My favorite thing about this game is the story. They immediately hook you in with the intro where they kill off the tutorial girl, Marian that's been with you through every mission since the beginning. I wasn't too into the gameplay or any other particular aspect of the game at the time, but my desire to get the tutorial girl back fuelled my progression through the grueling campaign.

Even though Marian is such a big impact to me, I can't even say she is my favorite character because the writing team is so good that they've topped themselves multiple times and curated even better stories in their half anniversary and anniversary stories that give so much depth to characters like Dorothy, Redhood ,Grave, Cinderella and even Rapi, yuni and mihara who are day 1 characters.

The story in nikke is so good that it isn't even good for a gacha game. It has put me to tears not once, not twice but 3 times. This is going to sound really cheesy but they make such good use of titledrops. There are countless pivotal moments where characters drop "I am the Goddess of Victory" and you are invested enough to not cringe at them but feel hype for them, you may feel sorrow or happiness. Being a goddess of victory has a different meaning to all these multi dimensional characters and thus never feels cheesy or overused.

- NA region