#lacenikki

[adelle-ein]

cleared the beta main story (it's five chapters, for anyone wondering, all set in wishfield), there's loads of side quests etc to potentially do but i think i'll probably spend the rest of the time dressing up nikki and wandering around - don't want the first several dozen hours of the full game to be a drag when it comes out lol, want to leave some stuff. nikki also decided to mix things up on me by getting stuck *above* the ground in the last few cutscenes so that was fun

positives: really is just a gorgeous, gorgeous game. the dress up mechanics are stellar, lots of options and things to mess around with. i don't even really have a ton of clothes yet but have still spent tons of time dressing up, it's great, i've never played such an hd fashion game and it's exciting. so much love and detail has gone into the world - npcs will be standing around knitting, tons of tiny items and details in houses and storefronts. some of the animals are supremely cute, there's so many flowers, there's lots of little like...sewing/weaving/knitting/crochet/art details lying around. there's no part of the world that feels unfinished or like an afterthought. even the goddamn treasure chests are beautiful. it's very much a "see a place, go to it" open world. photo mode is really just fantastic and everything i want other games' photo modes to be. generally gameplay feels pretty easy and accessible - it's a little overwhelming at first when they're throwing terms at you (might be easier for nikki veterans) but you can get the hang of things after a bit, and the combat's easy. no lag, loading screens are pretty minimal, runs gorgeously on max settings on my computer (which is a very good gaming computer but not like a custom rig or whatever.)

negatives: don't love some of the platforming but i've gotten by ok without needing to call my sister to come do hard parts for me, so that's good lol. if i can manage probably most people can. the gacha really seems awful, odds of naturally pulling anything good are low, currency rare, hardly anything in the common pool, all that good stuff. and at least so far, some categories of items like eye colors and capes for momo are locked to pulling heavily, which sucks. while most of the bugs i've experienced are visual glitches, and i've had way less crashing since they pushed out hotfixes, said glitches can get pretty annoying at times - mostly nikki sinking into or hovering above the ground which can impede all kinds of things, and sometimes buttons to skip or advance scenes not working properly, (though usually if clicking didn't work, hitting f did and vice versa, still a pain). voice acting is flat as a board, and the last few cutscenes had some pretty gnarly typos/translation issues (there's some otherwise, but not enough to really impede the game imo.) these are pretty predictable complaints i think. not optimistic that the gacha will improve but i think the bugs etc can be smoothed out. also i got a little dizzy/motion sick at times but nothing awful, just needed breaks.

but yeah, excited for full game, shame about the gacha but hoping the rest of the game is strong enough to stand without it

[adelle-ein]

rushing through the infinity nikki main storyline when i realized you unlock a white ponytail in it (lace is predictable)

but yeah, stunningly gloria and adelle-esque, easy to get hairstyles in IN, v excited for full game and bd2 cosplay fun (also peep that fishy belt buckle, seth lives on too) (haven't found anything for elvis yet lol)

[adelle-ein]

nikki'ing infinitely

i applied to the beta test literally on the last day it was open on a whim and they actually let me in haha....thanks fancy new computer

definitely some freezing issues although fortunately progress never really gets lost when i have to restart. also my nikki keeps getting stuck in the ground (esp during cutscenes and then she ends up at like...waist height to the other characters). but dang it looks pretty

also behold. my parking skills

[adelle-ein]

did go into the preview for the gacha and take pictures of the adellecore dress though

idk if i'll ever have the fortitude to draw her in it (i mean.....look at it.............) but thought it would be good to save the references

[adelle-ein]

more nikki photography (pretty much all i'm doing is dressing up and wandering around now since i want to save the rest for the full game)

i've gotten various blue butterfly accessories but not the adelle dress, still dressed her up a bit with what i had tho

[adelle-ein]

they gave a bunch of free pulls for infinity nikki cbt's last (full) day and i still did not get the butterfly dress

but i did get blue eyes as a pity prize so another adellecore photoshoot with what i did have

[adelle-ein]

last few days with nikki....i will miss her

[adelle-ein]

game definitely has flaws but yeah really hyped for the full version. if they can work out the bugs/glitches there's something really fun there - it feels very finished other than those issues, so hopefully a good polish will get them out and we'll get this in early 2025? maybe? ideally they'd also improve the gacha experience but hopes are low for that lmao. i can still have my fun i think

nikki gets stuck lower in the ground the longer i leave the game running without restarting. today i mostly left it running on the pc even when i wasn't playing and by the time i logged out she was

infinity nikki? no. two foot tall nikki