Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - Now with Welsh accent - The Bear and Badger

cindemon

....& it's done. *sniff*

What a great game. Â Level 5 & Ghibli, partnership made in heaven.Â

Will write more later.

MattyJ

I've just got the last few errands and hunts to do, but didn't get a chance tonight. Will be Sunday at earliest now.

Sasukekun

Such a fucking idiot

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cindemon

isanbard wrote:

70 odd hours flew by and made me actually remember that there may yet be a reason to get one of these next gen jobbies. Good games is good games innit.

Those hours passed in what seemed a blink.Â I got a few gripes, not on the levels that Kow is facing(the same as Matty, it didn't really effect me in game either), just a few minor ones, that like I said before, I am just being a bit picky/needy.Â Will cover them off when I get the time to bang out a larger post.

Looking forward to mopping shit up on the post game, but gonna park it for a while as I have Metal Gear Revengeance, MGS3 3DS & Virtues Last Reward to try & get done before Monster Hunter & Fire Emblem land.

I would recommend seeing the Horace story through before the final curtain though peeps.

acemuzzy

I still have no idea who Horace is, 35 hours in. Am i doing it wrong?

cindemon

No you are not doing it wrong Ace. Â I found very him early in game, but didn't finish his story arc till the 50ish hour mark(as I forgot about him). Â He is just tucked away.

Spoiler below tells which city to start in, but not his location. Â Head over to....

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knuckle82

Just got the plat for this!Â

Getting the rare ingredients was a pain in the ass though, took forever trying to get them... All in all I really enjoyed it though!

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knuckle82 wrote:

Just got the plat for this!Â Getting the rare ingredients was a pain in the ass though, took forever trying to get them... All in all I really enjoyed it though!

congrats pal, what were the overall time to platinum?

(and il be up for more bf3/resi6 mercs/me3 co op or whatever when gf's gone bed)

knuckle82

@daviedigi 129 hours, probably could of done it in less. But I spent a bit of time getting my characters to level 99 first!

And yeah i'll be up for some of that!!

regmcfly

I'm gonna grind some more tomorrow. Ugh. But also yay?

EvilRedEye

Guess who made the mistake of evolving too many of their familiars at the same time.

acemuzzy

hehe - that'll learn you for you smugness 8 pages ago ;p

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EvilRedEye wrote:

Guess who made the mistake of evolving too many of their familiars at the same time.

i did this some time ago wnd havent moved from the casino yet, not really played it much either tbh.

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I'm right at the very end - I was a little fucked off at the *third* evolution of the final boss, as I'd put the pad down at that point thinking it was all over only to be wiped out in about 30 seconds. I'll probably finish it off at the weekend.

AndCallMeCharlie

Just finished - only the second JRPG I have played to the end (the other being FF7), so big ups to it.
Fantastic game only slightly let down by the battles and in particular the ai for the other team members.

MattyJ

I finished it last night too, made a conscious choice to do so even though I could spend hours levelling familiars to create the 'best' team.

I really enjoyed it from start to finish, even though there were a few things that annoyed. One being that the text seemed to be aimed at a younger audience, which meant that I had worked out what someone was saying but had to sit through another few boxes of talking while they explained it fully, whereas the combat, world, tactics and themes seemed to be more adult orientated. This was a bit grating.

Also there were lots of cut scenes with just text where I wish they were spoken, it actually seemed really light on vocals overall.

Graphics were amazing throughout, even though the proper Ghibli cutscenes weren't that numerous. It was also pretty funny and genuinly touching.

Highly recommended to JRPG fans, those who don't like the genre probably won't be swayed.

cindemon

MattyJ wrote:

Also there were lots of cut scenes with just text where I wish they were spoken, it actually seemed really light on vocals overall. Graphics were amazing throughout, even though the proper Ghibli cutscenes weren't that numerous.

Probably my biggest gripe(me being needy) with the game. Â In the age of Blu I expected a tad more. Â As well as the cut scenes with just text, the one or two spoken word ones irked a tad more, the odd "oh" from drippy didn't really cut it for me. Â Localisation & the amount of story & side quests in the game probably didn't help, but at times it didn't feel that huge a leap from DQ8. Â I expected a Ghibli cutscene at the end aswell. Â My gripes though are just drops in the ocean when I take the whole thing in to account & the game was easily worth top dolla, just wish I managed to nab a wizard edition as that book looks f'in sweet & my youngest girl would of loved the Drippy plush.

MattyJ

Yeah, you'd have this big animated scene and then it's just one 'oh!' from a character.

Wizard's edition, I could sell you mine? Obviously I've opened it and used the codes, but the Drippy is still in his bag and I think I opened the book once.

Edit - I could keep my copy of the game, and just send you the box with Drippy and the book. Drop me a PM if you like.

cindemon

Legend Matty, PM sent.

Kazuo

This hasn't grabbed me in the way I'd hoped it would. Not really feeling a desire to return at the moment. Really don't like the battle system, maybe that's it.

Billy

Played a few sessions but only level 10 so far. Â Really enjoying it. Â Characters, visuals, music are all lovely.

Only gripe is some of the English subs don't really match the Japanese VO, I don't mean just grammar, I mean things like a difference in attitude that changes a character. Â Drippy is quite a cheeky chappy but many of his Japanese VO lines don't reflect that.

I guess it's not really a gripe, just a difference they thought was worth making, and he's a fun character either way so it's all good.

EvilRedEye

I wonder if the lack-of-voices thing is a hangover from it originally being a DS game or something? Perhaps bits of the DS version was voiced a bit like the Professor Layton games and they've just reused that.

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Regarding the ending â€”

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AndCallMeCharlie

danclarke wrote:

Regarding the ending â€”

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I was pretty disappointed that there was no Ghibli animation to be seen, the whole thing just seemed a bit rushed. I really enjoyed the game, although I felt that by the time I'd gotten to the end I was definitely ready for it to be over and done with.

I can't remember the last game I finished where I thought "that was exactly long enough" - always just seems to go on and on, uncharted games in particular are bad for going on too long.

cindemon

I agree Chaz, game length was pretty spot on. Â

I have a few things post game still to do, but with Monster Hunter landing this week, Kuni will be heading to the pile & feck knows when I will head back in.

I am halfway through the conductor quest with no major problems so far. Still must be missing a few alchemy as the old boy is still telling me I ain't ready for his skills. Â The trails I just have s rank left to do but a certain young...

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Sasukekun

When do I get my hands on the DLC familiars? I've

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Also, just read the first couple of pages of this thread, damn that's some funny shit.

MattyJ

Not that much further I don't think dude.

Sasukekun

Fingers crossed. Have stopped playing for the night. Not made as much progress as I'd wished.

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its the next place you go to story wise.

acemuzzy

Isn't it at the place you just completed?? If you speak to one of the people there. You've got a golden ticket in your inventory, right?

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