Baal
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Post by Baal on Oct 6, 2009 21:23:54 GMT -5
Roxas? Man I couldnt wait to stop playing with him in KH2. Same. If Jesse McCartney wasn't enough then it was pretty much boring to play as him until he Dual-Wielded against Axel.
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Post by Boogly on Oct 6, 2009 21:28:15 GMT -5
Roxas? Man I couldnt wait to stop playing with him in KH2. Me too. The games story is just a prequel about his entire life before what you saw in KH2.
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Post by Oka Ace on Oct 6, 2009 21:32:06 GMT -5
I still do not understand the plot fully.
Or I forgot the Roxas- Sora conection, and kairi and that other girl in the white dress. Maybe they didnt explain it enough.
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Post by Baal on Oct 6, 2009 21:42:28 GMT -5
Roxas is Sora's Nobody. A nobody is the leftover remains of a human once their heart is removed. Sora's and Kairi's hearts were removed when Sora stabbed himself with the Keyblade of Darkness in the first game. After he became a sahdwo Heartless and followed Kairi she realized it was him and he turned back into a human being.
This created Roxas and Namine. The other strange thing is Sora is effectively a Heartless until Roxas in the last world.
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Post by Boogly on Oct 6, 2009 23:01:07 GMT -5
I still do not understand the plot fully. Or I forgot the Roxas- Sora conection, and kairi and that other girl in the white dress. Maybe they didnt explain it enough. Just play KH1, dawg. You'll thank me later.
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Post by Oka Ace on Oct 9, 2009 23:14:54 GMT -5
Then why is Roxas part of the organisation?
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Post by Renan on Oct 9, 2009 23:20:06 GMT -5
Because Sora had a strong enough heart to manifest a Special Nobody.
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Post by Oka Ace on Oct 10, 2009 0:42:05 GMT -5
The songs been stuck in my head all day.
My sanctuary, my sanctuary!
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Post by Baal on Oct 11, 2009 10:20:53 GMT -5
Anyways time for me to go in depth about what I thought about 358/2 Days.
Roxas is as boring as he ever was before and is still dull to play as when he's not dual-wielding. He's particularly dull and annoying even in this game. And it was especially towards the end of the game that I wanted to punch him in the face mainly because he was being such an asshole to Axel because Axel wouldn't tell him about where he came from. I understand how your past is important but it's not something to lose one of your only friends over, even if you are a Nobody. And his relationship with Xion wasn't even that compelling either, they felt like friends but fuck if it didn't annoy me how protective of her, he is. Even when she's seen as a considerable threat and even tries to kill him he still tries to defend her from being hurt. He even gets pissed at Axel for just chopping her in the neck to catch her.
Speaking of non-compelling Characters, let's talk about Xion. She's more interesting than Roxas, then again that's like saying Mud is more interesting than a cardboard box. Nomura tried to make her seem like a sad and cute character and it worked when her nightmares came about but towards the end of the game I just could care less about her. Especially with her whole "I AM A MIRROR" revelation. Here's an example when certain people look at her, they see her in a different way. Roxas sees her as Kairi with black hair, Axel sees her as a hooded girl, Xigbar sees her as Ven from BBS, and at the end of the game Roxas sees her as Sora. Basically meaning she could be a guy or a woman depending on the appearance she has when you look at her. Plus she is made of such hax it's ridiculous. "OH NO, ROXAS IS ABOUT TO BE CRUSHED BY DARKSIDE! SLICE HIM INTO TWO WITH THIS KEYBLADE THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE!" "OH LOOK SHE JUST TOOK DOWN XIGBAR IN ONE ATTACK!" "HEY SHE CAN WEAKEN AXEL DOWN!" And her final boss mode is just boooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrinnnnnnnnnnnnnnng. Here's an example, her first mode is a crystallized version of herself.
Alright, I'm game. Her second form is (GET READY FOR YOUR SOCKS TO GET BLOWN OFF!) she gets a bigger sword. Her third form is actually her becoming a built bulkier and her final form is (YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT IT!) her becoming big and getting two keyblades. It also doesn't help she has well orchestrated and genuinely saddening music as her theme music. I'm not saying I dislike her, I'm just saying that aside from a few instances she's not very compelling.
Axel is actually... a good character still. I KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT. But seeing as this is his "Character Development" game he's still a cool guy. Not a magnificent bastard but still cool. He does his job and even when it comes to his friends he doesn't pull his punches. He refuses to give Roxas the info on who he was because he knows it would only piss him off. He does genuinely seem like the only character you can sympathize for in the group.
Saix is still as boring as ever when he's not fighting (That's the only time he's ever exciting) but apparently him and Axel are (Or should I say were) pals when they were humans and Saix even calls Axel by his original name (Lea pronounced as Lee). Xigbar's fun as hell though and seems like something of a mentor to Roxas. Demyx is still his fun and lazy self who seems more like a pal. Xaldin is shown in what leads to The Beast's Castle events in KH2. Luxord... doesn't do much of anything really and that's about it for the Organization because well into the first few hours of the game the Castle Oblivion group goes to C.O. and we all know what happens there.
And finally for characters the only non-Organization member to have a prominent role but still wear the fucking robe, is Riku. Riku is... well, I can't explain it. He's decent and sure as hell not as brooding as he is in KH2 but I just want to punch him sometimes. Especially for that he just strangles Roxas to beat him (Using Xehanort's Heartless mode) and doesn't pummel him. I'm perfectly fine with a curbstomp when it's happening to Roxas but can we get something more exciting?
Now for gameplay, the gameplay consists of the other KH games that aren't on portable consoles. Choose your action and just do it. Attack when you feel like it, use magic whenever, and all of that crap. THERE'S JUST ONE EENSY-LITTLE CHARMING GIMMICK THAT SE FELT THE NEED TO ADD! THE FUCKING PANEL SYSTEM. The panel system is basically this, you choose a panel and place it on a large rectangular board and you can't flip the panels with more than one space of panel. These panels so things for you like use magic and items. This doesn't sound like a big deal, right?
OH HO HO! YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY NEVER PLAYED A KH GAME IF YOU DON'T GET HOW UTTERLY ANNOYING GIMMICKS CAN GET IN THIS SERIES! Say I want to add fire to the Panel system, I add fire. Now I use fire in a fight and have to use an Ether to recharge that fire. Wanna know why? There's no MP meter meaning the more fire panels you add on adds the number of times you can use that magical ability, same goes for the items. Although to the games credit it does give you multipliers so you can add just one panel and get 3 or 4. This also becomes a pain when you have to get new weapons and you need space SO THE FUN BEGINS. See, once you place a panel you can't just have another panel at the ready and then place that. You have to go right back to the menu, get that panel, and place it again. RINSE, WASH, AND REPEAT. And then if you want to add one and there isn't enough room you can't just place the panel over one and then have that panel go back, oh no, you have to take the panel you want to remove, put it back, and then get the other panel and put it there. This is made doubly annoying by the fact you can't change the position of the panels and are stuck with fixed panels. AND GUESS WHAT, YOUR LEVEL IS DETERMINED BY HOW MANY LEVEL UP PANELS YOU HAVE. YES, THAT'S RIGHT! YOU NO LONGER LEVEL UP BY KILLING THINGS, YOU LEVEL UP BY ADDING LEVEL UP PANELS THAT YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF A MISSION TO GET.
The music is good however, it's well orchestrated, usually fits the mood and such. Nothing wrong with it, really/
Voice acting is top knotch too for the scenes that have it. Although, McCartney fails to deliver some of his lines well. Sad thing too, because he's always rather excited about voicing Roxas.
Now for the script. My god Axel what did they to you? Remember how in the GBA CoM what Axel's little motto was? IT was "Commit it to memory." This was changed in KH2 to "Got it memorized?" There's nothing really wrong with that, sure. BUT THIS WAS THE SIGN OF THE SCRIPT-WRITERS CHANGING AND US GETTING DISSIDIA QUALITY TRANSLATED SCRIPTS BECAUSE IN THIS GAME NOT ONLY DOES AXEL STILL USE IT, BUT HE USES IT NON-STOP! I wish I were fucking kidding. There's also Xigbar calling Xion "Poppet" for whatever reason. Hearing Luxord never shut up about games and Demyx about loving to be lazy is also really annoying.
AND PREPARE FOR THE LINE THAT MADE A SERIOUS SCENE'S DRAMA ABSOLUTELY NON-EXISTENT.
"Who will I eat Ice Cream with?"
Yep. And speaking of Sea Salt Ice Cream, expect to see a lot of it because they eat it after every mission and there are 93 missions. That is a lot of fucking Ice Cream.
The graphics are alright and the Mission Mode is the best part of the game because you finally get to play as someone other than Roxas. How about the rest of Org 13? No? Then how about Riku? No? THEN HOW ABOUT THE MAIN GROUP FROM KH OR KING MICKEY.
But all in all this was an enjoyable game but it could use a lot of fine tuning.
7.5/10
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Post by Oka Ace on Oct 17, 2010 5:10:48 GMT -5
Theres so many new games out or coming out. Can anyone remind me which ones are which and when they come out?
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Post by Haloninjaman808 on Oct 17, 2010 5:29:27 GMT -5
The order is (by release):
KHI KH Chain of Memories KHII KH 358/2 Days KH Birth By Sleep KH 3D (for 3ds)(not out) KH III (not out)
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Post by ronnellj on Feb 1, 2011 7:48:27 GMT -5
The order is (by release): KHI KH Chain of Memories KHII KH 358/2 Days KH Birth By Sleep KH 3D (for 3ds)(not out) KH III (not out) Plus Re:Coded
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Post by allbright on Feb 14, 2011 0:29:49 GMT -5
I played. I have played almost all episodes of Kingdom hearts. For the last time I played Kingdom hearts 358/2 days episode.
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