Current Events > ITT: I play Ni no Kuni Remastered (spoilers)

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Had this sitting around since Black Friday and I need a break from KCD. Things I remember about it:

1) people said the battle system sucks
2) you collect cutesy creatures for battling (?)
3) I remember a spoiler from a long time ago because one dude here kept insisting it wasn't a spoiler and ended up with a 180-day purg for it, lmao.



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Pretty good game, the original PS3 version still looks quite good too.

This Phil kid is a very "Tunnel Snakes Rule!!!" kinda guy.







Mom dying in the first five minutes is out-troping the trope.

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Yeah I wasn't a huge fan of the battle system and to me it seemed like mostly palette swaps, few unique critter designs.
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This kid just Neverendingstory'd himself and didn't even say goodbye to his best buddy. That's cold.

AvlButtslam posted...

Yeah I wasn't a huge fan of the battle system and to me it seemed like mostly palette swaps, few unique critter designs.

I seem to remember hearing this, yeah.

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Huh, I thought it was going to be grid-based battling, not running around with a wand like it's Quest 64.

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Anyone played the second game? It looks pretty different from the first
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I tried getting into it when it first came out but I really could not vibe with the battle system.

The second one is good but fairly simple. Good series though.

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The battle system is okay, but not wowing me. In fact, not much of the game is doing that. It's just pleasant and simple in the same way Rhapsody (PS1) and Evolution 1 & 2 (Dreamcast) are fun. Using spells to change things on the field also smacks of Golden Sun.

The fairy dude who tags along is a bit annoying, though, since he's constantly belaboring every point. We haven't gotten to "Press X to use the ladder" territory yet, but it's approached it.






I also named all my familiars after FFT characters. So far, it's Kanbabrif, Izlude and Kletian.

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Ive been wanting to try this series out for years but I just dont care for Miyazaki films and plots

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I always see the second game for cheap, but I wanted to try the first one before anything else. The anime stuff can be off-putting, but it hasn't been outright bad so far. (Although I did spend an hour looking for some hide and seek kid, only to find he was in the weapon shop the whole time. )

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I liked this game for what it was.

A game that feels like an animated kids movie trying to teach you about the hardships of life (Mom dying) with a pretty generic combat system and wannabe Pokemon.

The graphics are great, the music is great, the rest of it was kind of meh. But I did enjoy it.

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The second game is meh compared to the first imo. Yeah the combat can be considered an improvement but even then it's nothing too special. It pales in comparison to the first regarding everything else. I was pretty let down.

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Hmm, let's see...what did I do yesterday... Went through the mushroom forest, spanked the guardian, went to the desert town, got the sage and his kid to help, then left town and died in some tutorial (). Also have to do the nightmare boss over since I didn't save for a long time -- kinda atypical behavior for me. I blame how easy the game's been up to this point.




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Hm I recall the combat being kind of difficult because of how weak your pokemon are compared to enemies.

And I remember Oliver's super move thing being the only worthwhile one.
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My first familiar is pretty powerful now that I've force-fed him pies and sundaes and stuff. Sugar doping, lmao.

The girl and her fat birdmage familiar aren't that great so far, but with a few levels under their belt, they won't blow through their low HP and MP reserves. My team isn't good enough to take on this bounty hunt tiger (double attacker), but we're getting there. I did the first three merit cards for some small bonuses.

AvlButtslam posted...

And I remember Oliver's super move thing being the only worthwhile one.

Hmm, maybe I'll try it out in the next boss fight.

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Nice, I didn't know my little dudes could level up like pokemon.






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One of my favourite games. I played it non stop when I got my ps3 until getting the platinum trophy. Some of the grinding for that is incredibly tedious but overall I loved the game. I bought it because of the Ghibli connection.

The sequel sucks, I couldn't be bothered to finish it

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Yeah, it's been alright so far. I still want to play the sequel a bit.





Time to ride the 3+4 seas.

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Kicking some ass on these water creatures around Castaway Cove, and even did a few bounties in the area. Before I take on Shadar near the next port, gonna try to buff my team a bit and use alchemy to get goodies. It's weird that they gave my new dude a creature who, by default, can't find any headwear on the entire friggin' continent, though.

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Welp, Shadar didn't kill my dudes...again. I wonder if Shadar is really Alicia or something and this is his/her way of saving our boy Ollie! Haha! DROWNING!!!




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Those screenshots are bringing back good memories, my daughter was a few months old back then and I'd play it with her on my lap

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Eventful morning so far -- did Fairyground stuff last night, then started Hamelin quests. Got a good laugh when I realized I'd been sent back into the past (was wondering why all the sidequests disappeared), but then breezed through Tombstone Trail to help the sage out. Now that I'm armed with the Travel spell, things should be a little easier.






Garcon being Swaine was ridiculously obvious after awhile. Kinda surprised they didn't come out with it earlier.

p-m posted...

Those screenshots are bringing back good memories, my daughter was a few months old back then and I'd play it with her on my lap

d'awww

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Off to the left side of the biggest continent now. Got several of my critters up to their LV3 (final?) versions and used up all my jumbo sundrops.

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Highly recommend getting the cat with the sword. He's the shit and rekts everything.

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I played the original.

The characters, writing, world, design and story are charming and very well done. Although the combat system is hot garbage. Vital mechanics for example like defending are strangely absent in the beginning which inflates the games difficulty far more then it was.

And all except a handful of monsters by endgame are worth using. Which is why you see the same 3-4 ones in most playthroughs. Making the monster capture system a waste of time.

Which admittedly is a mistake many pokemon style battle systems make. FF13-2 comes to mind here.

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The biggest problem with the battle system is that it can't figure out what it wants to be, and none of the disparate parts pair well together.

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Welp, got my dragon and can fly all over now (gee, what's that mist-covered island???). Got some other final evolutions, although I feel like I should ditch a few of the straggler enemies I have, like that walking banana tree, which seems mediocre defensively.

AirFresh posted...

Highly recommend getting the cat with the sword. He's the shit and rekts everything.

I have a basic Purrloiner somewhere, but it's LV1, so I don't feel like using it.

Prismsblade posted...

And all except a handful of monsters by endgame are worth using. Which is why you see the same 3-4 ones in most playthroughs. Making the monster capture system a waste of time.

I hope the default monster for Oliver is worth using, since mine is at max evolution is is pretty good. That monolith one is a DEF powerhouse, too.

DarkRoast posted...

The biggest problem with the battle system is that it can't figure out what it wants to be, and none of the disparate parts pair well together.

Yeah, if the game had leaned more towards Grandia-style fighting and cancelling instead of spreading itself rather thin, it'd probably be better. As it is, it's just okay.

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The battle system is kind of like Pokemon crossed with Grandia crossed with FF 12. All good games in their own right, but go together about as well as tuna and peanut butter.

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If it was easier to cancel, I'd probably like it more. Only bosses telegraph their attacks, so for most, you're either guarding (usually a better option) or cancelling on accident, which isn't fun.

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Still haven't completed this errand where the dude wants to see three robots of different sizes. I evolved my Tin-Man into an Iron-Man, but the dude doesn't accept the upgrade, even though it's the same size. Trying to get a second Tin-Man in serenade territory is a little annoying.

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This frog prince couldn't change back because of a revived snake who locked him up? But if he's been around for thousands of years, and this only happened recently, and the dungeon's the size of a small K-Mart, why didn't he just step on this curse-breaking glyph earlier? Frogs, man.







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Ran out of some jumbo stardrops and can't level up my robot to the max level. Trying to get these random drops for alchemy is a friggin' nightmare since I'm not really trying to powerlevel my way through this. Hopefully shops start selling this crap in the near future -- maybe that mountaintop village I can't get into.

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Welp, defeated three guardians and got Mornstar powered up. Also built the Clarion to get past the poison swamp into Shadar's castle. Haven't done that stuff yet -- just powering up merit badge perks -- but it's lookin' good.






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So, Alicia went forward in time and was Oliver's mom, and thus, has no soulmate to help her.

Still, I wonder if Pea is Alicia's soulmate or something. I'd laugh if she was Shadar's.

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Shadar: I am the Executor, charged with bringing destruction to the world and overwhelming it with despair
Also Shadar: I stole the heart from this dog and made it slightly unfriendly towards its owner

I love the random incompetence that comes with his job. Anyway, kicked Shadar's ass in that three-part fight and found out he was some random soldier (?) or something with a troubled past. But more importantly, I can now cast Evenstar!

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So, Pea is the White Witch's soulmate or something -- don't even need to see the end of this story to know the connection's there. What other female head of state with powerful magic talks to her pet parrot?

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Got to the Ivory Tower now. At the final savepoint, I decided to grind a bit and ended up finding some creatures that give 24000 XP, so getting to Lv100 (for fun!) should be possible. I've learned the usefulness of Veil as well, so that should be good for backtracking through this garbage dump of a dungeon.

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Heard there was a post-game, so I'm going to just beat the final boss right now. I ended up powerleveling while collecting new species, so this already easy game's about to be even easier, I reckon. Gonna buy tons of phoenix downs first, though.






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Tag

Thinking about starting this on switch tomorrow

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Welp, that wound up being a cinch.




This reminded me of that "is this a butterfly?" meme:


Balrog0 posted...

Tag
Thinking about starting this on switch tomorrow

It's really not that long. I did most of the plot in about a week.

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Does the remaster still do that think where Drippy constantly interrupts you to tell you the answer to all the puzzles and challenges?

that shit got so frustrating I legit gave up on the original because of it lol

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AlisLandale posted...

Does the remaster still do that think where Drippy constantly interrupts you to tell you the answer to all the puzzles and challenges?

that shit got so frustrating I legit gave up on the original because of it lol

Yeah, he does it basically during any boss fight or conversation. It doesn't run all the fun, but it does ruin some of it.

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Shotgunnova posted...

This Phil kid is a very "Tunnel Snakes Rule!!!" kinda guy.

Mom dying in the first five minutes is out-troping the trope.

That hit me hard because it wasn't long after my own mom died. Fuck Drippy for telling him to man up and stop crying.

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Drippy is kind of an unredeemable douche the whole game. I think he used his "helpful" limit break about three times the entire game.

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Drippy is an inhumane opportunist but the game just isn't willing to directly acknowledge it.

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i strongly recommend you just skip all of the sidequests. they are BORING and don't really give anything you need to finish the game. they're the definition of meaningless content created to pad the length of a game.

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I stopped playing a few days ago so I could do that .hack//GU game. The post-game is mostly silly quests and bounties, and that just made me want to move on.

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