I am done with Ni No Kuni.
No, I haven’t finished it. I’m just done with it. After stopping for a month to play Bioshock Infinite (twice) and Tomb Raider, the thought of going back to Ni No Kuni was enough to make my body recoil in revulsion. I wasn’t sure why, but I had a similar feeling when I stopped Ni No Kuni the first time in order to play Dead Space 3. But once I started playing again, I found it surprisingly easy to get back into the swing of things. I put 24 hours into it before I took my month-long break.
But just like last time, I decided to throw it back into the old PS3 and see if my sudden aversion to the game would dissipate once I got going again. It didn’t. The moment I started playing I wanted to stop. The first battle I got into was literally the last battle I ever wanted to play in this game, which I think is the crux of the problem. I love the characters, the world and the story, but the battle system, while tolerable for the first 20 or so hours, just suddenly hit a wall for me. I love everything else about this game except for the battle system. I thought back to some of the tedious boss battles I had been through and I knew I didn’t want any part of that again. In the end, they were more of a chore than enjoyable.
So I traded it in ($32.95 at Amazon!) and the moment I put it in the mail, I felt a burden leave my shoulders. I don’t know why I feel such pressure to finish games, it is something I am starting to fight back against and I think I am better for it. As we get older, we start to know ourselves better and streamline the things from our life that make us unhappy and that’s what I did with Ni No Kuni. It was fun while it lasted and I am glad I played it, but I don’t need to play a second more. But I do plan on spending an afternoon on YouTube to watch some more of those gorgeous cut-scenes. I already miss Drippy, but the Lord High Lord of the Fairies would want me to be happy with my decision. And I am.
Reminds me of FF13 right now, im attempting to finish it but them battles are rough.
I’ve been thinking of doing the same thing, although I’d like to give it another shot. I’m 20 hours in, and I love it, but man those battles are extremely rough. I might see about bumping the difficulty down or something and see if that makes it any more tolerable.
You’re a better gamer than I. Once I pass that 12 hour mark with games I feel let down by, I just move on to something better… Or I go crawling back to Mass Effecf 3.