Do you know that flavor of conversation on the Internet where a familiar object is identified as another, completely different object, which shouldn't make any sense but strangely does? like who Hot dogs can be classified as sandwichesOr because it contains dough-filled ingredients, Pop-Tart is ravioli. despite this Infinity NikkiThis really looks like a high quality dress-up gacha game breath of the wild Reincarnated in some fancy-ass clothes.
In the game, you play as Nikki, an ordinary girl who moves into the fantasy world of Miraland with her talking, two-legged, pant-less cat Momo. In Miraland, fashion is magic and a group of stylists use it to fight the evils of the world and each other.
I had problems with its clunky, counter-intuitive, and sometimes unresponsive control scheme.
Infinity Nikki having a lot in common breath of the wild Was not immediately clear. I started disliking this game very much. I had problems with its clunky, counter-intuitive, and sometimes unresponsive control scheme. The menu icon is in the top right corner of the screen but opens by pressing and holding it left Shoulder button. But when you open the radial menu, you can highlight the icon only with the right thumb. The direction pad is not directly functional, and when you use the This is a glitch and a platform switch between mobile and PS5 didn't solve it.
Control issues aside, nikki Then dismissed my dislike of gacha games. I don't hate them at all despite having the same type of reputation hunter design element which caused crackdown on loot boxesRather, I have found them either completely impenetrable With their thousands of millions of progression systems and currencies layered over completely normal gameplay, or So naked in its basic purpose of taking away my time and money That they shut me down. at first blush, Infinity Nikki It felt like this.
In addition to exploration and fashion battles, Infinity Nikki is filled with all kinds of mini-games that provide an entertaining break from such gameplay. flappy Bird.
But as I was walking through a rural countryside, with light piano music playing at a default volume a few notches below a whisper, I saw a golden twinkle in the distance. I found a plant that I could collect. Then another. Then Momo, which is basically the mobile game version personality 5Morgana told me that something called “Whimstar” was nearby. I found it at the top of a rocky cliff that required some light platforming to reach. From higher up, I saw a treasure chest, so I used my bubble costume to slowly glide towards it before changing into my purification costume to drive away the monsters guarding it. Once they left, I saw a bug that I could collect with the new bug catcher outfit I made. Then I…
It's easy to read this and think all this Infinity Nikki done take it BotW And fill it with microtransactions (which I'll explain later). But by the time I had, “Oh shit.” it is zelda''Revelation, it didn't feel like a cheap clone. Solving the Korok puzzle gave me the same pleasant shock that I felt from finding a Whimstar. And the dress-up mechanics added a layer of novelty that further enhanced the game and my enjoyment.
Everything in nikki Driven by fashion. There are special outfits, like my monster purification outfit or the bug catcher uniform, that grant abilities that let you traverse the map, collect materials, and fight monsters. You then use the materials you collect from those activities to upgrade your ability outfits or get clothes you want to customize your avatar with. There are plenty of pieces of clothing and accessories, each intricately rendered in beautiful detail, that you use to show off your own style and win fashion battles against other stylists.
After exploration, I had the most fun creating outfits in fashion duels against NPC stylists. Each piece of clothing is scored in five categories: sweet, fresh, elegant, sexy, or cool. Whoever has the highest marks in the specified categories will win. Since these battles are score-based, you can easily win by wearing a wonky mix of expensive clothes – kind of how I won my first battle. The experience was so rewarding that it inspired me to try to win future battles both high-scoring and in high-fashion.
To borrow a phrase from final fantasy xiv, “Glamor is the end game.” This means you're not playing to become powerful or beat the game, you're playing solely to satisfy your fashion habit. And it's surprisingly not expensive.
despite this nikki Being a gacha game that, at its core, is designed to make you spend money, its monetization system feels more residual than important. Most gacha games do not require players to spend money, but they are usually designed so that you can't help it. The main game activities are arbitrarily limited and if you want to continue playing, you have to pay. What I saw after 15 hours, nikki He doesn't have that.
Dressing up is the main feature and there is a cash shop where you can spend money on consumables which gives you the chance to win high-value, strikingly beautiful clothes (known as “pulling” in the gacha community. goes). But there are plenty of other, cash-free ways to get costumes that are just as enjoyable as anything available for sale.
You can look at mixing and matching pieces of clothing with your abilities, earn clothes from quest rewards or blueprints to make them, or purchase items from in-game vendors with in-game cash. I wasn't a fan of all the lace, sparkles, and pastels I made for my first dress, which I considered spending a few bucks in a fashion slot machine. But as I continued my magpie-like adventures, I created a punk rock look that I would actually wear in real life without spending a dime. It felt as if this shop was only for those who needed the special facilities it offered.
how i enjoyed Infinity Nikki My expectations were dashed. managed to recreate a gacha game breath of the wild in function and emotion, while the depth and breadth of fashion speaks directly to my love of personal expression in sports. It wasn't just an Unreal Engine 5 version of the dress-up games of the early Internet, but a spiritual, sartorial successor to one of the best games of the last decade.
Infinity Nikki Now available on Android, iOS, PlayStation and PC.