Like anything above 1080p for me has significant input lag despite the rest of the game running fine.
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Ni No Kuni 2 |OT| Welcome to Evermore
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Like anything above 1080p for me has significant input lag despite the rest of the game running fine.
Most of my fights right now literally take longer to load in and load out from the world map then the actual battle itself.
Insane.
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Just checking in on this thread one more time before I'm out, as I'm not playing this game anymore. As I posted earlier, it's fucking terrible.
This is bullshit. I have been a JRPG fan for over 20 years, playing most of them released since then (though less and less over time to be honest as I refuse to play 1000 year old dragon games, and those seem to be the majority released these days). This game is fucking awful and among the worst JRPGs I've ever played.
Nononononono. We were just comparing the character intros. In this game, they seem to introduce characters with a 5 second voiced cutscene, much like Lunar, before going back to the in-game. Except Lunar has more voice acting and better dialogue and characters.
Yeah, it really makes no sense and makes you completely uninvested in the characters, particularly Roland.
Extremely apt.
This is bullshit. I have been a JRPG fan for over 20 years, playing most of them released since then (though less and less over time to be honest as I refuse to play 1000 year old dragon games, and those seem to be the majority released these days). This game is fucking awful and among the worst JRPGs I've ever played.
This made me LOL. Good show sir.
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Overworld is a bummer, frame rate is really shaky on Neo at 4K/HDR. Environments in the 3d scenes early on are very sparse; as someone who works on a AAA shooter I really feel like I'm working in a completely different industry some times. That opener was really weird, too, but in hindsight I sort of dig that strange juxtaposition. My ten year old said as I booted it up "is this one going to start with something completely depressing like the first one?" and then *boom*.
Why didn't Nella jump down the cliff with us? Why didn't she run, grab, and roll rather than run, push, and stop? She clearly had a mission to get herself killed. I knew it from the moment she joined but had no icon or HP meter but it didn't need to be so obvious.
I fricken love Lofty!! And he's Welsh like Drippy. So good.
It's rare that this happens, but I'm just constantly smiling playing this game. Loving it.
It's rare that this happens, but I'm just constantly smiling playing this game. Loving it.
Yup, if you don't see a character die in a JRPG, it's safe to assume they are still alive. Hell, even if you do see them die, they may come back!
I haven't unlocked kingdom building or anything that comes after that but the ridiculously easy difficulty makes it really hard to like the game. If it was better balanced I don't think it would be that bad though. It's just so far the only thing to the game is combat so the problem is in your face every minute for many hours until you get to that other stuff (seriously).
This OT is kinda bumping me out lol. I never buy games full price I hope I end up I liking it more then what seems to be the general opinion here. I've only played sub 2 hours so far, the beginning felt kinda rushed but I'm assuming they want to throw the player in the king stuff as soon as possible, the combat has definitely been way to easy but feels surprisingly good. Hope it doesn't disappoint me like XBC2.
I'm enjoying the game but definitely notice the flaws. Just starting chapter 3.
I do dislike the "I see something special in your eyes and follow you forever" trope. Makes his companions feel very unearned. Also, his main goal is to take over the world... Seems kind of like a villian with good intentions.
I don't really mind the combat, but it is on the easy side (it's over before I can even play around with the mechanics).
So far, I liked XB2 better, but I'm enjoying it enough to see how it ends.
I do dislike the "I see something special in your eyes and follow you forever" trope. Makes his companions feel very unearned. Also, his main goal is to take over the world... Seems kind of like a villian with good intentions.
I don't really mind the combat, but it is on the easy side (it's over before I can even play around with the mechanics).
So far, I liked XB2 better, but I'm enjoying it enough to see how it ends.
Yeah, I'm a few hours in and I'm close to getting rid. I really hate the chibi style open world and the combat is just way too easy. Add in the annoying loading screens (victory screen etc) and it's incredibly tedious to play.
I'll give it another chance later on tonight, but so far I'm not really impressed.
I'll give it another chance later on tonight, but so far I'm not really impressed.
How far are you into the game? I'll say stick with it until you reach the coastal town. If you still hate it by then, yeah, better let it go and play other game.
Story is very simple, it's like reading a children story. Things happen just because, no complex motive or deepest lore. Not a big deal for me.
This isn't Gundam. I'm guessing she's finished. She got the refrigerator treatment except less gruesome to develop the main character. She was too strong and confident to last long. She would have made Roland useless.
I completed the game. 27 hours. Will be putting the Kings edition on eBay come monday...
Overall it finished a 6/10. The presentation / visuals are by far it's shining points, but in no way is this even close to making up for what is really a pretty bland jrpg overall. The gameplay loop is tedious, with waaaaay too many a to b questing. The story is like something of a cliche, clearly inspired by Ghibli but without the flair and depth of their storytelling. The fact that only 50% of the game seems to be voice acted in english really didnt help the fact that all characters outside of Roland are cardboard cutouts. The new characters get introduced like some kind of WWE wrestlers.
I dont understand the glowing reviews saying how good the kingdom management is either, it's really boring and nothing like Suikoden - to even mention them together is bizarre to me.
Overall it finished a 6/10. The presentation / visuals are by far it's shining points, but in no way is this even close to making up for what is really a pretty bland jrpg overall. The gameplay loop is tedious, with waaaaay too many a to b questing. The story is like something of a cliche, clearly inspired by Ghibli but without the flair and depth of their storytelling. The fact that only 50% of the game seems to be voice acted in english really didnt help the fact that all characters outside of Roland are cardboard cutouts. The new characters get introduced like some kind of WWE wrestlers.
I dont understand the glowing reviews saying how good the kingdom management is either, it's really boring and nothing like Suikoden - to even mention them together is bizarre to me.
That's fair enough and you're right. I'm just annoyed as I was really looking forward to the game and I stumped up the full price. I also cannot fathom how the likes of Easy Allies can give this 95%.
Unfortunately that is a big deal for me.
To be fair most L5 games other than the Dragon Quests have a load of people saying they hated them, I've liked pretty much all of them except maybe Dark Cloud 1 and White Knight Chronicles
I wouldn't assume that, especially based on the dialogue Roland and Evan have about her death
Wife got her collector's edition and it looks pretty nice. She's playing now, and so far seems to enjoy it. She really likes the art style and music. I don't understand why so much text and little voice work.
I think this suffers from the same thing FFXV did but to a much lesser extent. It's a game that was highly anticipated but mostly mysterious up until release and it ended up not being exactly what most expected for certain reasons. Scenarios like this tend to always make people not like the end product, but that doesn't mean it's as bad as some people say. This game has problems, but no jrpg is perfect.
Edit: correction, Chrono Trigger is perfect.
Yea okay, I'm trading this in. What a waste of money.
4.5 hours in and I can't force myself to play anymore. Didn't even unlocked the kingdom building but I don't care about it.
4.5 hours in and I can't force myself to play anymore. Didn't even unlocked the kingdom building but I don't care about it.
Just checking in on this thread one more time before I'm out, as I'm not playing this game anymore. As I posted earlier, it's fucking terrible.
Nononononono. We were just comparing the character intros. In this game, they seem to introduce characters with a 5 second voiced cutscene, much like Lunar, before going back to the in-game. Except Lunar has more voice acting and better dialogue and characters.
Yeah, it really makes no sense and makes you completely uninvested in the characters, particularly Roland.
Extremely apt.
This is bullshit. I have been a JRPG fan for over 20 years, playing most of them released since then (though less and less over time to be honest as I refuse to play 1000 year old dragon games, and those seem to be the majority released these days). This game is fucking awful and among the worst JRPGs I've ever played.
This made me LOL. Good show sir.
Glad you came back to confirm your biases. If you can't give with the game I don't really even see the point of doing that. There's nothing wrong with drippdro a game that doesn't hook you.
I lost a tenner on it, so I effectively got AC Origins for £43, meh, I'll live.
There's nothing perfect about the moon base section of that game
Ppl are saying anything above 1.5x damage disables iframes (i also got 2 shot a few time with 4 XD) for the player atm mighrt be a bug in the ct table dunno i'm using the values Sho posted here atm: http://steamcommunity.com/app/589360/discussions/0/1697168437867789592/
Just checking Damage Modifier Script and changing the values should be enough thou, it should be possible to script it so you don't need to change values every time as well.
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Christ, what a cesspool of a thread. I'm liking the game, just as I liked the first one. With the added benefit of the more satisfying combat experience, even if it is on the easy side.
Won't delve any deeper just yet as playing 2 or 3 hours and then coming in here to rage about the game is freaking ridiculous.
Won't delve any deeper just yet as playing 2 or 3 hours and then coming in here to rage about the game is freaking ridiculous.
Cheers! I'll keep an eye on it for now - still playing through NG+ on XC2 so I've got plenty of time to make up my mind up.
As an outsider looking in (someone who hasn't followed this game or played the original) I actually kinda prefer the look of the first game... just tonally. But I adored XC2, even more so than the darker original, so maybe it'll be the same here if I buy it.
Kind of by the end of the game, but not right from the start like this,
I loved the first one as well, the voice acting 'situation' doesn't bother me tbh, maybe the only thing I'd say is I preferred the world map in the first one.
I found XC2 far better than the first trailers or some reviews showed, I loved all the characters and enjoyed a lot the combat system and story.
On the other hand, I'm enjoying NNK2 far less than I thought, and I don't understand how it's getting better reviews than XC2, I supose the artstyle is the big culprit here.
Kinda. People shit on it because of the familiars, difficulty spike, and party AIs that keep dying.
Anyone have a suggestion for a control scheme that feels really good when using a controller that switches block and dodge from eachother? Using keyboard and mouse the combat is so much more responsive because block and dodge are separate buttons, but I'm finding myself rolling a lot when wanting to block (rolling is slower) when using a controller.
Worrying. My copy turned up today and our tastes seem to be pretty well aligned. Going to give it a go after work.
