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[Chaserjoey]

This series is probably my absolute favourite gaming series. I love Ratchet and Clank, I love Rayman, I love Final Fantasy, but Kingdom Hearts is one that touched me deep down and really connected with me.

Getting the chance to re-play all these games again starting Friday has me happier beyond belief. My PS3 went to the shitter shortly after 2.5's release so I was one of the people who heavily pleaded at Square Enix for a PS4 port. Some of the issues are sad to hear, but I'm just so happy to get the chance to once again re-live my favourite series.

I'm probably going to start out with Kingdom Hearts 2 and no doubt just jump around between the games in the collection.

 

[Rob2K19]

Having not really played much of the side games, thanks. Would you recommend DDD before Re:Coded if something gets spoiled in it, or is Re:Coded still preferred before DDD? AKA Should I just watch the first 2 after credits scenes and come back, or just do DDD first?

I made a slight error. desmax is right. The new cutscene is best watched after you play DDD since it was made for old fans in mind instead of new.

2012: DDD
2014: 2.5

The new scene in Coded doesn't play in the movie by itself (At least from my experience on the PS3), I believe you actually have to go to the chapter select after finishing it to be able to see it.

So you can watch it, no problem

You're right. Haven't watched Re:Coded on my PS3 since 2014 so I just checked YouTube real quick and I didn't see anyone specifically go into theater mode. lol

 

[L4DANathan]

Yaaaay, I don't have to play CoM another 6 times! (Seriously though, Square. What the fuck was that)

 

[DKHF]

I've still got to finish Horizon then play NieR: Automata so it will be a little while until I get this. Though that should be for the best since there will probably be at least one more patch ironing out some issues by then.

 

[TheChamp]

urghhh why do I have to live in EU wating longer sucks ever more given I have a digital copy of it

 

[Iceternal]

Is there a guide to play Re:chains on "easy mode" ?

A way to cheese the game ?

I could never finish it.

 

[Slaythe]

We're gonna have to page Kagari to change the thread title if it's also not there on ps4 regular.

Ps4pro version of KH2 is perfect as of now, no stutter, no dropped input. (minus the minor physics/sound stuff and Xemnas RC)

Regular ps4 hasn't been tested yet.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Is there a guide to play Re:chains on "easy mode" ?

A way to cheese the game ?

I could never finish it.

Well, Beginner difficulty is pretty easy whatever you do.

Just focus on getting Sleights and CP when leveling up, HP is not that important especially on low difficulty. When using sleights try to use a partner card or a premium card (yellow value) as your first pick since those do not refresh anyway.

Sleights like Sonic Blade melt most bosses.

 

[RexNovis]

We're gonna have to page Kagari to change the thread title if it's also not there on ps4 regular.

Ps4pro version of KH2 is perfect as of now, no stutter, no dropped input. (minus the minor physics/sound stuff and Xemnas RC)

Regular ps4 hasn't been tested yet.

Nice! One more reason to be thankful for my Pro

 

[Vashetti]

This 4k on a Pro?

No idea on what the exact Pro resolution is, will add info to FAQ.

Yes.

If it's anything like 2.8, it'll be 4K on a 4K display, and arbitrarily locked to 1080p on a 1080p display.

 

[panama chief]

When you ask Donald to heal you:

Hahahahahahaah this is classic 😂😂😂😂

 

[Tsunamo]

Is there a guide to play Re:chains on "easy mode" ?

A way to cheese the game ?

I could never finish it.

Unlock Lethal Frame sleight, spam it on most bosses. For the final boss/other bosses equip high value cards (9's and 0's to break other cards) and you should be alright. It's pretty smooth sailing with sleights in Re:CoM.

Riku mode mostly does the work for you.

 

[Logash]

Woke up this morning and had to actually go to the PSN store and download it. Was there no preload for this?

 

[Chaserjoey]

Woke up this morning and had to actually go to the PSN store and download it. Was there no preload for this?

There was a preload. It wasn't an automatic download, you had to have activated it yourself.

 

[Slaythe]

Woke up this morning and had to actually go to the PSN store and download it. Was there no preload for this?

There was.

 

[Logash]

There was a preload. It wasn't an automatic download, you had to have activated it yourself.

Oh I never had to manually do it. So I had to go to the games page on th store and start it manually? Why would they make me do that? 2.8 was automatic.

 

[Slaythe]

Oh I never had to manually do it. So I had to go to the games page on th store and start it manually? Why would they make me do that? 2.8 was automatic.

I woke up to the game downloaded, so it was automatic for me. :/

 

[Logash]

I woke up to the game downloaded, so it was automatic for me. :/

Maybe it has something to do with me changing my primary PS4. I changed it back like a week ago but maybe I have to set it back up or something? Idk, thanks for the help everyone. Apparently I'll be playing this 103 minutes...

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Is there a guide to play Re:chains on "easy mode" ?

A way to cheese the game ?

I could never finish it.

I stack my deck with blizzard cards and shoot away on easy when I don't feel like playing for real

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Yeah, I'm playing chain of memories on very easy. Eff that game.

 

[Verelios]

Is there a guide to play Re:chains on "easy mode" ?

A way to cheese the game ?

I could never finish it.

Simba Simba SIMBA pushback is what I loved. It might have changed for Re:

 

[The Last One]

When you ask Donald to heal you:

I just stole this and posted on Twitter. This is amazing lol

 

[Vincent Grayson]

You can change difficulty settings when playing through as different characters in BBS, right? Like I could do normal for Terra, proud for Ventus, and Critical for Aqua? It's been a while since I played BBS.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

You can change difficulty settings when playing through as different characters in BBS, right? Like I could do normal for Terra, proud for Ventus, and Critical for Aqua? It's been a while since I played BBS.

Yeah.

 

[kristianity77]

Yep I'm seeing no stutter at all on the pro. Is it specific to any of the titles? Checked Kh1 and kh2 and it's smooth as butter for me.

 

[tdwig]

Yep I'm seeing no stutter at all on the pro. Is it specific to any of the titles? Checked Kh1 and kh2 and it's smooth as butter for me.

Only KH2 apparently had the stutter, how much have you played of it/ have you opened many treasure chests?

Edit: I see others have also reported it running fine with no stutter so I am pretty happy.

 

[tbm24]

Good to hear it's running great on PS4 pro. Looking forward to coming home tonight and diving back into KH 1. Never played final mix.

 

[Slaythe]

Only KH2 apparently had the stutter, how much have you played of it/ have you opened many treasure chests?

There is no stutter on ps4 pro.

We are waiting for regular ps4 users to report on their experience.

 

[BDrummer1606]

Regular PS4 user here. Playing kingdom hearts 2 currently and while the opening cinematic didn't have stutter, I saw it once or twice so far in the Roxas cutscenes. Nothing major so far, just a small hitch twice.

 

[Slaythe]

Regular PS4 user here. Playing kingdom hearts 2 currently and while the opening cinematic didn't have stutter, I saw it once or twice so far in the Roxas cutscenes. Nothing major so far, just a small hitch twice.

Wow. Did you experience that too while opening chests ?


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The IQ is fantastic in the game.

 

[minameissteve]

Didn't notice any stutter in KH2 so far. Regular PS4 here. Just to note, I'm skipping cutscenes, but I haven't noticed stutter when starting battles or opening chests.

Edit: There's definitely stutter when saving. Really feels like the game will crash whenever you save.

 

[BDrummer1606]

Wow. Did you experience that too while opening chests ?

Haven't opened any chests yet, but haven't seen anymore stuttering since the first two times. Played about an hour. If it stays like this, really not that big of an issue. Nothing like that twitch streamer so far!

But KH2 is exactly how I remembered it. One of my favorite games of all time!

 

[LordOfLore]

US launch trailer.

 

[RPGCrazied]

I was going to get this at launch, but since I now have Horizon and Mass Effect to play while Persona 5 is just around the corner, I couldn't bite. Plus I have the PS3 versions and they run well enough. I will probably get it later on when it drops in price.

 

[Strings]

Hgnn, the PS2 games have held up so fucking well. Still look gorgeous.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Those struggle bats are so goofy looking

 

[Darklor01]

Last night, I was playing MLB The Show. My wife, who doesn't game, looked at me and stared. She said, this doesn't look like Kingdom Hearts! Where is Kingdom Hearts?!?!

She made me promise to not play anything else after last night when she's around unless it's Kingdom Hearts with the volume turned up so she can watch the whole series being played. Straight!

Here's hoping for a stutter-less play through.

 

[evilsin]

So excited! I'm finishing up DDD's trophies right now. Will surely get this, but probably after Persona 5.

 

[Slaythe]

So the consensus right now, from discord and here :

- ps4pro version is perfect

- regular ps4 has had no gameplay stutter for anyone, it might have occasionally stuttered in cutscenes for some, but not frequently and hasn't been noticeable out of hours of playthrough

- game looks stunning

- load times are instant

This is a million times better than the ps3 version.


There you go ! o/

We should PM Kagari so we can change the OT title .

What title should we go for ?

I was going to get this at launch, but since I now have Horizon and Mass Effect to play while Persona 5 is just around the corner, I couldn't bite. Plus I have the PS3 versions and they run well enough. I will probably get it later on when it drops in price.

This plays and looks like a dream, unlike the broken ps3 version.

Buying Mass Effect over this is probably the biggest mistake you could have made .

 

[Chaserjoey]

What title should we go for ?

I'm always a fan of 'Yes, you can start with this one'.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

I preorded it on the SE store, so I won't be getting it till this coming Friday. Which works well since I'm going to try and finish BotW before then. Gonna go right into KH2 since I've played KH1 a ton of times but only played KH2 once.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

I mean, they still need to fix the regular PS4 version ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Dalius]

Didn't notice any stutter in KH2 so far. Regular PS4 here. Just to note, I'm skipping cutscenes, but I haven't noticed stutter when starting battles or opening chests.

Edit: There's definitely stutter when saving. Really feels like the game will crash whenever you save.

That's a bummer. I have a regular PS4 :/. Hopefully this gets sorted out.

 

[LordOfLore]

So the consensus right now, from discord and here :

- ps4pro version is perfect

- regular ps4 has had no gameplay stutter for anyone, it might have occasionally stuttered in cutscenes for some, but not frequently and hasn't been noticeable out of hours of playthrough

- game looks stunning

- load times are instant

This is a million times better than the ps3 version.


There you go ! o/

We should PM Kagari so we can change the OT title .

What title should we go for ?



This plays and looks like a dream, unlike the broken ps3 version.

Buying Mass Effect over this is probably the biggest mistake you could have made .

"Start With This One" or "No PS3 Required".

 

[BigEmil]

So the consensus right now, from discord and here :

- ps4pro version is perfect

- regular ps4 has had no gameplay stutter for anyone, it might have occasionally stuttered in cutscenes for some, but not frequently and hasn't been noticeable out of hours of playthrough

- game looks stunning

- load times are instant

This is a million times better than the ps3 version.


There you go ! o/

We should PM Kagari so we can change the OT title .

What title should we go for ?



This plays and looks like a dream, unlike the broken ps3 version.

Buying Mass Effect over this is probably the biggest mistake you could have made .

Sweet!

"Start With This One" or "No PS3 Required".

"Kingdom Hearts Final Port"

 

[Napalm_Frank]

"Kingdom Hearts Final Port"

Let's not be outright liars!

 

[Slaythe]

Look at that foreshadowing !!!

I never noticed that.

"KH Final Port" title is a bit misleading but it's hilarious.

Also, even if they port it to PC, it should still be "1.5 + 2.5" so ... It probably IS the final port . I'd go with that personally.

 

[ZeoVGM]

I told you guys not to worry about the stutter!

 

[Vashetti]

The IQ is fantastic in the game.

*posts murky jpgs*

 

[Slaythe]

I told you guys not to worry about the stutter!

Hey ...