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Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance |OT| Sora is Everyone in Every Dimension
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Read up on CoM
Play KH2
Play BBS if possible (or read up on it if not)
skip the DS games.
CaptainSchwann
Member
Ended up caving and picking this up last night. I have to say, the most surprising part about this game so far is that it didn't start with another remix of Simple and Clean
Kinda dissapointed by that actually ;_;
I beg to differ : seeing (spoil related to TWEWY, be warned)
Joshua claiming that he's omniscient and leaving after growing white wings may hint to his nature as the composer.
@Hobbun: What Seda said. You can skip the DS games I think.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
There's one thing I'm curious about, even though I have three Spirits equipped, I can only use two of them in battle, right?
Electivirus
Member
Really loving the hell out of this game so far. Interacting with my Dream Eaters is entirely too adorable. :B
mocolostrocolos
Member
darkjedi187
Member
I know yesterday I said I wanted to wait for my xl, but I got nothin to do tonight and I don't think I can stare at the case and not play it for 3 weeks. I'm so weak!
electroplankton
Banned
That's true, but it's also something you cannot figure out if you have not played the game. Btw, it spoils something then.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I'm finding Proud Mode to be an enjoyable challenge in this game. My only real problem with BBS was that it was simply too easy. I've found 3D to provide more of a challenge so far in the battles, which is nice.
I agree. The possibility to block exp whenever we want is a plus (I hate being too overleveled).
The Last One
Member
What about the ost, guys? They're are just recycling or there are many new musics?
Days is pretty important as you'll see a certain charter showing up sometimes and won't really know why they're there. But i think the summary does a good job of explaining the story.
Redone, remixed.
The Last One
Member
Well remixes are alright, I guess.
Only thing it potentially spoils in the first Traverse Town visit is something that you'd only understand if you played the game. Don't know if there's a second Traverse Town visit and what happens in that if there is one though. If you just don't think about it too hard I'm pretty sure you'll be fine
Dedication Through Light
Member
I think the ost is quite good that its the first one worth physically owning, especially because of the remixs.
The Last One
Member
Oh, very good to read that! Can't wait for my copy!
To switch between characters.
This one is indeed a little hard.
If my memory serves me correctly, he mainly uses Fire attacks. If you can have by your side spirits which enhances your fire protection, it's a good idea to bring them along. Also, you have the flower spirit which can cast both Protect and Shell on you, which is a very good thing. Bring it with you if you managed to create it.
As for the attack : discard useless commands, such as Gravity. Be sure to have Cura (I think it's the english name, may need to verify this one) in your "deck". The boss moves a lot, so attack commands which can help to reduce the distance between you and the boss may be a good idea. Blizzard spells might be a good idea... If you manage to hit the boss with them (since they don't follow the target, it might be tricky to land them).
Also, you can bring two spirits with their fusion bar maxed, and fuse with them (the "flying" (sorry, my game is in french, can't tell you the english name) transformation was incredibly useful, allowing me to attack the boss and evade his attacks quite easily).
njean777
Member
But what is the point of it, it makes you switch characters after a certain amount of time anyways...
RPGCrazied
Member
You get buffs if you switch early. If you don't, you get nothing. I think I heard that somewhere.
Quite the contrary.
When you're fighting, you can earn points that you will be able to spend once you need to switch between characters. Those points allow the other character to stay "awake" for an extended duration, make his physical/magical attacks stronger, win some items or abilities...
The more your character stay awake, the more occasions you have to earn points, the more points you can spend once you have to switch (when the Drop Jauge run out).
You can switch manually whenever you want, you won't lose the points earned.
You can also use "Drop Me Not" items (Alarm clocks/Réveil in French), which restaure your Drop jauge, allowing you to play with the same character longer. You can, in fact, keep using "Drop Me Not" as often as you like (you can buy them, and they're not that expensive), which mean that in the end the Drop system isn't a problem, since you have complete control on how you want to use it.
So, yes, you can end up switching between characters in the middle of a boss fight, but it really would be your own fault, since it's pretty easy to tell if you will have enough jauge to kill a boss.
@gosox333: Yes.
njean777
Member
That is actually really smart.
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
For most of the worlds, you won't be able to get every treasure chest during your initial run because some areas are locked out to each character for story reasons. But you don't have to wait long to get the ones you missed -- you can go right back into the world after you finish it to get the missing chests.
Seven Force
Banned
In the case of Traverse Town, I would at least advise getting all of the treasures in the Fountain Square room with both characters before beating the game at the very least. I can't really say why without spoiling anything, but trust me on this one.
coughlanio
Member
Okay, this is probably completely dumb, but its my first kingdom hearts game, what the hell are the two icons on the map? One is a glowing key and the other is a pink flower. I must have missed something at the start of the game.
Silent_Ocarina
Member
The glowing key represents your character. The black key shows where you came from. There are blue and pink heart-shaped symbols. These are your Dream Eaters. The pink flower icon might be the Link Portals.
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
The soundtrack is excellent, and considering most of the worlds in this game are completely new, there's a very healthy balance of remixes from previous games and entirely new songs.
Thid was posted earlier, I think other people were having the some issue.
Excuse the bad picture, but you can get to the Court of Miracles through this little part:
Hope we are talking about the same thing.
Ok. Thank you very much !
Once you are in the catacombs, look for destructible rocks alongside the walls. One of them will lead you to the next aera (and the Court of Miracles).
The soundtrack is indeed excellent (though, gosh, why AGAIN Monstro... I hated this world so much in KH1... Well, at least we have the Free Flow system this time).
SoulUnison
Banned
Does anyone else feel like Sora/Riku are a lot easier to stagger/stun lock than in previous games? A lot of commands with long wind-ups are borderline useless it seems because the slightest tap will knock you out of it.
The Skark series of speel has been near useless to me because it's *designed* for use in the middle of crowds, but it has such a long startup that it's next to impossible to actually get the attack out - and Command Reload starts when you begin an attack, not when you sucessfully complete it, so Spark/Ra/Ga feels like it's constantly on Reload even though it actually goes off maybe every tenth use.
The Skark series of speel has been near useless to me because it's *designed* for use in the middle of crowds, but it has such a long startup that it's next to impossible to actually get the attack out - and Command Reload starts when you begin an attack, not when you sucessfully complete it, so Spark/Ra/Ga feels like it's constantly on Reload even though it actually goes off maybe every tenth use.
Personnaly, I keep Sparkra in my deck, but when you want to use that spell, you better use Null Gravity (or whatever its name is in english) beforehand : that way, all enemies are vulnerables, unable to attack Sora, and I just have to cast Sparkra for massive damages (though, since enemies affected by Null Gravity tends to move away when hit, the spell doesn't work to its full effect, unless there are walls nearby - I wonder if the Stop spells aren't a better option, but it seems to me that enemies affected by it are immune to damages... Can someone confirm/infirm this ?).
Truth to be told, I wonder if casting Thundaga/ra isn't more useful that the Spark-spells.
All in all, Spark spells aren't bad, but you need an adequate set-up if you want to use them. Also, I certainly wouldn't use them against bosses.
Wolf Akela
Member
Court of Miracles lost me too. I was wondering why there wasn't a door in the Catacombs.
Game finished on normal. Took me 16:14, so shorter than some of the other games. I didn't feel like I was rushing at all too.
Most used flowmotion is Wall Kick x999 lol. Spirits Collected is 35%, which is fair enough. Never even saw a spirit above D rank in my playthrough.
The secret message from Nomura has me hyped.
Also I don't want to talk about the ending in this yet until more people have finished the game but one thing I want to say regarding the next game is:
Now time to finish the game on proud mode now.
Also there is new game+ if you want spirits to be carried over, for those people that wanted to know.
Most used flowmotion is Wall Kick x999 lol. Spirits Collected is 35%, which is fair enough. Never even saw a spirit above D rank in my playthrough.
The secret message from Nomura has me hyped.
Awakening of the next number in never before seen detail? Can only mean KH3 is next hell yeah!!!
Also I don't want to talk about the ending in this yet until more people have finished the game but one thing I want to say regarding the next game is:
The 7 looks like it's going to be Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Axel, Ventus and one more, maybe Aqua? I sure hope all of them will be playable
Now time to finish the game on proud mode now.
Also there is new game+ if you want spirits to be carried over, for those people that wanted to know.
What if you wanted to switch characters before that time? That's the point.
SoulUnison
Banned
Wooooooooooow. I'm at 19 hours and I'm *just* starting the last world of the first "ring" with each character. Then again, I'm playing Proud so some grinding has been involved, and I don't let a character move onto a new world until I find every chest in the current one.
Seven Force
Banned
It's best to jump in the air out of reach before using a Spark spell. It has a deceptively large vertical hitbox, so it'll still hit, while keeping you safe during the startup animation.
With that said, the Balloon spells are probably the most useful overall. Balloon acts like Mine Square from BBS, Balloonra does a ton of damage and homes in, and Balloonga is nigh-unavoidable.
They also absolutely wreck the game's optional postgame boss
Yeah never had to grind on normal. Just beating every enemy you come across is enough to finish the game easily.
Also replaying the start now and it really is quite a confusing mess. Like, they just dump you into the Ursula/tutorial battle and then suddenly DIVE MODE and then Traverse Town, with little explanation of what is happening lol.