Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdom

Pretty good.

Makes me relive ARPG lke in my childhood

The plot is very primitive and banal, as if it were a fairy tale for 6-year-old children, but a bad fairy taile without normal humor or anything good (all the characters, their motivations and dialogues are obvious and stupid), but at the same time the gameplay is more difficult than plot, kids 6-10 clearly won’t figure it out how to play without help. Also gameplay is a peace of dirt, because you just need to running arround, defeat monsters, take a lot's of useless equip ( +1, +3 atk each time of new grade of weapon and same for armor\bows ) and move forward the stupid plot. Yeah, you can upgrade your own castle and buildings, it's kinda fun a little bit, but there nothing special, this part is kinda like in mobile strategies.

Example of a plot:
Protagonist - "i want to build country whitout war", everyone others "hurray, we wil follow you". And every evil guy is turning into good one after taking defeat from you even if he or she is dictator ( childish verioun of dictator ) who squized all juices from their peoples.

Do not play in that "game", even for free. It's waisting your time i'm promise.

It was quite good

I regret buying so so so much everything about this game is just awful there is literally nothing good about it.

i was gud

I don't know where to begin. If you like cats, guns, cute little spirit friends, adventure, friendship, community, and tasks; you've arrived. thank you

amazing game

Fun JRPG. Upgrade your kingdom. Grind materials. Repeat.

Game sucks

I started out loving this game. At first, it felt like I was playing something truly special. The kingdom-building aspect is highly motivating, and the cities are well-designed and charming. However, the longer I played, the more its flaws became impossible to ignore.

Here’s my rant:

- You fight the same enemy models at Level 1 and Level 150—they just change color. The same goes for the dungeons, which lack variety.
- The overworld system is boring and feels like a downgrade, reminiscent of Final Fantasy VII from 1998—but worse.
- The party characters are dull and lack engaging backstories. Even after 100%-ing the game, I can only name two of the party members.
- The DLCs are absolute garbage.
- The fantastic animated cutscenes from the first game are entirely missing. Instead, the game features sparse, lackluster cutscenes with almost no epic or bombastic moments.
- There are barely any voiced lines, which makes the story feel less immersive.

Overall, this isn’t a bad game, but I decided to give it a negative review because I simply wouldn’t recommend it to a friend.

Cute game with beautiful Ghilbi-like graphics and friendly to ear OST, although quite easy and boring on the long gameplay.
It's good to pick it up for short-time play sometimes (the game itself is long though).

After seeing all the mixed reviews, I was hesitant to pick this game up. But thanks to a Black Friday sale, I decided to give it a chance—and I'm so glad I did!

From the very start, I fell in love with this game. The graphics might not be the best I've seen, but they create a world so cozy and inviting that it feels like home. There's a charm to this world that made me genuinely smile while sipping on a cup of hot chocolate.

I also adore the variety in gameplay. The mix of real-time combat and strategic skirmish battles is refreshing, and neither feels overly complex. Once you get the hang of things, it's smooth sailing—no unnecessarily punishing difficulty here, just pure fun!

And the story? It’s heartfelt and brave. Guiding a boy as he strives to become king and build a kingdom feels genuinely rewarding. Every step of the journey, from exploring beautiful cozy places to meeting lovable characters, made me feel like I was helping him and his friends achieve their dreams.

If you’re looking for a game with heart, charm, and a mix of gameplay styles, don’t hesitate - this game is so worth it!

I'm about to install this game again. To play it through a 3rd time. It's like... what if a Tales of X game was good.

You are in a Ghibli World, what do you want more?

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom is a charming RPG that blends whimsical storytelling with engaging gameplay. Players follow the journey of Evan, a young king seeking to build a new kingdom and unite a divided world. The game features a vibrant art style, inspired by Studio Ghibli, and a rich, fantastical setting.

The gameplay includes dynamic real-time combat, kingdom-building mechanics, and exploration of beautifully crafted dungeons and open areas. With its heartfelt story, memorable characters, and a perfect mix of action and strategy, Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom is an enchanting adventure for players of all ages.

The characters are cute, the world is neat but the gameplay is boring as hell and the story just isn't enough to carry it.

If you can pick this up on a sale, I say go for it. A decent-ish RPG with all the usual trimmings, like party management, equipment, and items. I like the world and the graphics, as well as the bits of gameplay that go beyond the typical RPG fare (skirmishes, for example - basically real time strategy elements where you command small groups of fighters).

That said, I do not care for the music - it doesn't fit the visual vibes of the game at all. I ended up turning it off and just play my own music alongside.

By far the part that irks me the most about this game is the voice acting, or rather the synchronicity between the voice acting and the written dialogue, which is beyond ridiculous. A character will say: "You don't say... And you mean to... Tame one of these things?" and the accompanying audio is a drawn-out "Well now". There is basically a finite number of short soundbites that accompany each line of dialogue, and after the 30th "EXCUUUUUSE ME!" or "Gosh!" that gets really tiring.

All in all, an alright game to pick up on a sale, but audio and music really ticked me off.

I really enjoyed this game.

I didn't have the courage to finish the adventure because the gameplay loop until the end of became too repetitive. This often happens to me in this kind of game.

A japanese A-RPG that may be too easy for some, but is really fun and actually well done.

I played the first Ni No Kuni and loved it and this one adds to the franchise that just makes it even better, I am still learning the kingdom making and gaining subjects but will get better as it as I learn.
One thing I am noticing is the leveling takes a bit longer and exp is a bit slow after level 20 unless you fight higher levels which is doable but can be a bit scary at first cause you really don't want to die.
I have to say though so far its been great and will update this as I go and finally will make my final when I play through the whole game.

A weak follow up to the original. The studio Ghibli animations are gone, instead everything is rendered in game. The characters are pretty boring and the story your typical hero saves the world from big baddie. Main combat is hack and slash instead of turn-based. There is army combat which is paper rock scissors and pretty bland. Tons of side quests to do. The performance on the deck isn't great. Major slowdowns in the main world but doesn't affect game play. The audio cracks and pops after being resumed from sleep mode. Overall, it's hard to recommend. But if you really loved the original and can find this cheap, it's probably worth it.

A decent, sweet JRPG. Revenant Kingdom is nowhere near as good as the original Ni No Kuni, but it's worth a play through for sure. You play as young King Evan who is forced out of his kingdom. He decides to build a new country of his own with the help of his friends, but soon realises the realm is at risk of being destroyed by a powerful monster. The gameplay is more action based than the first game, and I enjoyed the combat despite it not being turn based. I didn't like the skirmishes too much, but just did enough of them to get through the story. The city building was okay, but it's very grindy. I finished the game way before having my city completed but I guess it gives players something to do after endgame. The characters are sweet but lack depth and backstories (apart from the main two characters) which was a shame as I'd have liked the chance to get to know them better. The enemies are very repetitive and you see the same monsters throughout the world, with different variations eg fire, ice etc.
Overall a decent, shortish (40 hours without sidequests) JRPG with a pretty artstyle and lovely music. There are better JRPGs out there but if you liked the first Ni No Kuni, give it a shot.

A worthy sequel

I personally don't care about lore and plot in games. there are perhaps a handful of games out there that have exceptional stories. the rest ranges between terrible to subpar fanfiction. however stories in videogames don't need to be exceptional. a generic save the world tale is mostly enough, so long as gameplay offsets the lack of good storytelling.

in nino kuni 2 unfortunately there is nothing to offset the childish story. there are a few underbaked mechanics that allow you to manage your kingdom or engage in tactical battles however those mechanics are incredibly shallow. akin to the many trite and generic mobile games that flood ios and google store.

you would think - considering how undercooked everything is - the devs would focus their efforts to design good combat and enemies but sadly that's not the case either. in fact kingdom hearts - which btw released in 2002 - has better combat and encounters than nino kuni 2. which is honestly baffling considering these games are 16 years apart. I'd imagine we would see flashier combat and better encounters but the gameplay here is reminiscent of early 2000s AA arpgs.

which brings me to the conclusion that nino kuni 2 is about - at least - 15 years too late. but sadly I can't see it thriving during the 6th or 7th console gens considering we had much more superior games at our disposal.
ok maybe the 6th gen would have been appropriate since back then you could own every game for each console but now? with the vast bowels of digital stores hurling sales every week? the thought process of the developers is sincerely questionable.
it could also benefit from speeding things up. be it the combat animations or your running speed. the game is intentionally slow - for what I assume - was the developers intention to justify the price.

overall I couldn't finish it. I played it at expert mode and I couldn't drag myself to the finish line. even despite the fact I bought it for 16% of it's original price, I won't finish it in the future and it will probably gather digital dust.

This game is very different from the first game I have played. I loved that the combat and AI finally got improved so that it didn't feel like you have to rage quit because the AI is too dumb to survive on their own.
The story this time uses a very different theme this time, as it goes from "a boy saving his mother" fairy tale to a "man running a fictional nation" strategy book, in which if you don't mind the deviation, then this story would feel very divine to go through. I will say I am slightly disappointed that they didn't use as much voice lines as they did in the previous game. But would I say I recommend this game? It's a very good game, but don't expect it to be any sort of sequel from the first game.

Well this is kinda hard. These two games in the series got me sad and angry. All in all this game has wonderfull art realy nice soundtrack and main story, but that's it. If you you haven't played this game yet, I advise you crank down the difficulty to easy and simply enjoy the main quest, after that its not worth playing the rest and the dlcs.
Fist of all, in in the hard or expert difficulty it tells that the gear you get have extra buffs compared to the normal but those buffs don't help you at all. Secondly, the quests give insignificant amount of exp both main and side quests which doesn't realy help you to keep up with the main story levels, and less than desent loot compared to the trouble you went through. In other words in order to play the game on expert you have to grind A LOT. Differently the main and side quests outscale you, on the other hand the dlc quests give you a lot of exp as rewards but they are locked behind the main quest, meaning the only way to grind exp is to kill mobs which in this game is too time consuming and boring(what I mean is there is not an efficient method to grind except the labirith which past floor 20 is locked behind the main quest). Plus some of the side quest require to be level 90 or higher to complete so I gave up grinding mid way, I got better things to do than kill mobs again and again for hours to no end. The game its not fun anymore.
My conclusion is that you will realy enjoy the game if you just focus on the main story, play the main story on the easy and if you want then tackle everything else. And this is sad because the devs clearly put too much time on the game but those things just ruin the experiense and instead of having fun you just get angry with it. Any way its not worth buying this game full price, just get on steam sale for 12 bucks or so.

I do not know who this games' intended audience is.

While the music is great and the world is interesting that's where the good parts end, the characters are boring and one-dimensional, the story is basic and bland which sours the interesting world building the game has.

The gameplay is split into 3 parts; hack-and-slash, base builder/kingdom management, and a military strategy, all of which hardly interact with each other and ends up feeling like you're playing 3 different 'mini' games which are all watered down versions of what you'd find in other games.

The hack-and-slash gameplay is a weird combination of the worst parts of the hack-and-slash and soulslike genres, with long animations and charge ups for attacks, it feels like you're playing a soulslike character against hack-and-slash bosses/enemies.

The kingdom management aspect is very bare bones, the game doesn't really force you to interact with this part of the game which is good because there's not enough depth in this system to engage players.

The military strategy side is essentially rock paper scissors with a coat of paint, it has some interesting special skills that different squadron commanders can use, but again never asks of the player any sort of thought or strategy outside of the rock paper scissors baseline its built off.

This is a hack-and-slash game I wouldn't recommend to people who like hack-and-slashers, a base builder/kingdom management game I wouldn't recommend to people who like base builders/kingdom management games, and a military/strategy style game which boils down to rock paper scissors which I probably could recommend to some people. All of this made worse by the bland characters and poorly written story.

There is nothing wrong with enjoying this game, I just can't in good faith recommend it as a good game.

This is an incredibly immersive game with a vast world to explore. The DLC's further serve to expand characters and plotlines, as well as include new grinding opportunities if you're trying to get all the achievements.

A very nice game, I had so many things to do and to get, which it wasn't troublesome, actually fun.
There was so many items to find and I still didn't find them all and I did about 115 hours on the game.
To really finish the game, get the DLC and continue after you finished the game.

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Great Gameplay, Combat, Base Building and the Graphics really good especially the Character Design from Studio Ghibli already played 47.3 hrs in offline mode but in steam only shows 4.6 hrs.

Good game, like a first part.
Very nice story, less limitations for inventory.
But DLCs are boring, just a lot of dungeons (( Requirements to level just annoying ((

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JRPG with action battle system, different from the first Ni No Kuni game.
The story is quite basic. The kingdom management is not realy interesting. The war battles are fun and original.
The battle system are also simple.
The best part of this game is the art direction.
Not worth if you don't like the genre. Still an OK game.

It's Level5 and they don't miss

One of the most unique looking games I've seen that is ruined by a lackluster world and story.

I initially was interested in this due to good reviews and the lovely artstyle of the game, which hold true throughout the game, never once did I think this game looked bad during combat. The overworld was.. somewhat lacking as soon as you run around, instead of the quality models, you're running around in these poor chibi forms on a realistic landscape. If you can push past that, which I did, the combat encounters will be visually pleasing the whole time. Combat is also pretty fun, action based combat which rewards you more for being on higher difficulties is standard. There's also a kingdom management game and an army battle minigame, though these have little depth to them and I would consider them, side treats to bite between the real meat of combat.

My biggest gripe with this game comes from the story and characters, the story of Ni no Kuni revolves around helping a young prince Evan become king, and you start this game as.. why none other than the president of the USA. This is a rather insane premise, one I had hoped would be brought up more as I explored the world, however, that turns out to never come true. Each town has its own issues, and each town seems to care little about anything going on outside of it. For a game where you are building your own kingdom and recruiting other kingdom's citizens to your nation, the fact so little people seem to care about anything else in the world is.. annoying at best. Compound onto that the characters, your allies, have little to say about the world is worse.

All the allies you meet have some quest they want to deal with in the town you first find them in, but then they have little more to say after recruiting them to your party, soon you find yourself in a party full of the most interesting perspectives in this world, and no one has anything to really say to each other. Even the player stand-in type character, which should be more ecstatic and wowed by the world, has little to say as if he just "gets used to it", your party members barely talk to each other and mostly they just make observations will little insight to their own perspective. By the time I finished this game, I felt like I just picked characters based off their weapon moveset more than caring about their personalities.

TLDR: I do not recommend this game, because for an RPG, this lacks substance beyond visual appeal and decent action combat. The story is very basic and characters barely interact with the world, making it feel hollow.

I recall playing this one a while back when it came out.

It's a pretty decent party-based action combat RPG with elements of kingdom building and army level skirmish combat blended in. Doesn't necessarily have great depth in any one area of the game like you might see in other RPGs, but there's just enough to make it an overall satisfying experience.

The first game was alot better in my opinion, and I got a good way in way before I just wanted to get done. Even putting it on easy was making it a drag to get through the game at a certain point.

8/10

100% and I played the whole game on Expert

Gameplay 8: The base game(classic mode) is very basic and bland, the magic is also kind of a major downgrade from the first game. They also replaced the pokemon-like familiars with higgledies which tbh sometimes can be fun and useful especially the ones with revives but they could've just easily kept in the familiars, customize them with their own weapons and battle along the 3 main human characters like how the higgledies are but would attack like higgledy surrah(it kinda exists but only about 3 can do this). I did all the DLCs after I finished the base game, man BIG MISTAKE. Because ALL OF THE FUN MECHANICS ARE IN THE DLCS, I personally didn't use the mechanics one that much but ding dong disciple is a freakin cheat code because it works exactly like perfect dodge in BotW/TotK, Martha's Method is the perfect crowd control mechanic, and *drum rolls* WIZARD COMPANION FROM THE FIRST GAME WTH??? Might be too RNG for most people's tastes but I love it this way. Even on expert the whole game becomes easy with the Wizards companion but it's fun. I'll rate it 8 because fun should've been in the base game and not paywalled behind a DLC .

Difficulty: The base game is easy, lots of surprise difficulty spikes though like Maussinger, Solosseum Slog 24 and 27 etc. The RTS Minigame is fun but is too tedious to complete them all because some of the are super HARD TO FIND

Story 8: Title should've been "THAT TIME THE US PRESIDENT GOT REINCARNATED AS A PRIME MINISTER-SWORDSMAN" But jokes aside, the story is to be honest, kind of boring and the game just expects you to like certain characters like Nella who you'll just talk for 5 minutes. This game also makes world domination, power consolidation and corporate greed destroying mother nature "cute" and just explains some of the remaining hanging questions through menial UNVOICED sidequests. Also, the continent where Broadleaf is has a giant plane in the north that feels like Hamlin-related, never explained or mentioned, they just pretend it's not there. There's also a desert area but is just kinda useless since you only go there to find mcguffins for story quests; feels like Al-Mamoon should've been here but no explanations on why it's not there. Also the mer-people would just disappear once some characters get married, some of those mer-people are essential employees in your new kingdom and they're just gonna go poof someday. But some parts are kind of good especially Leander and the Queen's love story parts, and Tani and Evan's obvious future relationship(revealed by Tani's Tiara in the dress). Also I find it weird that Evan's a catboy because his mom's a furry and that's the only time it happens and no one cares, I guess everything is okay if the Royals are involved. But the game is very good at convincing you that Evan's a king worth fighting for and it did that for me and I think that's the point so I'll give it an 8

Music 10: Better than the first game but it's very annoying that most of the game is unvoiced, tani's "Flippin Heck" is iconic though. I love the King Maker battle music especially in the Broadleaf fight, EPIC.

Graphics 7: I don't like the overworld and skirmish art style, they should've kept the thing they had going on in the first game, also NO ANIME CUTSCENES. But they did great with what they have, I'll rate it as a 7 because I know they could've done better as seen on Nino Kuni 1. But the smooth 3D art style on this game can also sometimes be good

Overall the game's an 8 even though I spent so much hours in it. Because the amount of grinding you have to do for some decent gear is horrible but you won't notice it due to the art style being amazing but the dissatisfaction is still there, but if you like an easy-going action RPG with some simple kingdom building plus if you think grinding is a way to get more close with the characters then this game would be a 10 for you

TLDR:
It was a fun game as long as you remember to JUST PLAY THE GAME. Do NOT feel obligated to complete the side missions (though some of them are kinda meaningful 90% are not). Still a recommend but like a 6.5/10 for me.

The long part.

The main positives about this game are that the combat is fairly solid and the art honestly carries it far. The story though (aside from the very start) is kinda predictable and the side stories are either very shallow that go nowhere or start to go somewhere but then just stop. Honestly that is the real tragedy of this game. It's beautiful with solid combat that falls flat so hard at the story part.

My personal favorite part of the game honestly was the "number go up" city building mechanics which eventually do allow you certain actions and perks that make you pretty strong. Sadly, I am VERY LAZY when it comes to crafting (because grinding matrials is a chore) but I'm sure a more dedicated player really can make use of all the stuff you find here.

Having said that, I am a weird player and some people absolutely hate city building. Even those Suikoden fans that would like the idea would still hate the combat that accompanies the "war" aspect of the game as it is more a rock paper scissors thing rather than anything strategically meaningful.

The story isn't bad in all honestly it's just predictable. It does attempt an interesting plot twist in the middle though so I can say it really did try. My playtime is a result of attempting to do all the side stuff and some of the DLC which honestly felt like a slog. Maybe it's because I tried to do both the base story and all the DLC at the same time that it ruined my perception of the base story? That's certainly a posibility.

Just play this game for what it is and don't linger. Put it on a harder difficulty so that you get to focus on combat so that you can kinda feel a sense of accomplishment in winning the fights themselves. Most likely, the story segment afterward probably wont give you that same feeling.

Regardless though, I will still recommend this just because it really isn't bad enough not to.

I remember very much enjoying what I played of this, I really should come back and finish it.

What a great game, fuck the solosseum

I think overall the game is pretty good but, for me personally, I just can't find myself to enjoy the kingdom building and skirmishes systems. They felt more like chores to me than anything. I understand they aren't completely required things to interact with but, it's a part of the game and should not be free from criticism. The combat system is fine and I like the higgledies. The story is solid overall. If I had to rate this out of 10 I'd probably give it a 7. Nothing to crazy but, if you're a fan of NNK as a whole you will probably find this game enjoyable like I did.

9/10!

10/10 if not for the unnecessary grind for the 100% completion.

Where NNK 3?

Important things to know about this game:
-This game is aimed at younger players, you will not see more mature themes and the story is a kin to an episodic Saturday morning cartoon.
-This game is a collectathon on JRPG railroad tracks. It's fun but this isn't a Tales or FF game. It has it's own thing going on.

Good game, though the sound track is about 5 songs and four of them suck.

was hesitating to buy it due to the mixed reviews, but I actually like it quite a lot!

the fast paced combat feels good to play, characters are cute and charming, the story is simple but comfy like watching a Ghibli movie. I also enjoy spending hours building and managing my kingdom. I just don't like the skirmishes, but overall it is a fun game.

i really like much more there is to it than ninokuni 1.
i love evan and best boi roland.

It has it's audience, but I found that even 6 hours in I could not find a reason to care about any of the character.

Fantastic game play but short story. over all great game