While I do like Kingdom Hearts, I'm just a long time casual fan more than a hard core one. The reason why I say that is because I am open to negative criticisms about the series. I won't be blinded by my liking of the games to not see things that are reasonably true or possible.
So I watched these videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R88XGClRibU , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhcqCIWc2wY along with a few others and thought that they do make fairly good points. In short, this video about how the story and writing of the games are bad. He is not bashing but giving a criticism.
I can tolerate a lot of things and in all honesty, the story isn't what necessarily keeps me attached to the series. I had to actually think about this. Why DO I like the series so much if I don't think much of the story? Well, I suppose is that the games are still fun for me to play, I LOVE the music and I do want to keep seeing what will happen with the story but it's not my main driving force.
I said it before in a different post but the flaw to any story is when you try to explain or over explain the origin to each and every little thing. I believe that to be true. It's almost like lying to someone and you keep adding things to it to cover up the lie. It ends up being a confusing mess that can't be tracked. Then you make more lies to make sense of the other lies you added to it.
I did always feel that the Keyblade should have always remained this mysterious object. While I did like the gameplay of Birth By Sleep and enjoyed seeing the backstory, I still felt it was unnecessary (I still love Aqua thought). I don't hate the story of the series but I do feel it took some twist and turns that the series would have been fine without. Now the story involves time travel, doppelgangers, multiple versions of the same people and a few other things.
It's not just Kingdom Hearts. There are plenty of series that have this trait after the first installment. Most of the time the story is meant to end after that or leave a small hole for something else to be connected to it which can be in an ungraceful way. A sequel to anything can be tough especially if it was never thought of during the original story.
So what do you guys think? Do you think there's problems with the story but still like the games anyway? Do you think the stories are perfect? Opinions? Reasons?
So I watched these videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R88XGClRibU , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhcqCIWc2wY along with a few others and thought that they do make fairly good points. In short, this video about how the story and writing of the games are bad. He is not bashing but giving a criticism.
I can tolerate a lot of things and in all honesty, the story isn't what necessarily keeps me attached to the series. I had to actually think about this. Why DO I like the series so much if I don't think much of the story? Well, I suppose is that the games are still fun for me to play, I LOVE the music and I do want to keep seeing what will happen with the story but it's not my main driving force.
I said it before in a different post but the flaw to any story is when you try to explain or over explain the origin to each and every little thing. I believe that to be true. It's almost like lying to someone and you keep adding things to it to cover up the lie. It ends up being a confusing mess that can't be tracked. Then you make more lies to make sense of the other lies you added to it.
I did always feel that the Keyblade should have always remained this mysterious object. While I did like the gameplay of Birth By Sleep and enjoyed seeing the backstory, I still felt it was unnecessary (I still love Aqua thought). I don't hate the story of the series but I do feel it took some twist and turns that the series would have been fine without. Now the story involves time travel, doppelgangers, multiple versions of the same people and a few other things.
It's not just Kingdom Hearts. There are plenty of series that have this trait after the first installment. Most of the time the story is meant to end after that or leave a small hole for something else to be connected to it which can be in an ungraceful way. A sequel to anything can be tough especially if it was never thought of during the original story.
So what do you guys think? Do you think there's problems with the story but still like the games anyway? Do you think the stories are perfect? Opinions? Reasons?
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