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WizardPowers posted...

Like how? When does it get better? She's on her second visit to every level and it still seems awful. Level 40ish

You have to actually invest the time/effort to dig into its mechanics, which the game never really forces you to do if you're playing casually. It's combat and bosses are beautifully designed in so many ways, it shits all over KH1 and only KH3 begins to come close to matching it. You're not going to notice it playing casually mashing square with the occasional reaction command or whatever because that experience is basically the same in both (except KH1's physics are disgusting to play when you go back to it from KH2 or KH3), it's proves its dominance when you try to speedrun it or do challenge runs like Level 1 Critical where it really gets to flex how deep it can be and how well balanced all your options are against each other, which isn't a common thing in gaming period (especially not from around its release), let alone character action games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYdFpv9Ay7o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVjf3bc3Noo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tQB6_T6Wfk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fd2iLSuONI

KH2:FM is still widely regarded as the peak of the series gameplay wise and for good reason. I think KH3 isn't that far off despite all the hate it gets, but they knocked it out of the park with KH2 on that front.