I've thought this for a while, but replaying Reverse/Rebirth has cemented my opinion. Why were they so insistent on making Riku drop all original characteristics in order to make him a Sora clone? But that, I mean in Dream Drop Distance Riku has lost every unique attribute that made him unique from Sora. He doesn't have increased jump height. His dodge roll is exactly like Sora's. His combos are functionally far more similar to Sora's than his combos in R/R There used to be so many unique little details to Riku. His finisher didn't ave the AOE of Sora's. His aerial slash was two handed and much faster than Sora's. It' like they drained all of his unique abilities out with half his personality.
The first in a hopefully ongoing series First off: DMC Devil May Cry
Been thinking about this recently. KH1 is too wonky KH2 is too easy BBS is too easy to break Same goes for Re:Coded Days is too bullet spongy DDD's enemies are broken So I'd have to say Com/Re:CoM has the best difficulty balancing in the franchise. You can't level up your strength, so grinding only enhances your lastability, but evne that won't do much because you can't upgrade your defense. The cards you get ARE random, but I've never ended up stuck with a bad deck thanks to RNG, so I dunno. But my point is, going in, a fight will be about functionally the same for everyone. The real trick is balancing the use of your deck right. The anti spamming methods of the deck reload speed and sleight card eating effectively remove issues games like BBS had where you could spam an overpowered ability with no repercussions. My biggest point though is card breaks. This lets you deal with any attack no matter what. And no matter where you are you'll always know if an attack is coming. This eliminates a HUGE issues KH, and really 3D fighters in general have. You can't REALLY be blindsided because the cards telegraph the attack. It's still not perfect, but that's my pick, what game do you think is the best balanced?
It's okay I guess
I was stoked, I finally got a replacement PS3 and a year of PS+ to go with it But I can't get on, something about maintenance. What's weird is I can't find anything through searching that claims there's any issue going on right now
Psycho's got a high kick
some assbutt decided to talk about his favourite pizza and now I'm craving it. share in my suffering
Nintendo's got their own LP now. Off cam of course Don't want to get copyright claimed by Nintendo
I mean it's weird, when I first started playing KH I took for granted that Kairi was a huge part of the franchise. In my mind she had plenty of presence in the story. But replaying the games lately... she has like what... 20 minutes of dialog in the ENTIRE franchise? It's crazy. She's barely there in KH1, makes a brief cameo in CoM. Her biggest role is KH2 and even then she's barely there. Cameo in Days, cameo in BBS, and I'm pretty sure she's never even mentioned in Coded. Then a cameo in DDD I mean jeez, I'm pretty sure between KH2 and now, her only spoken line of dialog has been her telling Sora to come home quick.
So I was really excited I finally found a copy of Shadow of the Colossus and Ico for PS3 And a got a couple other PS3 games during the Summer that I was looking forward to finishing during Winter Break Buuuuuuuuuut my PS3 is broken :/
http://www.sonicretro.org/2013/11/sonic-xtreme-boss-footage-unearthed-15-years-later/ Interesting stuff also "Now what do you find is the most popular game that all these guys are playing?" "Well the most popular game right now is Nintendo 64"
Interesting stuff that can be found here
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/437762268/tadpole-treble Tadpole Treble is a rhythm game coming from the creator of Brawl in the Family You can find a demo on that site, it's pretty cool looking, and the guy making it is pretty cool too Donate if you can
Is one of the WORST things I've ever seen. It's baby's first machinima It's just Well, watch at your own risk:
It looks like BBS might be being restored to it's original PS2 quality in KHII.5 The models are notably different at least. But there's more good that can come from this. No delay when you open a menu! Maybe they can also make it so pausing or going to a new area won't cancel your command style? Hopefully the capes will be back They might add the thorns they removed n Enchanted Dominion, too Less flat keyblades? Less awkward transitions between the same cutscene to load a new map. Maybe? MAYBE?
Despite the fact that the story isn't happy at all. It gets REEEALLLY disjointed because of that. Take an early example. In the Enchanted Dominion Terra is tricked into thinking he stole Aurora's heart. That fits, because at the start of KH she has already had her heart taken... except they NEEDED the world to have a 'happy' ending, so Aurora's heart is freed and Maleficent is defeated. Uh... yay? All of Terra's Disney missions after Enchanted Dominion deal with him accepting, fighting or otherwise triumphing over the darkness. And we all know how that turns out. I hear people say this is an attempt at contrast or irony, but it really just makes Terra's fall come more out of nowhere. Meanwhile, all of Aqua's missions have her following after Terra, most which end with her noticing he did something good and being reassured he won't fall to the darkness... so why is she so accusatory when they meet up? All in all BBS is a sad story, but somewhere along the line half the script was switched out for a normal KH game. The end result is a ridiculously schizophrenic tone.
I was waiting for some pictures to get developed at Wal Mart, so I deiced to have a look at their gaming section. I don't think it's been updated in a year. A full section is dedicated to Assassin's Creed 3. Half the section was a 'limited time' special edition. There are two sections dedicated to Glory of Heracles, a 2008 DS RPG. It still costs 40 dollars The middle of the xbox 360 section has a bunch of LEGO DS games Meanwhile, off in a corner half obscured by the tiny PC game/bargain bin games... is the new arkham games, alongside the original lego batman. Also they didn't have pokemon x or y, but they had a bunch of guide books for them, next to the old DS ones and a single copy of Black 2 I was legitimately searching just in case they had some really old and rare game just lying around somewhere And like, you'd think they would care about their gaming section because literally every TV in the store was showing trailers for new games
Been thinking about Chain of Memories quite a bit recently, because of KH1.5. It really is the peak of the KH series, but it took me until now to realize this. I'm going to try to break it down: Coherence: Chain of Memories is a fairly straight forward games, especially by modern KH standards. Sora is given a definitive goal: climb as high as he can in Castle Oblivion. The reason mutates as the plot progresses but remains clear. It starts with a mysterious feeling, then recovering memories, then discovering Namine, and ultimately rescuing Namine. The machinations of the Organization are kept to the background, but never get obtuse. We've got a mastermind in Marluxia, his dragon Larxene. Wild card Axel, and a supporting cast in the basement dwelling Org members. It's a fairly simple plot, and that works in its favour. Theming: Most KH games have some sort of major theme, but none of them commit to it like Chain of Memories. The Disney worlds get an extra level of coherence by being tied together with the memory theme. While none of the Disney elements REALLY tie into the story, they often deal with different elements of memory and even bring up some interesting ideas, such as the value of fear. The story delves into some mature elements by KH standards as well, Sora thinking the about how the grownups probably knew why Namine left, for example. Characterization: Look at the emotional range of Sora. Before CoM his emotions vary from wonderment, mild annoyance and deep, but short lived sorrow. After CoM his range is... cocky, confused, annoyed or sad. But in Chain of Memories, we see a fair bit more nuance. Sora jokes with his friends, fights with them. He shows explicit hatred towards his enemies. He deals with confusion over his memories as well as the supposed return of Riku. And by the end of the game, he has squared out exactly what his views on the value of memories. We also see I believe the most interaction between villains in KH history, and while none of the Org members are particularly deep, they present enough nuance to be thoroughly enjoyable. Personally I think the writing in the original CoM is the best the series has to offer besides perhaps Re:CoM. Gameplay: This is a HUGE one. Because it's generally the most hated part of the series. But the deck of cards offers by far the most versatile system in KH. Far beyond the 'freedom' the Command Deck offers. This is the ONLY game in the entire series where it's perfectly okay to have an entirely magic based offense. Or use nothing but flashy moves. Flashy moves are made more viable as well, because they can only be canceled by a higher value card or a zero which means you don't have to worry about stray attacks. You could also set up a deck based around a huge variety of special effect cards, or a deck based around summons. All of this is viable, and what's more, not consumable. You don't have to worry about using an elixer in a battle, or using trinity limit, or whatever. No matter what you do, you can use it again next battle. The bosses are far more distinct as well. All variations on existing bosses bar the Organization fights, but generally presented in a more tactile way. Mickey cards give you a huge advantage for strategic card breaks, and card breaking in itself means that touch attacks can be dealt with simply. Finally, the leveling system isn't automated which allows you to grow a character as you see fit. All in all, Chain of Memories is a fairly impressive package. It might take a little extra effort, but if you really look at it, it offers a LOT that KH simply doesn't anywhere else.
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