Crash Station
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As for the puns, you guys gotta remember Japan LOVES puns. You see that stuff in all popular fiction. The most popular manga of all time is loaded with them.
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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch |OT|
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QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
About 1 more week til I can play this finally T-T So painful
Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous some of what I've read/seen! My attitude towards trophies is whichever ones I get, great. Whichever ones I don't get that's okay too. In a game like this I'm more interested in the story and presentation than I am in getting a Platinum trophy.
My Regular Edition copy got delivered on Tuesday, been trying to blow through the Campaign portion of Anarchy Reigns (Don't really do online multiplayer stuff). Black Side is done, have just a few hours if that left of White Side then I'll install and get into Ni No Kuni.
Seeing some posts saying some haven't gotten their DLC codes from Amazon. I didn't get mine until very late Thursday night so it might take a little extra time in this case. They had a truck ton of orders to fill I have a feeling so they might be a little backed up on that. If you still don't have a code by Monday I'd contact them, they should be able to get you one.
I'll write some more detailed thoughts on the game once I've had a fair amount of time with it and can judge it fairly
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
My Purrloin was nuts at the end of the game. My strongest familiar not named "Griffy".
darkjedi187
Member
Which end form did you go with?
You are not worthy of being a Wizard!
Dead Prince
Banned
it's not that hard tbh. just have to read the hint ;P
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
Puss in Bouts, but I wish I had gone Puss in Boats because he looks cooler.
So many people having trouble with it. Strange, since I got what it was saying immediately.
I am now trying to capture a cogwheel robot and ... it spawns as an add D:
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah I don't get what the problem is either. The hardest part about them is figuring out where to get your hint.
Having the same problem. Was so happy to finally get a new party member, but then it only took a few battles for frustration to set in. At least there's no penalty for her dying in battle. Still gets experience when she dies in the middle of a battle.
Drippy is pretty much the only reason I've kept the English dub on.
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
There's almost no voice in the second half of the game anyway, so it doesn't matter much.
Wait, what? Is it just that it's more gameplay heavy past the first half, or do they just phone it on VA? Not that I'd mind too much, I'm annoyed at how often VA's considered NECESSARY these days, but if it's inconsistent I'll be mildly annoyed.
RPGCrazied
Member
Nah, just a lot more reading of the text boxes.
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
Almost all text in the second half of the game. On the rare occasion there is voice, it's incredibly brief, jarring, and out of place. I barely remember what Drippy sounds like now.
That sounds more along the lines of half assing the VA. Ah well.
Dead Prince
Banned
what if. the whole game was properly Voiced but it's glitched 80% of the time? ;P
RPGCrazied
Member
I think it was a budget issue. Or timing. I'd wait another 6 months for the whole game to be voiced, but I'm sure they were already on a tight schedule. Didn't it already get delayed once?
Dead Prince
Banned
but tales. maybe because it was their game they wanted to make sure they do it right i guess.
CielTynave
Member
I dunno, I checked out some vids of the JP version, and there were tons of unvoiced scenes there too.
I'm reasonably confident Level 5's good enough at coding to avoid that.
They also got some well known actors as I recall. Maybe they blew the budget hiring them when they could've aimed lower and likely gotten better performances too.
RPGCrazied
Member
Oh well. Its seems jarring when most of the first half is voiced, then you get to the later half with next to no voice acting. Seems out of place.
Dead Prince
Banned
not so much with the save glitch ;P jk
BobTheFork
Member
Wow. I've been rolling this game so far without any real challenge. I spet out of Golden Grove and I died twice in a row. It's not even close; I'm kind of surprised.
Dead Prince
Banned
i died a few times at old smoky for being like 2-3 lvls under. and i'm still underleveled where i'm at now lol.
do i grind? not really. i just restrategize.
RPGCrazied
Member
It gets much harder. I find myself now after a few battles hunting HP/MP refresh stone. I just need a good place to train. Most of my teams are in the 3rd forms, but only like level 20's.
Can you get better stuff other than Hamelin? That's the last place I've been to that sells weapons/armor. I have the
Can you get better stuff other than Hamelin? That's the last place I've been to that sells weapons/armor. I have the
dragon and teleport spell
Paddington Bear
Member
Wow... I just put in 8.5 hours straight into this game... I haven't done that in years MUY bueno. Muy
MUY bueno. Muy
Mikey Jr.
Member
Everyone has the same problem man, trust me.
Do yourself a favour. Get a good melee character. Put that in the FIRST slot of your AI characters. The AI will always send out whoever is in their first slot. That means that for a lot of battles, Esther will send out her melee character. Then set her tactics to use no abilities. For boss battles, set her AI to "do as you like".
That should help you a bit I think.
I thought you were speaking of the Japanese version there initially.
Well, it probably still holds: if they blew their budget getting really popular actors (without a good voice director) they may've had only enough to either spread it thin across the game, or front load it so everyone hears it then put some at climatic moments at the end. Which was probably a mistake when going a bit cheaper for good VA and a great VA director would've gone much further.
Do what Drippy says,head straight to the town...
As for the Trials of Wits,I got the first 2 easily,it's just that last one that I gave up on for now hehe...
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Deleted member 20920
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That's always a problem with RPGs, especially Japanese ones. It always feels like we're playing through some seasons of US TV series, where each season progressively gets less budget and then they keep whatever budget they have in the last season for the finale. Even in large budget games like FF13, you could see the details of their CGI getting weaker as the game progresses. Lightning in the ending movie looks like a doll with no facial details but the opening movie had faces that had lines and whatnot. FFX-2 gave up towards the end and they had almost everyone in their low-res faces in the final real time scenes.
Anyway I'm really liking the child-like appeal of the plot. It is simple but not in an inane sort of way. It is definitely not offensively childish and it's nice to get one of these plots that doesn't try too hard to be complicated or serious.
RPGCrazied
Member
Yeah. Reminds me of the movie NeverEnding Story.
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Deleted member 20920
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And a tamer version of Stephen King's and Peter Straub's The Talisman. It also involved two worlds with people with connected souls and the young protagonist wanting to save his mother.
bodine1231
Member
Anyone know whats a good level to start grinding on Toko's? I tried at 25 and got my ass handed to me.
Those are the things I was talking about. I was level 24 when I fought my first one, and it was really easy honestly.
BobTheFork
Member
Heck, I did run for town. It's the clubber cubs that are killing me. They buff instantly and then just run my guys over.
There's a woman on a boat in Castaway Cove who will give you a bunch of recipes, including those.Anyone knows where can i find a recipe or how to make better ice creams/chocolate stuff, etc D:
Takes forever with these small chocolates and ice creams lol
Gintoki313
Banned
I hate that when the bosses get to low health they spam their special moves. I was fighting a nightmare and they spammed acid rain (I think that's the name) over and over again until I died. That move poisons you, and puts poison blotches on the field.
I seriously don't know how to defeat this boss so i'm just gonna grind a few levels until I can do so. Man I hate that spamming attack so freakin much, it's the only thing that make's it difficult.
I seriously don't know how to defeat this boss so i'm just gonna grind a few levels until I can do so. Man I hate that spamming attack so freakin much, it's the only thing that make's it difficult.
OMG how i missed that ! lol all this time with these small cocolates ty! omw there
EDIT; Hurray! Neato!
Everybody gets the same EXP, even if they were dead at the end of battle. Only reserves don't get any.
OMG how i missed that ! lol all this time with these small cocolates ty! omw there
You should try to speak to every NPC not only for what they have to say, but a lot of them have a bunch of recipes to give.
I seem to recall hearing they had a very high quality cast, but I could only speculate on how the costs really were.
This does explain why some of the positive critics didn't have a problem with grinding though!