So, I tried the new Ni No Kuni MMO... I was just hoping to play through the story mode in the hope it might be good, since I've already been told (from versions released elsewhere) that it's p2w NFT shit.
Installed the phone version, got it started. Installed the PC version, got it started. Lag as fuck, even on my monster machine- not a thing it should do in a cel-shaded game, probably. Clearly a mobile app ported to PC, everything just the same. There's auto-walk for missions. Auto-fight is on automatically and even the SETTINGS page has pure touchscreen controls. Auto-fight, auto-heal, everything.
Got to the first battle. Slugfest. Controls. Are. Shit. Even on PC. Auto-battle activates automatically and you just sit there and watch, basically. Even if you manage to turn it off... the basic attack key is fucking V!
Now, I'll play some phone games in which auto-battle is necessary. This game is 3d, though, billing itself as an 'action RPG.'
On top of that, the first environment you get to actually wander around in is 100% on-rails preconstructed. I don't need as much freedom as BotW/Genshin, but this was hallway simulator level.
Uninstalled. I may watch an LP at some point that goes through the story, but right now? Nothing so far has endeared me to the setting or characters- just a bit of real-world tease and standard fantasy schlock. Not worth the headache. I already spent an hour and a half agonizing over my internet deciding to go down just before launch.
It is a pity though. Cute catgirl is cute, and the customization worked out pretty well.
Ah well, keep on trucking in Genshin, and maybe ZZZ when it comes out.