Panajev2001a
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His pedigree is insane... and he scored Kikujiro... amazing amazing!!!!
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Ni No Kuni II to be more adult-focused, biggest team at Level-5 working on it
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His pedigree is insane... and he scored Kikujiro... amazing amazing!!!!
MaximumSpider
Banned
I really need to hook up my PS3 and finish the first game.
Based on the recent Ghibli stuff, I think the fantastical output of the past was abandoned in going for the slow paced, thoughtful adult drama thing.
vanDoughnut
Member
Joe Hisaishi involved. Gorgeous art style. Just need that improved battle system and it's over son.
I like how the first one was childlike and innocent without seeming childish. Judging from the debut trailer I like where they are taking it now. Seems heavier.
I like how the first one was childlike and innocent without seeming childish. Judging from the debut trailer I like where they are taking it now. Seems heavier.
LimitedTimeGamer
Member
I trust Level-5. Big fan, and i cant wait to see where it heads!
Are they going to make an actual enjoyable game as well? The first one was spectacular in terms of art and setting, but one of the worst Japanese RPGs I've ever played. It combines the dull tropes of the genre (infinite grinding battles with enemies that will respawn just by spinning your camera around) with a pet battle system that made you double down on grinding. And then it topped it all off with a god awful battle system that just didn't work.
A game with such a beautiful world and wonderful light hearted story deserves better than the truly obnoxious, lazy game that lay behind it.
A game with such a beautiful world and wonderful light hearted story deserves better than the truly obnoxious, lazy game that lay behind it.
A Princess Mononoke style RPG might just be the greatest thing ever
wapplew
Member
It's my dream game of all dream.
I will play Horizon Zero Dawn and tell myself that's Mononoke.
vanDoughnut
Member
Forrealsies. Mounting the robodinos is kinda close to riding a huge wolf god.
tiebreaker
Member
I actually like the battle system on the first one :shrug:
The AI can be annoying sometimes and you have to micromanage them, but I thought it was what sets it apart from other games.
The AI can be annoying sometimes and you have to micromanage them, but I thought it was what sets it apart from other games.
YankeeDonB
Member
Yeah, this is what I'm saying.
Nothing against Horizon, which looks potentially cool, but no way does this scratch that itch. The aesthetic doesn't seem to have hardly any overlap, and the cold march of industry overtaking the animistic world theme is totally flipped and twisted in a more generic and modern way.
I'm just going to keep using my imagination on this one :-(
tbh i liked mostly everything about the first game. i liked that is was basically pokemon for playstation. and i liked it's RPG-lite combat system. what i didn't like was how the dialogue told you everything you had to do. there was no thought needed for a single aspect of the game.
i'm talking about this sort of thing
this happened from the very beginning to the very end of the game. it never assumed you had learned anything and acted like you were a moron throughout. with highlighted "hints" (see: solutions) at every turn. it was insulting.
i'm talking about this sort of thing
this happened from the very beginning to the very end of the game. it never assumed you had learned anything and acted like you were a moron throughout. with highlighted "hints" (see: solutions) at every turn. it was insulting.
Yeaaaah...I chalked it up to being 'Baby's First JRPG' so I didn't hold it against it...too much.
It did get rather obnoxious later on - like there was a quest where I need to give a man his Courage. I walked up to him, pressed Square and highlighted Courage but No - I need to talk to him first, have Drippy confirm what we needed to do again, have the game itself bring up the emotional menu and THEN only am I allowed to bestow Courage. Yeesh...
Nah okay, thanks! They did say, that it would release shortly after the beta, so I wonder when that is. And hopefully it'll be an universal app, so I can play it on my iPad.
JetSetRadio
Banned
More VA please.
I actually kinda enjoyed the combat, it was pretty challenging sometimes because of the poor AI.
I actually kinda enjoyed the combat, it was pretty challenging sometimes because of the poor AI.
sublimit
Banned
Although i loved the top down perspective of the overworld map in the first game i wish this time they make a fully 3D open world.Level 5's art is always gorgeous to look at and i'd love to explore those beautiful worlds from a 3rd person (behind the character) perspective.
I wish they show us some gameplay at TGS.
God damnit.
I wish they show us some gameplay at TGS.
God damnit.
Haha my lineup was the same
Acquiescence
Member
Kikujiro is among my favourites, both where Kitano and Hisaishi are concerned in fact. Lovely film, and the soundtrack is perfection.
Shame those two had a falling out.
Yeah, my favourites from Hisashi come from Takeshi Kitano's films. A Scene at the Sea had Silent Love which is probably in my top 3 from him.
It could still show up at Sony's conference. That just means that Level-5 hasn't officially confirmed that they will show more about the game.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
I'm playing the first one together with my son, so hopefully I can do the same with him on the this game.
Cornbread78
Member
Can't wait, I'm very interested as to where they take the story.
Agreed. Can't wait for this. I really enjoyed the original. Still have my nice hard cover strategy guide for it too.
RareFantasy64
Member
I'm like 2 hours into the first game. Will this take place in the same world (possibly featuring characters from the first game?), or is it a self contained stories like mainline FF games?
I'll echo I hope they vastly improve the battle system - such a blemish on an otherwise fantastic game that had many of the features that RPGs from that gen were missing. Gorgeous and varied environments, sidequests galore, villages and townspeople, an awesome world map. My biggest problem with the gameplay in the game wasn't even the battle system and the shitty AI, rather the fact that evolved monsters start back at Level 1, making stuff a bit of a grind.