Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdom

First of all, the artstyle is beautiful and the game looks fantastic on the Steam Deck. Also, the soundtrack is quite good and I enjoyed all of the musical cues and themes. Unfortunately, this is where my praise of the game ends. Is it as good as the first Ni No Kuni? No, no it isn't. Have I put more than 100 hours into this game? Yes, yes I have. Will I put too many more hours into the game to 100% it? Yes, yes I will. Should you do the same? No, no you shouldn't.

very bland

Ni no Kuni 2 est un jeu charmant avec une direction artistique magnifique et une ambiance digne d’un conte fantastique. L’exploration est agréable, les combats sont dynamiques et le système de gestion du royaume ajoute un petit côté addictif qui donne toujours envie d’avancer. Même si le jeu est assez facile et que l’histoire reste simple par moments, l’aventure est chaleureuse et remplie de personnalité qu’on se laisse facilement embarquer.

This isn't a bad game, but to me, it fails to be a sequel to Ni No Kuni, and instead feels like a generic RPG that doesn't capture any of the magic of the first game. Ni No Kuni Wrath of the White Witch is one of my favorite games of all time with a beautiful story that means a lot to me, but Ni No Kuni 2 seems to miss everything that I loved about the original game, with the exception being that they introduced a more interesting combat, though it is essentially just Yo-kai Watch 4's gameplay (which is another Level-5 game that didn't leave Japan). For that, I have to leave a negative review.

The town management and city building is so unnecessary. It killed the fun for me and some Sidequest require items from the town management city building BS. 5/10, dropped at Mausinger boss fight after coming back from putting the game on hold for a long time.

It is a good game though not a fan of how the final battle went. I am also not a fan of how only randomly is it voiced. At what seems like random parts of the game it will be voiced but not all of that part either. Now how is the rest of the game? I played it with my mom and she enjoyed the story for me the story was kind of generic if you watch anime as all the bad guys were able to be told even from the beginning of the "chapter". The gameplay was fun though as it is split up into the main battle party and a army battle thing I think I should seperate them too. The main battle party which is in what seems to be all the trialers is fun the part that is battling with your kingdom's army not so much.

É um jogo que me deixou dividido, as vezes ele parece maçante demais pela quantidade enorme de quests e na maioria delas quests bobas do tipo: pega X item em X lugar e leve até X npc, mate X inimigo e tudo com uma seta orientando no mapa. Então é bem fácil, o sistema de fast travel ajuda demais, vc pode ir para qualquer lugar de forma fácil e rápida então isso me motivou a fazer mais de 150 quests secundárias, pq apesar de fácil e repetitivo pelo menos é rápido e isso foi o que me motivou a continuar. O jogo tem um sistema onde vc precisa gerenciar um reino, vc precisa construir edificações especificas, recrutar trabalhadores, e fazer pesquisas, pois cada edificação do seu reino tem um propósito, tem o prédio de melhoria de armas, melhoria de armaduras, melhoria de magias e etc.. e com as pesquisas feitas pelos npcs trabalhadores vc consegue desenvolver itens, magias e ganhar habilidades especiais que deixam o jogo ainda mais fácil para vc concluir seus objetivos.. então isso foi o que me prendeu nele pois eu achei esse sistema legal e acabei upando o meu reino até o nível máximo kk

Juego de rol con combates en tiempo real, pero cierto componente táctico. La historia es del montón, la parte de gestión esta bien, hay mucha variedad y tiene gran cantidad de contenido opcional. Lo peor es la interfaz, que es bastante lenta, y si quieres fabricar muchas cosas o hacer muchas mejoras, se hace muy tedioso. Por cierto, no tiene ningún parecido con el primer Ni No Kuni mas allá de la parte gráfica.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAWEl6qioFU

The games is long and grindy, but surprisingly i love it. The best part, i think, is building the kingdom. Filling it with citizens; expanding, building and upgrading your kingdom is satisfying. Knowing every citizens there with different backgrounds and stories. The artstyle is always will be one of its main attraction. And its DLC, giving more extra gameplay build is great to have.