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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 xegaldis
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:
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...

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 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...

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...

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...
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 Fact that you could play this game as many times as you wanted and never get sick of it !
  • Fast, thrilling battles
  • Brilliant storyline that carries on beautifully from where Kingdom Hearts I and Chain of Memories left off !
  • Lots of cut-scenes that continue to develop the storyline right until the end !

    THE BAD:

  • During some battle scene's your Camera angle can get stuck making it hard to see where all the action is.
  • Lots of Cutscenes : You either love them or hate them (( So I thought I'd add this in both ))
  • A lack of depth in some worlds (( You just seem to run through them, rather than helping them, like during Kingdom Hearts 1 ))

    SUMMARY:
    You start off the game playing as a Character called Roxas, in a seemly natural world called Twilight Town. You happily talk to your Friends Ollete, Pence and Hayner without a care in the world, until everything seems to take a turn for the...

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