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Written by ITANI England
2002 Kingdom Hearts was released. After 3 years of waiting Kingdom Hearts II is finally released. But was it worth the wait? The million dollar question that not everyone has the answer to.

Graphics & Visuals:

The graphics are slightly better than its predecessor since KHII takes the PS2 technology to the limit. Especially if you enter first person mode while in the Pirates of the Caribbean world and look at a characters face. The frame rate is pretty solid. So the game shouldn't slow down when you're up against a large amount of enemies. Also the games visuals and special effects will just leave you gawping most of the time. The infuriating camera system that was in KH is nowhere to be found. You can now click the R3 button and it will auto centre the camera again. You can also rotate the camera freely with the right analogue stick. Yet it can be pretty distracting sometimes. While I was in battle with Beast in my party. Beast was behind Sora which makes the camera...
Written by Wing Zero
Four years ago, Kingdom Hearts impressed everybody, even those who didn't think the Square Soft-Disney alliance would ever work. Now we have the long awaited sequel to Kingdom Hearts and Chain of Memories: Kingdom Hearts II.

Story:

I personally felt that the story was agonizingly slow, but it picks up soon after you gain control of Sora, before slowing down again, with the only truely important scenes taking place in Hollow Bastion, Twilight Town and The World That Never Was. The story does pick up again in the final hours of the game, and it does rap up a lot of questions from the previous games. The story just isn't as well spread out as the original game.

7/10

Characters:

Everybody just has a lot more depth than in the previous game. I think the characters are all much more well done than the previous game.

9/10

Sound/Music/Voice:

Let me just say it's all very well done. The song at the...
Written by Mister Ivanovich USA
THE GOOD:
*The Music*
Normally for games, I'll mute my TV and turn on some music of my own because I prefer to listen to music that I actually like. However, in this game, I never turned the TV to a mute. This is honestly great quality music and sound effects for the game. I suppose the only annoying sound effect that you could get really tired of is the sound that Sora makes when you attack your enemies.

*Replay Value*
One of the best parts about any good RPG is its replay value, and Kingdom Hearts II is no exception. Some of my friends, only having owned the game for two or three weeks, have beaten it twice already (I've also been working on a few new games). Even though you already know what's going to happen, it's just a lot of fun to try and go through things in a different way. Because in the beginning you can choose your weapon growth style and your ability growth style, you can change how you gain abilities throughout the...
Written by The White Rider USA
THE GOOD:
Story
Gameplay
Characters
Graphics
Camera is much improved
Some of the keyblade designs are really cool

THE BAD:
Olympus Coliseum doesn't give you EXP
One of the character's voices were better in the first game
Sometimes when you go to one of the worlds, you feel Sora is just playing the hero, as in he just goes "Trouble? Lets help out!". You only feel this sometimes though.

SUMMARY:
The story really is great, and thats what people don't realise when they see the commercials and assume that all there is is random Disney Characters in random worlds. Well, all but just a few Disney Characters [Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Maleficent, and Pete] are just subplots. The real story content is great, just what you'd expect from Squeenix. The plotlines containing the Heartless/Nobody/Organization connection and the Ansem Reports are really great. I can't say too much, for fear of spoiling it.

Written by Tengu
THE GOOD:
The Good
- The all new Drive System
- Vast New Levels
- Utada Hikaru's singing
- Gradual Unfolding Storyline (As Sora)
- Long Life Span/ Replayability
- Fast-paced and up-beat battle system
- Charge Attacks with certain party members
- Stunning Visuals

THE BAD:
The Bad
- Tremendous amount of Cut-Scenes
- Slow paced story (As Roxas)

SUMMARY:
The Story
Kingdom Hearts II does not directly follow from Kingdom Hearts I. The game that came after Kingdom Hearts I was Kingdom Hearts Chain Of Memories, it was only available on the GBA, this game filled in quite a lot about the new characters and gave you a better understanding of what was happening in in-between the two games. Kingdom Hearts II starts off as you taking the role of Roxas, a mysterious young boy origin is unknown until later in the game.

The Characters
Kingdom Hearts II reveals a...

Written by Seung USA
THE GOOD:
Fast paced fighting gave you the feel of being control throughout the whole game. The addition of the new Drive Gauge system which let you transform.

A really good thing to happen was the improved Gummi Ship System, I wasn't fond of the previous one but on Kingdom Hearts II you would probably be liking this version much more.

Once you beat the final boss there is still so much to do and it could keep you playing for possibly 60 hours or more to fully complete the game.

THE BAD:
The Olympus Coliseum on Kingdom Hearts II didn't get you any experience like in Kingdom Hearts and the matches weren't as fun either.

Some of the worlds were smaller, probably to allow for more worlds.

Not as many summons as in the previous installment but as an upside they turned out to be a bit more useful.

SUMMARY:
The story is set about a year after...

Written by Timber Wolf U.S.
THE GOOD:
+ Highly addictive RPG gameplay.

+ Plenty of devastating and entertaining abilities are unlocked rapidly, always giving you something new.

+ Many mechanics from the original have been tweaked (though sometimes for the worse)

THE BAD:
- Environments feel canned and linear.

- Battle mechanics are less involved and nearly skill-less.

- Where are the Square worlds!?

- Not as long as the original.

- The Gummy Ship sequences are still lame.

SUMMARY:
When you consider the mediocrity that's been spewing from Square-Enix's anus (also called game development) lately, it's no surprise that KH2 fails to succeed to live up to the precedent set by the original game. But don't get me wrong, KH2 is undeniably a good game. It's just so depressing that the gradual decline of Square as a first-rate developer has reached their greatest enterprise as of late (Kingdom Hearts).

As we begin our journey, we meet a new character named Roxas. Roxas, who lives in Twilight Town, has been having special dreams lately. Dreams of Sora, Donald and Goofy, fighting their way through armies of heartless with the sacred Keyblade. It turns out that even though Roxas doesn't know who Sora is, the two have a closer bond than they could ever imagine. After a year long slumber, Sora, Donald and Goofy have been awakened. This time the fearsome threesome are sent out to dispatch the evil Organization XIII (13). Who is their leader? What are their motives and objectives? How do they relate to Ansem? Sora and the gang make it their mission to find the answers to these, as well as other questions as they travel world to world, destroying heartless, and looking for the King (Mickey Mouse) as well as Riku (who was trapped in darkness after Kingdom Hearts I). Can Sora,...
Written by Big_Burta
THE GOOD:
-Unbelievably beautiful graphics, heavily packed with detail
-Perfect, problem-free sound, music, and dialog
-Great characters
-Perfect camera
-Great controls (the Command Window is so much more efficient)
-Reaction Commands were a nice addition
-Still gets addicting, for a while
-Pretty long
-Still has plenty of sidequests, for the most part
-Lots of little improvements (playing in first-person, Drive Forms were cool, summon spells were improved...)
-The journal system is cool (it keeps track of everything, tells you what to do next, has stories and photos, etc.)
-Better Gummi Garage overall, usually
-Never gets frustrating
-Better weapons
-Sora has better abilities

THE BAD:
-It's far too easy to be an RPG
-Mostly mindless combat
-Despite being entertaining, it gets boring more easily
-Lots of little pleasures were removed (no more Trinities, swimming, climbing,...

THE GOOD:
~ The storyline is great, and gets deeper with the introduction of Orginization XIII
~ Reconstructions of Disney movie scenes are very accurate and detailed
~ Graphics are significantly improved
~ A new Skip Scene function makes sure you won't get annoyed listening to the same thing over again
~ Addition of mini-games and Gummi Ship missions
~ Voice cast employs some well-known celebrities, all of whom play their part masterfully

THE BAD:
~ Reaction commands make some battles too easy for a seasoned video gamer to fight
~ Loss of Trinities and Atlantica's Heartless
~ Keyblades aren't as attractive as in the last game
~ Corny moments detract from the overall story
~ Final battle sequence is just too long without a save point for many people to stand

SUMMARY:
It's rare that a sequel to anything - a movie, video game, or whatever - can quite live up to its predecessor, but Kingdom Hearts...

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