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Gaming - Ni No Kuni Review - View Post

I love the game, my kids love it too, 9.5/10 for me. I easily put in over 60 hours, but did quit at lvl 80ish before being able to complete the last arena battle sequence. The effort to grind for better gear was not worth it to me.
The story was great and after it was over there was still tons to do.

There battle system was fine. It took a while for it to open up all the options but I never had a problem with it. The difficulty curve was good too, kept me away from areas that I was not supposed to go to yet, but with effort and some strategy I could get some good early xp in those areas. Boss battles were great, as well as monster hunting. Sure it suffers from the same overpowering problem as you level up as in any other rpg. Which is fine, my 4 year old can run around, sail the ship, fly on the dragon, drive the car and nothing on the world map can hurt my lvl 80 group.
Exploration and artwork were the best part. I loved how the world kept expanding, good dungeon design and those Ghibli hand drawn sequences were magical. (although I'm a bit biased in that area)

One of my favorites, top 5 this gen.