Is Kingdom Hearts worth getting? The reason I ask is because I'm not to big on disney and I heard the Square characters play less in the story! So would it be worth me getting?

How big of a role does the Square Characters play?

Read some reviews, the good ones will list the pros and cons of the game and will make an unbiased verdict. Then make your desicion from there.

Personally I'm not a very big fan of Kingdom Hearts, I tried it and got tired of it within a few days. It felt to much like a 'fan service' type of game to me and I couldn't really get into it. But that's just what I thought.

As I said, read a few reviews to develop a sort of 'feel' for what to expect and make your desicion from there.

Depends what you're looking for in an adventure game. Have you checked out any of the Kingdom Hearts websites for information? I can suggest a couple if that helps at all.

Rent it. Plain and simple. I could tell you it's the greatest series in the world and you could very simply disagree (Durrr) :D

I believe it is worth a rental to check it out yourself, that's the best unbiased advice I can give :p

KH2 is one of my all time fave games of all time, it's worth a try, KH is pretty good too.

Thanks Guys I'll give it a try!

"All signs point to 'yes'." - Magic 8-ball

I R Kill things with giant key. Get Morrowind.

kingdom hearts is sooo worth getting, might be a bit weird tho (I dont like disney too much ether) and i still loved it. if u beat the game and feel a bit empty then get KH2, it's better but has alot of cutscenes. Ether way both are a nice addition to any gaming collection.

though i don't really like KH1 u should get it it's kinda fair but KH2 is just too awesome

I got bored with it, but I will probably give it a 2nd chance, because everyone says its really good. Give it a go

YES IT IS WORTH IT BECAUSE THE STORY LINE BACKS UP THE FF CHARACTERS AND DISNEY CHARECTERS WELL

just turn off the sound in atlantica i h8ed it boo...

just turn off the sound in atlantica i h8ed it boo...

kh1 atlantica was great music. if you played the japanese version of kh2 i think its better there because if you dont understand it then you cant here crap made by disney. But if you dont have jap. verison download the soundtrack to get it. The soundtrack is in jap.

kh1 atlantica was great music. if you played the japanese version of kh2 i think its better there because if you dont understand it then you cant here crap made by disney. But if you dont have jap. verison download the soundtrack to get it. The soundtrack is in jap.
i got the english version...
it was my first time i was embarrassed to play a game on ps2...

Am I the only one here who actually likes The Little Mermaid songs?

No :)

i luv pokemon

Am I the only one here who actually likes The Little Mermaid songs?
I didn't like going to Atlantica in KHII. I tried to avoid playing that level when my roommate was in the room at the time.

The enviroment is pure Disney, the Plot is S-E, now the characters are mixed, If you're looking for a ff7 game set in Disney land you're gonna be dissapointed.

With any game out there atm, I'd recommend you hire it out first, and see what it's like before handing over your cash for any game. I have played KH1, and I wasn't really impressed with it, but that's just my opinion.

The enviroment is pure Disney, the Plot is S-E, now the characters are mixed, If you're looking for a ff7 game set in Disney land you're gonna be dissapointed.
Meh, a simplistic analysis. Many of the environments are pure Disney, but some are purely original. The plot, on the other hand is many cases very Disney, but there's a large original plot to go along with it. As for relation to Final Fantasy --- definitely not like any Final Fantasy in terms of general gameplay, etc., though overall feel I suppose is probably closest to XII in that you face enemies generally as you roam about without going into a separate sequence. Things like healing items and stuff generally retain the same sorts of names as in FF, but overall combat feel is much different, particularly as you generally only directly control and command one character --- Sora. Expect a much a greater freedom of movement and complexity of combat is ramped up even more in KHII with new features such as Reaction Commands and Drive Forms.

I personally don't see how anyone could be embarrassed about playing Atlantica in II. I fire the game up just to play the songs sometimes.

Atlantica was a waste in KHII, I only played it to get 100%

I love Under the Sea and Part of Your World. Sue me, mang. :p

KH 1 and 2 are both very good

its worth to rent, if you like it buy. KH2 is much more deep though

Axel looooves Roxas

Do NOT diss kingdom hearts

Yeah, that was definitely worth reviving a 9 month old thread for.

Idiot.

I personally LOVE the KH series but again that is my personal opinion, I was skeptical at first but when i finally played it i was hooked. I still remember the day KH2 came out I was sitting in class literally counting down the minutes till i got out of school and i could break like 17 traffic laws getting to gamestop lol

Yes KH series is awesome, and definitely worth the discounted price you can grab it for.

KH is awesome, but if you claim to dislike Disney I'm not sure I'd reccommend it.

Also, what's with everyone liking KH2 better than KH1? Please tell me you're all joking.

KH2 kinda disappointed me in some ways. It was a fun ride, but it lacked some things.

EDIT: Oh shit, I'm replying to a necro'ed thread?

Yeah I agree...KH2 kinda sucked...and wasn't my type of game.

KH1 all the way!

KH2 > KH1

How and why? I'm actually curious, cause I can think of a bunch of reasons why KH1 was better. And not because it was "original", I actually always love a good sequel, but I'd like to know why you guys think KH2 is better.

KH2 did have the potential to be good. It had some cool places and I might say I liked it's story better, but systematically it was VERY limited, and that disappointed me.

KH2 was just a cinematic movie wayyyyy too much FMV and no gameplay at all....Was there any difference between the PAL and NTSC versions? Because the version we got in Australia was boring and just full of cut scenes.

KH2 has a better combo system. More abilities. Donald and Goofy are no longer cannon fodder and actually help. You can specify what you want them to do. It's been a long long while since I've played either so that's all off the top of my head.

And, Ngrplz, there are only 2 FMVs in the game. The beginning and the ending. The rest are cutscenes.

KH2 > KH1

Really? I found one better, perhaps because it was fresh. Like when KH first came out, it was revolutionary. I have never seen two separate worlds integrate so perfectly. Honestly I never though Disney and Square-Enix could have co-existed in a game. Don't get me wrong KH2 is incredibly enjoyable, and it's buttloads of fun (especially the kill 1000 hollows by yourself part, the Riku fights, fighting Sephiroth, and hell I have never had so much fun fighting a final boss like KH2.) I was also disappointed by how they weakened Sephiroth, I mean in KH1 if you beat Sephiroth you were incredibly high leveled and fast, in KH2 you just have to be quick on your toes.

The only reason KH1 Sephiroth was harder was due to the smaller arena size. If KH2 Sephy had the same arena size, he'd be much harder.

Alright, my reason behind liking KH1 better has nothing to do with it being original or fresh. The combo system with pressing triangle about the only good thing in KH2 in terms of gameplay.

Though, remember how in KH1 there were plenty of different things to do in each world? Like, each time you got a trinity power or whatever? Also, unreachable chests in areas without certain magic or trinities? It was a lot more fun that way with constantly ongoing sidequests that give you reasons to almost return everywhere. Also a new magic or a new power made a difference.
It was cool how in KH1 even some of the MAGICs had alternative functions for hidden secrets to come back to later.

In KH2, you just go to each place twice and you're done! No hidden secrets or anything! Also the magics in that game were rubbish and had NO alternative function at all besides Atlantica. Unlike KH2, KH1 felt more like a real RPG in terms of hidden secrets and revisiting several times to clear everything. They could have put a hidden secret in the Beast's Castle, the Land of Dragons, Halloween Town... but no, they're all feeling just like Story-fillers. You go there and complete part 1 and part 2 of the story whenever they become available, and that's it! Even Disney Castle/Timeless River could have had something, both places were great. All they have was the storyline boss battle.
In KH1 almost every place has a hidden secret, I actually can't think of one that doesn't. KH2 has only one or two areas with such a thing, but they're weak.


Also, I don't know about you but I found the colloseum tournaments more enjoyable in KH1 than in KH2. Found them to be weaker in 2.

I liked the first one better because every world seemed to be tied with the original storyline, but many of the worlds in KHII seemed to just be its own thing rather than follow the original story. I had more fun with KHII gameplay wise, but I prefer the story of the first game.

Either way, I love the series and hope Birth By Sleep will be awesome :D!

As to the first, nearly irrelevant question, yes KH is worth a play through. And I despise Disney and stories about little kids. I managed to enjoy it as the story didn't do much to push the character's immaturity onto the player. Rather, when I think about the game, the main characters could've been any age. It was really about friendship.

KH one seemed like the better game probably because the storyline remained simple and didn't have so many strange characters added in at seemingly the last second. Of course, I might have understood more had I played KH: Chain of Memories which I'm told bridged the gap, but I still think that was a weak decision to port a direct sequel to a comparatively low-powered system. Besides that the gameplay was much improved and the battles pretty epic.

I thought both games had a lot of charm to them.I liked KH 2 better because Sora sounds slightly older than 10 and the small tweaks to the gameplay. Even with the broken voice of the protagonist, I'm weary as to whether I should ever play this game again.I'm 17 after all.

okay...I'll emit it wasn't all bad,but I would've liked it alot more if those disney characters weren't SO ANNOYING! like c'mon I was embarrassed throught the entire game,escpecially at the atlantcia part, I thought I was going to DIE from embarrasment.
(Hey IXD rider what did u put in for your ULR,I keep getting errors!)

This is a bit of topic but......How do I start my own post? !!!!!!!! ?

I don't know. I'm not really sure which I like better and perhaps like both equally. Both did have their own things to like about them.

In certain types of mechanics, KHII was definitely better. For one thing, there was no more Heartless camera and I cannot overemphasize how glad I was to see the back of that. I also feel that Shimomura really went all out to provide a soundtrack for this game that exceeded the already great effort for the first one. And there were definitely some damn tough battles in this one and some very interesting fights at times too. I also liked the upgrades to the Journal system which, from what I understand, were a carryover from the Final Mix version of the original game.


Totally agree regarding the Coliseum system being much more enjoyable in the original one. The Pooh sidequest was also a lot better in the first one too. I also didn't like that access to the Glide ability was totally optional in the second one and relied mainly on luck to gain (Sora Final Form) if you didn't know how to get it from a walkthrough or guide. And yeah, there was, of course, the freshness factor of the first one.

OK I know this sounds stupid... but was I the only one who missed the flying? I mean Neverland was my favorite level in KH1, whishing and flying around.

PERSONALLY

I THOUGHT THE GAME 1 WAS MEDIOCRE

AND THEN GAME 2 DIDN'T DESERVE BUYING

Well, didn't you see what I said about being annoyed with the lack of the Glide ability? So yeah, I guess I did miss the flying and now that I think about it -- yeah -- I really was disappointed that world didn't make a return appearance in II.


(P.S.: Entertaining as always, Garamond.)

(Hey IXD rider what did u put in for your ULR,I keep getting errors!)
I just checked them and all of them work...

On my first KH2 playthrough I beat the game without getting the final form and forgetting it existed (I had known about it prior to the release of the game). Yes, that indeed sucked.

But like I said before, High Jump, Glide, etc. had NO benefit like they did in the first one. Even once you have them, it's just "okay, let's move on". There wasn't any going to new heights to get certain treasure by retracing your steps. No hidden secrets to get with those abilities, they're just good to use to your advantage in combat and that's it. Might as well not even make them "shared abilities".

Same with all the magic. I mean, in KH1 you have the white mushroom game, the flowers you need to zap in wonderland once you get Thunder later, the chests you lower with Gravity, the pillars in the colloseum with the Blizzara/Blizzaga effect... among other stuff. That whole thing was fun to explore, while you get NOTHING like that in KH2 except for Atlantica. Seriously, they have all these well-designed worlds, and no place for such a thing at all? The worlds in the game felt more episodic than explorable. If even that, look what a small role Disney Castle had and how quickly you were done with it. That's IT! You do the story, open chests, and bam, nothing left to do there. How depressing is that.

When I played KH2 I felt more like I was taking a tour than exploring on my own considering how insanely limited the stuff to do in each place is, with the exception of Hollow Bastion.


I think the creators assumed that the mini-games were to make up for it, seeing as KH1 didn't have many mini-games except Deep Jungle anf KH2 had a whole lot of mini-games.
Well, they didn't make up for it.


Though I did like the KH2 soundtrack better. Hopefully the next main KH game (KH3) will have more of a KH1 feel, though.

Because many people consider the next game being whatever game the trailer at the end is, then the 'next game' would be considered Birth By Sleep. I don't even think that they have even planned out the story of KHIII or at least not finished it yet. There were some musical tracks that I liked from KHI over KHII, but the man song in KHII, "Sanctuary" I liked much more than the first one (which I can't remember the name).

Looks like I have some research to do.

I like "Sanctuary" just as much as "Simple And Clean". Both songs are very good, and at the end of the game they match the mood perfectly, "Simple And Clean" more so.

Because many people consider the next game being whatever game the trailer at the end is, then the 'next game' would be considered Birth By Sleep. I don't even think that they have even planned out the story of KHIII or at least not finished it yet. There were some musical tracks that I liked from KHI over KHII, but the man song in KHII, "Sanctuary" I liked much more than the first one (which I can't remember the name).

Looks like I have some research to do.

Well, unless they cancel it or go bankrupt or something, they obviously are eventually planning to make a next game continuing Sora's story considering where these guys left off.

Wasn't there something about the next KH being about the dudes in the secret FMV at the end of KH2?

That's birth by sleep or w/e it's called the main charecter is some guy that looks like Zack from FFVII.

I haven't been keeping up with KH news but I think it's on PSP.

The DS will have a KH game too.

All systems will get one. Well as far as the ones they have been on. Sony get 2, one for PSP, and KH3 should be for PS3 and there is one for the DS.

I hope they make a CARS world for KH3.

I hope hey make a CARS world for KH3.

I lol'd

They didn't do any Pixar worlds I don't think...

Right. Unfortunately, nothing at all related to Disney/Pixar has been included in any of the KH games. Though it would be neat if they ever did.

I hope hey make a CARS world for KH3.

That's pretty dumb imo. A Toy Stories world would rock, and would actually make sense to fight. I mean who fights cars... other than Street Fighters.

On my first KH2 playthrough I beat the game without getting the final form and forgetting it existed (I had known about it prior to the release of the game). Yes, that indeed sucked.

But like I said before, High Jump, Glide, etc. had NO benefit like they did in the first one. Even once you have them, it's just "okay, let's move on". There wasn't any going to new heights to get certain treasure by retracing your steps. No hidden secrets to get with those abilities, they're just good to use to your advantage in combat and that's it. Might as well not even make them "shared abilities".

Same with all the magic. I mean, in KH1 you have the white mushroom game, the flowers you need to zap in wonderland once you get Thunder later, the chests you lower with Gravity, the pillars in the colloseum with the Blizzara/Blizzaga effect... among other stuff. That whole thing was fun to explore, while you get NOTHING like that in KH2 except for Atlantica. Seriously, they have all these well-designed worlds, and no place for such a thing at all? The worlds in the game felt more episodic than explorable. If even that, look what a small role Disney Castle had and how quickly you were done with it. That's IT! You do the story, open chests, and bam, nothing left to do there. How depressing is that.

When I played KH2 I felt more like I was taking a tour than exploring on my own considering how insanely limited the stuff to do in each place is, with the exception of Hollow Bastion.


I think the creators assumed that the mini-games were to make up for it, seeing as KH1 didn't have many mini-games except Deep Jungle anf KH2 had a whole lot of mini-games.
Well, they didn't make up for it.


Though I did like the KH2 soundtrack better. Hopefully the next main KH game (KH3) will have more of a KH1 feel, though.

Could not agree more with you.I couldn't quite put my finger on what it was in the second that wasn't as good as the first. Eveytime I was about to leave a world I just thought "this is the last time I will ever see these characters again.They will contribute nothing more to the story." Made it feel like episodes to a programme that could be watched in any order rather than a continuous plot.

Yeah, Toy Story definitely seems like the best idea to me if they were to do Pixar. Finding Nemo also crossed my mind, but I think they don't really feel like messing around with anymore underwater combat. A Bug's Life could also be interesting and different.

Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is what the secret ending in KHII and KHII:FM+ is the 'trailer' for, but I prefer the Final Mix+ version of it because of the awesome battle :D. The characters in knight armor are Terra (the one who someone said looks like Zack from FFVII), Aqua (the woman with blue hair and is also rumored to be the 14th member of the Organization, but nothing more), and Ven (the Roxas look-a-like). You can actually fight Terra as a secret boss in Final Mix+ after meeting certain criteria. This will be released for the PSP. EDIT: the game takes place 10 years before Kingdom Hearts I.

Kingdom Hearts: 382/2 will be released onto the Nintendo DS sometime this fall (can't remember if it's Japan or US release though). The game focuses on Roxas while he was in the Organization. It supports 4 player co-op but as far as I know, only Roxas and Axel are playable characters.

There is also Kingdom Hearts: Coded for mobile phones, but I don't know much about it and don't really care because of there being no talk about it being released outside of Japan.

That's pretty dumb imo. A Toy Stories world would rock, and would actually make sense to fight. I mean who fights cars... other than Street Fighters.

Fo' shizzle.

That and I'd rather not have Larry the Cable Guy infecting good games.

The idea of a Toy Story or Bug's Life world makes me think back to the Disney Interactive 15-level action-adventure games based on Toy Story 2 and Bug's Life. Now THOSE were awesome, I still play them sometimes.

Now I know they're short and old, but to those of you who'd wanna see KH worlds of those, I strongly reccomend those two games, a fun ride they are.

Of course it could be just me and nostalgia, but those games will always have a place on my shelf.

I liked the demos :P. Never got to play the whole thing.

I've played the Toy Story 2 game for PSX and I loved it. I always liked those kinds of games. I even enjoyed that Rugrats game when I was younger.

I had bugs life and toy story 2 games.both were great.I prefer Toy story 2.Man that brings back some good memories.They have to put those in to the next game!I want Andy's house and it has to be the same as the game version!

What are you doing here Larsa? Go back to your chambers.Let your big brother handle things here.

A111, what are you on about?

He's a spammer, all his posts are off topic. But the mods/admins seem to be on vacation or something.

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hay when is kh3 coming out and on wot platforms??

HASN'T BEEN ANNOUNCED YET FUCKFACE.

nsb you are just too cool, particularly with your colloquialisms such as 'fuckface'.

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no u

nsb you are just too cool, particularly with your colloquialisms such as 'fuckface'.

When posting to nsb don't use any words with more than one syllable he will have trouble understanding.

When posting to nsb don't use any words with more than one syllable he will have trouble understanding.

Yeah, because bashing on swami is just the uber-cool thing to do. :rolleyes: You could at least use decent grammar when insulting another's intelligence, mang.

Edit to be on-topic:

I'm actually playing through KH1 right now. I'm in Hollow Bastion, and the game is actually better than I remember it. I found Atlantica to be absurdly boring, though. Overall, I'm really liking it. It's nice that I can actually find a good deal (if not all) of the "secret" stuff without absolutely needing a guide, like many games Squeenix has been releasing since then (ahem, FFXII). I haven't yet played KH2, but I'm looking forward to getting into it once I finish KH1.

Depending your your tastes (apparently, there's a lot of people that share similar tastes regarding Kingdom Hearts), you might like the first one for a certain reason. They are both good, but there's something about the first one that makes me like it more. I've also found out that whenever I decide to play the games again, I seem to enjoy them more than the last time I played them.

Yeah, because bashing on swami is just the uber-cool thing to do. :rolleyes: You could at least use decent grammar when insulting another's intelligence, mang.

Edit to be on-topic:

I'm actually playing through KH1 right now. I'm in Hollow Bastion, and the game is actually better than I remember it. I found Atlantica to be absurdly boring, though. Overall, I'm really liking it. It's nice that I can actually find a good deal (if not all) of the "secret" stuff without absolutely needing a guide, like many games Squeenix has been releasing since then (ahem, FFXII). I haven't yet played KH2, but I'm looking forward to getting into it once I finish KH1.

Hmm, based on what I've seen, it seems like whenever Harkus tries to join a bitchfight or flamewar or zingfest or whatever they call them nowadays, he seems to fuck himself over as well as whatever side he attempted to take, regardless of how intelligent their retorts were.
Harkus, For your own sake (and everyone else's), I'd suggest lurking more or sticking to your own business. However, if you're THAT desperate to embarrass NSB or make a mockery of him, my best advice for you would be to take his side next time. I'm sure you'll do a fine job accomplishing that.

On topic...
Well, in KH2 you have a display in the "Journal" statistics telling you if you have anything left to acquire, so a guide is almost useless in KH2, while in KH1 you have nothing that tells you if you missed a secret or whatever.

KH2's worlds mostly seemed to have only... two total functions which were storyline related already, and then you were done. KH3 better not be like that.

Holy shit, Zak. It's not particularly hard to do, but you just owned Harkus. And it was fucking hilarious.

lol

On topic...
Well, in KH2 you have a display in the "Journal" statistics telling you if you have anything left to acquire, so a guide is almost useless in KH2, while in KH1 you have nothing that tells you if you missed a secret or whatever.

KH2's worlds mostly seemed to have only... two total functions which were storyline related already, and then you were done. KH3 better not be like that.

I've only played about a half hour of KH2 on a friend's file. He handed me the controller and said, "here, fight Sephy!" so I don't know anything about that. In KH1, the journal helps you with the Dalmatians and the trinities. The synth shop gives you lists of what you need for the various items, and you're told when there are new tournaments in the Coliseum. In KH1, it's just about being thorough, which I really like, especially after dealing with FFXII's "you must have a guide to get this" bullshit, like the Zodiac Spear and the Lv.99 Red Chocobo.


Holy shit, Zak. It's not particularly hard to do, but you just owned Harkus. And it was fucking hilarious.

That was my reaction, too. Good shit, Zak.

I've only played about a half hour of KH2 on a friend's file. He handed me the controller and said, "here, fight Sephy!" so I don't know anything about that. In KH1, the journal helps you with the Dalmatians and the trinities. The synth shop gives you lists of what you need for the various items, and you're told when there are new tournaments in the Coliseum. In KH1, it's just about being thorough, which I really like, especially after dealing with FFXII's "you must have a guide to get this" bullshit, like the Zodiac Spear and the Lv.99 Red Chocobo.



That was my reaction, too. Good shit, Zak.

Hah, I agree, but once you get into KH2 you'll see what I mean.

The Dalmatians sidequest and Trinity searches are good, because, they cover the whole array of worlds. In KH2 there isn't really a sidequest like that, and what I meant about the journal... well, basically it always tells you how many treasures you have left in a certain place, and how many are accessible... and that's about it. And, there isn't the whole "Wow, I gained this power and this magic, so now I can go back to these worlds and access these things." No "Secret treasures you can only Glide to" or things that you needed to zap when you didn't have Thunder, or any things like that. It's all very limited and a controlled environment. Almost every world needs to be visited only twice at a minimum in order to get everything, after that the only purpose the worlds serve in going back is completing mini-games or collecting synthesis loot.

Definitely check it out though.

Hmm, based on what I've seen, it seems like whenever Harkus tries to join a bitchfight or flamewar or zingfest or whatever they call them nowadays, he seems to fuck himself over as well as whatever side he attempted to take, regardless of how intelligent their retorts were.
Harkus, For your own sake (and everyone else's), I'd suggest lurking more or sticking to your own business. However, if you're THAT desperate to embarrass NSB or make a mockery of him, my best advice for you would be to take his side next time. I'm sure you'll do a fine job accomplishing that.



This place gives me epic lulz when people post so seriously. You just made my day.

shutup harkus

nah I don't think I will a111.

Anyway on topic I say that KH is definately worth buying, it is good fun and had a good story.

Hah, I agree, but once you get into KH2 you'll see what I mean.

Definitely check it out though.

I will, once I finish KH1. I need to finish synthesizing the Ultima Weapon, pick up a couple weapons for Goofy and Donald, kill Phantom, Kurt Zisa, and Sephy, and then I'm pretty much done.


shutup harkus

Coming from somebody less useful than Harkus?

what are you good for?

This place gives me epic lulz when people post so seriously. You just made my day.

ITP: Harkus attempts to not show how butt-hurt he got.

I restarted KHII today.

Only part I really like are the boss fights.

what are you good for?

Apparently, not getting banned for being a cunt.

ITP: Harkus attempts to not show how butt-hurt he got.

Yes you are right, in fact I cried when I read the post.

In all seriousness though KH is awesome

Despite the various attempts to keep some semblance of reasonable conversation going, I think this thread has outlived its shelf-life. I'm going to close it.