Name: Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds
Rating: 4.61721 (24094 reviews)

User Reviews for Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds

4.62 out of 5

24.1K Ratings

2 years ago, Koko🌯

Awesome game!

I’ve just started to play it’s already a great game, my only problem is that some cut scenes are a little buggy or some characters disappear during the scenes. I think personally the fighting needs a little work, it automatically makes the attacks for you which is a cool idea but i think it would be more fun if players had more control. When doing a mission/quest it makes your character move to the quest location and if you try to move away from route to the location it makes your character keep going in the direction of the quest. I think is a great mechanic but I think it takes away from the exploration of the game, I think it would be better if you were able turn this off and on because it does save time if your trying to rush through the game. Overall this really is a great game and it’s super fun. I love all the characters and adorable animals and it deserves a good reputation. btw to all the people complaining about the loading thing it’s because the game was pre downloadable and it wasn’t officially released yet but now you are able to play :)

2 years ago, Sarahlizzyash

Fun Game but I am dropping it.

I liked Studio Ghibli’s movie “No ni Kuni” so I wanted to try this game. It’s a very imaginative world like the movie and fun to play. NetMarble made the game accessible for all ages by making an open world on training wheels. Yet, the training wheels are tightened with a torch wrench. NetMarble has not found a good balance of auto-play for new players and letting experienced players play on their own. While you can turn off the auto-fight function in settings, I noticed the game still wanted to fight for me on upgrade levels, like the labyrinth. It should not be that complicated. NetMarble is very generous with upgrade materials for weapons and armor and makes the process fairly easy to understand. However, your items bag fills up very fast, so half your time on the game is spent clearing space for needed items and upgrade materials whether you buy more room in the bag with gems or not. I am dropping the game not because I had to wait in line to play which was bad enough. No, it’s because the game always shuts down when I am upgrading weapons and armor as if I’m not playing. If this game came out a few years earlier, I would have absolutely loved it. However, after playing an open world game like Genshin Impact, Ni no Kuni feels antiquated. This would be a good console or PC game. It is not a good game for a phone/tablet. I played until level 49 and found little reason to spend any more time or money.

2 years ago, Valerie~~~~~~~~~

Off brand copy of Genshin Impact

If you want a better “open world” game, then download genshin impact. This game is almost a exact copy of it, the opening, the mechanics.. any of you genshin impact players know what im talking about. I literally pre ordered the game expecting something way better, but as i was playing way too many things remind me of genshin. Maybe this game was inspired by it, just like genshin impact was inspired by the game Zelda breath of the wild but its just way too similar to me. Not only this, the game is really confusing, i think theres way too many buttons and things to upgrade im just lost in the game. If you have auto on, you can legitimately just leave the game running and it will do story quests FOR you. It even has auto combat. I don't really understand the point of this and theres no clear way to turn off auto. Also, the gems that you need to summon for familiars and weapons and stuff are way to expensive and I don't even know how to get them for free. How am i supposed to collect new stuff? Im only level 19-20 right now and the only thing that’s remotely interesting that i got as a reward is a giant cat mount. Its extremely easy to level up in the game as you can just auto do everything without even touching your device. And the story isnt all that interesting either. The game will most likely improve over time, though, this is what i think about it right now.

2 years ago, FlyingMooMooCowMeow

Good Idea, Poor Execution

Ni No Kuni was and is a decent game, being somewhat better than other games currently in terms of generosity and allowing the user to interact with other people. With that being said however, this game is not without it’s faults. The storyline is overall quite mundane in my opinion, and seems to lack meaning or depth, especially because you don’t truly form any connections with the NPCs, they just give you a task and you do it, nothing else. Secondly, with the amount of people on each server, it takes forever to load anything, and occasionally crashes, but that may just be my device. By the time I’ve loaded in, I’ve lost most interest in what I originally started the game up to do. Lastly, there isn’t much you can do after certain levels. I got to level 40 and quickly realized I had been left with absolutely nothing to play. When you go to fight monsters, it automatically fights for you, and even if it didn’t, the fighting aspect of the game is dull and overly simple in my eyes. Overall, this is a good game to try out, maybe play with a few friends for a while, but you’ll most likely end up quitting sooner or later. This game has quite a lot of potential, I just don’t think it’s going to be utilized anytime soon unfortunately.

2 years ago, They true bob

A solid okay

Visuals are fantastic, if you love ghibli, you’ll enjoy this for a few days. My issues is how hard it is for f2p players. You hit a hard wall starting in the 30’s. The game gives you very few free cash currency, and the dye system and beauty creation system are way too harsh and impossible for f2p people. They also seem stingy with any content in game, most dungeons and adventures are a single play a day type system. It’s also mostly idle play style, and from what I’ve experienced of the combat, the camera is so bad, and aiming control is also garbage, so even the combat is pretty rough. Idle grinding is also pretty garbage, you need hundreds of thousands of exp to level up, and mobs give like 10-30 exp each.. The RnG is so bad.. you need good items to progress, but it’s almost impossible to get if you’re slightly unlucky like me. There’s also a upgrading and evolving system that seems to be a solid okay, hard to get items to upgrade though. The classes are also sex-based, which i feel is such an outdated concept. The cat characters ears don’t change with the hair style, most beauty items are blocked behind a paywall unless you’re extremely lucky early game. Was fantastic for 2 days, give it a try, but expect idle-extremely childish-gameplay. Oh, they also give you a disabled cat mount that is like the worst thing ever. 😂

2 years ago, Xmxixcxhxexlxlxe

Doesn’t feel like a game

I usually don’t write reviews but for all the things I’ve heard about the game I genuinely don’t think it deserves all the praise. If you’re used to playing mmorpgs I think you’ll be extremely disappointed with 1 the character creation and 2 not actually being able to make decisions for yourself. If you care about character creation the character creation is extremely limited for male/female characters if you want to play as any character for the stats you can’t change the body type and you might be stuck with a character that doesn’t represent you. In terms of gameplay, for some reason auto questing is the only option you have and your character runs towards quests and auto complete them itself. If I wanted to watch an AI make all the decisions I’d watch a movie. You can stop your character from moving towards the quest, but it gets rid of the marker for that quest so you can’t walk to it yourself because you don’t know where you’re going. I’m extremely disappointed in what this game turned out to be, it’s not fun just watching a computer do every thing. It might be good for really young kids, but even then I don’t think it would be engaging enough for them. I wouldn’t recommend it if your looking for a game to actually play, maybe if you want to watch an interactive movie it’ll be your thing.

2 years ago, Kersten Danielle Bryant

Should’ve been made by Studio Ghibli

This game caught my attention because it’s a studio Ghibli based game, I’ve been into the ni no kuni series since it came out on the ps3. Buuuuuut this game isn’t made by studio Ghibli so there’s a lot of downfalls. A lot of people say it’s an exact copy of genshin impact but honestly almost every mmorpg game has the same layout, the same design, just different stories and characters. It does feel very “Studio Ghibli” in design, which I do like, but the game play is very boring. If you can’t find the auto-off function then it very quickly becomes an idle game as you will literally be walked through almost every single part of the game without having to touch anything. This is also another gacha game with so many micro transactions that it’s very unbearable. There’s alot of predatory features in the game that will try to get you to buy gems whenever you can and it’s horrible. After a certain point it’s hard to level up unless you spend money, I’m at lvl. 36 and I haven’t spent any money but literally almost everything is hard to get/accomplish without spending money. This game had a lot to live up to and kinda failed miserably, but you get a cute cat that you can ride around! :D

2 years ago, Mrw33051!

Great game, but a few things really hold it back for me

I just got this game after the official launch, and the art and story so far are absolutely amazing. However, a couple things are already holding my back from really enjoying the game. The first is the auto-running. Whenever you try to navigate a quest, it will auto-run to the location. It seems small, but as someone who likes to run around on the way to my quests, it really annoys me, but even after messing around in the settings I cannot find a way to disable it. My other major complaint is the size of the skill buttons. For a tablet user, they would be perfectly fine, but playing on a phone they’re extremely small and again, there is no way (that I was able to find in the settings) to adjust the size. This makes combat really difficult because I keep hitting the wrong button. I chose a bow user, which in most games already have a hard time locking onto targets, but this issue makes it especially bad. Especially considering the target locking is somewhat faulty. However, these are all really minor issues with an otherwise well put together and entertaining game thus far, and I hope they will be resolved.

2 years ago, lychee green

Love it 10/10 had some problems at first tho-

This is a great and whimsical game I love the storytelling however I do wish cluu was ether nicer (at least in the first parts) and let us talk that’s honestly my only problem with this game because cluu (at least for rn is a jerk XD (This is not something most people will face but if you do just uninstall and reinstall the app) (Old) Idk if I’m just stupid or what but it’s not letting me play the game I’m sure it’s amazing and all but I keep getting to the screen that has the “skip” button on the corner and I press it and it just won’t skip and idk even know if you could wait it out I mean I waited there for like what? Ten minutes? Nothing happened just a repeating animation if this is a bug and I’m not being stupid please fix it! If I’m just being stupid please tell me what I’m doing wrong! I love everything about ghibli movies and I have high hopes for this game and tbh I’ve not even been able to play it and it’s gone far beyond my expectations/hopes but again.. I still can’t play it…

2 years ago, ifartrainbowzz

Im displeased

I would have loved to give this game a 5/5 stars but sadly I can’t, I have been waiting for this game since the start of this month, and I was pleased to see that at 1 in the morning I see that I can download the game, so I did, it obviously took awhile to download, which the waiting part I could handle easily, after awhile I open the game sign in so I did, got another pop up telling me to download a patch of some kind, which I obviously did and considering how I’ve wanted almost a month to play this game I used my Data (since it’s faster than my wifi) and it only took a couple of minutes, once it was done it gave me the conformation that it finished downloading and restarted the game and after that I chose a server, but then I got the same pop up stating I needed to download the same patch which I thought maybe there’s another one so I confirmed and it immediately gave me a pop up that it finished and I thought wow that was fast and it kept giving me the same pop ups so I decided to just reinstall it and I did all the same process again and again and it seemed like the only game content I got was the mini game you play while you wait for it to download, I understand that it’s a new game and might have some bugs but I was at least expecting to play the game and not be stuck at the menu 😔

2 years ago, PandaMosey

3.5* game

I rate this game a solid 3.5*. While the art and animation and all the little details are so great, there are so many content gaps in this game where you just have to let your character attack monsters for literal hours to move forward. I’ve played other netmarble games like Dragons Nest and I stopped playing that one for similar reasons. I believe Seven Knights 2 is also by them and i stopped playing that game for a similar reason. What I mean by content gaps is that you can follow the storyline of missions for a while, but then they suddenly run out. I propose 1 of 2 solutions: get rid of these content gaps by adding more content or 2 make the other content give more exp. I think you could really make this game shine if you had a certain daily exp allotment or something instead of having to AI mode for a certain amount of time. All in all I was really disappointed that a game with Studio Ghibli could be this much of a downfall. I was really looking forward to this one and even spent money on it. Hopefully the devs can add more content to this game to make it more interesting and less empty and grind-y. P.s. please also make this game have more manual modes. Autoing everything is not always fun.

2 years ago, Gen42_Joker

Meh

Even after I found out about the whole crypto/nft thing I tried to give this game a chance because it looked really cute but it’s just honestly terrible. The characters are gender-locked which is fine except customization is pretty limited too, so you’re stuck with default/ugly characters for certain classes. The gameplay is frustrating because there isn’t much actual gameplay. The game auto-steers you around to follow quests/plot and the battle mechanics are pointless since you’re set on auto-attacking enemies anyways. You’re basically just a passenger while the game does everything for you and you can’t even fight on your own without the game trying to take control and move you RIGHT NEXT TO THE MONSTERS (tbf I picked swordsman). Also idk if it’s a bug or whatever but I couldn’t use the name I wanted even though I’m positive it wasn’t taken? Unless they don’t allow numbers in names, which is pretty stupid if you have a large player base and don’t allow shared names. Anyways, voice acting was kind of cringe too (both in English and Korean) and I’m lowkey annoyed that I bothered to predownload this disaster. I usually don’t leave negative reviews but this was such a horrible experience and I was genuinely disappointed. I guess that’s what I get for playing a game made by people that support nfts.

2 years ago, Taylor verner

Disappointing

I am highly disappointed by this game, I was genuinely so excited to see that the animators behind studio Ghibli was working on this game since I’m a huge fan of Ghibli but this game was just not good. It’s so buggy that characters will just disappear mid cut scene and even bug out so bad that they start to float, trees and people will load in randomly and the game is almost completely auto play making it quite boring. The best thing about this game is the beautiful world so not being able to explore it is really sad. I am also confused why they call the kingdom Nameless Kingdom like Ghibli is such a creative studio so I don’t understand why they couldn’t just think of a name for the kingdom, I have basically the same complaint about off brand Howl Pendragon. One thing I absolutely adore about Ghibli is their amazing character designs, no character looks the same unless they’re supposed too like even a lot of the background characters have interesting designs so I just don’t understand why Howl is basically in the game but is a character you can choose to play as instead of being like a cool NPC. This game is not worth the download and if you want a better game like this than I recommend Genshin Impact or if you’re willing to spend money than Breath Of The Wild is super good as well.

2 years ago, aithuzah

Endless Auto-Play

I'm not particularly far into the game, but I enjoy the designs, aesthetic, and characters so far--and I would appreciate the mechanics of gameplay a lot more if I was allowed to, I don't know, interact with them maybe? The default setting for quests, traversal, and combat is "autoplay," and I wish it were possible to definitively opt-out of that, but the settings only seem to mitigate the problem. I want to actually explore and engage in combat with full control of my character, get lost on the map picking up side quests and finding chests, and admire the creatures and details throughout the environment, but the game seems dead-set on taking me from Point A to Point B with no detours no matter how often I tell it to stop doing that. It's admittedly handy to be able to go through menus and upgrade items while en route to a quest location, but I'd rather utilize that feature after I'm already thoroughly familiar with the world. Is there any way to fully disable autoplay in all its forms? Do these settings exist and I'm just not finding them or disabling all the necessary functions? If not, I hope settings to that effect will be implemented in an update soon.

2 years ago, IsMashEs

5 star game gets 4

First let me start by saying THIS GAME IS AWESOME. I used to keep three or four games going so that when one became boring I would switch to another. But since I’ve been playing Ni no Kuni, I only play this one game. The title says it all; this is a 5 star game but sadly I can only give it 4 stars because there are tweaks that are not in this game, that I feel like should be there. Before I get to that I’ll tell something about myself, I drive for a living. So the auto quest and path finding is -like the kids say- the most awesomest thing ever! But here’s the problem as small as it may be. Why isn’t there an auto harvest function in familiar forest? Why is there no lock feature so I can’t accidentally move something? Why is there no fishing in the game or a boat that I can catch and ride or a house that’s can build? Easier said than done right…I know but all those items are on my wishlist, but neither will stop me from playing this game. P.S. I d also like for my idle characters to be somewhere in the game that I can visit them. Not just in the title or character selection screen.

2 years ago, Basull

It should be 0 stars

Let me start by putting my cards on the table. Ni No Kuni II is my favorite video game. I was extremely excited for the mobile addition to the franchise. Level 5 makes great games. The story is funny, the game play is fun, and I could progress at decent pace. My affection for the series and general happiness with the game made me willing to overlook some major red flags. First off, this game does not respect your time. You have to log in at certain times to participate in Kingdom (guild in this game) events and group raid events. This means if you don’t log in at the exact time you can be locked out of premium rewards. This is the same thing with the meaningful PVP. Sunday and Tuesday from 11:00 pm-2:00 am is the only way to earn the super secret premium currency. This means you can’t get the premium top gear unless you are a top PVP player. Finally, the cost of the targeted packs are ridiculous. No joke, they wanted me to pay $80 to level up a weapon when I promoted it from 4 stars to 5 stars. I could overlook all of this, until I was locked out of the game for a 900 player queue that consisted mostly of bots farming the in game cryptocurrency. It is ridiculous to ask players to wait 20 minutes to 2+ hours to play a mobile game. I’ll never play a Netmarble game again.

2 years ago, Barmecide451

Game is now fully released but it’s still broken

So I preordered this game. As a huge fan of the Ni no Kuni series, I was very excited. When the game finally downloaded, I stayed on the title screen and wouldn’t let me progress further because the game wouldn’t be fully released until the next day. I understood that and I waited. (Everyone rating the game poorly without reading that it wasn’t released yet is pretty stupid btw.) However, the game was officially released today in my timezone. It is 6:15 pm PST on May 25th as I write this, and the game still won’t work. It does let me join a server and start the game, but there’s a cutscene in the beginning that I cannot get past. The game opens with a scene of a grassy field, with a cottage and a huge tree in the background. In the foreground is a little wooden table set with plates of food and surrounded by four tree stumps for chairs. That’s it. Nothing else happens. No matter what I do, the scene stays still. The Skip button does not work, and clicking anywhere else does nothing. I’ve refreshed the game multiple times and simply waited for the cutscene to start, with no luck. I’m very disappointed. If the game gets fixed and actually allows me to play it, I will change my rating and review, but for now, this is how it will stay.

1 year ago, Sarah<3_8806

PLEASE READ!!!!

I personally love the art style and the entire story line. I have grinded and spent so much time on this game. And I finally forked over $40 for a beautiful mount. And they double charged me. I used a gift card and being a teen with no job, I had no more money. I contacted this company for support over 6 times. Not once did they ever get back to me. It made me unable to access all of my phone. They did absolutely nothing. Since March I dealt with this issue and finally I was able to fix it in May. By paying for it AGAIN. And its such an issue they put a half-hazard solution on their page. Which is just to contact them. It is so painful that Studio Ghibli is partnered with such a horrid, money hungry, scamming company. They will not get any more of my time or money. Its so sad because it is the only game on the market for mobile that has Studio Ghibli’s art style. But I’m not going to pay for something in game and get scammed again. They very clearly do not care about players at all.

2 years ago, soundwave159

The game is great lvl 1-50

A lot of the reviews here complain about pay to win or micro, but you can honestly be free to play and still have a good time. The issue here is once you get to 50 even with grinding and a few bucks it can take weeks to make small progress. You get stats buffs from every activity in the game. This feels great 1-50 especially for my adhd brain. However, they did wayyyyyy too much future proofing and those minor sources of stat increases become a time stacking and unrewarding process. Download the game with the knowledge you’ll only play it for a month. It will be fun during that time. However after that it can take a full day to raise your stats by 1% and it only slows down from there. Speaking of 1% there are unique passives in this game that only give 1%. Which is less than a second off cooldown for most things. Also 1% of a million is is 1k which would be a lot… for someone who didn’t have a million…. I see where they were going with these numbers, but they are absolutely ridiculous if they kill the mid-long game. I enjoyed my time with the game but will probably delete it this week or next. Wanted more but as I keep playing the game I can already see it’s grave stone being etched.

2 years ago, No one12468900

It’s great, but one thing

So I played this is for a week or two and the game is awesome! I love the characters and everything else about this game but I want to say some suggestions. First I want the character you play as to be able to talk. You don’t have to do it but it would be fun be able to talk for yourself and be able to make your own choices. Second I wish that when you need to do something and leave the game mid quest the game would finish the quest for you. You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to but it would be good to have because I leave the game a lot to do things. And also I have wish you could fly or something like that. Like if you finish all the quest or reach level 100 you get a glider that you can fly with. It would be cool to have and you could get to places a lot quicker. There is still the map and mounts but I just like being able to fly. That is it and again you don’t have to add these ideas they are just suggestions.

2 years ago, AntDoan709

It doesn’t work

I pre ordered the game and downloaded it last night but when I loaded up the game and started to download the data needed for the game, it took forever but that’s not why I’m complaining. It’s’ because after it was download, a screen pops up to confirm to start the game, I press confirm and it restarted the game from the beginning and tells you to download data again, so I did it and 2 seconds later it says that it was completed and the confirm pop ups again. It traps you into this loop where anything you press will end up leading you to restarting the loop. P.S: I also deleted the game after it kept on looping and did it again but it kept on looping even after waiting for a long time for the download to complete.

2 years ago, Kaibunnii

Bots everywhere and NOT f2p friendly

I didn’t know that this game had Crypto, I just downloaded it because Ni No Kuni has always been such a fun series. Unfortunately, you can’t actually get into the game unless you want to wait 30 minutes to 2 hours just to log into the game. Thanks to unhinged cryptocurrency, bots have overrun the game and actual players can’t actually get into the game hardly anymore unless you play at late hours. Even then, it’s like a 700 person queue unless you pay them $8 to bypass? It’s sad because Ni No Kuni is an IP that could do fine on its own. The game is beautiful and seamless, it definitely gives Studio Ghlibi vibes and I was so excited for it. Sadly, I don’t have the time to wait for a two hour queue so unless the bots and cryptocurrency are reeled in, I wouldn’t recommend this game. Hopefully the devs listen and don’t allow their greed to kill such a beautiful game. P.S there is a quest you get around level 50 that locks the progression of the game until you beat a boss with almost 400k power… while you’ll have about 275k as a f2p person. Unless you want to do weeks and weeks of grinding - or shell out hundreds to this company - you can’t progress the story.

2 years ago, Slim in Blue

Meh game ruined by crypto and NFTs

First off, the game itself? It’s not bad, but it sure isn’t good. It looks nice, which isn’t saying much with how common good looking mobile games are now with things like Genshin. It tries to stop you from playing by playing the mission itself, which doesn’t look good at all, it just makes it seem like it knows it’s a bad game but wants you to think it’s decent by not letting you play much. Based on that alone, I’d give it a 3 stars max, probably 2 stars in reality, but crypto and NFTs makes it a guaranteed 1 star. Crypto isn’t necessarily bad, I just don’t think it’ll become the worldwide currency that destroys any other currency, and right now it’s in very early stages and isn’t the most optimized. That said, crypto has NO place in gaming because most people play games to have fun, not as a job to make money, and most people are fine with that being the car. NFTs on the other hand have no place ANYWHERE, NFTs are a blatant scam and I refuse to change my stance on it. As a result, NFTs also have no place in gaming and claiming otherwise is something I would consider stupid. TLDR; game is meh, looks pretty, but 1 star because crypto and NFTs shouldn’t be in games.

2 years ago, OkamiDreams

Dropped the game…

I was a F2P player as I don’t earn a lot of money. I personally love the feeling of hard work and grinding to get stronger in games. I don’t mind being behind those who pay because that’s just how I am. However there are some issues… 1. Bots. Bots are literally everywhere and real people who just want to have fun and play the game are being punished for it. It’s very frustrating to wait a long long time just to even hatch an egg or something. It got to a point where I decided to drop the game altogether for another MMO. 2. Money. Yes I know I just said I don’t mind not paying but there are many people who do mind. It’s really unfair for most people to have such huge paywalls. From my understanding most MMOs are not NEARLY as expensive. I have to give this game 1 star because this is a really big issue for those who love to immerse themselves in a Ghibli type world. The problem just kept getting worse so I decided to drop the game for good and spend my time (and possible money) somewhere else. And for any players out there, I am sorry and I feel for you. To new players, you might want to spend your time and money elsewhere.

2 years ago, DareToSay_17

It’d be great if…

The game has a really awesome art style and vibe to it, the story seems like it could be very engaging and the combat system could be fun to play around with but… The game aggressively forces you into autoplay, the methods I have found online to shut it off don’t turn it off per se (ie turning off auto quest just turns off quest tracking as a whole so you don’t get a quest marker and have to just wander, or auto battle cant fully be turned off, even when it seems like its off visually my character will still just stand there and be fully automated) Generally when i download a game I expect to be able to play it, this is more like lazily watching a computer have all of the fun. If there was an update that let you just permanently turn off all of the auto play functions in the settings then i would try again. Another bit that i also feel would be important if i could actually play the game is controller support, its 2022 and there are plenty of decent mobile games with controller support so i feel like its a requirement when it comes to a game like this

2 years ago, YVWHSaves

Automatic gameplay weird anime fan service

This game could be better. In Asia it made over 100 million in 10 days and the ad push in the west so far has been insane. But for all that it could be much improved. The classes are okay but to have a witch option in particular instead of a magician or something is weird. The main villain of the first game is a witch. Very subtle occult influence. Also the witch character is just a sex figure and they totally use the opportunity to lambast you with anime style outfits and poses. Lastly, the gameplay is just straight up automatic unless you turn that feature off and even then the game is an mmo with extremely basic attack skills. Clearly it’s trying to take a large basis of its gameplay from ni no kuni 2 but mixing that with the mmo style of gameplay cheapens it even farther. I doubt much will change about this game and you can save a lot of precious time from your short life avoiding this time sink. Read your Bible and seek God, in Jesus name I pray you have a wonderful day and would be saved. You cannot pull yourself out of quicksand my friends.

2 years ago, FluffyChikorita

Disappointing…

I had hoped that this wouldn’t be like Every Other MMORPG but I guess I hoped wrong. I can’t seem to turn autorun and auto battle off so that’s a bummer because I wanted to like, actually get to know this world. I wanted to play a game; I didn’t come here to just watch it play itself. There’s a typical gacha system and the cash shop shows up before I’ve really figured out how the game works (which isn’t likely btw bc it just lights up the button that it wants you to touch so I have no idea where anything is or what anything does). The two stars are because it’s really pretty and the familiar designs are genuinely really good. The plot is also very predictable… you are dropped into a fantasy game, sword art online style, and immediately become the strongest. I genuinely don’t think I can lose even if I try. I love studio ghibli and cute monsters which is why I downloaded but I can’t stand the game-plays-itself style of game. In any case, it’s probably not for me. I’ll play a little longer and see if this changes but I will probably be uninstalling.

2 years ago, FaithfullPeak555

There is really no point of trying to download it now….

I started playing this game when I saw an ad for it on TikTok so I decided to try it. It’s actually not that bad of a game but this past week I have been trying to get into the game, and no longer can because of the server queue. Also keep in mind that I’ve only played this game for 2 WEEKS and ALL the servers are full! The lowest I’ve seen in queue is 18 players, and now it’s at over 2,000 players so there is no point of downloading this game if you can’t even play it. Another thing I have noticed is that the game is COMPLETELY FILLED with bots, I always see characters that either have clothes that no one else can get, or they are all identical. And these bots are the reason why no one can get into the game. Last but certainly not least… the Gacha rates in this game…. ARE COMPLETELY TRASH! Every Gacha pull you do, it increases your score by 0.5% and to get a guaranteed 4 star it has to reach 100 pulls and to get a guaranteed rare 4 star it has to reach 200 pulls (I believe) I know it’s an MMO game but this is just a complete scam to get people to spend A LOT of money on this game.

2 years ago, Shaunnerss

Popping! But…

So far love this game , has amazing graphics and the gameplay and storyline keeps you captivated. The ability to hold 3 different elemental weapons is a perfect without the hassle of going to your inventory to switch. There is a downside … first is logging in… when I first played and seen that there was a waitlist to login into the server it didn’t bother me at all until overtime that waitlist that went no more over 400 eventually went to higher 700s and now the waitlist is 4,000+ ! I understand this is a new game and still working out the kinks but that is ridiculous. I haven’t played for a few days cause that number just gets higher and higher and my patience is to thin to wait 10+ mins just to login. Next is customization since this is still fairly new I’m hoping a patch will come along with more options to customization, with there being only a little there is very little diversity in the game.

2 years ago, CaytlynnBradie

A little too boring at this stage

I have the same complaint as everyone else: the auto-running. What is the point of a video game that I don’t even get to play? The map quest symbols go away as soon as you turn off the quest to walk around on your own. Even when I try to walk around on my own, the camera is trying to pull focus to something completely different and seems to spin out of control. It’s the video game camera equivalent of improvisational jazz. So much of the beginning of the game relies on auto running and auto combat that I started getting a *headache* from the boredom. The buttons were difficult to see and use on my phone screen, and a lot of them seem pointless in non-combat areas. If this were a beloved franchise for me, I would stick it out. But the story just isn’t captivating enough in the first hour to make me want to play again. Maybe if they fixed the UI and made the gameplay feel more independent, I would try again.

2 years ago, SpoopsYaBoi

Bugs

I stayed up till 3 today trying to kills the field boss but I came and got no reward after killing it. Nothing. No reward or history that I even participated in killing it. And the most annoying part was that I was mainly getting killed by another player than the monster itself. Over and over again but the same player. And I think that we shouldn’t be able to hurt each other in this boss fight time because a lot of us were killed just because it was funny. It distracts and also prevents us from being able to kill the boss. Also I think that the attack and skill buttons should be bigger. I keep clicking it after the dialogue and usin up my skills. Also how do you disable the auto fight thing. It’s really annoying having to auto kill something and I can’t control the timing at all and that’s really annoying. Also what is the death penalty and how do we get it in the game cause that might be another bug factor to me dying during the field boss today. I also had fo pays lot of money to get rid of only two death penalties and I can’t take off the rest.

2 years ago, Queue098

Not F2P friendly. Great PVE but too many P2W Mechanics

Where to begin..so the good. If you’re in a simi competitive guild, you may find a nice balance of challenge and rewards. There’s ample content to keep you going as well as a 10 hr offline ai mode to let you gather materials without having the game on. The worst part about this game is that many of the gatcha mechanics are locked behind paywalls. Want diamonds? Gotta pay. Want cosmetics? Gotta pay. Want end game skills? Gonna pay. This game features the most amount of battle passes I’ve seen. You’ve got one for bosses, events. $80 cosmetic mount, $40 costumes, $20 battle pass, $8 bi weekely pass..you get the idea. A lot of the PVP modes are also littered with hackers that will win making your actual progress and time spent null. The developer refuses to patch or get sone decent engineers to balance and make this a much more enjoyable game. If none of the cons matter to you (your the pvp/competative machanics), then give it shot but tapper your expectations.

2 years ago, GamerMom2020

Issues & heartbreak

I absolutely love this game other than the fact that I can no longer login due to bot overload. The bots have overloaded every server & it takes around 3 hours to get logged into my server usually, sometimes even longer! It rarely has less than 600 players waiting at a time. Please fix this!!! I’m begging you! Then, I logged into a different server trying that but it made me start the game ALL OVER! Why?!! I don’t understand why I have to completely start over just because I want to try a different server?! I love this game but lately….it’s breaking my heart. This is one game I play constantly but here lately, I can’t play at all. This game has helped my anxiety a lot….something I struggle with severely. Without it, I am having a tough time. I can’t find another game that preoccupies me like this one does. I’m just really disappointed at this point. I hope they fix it soon. 🥺

2 years ago, Hineti1990

Fun world with some issues…

The game is fun overall set in a world I’ve loved since the first game. That being said, this game has very few customization options, which is a big letdown for me. If you’re interested laying this on mobile, then the auto play is a godsend, especially if you are busy with work or other tasks. Now to my main gripe with the game - the character creation. As is the case with a majority of Korean made MMORPGs, the classes are not merely gender locked, they are character locked. To add to that, you can’t really create a character of your own. The characters are preset with some hair choices and changing the color of your hair, clothes, and eyes. Nothing else beyond that. You can’t even change the facial hair of the only character with facial hair… If you care about character customization in your MMOs, this game is not for you. Otherwise, it is designed really well, it’s pretty fun, and the music is phenomenal (composed by the great Joe Hisaishi himself).

2 years ago, wowowowoowowowowowiwwwoowow

Great Game but…

I have been enjoying this game a lot, once I get a PC I’ll definitely transition over there but for it being a mobile game it runs really nicely! My only issues are more so “quality of life” complaints that I personally get frustrated with. The auto play is helpful and I can see why people enjoy it, I just wish there was one definitive button to turn it on and off, as well as the multiple toggle options. I don’t mind only having one name per account but it’s more like one name per server which is frustrating. I made a new character on another server so I could play with a friend but having to wrack my brain for a new name instead of using the one I already have was annoying. I also am not a fan of having to make totally new characters if you want to switch servers. Maybe there’s a reason for this but I don’t get it. Just some small things I wish were different. Would be five stars otherwise!

2 years ago, Linnnnnng

Cluttered

I really love the graphics and it’s really the thing that’s saving this game so far. Everything is so beautiful it’s almost made me forget how many buttons and things are crowding the screen, but it’s not enough to pardon just how busy the display is. The clutter wouldn’t be so distracting if this was a different type of game, for instance an Otome game or something where the character wouldn’t be doing too much movement in game, but this doesn’t really fit the atmosphere of a relaxed game like that even though this is technically a gacha game. Another small issue would be that the jumping is kind of slow and kicking something is like a whole separate task to do it takes two seconds too long. I’m giving this review four stars because of the graphics and the fact that I love the other Ni no Kuni games, so I still have hope for this game.

2 years ago, Lighting01

Don’t bother

As of this week, to even log in now it takes 10 minutes minimum. I tried to get in on my server, and there were 2,500+ in the queue ahead of me which means it will take about 25 minutes to log in. A lot of the traffic is bots/NPCs that the developers won’t do anything about. The community in the game has been great so far. But, the game itself isn’t worth that amount of trouble. Should you make it into the game, it doesn’t get much better. The widely lauded music is mostly recycled from Wrath of the White Witch, and you have to pay for everything! There are more than 10 currencies to keep track of, and getting your hands on some of the rarer currencies is almost impossible. But, you absolutely need it to level up. The plot could be good if you actually get a chance to play. Overall, the game has several ridiculous obstacles that the developers could easily solve but aren’t. Don’t waste your time nor effort.

2 years ago, Capuchinz

Territe is Ruining Global

I played the original version of this game and enjoyed the first couple weeks of this version till I came to the bottleneck that is territe. Want to craft gear? Rank up your familiars or equipment? Feed your familiar some gummies? Well, good luck, because not only is getting resources for any of that a grind, everything costs a lot of territe and you can hardly get any. Territe is an addition to the global version that does not exist in the original which has been running for about a year now. It makes the game less player friendly, barring progress for active players trying to get stronger. Apparently they plan on adding NFTs to the game and requiring players to buy those in order to get more territe, which will be paywalling F2P and low spenders. The game makes plenty of money off packs and limited time events, it does not need NFTs, and was a much better game without territe. But I’ve been told this is a pretty classic move for NetMarble, and it is a shame they have to go and ruin the game like this.

2 years ago, hannahbunn

This game is great - sorta :/

I absolutely adore this game. Visually it's amazing and story wise is cute so far. I'm about an hour in (I also play on the pc version too) and I really hate how this game just auto plays itself. There's no challenge at all for the players in having to move, attack, and travel to quests on your own. This game would be perfect if everything wasn't auto. I get it's an option but why is it even an option. It would make the game much more fun if the player actually has to put the effort into playing and learning how to play instead of it just playing itself. It makes me feel very disconnected from the game. I want to be the one to play not just watch it play itself. It's a huge turn off for me with this game. Please consider not making everything auto! Challenge the player a bit by making them use the abilities and fighting themselves!

2 years ago, ajkshsjsoqkqnaka

Kinda a Letdown

I really really was enjoying this game and grinder it as soon as it came out in the App Store. It has really good looks and it is satisfying when you get good gacha pulls. The auto battle feature is also cool for someone like me that wants to grind but also has a lot of stuff to do besides playing video games. I thought the game was great UNTIL I got my main character to about lvl 40. Once you get there, there’s a major halt of progression and it doesn’t really get better. I was in a top 5 clan and was kicked because I couldn’t keep up with all of the people paying money. This game is the least f2p friendly game that I have played which is annoying because I was having a good time. Now the gameplay is boring and all the same and I am not going to pay money so I had to stop playing. On top of that they incentivized like most of the 5 star reviews with in-game loot so this game has a boosted rating that it shouldn’t have.

2 years ago, Nguken

Lovely game, awful rolls

This game is incredible it’s very hard to compare this game to any other game that I played on the mobile, except for one thing it is a completely free to play a game with very very big whales. I would like to say I’ve been playing this game consistently since it’s been released and I’ve been paying for almost all of the weekly bonuses and events I think I’ve came up with at least 400 or $500 spent towards this game. That’s an awful lot for how bad the chance rolls are, you need to spend money on the skills the weapons the items the armor to even compete with these whales. I think I have to take a step back because this game will always keep expanding which means more money drawn. Thank you please fix rolls

1 year ago, Nathicana

I like it

I see other people have issues but I'm really into all the menus and buttons and mindless collection bc it makes my brain go mmmmm also cute familiars and continuously updated. People saying its play to win, I don't mind putting some money into a game I literally play all day lol but even so I've only bought vanity stuff and the territie boost and I'm a level 108. There are auto features that I see ppl complain about that are adjustable. They are useful if you are at work or school to help complete dailies. I find it to be a game of efficiency. I think the reason some complain here isn't bc it is a bad game it's just not the kind of game they like. There are of course whales but it's a fun game with an almost completely friendly userbase.

2 years ago, Quimbly

Unfortunate

When I first downloaded this game, it was super fun. The story is cool, I love the swift reputation quests, and the characters are interesting and it’s very canon to the first game. One of the few mobile games where I would actually sit there and watch the cutscenes. The sad part is, when I first downloaded the game - there were no queues. No crypto. It was MOSTLY fair to f2p working players. The only thing that was an issue were the timed events, especially when it came to Kingdom events (only a certain day & time where players could complete them, and not everyone can do these events due to their schedules). Now, not only is it unfair to f2p, its even unfair to the people who HAVE spent money on this game. I logged in 4 days ago to a queue of 200 on the server I play. It took about 5 ish minutes to get in. The next day, 600. The next, 1,000. Today it was over 5,000. AI mode with Territe crypto farming has ruined this game. It’s become a cash grab in NA servers. Do not waste your time downloading, because you will not even be able to play the game. I’ve spent around ~80usd on the game for some stuff and it was a waste. Until crypto or Ai Mode is removed, do NOT download; or at least use VPN to change server to JP/TW since they don’t have crypto/territe on their servers. I uninstalled today after lots of wasted time. NM needs to fix these issues or all of their REAL players will leave the game.

2 years ago, Hahahahahaha:):(

DON’T TRUST THESE REVIEWS!!

To start this off I just wanna say this isn’t even a game. This is a mobile app with hours worth of text boxes and gameplay that plays its self, with a horrible unfair gacha system and nfts. the game uses the beautiful art and renowned style of studio gihbli to simply take money out of your wallet. Most of the reviews on you will read are forged, is the ni no kuni discord server they held an event that would give players gacha tickets for in game items if they participated, the even would have them leave a good rating, take a screen shot, and show proof that they left a good rating with kind words. If you left a negative rating they would not give you the rewards. This shows that they didn’t even attempt to make a game of which people would enjoy or appreciate, as well of showing us they do not care about the community. After this i have lost all faith in netmarble and as they have multiple exciting projects coming up they can not be trusted.

2 years ago, nicoleanne1020

Somewhat disappointing

I was really looking forward to the game since I heard Studio Ghibli was working on it, and was hoping for a game similar to AVABEL (no auto pathing). Unfortunately, it is exactly the same as every other MMO on the market with everything automated—it just looks cute. Some people are into those kinds of games and honestly enjoy ‘playing’ games that are chill like that! If you’re into such games, definitely give this one a try. If you were looking for an MMO that didn’t have auto pathing or auto combat, I suggest you look elsewhere. For the devs: Please consider adding in a feature that turns off auto-ing! I (and I’m sure many other players) would love to actually *play* the game rather than watch it play itself. I would still like to run around and fulfill objectives, fight, etc. without having the system drag me to the predesignated path.

2 years ago, M.kulture

Love BUT

Love the style of the game it really helps to pass the time, I’ve been playing since it came out. I made a swordsman character which I’m currently lvl 54 on my main account never paid for anything, but I have a few set backs that probably will make me never play this game again, I tried to enter my world and it’s making me wait in line behind 2000 other players and I’ve literally sat here at work for over an hour and it has barely made a dent in in my positioning. It makes me think no one is literally gunna sit there and wait an hour to play this game. Another fault is that I tried to enter another server and was surprised that I couldn’t use my main character in a less active world…. ID have to make a wholeee new character…. Super disappointing I’m literally waiting in line as I’m writing this for the 3rd time and I’m getting tired of waiting. Gunna go try Genshin Impact and hope for a better grind.

2 years ago, clampkingdom

NOT Free to Play, NOT a gatcha

Net Marble just updated the game with a server merge and now it’s completely unplayable unless you spend hundreds of dollars. The only in-game items worth purchasing cost $80 EACH and you need them every time you level up. Playing for free is impossible, you’re constantly being killed by high level players blocking you from the games core content and from leveling up. The game is also NOT a gatcha game, it gives the illusion that everything is random but in reality it uses an algorithm that blocks you from obtaining rare items once you hit a certain cap for the day/week. It’s not true RNG. This game was already a boring grind before the update and now it’s even worse. The developers support toxic players, allow abusive behavior, and impart a required monetary system that the original Korean version of the game does NOT have. Just another aspect blocking you from the games main content. This game is a stain on the Ni no Kuni brand.

2 years ago, AtalieTheTimid

Barely feels like a game

I’m 20 levels and four-ish hours in, and have yet to have any fun. The story seems interesting, the graphics look amazing, and the voice talent so far is outstanding…. But this isn’t a game. Your character automatically progresses through quest objectives with auto-pathing and auto fights. Meanwhile, there are dozens of systems you need to keep up, or you’ll have notifications cluttering your screen. Whenever you get a new item, it seems like you need to claim a collection reward, and achievement reward, and a stats reward of some sort? And this is for every item you collect. So far my gameplay has been having my character automatically quest while I try and keep up with these notifications to claim rewards in the menus. It’s a shame, this is such a beautiful looking world, I just wish it would allow me to actually engage with it… like a normal game would.

2 years ago, Excall

Extreme Monitization

I have whaled in many, many mobile games and I spend disposable income for fun, but this game is monetized to the extreme. I’ve heard others say that it is the most pay to win game on the market and that seems very possible from what I saw when I was playing. This game is a sad story of wasted potential. In other regions, it is a pretty fun casual MMO with cool graphics and a world based on the Ni No Kuni games. However, global did not get the same experience. We are treated with disrespect by Netmarble, who monetized our version more heavily, replaced some of our free available currency with crypto-nonsense that adds an extra barrier to upgrades and limits the amount of pulls we can do for characters, and encourages bots to flood the servers. The game had potential, but it was diminished by Netmarble’s extreme greed. Like many in the mobile/gacha community, I will probably avoid Netmarble games from now on even if they have good graphics and decent looking gameplay.

2 years ago, Wynterlynnxoxo

I guess I was just expecting more…

I’d like to start out with the fact that it’s very similar to Genshin impact, and yes everyone has said this but after playing Genshin, it feels like this is on a level lower than Genshin. Maybe if it had more options to customize your character or if it wasn’t just a game where you don’t even have to touch the screen to play it then I would like it. My point is, the characters and options are pretty basic, and the game is pretty boring. The story is a bit boring too, I only liked the beginning bit because it made me pay attention for a bit, but when it started the tutorial stuff I just lost all interest. I’ve played other games that had stories/lore that could absolutely make me cry whether out of happiness or sadness or anger. But this story..my face stays at a neutral look..this game is definitely overhyped, it was all too underwhelming.

Description

Time for another adventure in Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds! Directed and produced by [Level-5], and featuring animation from [Studio Ghibli] and music by composer [Joe Hisaishi], a talented team unites to create the newest installment in the [Ni no Kuni] game series, 『Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds』, the world inside your heart! ◀ Game Introduction ▶ ■ A story where reality and fantasy collide. A grand journey awaits you upon arriving in another world via the virtual reality game [Soul Divers]. Experience the epic that unfolds in 『Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds』, where endless adventures await. ■ An open world indistinguishable from an animated film. Beautiful graphics rendered in the Unreal 4 Engine. Catch every carefully-crafted expression and action in this breathtaking world! ■ Customizable player characters show your individuality. Choose from the mysterious fencer [Swordsman], the magic spear-wielding [Witch], the genius gunner [Engineer], the mischievous archer [Rogue], and brawny hammer-swinging [Destroyer] Who would you like to become in 『Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds』? ■ Your helpful protectors, Familiars! Meet the mysterious creatures unique to 『Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds』. Their cuteness hides incredible strength! Collect [Familiars] and get stronger together. ■ Decorate your very own farm! Get back to nature in the Familiars’ Forest and decorate it however you like! You can place [decorations] like gardens, trees, and houses. Enjoy your harvest and cook a delicious meal in the Familiars' Forest! ■ Join a kingdom and make friends! Work together to rebuild the fallen [Nameless Kingdom] and develop your kingdom's resources. Decorate the kingdom with interactive [Social Objects] and triumph in various challenges to become the greatest on the server. - Minimum Requirements: iphone 6s or Later, 2GB of RAM - Recommended Requirements: iphone XS or Later, 4GB of RAM - Homepage: https://ninokuni.netmarble.com/ *This app offers in-app purchases. *By downloading this game, you are agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. - Terms of Use: https://help.netmarble.com/terms/terms_of_service_en_p - Privacy Policy: https://help.netmarble.com/terms/privacy_policy_p_en