Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered

Do you love studio ghibli? If the answer is yes, play the game. If the answer is no, play the game anyway. Enough said. This game is awesome. It runs super smooth on my macbook and that says something. Super grindy but you get a free movie since there are animated cutscenes all the time.

This game is not good and kind, as you might think. I dropped this game at yet another "go grind to pass a story boss" moment. It was the Perdida queen. I don't care about the "you didn't finish the game, but you're talking about the plot". Played on STEAM DECK (works nicely, just a few bugs). [h1]Story.[/h1] You are the ultimate talent, and you're saving another world + the real world. Some villains can't defeat a little boy, but they tried in the first 10 minutes. Why are they so stupid? Why is an underage boy traveling to every city and guards just easily let him through? How does time work? Even the main story is strange (the stuff about the mom). [h1]Ghibli. [/h1]I was hooked by this, but you only get a few minutes of animation in the beginning, and then like 1–2 minutes over the next 20 hours. Is it worth it? The design of the book is cool, though. [h1]Grind. [/h1]There is a lot of it. I played on normal, but the fights are dull, your teammates ARE STUPID, and you need to fight a lot for quests—and even more just to push the main story forward. Backtracking? YES. Even after 30 hours, I still can't open some chests in the early levels. MMM. There's so much magic, yet most of it is so useless. You see potential for interacting with the world, but it's only in your mind. Should I even mention that a lot of useful skills only become available after 15 hours of gameplay? For me, it's a waste. A cool-looking company paired with a [u]trash gaming company[/u] that can't make a short, interesting game and only knows how to make a typical 40+ hour JRPG full of grind.