Birth by sleep. Kingdom Hearts

[Prpl_Mage]

It's been a while since this game was released and no talk about it at all.

Did anyone play it beside me?
Do Kingdom hearts suck?
No one owns a Psp?

[A Forgotten Legend]

I love Kingdom Hearts.  I don't own a PSP.  I have a friend here that loves it.  He plays it non-stop.

[X_marks_the_ed]

I didn't play it.
I think it's overhyped, and that ruins it for me because I'm prone to focusing on negatives instead of enjoying it.
I don't own a PSP. I own a portable system that runs Emulators of everything before the N64, and Me & My Katamari.

[Prpl_Mage]

Is it overhyped over there? I haven't heard, seen or read anything about it over here. Nothing.

[X_marks_the_ed]

Let's put it this way, I've never heard anyone around here even mention the Final Fantasy series, but everyone here won't shut up about Kingdom Hearts.

[A Forgotten Legend]

I haven't heard much really.  I've heard almost no discussion on campus except for my friend who bought it.

[Fortet]

I have it.
And I love it
As a matter of fact, I love KH period.

The new title feels very "at-home" on the PSP. Graphics are nice, but the load times are god-awful.

[SaiKar]

Nobody owns a PSP.
I'd care a lot more about Kingdom Hearts if it was more Final Fantasy and less Disney. But it seems to be taking the completely opposite route.

[Muraiko]

Kingdom Hearts killed the Disney movies for me. Eversince then, I vowed to never play another Kingdom Hearts game again.

[oooog]

I think oooog finished it a while ago.

I don't really care about KH though.

I love you Lucas.

Yeah, I conquered the game.  Still haven't beaten the hidden bosses though, but I'm postponing that.  I honestly don't think the game is overhyped.  I think that at one point it was overhyped, and now the mere mention of it people go "Oh here we go again" regardless of the year(s) in between of almost no mention of it.

I loved the deck system, and I hope they continue with it, but what I want most is for them to stop dicking around with these filler games (See Re:Coded and 3D), and just release the goddamn console sequel.  My only complaint of the game is the fact you can easily beat a storyline on hard mode in less than 6 hours, and can conquer each individual world in less than 30 minutes.  This is a big issue.  It took me a mere 23 hours to view the secret ending.

On a side note, the PSP has actually become worth owning.  If you still have a Slim, being able to play PSX games on the go almost makes it worth it alone, but being able to host all emulators (I think they even have a N64 one out there) is magnificent.  But the system itself finally has enough games to be enjoyable.  I love Patapon, Dissidia had it's moments, Valkyria Chronicles II is currently absorbing all of my free time, P3P is a remake of one of my favorite RPGS, I hear Peace Walker is excellent, and of course, Kingdom Hearts.

[HobomasterXXX]

Peace Walker is excellent go play it now.

[Obvious Sock Account]

Maybe I'm not the fellow Square is trying to appeal to (What with my S.T.A.L.K.E.R and my Metro 2033 and my Witcher.  Might or might not be coincidence that all of those are based on books.) but I never really understood the popularity of Kingdom Hearts.  Or Final Fantasy, at that.  Or Disney at any point beyond 1997.  Particularly how hard the game tries to be a plot-driven game while simultaneously having one of the worst, most cryptic, needlessly contrived storylines I have ever witnessed, even with all my experience playing really old PC platforming games and frankly almost any shooters.  Plus the gameplay is more than a touch ridiculous.  Frankly there was a reason an RPG menu used to control action game combat was more or less untread ground.  It's the same reason no one has tried to make a text based first person shooter.  Further, call me shallow, but I can't get over the character designs.  Belts, zippers, we all know the joke, but the very worst of it is basically untouched.  The main character beats the shit out of people with a key.  Sort of.  If you can reconcile your idea of a key with this beast.



Also not trolling.

[Prpl_Mage]

You can install the game to your card and cut down the load time A LOT. Thank god for that.

Also, I felt like this game was different from the others, not that many returning worlds, a kinda fresh cast of disney characters compared to KH2 and a more centre around the 3 main protagonists.

Also, you completed the game on hard in 9 hours with each character? I can see that happening but I doubt you completed the report.
I personally felt that completing the game on the hard difficulty and just like that get to see the secret ending is a bit ripp-off. It's like in Super Smash Brawl when all you had to do to unlock all the characters was to play through Subspace Emissary.
So I've played on the easier difficulty and beat Command Board after command board, collected Arena Medals, used every D-Link. Crafted every Command ect, ect. With all three characters. So the game time on those files now after getting the report done is like 30 hours.

Also - I dig the Command system it was nice, focused on reload time now.
It felt like how it was what I wanted FFXIII to actually be. And how I hope FFXIIIVS will be.
Same basic thought of no mana cost and speedy battles. But in this game stuff had reload times and command styles and D-links which added a lot of variety to the game.

And yes I got the psp this year and I don't think I would've used it earlier if I got it. All good games seems to bloom now.


Oh, and I doubt Mr Sock actually played the game. Doesn't sound like it atleast.

[Obvious Sock Account]

I watched more of it than I played, back when my brother was a huge fan of the series, fair enough, but I have played both the first and second for a few hours, each.

Also, you completed the game on hard in 9 hours with each character? I can see that happening but I doubt you completed the report.

Why should I have felt the need?  Most devs are content to throw some bonus content at the player if they find a few secrets.  Square expect the player to see every vertex of every last polygon of every last model before they give you the whole game.  I didn't feel like wasting the effort on watching a 30 second video of a forest of keyblades and a few black hooded guys trying real hard to look menacing.  Luckily (sort of.) my brother wasn't so inclined.

[Prpl_Mage]

But did you play or see Birth by Sleep? 'Cuz I'd say it's rather different from the 2 main games.
If you got a Psp or a PSP emulator, give it a try.