official Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

[TheLegendOfMart]

Left my PS3 on overnight to download it, woke up this morning and it had shut off mid download for some reason.

Grabbing the last 15Gb now, lord have mercy on my internet connection :(

[TheLegendOfMart]

Guess I wont be playing it any time soon, get some error installing it, been advised to redownload the whole ******* thing. Another 10 hour download.

[shakey]

Damn man, you have my sympathy.

I'll be playing once I close shop. Damn assistants calling in on my day off :p

[TheLegendOfMart]

Enjoy!

Looks like its another overnight download for me.

[shakey]

Enjoy!

Looks like its another overnight download for me.

Wait.... There might be an issue with the EU version on the store. Have you read this?

http://gamingeverything.com/38979/ni-no-kuni-having-issues-on-european-psn-will-be-republished/

This was yesterday, so it might be fixed. But I haven't seen anything that says it is fixed....

[TheLegendOfMart]

Yeah it's been fixed and its a whole new download :(

[Xilo]

Yeah it's been fixed and its a whole new download :(

Why would you buy a full game off of PSN? You miss out on the bonus DLC, better prices, etc...

[shakey]

Yeah it's been fixed and its a whole new download :(

Damn, sucks there are still problems. It's worth the hassle though. This game is great.

[TheLegendOfMart]

Why would you buy a full game off of PSN? You miss out on the bonus DLC, better prices, etc...

Because there are no game stores in my town or the nearest town. I'd have to order off the internet, I wanted to play it sooner rather than later.

Just had a quick look, there is no bonus DLC with basic game?

[TheLegendOfMart]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Downloaded 16Gb AGAIN, installed it and nothing shows up on my XMB, now I have to download a further 6Gb.

This is beyond a joke, I won't be buying overpriced games digitally again from PSN.

[AbandonedTrolley]

Because there are no game stores in my town or the nearest town. I'd have to order off the internet, I wanted to play it sooner rather than later.

Just had a quick look, there is no bonus DLC with basic game?

No bonus as such but there are two free familiars in the PSN Store for everyone to get, Draggle and Golden Hurley. I was tempted to pick up digitally, but had so much Game store credit I ended up buying the disc version. Bonus of digital would have been sharing the game with a friend though.

[TheLegendOfMart]

Really struggling with this game, I'm playing on easy and I find myself getting pasted constantly even from random encounters, I'm only a couple of hours in. Really beginning to wish I hadn't spent ?50 on it, I love the style and the story I just cant get my head round battles.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Really struggling with this game, I'm playing on easy and I find myself getting pasted constantly even from random encounters, I'm only a couple of hours in. Really beginning to wish I hadn't spent ?50 on it, I love the style and the story I just cant get my head round battles.

Takes a while but once it clicks I was fine (on normal). Starts to get easier once you have two humans in your party (not too far into the game).

Some battles are better done as Oliver and running around, as he casts from a distance. If you're using mite, you're doing a lot of melee fighting. Defending enemy special attacks is a must (gives you orbs as well). How far are you into the game? Some companions early on are actually better than mite, but of course you need to be able to tame them.

I would also recommend doing ALL sidequests early on, help you level, get equipment and get merit points.

I've not long opened up the boat travelling, absolutely loving the game. I'm now able to use all the functions as I've got alchemy now as well. It starts off slow, but now with my own familiars, three party members, the boat and alchemy, it's a blast.

[TheLegendOfMart]

I've just gone through Golden Forest and exited out the other side into the desert. I do defend special attacks but I seem to be going through a lot of heals, I don't see how its effective to fight as Oliver with magic when the MP replenishing stuff costs 200G a go.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

I've just gone through Golden Forest and exited out the other side into the desert. I do defend special attacks but I seem to be going through a lot of heals, I don't see how its effective to fight as Oliver with magic when the MP replenishing stuff costs 200G a go.

I rely a fair bit on the orbs. One of the early merit rewards is for orbs to drop more frequently, I picked it after the ability to jump.

As you level up MP issues do lessen a bit.

Remember to feed mite treats, chocolate bars pump up damage.

[TheLegendOfMart]

Thanks, will give it another go. It's really frustrating.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Thanks, will give it another go. It's really frustrating.

Early game is a bit of a slog, once you get to the desert town and then get the ability to tame familiars it starts to open up.

[_neutrino Veteran]

Did a little research last night about a character in the game thought i would share

SPOILERS!!!

Cassiopea as a constellation has a lot of tie ins to the story of this game

The Brightest Star in the Constellation is Schedar

The symbolism of the constellation is The Seated Queen

and the Person it is named after was commonly referred to as the Vain Queen.

I found it to be very interesting and thought i would share

[AbandonedTrolley]

On to the final battle, got about 20 minutes in last night and realised I wasn't going to have enough mana drinks, oh well will try again tonight!

Great game and looking forward to completing all the side quests and taming for the platinum trophy once it's all over. Don't think i've ploughed so much time in to a game in such a small space of time since Uncharted 2.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

On to the final battle, got about 20 minutes in last night and realised I wasn't going to have enough mana drinks, oh well will try again tonight!

Great game and looking forward to completing all the side quests and taming for the platinum trophy once it's all over. Don't think i've ploughed so much time in to a game in such a small space of time since Uncharted 2.

Go to the casino and play the card game for lots of points then buy the potions with them. There's guides online how to win the card game quite easily.

[AbandonedTrolley]

Go to the casino and play the card game for lots of points then buy the potions with them. There's guides online how to win the card game quite easily.

Just made some Espressos through alchemy quickly and purchased a few others, sitting on about 250,000 guilders at the moment, main storyline finished

just finishing up the extra tasks/bounty hunts and then the other FINAL boss

then might look to get the 250 familiars and all the alchemy done for the Platinum.

[compl3x]

I know this is an old topic, but there is no point making a new one. I finally got around ot getting this. I am about 5hrs in and I am enjoying it so far. It is the first time in a while I have sat down and actually played in a long stretch like that. It's usually a good sign.

[trooper11]

I know this is an old topic, but there is no point making a new one. I finally got around ot getting this. I am about 5hrs in and I am enjoying it so far. It is the first time in a while I have sat down and actually played in a long stretch like that. It's usually a good sign.

Yeah, I had the same experience.

Its a fairly unique experience at least from the art style/atmosphere side of things. We don't get many games like that anymore.

[D. S. Veteran]

Getting the Platinum on the game is fairly fun and enjoyable, but min-maxing is a total nightmare.

[InTheSwiss]

If you are an JRPG fan this is the reason to buy a PS3 (although if you are a JRPG fan you should already have a PS3 really!). I know we had some blockbuster games in 2013 with GTA-V and The Last of Us but Ni no Kuni is without a doubt my game of the year.