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A lot of these combat mechanics they are making me learn seem pretty gimmicky and unneeded. the voice acting is also very bad lol

music is really good though

ultimate_reaver posted...

A lot of these combat mechanics they are making me learn seem pretty gimmicky and unneeded.

Wait until you get to the secret boss and on some of the characters (can't recall which) even the final boss. You'll be grateful for the Shotlock, D Link and style changes.

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ultimate_reaver posted...

A lot of these combat mechanics they are making me learn seem pretty gimmicky and unneeded. the voice acting is also very bad lol

The combat mechanics are the only way to get any fun out of the combat.

i need to get the guts to get through the releases.

i hate chain of memories but it's on my list in this lifetime to get through.

maybe i can beat sephiroth this time.

BurmesePenguin posted...

The combat mechanics are the only way to get any fun out of the combat.

Yeah. Sure you can do what Northlane said for most of the game. Just like you can beat KH3D by just spamming Balloon. But why not use all of those flashy commands they've giving you? Most of them are fun.

kingdrake2 posted...

i need to get the guts to get through the releases.

i hate chain of memories but it's on my list in this lifetime to get through.

One of my friends bought me Chain of Memories for the GBA when it came out. I loved the first Kingdom Hearts game so I was really thrilled to have a new one to play through. I only played it for like 4 hours total.

combat feels a bit better when the game started giving me larger groups to fight, i think it just has a problem where it dumped like 10 tutorial screens in my face with a bunch of pictures. When you actually use it it's mostly self explanatory and they made it seem more convoluted than it really is

This board game thing though. I started a game and immediately got so board i googled if you needed to care about it and just quit when the answer was no

ultimate_reaver posted...

This board game thing though. I started a game and immediately got so board i googled if you needed to care about it and just quit when the answer was no

It was great on the PSP though. You'd be able to chill and easily level/gain commands while watching TV. And it's practically required if you're playing on Critical on the HD collection. There's also some commands locked away on those boards which you aren't able to get anywhere else.

I beat that game once.
I hardly scratched the surface of the supposed amazing combat.
Pretty sure I still have it, is it worth another look?

ViewtifulJoe posted...

I hardly scratched the surface of the supposed amazing combat.
Pretty sure I still have it, is it worth another look?

The combat is fun to screw around with. But it's definitely the low point of the series in that regard. The numbered titles and even 3D with its Flowmotion are superior by far.

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The script isn't doing it any favors, but to be fair I was expecting a really cringy story from what little I've seen of this game. Direction is an issue too; I started with Terra and sometimes he sounds fine but other times he sounds like a kid that got called to read out loud in class.

TheSavageDragon posted...

The combat is fun to screw around with. But it's definitely the low point of the series in that regard. The numbered titles and even 3D with its Flowmotion are superior by far.

Oh my bad I meant KH2. Not the later releases, just default KH2.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

Oh my bad I meant KH2. Not the later releases, just default KH2.

Generally the consensus is that KH2's combat is okay, but the Final Mix version is where it truly shines as the extra boss battles require you to truly engage with most of the game's mechanics.

ultimate_reaver posted...

The script isn't doing it any favors, but to be fair I was expecting a really cringy story from what little I've seen of this game. Direction is an issue too; I started with Terra and sometimes he sounds fine but other times he sounds like a kid that got called to read out loud in class.

Terra's VA truly was awful in that game and Willa Holland's Aqua sounds as if she's bored for most of the game despite easily having the best character and story.

BBS's combat is jank. That's the only way to put it. Literally everything in the game is either broken good or broken bad. From D-links, Shotlocks, Command Styles, and even regular commands. It makes you wonder how the game is "supposed" to be played because you can randomly break the game open with a bunch of things and a bunch of other things are utterly useless.

Abilities are also kinda jank and the designers kinda cornered themselves with the endgame bosses because of abilities. I know it's not most of the game but it's the part I remember doing the most because of how wonky it gets. The combination of One More, Second Chance, Leaf Bracer means it's pretty hard to die in a conventional way. Made worse because Aqua / Ventus's roll spam is like 90% invincibility frames and so is Thunder Surge. So the super bosses are a horrifying mess of covering the screen in attacks while you i-frame through everything and when you do get hit you get hit a hundred times but can't die until you finally have a millisecond to Leaf Bracer Curaga and repeat until finally One More doesn't activate even though it definitely should have activated and you die.

I am still pretty early into this game but characters in this sure have a recurring issue with running into characters that literally look like some variety of evil demon and trusting everything they say implicitly

ultimate_reaver posted...

I am still pretty early into this game but characters in this sure have a recurring issue with running into characters that literally look like some variety of evil demon and trusting everything they say implicitly

How to tell people you're playing as Terra without telling them you're playing as Terra

Finished the first boss. Actually died a couple times because I had to use my brain a little and learn its attacks, which is a good sign for the bosses going forward hopefully. The combat is servicable, my only real complaint is my characters tendency to auto-jump attack when the enemy im fighting also jumps, which got me hit several times and felt a little cheap.

Think I'll do one more world before I stop for the day

ultimate_reaver posted...

I am still pretty early into this game but characters in this sure have a recurring issue with running into characters that literally look like some variety of evil demon and trusting everything they say implicitly

Lmao

ultimate_reaver posted...

felt a little cheap.

it was paybacks from that incident that we've all cheesed at some point in our life.

more like manually manipulating the enemy to do the same move each time.