I was a day 1 player and can personally say this is worth the buy. This took me roughly 100 hours to do everything in the game. Except for my kingdom building. Plenty of content for your money and well worth the bucks spent if you like JRPGs. The story is Fanfuckintastic and the gameplay once you've figured out the mechanics of everything makes this game worthwhile.
good to know i ve always looked at this game but never got it, not really a JRPG person but wanted to get into something, contemplated getting the first or the second, probably gonna go with the second one to start as it doesnt matter, love Final Fantasy series and cant wait for 7 remaster but some FF are just a bit of a miss, its only £12 on PSN right now so why not, edit: forgot to add this is the princes addition with all DLC and an equipment package, meant to be £70
Should I finish the 1st one befor I get this or maybe just dive into this and then go back n finish the 1st? The only thing that is slowing down my interest is literally the combat system I'm just a bit played out of the pokemon formula and idk I got that game for 8$lol what a steal but I also don't feel likr I need any of the new pokemon games which is good cuz they cost a lot lol but I like the real time combat n world building story I get the feeling that this game can make me want to finish the 1st game even more than had I not play this 1st idk maybe I have it wrong? Or is it something I'd enjoy more in order like finish 1 then get this? Lol
i thought this added to it. often, text is better than voice acting, unless acting is really nailed down well. for the most part, this gets passing marks in voice acting, but i cant help but wonder how much better it would have been in the original language.
I too prefer the Hack Slash method over the monster collecting and considering that I don't enjoy Pokemon like I used to only made the first game all the more tedious and chore-like.
Louis James same. I was happy I didn’t have to level them up etc. I literally got stuck in the first one on a boss cause I didn’t grind enough and level up them.
@@PaNDaSNiP3R I honestly never had the problem of being underleveld in Ni No Kuni. Meybe its becuse I always do all the sidequests and fore Oliver I stick to only 3 familiars: the little sword guy he gets first, that lemure he gets in Ding Ding Dell and that cat with a sword. It might also be becuse I like both action and turn based games so I got the hang of Ni No Kunis combat rather easily. I often hear people say its dificult and grindi but to me its a very easy game. There where 2 bosses I died to and only one where it happend more than once. I think I needed 3 ore 4 tries.
I adore this game, and Higgledies are really effective, and adorable. I like using them. I liked the first Ni No Kuni for the story, but that combat system gave me a damn headache. Your teammates were not that helpful, and they kept dying. Ni No Kuni 2 battle system is really fun, and refreshing. My best friend got this for me as a birthday gift, and I am so glad he did. Also for those asking if you need to play the first one. No you don't, unless you just want it for the story. This game just takes place 100 years after the first in the same world.
I snagged it. I never beat the first but i did play a little bit into it. Beat the genie and made it a little past that. I liked it. Now im starting 2 since i just beat ps5r... Gonna be hard to follow that but im pumped
To me this game is successful (I have completed it) because of its ability to retain that classical Studio Ghibli fantastical fiction and wonder without being childish. The art style continues to be amazing as they always have. Gameplay manages to capture my attention and keep me interested for 40-ish hours. It plays and feels like a Studio Ghibli animation that you can participate, which should be enough to capture the hearts of all Ghibli fans out there.
IGN said the characters lack development and don't contribute much to the story, which ends up feeling flat. I value more your opinion, Falcon. Great job, I look forward to buy this game soon.
A Fairy Tale, there's certainly a ton of money involved in those reviews. The guys from Ni No Kuni probably didn't want to buy a good review because they know their game is solid and innovative, different from the same cash grap that is CoD.
i dunno about you, but treat everything IGN says with a heaping spoonful of salt, if it is a big name western AAA game/nintendo made game, expect it to brownnose the crap out of the game, then for everything else, it tends to be a schizophrenic mess, as most of the time, since they have such a large and varied group of reviewers, they just randomly dole out titles to any rando reviewer on their payroll, since there is no dedicated reviewer or small number of reviewers, there cannot be any consistency, as everyone's tastes are different, so its very hard to tell if what they complain about or love is relevant to you.
This may sound a little childish but I just wanted to say: in skirmishes when you call for reinforcements, the little syncronized dance they do makes me so happy. I've spent lots of hours playing that mode just because I enjoy watching them and hearing Evan shout "Chaaarge!" and "We can't afford to lose!" in his british accent. Truly, this game makes me smile and I'm really glad I bought it :)
@@niceone550 I get your point, but that's not how the real world works. People pretty much equate the BBC English accent with Britain. And it's greedy to expect people to know more.
Played the game. Finished it. Loved it. Some may say the game is too short for a JRPG (Approx 40-50 hrs or so). However, with the recent update ,it took me 100hrs to complete it. The updated version 4.00 adds extra difficulty which are Hard and Expert. Play the game in Expert. Its worth it and its basically a loot fest. You can easily get purple tier items playing in Expert difficulty. Its very challenging but it's super worth it.
This game is simply phenomenal. It takes the essence of every jrpg trope and boils it down to a caramel sticky puddle of syrupy joy. Its just so damn fun to play. None of the elements of this game are done better than in other games, but the streamlined nature of each allows your focus to shift around at a whim so that you are constantly excited with each new shiny experience. And my god! That soundtrack. I swear if people were able to be objective about video games .... Listen its better than Breath of the Wild. It just is. Please play this.
Thank you for not spoiling the intro, even if it's a bit late for myself because another review I watched did, and I feel like I slightly missed out on the impact of the event. T-T
The game seems really interesting, I've never played any of it or the previous one, but what I find weird is the misfitting textures art. In some places is realistic (like when you fight), in the kingdom is cartoony and almost low-poly, and then at the towns is somewhat in between. Is there any lore explanantion for that or is it just the style of the game? Is there any type of spacial/time disorder or something that provokes the "scenarios" to not match each other consistently throughtout the whole game?
This game is brilliant! Love the graphic type and the music is brilliant, really finishes it off. So so much content I'm 90 hours in and am maybe just over half way through.
I was originally pretty skeptical about this game, thinking it was just some Ghibli-drawn gimmicky nonsense with crappy combat. But this review really set out the good points about this game. A balanced and objective review. Well done, sir.
I was skeptical about them getting rid of the big magic attacks from the first game, (I really liked casting spells in the first one). But after seeing gameplay of the fighting, that fear of mine is gone, it looks fun as heck!
@@hamburglr1 Yeah the studio didn’t but there was still Ghibli people who used to be a part of the studio that worked on this. & it’s still the Ghibli art style, which is what I commented about. Never said anything about the studio being directly involved.
I loved this game. It is probably pretty close to my game of the year for 2018. For me I found the plot a little eh. It wasn't bad by any stretch but at no point was I going "Ok, I need to play more to find out what happens". It was a lot of fun though and that's what counts. 140 hours from opening to closing credits here and I could probably go back and add another 20 if I wanted to platinum it.
Little 5 years late, but I’ve had this game for years now and still super fun to play. I got all of the DLC’s and come back for a full completion of the game once or even multiple times a year! Would definitely still recommend it
Wow. Nice. That’s saying a lot. It’s on Xbox GP and was wondering if worth the time. Glad to see it still holds up, not that this art style would ever really get old, But gameplay and story wise..
Bought the Collector's edition, it's really nice, lots of collectibles, but it is quite expensive. The game is as colorful as Zelda breath of the wild, beautiful world and landscape, I would definitely recommend this game if you like JRPG, but you can wait for a while for the price to drop since it's a single player game. Anyway you should pick it up some time along the way.
redpanda416 - Yes, I purchased the Collector’s Edition, and yes, way too expensive. The selling point was the making of video (which I have not seen yet) and the diarama. The steelbook/soundtrack would have been selling points, but you could get that in the $79.99 Edition.
I bought the collector's edition. I give it an all around 5/5 grade. The battles, fight style, story, etc i believe to be amazing in all ways. It keeps you interested nonstop along with if you dont initiate everything the game has given you to play theres no way you'll beat it. Im roughlt 98% done with the game currently. And only wish it had more expansions to it rather than explaining the ending with Ferdinand being the world king.
i love how everywhere says this is a 35 hour game, and yes if you stick to just the story and none of the side quests, then sure you might be able to do this in 35 hours. My first play through was more like 65 hours.
I loved the first one and didn’t really like this one, personally I was kinda bummed that they completely got rid of familiars but I like new ones like that cannon, that wasn’t a bad idea. But other than that I thought the first one had a better story
I love this game! I'm 4 hours in and hooked which is rare lately from jrpg's. I wanted so much to love the first game but after 3 or 4 hours it just felt a bit too slow and I wasn't enjoying the combat.
I love Ni no kuni 1 in 3ds (i never played in other console), i love the book, the spell, the cute monster, evos, etc. So I wasn't sure to bought it but now I'm gonna to do it (in steam is so cheap). Thanks for the review💙💙
I think you forgot to add the part about the game where you are forced into doing tedious side quests so that you can level up your kingdom. In later parts of the main storyline, you are completely forced to make use of the time management sytem(the kingdom you buil) if you want to access the otherwise locked parts of the story. Rejoice fans, you have to forcibly do 40+ tedious side quests and wait for your kingdom to make enough money to upgrade to level three, and make a very specific building, all to be able to do the endgame.
lnflnltyLegend I have different opinion about that. For me, the fetching quests can be quite interesting since there are times when the sidequests are interlinked, but i wish we could get more than 1 citizen by doing one sidequest.
I haven't played the first night no kuni but I picked up 2 for 25$, and wow just wow! Why haven't I given this game a chance sooner its simply amazing and am definitely going to get the next game in the series the day it comes out. All around an amazing experience!
im only 5 hours in the game and its been pretty damn easy compared to the first one. the first one was definitely more challenging this game has just had one "difficult" enemy.
Parody Vids true. So far it seems like a race to kill the enemy before it kills you. In the sense the enemies can have crazy high damage output but don't hit you because of dodging. The difficulty probably comes from surviving the attacks that manage to hit/stun you
very true. I had a problem with the first kingsholder you fight. because well all i had been doing before that was spamming the "alt" key to shoot and kill all the enemies. The game is stil awesome and really well paced..
Crepe Maister what you want is a Dark Cloud 2 Remake.. we already got something close to a dark cloud 2 remaster where it's basically a ps2 game running at an upscaled 1080p with trophies support and it's actually run significantly better than on the ps2.
I use the emulator but would like to see a better engine used with updated graphics and AI, I guess pretty much a remake but for pc as well, that trophy support sounds nice.
True we should support great companies like level 5 but shame this review only got 12k likes but stupid cod , battlefield trailers gets millions of like , new generation has no taste in gaming
TY! i already bought it and was wondering on how to get the orb in the kings trail at the last part and you showed exactly how to do it! with a review lol thanx
Sometimes theres that game that Looks promising the first time its revealed and we know its gonna fullfiled it when it release , this is one of those games
Yeah they really screwed up by making this just another hack n slash game. The first one was amazing it was the open world Pokemon game I had always wanted with an endearing story that truly felt like a studio ghibli story. This game is none of that
I really liked collecting the cute monsters, so I'm kinda shocked to learn that this isn't a part of the 2nd game. But I hated the combat system. Running around and dodging in real-time: yeah, fine. But browsing through menues for attacks, items and spells, during the real-time fight: hell no! That is something you do in turn-based combat or when the fight is paused. Maybe I'll go for it, since they changed the combat system. It's on Steam winter sale right now...
I got this game on discount just yesterday, i've been eyeing this game since its launch but i dont have the time to play and eventually forgot about it, thank god steam feature this game in front page so i immediately download it. One thing that this game made me realize is that " so this is what it meant by games u play to have fun and relax" i mean so far i played many good games like witcher, tales games, RDR 2 and honestly everytime i played those i always have a goal like finding better equipment, doing quest to get stuff, pushing questline to get the story etc. But this game doesn't give me any of that, i just play and thats it. Its a weird kind of fun but a very welcome one. Definitely an experience i would reccomend to everybody
I am loving this game more than the first so far but I hope that we will see an added difficulty setting in a future patch. I would love to be challenged a little bit more, nothing has been able to take me down after 10 hours of gameplay and I'm not even trying to over level.
Psh I want a full vr room you know how much weight I would lose fighting with a hack and slash game? I love tech is evolving but the old 2d does add a fun anime feel to it 👍
No surprise that this was made by Level-5 Studios as they're the same people who did Dark Cloud 2 and Dragon Quest 8 Having said that, you can find all of your inspiration for the game in those two titles alone. Being 2 of my favorite PS2 games from my childhood, I'm excited as hell to play this now that I got the whole shebang for $11 on the steam summer sale.
11swallowedinthesea really? wait, let me check my reality to see if i'm dead or alive, because i did not sign up for anime porn XDD but now, i'm definitely playing Ni no kuni 2, err for experimental reason. yeAH
Watches before you buy, after I’ve already bought... lol
Lol same. Waiting for installation
Same
Me too! 3 hours left looool
Same
Shae you too huh?
I was a day 1 player and can personally say this is worth the buy. This took me roughly 100 hours to do everything in the game. Except for my kingdom building. Plenty of content for your money and well worth the bucks spent if you like JRPGs. The story is Fanfuckintastic and the gameplay once you've figured out the mechanics of everything makes this game worthwhile.
good to know i ve always looked at this game but never got it, not really a JRPG person but wanted to get into something, contemplated getting the first or the second, probably gonna go with the second one to start as it doesnt matter, love Final Fantasy series and cant wait for 7 remaster but some FF are just a bit of a miss, its only £12 on PSN right now so why not, edit: forgot to add this is the princes addition with all DLC and an equipment package, meant to be £70
ChronisOfTheTwilight glad you mentioned the hours. He mentions 35 hours and I was kind of confused.
Just got it for 12 bucks :)
Should I finish the 1st one befor I get this or maybe just dive into this and then go back n finish the 1st? The only thing that is slowing down my interest is literally the combat system I'm just a bit played out of the pokemon formula and idk I got that game for 8$lol what a steal but I also don't feel likr I need any of the new pokemon games which is good cuz they cost a lot lol but I like the real time combat n world building story I get the feeling that this game can make me want to finish the 1st game even more than had I not play this 1st idk maybe I have it wrong? Or is it something I'd enjoy more in order like finish 1 then get this? Lol
Really? I felt like the kingdom buildings and recruiting citizens was a huge bore and time waster. It's a shame advancing in the game depended on it
This game is so underrated by most players. It's one of the best JRPG's on PS4.
Same
Is it really considered a jrpg I thought Jrpgs had more of a Pokémon or persona five combat
@@mercy7995 any japanese RPG is JRPG , Doesnt matter what type of combat it has
@@mercy7995 tales of series has been real time combat and always been considered jrpg. Turn based is more "traditional jrpg"
@@mercy7995 that's turn based, it doesn't have to be turn based to be considered a jrpg
My only complaint with Ni no kuni 2 is lack of voice acting in many scenes.
Jeetu Singh
Yeah I know, although it's a way to cut cost. The Yakuza series does that shit too.
i thought this added to it. often, text is better than voice acting, unless acting is really nailed down well. for the most part, this gets passing marks in voice acting, but i cant help but wonder how much better it would have been in the original language.
True
Wish someone would of told me when before I got it still a great game so far tho
You're an Indian, don't complain about English voice acting.
I really love how you review each game. Straight on point. No sugar coated.
I actually prefer hack and slash over monster collecting, despite really enjoying the first game. So I'm definitely buying this soon.
Monster taming in the first game made it special imo
I too prefer the Hack Slash method over the monster collecting and considering that I don't enjoy Pokemon like I used to only made the first game all the more tedious and chore-like.
You look like Jake Paul
Louis James same. I was happy I didn’t have to level them up etc. I literally got stuck in the first one on a boss cause I didn’t grind enough and level up them.
@@PaNDaSNiP3R I honestly never had the problem of being underleveld in Ni No Kuni.
Meybe its becuse I always do all the sidequests and fore Oliver I stick to only 3 familiars: the little sword guy he gets first, that lemure he gets in Ding Ding Dell and that cat with a sword.
It might also be becuse I like both action and turn based games so I got the hang of Ni No Kunis combat rather easily.
I often hear people say its dificult and grindi but to me its a very easy game. There where 2 bosses I died to and only one where it happend more than once. I think I needed 3 ore 4 tries.
I adore this game, and Higgledies are really effective, and adorable. I like using them. I liked the first Ni No Kuni for the story, but that combat system gave me a damn headache. Your teammates were not that helpful, and they kept dying. Ni No Kuni 2 battle system is really fun, and refreshing. My best friend got this for me as a birthday gift, and I am so glad he did. Also for those asking if you need to play the first one. No you don't, unless you just want it for the story. This game just takes place 100 years after the first in the same world.
Its on sale again for ps4 for anyone still wanting to start this game 🥳
I bought it on sale weeks ago from Steam. It was worth it.
I snagged it. I never beat the first but i did play a little bit into it. Beat the genie and made it a little past that. I liked it. Now im starting 2 since i just beat ps5r... Gonna be hard to follow that but im pumped
I am curious tho... Should i get the dlc or nah? 🤔
I just picked up the complete version on PS5 for $8
To me this game is successful (I have completed it) because of its ability to retain that classical Studio Ghibli fantastical fiction and wonder without being childish. The art style continues to be amazing as they always have. Gameplay manages to capture my attention and keep me interested for 40-ish hours. It plays and feels like a Studio Ghibli animation that you can participate, which should be enough to capture the hearts of all Ghibli fans out there.
IGN said the characters lack development and don't contribute much to the story, which ends up feeling flat. I value more your opinion, Falcon. Great job, I look forward to buy this game soon.
Lucas Barreto IGN are the worst reviewers, they give every single shitty CoD a 9+ but anything else a 8 and below
A Fairy Tale, there's certainly a ton of money involved in those reviews. The guys from Ni No Kuni probably didn't want to buy a good review because they know their game is solid and innovative, different from the same cash grap that is CoD.
If it has been a nintendo game, they would have given it a 9 atleast, trust me
A Fairy Tale not black ops 1 surprisingly
i dunno about you, but treat everything IGN says with a heaping spoonful of salt, if it is a big name western AAA game/nintendo made game, expect it to brownnose the crap out of the game, then for everything else, it tends to be a schizophrenic mess, as most of the time, since they have such a large and varied group of reviewers, they just randomly dole out titles to any rando reviewer on their payroll, since there is no dedicated reviewer or small number of reviewers, there cannot be any consistency, as everyone's tastes are different, so its very hard to tell if what they complain about or love is relevant to you.
This may sound a little childish but I just wanted to say: in skirmishes when you call for reinforcements, the little syncronized dance they do makes me so happy. I've spent lots of hours playing that mode just because I enjoy watching them and hearing Evan shout "Chaaarge!" and "We can't afford to lose!" in his british accent.
Truly, this game makes me smile and I'm really glad I bought it :)
Speaking of accents, playing that game I realized: "Hey wait, all the citizens of Broadleaf have American accents! Message, perhaps?"
>british accent
Such does not exist, he has a Scottish, English, Welsh, or Uslter accent - not British
@@niceone550 I get your point, but that's not how the real world works. People pretty much equate the BBC English accent with Britain. And it's greedy to expect people to know more.
@@niceone550 nah it’s British
The skirmishes are great
This is my first Ni No Kuni game and I have to say totally worth the money I have 30+ hours in this game and I'm still not bored.
i'm already at 60+ now, and still enjoying it.
Same, this game really hook me from the 1st minute, already play 30 hours and still excited
Loved the first game and love this one, between these, DQVIII and Dark Cloud, Level-5 demonstrates a mastery over the genre, time and time again.
holy snap i didnt know they made dq8
Playing the first one on the switch for the first time ever. Look forward you playing this one maybe next year!
Played the game. Finished it. Loved it. Some may say the game is too short for a JRPG (Approx 40-50 hrs or so). However, with the recent update ,it took me 100hrs to complete it.
The updated version 4.00 adds extra difficulty which are Hard and Expert.
Play the game in Expert. Its worth it and its basically a loot fest.
You can easily get purple tier items playing in Expert difficulty.
Its very challenging but it's super worth it.
I agree. Really enjoying it
This game is simply phenomenal. It takes the essence of every jrpg trope and boils it down to a caramel sticky puddle of syrupy joy. Its just so damn fun to play. None of the elements of this game are done better than in other games, but the streamlined nature of each allows your focus to shift around at a whim so that you are constantly excited with each new shiny experience.
And my god! That soundtrack.
I swear if people were able to be objective about video games ....
Listen its better than Breath of the Wild. It just is. Please play this.
Loving this game so much, one of the best buys I've made in the last year.
I have the collectors edition and I’m still watching this😂😂😂
Thank you for not spoiling the intro, even if it's a bit late for myself because another review I watched did, and I feel like I slightly missed out on the impact of the event. T-T
I've been watching your videos before buying games for some time now, thanks a lot!
Are you guys gonna do a before you buy for A way out?
working on it right now
gameranx Oh yay.
Divine Hazard trash
Damn you beat me to it
Ill do one. Just dont buy it. Youre welcome
I thought Evan was a girl... mistakes have been made
_ HShuffleG _ I made that mistake the first time I played it.
alvin banaag lol
who didn't to be honest
When i first heard him say his name was Evan, I wanted to correct him and say "No, you mean Eva..."
Japaneese voice actor is girl but the character is a king(male) while he is between male/female.
Buy this game because Roland is daddy. That's it.
*BUY IT*
"Roland, welcome to the daddy club" -Gladio
nah, Batu is actual daddy material plz
I started playing later than others but I instantly joined the fan club of Daddy Roland xD
Sunfox I started a picture of him sitting next to a sleeping Evan on Father's Day, haven't finished it yet though.
I'M STILL HYPER LET'S GO this game any good I loved the first one
The game seems really interesting, I've never played any of it or the previous one, but what I find weird is the misfitting textures art. In some places is realistic (like when you fight), in the kingdom is cartoony and almost low-poly, and then at the towns is somewhat in between. Is there any lore explanantion for that or is it just the style of the game? Is there any type of spacial/time disorder or something that provokes the "scenarios" to not match each other consistently throughtout the whole game?
Only heard of this because of ps store. Looks pretty cool from your review
jumping moose It's really fun, you should try it
PLAY THE FIRST ONE
STEAM SALE RIGHT NOW! yeah.. you solidified it for me in that last line. I love these please keep making them!!
I loved your comment on pacing. It's just so relaxed and well balanced. Really loving it so far.
This game is brilliant! Love the graphic type and the music is brilliant, really finishes it off. So so much content I'm 90 hours in and am maybe just over half way through.
I was originally pretty skeptical about this game, thinking it was just some Ghibli-drawn gimmicky nonsense with crappy combat. But this review really set out the good points about this game. A balanced and objective review. Well done, sir.
This review was good enough to buy it. It's on sale on PSN right now lol. Thank you
Downloading now 😊
so how is it going?
@@pablodebella7695 I haven't started yet lol. I'm going wait to record it~
I agree
I bought the prince's edition for £16 on sale and it's a great game but the first Ni No Kuni is better.
Love seeing falcon review games! Would like to see more
Omg definitely got it on sale now with the bundle can’t wait
I was skeptical about them getting rid of the big magic attacks from the first game, (I really liked casting spells in the first one). But after seeing gameplay of the fighting, that fear of mine is gone, it looks fun as heck!
Freaking loving this game so far. Great characters, great action, & I really love the Studio Ghibli art style.
The first one was with ghibli they don't have anything to do with this one
@@hamburglr1 Yeah the studio didn’t but there was still Ghibli people who used to be a part of the studio that worked on this. & it’s still the Ghibli art style, which is what I commented about. Never said anything about the studio being directly involved.
Relevant for Xbox Game Pass subscribers as of today. Thanks Gameranx!
When you mentioned Suikoden i immediately bought it on steam
Wow its finally here!!!!
I love the word "silly" and I think its even better when someone who sounds and speaks like Falcon says it.
I loved this game. It is probably pretty close to my game of the year for 2018. For me I found the plot a little eh. It wasn't bad by any stretch but at no point was I going "Ok, I need to play more to find out what happens". It was a lot of fun though and that's what counts. 140 hours from opening to closing credits here and I could probably go back and add another 20 if I wanted to platinum it.
"Transported to another world--" ISEKAI IS TAKING THE GAME SCENE OVER NOW TOO!
Little 5 years late, but I’ve had this game for years now and still super fun to play. I got all of the DLC’s and come back for a full completion of the game once or even multiple times a year! Would definitely still recommend it
Wow. Nice. That’s saying a lot. It’s on Xbox GP and was wondering if worth the time. Glad to see it still holds up, not that this art style would ever really get old, But gameplay and story wise..
just finished it now, it such a great game. now ill buy the first one lol hehe
Bought the Collector's edition, it's really nice, lots of collectibles, but it is quite expensive. The game is as colorful as Zelda breath of the wild, beautiful world and landscape, I would definitely recommend this game if you like JRPG, but you can wait for a while for the price to drop since it's a single player game. Anyway you should pick it up some time along the way.
redpanda416 - Yes, I purchased the Collector’s Edition, and yes, way too expensive. The selling point was the making of video (which I have not seen yet) and the diarama. The steelbook/soundtrack would have been selling points, but you could get that in the $79.99 Edition.
Yeah, It should be price $159.99, I think that would be a fair price. Don't get me wrong, it's nice a CE, but it's a bit over priced.
Such an amazing game. Haven't finished the first one just yet, but I'm loving this one.
I bought the collector's edition. I give it an all around 5/5 grade. The battles, fight style, story, etc i believe to be amazing in all ways. It keeps you interested nonstop along with if you dont initiate everything the game has given you to play theres no way you'll beat it. Im roughlt 98% done with the game currently. And only wish it had more expansions to it rather than explaining the ending with Ferdinand being the world king.
i love how everywhere says this is a 35 hour game, and yes if you stick to just the story and none of the side quests, then sure you might be able to do this in 35 hours.
My first play through was more like 65 hours.
I loved the first one and didn’t really like this one, personally I was kinda bummed that they completely got rid of familiars but I like new ones like that cannon, that wasn’t a bad idea. But other than that I thought the first one had a better story
FACTS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN
Man, this series really helps me a bunch to balance my expenses! Keep up the good job
Currently 5 hours in and I’m loving it!
Great review!! IGN writers should learn from you.
I love this game! I'm 4 hours in and hooked which is rare lately from jrpg's. I wanted so much to love the first game but after 3 or 4 hours it just felt a bit too slow and I wasn't enjoying the combat.
I love Ni no kuni 1 in 3ds (i never played in other console), i love the book, the spell, the cute monster, evos, etc. So I wasn't sure to bought it but now I'm gonna to do it (in steam is so cheap). Thanks for the review💙💙
Love your reviews mate!
The animation and Familiar collecting was some of the best parts of the best rip.
Right? It's not even the same game
@@chefwoo yes i think this is no longer ni no kuni i was really looking forward to more familiars
I think you forgot to add the part about the game where you are forced into doing tedious side quests so that you can level up your kingdom. In later parts of the main storyline, you are completely forced to make use of the time management sytem(the kingdom you buil) if you want to access the otherwise locked parts of the story. Rejoice fans, you have to forcibly do 40+ tedious side quests and wait for your kingdom to make enough money to upgrade to level three, and make a very specific building, all to be able to do the endgame.
lnflnltyLegend I have different opinion about that. For me, the fetching quests can be quite interesting since there are times when the sidequests are interlinked, but i wish we could get more than 1 citizen by doing one sidequest.
thanks for not spoiling the video really good video
Never heard of ya, but digging what you’re putting down! The games currently on sale on PS store and I’ll be snagging it!
Those things look like koroks from zelda botw
They have the same mythological origin. Japanese forest/nature spirits.
You got me at : "I'm enjoying this more than the original"
$12 on the Black Friday sale..after watching quite a few videos, I think this one was the final one to convince me to get it. Looking forward to it.
I haven't played the first night no kuni but I picked up 2 for 25$, and wow just wow! Why haven't I given this game a chance sooner its simply amazing and am definitely going to get the next game in the series the day it comes out. All around an amazing experience!
Lmao, was just watching a bunch of different reviews about this game. Now I'm sure about my decision, definitely gonna get this game
Cole McGrath it's awesome
Genaro Andrade how far in are you?
im only 5 hours in the game and its been pretty damn easy compared to the first one. the first one was definitely more challenging this game has just had one "difficult" enemy.
Parody Vids true. So far it seems like a race to kill the enemy before it kills you. In the sense the enemies can have crazy high damage output but don't hit you because of dodging. The difficulty probably comes from surviving the attacks that manage to hit/stun you
very true. I had a problem with the first kingsholder you fight. because well all i had been doing before that was spamming the "alt" key to shoot and kill all the enemies.
The game is stil awesome and really well paced..
I want Level 5 to give me a *Dark Cloud 2* _Remastered._
or you can just play PS2 emulator and up the resolution, same thing
Crepe Maister
what you want is a Dark Cloud 2 Remake..
we already got something close to a dark cloud 2 remaster where it's basically a ps2 game running at an upscaled 1080p with trophies support and it's actually run significantly better than on the ps2.
I use the emulator but would like to see a better engine used with updated graphics and AI, I guess pretty much a remake but for pc as well, that trophy support sounds nice.
True we should support great companies like level 5 but shame this review only got 12k likes but stupid cod , battlefield trailers gets millions of like , new generation has no taste in gaming
Rouge Galaxy for meeee
TY! i already bought it and was wondering on how to get the orb in the kings trail at the last part and you showed exactly how to do it! with a review lol thanx
Love your work guys plz do a before you buy for naruto storm collection for the switch.
Just buy this game!
i second this
Just bought it
waiting for a sale
Already have 👌
Just pirate this game
Do you recommend playing the first game before playing this and when yes, where is the best place to buy it for PC?
I like this channel, and particular "Before You Buy," because it's very useful before I buy some of these games
Love the gameplay, music, characters so far, def gunna pick up
that start is a real WTF moment
Just broke my foot and gonna be laid up for two weeks and i just got this game, loving it so far.
Ok mate , thanks for the great content, because of you I bought xenoblade chronicles 2 and I loved it! Keep it up bro
The thumbnail basically says:
"Wait wait wait, before you buy: I'm a boy"
if i could change this game it would be having it related to the first game and more references about Morn star and Oliver
Just bought it yesterday...loved the first one so I'm sure I'll love this one too
Sometimes theres that game that Looks promising the first time its revealed and we know its gonna fullfiled it when it release , this is one of those games
I said fuck it to the stealth part and just fought all of em. It wasn't easy I'll tell you that but I did it łol
Alex Coulter Same here.... lol
Lies
I tried it on the hardest difficulty, ..........I regret trying to do it for the last 1 hour
lol me too, it was a nice early exp. boost. but i was surprised how much of a difference 1-2 levels made in combat.
i personally really enjoyed the first ni no kuni and am slightly sceptical about the lack off familiars and how it will play out.
don't man it is awesome !!
its way different then the first one. but you should give it a try
I’m saddened too I really loved my familiars
They ruined it.
Yeah they really screwed up by making this just another hack n slash game. The first one was amazing it was the open world Pokemon game I had always wanted with an endearing story that truly felt like a studio ghibli story. This game is none of that
Good information. Thanks for the video!
does the skirmish mode always appears or its our choice to choose it or not
These “before you buy thumbnails” always have me weak 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
DID YOU KNOW . . . the original picture is actually Jake from his very first BYB? It's kind of funny how it became infamous in its own way
Omari_X 65 I did not know that. Haha interesting bit of info I learned today
2:42 son gave you the work you had to cut it out
You had me at Suikoden. When I saw the game on steam thats the first thing I thought of, and my favorite series of all time.
I think I'm gonna get this game after all. Good review.
I really liked collecting the cute monsters, so I'm kinda shocked to learn that this isn't a part of the 2nd game.
But I hated the combat system. Running around and dodging in real-time: yeah, fine. But browsing through menues for attacks, items and spells, during the real-time fight: hell no! That is something you do in turn-based combat or when the fight is paused.
Maybe I'll go for it, since they changed the combat system. It's on Steam winter sale right now...
If you like jrpgs or fun games in general, get this game
I got this game on discount just yesterday, i've been eyeing this game since its launch but i dont have the time to play and eventually forgot about it, thank god steam feature this game in front page so i immediately download it.
One thing that this game made me realize is that " so this is what it meant by games u play to have fun and relax" i mean so far i played many good games like witcher, tales games, RDR 2 and honestly everytime i played those i always have a goal like finding better equipment, doing quest to get stuff, pushing questline to get the story etc. But this game doesn't give me any of that, i just play and thats it. Its a weird kind of fun but a very welcome one. Definitely an experience i would reccomend to everybody
I am loving this game more than the first so far but I hope that we will see an added difficulty setting in a future patch. I would love to be challenged a little bit more, nothing has been able to take me down after 10 hours of gameplay and I'm not even trying to over level.
Watching this while playing it and realising I'm also at 35 hours, I'm so alone
"I hadn't really noticed any slowdown ... that said, there are a couple of areas where I did notice some very minor slow down"
I think that's what made Final Fantasy 7 so memorable for so many people was how it started you off in the action
I love this game I have already beat it and I'm still going strong 60hours later
I just miss the 2d animation that ni no kuni 1 had.
Gigi Villalobos No Ghibli this time is why, Level 5 doesn't have the staff to do proper animation like that.
Psh I want a full vr room you know how much weight I would lose fighting with a hack and slash game? I love tech is evolving but the old 2d does add a fun anime feel to it 👍
Ghibli was like "Hey no touchy no touch"
It was Studio Ghibli employees that did the art they just couldn't say it for some legal things going on at the time.
So I'm guessing it's more than worth the $12 sale price for deluxe edition?
No surprise that this was made by Level-5 Studios as they're the same people who did Dark Cloud 2 and Dragon Quest 8
Having said that, you can find all of your inspiration for the game in those two titles alone.
Being 2 of my favorite PS2 games from my childhood, I'm excited as hell to play this now that I got the whole shebang for $11 on the steam summer sale.
I'm not the biggest fan of Gameranx, but I do enjoy Falcon reviews. Good stuff.
I love these games and im an adult, im sick of call of duty it makes you depressed
Lol
Hell yeah my dude!
True
*There is no tentacle saliva scenes!*
11swallowedinthesea now you make me want a testicle saliva scene...thanks
MattOmniHeart Testicle?
*There are*
Toast & Soup What? I have an active imagination. PS that was a typo, and i'm too dumb to have made that joke
11swallowedinthesea really? wait, let me check my reality to see if i'm dead or alive, because i did not sign up for anime porn XDD but now, i'm definitely playing Ni no kuni 2, err for experimental reason. yeAH
So mad that I have to wait until Monday to play this!!
I absolutely loved the first one and so far (10 hours in) I also love this one!
More like after you buy 😂 ❤️