PixyJunket

Nope. Richard Epcar according to IMDB (ie: take with a grain of salt).

Y2K Falcon

The countdown has begun! I'm about to leave from work soon to get my daughter and give her her birthday present... This weekend is just gonna be Kingdom Hearts, and catching up on American Idol.



Gosh, my life is

PixyJunket

Hey, I've got Kingdom Hearts, mini-golf and Wrestlemania.. I'm not much better (though since American Idol is not part of that I feel it is a little bit better).

Man, so far there are three returning characters (Aerith, Hercules and spoiler boy from above) with new voices. I'm actually shocked that Disney couldn't pull the original cast together! Aerith is the only one I feel was a significant downgrade.. the others are alright.. just different. I've always hated Homer Simpson as the Genie.. the damn Japanese voice actor sounded more like the original Genie than this turd does.

pinata242

Aerith speaks like shes, I dunno... dead. Perhaps she should have stayed that way. Is there a point (DON'T TELL ME!) to her character in this series other than "OH SHIT, LOOK!" fodder for FF fanboys? If so, that wore off in KH1.

PixyJunket

I AGREE!

warswift

if anyone have a kh1 or kh2 to trade or sell pm me

Supermallet

I didn't get to play tons of the game, but I'm 3 hours in and I'm still playing as Roxas. I understand the reasons for his level (having played Chain of Memories as well as getting who he is from the second dream sequence), but they gave him way too much stuff. They could have cut or merged some of his levels to make it get to Sora a little more quickly.

Blitz6Speed

Im 3 hours and 10 min in and im playing as Sora inside the first castle from the train. Freakin AMAZING so far, and im sure its just going to get more and more magnificent as we go. Damn you SE!! Its just difficult for me to game for long hours anymore, i get tired =(

Y2K Falcon

While I was being lazy this morning, my daughter got up to 5 hours. Not sure exactly where she is, but she's been Sora for a while she says.

I'm at the first save spot.


I was freaking out at first when the clips from KH1 started looking all glitchy.

It didn't help that I had opened the KH2 box last night, but forgot to actually put it into the PS2, and KH1 came up when I turned it on. Thought I had gotten screwed at Frys.

Outlaw

I'm at that exact same spot. I played right through the intro in one sitting (thats a few hours). Game is awesome, but I agree on Aeris' new voice actor . Terrible. Mandy Moore was fine IMO. Doesn't ruin the game at all though. I like the improvements to the battle system, seems like they improved aerial combat, and the reversals and context sensitive actions are pretty sweet. So far game has lived up to my big expectations .

honeybefly

I barely play video games at all, but I enjoyed KH1. I can't believe how long this game is taking to play out with all the cut-scenes. Is there an estimated timeframe for how long it will take to play this game all the way through? Don't get me wrong--I think this game is great, but I don't have a lot of time to devote to it.

PixyJunket

I'm burning though this beautiful piece of art!

Wisdom form is so freaking cool!!

The Timeless River stage is a pure treat for Disney fans!

Decker

Just started as Sora after 4 hrs in (those were long, tedious hours, IMO). Still, now that we're finally cookin', I'm glad to see where this game will be taking me. Top notch production values, to be sure.
I sorta agree that so far the combat is too easy, but then again that's not such a bad thing as I can get pretty frustrated with dying over and over and having to constantly level up just to get to where I'm supposed to go next. I've quit many a great RPG out of that frustration (like the beautiful Dark Cloud 2) and since i don't have tons of time, I'm willing to trade difficulty for adventure this time. Still, mu four-year old is handling the heartless battles for me, so I can tell it's not a tough game.

madara

Hehe, thats cute about your 4 year old I think having kid playing with you would enchance this experience even more. I just got to the PotC level and am having a blast. My main complaint would be its way too linear. These supposed "worlds" are like 3-5 with about 20-40 bad guys, boss and then 30mins later next world. Hopefully they either give you 30 plus planets to explore or they start to get alot bigger and actually have treasure that that not glaring you right in the face.

ScandalUMD

I'm not playing this, because I got Oblivion, but I suspect there's probably something to IGN's criticism of the combat. I played the first Kingdom Hearts, and the game wasn't exactly difficult. Outside of GTA:SA, I don't think I've really played any games in the last couple of years that were genuinely difficult to beat on the default difficulty level.

The original KH was more gentle than most, and I expect that, with Disney making a more aggressive effort to capitalize on their animation properties since the last one, they probably pushed Square down to an even gentler level of difficulty. When a gamesite editor says he can clear whole rooms of enemies by repeatedly pressing the X button, I take that as a pretty serious criticism of the game, especially when that combat is the central gameplay element.

I'm pretty annoyed with the general trend of games ramping up the visual realism and the production values, and while the enemies are still as dumb as they were ten years ago. You can't tie good cutscene sequences together with shoddy, repetitive gameplay and call it a good game. I may pick this one up when it's a "greatest hit."

Blitz6Speed

I just watched the KH2 commercial while watching X-Play, and it was incredible. Even if you didnt know about KH at all, it makes you want to play it.

Outlaw

ah, so thats how you beat all those games you talk about in previous threads .

Decker

She helps out, okay? I do ALL the boss fights myself.

Supermallet

Like the original KH, the combat in this varies by enemy. Some enemies can be wiped out in three hits. Others you can repeatedly bash. And others still require some strategy to take out. While the gameplay in the KH games doesn't get as varied as, say, Psychonauts, it's still well done and creative, and some of the fights are just awesome.

On the other hand, those gummi ship levels make my hand cramp like nothing else I've played in a long time.

PixyJunket

Oh, such a busy weekend.. I managed to get some good time in regardless.

Supermallet

pinata242

Too scared to read spoilers of other people. So here's my own for people less far than me (around 9 hours).



I'm enjoying the hell out of this game.

PixyJunket

Pinata, my spoilers are safe for where you are.

I just finished Pride Rock last night and the second Hades Tournament.. lion cub Sora was quite cool and movement was fast as hell. I still find myself distracted with the Gummi Ship levels from time to time.. although I've yet to actually BUILD my own ship, I'm thinking about re-making my pickup truck Gummi Ship from Final Mix.. too bad I've yet to find any of the "designer" Gummi Blocks (if they exist) like the wheels and longhorns. I've got little Pac-Man ships for my Teeny Ships. Yes, I love this game.

madara

Totally freaking out at Halloween Town world. Wow what a treat, this is heaven!! I'd die play immersive world like this, that one room creepy woods that leads between them would make a great setting to get lost in!

pinata242

Quick question about Atlantica