This applies to Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories, Birth by Sleep, 358/2 Days, Coded, and the Final Mixes.
EDIT: Keep in mind, this thread isn't about what made you buy Kingdom Hearts. I believe there's another thread for that.
I originally was going to boil this down to Story or Gameplay, but decided to add "other" in case there's another popular reason, such as art.
Why do you play Kingdom Hearts? What's the one thing that stands out most to you? Sure many of us probably want to say both story and gameplay, but if you had to boil it down to one, what would it be?
So far for me, it's been gameplay. Moreso for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. While CoM was more for story and Re:CoM was for the new experience, but overall I play Kingdom Hearts for the gameplay. Playing because of the characters did come close when Organization XIII appeared (they were mainly emphasized to me when Final Mix and Final Mix+ came out), and they're probably the reason my enjoyment of the Kingdom Hearts series skyrocketed. I also started playing due to the Final Fantasy characters interacting in a new universe, especially Sephiroth, but then it grew as I played more, though I believe another thread covers that subject.
While I love the story to death and I believe Kingdom Hearts is amazing in both areas, the gameplay is what really makes it enjoyable for me. The gameplay for Kingdom Hearts II was probably the most enjoyable of them all due to how indepth it got, though it was made too easy because of that, and many players didn't understand how in depth the gameplay was, though luckily Final Mix+ changed that. I haven't played many games with the gameplay the Kingdom Hearts series has, as I was into Final Fantasy before Kingdom Hearts, and these days the text-based take-turn battles don't seem thrilling at all.
As for the future releases, while of course I am playing it for nearly every positive reason imaginable, I'm probably going to play 358/2 Days moreso for the story since I can't see the gameplay being all that amazing, though I hope to death I'm wrong. Birth by Sleep looks like it will have the best gameplay out of the three, while Coded's gameplay doesn't interest me at all.
What about you?
EDIT: Keep in mind, this thread isn't about what made you buy Kingdom Hearts. I believe there's another thread for that.
I originally was going to boil this down to Story or Gameplay, but decided to add "other" in case there's another popular reason, such as art.
Why do you play Kingdom Hearts? What's the one thing that stands out most to you? Sure many of us probably want to say both story and gameplay, but if you had to boil it down to one, what would it be?
So far for me, it's been gameplay. Moreso for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. While CoM was more for story and Re:CoM was for the new experience, but overall I play Kingdom Hearts for the gameplay. Playing because of the characters did come close when Organization XIII appeared (they were mainly emphasized to me when Final Mix and Final Mix+ came out), and they're probably the reason my enjoyment of the Kingdom Hearts series skyrocketed. I also started playing due to the Final Fantasy characters interacting in a new universe, especially Sephiroth, but then it grew as I played more, though I believe another thread covers that subject.
While I love the story to death and I believe Kingdom Hearts is amazing in both areas, the gameplay is what really makes it enjoyable for me. The gameplay for Kingdom Hearts II was probably the most enjoyable of them all due to how indepth it got, though it was made too easy because of that, and many players didn't understand how in depth the gameplay was, though luckily Final Mix+ changed that. I haven't played many games with the gameplay the Kingdom Hearts series has, as I was into Final Fantasy before Kingdom Hearts, and these days the text-based take-turn battles don't seem thrilling at all.
As for the future releases, while of course I am playing it for nearly every positive reason imaginable, I'm probably going to play 358/2 Days moreso for the story since I can't see the gameplay being all that amazing, though I hope to death I'm wrong. Birth by Sleep looks like it will have the best gameplay out of the three, while Coded's gameplay doesn't interest me at all.
What about you?
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