Ni no Kuni User Reviews

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This is an idle game

The game has a lot of offer in terms of mechanics and the graphics are good. My main problem with this game is that after level 40, you are basically an idle game. This is due to a core mechanic in this game called "AI mode". You auto battle in the chaos field or world map and just farm. Drop rate and exp is terrible so you basically enter AI mode for 4 hours every day and login to collect. This to me is not an interesting or fun gameplay. There is a set amount of PVP matches per day. The group dungeon is 1 per day. So after level 40, there is nothing to do. At least with pure idle games, you are not limited to idle 4 hours and there is more satisfaction in the grind.
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A solid okay

Visuals are fantastic, if you love ghibli, you’ll enjoy this for a few days.
My issues is how hard it is for f2p players. You hit a hard wall starting in the 30’s. The game gives you very few free cash currency, and the dye system and beauty creation system are way too harsh and impossible for f2p people. They also seem stingy with any content in game, most dungeons and adventures are a single play a day type system. It’s also mostly idle play style, and from what I’ve experienced of the combat, the camera is so bad, and aiming control is also garbage, so even the combat is pretty rough. Idle grinding is also pretty garbage, you need hundreds of thousands of exp to level up, and mobs give like 10-30 exp each.. The RnG is so bad.. you need good items to progress, but it’s almost impossible to get if you’re slightly unlucky like me. There’s also a upgrading and evolving system that seems to be a solid okay, hard to get items to upgrade though.
The classes are also sex-based, which i feel is such an outdated concept. The cat characters ears don’t change with the hair style, most beauty items are blocked behind a paywall unless you’re extremely lucky early game.
Was fantastic for 2 days, give it a try, but expect idle-extremely childish-gameplay. Oh, they also give you a disabled cat mount that is like the worst thing ever. 😂
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It should be 0 stars

Let me start by putting my cards on the table. Ni No Kuni II is my favorite video game. I was extremely excited for the mobile addition to the franchise. Level 5 makes great games. The story is funny, the game play is fun, and I could progress at decent pace. My affection for the series and general happiness with the game made me willing to overlook some major red flags. First off, this game does not respect your time. You have to log in at certain times to participate in Kingdom (guild in this game) events and group raid events. This means if you don’t log in at the exact time you can be locked out of premium rewards. This is the same thing with the meaningful PVP. Sunday and Tuesday from 11:00 pm-2:00 am is the only way to earn the super secret premium currency. This means you can’t get the premium top gear unless you are a top PVP player. Finally, the cost of the targeted packs are ridiculous. No joke, they wanted me to pay $80 to level up a weapon when I promoted it from 4 stars to 5 stars. I could overlook all of this, until I was locked out of the game for a 900 player queue that consisted mostly of bots farming the in game cryptocurrency. It is ridiculous to ask players to wait 20 minutes to 2+ hours to play a mobile game. I’ll never play a Netmarble game again.
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There is really no point of trying to download it now….

I started playing this game when I saw an ad for it on TikTok so I decided to try it. It’s actually not that bad of a game but this past week I have been trying to get into the game, and no longer can because of the server queue. Also keep in mind that I’ve only played this game for 2 WEEKS and ALL the servers are full! The lowest I’ve seen in queue is 18 players, and now it’s at over 2,000 players so there is no point of downloading this game if you can’t even play it. Another thing I have noticed is that the game is COMPLETELY FILLED with bots, I always see characters that either have clothes that no one else can get, or they are all identical. And these bots are the reason why no one can get into the game. Last but certainly not least… the Gacha rates in this game…. ARE COMPLETELY TRASH! Every Gacha pull you do, it increases your score by 0.5% and to get a guaranteed 4 star it has to reach 100 pulls and to get a guaranteed rare 4 star it has to reach 200 pulls (I believe) I know it’s an MMO game but this is just a complete scam to get people to spend A LOT of money on this game.
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Issues & heartbreak

I absolutely love this game other than the fact that I can no longer login due to bot overload. The bots have overloaded every server & it takes around 3 hours to get logged into my server usually, sometimes even longer! It rarely has less than 600 players waiting at a time. Please fix this!!! I’m begging you! Then, I logged into a different server trying that but it made me start the game ALL OVER! Why?!! I don’t understand why I have to completely start over just because I want to try a different server?! I love this game but lately….it’s breaking my heart. This is one game I play constantly but here lately, I can’t play at all. This game has helped my anxiety a lot….something I struggle with severely. Without it, I am having a tough time. I can’t find another game that preoccupies me like this one does. I’m just really disappointed at this point. I hope they fix it soon. 🥺
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Don’t bother

As of this week, to even log in now it takes 10 minutes minimum. I tried to get in on my server, and there were 2,500+ in the queue ahead of me which means it will take about 25 minutes to log in. A lot of the traffic is bots/NPCs that the developers won’t do anything about. The community in the game has been great so far. But, the game itself isn’t worth that amount of trouble.

Should you make it into the game, it doesn’t get much better. The widely lauded music is mostly recycled from Wrath of the White Witch, and you have to pay for everything! There are more than 10 currencies to keep track of, and getting your hands on some of the rarer currencies is almost impossible. But, you absolutely need it to level up. The plot could be good if you actually get a chance to play. Overall, the game has several ridiculous obstacles that the developers could easily solve but aren’t. Don’t waste your time nor effort.
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Juego terrible

Este juego es de lo peor después de jugar unos 3 días ya luego me puso a esperar más de dos horas para poder jugar en el servidor, siempre hay cola de 3479 jugadores en espera

Love BUT

Love the style of the game it really helps to pass the time, I’ve been playing since it came out. I made a swordsman character which I’m currently lvl 54 on my main account never paid for anything, but I have a few set backs that probably will make me never play this game again, I tried to enter my world and it’s making me wait in line behind 2000 other players and I’ve literally sat here at work for over an hour and it has barely made a dent in in my positioning. It makes me think no one is literally gunna sit there and wait an hour to play this game. Another fault is that I tried to enter another server and was surprised that I couldn’t use my main character in a less active world…. ID have to make a wholeee new character…. Super disappointing I’m literally waiting in line as I’m writing this for the 3rd time and I’m getting tired of waiting. Gunna go try Genshin Impact and hope for a better grind.
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Needs update fixes

Add magic keyboard/ keyboard support S well as controller.

Auto button is buggy and even when off the game will play it self. Make an option to remove all together in settings.

Also can you add a system load option in setting that shows how much workload different graphical settings do to device .

Make the familiars battles more than just click once and see who wins.. let players control it make it turn based. Give players some controls. Focus on story more for main quest.. I honestly dislike that it’s free to play

I play it daily but only because I can see the potential in it but remove free to play all together and make it 3 dollar a month subscription and flesh it out more .. less gatcha stuff. As it is now it’s gorgeous to look at requires no skill and is there is so much to upgrade and it’s what one can spend doing for an hr just tapping without reading a think to remove all red exclamation points on player menu . Actual weapons shops, and some form of skill required to play this and progress .
Add party chat as well. For guilds / kingdoms.
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Could be great

The game could be great but unfortunately the global version of the game is just a cover for a dodgy crypto currency. All progression is tied to the acquisition of a crypto currency so don’t expect to get far if you aren’t will to pay.

Please remove the territe and give us a version of the game like the original one released in Asia.
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