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The only highly positive thing I can say for White Knight Chronicles II is that it has an absurd amount of content. Not only does this sequel largely use the same maps and enemies, it actually wastes time retreading the same narrative ground for large stretches. What's their first destination? The exact same events that kicked off the first game. One of the first major plot points of White Knight Chronicles II involves the party of over-powered teenagers using a book that allows them to travel through time. Even when you summon the impressively huge titular White Knight, the plodding pace of combat doesn't improve. Level-5 didn't create many new creatures for the sequel, and everyone tends to have the same strategy anyway: Discover which type of attack they are weak against and hack away until they fall. Twenty hours into White Knight Chronicles II, I was still fighting the same giant bugs, spiders, and scorpions that were primary opponents at the beginning of the first game.

Sadly, that flexibility is wasted in a game world that offers little of interest. Each character in your party can be tailored to focus on almost any weapon or magic type, providing a great deal of flexibility for combat. Whether going solo or playing online with up to five other players, you will fight across complex dungeons, massive plains, and other open settings.

The first White Knight Chronicles was a mediocre experience when it arrived in early 2010, but its sequel shamelessly recycles content to a degree that has me seriously questioning the abilities of once-trustworthy developer Level-5.Īs with the first game, White Knight Chronicles II is a clearly Final Fantasy XII-inspired, MMO-light Japanese RPG. I'm always disappointed when a developer I like puts out a bad game, but you know what offends me even more? When a developer I like puts out a lazy game.