I know that sounds insane. 8 years?! To be honest, that was just when I first started playing Kingdom Hearts back in 2006. I had the regular PlayStation 2 version and I played it loads... until I got to the second Ansem fight, right after Darkside and before the final fight of the game. Every single effing time I played the game, I would always, always die in the second Ansem fight. It was even more annoying before the HD ReMix because when you died and went back to the last save point, you have to sit through that darned long cutscene between Sora and Ansem. I have "so, you have come this far and still you understand nothing" and "one who knows nothing can understand nothing" etched into my brain!
I gave up completing the game in 2009 as it would take me months before I could even try again (and fail miserably). I tried a couple of times to just start from the beginning, but then I'd lose interest. With the new 1.5 HD ReMix that came out, I got it for Christmas and I have played it on and off the past few months. Since finishing college last month, I played on it a lot this past month. Well yesterday, after eight freakin' years of playing the game, I FINALLY BEAT IT! Oh my God I was so happy! I am so glad I was home alone at the time or my family would have thought I was having an epileptic fit. Seriously, that bliss that came with FINALLY beating the second Ansem was amazing.
By the time I got to the End of the World fight, I had literally ZERO items left, and I was on Level 59. I died a lot until I worked out a strategy and then, finally, I beat that too after about half an hour of trying. I had already completed Kingdom Hearts 2 in 2006 (my favourite game) and then Re: Chain of Memories in 2008, but beating Kingdom Hearts just makes it all that more special. Sorry for the random post, but I just had to share that. Words cannot express how happy I am right now. I'm just sad that I couldn't go back to the game after beating the final boss so I could go back and tie up some loose ends.
I wouldn't even attempt Proud Mode. Would probably take me 16 years to beat that.
I gave up completing the game in 2009 as it would take me months before I could even try again (and fail miserably). I tried a couple of times to just start from the beginning, but then I'd lose interest. With the new 1.5 HD ReMix that came out, I got it for Christmas and I have played it on and off the past few months. Since finishing college last month, I played on it a lot this past month. Well yesterday, after eight freakin' years of playing the game, I FINALLY BEAT IT! Oh my God I was so happy! I am so glad I was home alone at the time or my family would have thought I was having an epileptic fit. Seriously, that bliss that came with FINALLY beating the second Ansem was amazing.
By the time I got to the End of the World fight, I had literally ZERO items left, and I was on Level 59. I died a lot until I worked out a strategy and then, finally, I beat that too after about half an hour of trying. I had already completed Kingdom Hearts 2 in 2006 (my favourite game) and then Re: Chain of Memories in 2008, but beating Kingdom Hearts just makes it all that more special. Sorry for the random post, but I just had to share that. Words cannot express how happy I am right now. I'm just sad that I couldn't go back to the game after beating the final boss so I could go back and tie up some loose ends.
I wouldn't even attempt Proud Mode. Would probably take me 16 years to beat that.