Ni No Kuni Preview Day!
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The battle system improvements might just be the most relieving piece of news regarding this game thus far. As much as I somehow managed to have a good time with the first game and play it to completion, I have to admit the combat was... Less than ideal, to say the very least. I'm happy to see more details and really excited for the release, hoping the PC port will be good!
Absolutely loved the combat from the first. I have faith the new combat system will be fun and strategic too. I hope summoning is back.
Love everything I see and hear apart from that awful chibi overworld artstyle. The first game's style was better there.
Kind of wish there was a Ninokuni 1 remaster included in this package as a premium.
Kind of wish there was a Ninokuni 1 remaster included in this package as a premium.
I wanted to like it, but it just never clicked. It's possible that I just failed to grasp it however. I guess, I'm also not crazy about switching between characters during combat, and the first game pretty much required it. Hopefully the improved AI will make it so I don't have to as much.
What I hated most was my teammates blowing through their MP when it wasn't necessary and then having none when it was needed. It looks like the current system will be much better for this as it regenerates with melee attacks if I'm reading correctly.
It means that the resolution scales dynamically to maintain frame rate. Even PS4Pro's ads mention dynamic 4K, it happens in most games.
I hope they are lighter on the tutorials. That was a major issue with the first game. They just never stopped.
Despite my enjoyment for Ni no Kuni the overabundance of tutorials and Drippy giving you tips in combat that you already know by now. There should be a point when the tutorials need to stop and the player should allowed to play unhindered or be allowed to make mistakes to learn by trial and error.
I don't know what's worse having gameplay features being gated and slowly given you like an intravenous (FFXIII being example of this) or a constant nag companion that is constantly giving you tutorials, even inside of combat and worst of all even during the final boss battle. Tutorials should never exist at that point in the game.
Despite my enjoyment for Ni no Kuni the overabundance of tutorials and Drippy giving you tips in combat that you already know by now. There should be a point when the tutorials need to stop and the player should allowed to play unhindered or be allowed to make mistakes to learn by trial and error.
I don't know what's worse having gameplay features being gated and slowly given you like an intravenous (FFXIII being example of this) or a constant nag companion that is constantly giving you tutorials, even inside of combat and worst of all even during the final boss battle. Tutorials should never exist at that point in the game.
I'm a big Ghibli fan and have not played the first one, nor have I ever really enjoyed JRPG.
That being said, I wanted to play NNK2 because I thought Ghibli was still involved. Does it seem like a bit of the magic might be missing or should I still give the game a shot?
That being said, I wanted to play NNK2 because I thought Ghibli was still involved. Does it seem like a bit of the magic might be missing or should I still give the game a shot?
There's no 2D cutscenes this time, but Yoshiyuki Momose is still doing the character designs and art direction and Hisaishi is still on OST duty, so the Ghibli influence is plenty in full effect. Honestly the game looks so damn good in motion I almost say it more than makes up for the cutscenes.
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Battle System sounds fantastic. Hopefully the AI isn't dumb like the first game I lost a key battle without much health.
Won't read as I'm trying to go in as blind as possible. Just stopping in to mention that this is one of my most anticipated games of the year. Loved the first one
I'm liking what I read, especially on combat. I had the impression that combat will be somewhat shallow which isn't the case according to these previews. Good, good.
Though I don't get the complaints on chibi world. If you're into Ni No Kuni, I take it that you're JRPG fans as well, which means that you should've used to JRPGs with chibi world since the PS1 era.
Though I don't get the complaints on chibi world. If you're into Ni No Kuni, I take it that you're JRPG fans as well, which means that you should've used to JRPGs with chibi world since the PS1 era.
I pre-ordered the Prince Edition off Humble back in like early October. O_O Can't believe it's been four months... And geez, the PC version of FFXV is actually beating it out.
There's such warmth to the art style (especially the vivid usage of colours). It falls in line with Studio Ghibli aesthetic and somewhat reminded me of Zelda BotW. I've always wanted the Tales games to exude the same warmth (Tales of Vesperia came the closest).
Will definitely buy it in the next few years (still have to play the first one as part of backlog).
Will definitely buy it in the next few years (still have to play the first one as part of backlog).
60fps and HDR?? Neato
That art style deserves HDR, level 5 came in clutch!
I'm hyped for kingdom building. Getting a Suikoden II vibe from it.
That art style deserves HDR, level 5 came in clutch!
I'm hyped for kingdom building. Getting a Suikoden II vibe from it.
its outdated today, but the combat was great in dark cloud 2 and the boss fights were fun
I hope the combat is good here. its really the deciding factor as I never finished nnk1 in part due to the combat
I still have Dark Cloud 2 in my backlog. I need to get to that.
Mhm, the combat of the first seems rather divisive. Hopefully this will align better with folk.
Just out of curiosity, what made you stick with Ni no Kuni over other JRPGs?
XV is a mediocre game and a bad final fantasy game. This I can't comment one. So choose wisely.
Screenshot from the first game:
The character models look so out of place in the first game especially when contrasted against the locales. The overworld versions of the locales are essentially "Chibi" versions while the characters are "normal" size.
The Chibi-ness actually adds to this existing aesthetic and fits right in.
Studio Ghibli!! Would not have even bothered at all about the game. The curiosity to see how the next city/location is going to look like was motivation enough to continue. Came for Studio Ghibli, stayed for story and characters. Basically a TPS/FPS story based game player, so wasnt bothered about gameplay at all, as it was quite unique anyways from the usual games I play.
Screenshot from the first game:
The character models look so out of place in the first game especially when contrasted against the locales. The overworld versions of the locales are essentially "Chibi" versions while the characters are "normal" size.
The Chibi-ness actually adds to this existing aesthetic and fits right in.
Ok, good point. My memory completly blocked out the fact they looked this way.
Yea I might even resort to the FFXV pocket edition instead of trudging through the full game..
