III will be closer to II than BBS/DDD/Re:Coded type combat. That much has been confirmed by Nomura. They are taking some lessons learned from all the games developed between II & III, but overall they ARE trying to kind of merge the new stuff into a more KHII-type combat system rather than make small adjustments to the BBS/DDD/Re:Coded type combat system.
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Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue |OT| May our hearts be our guiding key
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Nose Master
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DDD is so good. KH1.5 / 2.5 (the ps3 ones) weren't 60 fps, right?
There's some in
that's solid, for Riku.
There's some in
Monstro
Yeah, they weren't.
Nope.
And KH1 and KH:CoM were only 810p on PS3 as well, so on PS4 they'll be getting the jump to 1080p (probably higher on the Pro) and 60fps.
Nose Master
Member
So uh, my Second Chance with Riku only works like half of the time? It's highlighted and unlocked, but it doesn't work for him. ?_?
EDIT: I'm a scrub. Once more is the combo one.
EDIT: I'm a scrub. Once more is the combo one.
RocknRola
Member
Psychological Intellect
Banned
the custscenes and plot are just so fucking incoherent that it's hilarious.
RocknRola
Member
Nose Master
Member
So uh, is the final boss in DDD possible without Once More?
I have T Rex, I just really don't want to grind him. The other final bosses thus far have actually been better without Once More.
EDIT:
When he gets to about 2 life bars left, he teleports you to the hallway again, but instead of lasers it's giant dark orbs that 2-3 shot you, with Second Chance.
EDIT:
Seems so, you just have to be on point with dodging back and forth.
papertoonz
Member
that's not the final boss fyi, you have like two more after him
also i think i beat him without Second Chance & Once More so you should be able, might have to get a bit lucky
also i think i beat him without Second Chance & Once More so you should be able, might have to get a bit lucky
Nose Master
Member
bro I'm already on like the fourth boss in a row D:
What's everyone's highest score on the Balloon minigame? 277 atm, but I feel like I could break 300.
Streamin' DDD final bosses atm, if you are bored. I don't hook up a mic for lazy PS4 streams, though.
papertoonz
Member
it's ansem SoD your fighting now right? cause i know he isn't the last boss and i may have messed up
but you did say hallway attack which i remember from his boss fight so i don't think i'm wrong
but you did say hallway attack which i remember from his boss fight so i don't think i'm wrong
Nose Master
Member
Nose Master
Member
Sora's entire campaign mine as well not exist in DDD. Riku's is a reskin, but still. Sora sucks. They started with Poochy in KH.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
Started playing 0.2 yesterday and honestly I don't like it much. I really hope KH3 doesn't come straight out from this sort of vertical slice demo, there's so many things off like the visual style, gameplay, animations, level design... but I trust this is a demo created in short time just to showcase graphics and such. Kh3 have to be way more ambitious than this to catch my interest. Also, are they using the BBS animations for Aqua? In 2017 on ps4 
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Kingsora
Would rather have no penis than have to show his to a medical professional
So I have this feeling I always had it with Kingdom Hearts games and it even bothers me a lot more with DDD. Don't get me wrong. I love Kingdom Hearts as a franchise, but I just don't understand this.
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Every Kingdom Hearts-world is so completely empty. I am right now playing the Hunchback of Notre Dame-world and it's baffling how empty this world is. You have four NPC's living in this entire world and that's it. Same goes for Traverse Town (and probably every world in DDD). How can it be so difficult to put in some NPC's. This completely breaks the immersion sometimes. Especially if you hear non-existing humans people cheer.
And it's not only in DDD that this bothered me. But also in KH1 and KH2. The Mulan, Lion King, Pirates and Alladin world were all missing NPC's to give you the feeling it's actually a world you're walking in.
I love Kingdom Hearts, but it's one of the only big RPG-franchises that have such empty worlds. And I just don't understand why.
I really really hope it will be different in Kingdom Hearts III. But chances are quite big that it's exactly the same.
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Every Kingdom Hearts-world is so completely empty. I am right now playing the Hunchback of Notre Dame-world and it's baffling how empty this world is. You have four NPC's living in this entire world and that's it. Same goes for Traverse Town (and probably every world in DDD). How can it be so difficult to put in some NPC's. This completely breaks the immersion sometimes. Especially if you hear non-existing humans people cheer.
And it's not only in DDD that this bothered me. But also in KH1 and KH2. The Mulan, Lion King, Pirates and Alladin world were all missing NPC's to give you the feeling it's actually a world you're walking in.
I love Kingdom Hearts, but it's one of the only big RPG-franchises that have such empty worlds. And I just don't understand why.
I really really hope it will be different in Kingdom Hearts III. But chances are quite big that it's exactly the same.
Yeah they need to find a solution for that. Maybe having areas that enemies attack and ones that don't or NPC flee when heartless appear - they can't keep getting away with it on the PS4.
when I played the game years ago on 3DS I even beat the optional boss without once more or second chance, so yes.
I will finish the game soon after grinding my sweet spirits soon.
Well yeah, monstro level sucked even in KH1.
I always thought one of the reasons why they don't have any npcs was that in KH, battles can happen in most of the maps, even in towns. In some safe areas where there are no battle, there were few NPCs like FF characters in Hollow Bastion if I remember correctly? So how would npcs react when heartless/nobody or whatever pops up and battle starts? Would they just stay same? Would they make each npcs stay away to corners in fear? Maybe it's one of the reason why they never bothered putting NPCs. Also it could be technical limitation during PS2 (and handheld) that they just bothered not putting any. It makes it really stupid in situations like Collosium battles or BBS's Cinderella castle where there is empty clapping and stuff so I assume those were due to technical limitation.
I am not saying this justifies having no NPCs in the game. I hope they do find solution for KH3 but I very much doubt it at this point. The fact that Chi Back Cover had similar issue of having empty Daybreak town makes me think that they won't really bother with NPCs in the worlds.
Finally got up to 0.2 Aqua on Bossrush mode. Not having much luck so far, but i'm glad they included bossrush mode, it's a neat little extra.
I always knew there was a reason I couldn't stop playing the Re:CoM minigames and it was the funnest segment of the whole game.
rockman zx
Member
The fight against Aqua in boss rush (master difficulty) is BS.
i think it was done pretty nicely in ffxiii-2.
he touched upon presence of NPCs in 2013 and how will they aid in the fight, but never again.
honestly, i hope at least San Fransokyo will be populated.
I forgot how it was done in XIII-2... But yea it's possible but I just don't think they consider it a priority.
it's not. It's probably one of the more fair boss battles in the game.
Isn't the entire game 60fps but they just double every frame for that 30fps feel?
The Boss Rush Aqua fight is only fun when you learn how to counter her patterns, once you do it's great until then though it's a nightmare.
For folks who wanna know how to combo/guard against her this might help a bit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYVb1MzDoQY
For folks who wanna know how to combo/guard against her this might help a bit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYVb1MzDoQY
papertoonz
Member
man i still really like the fact that the second phase of young Xehanort has him just using his moves from his boss fight in BBS, i still remember figuring out who he was from just looking at his stance and his boss music
rockman zx
Member
Maybe I need to level up a little but I have no problems with any boss in the game in any difficulty mode but her and I know how to block and dodge most of her attacks, she hits you hard, really hard. I guess I will have to practice.
yea I don't mean she is not hard. She is definitely the hardest boss in the game. But there are many openings that you can exploit once you get used to it.
Finally beat Aqua. Once you get to the pattern it's easy, but it takes a long long time to adjust to her openings, once you've learnt though she's easier than most of the series Secret Bosses i'd say.
We're meant to be on season 2 soon, so i'm hoping they explain a few more things, but I fear Backcover's setting up future Kingdom Hearts games if anything, rather than giving more context to Chi/Unchained and explain more of it.
Unchained provides more insight into unions and how they work and reveals a few things Backcover doesn't though.
The depressing thing is it's still ongoing, so we're still waiting to have more of those mysterys solved. Backcover actually added a couple that weren't there before even
What was in the box Luxu had, although it was already a bit of a mystery I feel like it added a bit of character to the Master of Masters as we now know him, but you're left wondering if the eye in the keyblade means he'll be coming back in the future and what his motives were.
We're meant to be on season 2 soon, so i'm hoping they explain a few more things, but I fear Backcover's setting up future Kingdom Hearts games if anything, rather than giving more context to Chi/Unchained and explain more of it.
Unchained provides more insight into unions and how they work and reveals a few things Backcover doesn't though.
It was really cool, very well made and engaging. Then the credit start to roll, f*** you square, when i thought it would answer to any question of the story, it just open bullshit door. They only explain the origin
of the time paradox thing from DDD
they are obviously leaving it open for future installments including 3
They're cakewalk with Balloon spells + Curaga in your deck.
Seven Force
Banned
Superglide, Balloonra & Curaga trvializes the secret boss. Replace Superglide with Dark Roll and the same holds true for Riku.
Neat boss choice, though. I'd like to see some similarly obscure characters show up as bosses every now and then.
Neat boss choice, though. I'd like to see some similarly obscure characters show up as bosses every now and then.
Psychological Intellect
Banned
Reached TWTNW in DDD.
The story has been an incoherent mess up until this point and now it's even worse. What in the fuck.
hats off Nomura.
I'd be amazed if KH3's plot is simple.
The story has been an incoherent mess up until this point and now it's even worse. What in the fuck.
hats off Nomura.
I'd be amazed if KH3's plot is simple.
Yeah I loved that they went back to something similar to what Kingdom Hearts 1 did with Disney bosses (chernabog) with him.
I just hope they chuck in some other ones next time so it's not just the one. I'm sure they will in KH3 though.
Or final mix if they ever go there
I do kind of miss big intimidating optional Heartless boss battles. 1v1-ing Org coats gets tiring after the 13th time. I remember way back on the eve of KHII releasing how great it would be to tackle that giant Twilight Thorn (and don't get me wrong, it was a great battle) but we only ever saw it in the prologue and it remained a unique experience. No data TT to challenge.
I couldn't use curaga/cura, because they were red :/
Of purse I died.
Good boss, but that super jump is BS.
Napalm_Frank
Member
You'll get Sephiroth with OWA for the third time and like it.
Stick high up on walls when he does that thunder attack and just keep on using flowmotion. Eventually he coolsdown and goes back to normal and doesn't take your commands away if you dodge him, but yeah thats probably the toughest part of the boss battle sadly.
It just occured to me this may actually happen as a FFVII remake tie in/cross promo.
Toy Story world and we get this boss
I guess I'm just so slow, because I never have the time to do that, before he reaches me.
badcrumble
Member
fine with this tbh. here's hoping he's more of a legit challenge like in KH1
Koutsoubas
Member
So 2017 is a dead year for Square-Enix eh? No FF7, no KH 3(i assume) and only Nier:Automata on the horizon(which I loved from the Demo dont get me wrong). Dragon Quest is Japan only
I really feel they should do EVERYTHING in their power to give us KH 3 even at the last moment, like December 31
I really feel they should do EVERYTHING in their power to give us KH 3 even at the last moment, like December 31