Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered

After like 30 hours all together and 3 full tries to give this game a fair shake I can say its just not for me. Story is nice and cute and I wanna see where it goes but the combat is one of those Active move around turn-based hybrids that are rarely ever good. Like the combat most systems in this game just feel very sluggish and boring. not a bad game but Its just an unenjoyable time sink for me. Does not help that 70% of this game is not voiced save for a few cutscenes. This wouldn't be so bad if the unvoiced dialogue especially the NPC dialogue wasn't so painfully boring and uninspired. Combined with side quest design that has heavy backtracking with extremely slow walk speed in the first 10ish hours is enough to make me drop this. All in all this isn't some unplayable mess but its a very 3/10 game for me gameplay wise but presentation wise it holds up pretty well. Style doesn't age.

二ノ国2の世界観やシステムが面白くてこちらも購入 ストーリーは良いのだが、戦闘がとんでもなくつまらない ストーリーが気になるから最後までやりたかったが、あまりの戦闘のつまらなさにやめました。 購入迷った方は戦闘シーンを動画で確認してからがおすすめです

游戏画面和CG过场动画是这游戏的亮点 但是除此之外基本上也没什么说的上的优点了 这游戏最大的问题就还是游戏太老了，系统太落后了 我玩这个游戏70%的时间都是在赶路，这游戏赶路只能靠一双腿硬跑，不仅跑得慢，还没有传送功能，跑完一张图还得自己一双腿跑回城镇交任务。 而且路上不仅窄，还堆了一堆怪，躲都没地方躲，就是一路杀到boss房后，又得一路杀回城镇交任务，太墨迹了 战斗系统类似于宝可梦那种，整体来说，在这个年代来说就只是一般般了 剧情没看完，不作太多评价，但是看完前边的大致内容估计就是经典jrpg王道剧情了 总得来说，不推荐购买游玩，老游戏弊病在那，这游戏也不算太过经典，不值得花时间玩

This Game is what Pokemon ZA could have been if it weren't for corporate greed

Ridiculously autistic game even by Japanese standards. - AI is absolute garbage: wastes mana for rubbish spells doesn't know how to pick up HP and mana doesn't know how to evade/defend doesn't even know how to use strongest pokemon I've equipped it with - there's no indication of enemy levels in the area - no autosaving in open world - after you died the game takes 10% of your money for loading last save automatically, so you have to manually press buttons six times just to reload the save, what moron had this idea? - the game gives boss battles at the worst times without saving - dialogues (as usual in Japanese games) are absolutely retarded, though flipping Drippy is a proper tidy mun Worst QOL ever. The game does amazing job wasting your time. At this point I'm just playing to see if it can go lower.

I lowkey fw Ni no Kuni. Enjoyed all the animation sequences and the music. Gameplay runs smooth on the Steam Deck and the visuals are cute. Art style and designs are well-done and whimsical. Combat system is easy to learn and switching around from characters to familiars can be fun. Main storyline is enjoyable and the Wizards Companion was a good read. I don’t like that healing mid-battle is mainly left up to the player since the AI companions are just not reliable as support. Fighting most enemies require little thought and when fighting bosses, the strategy is to babysit the party as Oliver and spam spells. Fighting and having the spell/trick you’re using interrupted because of a field attack is one of the most annoying things in the game. Errands that have to do with mending hearts are too simple and ones that have to do with finding stuff in the open map consist of spamming the interact button in a general location until finding the exact placement of the object. My personal rating for this game is a 7.5/10.

If you like Dragon Quest and Harry Potter you'll probably like this game. Story feels like a combination of Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia. The people that made this game also made Dragon Quest 8, and the slower pace of the gameplay and general design feels a lot like Dragon Quest 8 and Dragon Quest 11 too from what I've seen of that game, though I haven't played 11 yet, I've only played 8. There's also an obvious influence from Pokemon in this too. Harry Potter + Narnia + Dragon Quest + Pokemon = Ni No Kuni. It's a good game, I like it a lot.