guys kingdom hearts is not intended to be about difficulty, its supposed to be about the experience. the first kh was pretty easy even on hard, but that didnt stop us from adoring the games' fantastic characters and storyline. some reason the guy form ign didnt understand that, i dont remember reading much from him about the story, graphics, voice acting, etc. he just yapped on about the game being easy. as for the button mashing, of course its a button masher, so was the first one and we loved it. in kh2 we have the choice of using new abilities and ways to fight instead of button mashing, which definitely is an improvement. so dont worry if the games too easy, even on proud mode, just enjoy the involving story and overall experience like you did with the first game