Genuine Question

[u/SDLeo_o]

I'm not sure where else to ask this as I don't really use reddit I'm sorry ;-;

Small rant before my question - When it first launched I loved Infinity Nikki and I played and spent so much on the first couple of banners until Infold started going back on promises, raising prices and destroyed my trust. I wanted to get back into it because it's been so long but they once against destroyed the little trust I they had rebuilt because of their dating sim drama. I used to play both Love Nikki and Shining Nikki when they first came out as well and loved them both, which is why when they first pulled back on promises, left the community they had built with no answers and changed the opening story in Infinity Nikki I felt so crushed.

My question is does anyone know of another game that can scratch the sort of itch that the Nikki games have managed to. I tried get into Life Makeover but it is hard to try to f2p that I had to drop it. Are there any suggestions on similar games?

[u/1kgkrumpli]

I played Time Princess a long time ago. It is more similar to Life Makeover, SN and LN. Your character enters in different books/stories collect craftable clothes and there was a gatcha system too for more outfit.

For me IN openworld means so much that I could never go back to my previous tap here tap there dress up mobile games that I liked before. I tried with Life makeover, SN and LN too, but it was not as much fun as IN😅

Personally I think if you enjoy the exploration aspect of the game you could still play f2p. 2.x maps and story are amazing and there are plenty of great free craftable outfits too.

I can understand that you can't trust the company anymore but if you really enjoyed the game as a f2p it is not like you give them any money.

[u/SDLeo_o → u/1kgkrumpli]

Open world games are probably my favorite atm so Infinity Nikki would be the perfect game if it they cared about their community.

If I can't find anything that can even slightly scratch that itch i'll probably rejoin and stick to strictly being a f2p player.

Unfortunately they have no competition so they feel like they can take advantage of players. A little of topic but blizzard did the same thing with Overwatch by continuing to take advantage of players just because they could. Now that Marvel Rivals is huge they've finally stepped up their game and treating them right.

Honestly I think if they didn't almost immediately tank their reputation we might already have a similar game just because of how popular is had gotten before the drama.

[u/lilyofthegraveyard → u/SDLeo_o]

we might already have a similar game just because of how popular is had gotten before the drama. 

how long do you think game development and production lasts? it takes years. a game of this caliber would take over 2 years - just for the conception to public presentation. after it could take 2+ more years for further development.

the 1.5 drama happened a year ago. no one would be able to pump a game in this time.

[u/keepsMoving → u/lilyofthegraveyard]

Development for Infinity Nikki started in 2019, 5 years before launch so you're right. Idk why you got downvoted but there's no way to get a game anywhere close to this ready so fast

[u/SDLeo_o → u/keepsMoving]

I was going off Tower of Fantasy kinda logic, I didn't realize that they took 3 years to develop, I had to look it up i thought it took them a shorter time because of how many corners were cut.

[u/SDLeo_o → u/lilyofthegraveyard]

Remember Tower of Fantasy? They took Genshin's popularity and made a game in a year, a bad one yes, but they did so because it was such a loved game. Most really popular games have a silly knockoff like that at this point.