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Ouch, you missed him with the finisher twice?! That's gotta sting. I hated that part because I had no idea what to actually do, and the number of retries REALLY started to pile up on Critical Level 1. You can take ONE hit so it wound up being dice rolls, is he gonna use a move I can counter? Will the game count it as a hit? Is the finisher's hit detection going to screw up and miss? At least it's epic enough to be a sweet final boss. Aqua doesn't really get that at all.
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Ephraim225 posted:Ouch, you missed him with the finisher twice?! That's gotta sting. I hated that part because I had no idea what to actually do, and the number of retries REALLY started to pile up on Critical Level 1. You can take ONE hit so it wound up being dice rolls, is he gonna use a move I can counter? Will the game count it as a hit? Is the finisher's hit detection going to screw up and miss? Yeah, she just gets Braig and Ventus-Vanitas, who fights just like Vanitas essentially. At the very least she gets two "final" bosses in the two extra episodes.
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Feb 16, 2018 14:44
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Vanitas is the loving worst. He is so loving random every single time you fight him. And that stupid finisher is such bullshit, it barely works half the time and doesn't even make an attempt to explain itself, and you can just get loving killed for no reason after dozens of retries trying to beat this stupid boss.
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Augus posted:Vanitas is the loving worst. He is so loving random every single time you fight him. And that stupid finisher is such bullshit, it barely works half the time and doesn't even make an attempt to explain itself
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Feb 16, 2018 19:17
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Part 18 - Aqua's Departure and Castle of Dreams Just one protagonist left. Aqua's exceedingly weak physical strength is a real pain in the rear end at the start of her story. I mean yes, I get it, she's "The Mage", the one that relies on magic over attack power. Yet, when it's to the point that the very weakest enemy of the game still takes over five hits to kill, it's gotten a tad ridiculous. And it's not even because I'm playing Standard Mode, I played Beginner Mode recently, and Aqua STILL had this problem, and forced me to grind as soon as I stepped outside the castle. As for this world, I felt like there was a bit of bullshit going on with The Fairy Godmother. What beats darkness, but isn't light? I don't think even she knows. Love? Probably something corny like that. It was pretty satisfying seeing Lady Tremaine get a punishment here, as she pretty much gets off without any in the original film. A tad excessive with her getting blown to smithereens maybe, but still better than nothing. More Cinderella trivia: Cinderella was the first Disney film to be worked on by the Nine Old Men.
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Feb 18, 2018 01:21
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Part 19 - Dwarf Woodlands (Aqua) This is another one of those visits that I feel is almost entirely pointless. Aside form pointing The Prince in the right direction, Aqua does absolutely nothing of value during her stay in this world. Sure, she fights the Magic Mirror, but he wasn't really doing anything but just chilling in his mirror world. Of course, he DID attack Aqua for zero actual reason. That's another gripe I have here, the fight just comes out of nowhere. the spirit just sucks Aqua into his world for no given reason and is just like "Well, you beat me, congrats." when the fight's over. They really should've just made another Unversed boss. I also find it strange how we never get to see or take part in The Queen's demise during the game. That pretty much never happens in any other world in the series. The closest I can think of is The Queen of Hearts is kind of left unscathed in Wonderland. More Snow White trivia: There were over twenty songs written for the film, but less than ten got used.
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Feb 19, 2018 00:21
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Part 20 - Enchanted Dominion (Aqua) Here we see the first sign of Aqua's special brand of being incompetent. Her extremely poor attempt to make Ventus go the gently caress home. It frustrates me a bit that she doesn't just sit this kid down AT ANY POINT when they interact and explain why he needs to grow up, suck it up, and just go home. Aside form that, getting to fight along Prince Phillip was actually pretty cool, given that he was pretty much the only decent classical Disney Prince. Y'know, since he actually DOES something aside from show up to sweep the princess off her feet. It's a shame that you don't get to fight alongside more Disney characters in this game, though I suppose not all worlds really allow for stuff like that, like the Dwarf Woodlands and Castle of Dreams. The fight with Dragon Maleficent was pretty cool here too, a great step up from the one in Kingdom Hearts I, that's for drat sure. More Sleeping Beauty trivia: Maleficent's pet crow is named Diablo.
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Part 21 - Radiant Garden and Disney Town (Aqua) I have to admit, it's a nice callback to run into Kairi in Radiant Garden. I just wish they modeled her face better, because it seriously looks...uncanny to me. There really isn't much else to say about Radiant Garden anymore, especially since Aqua pretty much does nothing else of value. The only other thing is I'm still annoyed at how Aqua made it seem like she was spying on Terra, when she blatantly was never told to do so by Eraqus, nor did she start doing so on her own. It's just a cheap, nonsensical way of making drama form between the main trio. As for Disney Town...gently caress Fruitball. I'm so glad that I never have to go to this nuisance of a Kingdom Hearts world ever again. I can appreciate what they were trying to do with it; giving us another look at Disney Castle, and an explanation as to how Pete got banished...but it just fell flat on its face. Random Disney trivia: Mickey's name was originally going to be Mortimer Mouse, but Walt Disney's wife convinced him to change it. The Mortimer Mouse we have today would be created years later to serve as a rival of sorts to Mickey.
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Part 22 - Olympus Coliseum and Deep Space (Aqua) Even Aqua's trip to the Olympus Coliseum feels completely worth it, even though this is finally when we get to fight Hades. I guess it's just because Aqua is going after him for poo poo he did like, a week ago. "Oh, he was a dick to Terra and Zack in the past! Time to rough him up!" Like I feel like he should be doing something more in the present to warrant that reaction. I do at least find it kind of amusing how everyone except Hercules hits on Aqua in some manner in this world, especially since no one else in the entire game does so. I also had my issues with this visit to Deep Space, mainly in how The Grand Councilwoman treats Stitch. She keeps mentioning how horrible and violent he is, yet near the end of the world she personally escorts him and Jumba back to their cells, not restraining them in any way, yet she doesn't note how Stitch puts up exactly zero resistance. I mean yeah, Gantu does that too, but he's never been depicted as level-headed, so it's kind of expected of him to act like he does. The Grand Councilwoman's instant trust of Aqua also felt really odd to me. More Hercules trivia: While he didn't have a song in the movie, Hades gets one in the Hercules T.V. show. More Lilo & Stitch trivia: There was supposed to be a chase scene with Stitch chasing after Gantu, and it even got completed. It got scrapped because of the 9/11 attacks, as the chase scene involved a lot of damage to buildings.
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Part 23 - Neverland (Aqua) Yet another world visit in this game that feels like it accomplishes nothing. Or at least, not enough to impact the main plot of the world itself or the grand scheme of things with Xehanort. Aqua and gang go around looking for treasure, Captain Hook comes and goes in the span of thirty seconds, and then Vanitas comes for a fight. And it's one of those bullshit fights that no matter how soundly you thrash the boss, your character acts like they only won by the skin of their teeth. That sort of stuff drives me nuts in games, and it's especially stupid in a series where Cure exists. The visit to Destiny Islands was just laughable, Aqua telling Sora about his five year-old friend (could've sworn he was four like Sora) going down a dark path. Like geez lady, that's a lot to dump on a kid that age, isn't it? Either way, next time is the last of Aqua's main story, and by next Sunday, the playthrough proper will be completely finished. More Peter Pan trivia: The film was originally going to be the second major Disney film produced, in fact the 1941 film The Reluctant Dragon (a film animation at Disney) a picture of Captain Hook can be seen during the studio tour.
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Part 24 - Keyblade Graveyard (Aqua) The conclusion to Aqua's story is about as boring as she is. Well, in terms of the final bosses, at least. Terra got to fight Master Xehanort, and Ventus got a special type of fight with Vanitas with the shattered platform and all that. Aqua? She gets a slightly harder Braig and Vanitas fight. Only difference here is Vanitas is possessing Ventus and has a sillier looking Keyblade. That being said, she at least has two special episodes exclusive to her, so I guess that kind of makes up for her recycled final bosses in her regular story. I again have to wonder, just what did Master Xehanort promise Braig from the start? As far as I know, we're never told how they met or how Xehanort convinced him to go on his side. I can't help but be curious since Xigbar's my favorite Organization member, so I guess I just want to know more about him. Who knows, maybe in Kingdom Hearts III we'll get an answer...
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Part 25 - The Final Episode There isn't too much to say for the final episode, before the ending at least. It's pretty much just another fight against Terra-Nort, except he summons his Stand this time around. I never really understood why Aqua couldn't fly to the tear between the Realms of Light and Darkness, yet she could just kind of push Terra-Nort and her armor to the opening with no issues. You know, aside from the fact the plot demands it. I do have to admit the creation of Castle Oblivion was actually kind of cool to see, even if I hate that place and those damned cards with a passion. One final thing is I don't like how you have to do specific things to unlike this Final Episode, aside from just beating the three main stories. I mean yeah, all you need to do is get all the Xehanort Reports, but this isn't some teaser for the next game, you have to go through the Final Episode to catch up on extremely important lore, same thing with Blank Points and the Secret Episode. I really hope they don't pull this kind of poo poo in Kingdom Hearts III.
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Part 26 - The Secret Episode And now all story stuff is over with. Aside form the Blank Points playing near the start, this "Secret Episode" provides with very little worthwhile. All it really does is show that Aqua encounters Heartless and the worlds that fell to darkness. I admit though, even though there were only three variations, it was nice to fight some good-old-fashioned Heartless after going through the lamer Unversed for hours and hours. Dark Hide himself was a somewhat interesting fight, what with the mechanic of seeing Aqua from his point of view. The Blank Points ending itself doesn't tell too much either, it's almost a "Where are they now?" sort of deal, with the only major revelation is that Ansem didn't actually die at the end of Kingdom Hearts II. Either way, next time I wrap up this playthrough by beating all the optional bosses of the game. Yes, even the Mysterious Figure.
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The Secret Episode, perhaps the most un-disguised advert for an advert out there. There's something curious here for players taking on the Critical Level 1 challenge. Dark Hide is one of the guys that can potentially wreck your Critical Level 1 run completely if you weren't prepared for him when you beat the Final Episode. See, EXP Zero's damage scaling depends on the battle level of the world you're in, and uh...the Realm of Darkness or whatever has none. So when you get to Dark Hide, you'll find that every attack you have does chip damage. Unless you'd like to be fighting him for several hours there's really only one way to damage the guy, because they forgot to make him immune to Ignite. Don't have it? There's no shops here at all and you can't exit to the world map. Your Level 1 run is over for good. (Of course beating the Final Episode again may allow you to re-create your Secret Episode save, I dunno for sure.)
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Ephraim225 posted:The Secret Episode, perhaps the most un-disguised advert for an advert out there. There's something curious here for players taking on the Critical Level 1 challenge. And that's a pretty big freaking oversight there. Surprised something like that managed to slip through the cracks. And I can confirm that you can recreate Secret Episode saves. I think you just have to delete any existing Secret Episode saves beforehand, then beat one of the main stories' final boss again.
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Part 27 - Optional Bosses The final part of the playthrough. I can't help but be slightly disappointed at the selection of optional bosses for this game. For one thing, all but two are confined to the Mirage Arena, and you also have to go through the Command Boards and Rumble Racing to fight the last few. It doesn't help that of all the Disney villains they could've picked for a Disney representative, they chose Monstro of all people. I mean we already had a Stitch world, so why not throw in an extra Experiment or two? I mean sure that means they'd have to use stuff from a television show which is kind of taboo, but on the other hand they're using Sparky who was from a Disney sequel which is also kind of taboo. The Iron Imprisoners fights are way too same-y, since they are apparently the same entity, which made it a bit boring. And then the fights like No Heart and the Mysterious Figure are ones you really HAVE to be cheap to win with, unless you want to try a hundred times to beat them legitimately that is. If it wasn't for Aqua's broken cartwheel, I never would've beaten those two. The Mysterious Figure especially was such bullshit and I really hope they don't put a boss like him (optional or otherwise) in Kingdom Hearts III. I dread to imagine what No Heart or the Mysterious Figure are like on Critical Mode... So yeah, that wraps everything up. Despite some of the drawbacks in the story and some of the optional bosses, it was overall fun going through this game again, honestly. That being said I doubt I'll ever fight the Mysterious Figure ever again. Screw him. At any rate, I'll be continuing my little Kingdom Hearts marathon in a few days with Kingdom Hearts Final Mix.
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