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And ultimately KH2's secret ending is a trailer for a game that came out in 2010 (jesus where has the time gone), so you're not really missing much.
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Oct 23, 2018 08:44
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Shadow225 posted:I am starting KH2 for the first time to prep for 3. Normal is a easier than proud, but getting 100% for the secret ending is a lot more annoying than just beating all worlds on Proud. And as said before, the secret ending doesn't matter much these days, so if you don't really care about the gameplay then just watch the ending on YT.
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Oct 23, 2018 13:00
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Ventana posted:Normal is a easier than proud, but getting 100% for the secret ending is a lot more annoying than just beating all worlds on Proud. And as said before, the secret ending doesn't matter much these days, so if you don't really care about the gameplay then just watch the ending on YT. That 'putting up posters' side mission in Twilight Town was quite possibly the most grueling mission for 100%.
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Oct 23, 2018 15:21
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LadyPictureShow posted:That 'putting up posters' side mission in Twilight Town was quite possibly the most grueling mission for 100%. Yeah I think I remember that one being a lot more annoying than I thought it'd be. Hades Paradox Cup probably was the most frustrating but that's sorta understandable.
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Oct 23, 2018 17:49
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grinding out all materials to 100% synth was way more irritating than the paradox cup imo
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Oct 23, 2018 17:56
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I tried to synth everything for the Ultima blade on my recent KH1 replay. gently caress that poo poo. It takes way too long. It's insufferable. That was with all the perks to help, too.
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Oct 23, 2018 18:00
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Sounds like I am just going to play normal and watch the cutscene on YT, thanks. Well, first I need to decide if I want to plow through Chain of Memories (I know to play this on easy mode) because I don't remember the synopsis I read about it years ago.
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Oct 23, 2018 18:20
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Shadow225 posted:Sounds like I am just going to play normal and watch the cutscene on YT, thanks. I seem to remember Chain of Memories being kind of a slog even on Beginner Mode. In this case it might be better to just watch the cutscenes on YT or something.
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Oct 23, 2018 18:55
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Shadow225 posted:Sounds like I am just going to play normal and watch the cutscene on YT, thanks. The secret cutscene isn’t even worth watching if you’re going to play BBS because it’s literally in the game. And I recommend playing BBS if you’re getting ready for KH3 because you’re going to be really confused if you don’t.
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Oct 23, 2018 19:34
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Pug Rodeo posted:The secret cutscene isn’t even worth watching if you’re going to play BBS because it’s literally in the game. And I recommend playing BBS if you’re getting ready for KH3 because you’re going to be really confused if you don’t. And probably Dream Drop Distance as well
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Oct 23, 2018 19:41
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There are only two good kingdom hearts games 358/2 and original Coded
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Oct 23, 2018 19:51
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Thumbtacks posted:grinding out all materials to 100% synth was way more irritating than the paradox cup imo The thing with grinding is that it's just mindlessly tedious, but not really difficult. Synthing is more annoying than irritating. Hades Paradox Cups final 10 rounds on critical can kill you extremely fast, making you have to repeat everything over again, which definitely is irritating. Less time consuming than grinding overall probably, but more irritating as a whole. Maybe on the other difficulties it's less irritating, but most runs I do nowadays of KH2 are on crit so that's most of what I remember offhand.
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Oct 23, 2018 22:46
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Do not play Chain of Memories ever, please.
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Oct 24, 2018 03:01
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Nah do play it but look up some pro strategies online first. Spoilers: they mostly involve putting all your levels into CP unless a sleight is available.
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Everytime I look at your avatar I'm reminded of the "Basically Kingdom Hearts" video again and I can't stop laughing.
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Ventana posted:The thing with grinding is that it's just mindlessly tedious, but not really difficult. Synthing is more annoying than irritating. Hades Paradox Cups final 10 rounds on critical can kill you extremely fast, making you have to repeat everything over again, which definitely is irritating. Less time consuming than grinding overall probably, but more irritating as a whole. Critical gives you pretty much permanent +50% drop rates out of the gate so it’s probably more tedious to grind out materials on the other difficulties
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Oct 24, 2018 04:10
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Re: Chain of Memories is fun and good and it is my friend. The trick is to enjoy card games as well as Kingdom Hearts. If you don't like building decks in strategic card games, skip it. If you don't like building decks, the rest of the gameplay is just Kingdom Hearts but less interesting. Boy I wish that Re:CoM had added new game+ and optional bosses or a boss gauntlet, that game could've really used it. The plot is: Half of the Organization tried to brainwash Sora, failed, and made a copy of Riku that apparently is never going to be relevant again even though everyone and their grandmother is coming back for KH3. Also the real Riku met Mickey and stuff I guess.
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I’ve been powering through a full series playthrough on PS4 for the past several months, having never played any of the games before except the first when it was new, which I did not finish at the time. I’m currently a few worlds into DDD. Thoughts on each one so far: KH1 feels more like a proof of concept in retrospect, with its clunky platforming and much more vertical level geometry than other entries. It has the most familiar worlds to me, but the combat is unrefined and simplistic. Re:CoM took me a few hours to really “get” but once it clicked it was a blast. Setting up my deck to do auto sleights was really fun, and being able to insta clear most trash battles near the end felt like a nice rewarding power curve. The actual navigating through the worlds was incredibly tedious, though, and ultimately the break system became aggravating on lategame bosses. Navigating complex menus amidst real time combat rarely feels good in video games. 358 Abridged was touching during the cutscenes, but text dumps between them in place of gameplay was annoying. KH2 is probably one of the best action RPGs I’ve ever played. It improves on the original in every conceivable way, from combat feel to level design to bonus content to art direction. It’s highly likely that I’ll replay this at some point. BBS left me with mixed feelings. I took a 6 week break between Terra’s and Ventus’s campaigns because the prospect of starting over from level 1 two more times after all the work I’d done left a sour taste in my mouth. The weak low-level beginning is usually one of the least compelling parts of a game for me and it took some serious willpower to make myself pick it back up. The level design belies its portable origins, but the removal of the mana bar in favor of individual skill cooldowns and the command melding system were fantastic. Even the board game wasn’t that bad and was a great time efficient way to farm commands. Re:Coded I started to watch and got bored really fast, but I will probably play the DS version at some point because I hear the gameplay is really fun. DDD did one thing very right so far, which is giving me fun ways to get around right off the bat. Will update when I finish it.
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Last Celebration posted:Critical gives you pretty much permanent +50% drop rates out of the gate so it’s probably more tedious to grind out materials on the other difficulties Tbh this just even more tells me that you should only play on critical, since it's not really that hard for most of it and the cool stuff you get is really good (another finisher helps a lot, the lucky lucky's as you mentioned). Zonko_T.M. posted:The trick is to enjoy card games as well as Kingdom Hearts. If you don't like building decks in strategic card games, skip it. If you don't like building decks, the rest of the gameplay is just Kingdom Hearts but less interesting. As someone who used to like card games a lot and still kinda does, I never did and still don't enjoy Re:Com's gameplay. I do like the story a lot though.
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Oct 24, 2018 11:37
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Re:CoM's story is really neat on it's own when you cut the literal poo poo ton of filler in the actual levels. The combat though is just dire and if you're not using sleights you just kind of get stunlocked to hell and back and at that point why even bother.
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Oct 24, 2018 11:42
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Original CoM was a lot better about that because it let you throw cards while you were getting hit. Re did a couple of things better than the original, but a lot of things worse.
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Oct 24, 2018 14:15
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Just read Mistaya's Chain Of Memories LP.
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I like CoM’s storyline, but Castle Oblivion is just about the most boring environment for a setting, and the retread of all the worlds from KH1 made it such a slog.
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Oct 24, 2018 20:11
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CoM has the only tolerable incarnation of Atlantica so it has that going for it. Also some pretty great sprite work.
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100 acre wood being the world Sora goes to after losing most of his memories was still a neat story-telling decision imo
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Funky Valentine posted:CoM has the only tolerable incarnation of Atlantica so it has that going for it. KH2 exists so this is false
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morallyobjected posted:KH2 exists so this is false You monster!
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Oct 25, 2018 03:06
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i'm probably alone here but i actually really enjoyed KH1's atlantica
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Oct 25, 2018 18:01
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I didn't have problems with the underwater controls but the world was just so bland! All rocks everywhere and everything looked the same! I want more musical minigames but instead of entire worlds that are just musicals, have just one or two setpiece songs per world. And for the X of Nort please use songs from the actual movies.
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Thumbtacks posted:i'm probably alone here but i actually really enjoyed KH1's atlantica You're not alone, I liked KH1 atlantica and I can't stand KH2's
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Oct 25, 2018 18:23
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I don't have a problem with the swimming in KH1 Atlantica, though even playing the game a million times I still get lost sometimes, forget where to go if I'm skipping cutscenes etc.
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Oct 25, 2018 19:28
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I have a problem with the terrible bosses
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Oct 25, 2018 19:31
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Giant Ursula is one of the bosses that is a huge jump in difficulty and that tends to frustrate new players. See also Riku 2.
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Oct 25, 2018 23:58
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Riku 2 is at least an actual test of skills built up throughout the game, whereas Ursula you don't really have access to most of your best abilities, along with having to deal with the swimming controls.
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Oct 26, 2018 00:44
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Ursula’s easy she’s just boring and lame and you have to rely on the crappy dolphin kick move
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i was emulating the final mixes and had to briefly switch over to a JPN ISO because the english-translated one made ursula invincible was all "hmm, i don't remember her being this awful"
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DanielCross posted:Riku 2 is at least an actual test of skills built up throughout the game, whereas Ursula you don't really have access to most of your best abilities, along with having to deal with the swimming controls. I had never really used the Aero spell, and I was in for a rude awakening when I hit Riku 2. Yikes.
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If you didn’t learn how to dodge or block, boy you’re in for a surprise when you get to Riku 2. I had problems with him my first time through, I remember playing it on a Saturday morning and having to sit through that drat cutscene over and over until my dad said from the next room “Boy that sure sounds familiar!” I wasn’t even a kid I was 16 lol
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I remember back in the day it took me the better part of a year to finally beat Riku 2
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