Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

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  1. NazgulzLegacy
    Apr 15, 2023
    2
    This game is ridiculous the characters are unlikable, and when traveling the character skins turn into crappy boardgame pieces, the game looks like a ps3 game but for some reason my ps4 has a hard time with overheating, and they overpriced this game a ridiculous amount, also who honestly wants to mash the same button dozens of times for each battle its boring and my thumb gets tired beforeThis game is ridiculous the characters are unlikable, and when traveling the character skins turn into crappy boardgame pieces, the game looks like a ps3 game but for some reason my ps4 has a hard time with overheating, and they overpriced this game a ridiculous amount, also who honestly wants to mash the same button dozens of times for each battle its boring and my thumb gets tired before a single normal battle is over, and they seem to think i want to grind a .ot to make progress i kept running into monsters 5 levels higher than me which made all the battles take longer meaning sore thumb.… Expand
  2. ZXSth
    Feb 4, 2023
    5
    For as wonderful as this game's undeniably charming art style is, I found its insultingly simplistic combat and story so devastatingly off-putting that I could not bear to continue playing past the introductory chapter.

    I truly wanted to fall in love with this game, and get over that initial hump to enjoy what I have seen be regarded as a fantastic game. But that initial hump of the    For as wonderful as this game's undeniably charming art style is, I found its insultingly simplistic combat and story so devastatingly off-putting that I could not bear to continue playing past the introductory chapter.

    I truly wanted to fall in love with this game, and get over that initial hump to enjoy what I have seen be regarded as a fantastic game. But that initial hump of the trope-filled narrative and excessively simplistic combat made playing any further impossible for me. I regret that I lacked the patience to delve any deeper into what might be a very enjoyable game for many people.    … Expand
  3. Clivesdale
    Feb 4, 2023
    5
    This was a rather disappointing game. I wouldn't say it was a waste of time, it's not what I was looking for at all. If I didn't have such high hopes it would've been a 7, because the combat is rather enjoyable and I somewhat liked managing the kingdom.
    My biggest gripe is the lack of familiars, which was the best part(in my opinion) of Ni No Kuni: Wrath of The White Witch.
    The combat    This was a rather disappointing game. I wouldn't say it was a waste of time, it's not what I was looking for at all. If I didn't have such high hopes it would've been a 7, because the combat is rather enjoyable and I somewhat liked managing the kingdom.
    My biggest gripe is the lack of familiars, which was the best part(in my opinion) of Ni No Kuni: Wrath of The White Witch.
    The combat would be an upgrade, but everything else is a little worse if not far worse.    … Expand
  4. hector_bcn98
    Nov 16, 2022
    8
    Abandonando el sistema de captura de monstruos del primer Ni No Kuni, propone nuevas mecánicas acertadas y un sistema de ejércitos que a mí no me acabó de gustar ni de entender ciertas cosas. Que Studio Ghibli siga haciendo juegos, por favor.
  5. tdebug
    Aug 16, 2022
    2
    I guess this is only for jrpg lovers, just as with nearly all jRPGs.. Looks beautiful as ads with all those anime cutscenes videos, but everything changes once you reveal the actual gameplay - which is very boring and repetitive, with cheap mechanics. Mostly remind some kind of low budget online rpg from 15-18 years ago.
  6. MechGundam13
    Jul 18, 2022
    10
    If you like Studio Ghibli, you need to play this game.
    The visuals are stunning, combat fells good and the story is great.
    Ni No Kuni 2 is my favorite Game overall.
  7. 3WordReview
    Jul 14, 2022
    8
    7.8/10 Played this game on a PS5 - finished the main game & platinum, didn’t play the DLC.

    Lighthearted

    Enjoyable

    Artsy
  8. TiraFisu
    Jun 30, 2022
    3
    I have never used so much Google to complete simple quests. It's annoying how you need items in quests that have small chance of appearing and its also unclear where you can acquire such needed things. The storyline is mostly boring with boring characters and the combat is repetitive.
    100% completion is almost impossible to obtain and takes over 70 hours depending on how your luck in    I have never used so much Google to complete simple quests. It's annoying how you need items in quests that have small chance of appearing and its also unclear where you can acquire such needed things. The storyline is mostly boring with boring characters and the combat is repetitive.
    100% completion is almost impossible to obtain and takes over 70 hours depending on how your luck in getting an item to spawn is. I would never recommend this game to enyone.    … Expand
  9. chrisdan23
    Jun 8, 2022
    7
    Mit Revenant Kingdom veröffentlicht Level 5 den zweiten Teil ihres ursprünglich zusammen mit Studio Ghibli entworfenen Action Rollenspiels. Wie bereits der phänomenale Vorgänger, bezaubert auch Ni No Kuni 2 mit seiner fantastischen Zeichentrick Optik, die an Studio Ghibli Filme angelehnt ist, auch wenn das renommierte Anime Studio am zweiten Teil des JRPGs nicht mehr direkt beteiligt war.Mit Revenant Kingdom veröffentlicht Level 5 den zweiten Teil ihres ursprünglich zusammen mit Studio Ghibli entworfenen Action Rollenspiels. Wie bereits der phänomenale Vorgänger, bezaubert auch Ni No Kuni 2 mit seiner fantastischen Zeichentrick Optik, die an Studio Ghibli Filme angelehnt ist, auch wenn das renommierte Anime Studio am zweiten Teil des JRPGs nicht mehr direkt beteiligt war.

    Map und Content sind in Revenant Kingdom um einiges gewachsen. Neben den typischen Dungeons, verschiedenen Städten und der frei zu erforschenden Oberwelt, kommen nun auch kleinere Schlachtenscharmützel und ein recht simples, aber motivierendes Städtebau Minispiel hinzu. Das eher strategische Kampfsystem des ersten Teils wurden hingegen durch ein actionreicheres Echtzeit Kampfsystem ersetzt. Leider fällt so aber die motivierende Monsterzucht des Originals unter den Tisch, wie auch die vielen strategischen Elemente, die das äußerst komplexe Kampfsystem des Vorgängers ausgezeichnet hatten. Statt im Schlachtengetümmel vor allem den Überblick zu behalten und die richtigen Monster zur richtigen Zeit geschickt einzusetzen, spielt sich Revenant Kingdom eher wie ein Hack'n Slay und fordert dem Spieler so auch deutlich weniger strategisches Geschick ab.

    Statt Monstern zu fangen hat man nunmehr die Möglichkeit Bewohner für das eigenen Königreich anzuwerben. Ein Großteil der Subquests dreht sich so auch darum, möglichst viele NPCs zwecks Besiedelung der eigenen Stadt in kleinen Nebenmissionen für sich zu gewinnen. Auch abseits der Mainstory ist Ni No Kuni 2 so ein äußerst motivierendes Spiel geworden. Den einzigartigen Charme des Vorgängers erreicht es jedoch nicht. Hierzu fehlen einfach die viele kreativen Studio Ghibli Einflüsse, wie auch die tiefsinnige, phantastische Erzählung im Stile eines Michael Ende, die den ersten Teil so einzigartig gemacht hat. Dennoch ist Revenant Kingdom ein durchaus würdiger Nachfolger, der über viele, viele Stunden gut zu unterhalten weiß.    … Expand
  10. Yaacgold24
    May 9, 2022
    9
    A really good, game, beautiful music as Joe Hisaishi used to give for the licence. Nice story, not that complex but enjoyable, the gameplay is really smooth. Really good game, I recommend it.
  11. 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
  12. Fredavila
    Dec 29, 2021
    9
    Excelente rpg, una historia muy bien llevada de principio a fin, un gran juego que no debes dejar pasar
  13. DangerDave1409
    Dec 21, 2021
    8
    I did not play the first part, but saw the second one in a store. I never played Japanese rpgs before, except FF, but I liked it from the beginning. Good, solid story, nice graphics and easy combat. I liked the mini games which were strategic and funny. Maybe I give the remastered first part a chance :) Would give 8,5 if it would be possible.
  14. 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
  15. Dibalin
    Oct 24, 2021
    0
    Отсутствует полная русская локализация. Нет озвучки!
  16. Hackslashshoot
    Aug 28, 2021
    5
    Boring, repetitive, borderline mobile phone game. Really wanted to like it. Made it to about 14 hrs of gameplay. I would end up falling asleep with the controller in my hand on most of my attempts to play this one. On the bright side if you’re having trouble sleeping I would highly recommend this game. The music is boring the combat is really easy and the characters and story will put yourBoring, repetitive, borderline mobile phone game. Really wanted to like it. Made it to about 14 hrs of gameplay. I would end up falling asleep with the controller in my hand on most of my attempts to play this one. On the bright side if you’re having trouble sleeping I would highly recommend this game. The music is boring the combat is really easy and the characters and story will put your azz to sleep… Expand
  17. bergcamp101
    Jun 6, 2021
    7
    I have very mixed feelings after 80 hours playing this game. From the one side, there are so many different mechanics, so many stuff to do.. and it's great. From the other side for some reason, it just doesn't work. Characters are too shallow, you just don't buy it. Side quests are super boring. And the grinding is here too... When I entered the final battle, I was like 55 level, and theI have very mixed feelings after 80 hours playing this game. From the one side, there are so many different mechanics, so many stuff to do.. and it's great. From the other side for some reason, it just doesn't work. Characters are too shallow, you just don't buy it. Side quests are super boring. And the grinding is here too... When I entered the final battle, I was like 55 level, and the boss was 72! I lowered difficulty level to normal, because in another way I would have to spend 20-30 hours to get to 72. Overall, it's super mixed.… Expand
  18. Stefanobed
    Apr 3, 2021
    2
    Boring ,slowly ,boring! -1000 from the first game , I can t finish this game ,bad story and gameplay
  19. Bobthelad
    Jan 18, 2021
    9
    Absolutely love this game, I’m not even that much of a jrpg person but I still enjoyed every second of it
  20. Guados
    Jan 12, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My top PS4/PS5 list
    1. Ghost of Tsushima 9,7/10
    2. God of War 9,5/10
    3. Other for TOP3 Meme    … Expand
  21. Gaudy
    Jan 7, 2021
    8
    Magnifico y precioso. La BSO, pese a ser algo repetitiva, se nota que tiene el sello Giblhi, es preciosa. Da gusto explorar el mundo, es de lo mejores que he visto. LLeno de rincones que da gusto visitar. Las ciudades son una pasada y da gusto hacer todas las misiones secundarias para ampliar tu reino. El desarrollo del reino es una gran idea, da gusto ver tu reino crecer. Pura diversion.Magnifico y precioso. La BSO, pese a ser algo repetitiva, se nota que tiene el sello Giblhi, es preciosa. Da gusto explorar el mundo, es de lo mejores que he visto. LLeno de rincones que da gusto visitar. Las ciudades son una pasada y da gusto hacer todas las misiones secundarias para ampliar tu reino. El desarrollo del reino es una gran idea, da gusto ver tu reino crecer. Pura diversion. Como contra los combates estan mal nivelados, enemigos o muy faciles o muy dificiles. Aun así es arte hecho videojuego, imprescindible. Lo mejor del JRPG.… Expand
  22. Emrys89
    Jul 20, 2018
    6
    A fun easy RPG with a Ghibli feel. I enjoyed the game play but also felt that the combat grew soon a bit to easy. Very rare I felt like i was put to the test. The story I felt though was the weakest. Its sweet but at the same time just left me with a whole lot of unanswered questions. Overall an enjoyable play but not so much for me who much more enjoys a well put together story in an rpg
  23. Miguelsanchez
    Dec 8, 2020
    10
    Muy buen juego, muy buenos gráficos de lo mejorcito que he visto en estilo anime, buen sistema de combate, buen diseño de personajes, la historia no es la rebomba pero tampoco es mala como mucha gente dice, hay decenas de jrpg con peor historia que este juego, buena banda sonora. Lo único que malo de este juego es la dificultad es demasiado fácil, jueguenlo en modo difícil.
  24. Kingdomhear
    Dec 6, 2020
    7
    Divertente ..bella storia ...bel gameplay grafica e musiche non male...tutto sommato un buon gioco anche se un passo in dietro dal suo predecessore
  25. Revoltado
    Sep 21, 2020
    4
    Um razoável Hack and slash, um mediocre NI NO KUNI, o jogo tentou inovar a série, seu gameplay é drasticamente diferente do wrath of the white witch, que era baseado em captura de monstros que por sinal foi muito divertido.
    - A história é rasa e fracamente desenvolvida, tem potencial mas não chega a ser imersiva, é branda com uma personagem principal sem graça que é quase secundária...
    -    Um razoável Hack and slash, um mediocre NI NO KUNI, o jogo tentou inovar a série, seu gameplay é drasticamente diferente do wrath of the white witch, que era baseado em captura de monstros que por sinal foi muito divertido.
    - A história é rasa e fracamente desenvolvida, tem potencial mas não chega a ser imersiva, é branda com uma personagem principal sem graça que é quase secundária...
    - Mudaram tanto a jogabilidade enquanto a trilha sonora permaneceu, em grande parte do jogo, a mesma de seu antecessor.... Para piorar as adições são em grande sua grande maioria estranhas, para não dizer feia...
    - A dificuldade do jogo me incomodou muito, mesmo com os patchs que inseriram novas dificuldades, o expert até metade do jogo é facil depois fica quase impossível a IA é muito burra também....
    - Graficamente razoável, não chega a ser uma obra prima
    -Os combates no início achei muito bacana, mas ficam extremamente monótonos, os elementos (fogo, ar, vento, luz...) são pobremente desenvolvidos pouquíssimos inimigos tem uma maior resistência ou fraqueza contra determinado elemento... ou seja smash button na maior parte do jogo em lutas curtas ou bastante demoradas no expert
    - Outra coisa que me incomodou muuuito foi que o jogo não tem absolutamente nada a ver com seu antecessor, minto, tem uma cidade e a trilha sonora que foi quase um copia e cola.... De resto não tem nada nada a ver, me deu a impressão que fizeram o jogo depois o encaixaram no universo de NI NO KUNI.
    - O final também é bem ruinzinho, não chega a ser decepcionante porque a história do jogo já não é boa. Até os créditos são inferiores ao wrath of the white witch.
    + construção do reino
    - Pode construir mas é um avanço fixo que só tem um um ponto final e as moedas do reino ficam inúteis bem rápido

    A mecânica do jogo se difere tanto, a história não tem nada a ver com wrath of the white witch então por que chama-lo de 2, podiam ter criado um novo IP para este jogo. Decepcionado com a Bandai    … Expand
  26. JediMasterluke
    Sep 6, 2020
    10
    Ni no kuni 2 so beautiful tail. Music so peaceful and beautiful.
    Love this game
  27. GabFire
    Aug 9, 2020
    9
    Jogo lindo e bem feito, não sei até hoje como que a Bandai não dá o foco que essa franquia deveria ter?!
  28. Halfnail
    Aug 7, 2020
    10
    One of the best JRPG of this gen. Fun and fast combat gameplay. Bring some memories from another Level-5 classic, Rogue Galaxy. Story and characters are light hearted and grounded to the world around them. Art style is beautifully complimented by graphics and a nice HDR.
  29. veilovtheabyss
    Jul 30, 2020
    0
    Ni No Kuni is overall a very good JRPG. If you liked the first iteration, you'll probably enjoy this one as well. The graphics aren't quite as great, since Studio Ghibli wasn't involved in this one, but they're in the same vein as the first game for the most part. At first, I found the 3D world map models really weird, but after a while you get used to it and kind of enjoy it. TheNi No Kuni is overall a very good JRPG. If you liked the first iteration, you'll probably enjoy this one as well. The graphics aren't quite as great, since Studio Ghibli wasn't involved in this one, but they're in the same vein as the first game for the most part. At first, I found the 3D world map models really weird, but after a while you get used to it and kind of enjoy it. The soundtrack isn't quite as delightful and memorable as the first, but it has its moments.

    Trading out hundreds of collectible familiars, ala Pokemon, with familiars that act as support only works really well for the way this game was developed. One of the things that got really nerve-racking about the first iteration was just how many different familiars there were, and how you ultimately had to collect two of every base familiar if you wanted to pop the proper trophy and do a full completion. The battle mechanics overall are very nice, easy to grasp, and it's nice that in dungeons it's full action-RPG without having to always go into separate battle segments.

    I dig the simplicity of the story. JRPGs in the 90s have long had a horrible track record of getting more and more convoluted, and this series has done pretty well to stay away from that - though it has its moments of adding in bits that don't heighten the story all that much. No major twists, but when they happen they usually sort themselves out pretty quickly. But it's the story of a boy who fell victim to a coup de'tat, and now he has to build a new kingdom up from the ground and seek out new alliances. It doesn't get overlaid with major "ultimate evil" stuff until the end game, and it's otherwise very subtle throughout. It's a breath of fresh air in this genre.

    The kingdom building reminds me slightly of games like Dark Cloud 2, and the wide cast of recruitable citizens, as well as the army skirmishes, were both reminiscent of Suikoden - both of these things made the experience of Ni No Kuni 2 that much more awesome, it was a real throwback and now I want to go back and replay both of those titles.

    So all of that said, here's the bad:

    There's way too much for completionists to do. There are SO MANY fetch quests. If you're wanting to just focus on the main story, and do a few extra fun things, this game is probably about 20-30 hours of playtime. But if you're going full completionists, you're talking 80+ hours, and that's before you consider jumping into DLC. The kingdom building has almost way too much going on and it takes way too long to expand, build-up funds, etc, and a lot of the citizens were hard to find. There were a lot of quests, familiars, and other things that required ultra-rare items that you can only get on the last 10 floors of the last Dreamer Maze, and take way too long to get. The wild goose chases get so tedious sometimes.

    Speaking of which, there's a quest in this game where you have to find "smelly shoes". This was one of the first/few things I sourced the internet to figure out where the hell, because I hadn't found any smelly shoes, and it required hours of grinding to eventually get them. I shouldn't have to spend hours just to complete one quest because the devs didn't think to make an easier workaround and just list them for sale in a single item shop in a single town. There are way too many iterations of things like this in this game.

    There's not a lot of grinding to be had in this game, and honestly, I was always ahead of the curve when I'd enter new dungeons - until you get to the end game. The last Dreamer Maze had me facing enemies at level 90 and higher, and the additional endgame tainted monsters were ridiculously hard. The difficulty really ramps up on those 10 battles, and the only way you're going to beat them is if you finally spend way too much time grinding away for days. The level 150 cap is also not necessary, it's way too high.

    One of the non-completionist gripes I have is the lack of voice acting. They really skimped on this here. A game like this, on a system like PS4 and PC that can hold tons of data, should have almost all voice acting when it plays to the main story. So many situations where important dialogue would be going on via text, and then suddenly it switched to voice acting. Also, there's a certain charm to the writing of the first game that's just not captured in this one. Try as they might, Lofty was no replacement for Drippy, but you might find him in just the same loving company if they had more voice acting.

    Also, the rich, beautiful Studio Ghibli cutscenes being gone is just such a shame. But it is what it is.

    I definitely recommend JRPG fans, especially fans of the first game, to give this a go if they haven't already. But if you're a completionist, godspeed.    … Expand
  30. JWil
    Jul 23, 2020
    8
    Definitely better than the first one in terms of battle and gameplay, and what you could do in it. Very fun and enjoyable! I love RPG’s do this one was nicely done. Good orchestrations along with it. Real time combat is something I’m a sucker for and they do it so well here! Definitely worth a buy.
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#24 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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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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