For those who cringed at the beginning....he Is obviously giving his first speech as a king to a group of new followers. Consider that in context before trippin balls
1020Afonso I put about 5 hours in last night. I can honestly say it's good...It's no DBZ, or FMA dub...Buts it good nonetheless. Give it a chance at least
1020Afonso Well, truthfully the only reason I knew so much about it was because...It was so cringeworthy that I had to analyze it a little deeper myself. 😂😂😂
tbh after that kingdom speech he made I cringe so hard along with my older brother and he told me to change the voice to Japanese fast which is waaay better.
Lofty’s sarcasm and “directness” is the best part of the game, and in one of the cut scene, the game dropped “spirited away” in their conversations.. so good
I like how right before they gave it the 8/10, they showed us a nice little spoiler of those two making their "Kingdom agreement". I mean, really Gamespot? What was the sense in that?
>Game is about forging a new kingdom >Revealed that the woman is a queen of a kingdom in the trailer >Obviously is going to eventually forge an alliance with Evan honestly... it's as much a spoiler as the little yellow dude.
Derek Kent I prefer the subbed anime 90% of the time. Do you know whether you'll be able to change it to subbed in this cuz honestly the dubbed voices aren't great?
"a far cry from the first Ni No Kuni's turn based battles" Was it turn based? I feel like it was more like Xenoblade in that there was an auto attack and abilities on cooldown. Or maybe closer to the ATB gauge system. Bit of a stretch calling it turn based
an 8 is probably about right, but when you have a ps1 styled jrpg with a world map and airships and it looks as beautiful and as charming as this... An 8's all you need baby, i'm all in...
Pretty good detail in that review. The wording was elegant. I feel like most of the reviews say the negatives are "its childish and easy to beat". I feel like you accepted the game for what it was and criticised it on what parts could be expected to be better. We all know Studio Gibli makes chidish movies, but they do not always lack in character development and depth. Grate review.
But do I have to do the kingdom building? I don't like side things in games. I like to finish it in one setting on a weekend and I never do side quests. Is this necessary?
Does anyone know how to get medicines at the general store?! I did the research and got the citizens, but still no medicines at the general store. Tnx!
As far as I know it's supposed to be like that. I was like "wtf" myself, but I read in some comment that in that scene it's basically him (a kid) addressing others publicly and being scared as hell while doing so, so that expalins his dry words.
Most japanese games nowadays have that voice option. Not just japanese, i've played thai, korean, indonesia games. And they have options for voice. Always choose to play in the original language for more authentic experience. XD
If this was a nintendo exclusive peter brown would have given it an automatic 10 also who ever decided to put chibi overworld toon art style should have been fired
Bullshit: Ocarina of Time (10/10) Bayonetta 2 (10/10) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (10/10) Mario Odyssey (10/10) Breath of The Wild (10/10) Super Mario DX (9.9/10) Perfect Dark (9.9/10) GoldenEye 007 (9.8/10) Wario Land 3 (9.8/10) Metroid Prime (9.7/10) Banjo Tooie (9.6/10)
Mr. Otaku200 People who played the first one are saying this doesn’t look as fun because some things were removed. But if you want to, you can get PS Now and play it.
I just bought this game for $8 because of sonys end of the year sale! And wow the best $8 i have ever spent! This game is everything i love,building my own castle,RPG mechanics in large and small scale like ff7!! Powerups as you fight...so many puzzles that are challenging enough,overall this game caught me off guard and im in love with this masterpiece.
The first was a masterpiece which of course had me excited for the sequel but the addition of the kingdom builder and skirmishes kinda turns me off. Didn't know that was apart of the game.
to be honest I think even those are garbage. Less garbage. But garbage in a different way. While the actors aren't bad, it completely devastated immersion in that game. You are in Japan with Japanese characters... Speaking English... And the pronunciation of Japanese words gets butchered sometimes. Them saying names feels completely weird. I'd rather listen to Japanese voices in a Japanese setting. In a "western" setting like the US or UK I'd always listen to English, unless its garbage. Metal Gear for example had a great English dub. If it's Fantasy I'll go for whichever sounds the best.
aristotle1021 In the first game i had to grind 10 fucking times for like 4 hours each time i grind it was terrible and normal enemies give jack shit for exp the only way to level up normally is to grind on tokos and them appearing is like what a 30% of appearing and most sidequests are the same shit and repetitive i ended up just skipping all of the sidequest’s text the only ones that are fun are the post game ones where you fight recolors of all the bosses again and even that is lazy as shit since they’re all just recolors in my opinion the first game had a hell of alot more flaws than the second game also i forgot to mention that esther didn’t get any fucking character development at all why are you ignoring all the flaws of the first one?
That beginning has absolutely settled it. Japanese dialogue is the only option for me. btw saying that dude is the president is an unwelcome spoiler for me, little though it may be.
Tselel Leb You're really pathetic you know that... because they didn't give a game you like a perfect 10... you automatically call them Nintendo Fanboys.... like... Why???
I've got to say after playing the game Evan's voice actor is without a doubt the worst out of the main cast. I'd personally say that Tani has the best voice in the game.
The enemy might in skirmishes confused me at first because I thought they would go down as you killed the enemies but they changed after reaching certain points in the skirmish. I also can't usually tell what is happening in them because off all the people. Everything after Goldpaw also felt different because it wasn't as heavily marketed. I also feel as if Leander should have had a different appearance at first because he just seemed totally out of place in the blue of Hydropolis.
The first game is good, it has aged so you have to look past some flaws. But it looks like the the biggest problems of the first game have been fixed with this one. :)
shame that the voice actors have to slow their speech to match the lip flaps more, because those haven't been adapted for the english language. Still, i look forward to playing this.
karel dgr Yea, I think he's a cross between a cat and a humanoid race because in the game I think they have cat people and then people who look like humans.
I'm going to get shit for this but I actually didn't touch Persona 5 for a long while because I kept seeing Morgana and just presumed the character would be annoying and kept setting the game down. Months later I bought it used and kicked myself for not giving it a chance sooner. I have NO CLUE AT ALL if this is the same case here but if you want to play it, just give it a chance. Sometimes art styles grow on you, especially if gameplay compensates for it.
It's generally fine outside of the main character from what I've seen. I recognise the voice actress that does Evan's voice, she does a lot of kids cartoons in the UK. Always hated her little boy voice, sounds really weird and creepy to me.
Hey you piece of shit, he's meant to sound like that! he's a kid who didn't know he was going to become 'king' so damn quick, you're a stupid fuck with no real life, i hate you.
A 2D 10 hour pixelated platformer that almost resembles a metroidvania. With, not bad combat and decent platform mechanics but nothing out of the ordinary...9 out of 10. This beautifully animated RPG with loads of gameplay, unbelievable art style, awesome combat system, city building, epic boss encounters, ridiculous cut scenes, customisable characters, skill trees...pretty much everything a game is supposed to be, 8 out of 10 lol
Ewolf5150 theyre called reviews and Iv played enough video games to have a good ides whats going to be good before it releases. I mean there is endless amounts of content on the internet right now how could you not form an opinion
Awesome combat system? Are you kidding, lol building based on smartphone gimmicks? All the characters shares the same skill tress, the cut scenes are nothing out of extraordinary, forgettable characters, etc.. This game is indeed a 8 out of 10. Don't know about the pixelated game you talked about, Dead Cells perhaps? Anyway, on it's genre, considering it's proposition.. ni no kuni is a 8 out of 10 game, an 8 is even too generous. To put in perspective, breath of the wild have similar rpg and combat elements, it is japanese and neither ni no kuni game even scratch botw.
Nice review, but the ending score doesn’t really reflect what you said. You had almost nothing negative to say, and it seemed like an easy 9 out of 10 game. An 8 is still great, but you made it sound a lot better.
Ni No Kuni II or Ni No Twoni?
How about no...
That's just terrible...
ni NO kuni.
Ni No Kuni Ni: The Nights that say NI!
More like Ni No Tooie
For those who cringed at the beginning....he Is obviously giving his first speech as a king to a group of new followers. Consider that in context before trippin balls
1020Afonso change it to Japanese then its got Dual Audio option for people like you.
1020Afonso
I put about 5 hours in last night. I can honestly say it's good...It's no DBZ, or FMA dub...Buts it good nonetheless. Give it a chance at least
1020Afonso
Well, truthfully the only reason I knew so much about it was because...It was so cringeworthy that I had to analyze it a little deeper myself. 😂😂😂
Sounds like the script is as much to blame as the voice actors. Just bad translation all around. 10/10 would switch to japanese.
tbh after that kingdom speech he made I cringe so hard along with my older brother and he told me to change the voice to Japanese fast which is waaay better.
Lofty’s sarcasm and “directness” is the best part of the game, and in one of the cut scene, the game dropped “spirited away” in their conversations.. so good
This review has more spoilers than the dairy section at a family dollar
Spoilers is subjective.
I like how right before they gave it the 8/10, they showed us a nice little spoiler of those two making their "Kingdom agreement". I mean, really Gamespot? What was the sense in that?
>Game is about forging a new kingdom
>Revealed that the woman is a queen of a kingdom in the trailer
>Obviously is going to eventually forge an alliance with Evan
honestly... it's as much a spoiler as the little yellow dude.
They added hard and expert difficulty options in the latest update :D
If this game we're Switch exclusive they give it 11/10 .
marko marin And the most recent Switch exclusive got an 8, stay salty.
Nailed it perfect for on the go
marko marin Xenoblade got a 7 and that's a Switch exclusive... so... yeah. Try again.
SWITCH OMEGALUL
If this game were on Switch it would actually sell. PS4 is the wrong audience for this game
that voice acting at the start ! no thanks
Lol, hell yes. Make it your punishment game.
Thought it was a parody...
He IS A KID
Derek Kent I do since it's the language I actually understand
Derek Kent I prefer the subbed anime 90% of the time. Do you know whether you'll be able to change it to subbed in this cuz honestly the dubbed voices aren't great?
"a far cry from the first Ni No Kuni's turn based battles"
Was it turn based? I feel like it was more like Xenoblade in that there was an auto attack and abilities on cooldown. Or maybe closer to the ATB gauge system. Bit of a stretch calling it turn based
You're right
an 8 is probably about right, but when you have a ps1 styled jrpg with a world map and airships and it looks as beautiful and as charming as this... An 8's all you need baby, i'm all in...
This game never gona live up to Ni No Kuni 1. that game was a masterpiece.
its sadly true, the beautiful combat system, what I found best about it, is just gone
They should have kept Drippy as the comic relief character
Celtic_Spike this was set 300 years in the future Drippy is probably uhh *dead*
Pretty good detail in that review. The wording was elegant. I feel like most of the reviews say the negatives are "its childish and easy to beat". I feel like you accepted the game for what it was and criticised it on what parts could be expected to be better. We all know Studio Gibli makes chidish movies, but they do not always lack in character development and depth.
Grate review.
GS back to giving everything an 8 again after a brief hiatus
I love this game so far! Started ladt night and cannot wait to get back on it again!
Meanwhile Sea of Thieves players are still trying to figure out what the game is about.
Carlos Vega lmaooooooooooo brah🤣😂🤣😂
Treasure boxes, that's all.
Nate Johnson ......... How ?
Nate Johnson Did you play it tho :)
Can I still collect and evolve monsters?
This game is gorgeous and the mechanics seem to deep enough to make it look fun to me. I'll buy it.
But do I have to do the kingdom building? I don't like side things in games. I like to finish it in one setting on a weekend and I never do side quests. Is this necessary?
Is there character customisation? New armours and outfits ?
Baby this ain't a mmo.
Revoladin There is outfits.
A pure masterpiece. I got the Collector's Edition, and it was no doubt worth it! 10/10 from me 🙌
Does anyone know how to get medicines at the general store?! I did the research and got the citizens, but still no medicines at the general store. Tnx!
I'll definitely have the Japanese voice cast on
okay you piece of shit.
Why is he called a piece of shit for playing a game in its original language? XD
Shut up you piece of shit!
its layin playig gears of war 4 and listenjg to dom havin asian voice lol know what im sayin?
I've started playing Ni no Kuni 2 again and I've never once considered using the tactics tweaker I'll have to give it a go
What? he's a male? wtf
Correction, it's a transexual.
To me he always looked like a boy. Look, blond hair and green tunic, that's Link.
Too Exclusive You obviously don't know shit about JRPGs or Anime. This is a common thing in Japan.
Nate Johnson So does your grammer, fucktard.
Too Exclusive Nice emojis btw what are you 10 lol? Fucktard.
does this game will have subtitles?
HeyTails Yes
More Rpgs need to start bringing back the overworld map I love it
is native 21:9 resolution supported or will the image get streched as always when japanese publish a game?
The chibi style is a throwback to old jrpgs.
Ugh that voice acting at the start... Needless to say, will be changing to jp voices straight away.
does it hav an option for jp voice tell me it has I really like to play this game but the voice just kills me
Patz Javz dont worry it does.
As far as I know it's supposed to be like that. I was like "wtf" myself, but I read in some comment that in that scene it's basically him (a kid) addressing others publicly and being scared as hell while doing so, so that expalins his dry words.
Most japanese games nowadays have that voice option. Not just japanese, i've played thai, korean, indonesia games. And they have options for voice. Always choose to play in the original language for more authentic experience. XD
I hate games that speak Japanese, it’s so annoying. USA 🇺🇸
If this was a nintendo exclusive peter brown would have given it an automatic 10 also who ever decided to put chibi overworld toon art style should have been fired
And ign scores 10 for Ninokuni 2 (Only switch exclusive)
Freeformrulz Nintendospot's 10s are only for Zelda or Maro and some other Nintendo titles.
Like Xenoblade Chronicles 2? Oh wait, he gave Xenoblade 2 a 7/10...
So they are promoting switch games kinda on purpose?
Freeformrulz stay salty scrub
Gaming media: Ni No Kuni 2 is an amazing game... but it doesn't say Nintendo on the box... 8.
I came down here to write this.
Wait...Gamespot hates almost all Nintendo games. Look at their reviews for the 3ds games.
Bullshit:
Ocarina of Time (10/10)
Bayonetta 2 (10/10)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (10/10)
Mario Odyssey (10/10)
Breath of The Wild (10/10)
Super Mario DX (9.9/10)
Perfect Dark (9.9/10)
GoldenEye 007 (9.8/10)
Wario Land 3 (9.8/10)
Metroid Prime (9.7/10)
Banjo Tooie (9.6/10)
Yep.
Quote That's a pretty small list.
The art in this game is simply gorgeous
Anytime an JRPG shows anime-style cutscenes, I always dive into the game, expecting more.
Extremely enjoying this on my PSVR.
are there tempered bosses in this?
Would this be an good start to play this series?
Mr. Otaku200 People who played the first one are saying this doesn’t look as fun because some things were removed. But if you want to, you can get PS Now and play it.
J-Squeezy OK.
Great review you really explained everything nicely picking it up asap
I didn't know Heman was a furry when he was little.
I can’t get that Lisa Simpson image out of my head
What does “real time combat” mean??
I just bought this game for $8 because of sonys end of the year sale! And wow the best $8 i have ever spent! This game is everything i love,building my own castle,RPG mechanics in large and small scale like ff7!! Powerups as you fight...so many puzzles that are challenging enough,overall this game caught me off guard and im in love with this masterpiece.
"If you didn't play the first game, don't let this one pass you by to", rather play the first one then ;-)
Really enjoying this game so far!
Which channel is more accurate at reviews, ign or gamespot?
The first was a masterpiece which of course had me excited for the sequel but the addition of the kingdom builder and skirmishes kinda turns me off. Didn't know that was apart of the game.
I brought this in day 1 I can say this games is a masterpiece such a amazing experience!! 🙏🏻🔥
Ralph Jann Santos better than the first
Can I play this with my Sega Genesis controller? It’s a little outdated but all I have.
The character, Evan in the English dub sounds robotic af
yeah it's putrid
Even? Lol. Never play Japanese games in English. Especially RPG's.
RandomGamerzDaily There are exceptions like Persona games.
to be honest I think even those are garbage. Less garbage. But garbage in a different way. While the actors aren't bad, it completely devastated immersion in that game. You are in Japan with Japanese characters... Speaking English... And the pronunciation of Japanese words gets butchered sometimes. Them saying names feels completely weird. I'd rather listen to Japanese voices in a Japanese setting. In a "western" setting like the US or UK I'd always listen to English, unless its garbage. Metal Gear for example had a great English dub. If it's Fantasy I'll go for whichever sounds the best.
ForgedHorizons You are the perfect example of cringe weaaboo.
How was this captured on the Xbox One?? Isn’t this a PlayStation and pc only game?
screw you gamespot for not enabling timeline thumbnail preview
This game looks PHENOMENAL
aristotle1021 In the first game i had to grind 10 fucking times for like 4 hours each time i grind it was terrible and normal enemies give jack shit for exp the only way to level up normally is to grind on tokos and them appearing is like what a 30% of appearing and most sidequests are the same shit and repetitive i ended up just skipping all of the sidequest’s text the only ones that are fun are the post game ones where you fight recolors of all the bosses again and even that is lazy as shit since they’re all just recolors in my opinion the first game had a hell of alot more flaws than the second game also i forgot to mention that esther didn’t get any fucking character development at all why are you ignoring all the flaws of the first one?
That beginning has absolutely settled it. Japanese dialogue is the only option for me.
btw saying that dude is the president is an unwelcome spoiler for me, little though it may be.
Yakuza 6 and Ni No Kuni Score 8, this becomes be a good game year :)
Nintendospot:"No Link or Mario in Game"
"Not titled Ni No Zelda or Ni No Mario"
8/10
Tselel Leb You’re pathetic.
Tselel Leb You're really pathetic you know that... because they didn't give a game you like a perfect 10... you automatically call them Nintendo Fanboys.... like... Why???
I really want the platinum trophy for this, a bit more than I do wanting to play the game lmao
Removing the Pokemon aspect killed the game for me
That voice acting though......At least dual audio is confirmed
Can't believe its been like 6 years since the good one
Damn the voice acting is as good as the shit I took this morning.
Abel Villa
🤣
Graphics are amazing.
This game is awesome. Shame about not being full voiced though :(
Are they ever going to remaster the first one for new consoles? I know they’re not tied together.
Really a nice game! the only thing to complain about, i dont understand why the vibration function doesnt work on the ps4..
You've done it again, Mr. Peter Brown. Now I wanna buy the game!
Ps4 console exclusives yet in the start of the vid it said footage captured on ps4 xone and pc
This is not an exclusive though
Iheb Mhamdi its a ps4 CONSOLE exclusive
Savage wolf sorry bud but it's not, its also on pc.
Thats why i said console, meaning it wont be on the switch or xbone
Savage wolf it's still not exclusive to one platform so it's not exclusive.
that intro is gold lol
The game didn't came to the xbox
But in the beginning of the video they put(captured on ps4 and xbox )
NNK2 Switch special edition just announced! Gspot has given it an honorary 10/10.
so many great games this year
this review is waaaaaaayyyyy better than the ign one
Pre-ordered this game! I can't wait!
I've got to say after playing the game Evan's voice actor is without a doubt the worst out of the main cast. I'd personally say that Tani has the best voice in the game.
At the beginning of the video it says it’s on Xbox One. I thought it was only on PC we PS4.
The enemy might in skirmishes confused me at first because I thought they would go down as you killed the enemies but they changed after reaching certain points in the skirmish. I also can't usually tell what is happening in them because off all the people. Everything after Goldpaw also felt different because it wasn't as heavily marketed. I also feel as if Leander should have had a different appearance at first because he just seemed totally out of place in the blue of Hydropolis.
Does anyone know if the same team who worked on the first one worked on this?
So I'm guessing it's not as good as the first one than?
Thank you so much. You just saved me time and money.
I swear this game came out of nowhere for me. I should probably try the first game out first.
The first game is good, it has aged so you have to look past some flaws. But it looks like the the biggest problems of the first game have been fixed with this one. :)
The first game is a 10 this is a 7 if you played the first game.
you dont need to play the first game.
the first and this game both play very different
Play this one first. The original is better.
Is the combat similar to FFXV? I LOVED that combat system, so I really hope so.
Y'all for those bitching about the English voices, it's dual audio so you can play with Japanese voices instead.
This dose not releases on Xbox Gamespot so how you review it on Xbox.
Is it better then the PS3 one?
its quite similar to dark cloud yet its nothing like it since these guys also made dark cloud loved the game prob gonna love this one to
I've got to get my hands on that game.
I was hoping for a bit more from this game.
I'll check it out right now
Alek Javier it's dropped to 85 last night
Manoahmanolo Gonna watch it also.
will never get this over Berseria
I never noticed Evan had a tail
Sjono me either lmao
shame that the voice actors have to slow their speech to match the lip flaps more, because those haven't been adapted for the english language. Still, i look forward to playing this.
To sum it up the most ambitious cute game ever created
A better review than what IGN gave it. Those folks seems way critical on things plus their reviewers seem uninterested at times.
BOOKIE WOOKIES YASSSS?
Act Raiser 2?
Ni No Kuni 2 has all the stuff missing in modern Final Fantasies.
Best ghibli movie, with the anime graphics, it will age very well like Zelda wind waker
I want to play this, but the main character looks so goofy ^^
I will be playing it but your right, he/she does look stupid but I'm sure the gameplay will be more than worthwhile.
I think it's supposed to be a boy ^^ But I'm sure it's something you get used to after a while.
karel dgr Yea, I think he's a cross between a cat and a humanoid race because in the game I think they have cat people and then people who look like humans.
The inception of a half cat half boy must've been...interesting.
I'm going to get shit for this but I actually didn't touch Persona 5 for a long while because I kept seeing Morgana and just presumed the character would be annoying and kept setting the game down. Months later I bought it used and kicked myself for not giving it a chance sooner. I have NO CLUE AT ALL if this is the same case here but if you want to play it, just give it a chance. Sometimes art styles grow on you, especially if gameplay compensates for it.
Literally the evolving familiars is what made the last one great. Come on guys.
Is it just me or does the voice acting seems a bit wierd?
It's generally fine outside of the main character from what I've seen. I recognise the voice actress that does Evan's voice, she does a lot of kids cartoons in the UK. Always hated her little boy voice, sounds really weird and creepy to me.
A lot of young boy characters are voiced by females. The voice sounds awful imo.
Oh God that voice acting is cringy
Time to switch to Japanese voice for that reason.
The Japanese version is smoothe af.
Hey you piece of shit, he's meant to sound like that! he's a kid who didn't know he was going to become 'king' so damn quick, you're a stupid fuck with no real life, i hate you.
Yeah but the voice acting is so robotic and boring 'you piece of shit'
CyclonicDeath doesn't sound like you have much life yourself wasting time hating random strangers on the internet
A 2D 10 hour pixelated platformer that almost resembles a metroidvania. With, not bad combat and decent platform mechanics but nothing out of the ordinary...9 out of 10. This beautifully animated RPG with loads of gameplay, unbelievable art style, awesome combat system, city building, epic boss encounters, ridiculous cut scenes, customisable characters, skill trees...pretty much everything a game is supposed to be, 8 out of 10 lol
BOSSMODS Different reviewers? Different games? Why are you even comparing them lmao
Ewolf5150 theyre called reviews and Iv played enough video games to have a good ides whats going to be good before it releases. I mean there is endless amounts of content on the internet right now how could you not form an opinion
Sid Patil different reviewers? its the same company. so, the same reviewer.
Awesome combat system? Are you kidding, lol building based on smartphone gimmicks? All the characters shares the same skill tress, the cut scenes are nothing out of extraordinary, forgettable characters, etc.. This game is indeed a 8 out of 10. Don't know about the pixelated game you talked about, Dead Cells perhaps? Anyway, on it's genre, considering it's proposition.. ni no kuni is a 8 out of 10 game, an 8 is even too generous. To put in perspective, breath of the wild have similar rpg and combat elements, it is japanese and neither ni no kuni game even scratch botw.
Ni no Kuni two is set after the first one. Look at 2:27. That is never more after Oliver destroys it!!
Nice review, but the ending score doesn’t really reflect what you said. You had almost nothing negative to say, and it seemed like an easy 9 out of 10 game. An 8 is still great, but you made it sound a lot better.