So those who felt disappointed in KH2 are classified as hating the game too? I disliked KH2 yet not enough to not enjoy it at least, but it did feel like a major disappointment though if you compare it to KH1.
The story felt bland and lackluster. The only real development that felt like something actually occurred were at the 3 instances someone already mentioned. Most of the time, exploration throughout the various worlds Sora, Donald and Goofy traverse to lack any sort of purpose to go to besides Sora's unquestionable driving motive to find Riku and King Mickey perhaps. Each time a new world is open for exploration in KH2, as far as the main story is concerned, nothing is added to it while being in these worlds. Unlike KH1, where there were actually secrets to uncover about the Heartless in general and the mysteries within these different worlds to unravel too, Org. 13 in KH2 seemed as though they lack a reason as to why they even existed in the first place. And for a Illuminati-like group, Org. 13 sure doesn't sound like it's even established with a motive. In a sense, you had the final boss act as a renegade pursuing his own agendas but every other member seems to have been thrown into the mix against Sora for the hell of it. No wonder playing KH:ReCOM must be a necessity. And they said you can play KH2 fine without the need to play COM...
The gameplay felt overly easy, even if the difficulty was on Proud Mode. Even KH1 had reasonable difficulty choices where both veteran and casual gamers could enjoy a challenge level of their liking. Instead, playing KH2 felt like a pushover and battles were hardly tense enough to really get you absorbed into combat or thinking at all really. And the drive forms gave Sora an immediate astronomical edge from his enemies in terms of difference in power. While combat has become much more prettier and flashier, making things quite more appealing and entertaining to look at, overall, the imbalance made this sequel pretty disappointing. (At least KH2:FM+ fixed this though.)
Besides those very two major faults, the visual detail was indeed impressive to look at but the limitation of space and being confined to explore in such a few places was quite upsetting. Since they fixed the camera into becoming more flexible and easier to adjust on the fly in KH2, I wonder why they wouldn't make worlds as enormous as in KH1? Discovering new areas in these worlds in KH2 was as amazing as looking at one floor of a two story house. The only truly redeeming quality of KH2 I found was to be the music and voice acting. Putting aside some very flat sounding voice actors/actresses like Mulan, the music sounded exceptional besides a few I dislike due to personal taste. But hey, I still like KH2. My complaints on Tales of the Abyss is even worse you know, but I've enjoyed that game too, believe or not.
SuperEclipse said:
I'm sorry anyone who thinks KH2 is good hasn't played many games.. Its reminds of the ones who say''FFVII IS THE BEST JRPG OF ALL TIME.'' Its FFVII all over again..
Hey, the difference between FF7 and KH2 is two totally different stories. :thumbsup: Now all-time is stretching it, but for its time, FF7 was a great game indeed. What was in contention for FF7's spot? There is a reason Suikoden 2 is worth so damn much even today...