Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch RPGLand Review

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ishiki said:

Barozi said:

That rating doesn't make much sense.

So the most important thing (Gameplay) gets an Excellent. Story, Sound and Replay Value get equal or lower ratings (Story a much lower rating) and yet the game gets the highest possible grade just because they rated Graphics as Legendary ?

yeah, but this game caused nostalgia XD.

The rating is a bit weird. Generally Story or characters for a lot of people is 2nd most or most important part of JRPG depending on who you ask. And getting only a "good rating" and giving gameplay excellent and then giving the game legendary is a bit odd.

Maybe she underrates the story, because some studio ghibli stories are deceptively simple. But are layered, and have other qualities that make it excellent (totoro for example imo). 

I think its the bolded. In the Review she talks about how charming the story is but not too complex in any way. One could say the same with games like Pokemon that are aimed at small children. Their stories don't have to be MGS level of complexity to be good. Why she still rated it the way she did is beyond me but from just reading the Review and not concentrating on the Rate, it sounds stellar.