“Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch” (“NNK”) is the latest RPG attempt by developer Level-5, an outfit more well-known for their work on ‘Professor Layton’ series of DS Adventure titles than their work on RPGs. However, Level-5 DID make one of the finest RPGs of the 6th Generation – “Dragon Quest 8” – in collaboration with Square Enix. Unfortunately for fans of that struggling genre, without the help of Square Enix, Level-5 seems far more likely to produce unenjoyable swill than anything resembling a good game. With Namco Bandai taking the place of Square Enix in the development and publishing of “NNK,” I thought Level-5 might be provided the guidance and framework needed to avoid tripping over themselves… but then I remembered that Namco Bandai is responsible ... |
Rating of 3/5 |