mindless and easy.
    - More of the game could of been voiced acted.    … Expand
  84. rrafemi
    Apr 4, 2018
    6
    Cuanto más juego, más decepcionado me siento. El juego es básicamente un "recadero simulator" donde misión tras misión ten tienen dando vueltas buscando objetos. El juego no tienen nada de chica, es todo el rato hacer perder el tiempo al jugador dando vueltas de un lado para otro, y volver buscando objetos. No existe sensación de progresión, te pasas el juego entero haciendo favores.

    Lo    Cuanto más juego, más decepcionado me siento. El juego es básicamente un "recadero simulator" donde misión tras misión ten tienen dando vueltas buscando objetos. El juego no tienen nada de chica, es todo el rato hacer perder el tiempo al jugador dando vueltas de un lado para otro, y volver buscando objetos. No existe sensación de progresión, te pasas el juego entero haciendo favores.

    Lo único que cumple en este juego es el sistema de combates, gráficos y ambientación.    … Expand
  85. TsukasaHiiragi
    Apr 26, 2018
    7
    After playing Ni no kuni 2 for a good amount of time, I honestly have to say that the game gets boring and frustrating as the myriad of gameplay ideas are just mashed together with very little focus, or worse very little explaining which creates a strange experience for the player.

    The art style is pleasing but lets not forget that the mighty studio Ghibli only observed and didn't    After playing Ni no kuni 2 for a good amount of time, I honestly have to say that the game gets boring and frustrating as the myriad of gameplay ideas are just mashed together with very little focus, or worse very little explaining which creates a strange experience for the player.

    The art style is pleasing but lets not forget that the mighty studio Ghibli only observed and didn't helped with NNK2 development unlike the original, which was graphically superior

    Ni no kuni 2 unfortunately fails in several major departments, the action rpg aspects suffer in several areas, healing for instance is pretty terrible especially as you progress further into the game. The higgledies if anything, are more annoying and a bothersome mechanic that doesn't really work too well, give me some proper healing spells instead of opening up menus and eating some candy or relying on the higgles to heal...which is far too hit/miss to rely on it.

    Combat mechanics also feels weak, most battles can be won by spamming aoe attacks. Occasionally you might get a few monsters that actually present a challenge causing the player to actually attack with a bit of strategy but most of the time its button mashing, the dodge and blocking skills are almost useless, well dodge is your more useful defensive skill - blocking is pretty much useless as you're facing sometimes upwards of 10 mobs in anyone battle and from all sides that you're character will get hit off-screen regardless, not that it really matters.

    The quest system is far too drawn out and laborious, even grindy at times with many quests giving you vague, even cryptic information often requiring trial and error or simply checking up a guide, this isn't good side quest material and needs to be better.

    Managing the kingdom again, feels like padding out game time - all the times worth in real time, and are paused when you log off the system. Although, the timers are not terribly long - it still feels unnecessary to force the player to check back to collect kingdom gold every once in a while to keep upgrading the city, even the strategy battles feels like an unnecessary mini-game to pad out the time as well, this was a major flaw in the original NNK but the opposite as the original game was super short, NNK has padded out the gametime as much as possible often creating a boring, almost borderline grindfest moments.

    Whilst NNK2 isn't a bad game, its got more than a few moments when it shines. Some of the questionable flaws, all the mechanics thrown into the mixing pot and all the gameplay padding weaken the experience. Overall, it is a pretty good game but far from perfect.    … Expand
  86. SuperkenGaming
    May 22, 2018
    7
    Ni no kuni II Revenant Kingdom
    Still a good game, but took a massive step back.
    Ni No Kuni 2 is less of a sequel and more of a 2nd installment in a series.. this game takes place many years into the future after the first ni no kuni, so playing the first game isn’t necessary to play this one. .however I would recommend you play that one instead.. This is an action jrpg that telsl the    Ni no kuni II Revenant Kingdom
    Still a good game, but took a massive step back.
    Ni No Kuni 2 is less of a sequel and more of a 2nd installment in a series..
    this game takes place many years into the future after the first ni no kuni, so playing the first game isn’t necessary to play this one. .however I would recommend you play that one instead..
    This is an action jrpg that telsl the story of evan who sets out to start his own kingdom and unite all the nations of the world.
    The story this time around is much less personal.. its vewry politics heavy.. hes just a child that wants to make the world a better place. .a lot of cgrowing and learning to hopefully become a great leader of this land and because of this less personal tale, I had less interest in how the game played out overall…
    The first game had a slow but beautiful build up and introduction to its characters, this time around everything is sped up, youre told your motives in passing, everything happens so fast, and I just found myself not caring.
    So no good story, were off to a bad start..
    Thankfully the gameplay and rpg ellements of this game keep you hooked for this games roughly 30 hour campaign..
    unfortunately also changed is the pokemon aspect.. youre no longer collecting monsters, instead theres an action rpg twist, when youre roaming the open lands youre in chibby form and youre pulled into a little arena to battle, and hwen youre in tighter spaced evrythiong is pulled in and its much more westernized where you hop right into battle and go, the combat system is much more simpler this time around, magic is rewarded quickly and spent with the hold of a trigger and the press of an action button, leaving combat to be fast and fluent requiring little strategy…
    however the strategy of the first game is what made me fall in love with it aside from the pokemon character collecting aspects..
    here not much thinking is required… hack and slash your way through battles..
    things are so easy that I found boss battles to be easer than regular random encounters…
    I still had fun with all of this though, opening chests and picking up loot, throwing loot on my part members which like the first game can be swapped through during battle at anytime, and you can bring up to 3 members into combat, gaining new party members as you get deeper into the story..
    There are also thewse little higgledy characters you can collect by trading them items that will join you to aid oyu in battle with elemental damage or healing you.
    the good of this game ends thers, in it combat..
    the rest it just sets out to take away all of the heart and charm this series had…
    theres and insane lack of cutscnes and voice acting here.. giving you more reason to not care whats going on.. theres a little siege battle mini game that adds absolutely nothing to the game, and the worst addition the kingdom management that sets out to turn this giant jrpg into a mobile game, if jrpgs weren’t long enough, you now have to wait hours in real time for your kingdom to collect currency for you to build stations and set out residence to do research so you can craft the best gear…
    you aren’t bothered with amanging this kingdom, but there are definitely speedbumps that stop story progression until you build your kingom up to a certain point…
    so youre forced to go out and do sidequests to recruit new citizens for your kingdom
    it feels like a giant time waster, I don’t necessarily hate that it’s a thing.. you are a little adorable king after all.. but I hate that its forced on you at times and runs on a free to play mobile game timer nonsense, I didn’t find the kingdom to be necessary at all as the combat is so easy here…
    but I do like the new fast travel options making this forced sidequest bit not too much of hassle..
    and I did love the design of this world its towns and its bosses…
    If theres one thing this series does right its world building…
    im disappointed that this isn’t more of what the first game was…
    but this is still a solid game..
    sure youll have to bite down and pull yourself through the mobile garbage, and skim theough the boring generic feeling story…
    but in between these bits is a great and addictive jrpg set in a world that feels connected and real.
    I give Ni No Kuni 2 Revenant Kingdom
    a 7.5/10    … Expand
  87. Luillo
    Apr 25, 2018
    10
    I think it's a charmful story with easy but solid gameplay, a lot of imagination and cute characters, I was a bit confused with the short video scenes a the lack of voice acting but I finish enjoying it, I remembered the likes of Persona 5 in that scene.

    The story progress nicely and the different play styles are a plus, I just wanted more enemy variety and dungeon variety, aside from    I think it's a charmful story with easy but solid gameplay, a lot of imagination and cute characters, I was a bit confused with the short video scenes a the lack of voice acting but I finish enjoying it, I remembered the likes of Persona 5 in that scene.

    The story progress nicely and the different play styles are a plus, I just wanted more enemy variety and dungeon variety, aside from that, it visible that a lot of the resources went in to the building kingdom, 100 unique characters join your great kingdom and I felt like the development was amazing, not too demanding but not thrown just for the sake of it.

    The ending is top and the post content is pretty great, loved the game.    … Expand
  88. SuperDuck23
    Apr 17, 2018
    9
    Ni No Kuni II is a large, charming and mostly fun RPG full of memorable characters and various gameplay styles. However, I felt slightly cheated when I was forced to grind through a huge number of side quests and tasks in order to progress to the end. When so-called 'optional' activities are not technically optional, not only does the pacing of the story truly suffer, but it almost feelsNi No Kuni II is a large, charming and mostly fun RPG full of memorable characters and various gameplay styles. However, I felt slightly cheated when I was forced to grind through a huge number of side quests and tasks in order to progress to the end. When so-called 'optional' activities are not technically optional, not only does the pacing of the story truly suffer, but it almost feels like the game has misled the player somewhat. These frustrating points aside, I would absolutely recommend this game because it shines when all the cogs are moving.… Expand
  89. setuis
    May 7, 2018
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Games Flaws

    1. Needing an upgrade to boost map move speed when moving on ground lucky i found out early because before it it was driving me insane.

    2. I get 500,000 guilders and go on a shopping spree for saviours tears and healing items to use in battle with a level 69 tainted monster which beat me twice and the items i brought don't show up for use in battle. Very annoying basically ruined the game for me, considering my inventory prior battle says i have 240 saviours teams and 140+ four soreways and i spent all my guilders on these items if there is a cap to the number you can take into battle it should be clearly told to the player. (It leaves me with 3 saviours wtf and 5 fourways). I didn't feel like grinding at all so i thought i could judge use healing items and dodging to get through some battles but that isn't the case.

    3. Some quests are not clear item wise. A bully button is not a screw.

    Positives
    Tactics system is nice but it would be nice to dump another 50 points into tactics so i can at least have 3 permantely choose at 5.
    I would like to be able to max XP gain ever more too with tactics tweaker as i am not a fan of grinding when everything else is pretty much done. (having an automatic in place for tactics tweaker would be a plus for people who just want to play not mess around with bunch of settings).    … Expand
  90. artificeprime
    Jun 16, 2018
    8
    Ni no Kuni 2 adds a lot of great new gameplay mechanics. The Kingdom building has a surprising amount of depth and ties into almost all other aspects of the game. Unfortunately, it also left out a lot of the elements that made Wrath of the White Witch so good, such as collecting and taming familiars. The combat is also far less strategic and more of a hack and slash. The story was goodNi no Kuni 2 adds a lot of great new gameplay mechanics. The Kingdom building has a surprising amount of depth and ties into almost all other aspects of the game. Unfortunately, it also left out a lot of the elements that made Wrath of the White Witch so good, such as collecting and taming familiars. The combat is also far less strategic and more of a hack and slash. The story was good enough to keep me engaged but it lacked a lot of the nuance that made the first game great. Overall I really like this game. I think people who liked the first will also like this one and it offers something new but I don't think it is on the same level as the first in terms of story, characters, and combat.

    Gameplay 8 - The thing I liked most about the gameplay is that it has a lot of variety, it is a mix between RPG, strategy, and city building but what makes it unique is how all of those elements compliment each other. Upgrading your Kingdom allows you to upgrade your weapons and magic in combat. Finding new citizens through side quests allows you to grow your population, upgrade your buildings and technology. Certain characters you find improve your military and give your army advantages in skirmishes. Dungeon crawling and questing can grant you new items that can be used to win over new citizens for your city. It all works fairly seamlessly together to make an addictive experience. On the downside, a lot of the side quests are just basic fetch quests. There is usually a bit of story involved but many of the quests felt like more of a chore than a fun immersive experience. Combat is also quite shallow. There are some cool spells but I found most of the time I ended the battle before even getting to use my more impressive abilities. There were a good number of boss battles but almost all of them were quite easy. The enemies look better in this game than in Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch but there is much less variety. Since enemy monsters can't be tamed like in the first game it made combat far less interesting and there was less motivation to engage. The menu system is good but not as good as the Wizards Companion in the first game.

    Story 7 - The story is enjoyable enough, it has a lot of similarities to the first game while still having its own identity but it is more simplistic and has far less lore and depth. There are a few twists and turns but I found it fairly predictable. It kept me engaged but never really amazed me. I did appreciate that almost everything is well explained though and it does a good job of justifying how the world works even if it is fairly simple.

    World 8 - While I didn't like the world as much in this game as Wrath of the White Witch, it was still full of many interesting locations. Every area that you visit has something new to offer and all of the major cities in the game are totally different in terms of their design and culture. There are quite a few different dungeons to conquer and while there is a lot of repetition there is also a lot of variety. There aren't quite as many puzzle sections as I would have liked but enough to keep things interesting and fresh throughout the whole experience. The over world seemed a bit sparse but just like in the first games there are some really cool ideas both in terms of visual world building and lore.

    Characters 6 - The game gets points for having a huge cast and each character that you recruit for your Kingdom has a little story. Considering that there are over 100 that is very impressive. Unfortunately I just found that almost none of them really evolved. You learn almost everything you need to know about each character within minutes of meeting them. For an RPG of this scale I would have liked to see more depth and meaningful character development especially in the main cast members. Evan went through far less development than Oliver did in the first game. Roland's story starts out very intriguing but it failed to really build on that intrigue. Batu and Tani are kind of generic side kick characters who never really grow or have meaningful interactions with Evan. The main villain of the story is also far less interesting than the villains from the first game. I didn't really find any of the characters compelling.

    Visual Design 8 - The game looks very good for the most part. The anime style looks great in cities and dungeons. The character designs are simple yet appealing and the menus look good. There are some really good monster designs, although it would have been nice if there were more. The weakest part of the game visually is the over world and skirmishes. For some reason they decided to go with a different style for the over world in this game and I think it looks much worse. The big headed characters just look silly and I don't know why they chose to change styles because the first game over world looked better.

    Sound 8 - The music is great and voice acting was pretty good.    … Expand
  91. MAFIAxMaverick
    Apr 25, 2018
    8
    Ni No Kuni 2 was a blast to play. I put enough time into it to get the platinum (though I still have some end game content left to tackle). All in all, I have about 70 hours put into the game. Combat, exploration, and side quests were a lot of fun. Each NPC in your kingdom had its own unique story. There were a lot of fetch quests involved, but the dialogue between Evan and the NPCs were aNi No Kuni 2 was a blast to play. I put enough time into it to get the platinum (though I still have some end game content left to tackle). All in all, I have about 70 hours put into the game. Combat, exploration, and side quests were a lot of fun. Each NPC in your kingdom had its own unique story. There were a lot of fetch quests involved, but the dialogue between Evan and the NPCs were a blast.

    The soundtrack for the game is top notch. There's some recycled music from Ni No Kuni: WOTWW, which I was fine with.

    The combat system was a real treat. Lots of different ways you can build your party, especially with the introduction of higgeldies. It was the right move to switch from a more traditional ATB battle system from the first game to an action one in the second game.

    I really enjoyed skirmishes, though there are plenty of people that didn't. Fortunately, with the most recent patch, it's easier to see what skirmishes you've completed and which ones you haven't.

    The cons for me lie in the story and ease of combat. The story wasn't awful, but I thought it was much worse compared to the first game. It may not be fair to make that comparison, but I am. I also felt the game was way too forgiving and easy in regards to combat. I would love to see an option to adjust combat difficulty in a future patch.

    Overall, I had a blast with this game, and will definitely play it again down the road.    … Expand
  92. Berrlett
    Jun 20, 2018
    9
    Ni No Kuni II is really fresh and full of great ideas right from start, liked the combat style very fitting for the nature of the game as was the case on the first Ni No Kuni, balanced to the point and inciting enough to get you to play more. charterer building would say not as excellent as wrath of the white witch but overall its a great game/experience.
  93. Revalithechamp
    Jul 13, 2018
    10
    TO start, ignore those **** who say this game is too childish and immature. Not everything needs to be gritty and mature just to be good. I didn't pick up NI No Kuni II until the difficulty setting was added, when I started playing it I knew I wouldn't want to stop. I'm currently at 60 something hours and I've been trying to reach level 4 on my kingdom. I'm currently at level 3. NNK2 is aTO start, ignore those **** who say this game is too childish and immature. Not everything needs to be gritty and mature just to be good. I didn't pick up NI No Kuni II until the difficulty setting was added, when I started playing it I knew I wouldn't want to stop. I'm currently at 60 something hours and I've been trying to reach level 4 on my kingdom. I'm currently at level 3. NNK2 is a delightfully charming game and for a series newcomer, I love it. I've spent more time doing sidequests and trying to build my kingdom. I can't think of any other game that had me more interested in doing sidequests than the main story, the main story is good itself, but my focus is on the kingdom right now.

    The game isn't without its cons however. You may find some fights slightly difficult and being limited to a select amount of healing items during a fight can be a pain if you encountered a foe that's too strong. Some of the skirmishes are way above the level of your army so you'll have to repeat a few skirmishes and do some sidequests to level up, thankfully, the skirmishes are optional and the sidequests aren't drags.

    I can't think of anything that makes me hate this game. I'm surprised I liked it as much as I do considering how I was getting tired of action RPGs and there not being enough turn based games. Nonetheless this game is charming and delightful, it's nice to play a game that's not so serious all the time. I reccomend buying this game, I just might get a subscription to PlayStation Now and play the first one. Charming game!    … Expand
  94. dr0nzer
    Apr 15, 2018
    5
    If you loved Ni No Kuni and was expecting more but on an improved formula, then prepare to be disappointed.
    I went in with expectations after loving the original, but this is not the same game, it feels like a different type of game packaged under the Ni No Kuni franchise to help it sell, it doesn't even feel like a completely finished product.
    Voice acting is very limited, some    If you loved Ni No Kuni and was expecting more but on an improved formula, then prepare to be disappointed.
    I went in with expectations after loving the original, but this is not the same game, it feels like a different type of game packaged under the Ni No Kuni franchise to help it sell, it doesn't even feel like a completely finished product.
    Voice acting is very limited, some sequences are voiced then cuts to non voice... did they forget to finish the recording?! I'm just not a fan of the real time battle system, kingdom building and I've found it hard to connect with any of the characters. The worse thing I hate about this game is it's stupid ambient music. it burns my ears.
    I put the game down after spending 14 hours and it's a shame because I really wanted to it to be good. This is my most disappointing game of 2018.    … Expand
  95. skiits8
    Apr 15, 2018
    9
    This game oozes charm, from the soundtrack to the little bits of comedy here and there. As a non JRPG fan, it was a breath of fresh air to play this game, and with all its gameplay elements, including a fun, simple action combat, it's provided me with one of my favourite gaming experiences since Nier: Automata. The world itself is extremely gorgeous and the different locations and theThis game oozes charm, from the soundtrack to the little bits of comedy here and there. As a non JRPG fan, it was a breath of fresh air to play this game, and with all its gameplay elements, including a fun, simple action combat, it's provided me with one of my favourite gaming experiences since Nier: Automata. The world itself is extremely gorgeous and the different locations and the stories that go along with each kingdom make it really exciting to explore. Reminds me of the good old days of gaming, where it doesn't take itself super seriously. If you're looking for a fairly casual, but super fun and surprisingly deep game (in terms of the many gameplay systems) then look no further than Ni No Kuni 2!
    Only criticism is that it's too easy and thus the heap of loot can feel a bit redundant.    … Expand
  96. Centrius
    Apr 25, 2018
    9
    This is a lovely game that brings back a lot of fond memories from the first game. The game retains its somewhat childish narrative but thats also something thats encouraged by me, i am kinda sick of all these dystopian games with all the doom and gloom.

    I like the higgles but they do fall a bit flat, its hard to really see the difference between them and there is no real incentive to    This is a lovely game that brings back a lot of fond memories from the first game. The game retains its somewhat childish narrative but thats also something thats encouraged by me, i am kinda sick of all these dystopian games with all the doom and gloom.

    I like the higgles but they do fall a bit flat, its hard to really see the difference between them and there is no real incentive to swop them. The first game did this a bit better with the familiers allies.

    I really enjoy the kingbuilding part, but as some ppl have written, its a bit tedious and have spend a good 3-4 hours just letting the game roll without playing to accumulate funds. I think they also made the builder a bit bloated, they could have easily streamlined it.

    Overall, a very good and fun game and i hope they make more games in the series.    … Expand
  97. handsom3Jack
    May 16, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Grafiknya unik, suasananya kental akan dongeng dan fantasy. Questnya bermacam macam, tidak repetitif, memiliki alur cerita yang baik, combat system yang berbeda dari seri sebelumnya, membuat game ini terasa baru, dan yang lebih menarik kita bisa membangun kerajaan kita sendiri.… Expand
  98. DTanilG
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    Почему в игре такой маленький шрифт? Я в упор стою возле телевизора и не могу прочитать текст. Позор разработчикам игры, которые намеренно ухудшает здоровье (зрение) потребителям! Ну а сама игра... Однообразная, скучная.
    Единственный плюс игры это субтитры на русском языке.    Почему в игре такой маленький шрифт? Я в упор стою возле телевизора и не могу прочитать текст. Позор разработчикам игры, которые намеренно ухудшает здоровье (зрение) потребителям! Ну а сама игра... Однообразная, скучная.
    Единственный плюс игры это субтитры на русском языке.
  99. dannyboi765
    Jul 1, 2018
    8
    Still finishing up the game, but I have done most of what the game has to offer. There is some great stuff to say here, and the game deserves its praise. To start, there is a lot of gameplay variety and a whole lot to do. It seems often that you are playing multiple different games, yet each type of activity blends with the others seamlessly. The game is composed of three parts; aStill finishing up the game, but I have done most of what the game has to offer. There is some great stuff to say here, and the game deserves its praise. To start, there is a lot of gameplay variety and a whole lot to do. It seems often that you are playing multiple different games, yet each type of activity blends with the others seamlessly. The game is composed of three parts; a real-time arena type combat (similar to final fantasy 15), real-time army tactics (total war series), and a city building simulator (sim city). The goal of the game is to build a new kingdom and to have all the kingdoms of the world sign a peace treaty called the "declaration of interdependence". This journey will have you traveling throughout each kingdom and discovering new lands as you build your little town into a thriving kingdom. Of the three gameplay types, the real-time strategy is definitely the weakest. it is not by any means a negative, but it does stand out as being less engaging an activity. The art style and animation is what will stand out for most. It is very reminiscent of Ghibli films and their art style, Cartoony and simplistic, but endearing. The open world is for the most part an traditional RPG format with miniaturized character models who travel through areas with sparse roaming enemies who will trigger a combat scenario if encountered. The leveling system and combat mechanics are superb with many ways to master combat abilities to take on the toughest foes. Very rewarding. To mention some negatives, the game sometimes relies to heavily on reading character text rather than hearing the voice actors. It would have been nice to have that extra effort put in and experience more character acting. The story is fun but by no means the pinnacle of pristine story telling. Overall, there is a great time to be had with Ni No Kuni 2 for those fans of modern and traditional RPGs.… Expand
  100. Pizzajazz
    Apr 16, 2018
    10
    Suikoden x Fire Emblem x Rogue Galaxy // This game could have done tiny things better (like the frequency of skirmish spawns) but it did nothing wrong at all. All in all a fantastic game with a great story, loveable characters, beautiful places with matched soundtracks and - most of all - finally the new game with the central idea of Suikoden, everyone has been waiting for. [Total platinumSuikoden x Fire Emblem x Rogue Galaxy // This game could have done tiny things better (like the frequency of skirmish spawns) but it did nothing wrong at all. All in all a fantastic game with a great story, loveable characters, beautiful places with matched soundtracks and - most of all - finally the new game with the central idea of Suikoden, everyone has been waiting for. [Total platinum game time: ~80h]… Expand
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#24 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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#20 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2018
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#15 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2018

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 84 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 84
  3. Negative: 0 out of 84
  1. CD-Action
    Jul 6, 2018
    80
    Part an RPG, part a strategy game, part a city builder, as a whole a fairy tale that makes Studio Ghibli and Dragon Quest spring to mind. [06/2018, p.56]
  2. Jeuxvideo.com
    Jun 6, 2018
    80
    Ni No Kuni II is truly a tale, deliberately naïve and full of colorful characters. The combination of different genres, JRPG, management and RTS, works well, as each style is interwoven with the others.
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  3. New York Daily News
    Jun 3, 2018
    80
    It's all fantastic and layered and balanced.
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