Why Expert Mode Is So Underwhelming In Ni No Kuni II?
I recently decided to replay Ni No Kuni 2 on expert mode since I thought the normal mode of the game was too easy on my first play through. Honestly expert mode though didn't really feel all too different since all that expert mode does is make enemies deal more damage while you do slightly less. Even though on expert mode it's incredibly more punishing to take a hit the thing is that enemies are still very slow and predictable. Since enemies are so predictable most of the time you should only take one or two hits from regular enemies. Another reason why you should barely ever get hit is because of how easy it is to combo in this game making most enemies unable to actually do anything. Something else that I believe makes this game easy is the amount of free bosses/tough enemies in this game since they all get combo'd very easily. The two hardest bosses in this game are probably Mausinger since the teleporting and faster attacks can be quite annoying to deal with especially since you have to fight Oakenhart immediately after. The second hardest is easily Bastion since I don't know if it's just because I was 10 levels underleveled but Bastion just wouldn't die since it takes forever to move to his weak point and the second phase with the platforms is just annoying to do with a camera made for a JRPG. The reason why I made this rant is because I've seen many people say expert mode is so difficult which made me try it out in order to find out if it's actually that hard. Tbh it really isn't much different then the base game in terms of difficulty. If I were to make expert mode better I'd make it so enemies are much faster and all get hyper armor well bosses no longer can get staggered as easily. I'd make it so less orbs drop since throughout the game I rarely had to use soreaway or sensors since I got free Hp and Mp from just hitting enemies and then even if you can't get constant damage in you'll never need to use healing items ever again once you get Bracken. In short this game is easy af.