I'm not sure if someone has already talk about this, but I'm a little disappointed with the final battle. I mean, it just doesn't feel like a battle at all, it was just more like... Sora babysitting each and every other guardian. While I watched it, I couldn't stop thinking that everything would have been infinitely more simple if Sora just went alone, because none other character actually do nothing. Why do you set a confrontation between 20 character if 18 of them (because every Nort except Xehanort seems to be just an inconvenience rather than a threat) is irrelevant? I know that they need to forge the X-blade but it still feels a little waste potential.
I mean, is a game about friendship, isn't it? So, wouldn't it be better if they all contribute to the cause, to be in line with all of that "my friends are my power" and "all for one and one for all"? For example, without regarding if the game was better or worse, I loved the final confrontation in 3D. Every character is useful, and has its minor twists: Mickey use Parozza, Riku defeat Young Xehanort, Ansem and Xemnas defeat them both, but then come Lea to save the day until Saïx put him against the ropes, just for Donald and Goofy to appear and release Mickey and Riku. I think it's a great fight, even if it doesn't have so good graphics and sparks everywhere.
But in KH3 there is nothing like that. It's just the Norts overwhelming the guardians once and again with their strength, just to be saved every time for Sora Sue or Deux ex Machina Terra and Roxas without any kind of tension. And is kind of loathsome, because we have an entire saga building the image of characters as Mickey, Riku or Aqua being extremely powerful and skilled just for loose all the final fights. I'm the first one that likes a twist in which, instead of Riku saving Sora, Sora saves Riku for once, for a change... but not constantly. Makes them both useful, like equal friends: make them fight together and use a dual combo as they did at the end of KH2.
I suppose I just would have wanted every character to have their stelar moment being in track with their personality. Aqua excels at magic barriers, so she could have protected the group, while Lea has great area attacks, so he could have been the one to get ride of the million shadows. Ventus is the fastest of them all, so he could have advance while the rest fight back and deal with a Dark Side. And Mickey and Riku are sharing "combos" since KHCoM, so they could just done a "shadow and light" attack. (And Kairi... well, if she just have managed to get over her Stocolm Syndrome and don't get kidnapped for a third time, that would just be enough). Just one scene to show all of them fighting and taking advantage of their strong points while covering for each other weak ones. I think it would completely change the total impression of global inutility.
So, if I haven't bored all of you enough to read until this point, what are your thoughts? Am I being to picky or you think that it would have been better if the guardians get an opportunity to fight back?
I mean, is a game about friendship, isn't it? So, wouldn't it be better if they all contribute to the cause, to be in line with all of that "my friends are my power" and "all for one and one for all"? For example, without regarding if the game was better or worse, I loved the final confrontation in 3D. Every character is useful, and has its minor twists: Mickey use Parozza, Riku defeat Young Xehanort, Ansem and Xemnas defeat them both, but then come Lea to save the day until Saïx put him against the ropes, just for Donald and Goofy to appear and release Mickey and Riku. I think it's a great fight, even if it doesn't have so good graphics and sparks everywhere.
But in KH3 there is nothing like that. It's just the Norts overwhelming the guardians once and again with their strength, just to be saved every time for Sora Sue or Deux ex Machina Terra and Roxas without any kind of tension. And is kind of loathsome, because we have an entire saga building the image of characters as Mickey, Riku or Aqua being extremely powerful and skilled just for loose all the final fights. I'm the first one that likes a twist in which, instead of Riku saving Sora, Sora saves Riku for once, for a change... but not constantly. Makes them both useful, like equal friends: make them fight together and use a dual combo as they did at the end of KH2.
I suppose I just would have wanted every character to have their stelar moment being in track with their personality. Aqua excels at magic barriers, so she could have protected the group, while Lea has great area attacks, so he could have been the one to get ride of the million shadows. Ventus is the fastest of them all, so he could have advance while the rest fight back and deal with a Dark Side. And Mickey and Riku are sharing "combos" since KHCoM, so they could just done a "shadow and light" attack. (And Kairi... well, if she just have managed to get over her Stocolm Syndrome and don't get kidnapped for a third time, that would just be enough). Just one scene to show all of them fighting and taking advantage of their strong points while covering for each other weak ones. I think it would completely change the total impression of global inutility.
So, if I haven't bored all of you enough to read until this point, what are your thoughts? Am I being to picky or you think that it would have been better if the guardians get an opportunity to fight back?
Spoiler
uring the fight with Super Demon Tide, why tf would Ephemer called out to SORA SUE-a random guy and not Ventus-his friend and fellow union leader in the past ? If it was anyone's show during this part , it'd makes the most sense to be Ven to defeat that Demon Vortex. Nevermind that everyone else could help with their keybeams or anything at all.Instead of having them stand around and stare at Sora and his awesome Gary Stu display.
