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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch |OT|
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Yeah, but even the part about what he is trying to do regarding
trying to find the soul mate of his mother
Either way, I don't like spoilers in JRPG's.
TimeEffect
Member
Can you turn off the game's aids? Like, when it tells you where to go/highlights the objective?
zeopower6
Member
Yeah, but even the part about what he is trying to do regardingis that all explained in the very beginning of the game?trying to find the soul mate of his mother
Either way, I don't like spoilers in JRPG's.
The explanation is in the beginning of the game, yeah. Think "Brave Story" if you played or read that.
Via EgHeadFool@GFAQs.
"You can turn off the gold star objective marker in the settings (or the mini-map entirely), which helps a lot if you feel like finding your next objective is too easy. "
It's a nice addition though imo.
Review breakdown!
* EDGE: 8/10
* Official Playstation Magazine: 9/10
* PlayMag UK: 85%
* GamesTM: 8/10
* IGN: 9,4/10
* GameInformer: 7/10
* God is a geek: 10/10
* TechDigest: 5/5
* LEVEL (A Swedish game magazine): 8/10
* NowGamer: 8.5/10
* @Gamer (Best Buy magazine): 4.25/5
One of these things is not like the others~
Can't speak for this game, but most RPGs that have similar features allow them to be turned off. I never thought of that before, but now I kinda hope you CAN turn that off. Would be nice to explore without thinking about it.
RPGCrazied
Member
Going to go pay it off on Friday, hope I can pick up my steel book, if not no biggie. I just hope I get one.
Ah, well that makes me feel a little better...most 16bit RPGS back in the day didn't develop into their real story until a few hours in. I always liked that "slow" part of the RPG and didn't want that spoiled.
zeopower6
Member
I see.
I guess they probably thought it was fair game since it was also in press material for Ni no Kuni. And from what I have seen, Ni no Kuni has a bit of a really 'long/slow' portion of the game in the beginning. It's about an hour or two before you actually get to go to the other world, I believe.Superblatt
Member
Where can I order the steel case version from at this point?
RPGCrazied
Member
You preorder it from Gamestop. It might be to late, but you can still order it from gamestop.com?
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Just checked, they took off the bonus from the website. Might be to late.
Dead Prince
Banned
it's in the demo. you can turn it off. i turned it off myself so myself just so i can explore the game and find the POI myself. and plan to do that in the full game. frustration be damned
Acquiescence
Member
Can't believe how well this is doing in terms of Amazon pre-orders, UK and US alike.
With many reskins/recolors :/
zeopower6
Member
That isn't really accurate since those are the evolutions with slight color variations and VERY slight design changes until the final evolution. They took a very subtle hand when it came to 'evolving' in this game which I appreciate.
Normal -> first evolution -> second evolution *branch 1* -> second evolution *branch 2*
I KNOW. It's #1 in Canada for christ's sake.
Superblatt
Member
What is flutterby?
zeopower6
Member
The Best Buy preorder DLC Familiar. He's pretty cute. (Also one exclusive to the Western version of the game)
http://i.imgur.com/bArki.jpg - Flutterby
http://i.imgur.com/7YY3C.jpg - Flutterby's first evolution
http://i.imgur.com/WN3X8.jpg - Midnight Flutterby
http://i.imgur.com/9MXsx.jpg - Midday Flutterby
He's available via PSN if you preorder from the EU/UK PSN or Amazon.co.uk along with Griffy.
That is cute. But Griffy is cuter.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Western reviewers:
Ni no Kuni: "Best JRPG of this gen. Amazing graphics, heartwarming story, charming characters. Beautiful soundtrack and a must-have. You won't find a better JRPG on consoles."
Score: 7-8
Western RPGs: "Doesn't do anything different, but what's here is solid. Boring characters with no personality. Open world can be shallow. Lot of technical issues. Game breaking glitches, hopefully will be fixed with a day one patch. Horrible ending."
Score: 10!!!
Ni no Kuni: "Best JRPG of this gen. Amazing graphics, heartwarming story, charming characters. Beautiful soundtrack and a must-have. You won't find a better JRPG on consoles."
Score: 7-8
Western RPGs: "Doesn't do anything different, but what's here is solid. Boring characters with no personality. Open world can be shallow. Lot of technical issues. Game breaking glitches, hopefully will be fixed with a day one patch. Horrible ending."
Score: 10!!!
Kidding aside, can't wait for Ni No Kuni! JRPG is redeemed and it was worth the wait!
zeopower6
Member
They were accepting pre-orders but the steelbooks weren't in (or the box wasn't opened yet), and the end of name on the receipt has "no pr", leaving it incomplete BUT could be "no preorder bonus" or something. Eh, I'll see if they have spares next week.
And now that I read it, the impression I got from the review in GI was that the graphics are amazing, the gameplay's good but has frustrating moments, and the story is very mediocre. I think that's fair, I did have hangups with the boss fight in the demo, but maybe I'll get a hang of it in the full game.
It's just a single point down, it's not like we had one 1/10 that went "shittiest shit that ever shit a shit".
zeopower6
Member
Still, it's the lowest scoring review and the complaints are kind of exaggerated and unfounded considering that most of them are dealt with in game. (The enemies chase you? They RUN AWAY from you after you get a few levels higher. No save points? You can save ANYWHERE on the world map, just not in dungeons which are in the usual places you'd find save points in a dungeon before a boss battle and such. Boss battles are cheap? They give you strategies on how to fight them! Time to defend is short? Well... duh? The bosses give you a few seconds to react after an indicator of what attack they're going to do.)
I find it kind of disgusting that Game Informer gave it a 7 when they gave SF x Megaman an 8... wtf?
KeioSquad2
Member
That's a big issue to have when every other site or mag says the story is one of its positives.
zeopower6
Member
Wallace?
It seems to me like if you want to collect all of the Familiars and do all the side missions, you'll be playing more than 40 hours... (or just to Platinum it)
zeopower6
Member
Ooo, it definitely sounds like she sped through the game then which is probably why some things were issues for her.
Teehee~
Poimandres
Member
The worst score the game has gotten is a 7 and people are complaining about review scores? Seems pretty highly rated to me.
Superblatt
Member
At his point considering preorder bonuses that are still available, where is the best place to order from?
KeioSquad2
Member
Get the steel book from GS.
Probably Amazon for the dude
I second this. Physical products > DLC any day.
Isn't "disgusting" a bit extreme, especially when they're not from the same reviewer? Anyways I'm figuring the rest are down to personal preferences, or you need to try viewing them from a different angle: the times when you want to avoid encounters most will likely be when you're seriously having trouble or when they're utterly pointless to bother with, and for the former I think that's why it's brought up because once you're a few levels past them they're not a problem anymore. And she DID note you can save on the world map, I think the implied problem is that dungeons can be long, and so if you've been playing for a half hour to an hour without a save point in sight it can be very frustrating when you just want to stop, or made a lot of progress you don't want to lose (although at least it's just 10% of your money potentially). And if I'm remembering from the demo right, isn't there a cooldown between actions that could keep you from defending? That may be a personal preference thing though.
Anyways none of this seems grossly wrong, or as baffling as "I can't remember what my guys do if I don't name them after their functions" that another person hit Etrian Odyssey with in GI before.
Great, now I won't be able to unsee that in-game.
Teehee~
zeopower6
Member
The other scores are fine. I don't think anyone has an issue with those. The Game Informer one is kind of lame considering that most of the "negative aspects" of the game described in the review are handled in the game so it's almost as though it's misleading anyone who reads just that review.
Depends on what you like. A lot of people opted for the steelbook because it's physical.
Best Buy has the Flutterby and Amazon.com has Griffy but PSN UK[?] has a preorder that includes both of them.
However, due to a tweet from LEVEL-5, it sounds like it won't be for download on PSN in NA until after the physical edition's release date or at least very close to the release date.
https://twitter.com/TriggerRedd/status/290931879371227136
piratepwnsninja
Member
Things without use > things with use in game? Really?
Superblatt
Member
I thought it was too late to get the steel book?
Yes really. I prefer to have something that looks nice, and can feel/touch it. I mean of course DLC is cool, but to me, steelbooks are cooler than dlc.
Depends on your local Gamestop. Mine had 8 preorders, got 9 steelbooks.
Check Mark
Member
Saw a steel case of this in the new games section at GameStop earlier, made me think this was out already. I even opened it up and looked at the inside art. Seems like a nice thing to own.
But I didn't ask about it, I'm not ready to pay full price to play this game lol (unless it is futile to wait for a price drop on this?)
But I didn't ask about it, I'm not ready to pay full price to play this game lol (unless it is futile to wait for a price drop on this?)
zeopower6
Member
You can probably preorder online and get a steelbook still, but if it's a local GameStop, I'd call ahead of time or preorder in-store to ask.
You may find some deals in the first week of release but after that... I don't know if a price drop will happen. I mean, we don't even know if the game will sell out of its initial press or if they'll do a press after this one and so on.
There were a few 12-15 dollar game preorder coupons at Newegg a while ago but they haven't had those recently so you're out of luck there, I guess.
Alboreo
Member
This is how I feel, basically. I'd rather have something neat that I can actually touch than a DLC familiar.
Poimandres
Member
Misleading or blatantly false info in a review is pretty poor form, but when it comes to things like story or characters it's personal preference really. Fortunately it seems like the majority of reviewers really enjoyed the game!
Knux-Future
Banned
Number2 overall on Amazon
Number one for ps3 games.
hopefully it sells well..
it bombed in Japan right?
Number one for ps3 games.
hopefully it sells well..
it bombed in Japan right?
zeopower6
Member
Dang, it's skyrocketing. It was #16 yesterday!
It did about 'average' for a new title in Japan. (maybe a little lower than average lol) It sold about 100k~ total not counting All in One copies sold.
I never thought I would see the day. The reviews seem to be helping. I think this game might be like Okami or Dark Cloud 1/2 and sell way more in the states than it did in Japan.
Knux-Future
Banned
Too bad I don;t have nay cash for this...gonna try to gamefly it.
My ADHD got in the way of me completing the demo but the Gametrailers Preview got me hype.
If I like it I'll buy it from Gamefly....
if I get it.
My ADHD got in the way of me completing the demo but the Gametrailers Preview got me hype.
If I like it I'll buy it from Gamefly....
if I get it.
The GI review isn't misleading or blatantly false, it's just how their experience went. If you rush through the game, other people will have a similar experience with the game.