Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Nov 25, 2022

  Bizarre.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 10, 2022

  Art	🎨🎨🎨	Gameplay
  Difficulty		Replay
  Music	🎹🎹🎹	Voice	🔊🔊🔊
  Story	📘📘	Translation	📜📜📜
  Comedy	🎭🎭	Drama	🎃🎃🎃🎃
  Kawaii	🐹🐹🐹	Ecchi	🌷
  Impact	💣💣💣💣	Score	🌻🌻🌻

  📜Notes

  Attention: This review is separated between the base novel and the Adult Content DLC, please check the DLC pages for a different review. Now the story finally becomes more fun to follow, although not any masterpiece. Still fun to see what happens next with many plot twists in the box.

  ✅Pros and ❌Cons

  ✅The story gets better on Part 2, although it's still nothing stellar ✅Lots of plot twists adds fun to what comes next ✅Some interesting special effects ❌Boring story overall, even with its many plot twists ❌Only main heroines are voiced

  🔮Censorship

  None.

  📊Status

  Completed.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 14, 2023

  This is a lesson on how to ruin a good story in a few steps.

  Introduction

  This is the sequel of the first Ne no Kami series, and I have to say I'm thoroughly dissapointed in various levels. I'll explain why in the following paragraphs.

  Worldbuilding, or how to nuke believability

  The worldbuilding of this game is utterly broken. Even when the fact that the rules of the divine sword wielders reimaned consistent, the introduction of a completely different mythology into the worldbuliding elements came out of the blue, and it was never foreshadowed at all. Worldbuilding elements, especially new ones, just like plot payoffs and character payoffs, need proper setups, so the relation cause-effect doesn't break, thus maintaining the suspension of disbelief on the reader. The introduction of a foreign mythology with no foreshadowing destroyed any sense of believeability this story had, and took me out of the story completely. I think this was introduced at the last minute, because of how disjointed it is. My best guess is that the writers tried to subvert expectations for shock value instead of trying to build a consistent and believeable world. From a storytelling perspective, it's a disaster.

  The plot

  Suprisingly, the plot was the least damaged element of this game, if at all. Most setups and payoffs were on point, and characters made good decisions overall. There are some conveniences, but every story have them, so it's not a big issue. It's surprising how the writers could keep track of the many setups to give satisfying payoffs, but not realize that introducing foreign mythology with no setup would damage the story this badly. I'm honestly baffled by this dicothomy. That said, I detected some tonal mishaps but nothing very damaging, and the pacing was overall good.

  The characters (or how not to subvert expectations)

  I praised the job the writers did with Len as a character, but they damaged her in the very first minutes of reading. At the end of the first game, the writers created certain expectations that could lead to an interesting and compelling character arc for Len, but that was completely ruined by how the writers handled Len at the start of this story. It's obvious that they tried to subvert expectations once again, but they failed, yet again. When subverting expectations, the writers are required to provide something equal or better than the thing the audience expected, but that was not the case. That was just a cheap way to create investment on the reader, making them think that Len would go through an exciting character arc, when they provided nothing. And in the effort to subvert expectations, the writers obliterated any sense of tension from that scene. Fortunately, that was the only real issue with her. From the starting scene onwards, Len remained consistent with what she was in the first game. Shinonome and Uzume remained unchanged and undamaged, and Ruka got the development she needed. I honestly thought that she was only around to be Shinonome's love interest.

  Artistic and technical elements

  Not much to say here. Art direction, character artstyle, sound effects, music, performance and voice acting remained the same, with no improvement or regression. H-scenes still have no mosaiques, so girl on girl action remains as untarnished and lewd as the first game (which is a great thing, by the way). In conclusion: Pros: -The plot was solid, all things considered. -Ruka got the development she needed. -Still spicy girl on girl action. Cons: -The worldbuilding was completely broken. -Shockingly bad writing choices for Len as a character. -The writers' need to subvert expectations instead of achieving cohesive storytelling. If I have to summarize my experience with this game in one sentence, that would be "a perfect example on how not to subvert expectations". Subverting expectations is hard, and relies on the writers knowing their audience and what are their expectations for the story or for a given character. It's really hard to do, and it's not advisable to do, unless you know exactly what you are doing. Personally, I prefer to write soild plots and consistent worlds and characters over trying to surprise them, especially when I'm an aspiring writer. That said, I'm honestly disappointed by how the writers handled Len and the worldbuilding elements for the reasons I explained during this review, so I have the painful duty to not recommend this game if you care about internal consistency and meaningful character arcs. But hey, the yuri was good.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 9, 2017

  As always, this VN exceeded my expectations as I recommend it to buy once you has finished the previous. However [spoiler] Haku didn't deserve to die [/spoiler] .
• gamedeal user

  Oct 2, 2019

  very good game would like to see what happens next
• gamedeal user

  May 3, 2020

  [h1]Review with accompanying screenshots and video at Sinical Network[/h1] https://www.sinicalanimenetwork.com/post/2020/05/02/ne-no-kami-the-two-princess-knights-of-kyoto-part-2-review [i]Ne no Kami: The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto Part 2[/i] continues after the cliffhanger ending in part 1 of [i]Ne no Kami[/i]. As the ayakashi (monster) invasion draws closer and becomes increasingly victorious, Ese Len and Sarume Shinonome learn that the enemy they are facing may not be the ayakashi. As a direct sequel to part 1, part 2 uses the same background scenes and character sprites as the first part. The game retains a glossary and highlighted keywords to help readers follow the storyline, and the OP Waltz of the Princess Knight as my favourite theme song of the series. Plot-wise, part 2 makes up for the disappointment in the cliffhanger ending in part 1 by providing a better ending in-game, and in the extra stories DLC. The story also delivers on the hints left behind in part 1 by revealing a number of plot twists and shedding more light on Ese and Sarume's past. The game also has one choice this time although it only affects one adult yuri scene in the game. In terms of artwork, it has a few improved visuals by featuring vibrant battle sequences, a set of SD CGs, and an equal number of attractive artwork as part 1 to keep the reader's interest. The insert song and the ending theme song does very well to bring out a particularly difficult moment for the protagonist and the ending respectively well. One major issue I have with this game is the incompatibility of the adult uncensored patch at Denpasoft with the Steam version. If the Denpasoft adult DLC is manually copied over to the Steam version, not only will the visual novel freeze to play the OP at the intro rather than switch to play the actual OP, but the ED which contains some voiced dialogue and translated subtitles to establish the link between the ending and the post-ending stories in the extra stories DLC and artbook DLC in part 1 will show a black screen as well. This patch works fine in the GOG version. Although both the OP and ED can be viewed anytime in the game folder, it is even more annoying considering that this is the second part of the series that was released almost a year later, and the Steam version seems even more like a defective game and the developer and/or publisher doesn't care to address this issue after censoring it. In spite of a major fault with the censorship in this game, the thriller segments and the heroines' backgrounds gradually being revealed make up for the faults in this game. Len's development from a schoolgirl coming to terms with her status as a princess knight without knowing who are her parents, her affection for her lover and close friends, and eventually coming to terms with herself as a supernatural being kept this story exciting as a thriller, making this title the best of the series. Hence, I can recommend this game with the extra stories DLC, and hope to see part 3 of this series being released at some point in future without any form of censorship, if possible. My review for Ne no Kami - The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198006413390/recommended/490890/ [h1]Visual novel, JRPG, Anime Steam group - Join the group and consider following the group's curator list for more reviews or games with J-pop[/h1] http://steamcommunity.com/groups/vnislife
• gamedeal user

  May 21, 2020

  Part 2 of the Visual Novel is as action and story rich as the first part. With a ending twist with the last part, and a intense battle on the start of the second part, with an even more deeper story buiding with all the events and hint gathering, the story continues its fascinating way towar the hardest of the emotions, be itlovee, be it pain, or even sadness and Bloodspread. The events take quite a harsch turn of pace, which deepens aswell the resolve of the young generation. The twist between humor and seriousness akes it a very lively, yet grabbing story which captivates any reader in an amazing adventure. I can definitely onyrecomment it further. I am also eager to the next part of the story once it get released! With this much story building, with so many events and secrets, i really really do hope, really deep in my heart that we will have a whole series ofthis VN! I also could even imagine a anime adaptation of this VN wit a high succes!
• gamedeal user

  May 19, 2021

  FUCK i came here for "PLOT" yet what i got was acual plot damit gunna be pissed if there a part 3 and its not out yet all yall looking for just a generic vn with some cg scenes to nut to avoid i say
• gamedeal user

  Apr 29, 2022

  Convoluted as hell and ends in a cliffhanger that isn't gonna get resolved ever so unless you are forced or have to do a review about it avoid at all cost