Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds 12+

I’ve just started to play it’s already a great game, my only problem is that some cut scenes are a little buggy or some characters disappear during the scenes. I think personally the fighting needs a little work, it automatically makes the attacks for you which is a cool idea but i think it would be more fun if players had more control.
When doing a mission/quest it makes your character move to the quest location and if you try to move away from route to the location it makes your character keep going in the direction of the quest. I think is a great mechanic but I think it takes away from the exploration of the game, I think it would be better if you were able turn this off and on because it does save time if your trying to rush through the game.
Overall this really is a great game and it’s super fun. I love all the characters and adorable animals and it deserves a good reputation. btw to all the people complaining about the loading thing it’s because the game was pre downloadable and it wasn’t officially released yet but now you are able to play :)

I liked Studio Ghibli’s movie “No ni Kuni” so I wanted to try this game. It’s a very imaginative world like the movie and fun to play. NetMarble made the game accessible for all ages by making an open world on training wheels. Yet, the training wheels are tightened with a torch wrench. NetMarble has not found a good balance of auto-play for new players and letting experienced players play on their own. While you can turn off the auto-fight function in settings, I noticed the game still wanted to fight for me on upgrade levels, like the labyrinth. It should not be that complicated.

NetMarble is very generous with upgrade materials for weapons and armor and makes the process fairly easy to understand. However, your items bag fills up very fast, so half your time on the game is spent clearing space for needed items and upgrade materials whether you buy more room in the bag with gems or not. I am dropping the game not because I had to wait in line to play which was bad enough. No, it’s because the game always shuts down when I am upgrading weapons and armor as if I’m not playing.

If this game came out a few years earlier, I would have absolutely loved it. However, after playing an open world game like Genshin Impact, Ni no Kuni feels antiquated. This would be a good console or PC game. It is not a good game for a phone/tablet. I played until level 49 and found little reason to spend any more time or money.

If you want a better “open world” game, then download genshin impact. This game is almost a exact copy of it, the opening, the mechanics.. any of you genshin impact players know what im talking about. I literally pre ordered the game expecting something way better, but as i was playing way too many things remind me of genshin. Maybe this game was inspired by it, just like genshin impact was inspired by the game Zelda breath of the wild but its just way too similar to me. Not only this, the game is really confusing, i think theres way too many buttons and things to upgrade im just lost in the game. If you have auto on, you can legitimately just leave the game running and it will do story quests FOR you. It even has auto combat. I don't really understand the point of this and theres no clear way to turn off auto. Also, the gems that you need to summon for familiars and weapons and stuff are way to expensive and I don't even know how to get them for free. How am i supposed to collect new stuff? Im only level 19-20 right now and the only thing that’s remotely interesting that i got as a reward is a giant cat mount. Its extremely easy to level up in the game as you can just auto do everything without even touching your device. And the story isnt all that interesting either. The game will most likely improve over time, though, this is what i think about it right now.