Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 886 Ratings

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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 :/
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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. .
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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.
  27. Lolling_Chris
    Apr 8, 2018
    7
    25 hours in, I decided to stop here and write some reviews, because I won't progress any further in Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom.

    The first Ni No Kuni was one of my favorite games on PS3, also one of the best RPGs. It put you into a beautiful & believable world. The only ‘not-good-enough’ thing with that game is combat system. While in Ni No Kuni II, the combat was greatly    25 hours in, I decided to stop here and write some reviews, because I won't progress any further in Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom.

    The first Ni No Kuni was one of my favorite games on PS3, also one of the best RPGs. It put you into a beautiful & believable world. The only ‘not-good-enough’ thing with that game is combat system.

    While in Ni No Kuni II, the combat was greatly improved and overall well-received. It's a Action-RPG like, fast pace, hack n slash style gameplay. But the most important thing in a RPG, the story, and the way they tell a story, is lost.

    I can only guess that is because they changed the game director, and Studio Ghibli was out of Ni No Kuni II's production. Apparently they leaned too many resources to combat system and neglected the story and other details that make you believe it's a vivid world instead of just a make-believe open world.

    This reminds me of Dragon Age Inquisition, I was so excited for that one, because I am a big fan of DA:O. And turns out its combat was satisfying enough, and story sucks, just like Ni No Kuni II.

    So, overall, I recommend this game to those who doesn't really care about the story and all. If you are happy with good combat and beautiful cartoonic visuals, definitely try this game. But if you are a serious RPG fan, who value the story a lot, i suggest you avoid Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. Instead, try the first one.    … Expand
  28. rychu_elektryk
    Jul 29, 2018
    5
    I'm amazed how tragic audio layer has made this game unbearable. The music is irritating to say the least, and when you disable it it appears that there's not much left - besides the dialogs the game seems muted. This is the first time in ma gaming carrer that I've felt that the game is destroyed because of sound only.

    Beside that the plot is dull
  29. Greenfox
    Nov 23, 2018
    7
    This game is good and visually is great! I liked many of the changes they made, but I didn't care for the change from monsters gaining levels to players. If this had been the only NI No Kuni I had played then my rating would have been higher.

    However, because of the changes there is no longer a need to grind levels or fight over and over just to get that monster you desire. In other    This game is good and visually is great! I liked many of the changes they made, but I didn't care for the change from monsters gaining levels to players. If this had been the only NI No Kuni I had played then my rating would have been higher.

    However, because of the changes there is no longer a need to grind levels or fight over and over just to get that monster you desire. In other words, once you finish the game there isn't much reason to play again.    … Expand
  30. pongkrit03
    Jan 20, 2019
    6
    I love Dragon quest XI so I gave Nino 2 a chance since it is considered a same genre from most people. Well, it is true that Nino 2 is kinda same genre, but the quality is not at the same level. I played Nino 2 approximately 10 hrs+ and couldn't bring myself to continue. On the surface, it looks like a good charming JRPG, but if you dig in for real, you will find out that this game, kinda,I love Dragon quest XI so I gave Nino 2 a chance since it is considered a same genre from most people. Well, it is true that Nino 2 is kinda same genre, but the quality is not at the same level. I played Nino 2 approximately 10 hrs+ and couldn't bring myself to continue. On the surface, it looks like a good charming JRPG, but if you dig in for real, you will find out that this game, kinda, lacks of serious elements to hook players. It is hard to explain but everything in this game is not interesting enough. Story is shallow, it starts off ok, then feel boring in the middle. Character design looks unique at first but their facial expression looks bland, stiff. Combat is also feel good at first, responsive, but it lacks of depth. it become repetitive quickly. Not enough voice actors (Some feels terrible too) . Kingdom management also not that kind of simulation I want, again it lacks of depth. Music and Graphic are just fine.

    In sum, I think 6/10 is a fair score for Nino 2. This game is too casual for me. Yes, the difficulty can be adjusted, but the problem is the game mechanic itself, the repetitiveness, and Story is too light, too boring. I think Nino 2 is only good for casual players or kids. It lacks of a punch for hardcore gamers.    … Expand
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  1. Positive: 76 out of 84
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  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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