Ni No Kuni 2 Nintendo Switch Review - A Disappointing Sequel
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- Ni No Kuni 2 is a disappointing sequel. In this review of Ni No Kuni 2 for the nintendo switch I talk about what makes this game so disappointing compared to the first. Sure they updated the combat and team AI to not be horrible, but the story, mechanics and overall presentation feel like they all got a huge downgrade in the process. It's truly a baffling sequel to a game and series that had a lot of potential.
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What game sequel is your biggest disappointment?
Fallout 4 lmao
@@tomatosandwich7022 Fallout 4 was definitely a rough one, felt more like a shooter than an RPG. I sort of feel the same way about Skyrim compared to Oblivion. Makes me less excited for Starfield and ES6 for sure
@@tomatosandwich7022 yeap
I'd say this game was pretty disappointing, everything about progressing through the game felt like such a chore/very unrewarding. Kingdom Hearts 3 was also a big letdown.
Probably this. There's worse games out there but this was a massive downgrade.
To be fair, if everything around me blew up and was transported to fantasy realm this pretty, I would not miss my world either. Maybe I don't have strong enough connections to those around me, but I can totally see why someone would just ... Not care.
But he’s…… the leader of his country. Not some… random homeless prosecuted unhappy person
I'm close to finishing the 1st one and was considering picking up the 2nd one. The flaws you point out are important enough for me to change my mind. Thank you! Will be looking for another game.
Glad I could help! It really is a shame how much of a departure 2 is from 1. Thanks for the comment and for checking out the video!
It's not a terrible game but coming straight from ni no 1... You're not gonna have a good time.
The first one for me was a very good game. The second one, compared to the first suck
Play the first one…. Again! Don’t bother with this. That’s a very good advice i heard these past few years
I was forewarned about this game by a friend who told me it was a “technically challenged” game on the switch. Didn’t know it had so many other problems. Thanks for the detailed review bud. I will just stick to the First Ni No Kuni for now. Btw, my most disappointing sequel was Crysis 2. They sorta dumbed it down in many aspects compared to the original.
Ironically I thought the game ran fine from a technical perspective! I'm a huge fan of shooters but somehow have never played any of the Crysis games, bummer to hear about the second one. Thanks for checking out the video!
Want a Ni no Kuni 3 that has Ni no Kuni 1 gameplay that isn't a mobile game.
Don't we all. Such a shame where they took the series
I've played Wrath of the White witch twice, just going onto my third playthrough now which is why I was watching videos on it to get into the zone for it. When I playe the sequel I... ugh.. I feel like it was a fever dream. Yes I went for the platinum on ps4 for it, but it wasn't memorable, most of it was a genuine slog. The story is what gripped me on the first one, the monsters kept me invested. The second one... was boring, no monsters, worse graphically and lost the Ghibli charm. It genuinely doesn't feel like the same franchise for a huge amount of it.
I wanted it to get better, I pushed myself to enjoy it. I couldn't tell you half of the journey now and I have no plans to play it again
Yeah if they named this game something else I don't think I'd be as negative on it. But to call it a sequel but take away all the character of the first makes it feel so much worse
Ah that's a shame, as I have it sitting in my Steam Library ready for a rainy day. All I had heard up to this video, was positive things for this game. Only negative I did hear though, is that it runs poorly on the Switch (performance), whilst it runs smooth on everything else. Will still give it a go, but will defiantly keep your comments on my mind whilst playing it.
I thought it ran fine on switch, a couple slow downs here and there but otherwise performance was solid. Maybe I'm just nuts, like you I had only heard positive things about it going in.
I'm currently in my second playthrough of Ni No Kuni 1 on PC, I forgot how amazing and lively the game was. Then the sequel just seems like a boring lifeless attempt to recreate the magic of the first game.
The two games arent even massively connected to each other other than a reference or two. I really wanted to see how Oliver's journey changed the world and the aftermath of it. But i guess we'll never see that.
Yup such a wasted opportunity to grow out a great little series.
I can’t believe I purchased this and I actually want to put this down after 3 chapters. I can’t believe it. I put 70 hours into Ni No Kuni 1..
I feel you man. Such a huge disappointment compared to 1
Well, atleast we agree that pokemon is copy of other pokemons
Oh daaaang. 20 bucks just to be underwhelmed! This is a sad day in the history of the Captian Sarge channel :(
Its weird when a sequel straight up us just worse than the original. Like.... you knew what worked and just made in worse when you tried to improve it. hoooow.
Yeah it's pretty impressive. I appreciate games trying to change things up or do new things, but you risk failing horribly like they did here
Wow has youtube and gaming come to this?
Any even modestly sized youtuber praised this game.
I said
What's there to praise? Once I broke this game down I was far harsher to this game than even u were. I was mind fucked how anyone and everyone else wasn't even mentioning the glaring issues with this game like holy fuck.
Sure if u just wanna button mashing slasher it's fine but oh man I was really really let down by this one.
The only praise I gave it was Evans voice actor was absolutely adorable. (Evan saying gosh melts my heart.). Evans cape looks and animates brilliantly and the game does look in redibly adorable. BUT besides that it was a very pretty and strong flop of a game.
I just feel like people's expectations for games nowadays have gone so low we just accept this nowadays and call it a good game. If I'm being generous maybe it's average. MAYBE but I'd never say it's good. EVER!!!
Keep up the honest reviews if u can or care too cause it seems most others dont.
Appreciate the comment! I can't promise I'll always agree with you on games, but I definitely try to keep my reviews honest. So I'm glad that came across!
@@capn_sarge no I don't want u to agree with me on games. But I certainly feel like everyone else give games a pass way too easily. Because of people being so gentle to games a d always praising them iv bought quite a few bad games.
Nobody seems to really point out the glaring issues with games anymore. And if they do they say it isn't a big deal.
Thanks for pointing out all the issues it's what really helps people decide if they wanna play the game or not.
@@cortezbaldur413 I definitely agree with you, and that's actually what motivated me to start my channel. Glad that it's appreciated!
Level5 need to bring back some of the classics. A new dark Cloud, rogue Galaxy, white knight... Hell, give them another crack at dragon quest.
I would kill for a new dark cloud
I played this game on ps4 and in my opinion I absolutely loved the game it was one of my favorite rpgs of 2018. I know allot of people who hated the game and I never understand why. I played both the first one and the sequel and loved them both.
Glad you were able to enjoy it!
Ymmv
My most disappointing sequel is Final Fantasy 7, not because it's the worst sequel I've ever played (far from it). However I played it after the PC Port came out which allowed the cultural hype of the game to have peaked & I'd been playing JRPGs for years prior to its release.
Having played not only Final Fantasy 3/6 & then moved onto Chrono Trigger & Mario RPG, both introducing some specific things that improved on each other & evolved JRPG gameplay (non-random battles & timed button presses in combat). These improvements felt like staples to the genre after they were introduced (mostly non-random battles), but Final Fantasy 7 lacked these. It also wasn't as "crazy" of a story for someone who'd played a few previous Final Fantasy games.
I feel very similar! I played the PS1 FF games last after playing 1-6 and 10 and 12 and 7 just could not live up to the hype. I will say FF7R gave me a completely new perspective on the game in general though. Loved how they fleshed out the characters, especially Aerith and really connected with the game in a way I never could with the original PS1 game. Thanks for the comment and for checking out the video!
dude, just be thankfull that switch does not have trophies or achievements, I have a desease and I got to get all trophies, so I'm grinding to gain a few levels to be able to kill enemies lvl 75 while I'm lvl 90, is realy pathetic how strong the post story bosses are...
It's not worth it man! While I will occasionally 100% games they have to be games I enjoy, and then not have ridiculous requirements. I dont have time for that
My main problem with the game is that the developers thought it was a good idea to purposely limit your inventory saying that quote if we allow you to use as many items as you want in battle the battle would be too easy and I'm just stunned at how the f*** is that makes no sense at all the players should have the freedom to use whatever items they want at anytime without it being limited
Yeah, I get the idea, but maybe make it a difficulty option or something? Definitely added a lot of grind to the game that didn't need to be there. I feel no shame in using 50 items to beat a boss vs. grinding for another hour or two.
Great video!
Thank you for checking it out glad you enjoyed!
I LOVED the original Ni No Kuni, and came away really hating 2. The art style is the only thing that seemed consistent with the sequel. Everything else I loved about the first game - story, combat system, familiars, world... just isn't there. The action RPG (in reality hack n slash) was the absolute worst, causing me to do something I rarely every do with an RPG - not finish it. The stupid Dynasty Warriors type of zerg battles was the worst part of it all. It all felt like the developer didn't know what they wanted the game to be, which is unfortunate.
Yeah they set up such a wonderful world and setting in the first game, and pretty much threw it all out in the second. Baffling really
I disagree, it was good. The first was great but the A.I was super terrible.
I think if it wasn't a sequel to one I'd have liked it more but it was such a departure that I just really didn't like it. Definitely agree on the AI for 1 too
I disagree. It was good near the start, then got progressively worse, towards the end I was only playing because of sunk cost fallacy. I imagine the writers felt the same way I did. Motivated near the start, completely burnt out “who gives a shit” attitude near the end. Hence why they just put a bunch of 0-explanation, nonsensical gibberish together so they can hurry and move on to the next project. Just like me, desperately trying to pinch off this turd so I can move on to the next game.
You can’t just switch all the stuff. You need to keep things similar. DUH!
Duh doi!
Good video, lad. Hopefully rpg devs figure out how to make gooder shit in the future
Thanks for checking it out! We can only hope!
Nah the game is fun. Just skip the cutscenes
I may have enjoyed it more if I did skip them. But unfortunately if they were the problem they soured the entire game experience for me :(
Thats what money does to people. The same thing happened to project cars, the game went from a very solid fun game to play to a 'mobile-like' crap
lol i love this game but roland was wild for just not caring about watching his whole country getting destroyed lol. i put 300 hours in it but only like 5 hours in the original . i didnt really like the 1st one as much
It feels like the writers only remembered in the last 30 minutes of the game that he had a family that died on earth, so they added an obligatory dead son cutscene. Seriously Roland? Now you care? You’ve spent (what seems like) months on this foreign plane of existence, right after your country gets vaporized, and your family turned to dust, yet he doesn’t give a care in the world. he’s already in a great mood and all he cares about is making Evan a great king in a great kingdom. Then in the finale he goes “ohhh my son died ohh the tragedy”. Then he gets transported back to earth and everything is ok again. Ok. Yup. Thanks for wasting my time.
My most disappointing sequel was Escape from Monkey island
Interesting. I've never been one for point and clicks, what's so bad about that one compared to the first?
Is this worth it for under $20?
Only if you don't mind how different it is in both gameplay and style from the first one. I think if it was a standalone game I'd have been less harsh on the game, it's a simple but solid enough ARPG
I love love ni no kuni ni 1
This sequel I might never touch
It's a huge step down from the first for sure. Missing a lot of the magic that the first game had which is such a bummer. I was really hyped to play this one since I always heard how much better it was. Not sure how people reach that conclusion
@@capn_sarge I was hyped but it's so bland, the magic is gone with this sequel
@@capn_sarge the ni no kuni movie is much worse
@@Mojaveknight17 Completely agree, a total shame. Thanks for checking out the video!
Played it, stopped at chapter 4. Shit was getting boring 😴
I lose the will to finish the game mid game. Hated the town management. OMG
Yeah I don't blame you it could be pretty rough
Well if you ever think to pick it back up, don’t. I dropped it mid way a couple of years back. Decided to replay it to the end recently. It only gets worse….
Yea glad im nt the only one
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
Solid review, thanks! And I’m a bit shocked, I only just started ni no kuni 1 and I think it’s absolutely amazing, and when I saw most reviews are so positive about this one, some even find it better. But your gripes seem very real to me sure have me doubting if I’ll try this at all
Thanks for watching! Yeah the second game is a total shift from the first unfortunately. Huge disappointment
I adore the first Ni No Kuni, but this one was... A disappointment. I wanted SO BAD to like it, but it just felt like a drag. I slogged through the story, wondering where it all was going, only for it to be a crappy twist that was trying to, effectively, hijack the original's twist. The ONLY part I really enjoyed was the Kingdom Mode, and even that was lackluster. The money and Kingsguilders should NOT have been linked to actual playtime. It should have been linked to real world time, or to key points/objectives in the game, or even for quests. The skirmishes were... okay, but dragged on later. Arguably, as moderately enjoyable as the Kingdom Mode was, the thing I appreciate the most is the characters, and most of that is because I, in my mind, augmented their barebones, early nonexistent, cookie-Cutter personalities with my personal ideas. They were barely there, and aside from some of them being cute and adorable (Li Li deserves ALL the headpats), they were STILL disappointing.
In all, the game was a huge letdown. The first had so much charm, and it was practically all squandered in 2.
llool they erase good stuff in ninokuni 1 lmao
Yeah some real baffling design decisions
Holy shit. You hated this even more than me. I don't think it's a terrible game but a drastic downgrade from the first. The "improved combat" is hardly an improvement. I'd have gone 100% turn based lol.
Obviously Oliver's story was concluded but we could have done better than this. It seriously goes nowhere.
I actually enjoyed the skirmishes and town building more than anything else despite them feeling like FTP phone games.
Thanks for checking out the video and for the comments! Yeah I was so let down by this game haha. I don't think I'd come down as hard on it if it wasn't a sequel to Ni No Kuni, but the fact that it was meant it needed to build off that first game, and instead they un-built everything. A huge let down and disappointment
NNK2 sucks, not because it changed so much, but because it lacks the Studio Ghibli touch.
That didn't help the game either for sure
@@capn_sarge Last night I also thought of another thing. NNK1 has dozens of familiars. All of them unique with slight behavior differences. The higgledies in NNK2 all look identical and act the same. There's only 6 kinds, one for each element.
Even something as simple as that makes NNK2 be lesser.
So dissapointing
Yeah the second one is trash considering how good was the first. Only upgrade was the Kingdom.