Kingdom Hearts II

THE BAD:
Though many people had trouble with the almighty Sephiroth, they could only fight him ONCE in this game, rather than countless times in the first release. The makers also put a MUSICAL WORLD in the game, this had NOTHING to do with the damn game, also, there are MANY other worlds that had nothing to do with the storyline. Let's just say that these worlds are rather to be FILLERS.

SUMMARY:
This story does have the original characters from all Kingdom Hearts releases, you got your Sora, Donald, Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Leon (Squall), and there are many more. This time they put in NEW bad guys (well you would know who they are if you bought Chain of Memories) that is there to take over Kingdom Hearts, like Ansem in KH1. New Keyblades were also put into the game, and they also took some old ones out. They added a new thing in this game, called 'forms', there are FOUR different types you can pick from, well five if you count the form call 'Anti Form' that...

Kingdom Hearts 2 is one of those games which got hyped up so badly, that the end result ends up looking rushed and has a feeling of 'been there done that' to it. Rabid fanboys have been tearing their way through Square's headquarters and demanding Kingdom Hearts 2 out of them while they were busy with some RPG that could actually turn out to be good. It seems to be a fan favorite, and to be honest, I only see this to be for the fans. By fans, I mean the ones who will buy anything labeled Kingdom Hearts, or liked this game when they rented it. I liked the first Kingdom Hearts game, so I rented this one. I didn't like it, it was watered down from the first game, so therefore I'm glad I rented it. What do I think of the game?

Let's start with the overly long tutorial. I thought the first game was bad with about 40-50 minutes, but this game is much worse. Why must I waste 2-3 HOURS of my life doing crap which could be condensed into about 20 minutes? How could a tutorial...

THE GOOD:
A Unique mix of Final Fantasy and Disney characters, plus original characters.
The game really brings classic Disney films to life.
The game isn't too hard, and not too easy at the same time.
Reappearing worlds (or levels) have taken a complete make over.
Players can utilize reaction commands to get the upper hand in battles.
The new drive gauge adds the ability to play as 4 new "forms" of sora.

THE BAD:
If you haven't played the other Kingdom Hearts games, you can't understand the story.

The Story line isn't as good as Kingdom Hearts I.

The Worlds have shrunk!

New Enemies confuse the game further.

SUMMARY:
Kingdom Hearts is about a boy named Sora, who is searching for his friends and conquering the darkness. He is the chosen wielder of the keyblade "Kingdom Key", and is one of 3 keyblade masters. Along with Donald Duck and Goofy, he sets out to find his friends, but...

THE GOOD:
- Gameplay
- Music
- Storyline
- Worlds
- Everything!

THE BAD:
- No replay value

SUMMARY:
In the third Kingdom Hearts game, (counting Chain of Memories on the Gameboy Advance) Kingdom Hearts II is by far one of my favourites. We're introduced to a new character named Roxas, where you play part of his life at the beginning of the game, until you find Sora and take over as the previous hero from the past 2 games.

Gameplay:

The gameplay in this title is fantastic. It's a lot more advanced than the first, as there are plenty more combos/moves, reaction commands, drive forms and different magic. The gameplay itself is a lot more fast paced than the past games, and a lot more frantic too. You're able to fight high into the air, slashing away at heartless with your keyblade, a lot faster than you would in the previous titles.

Reaction commands play a big part in this...

THE GOOD:
Here are the things that I think are good:

Drives/Fighting

View

Worlds

Graphics

THE BAD:
Here are the things that I think are bad:

Story

Magic system

Way too easy

SUMMARY:
I'll start off by explaining my reasoning behind "The Good."

I'd like to start with the drives and the fighting system. I like how the developers brought the drives into the game. It makes it easier to defeat harder bosses, and also encourages you to keep Donald and Goofy alive. Now for the fighting system. I like how it is, mostly because it isn't much different from KH, so it's not too hard to understand.

Along with the fighting system, I like the worlds that are in the game. I like how your able to go to Beast's home world, Beast's Castle. I also like how there is more to explore in the older worlds, such as Hollow Bastion, Halloween town, etc.