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Kingdom Hearts Community Thread: Now everybody can be a Keyblade Wielder!
- Thread starter Blood Diamonds
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We already got Kingdom Hearts I.
Just kidding, I love KH II.
Can't wait for this game. Comparing Kingdom Hearts II to the Final Mix Version, the FM-Version has so much more content to offer (much more than KH I FM has to KH I). And, as I said earlier, I still haven't played BBS, which is said to be amazing.
2014 is going to be awesome!
Napalm_Frank
Member
I only now watched the trailer.
I know it has FM footage on it and I know when the game was announced the press release specifically said that the games would be FM...
...but still I got chills on my spine because they removed the FM titles for this trailer.
badcrumble
Member
All of the skills? You mean getting sufficient AP Ups to equip every skill? Yes.
It'd be silly to equip every single skill, though, given that Combo Plus and Combo Minus skills counteract each other.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
Is February a reasonable date for KH 2.5?
badcrumble
Member
Like, you mean as a guess regarding when it'll come out? I expect that it'll be March in Japan and September in North America, just like 1.5 was.
Bel Marduk
Banned
I really was hoping they'd do KH2.5 for the PS4.. it'd be nice to get a game for my PS4 before 3 comes out!
R10Neymarfan
Member
No PS4 announcement because there is no PS4 in Japan yet.
Does anyone have it on video?
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Is there any way to play the web browser game (X) outside of Japan?
That hasn't stopped other PS4 titles from being announced.
The remasters were intended for PS3 from the start.
Ardainian Soldier
Member
I actually found them to be really easy. I was at level 100 though so that might be why. I just spammed stop for the sniper wilds and attacked them like crazy.
Spamming Stop is the easiest way to beat that boss.
Just don't let your MP run down. Same goes for the optional boss in Agrabah.
Even Sephiroth is not as difficult as I remember him to be (Proud Mode). I remember playing Kingdom Hearts for the first time, I considered Sephiroth to be unbeatable.
Just don't let your MP run down. Same goes for the optional boss in Agrabah.
Even Sephiroth is not as difficult as I remember him to be (Proud Mode). I remember playing Kingdom Hearts for the first time, I considered Sephiroth to be unbeatable.
No idea. It might be IP locked so you might have to use a proxy.(Can't really help with that, unfortunately.)
Leaf Bracer is the main reason. Being immune to attacks during the cure and elixir animations defuses a lot of the risk involved in using them, which lets you heal more easily. I'm tempted to fire the game up and give a no LB run a go.
WeaponKnight
Member
There is no lock. It's pretty boring and text-heavy, tough.
It's really boring and not really worth playing.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Oh 
Is there at least an interesting story or anything worth reading about? I remember reading that the story was going to connect to 3?
Is there at least an interesting story or anything worth reading about? I remember reading that the story was going to connect to 3?
Oh
Is there at least an interesting story or anything worth reading about? I remember reading that the story was going to connect to 3?
Did you miss these posts in the KH3 GameInformer preview thread?
KHχ[chi] Part 1
KHχ[chi] Part 2
And here's a gameplay video w/ subtitles
I can't find the relevant post but I remember reading that the game was recently updated with support for english characters or something.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Napalm_Frank
Member
Man, before I was thinking that Aquas new 2.5 model was the biggest improvement mainly due to hair but damn, MX went straight to old coot mode.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Obviously not evil.
He just has unnaturally colored eyes, a black trenchcoat and a Keyblade that looks like the devil's legbones. I can't believe you would besmirch such an upstanding citizen!
Sometimes I wonder if Eraqus kept those kids in a cave.
Man, before I was thinking that Aquas new 2.5 model was the biggest improvement mainly due to hair but damn, MX went straight to old coot mode.
Dem cheekbones
Dem wrinkles
Dat goatee
It looks like they aged him a few more years.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Then again now that I looked at the latest HD trailer they still have MX that looks quite similar to old model so either they didn't implement that one in there yet or they made that up just to make some SE quality bullshots :lol.
Considering they touched up the rest of the characters I'd be surprised if MX didn't get the same treatment.
Not to mention that his textures got a massive resolution boost. They wouldn't waste that much work on bullshots. (The 1.5 ones were mostly swapping in the cutscene models right?)
So it seems KH 3D isn't getting remastered.
http://sqex.info/nomura-discusses-kh2-5-kh3-khx/
This part was interesting on Recoded:
And on KHx:
Wonder if anything included in KHx will hint at whatever's coming in the story after KH3.
http://sqex.info/nomura-discusses-kh2-5-kh3-khx/
This part was interesting on Recoded:
And on KHx:
Wonder if anything included in KHx will hint at whatever's coming in the story after KH3.
It turns into a dick!?
Meccanical
Member
It turns into a vagina?
It's a pity that they won't. The Keyblade armor isn't nearly as majestic without it.
I imagine the lack of capes has more to do with not wanting to spend the time/money getting the cloth physics right as opposed to any stylistic choice.
Also
badcrumble
Member
Eh, I see this as roughly the same as how FFXIII will almost certainly get a 'trilogy' release on PS4/Xbone but they won't talk about it now because they don't want to take away from current-gen Lightning Returns sales.
Nomura mentioned 2.5 a long time ago, when 1.5 was still selling (though was it even out by then?).
DDD is also just one game, compared to a FF XIII trilogy they could make for next gen. It's not the same thing. Plus it would require working unlike FF XIII.
There's quite a bit of porting work in both cases (Since the PS4 is x86 as opposed to a PowerPC, though to be fair Nintendo's customized hardware is probably a pain to port from), and keep in mind that there has been a full console remake of a portable game before (Re:COM), and COM didn't even have any 3D assets to begin with.
I could see them making a KH3D port to release as part of a compilation (Like a Kingdom Hearts III Final Mix+ or potentially even a mega collection like they made for the Final Fantasy anniversary.)
Napalm_Frank
Member
The latest interview reminded me that I will be soooooooo pissed off if they record new VA for fuckin Coded but won't add voices to the FM scenes.
Japanese VA for the scenes are already done so at least I imagine the chances being higher than with KH1FM where there wasn't japanese VA either. To be honest I would be ok with just KH2FM lines being recorded since BBSFM only has the new epilogue and wouldn't be as out of place as with KH2 constantly having no voices. If both are voiced I will give serious kudos to SE (lowered expectations obvs).
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Fuck Coded
Japanese VA for the scenes are already done so at least I imagine the chances being higher than with KH1FM where there wasn't japanese VA either. To be honest I would be ok with just KH2FM lines being recorded since BBSFM only has the new epilogue and wouldn't be as out of place as with KH2 constantly having no voices. If both are voiced I will give serious kudos to SE (lowered expectations obvs).
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Fuck Coded
badcrumble
Member
Not the same. The equivalent would be mentioning 2.5 while Birth By Sleep or KH2 is still selling.
The Demyx fight in KH2 is frankly bullshit. First you have to defeat 50 forms within 40 seconds, which is somewhat challenging, then you have to go through a series of unfair attacks and in the middle of that they give you 10 more forms to defeat within 10 seconds without any sort of warning. If you fail, you have to replay the whole thing. And and all the reasoning behind this gimmick you get is "Got you now!" casually uttered by Demyx as you are transitioned to a game over screen.
Napalm_Frank
Member
You could try Wisdom form + Fire spam.
It's even more fun in the final mix rematch where you have to kill 99 clones in 30 seconds. It's impossible without MP items equipped, and I'm speaking from experience.
Basically this.
I found that "Water Dance" (the reaction command you can use against those forms) works pretty well, as does the Trinity limit attack (I was able to destroy like 40 forms in 10 seconds using it). It's just the part with 10 forms / 10 seconds that is really annoying, especially considering how sudden it is. Wisdom form works great against Demyx himself though.
badcrumble
Member
Well, pretty much any of the stuff in KH games that really breaks through the fourth wall in that particular way is kind of dumb, even in cases where it isn't particularly "tough".
Examples I can think of include Xemnas' Shock/Release attack in KH1FM and the Lingering Will's Break Free attack in KH2FM, Zexion's ability to steal your cards in Re:CoM, Marluxia's ability to blow your entire deck away in Re:CoM, Demyx's rather-arbitrary timer, Young Xehanort's tornado attack that blows away your command deck in BBS, and pretty much everything about the Luxord fight in KH2.
I'm pretty cool with some fairly-similar stuff (Lexaeus' Power stat in KH2FM, the 99-hits thing with Marluxia in KH2FM, the Data Bar with Vexen in KH2FM), even though they're still fairly gimmicky and immersion-breaking, because they at least don't break the way the gameplays and/or have game over conditions that make you do anything but be skillful at combat.
For future reference when everybody is playing Kingdom Hearts 2FM HD: Don't bother fighting the absent silhouettes until after you get Second Chance and One More. Trying to kill them without either is like pulling teeth out with a spoon.
Larxene has beaten my ass nearly 100 times as of this post.
EDIT: I literally cannot survive her turbine attack even with reflect spam. Screw this.
Larxene has beaten my ass nearly 100 times as of this post.
EDIT: I literally cannot survive her turbine attack even with reflect spam. Screw this.
Challenge accepted.
I don't remember the Demyx fight being that annoying. As for the rest... I will see when KH 2.5 has been released.
WeaponKnight
Member
Scratch that! Do all the fights at level one. Especially Marluxia.
I'm just trying to get the kinks out at this point. This is the first time I've played KH2FM in about 2 years. I might try to do a lv. 1 run if I can ever get ahold of some capture tools.
badcrumble
Member
Remind me what the maximum Bonus Level is in KH2FM with all of its additional boss fights?