Sweet Baby Roy
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I'm right there with you dopes. That 40GB model seemed like a good idea at the time, its hard drive was twice that of my 360's :/
Been meaning to upgrade it but I've never really had an incentive. Now I do.
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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch |OT|
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I'm right there with you dopes. That 40GB model seemed like a good idea at the time, its hard drive was twice that of my 360's :/
Been meaning to upgrade it but I've never really had an incentive. Now I do.
It took me four or five retries before I realised you could freely move the main characters around the arena when fighting. I thought it was turn based for the first few goes! >.>
Ugh. Gamestop better have some kind of statistic as to who have ordered first.
This isn't the Etrian Odyssey review, and story IS subjective. We'll see, but Level 5 isn't exactly who I would turn to for amazing story telling.
I'm hoping I get lucky, but I guess retail locations won't track that fully. Still, I intend to be fair with my late pre-order, waiting until the day it's out then asking if they have any steelbooks left. It's possible they'd send extra stock anyway as happened with P4G, though I'm guessing Atlus just made sure to send as many skins as copies in that initial batch whereas Namco probably wouldn't have.
Usually something like "No Preorder Bonus" or such is printed on the receipt next to the game's title, but I imagine most Gamestop employees don't care and will give them first-come.
I must admit, if there's no minuses on that list, why is it not a 10? Or is 10 the new Bat-Signal for moneyhat accusations nowadays?
We're talking about how much they liked a game, not how well they completed a test. Sometimes there simply isn't any rational reason you can pin down, it's just "I really enjoyed this but not to THAT level", and you're not going to be able to point to something specific like "the controls aren't responsive".
Phat Michael
Banned
Jesus. Those negatives down the bottom are bulletpoints for major positives or negatives. There are obviously some small flaws in the game but nothing so major that should deter a fan from buying it or him from giving it a great score.
Im laughing at the rage for a 9.4/10.
So it's pretty much exactly what I said. I really do find "but why ISN'T it a 10 if they're listing no flaws?" to be some of the worst logic people will use to attack a score, especially one that's very high already.
foobarry81
Member
Isn't the most important part about a game what YOU think of it? Not how some reviewer in some magazine or site feels about it.
Also, it's just a score. Read the review: if everything in there is overly positive, any score is as good as a 10.
Also, it's just a score. Read the review: if everything in there is overly positive, any score is as good as a 10.
zeopower6
Member
For the individual, yes. It doesn't really matter what the reviewers think or what they 'score it' as.
However, after the IGN review dropped, sales of Ni no Kuni basically went through the roof (#1 on Amazon overall video games after floating in the mid 10s-20s last week) and interest has peaked at a level we haven't seen since the demo came out. I'd call it a coincidence but somehow, I don't know if that's the case here. As much as I want to say "Eh, reviews don't matter that much.", what's happened in the last day or so has proven me completely wrong, at least in terms of how reviews are perceived by the general public and how it drives their purchases.
To clear up the "wizard book" discussion a little - hopefully...
The physical book is literally the same as the in-game book.
There are few (can't actually think of any off the top of my head) occasions which require the player to use it. I'd say you could complete the game's main story only looking at the digital book twice, maybe less.
Crafting is the main use of the book, as the recipes are laid out in the real-book, so you can just sit looking through it, whereas you have to find the pages/recipes as you progress otherwise. Same for the spells, part of the story is that you have to find the pages of the book as you progress. Again though, even with crafting, it's an optional part of the game, there are a few tutorial style bits where you'll be told "go look in your book for this recipe", but it's no hardship.
Likewise, there are some optional quests that have a new language, that language is in the book so solving the puzzles/deciphering the language is easier with a physical book, but it's not hard with the in-game book, because you can zoom in and out at will, turn pages etc. It's really not a big deal.
The physical book is literally the same as the in-game book.
There are few (can't actually think of any off the top of my head) occasions which require the player to use it. I'd say you could complete the game's main story only looking at the digital book twice, maybe less.
Crafting is the main use of the book, as the recipes are laid out in the real-book, so you can just sit looking through it, whereas you have to find the pages/recipes as you progress otherwise. Same for the spells, part of the story is that you have to find the pages of the book as you progress. Again though, even with crafting, it's an optional part of the game, there are a few tutorial style bits where you'll be told "go look in your book for this recipe", but it's no hardship.
Likewise, there are some optional quests that have a new language, that language is in the book so solving the puzzles/deciphering the language is easier with a physical book, but it's not hard with the in-game book, because you can zoom in and out at will, turn pages etc. It's really not a big deal.
foobarry81
Member
Sure, but I don't think a 10 would have caused the presales to skyrocket more than a 9.4.
Sort of. You can equip shields, armour, etc to familiars, accessories too, but they don't make a graphical difference, only a stats one.
There are alternative costumes, but they are story based and area based.
KeioSquad2
Member
I like this quote from the IGN review
This pretty much sums up why people have an issue with "his" 9.4.
This pretty much sums up why people have an issue with "his" 9.4.
oh that's a little disappointing after dq8/9/dc2/wkc
Yes and no, but with up to 400 familiars allowed in storage, it could get kinda crazy.
zeopower6
Member
I think it was probably a wise choice since there seems to be a ton of different accessories/armor/weaponry in the game and accounting for the different shapes/sizes of the hundreds of Familiars... well...
Also, the area costumes are pretty neat. It's like they change when in a cold area or a really blisteringly hot level and it actually makes sense compared to when sometimes people are in skimpy outfits in the middle of a blizzard in some RPGs.
There's both English and Japanese voices in the game.
Nope, there's voice acting. Both English and Japanese [with English subtitles].
Edit - Beaten! /shakes fist
zeopower6
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The demo has a bit of voice acting.
I would say a lot of people thought there would be more, but the game is by no means fully voiced. It's kind of peppered throughout the game in real time cutscenes like when you give Enthusiasm/Yaruki to someone in the demo.
SolidSnakex
Member
That's because you forgot that once upon a time games didn't voice every line a character spoke!
And you've apparently JUST started the demo.
OK Imagine this, you have a girlfriend, she's really beautiful, she has a great personality, she does many things you like, she fun to hang around with and you can't think of any negatives.....yet you don't really "love" her, so you can't really rate her a 10.
A 10 has that something special that words can't really express, it reaches deep into your soul and touches something unreachable by any other person or thing no matter how perfect they may seem.
If you listened to voice acting for all the text, it would take forever for you to get through the game, especially a long RPG like this, most people can read the text of a whole sentence before the character has a chance to say half of the sentence. That's why voices are only there for the more important parts.
Actually, while that angle holds the bigger one I think is that it'd cost quite a bit, both in money and in storage. It's why dual voice tracks only started to become a serious consideration with DVD, and even then licensing, multiple platform support, and just going crazy uncompressed can wreck that.
Had to cap this. Pretty legendary. I never thought for a minute that I would see Ni no Kuni at the top of the Amazon.com overall video game sales charts.
It's only #14 on Amazon UK
Yeah that came to my mind too.
Discotheque
Banned
XCom was one of the best games I played in years. Mark of the Ninja as well.
The Walking Dead, Journey, XCOM, Hotline Miami.
There were plenty of standout games last year. They just weren't coming (aside for XCOM and a few others) from the big budget AAA games that were so used to seeing.
Discotheque
Banned
This game looks amazing but the demo isn't really my thing. Really love the art-style though.
I meant more of a game that swept most of the GOTY awards (like Skyrim did in 2011, Uncharted 2 in 2009, etc). The awards were really split last year (more so than usual) and if the IGN review is any indication, NnK could have definitely taken a majority of them.
Crash Station
Member
Awesome to see this getting great reviews and a top spot on Amazon. A good-selling, well-received JRPG is never a bad thing.
It's why having Downloadable Games stonewalled from GotY at GameTrailers was such an abhorrent stance: no, not as many people worked on those games (normally), but if they're that much better than the ones with tons of people working on them and loads of money then maybe something's deeply wrong with the AAA model? Especially when you get some assholes talking about taking it up to AAAA, as if they heard about the "take it to 11" joke and failed to see the context it came from.
But, yeah, there were plenty of amazing games, just none of them had that sort of push to come off as standing head and shoulders over everything else we say with games like Uncharted 2 and Skyrim, and they're far from unanimous OR even my favorites from those years (Demon's Souls and Dark Souls, striking twice!). Ni No Kuni would most likely have been fitting alongside stuff like Xcom, Walking Dead, and even ME3 had it come out last year, probably taking a few GotY awards but far from landsliding.
... Especially as, if you're willing to look past the bugs and the fact it's light on gameplay, The Walking Dead seems to have been that game to stand head and shoulders above the others.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
I received a fully paid pre-order receipt for this game as a gift. Of course with the game right around the corner, my slim PS3 decides to freaking die. Just a month after the warranty expires too. (T_T)
Regardless, I'm still super pumped to pick up my copy.
Regardless, I'm still super pumped to pick up my copy.
Might have to have the person pick it up for you too, they depend on the phone number and the Rewards membership for pre-orders now.
Still nice though, even with the slim dying on you (and man, I really hope I don't have something like that crop up on me, especially with how stupid the backup system is. :/)
I pre-ordered this and DMC on amazon last week, had been meaning to do it for a while but it kept being put off so I guess I'm lucky I was still able to get one! I got a regular edition. The reason being is seeing as the spell book is basically in game I figured I could live without the Wizard Edition. So for me personally paying 60 bucks instead of much more for the WE made more sense. I also lucked out cause originally I was supposed to get both games in 1 shipment next week for Ni No Kunis release but then they changed it around so I got release day delivery on both games!
I'm not a graphics freak but good God the graphics in this game look stunning. It's a cartoon come to life for a 40 to 60 hour game. Just damn. I hope the soundtrack is as impressive, I have been wanting a soundtrack like the days of old that will stick with me long after the game is done for a while now.
My goal is to get DMC done this week, it's short so that should be no trouble. Also at least start Anarchy Reigns and I should be ready for this game when it arrives on Tuesday!
I'm not a graphics freak but good God the graphics in this game look stunning. It's a cartoon come to life for a 40 to 60 hour game. Just damn. I hope the soundtrack is as impressive, I have been wanting a soundtrack like the days of old that will stick with me long after the game is done for a while now.
My goal is to get DMC done this week, it's short so that should be no trouble. Also at least start Anarchy Reigns and I should be ready for this game when it arrives on Tuesday!
Knowing about the recipes I kinda hope the strategy guide is actually the book but fleshed out more with a walkthrough bolted on.
Either a special charm, or the fact it's a pretty good JRPG fed to masses starving for a good one on the HD systems.
Hours Left
Member
Here comes the bandwagon. I liked it when it sucked.
But seriously, I'm totally down for more love for JRPGs. Bring it main stream media.
But seriously, I'm totally down for more love for JRPGs. Bring it main stream media.
If you're a big Ghibli fan then the art style is a major attraction. Plus, the soundtrack from Joe Hisaishi (the same guy who's been composing many of Ghibli's OST) is an added bonus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6x2vsK-stA