Hell no, that music is iconic.
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Kingdom Hearts HD I.5+II.5 ReMIX |OT| Kingdom Hearts Final Port
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Hell no, that music is iconic.
Honestly I just hate the KH2 Hollow Bastion / Radiant Garden themes in general. I loved the original Hollow Bastion theme from KH despite its repetitiveness considering how long a section that is in the game but the newer version bugs the shit out of me.
The original song is so good and all the remixes after are straight up bad in my opinion.
TheChuggernaut
Banned
No joke, my reaction to that scene was "Holy shit, I've actually been pronouncing it right?"
Just got through Xaldin on KH2. I haven't played the Final Mix version of this game before and I'm really enjoying the AS fights. I've only messed with Zexion and Marluxia so far, but the mechanics of those fights are a lot of fun, and I like how much strategy is involved. I was struggling on Zexion for a while, and ended up coming back at 29 and beating him pretty easy which felt like cheating. I've only tried Marluxia a few times, but the circle of death phase of that fight is kind of messing me up. I just figured out you have to reflect through that rose bomb thing. When I played this game when I was younger, Demyx was a huge challenge for me, but after bashing my head into Zexion for a while, I breezed through water boy
Fuck, there is no Iframes for using Saix great sword with triangle.
maybe I should ignore it.
God no..
Actually hell yeah he is awesome.
His fight in XV was a mess, so maybe it will be great as an optional boss in KH3.
maybe I should ignore it.
God no..
Actually hell yeah he is awesome.
His fight in XV was a mess, so maybe it will be great as an optional boss in KH3.
NullKaze
Member
Normal Saix is alright with Berserk. The problem is accidentally missing him with the first swing...and dying cos he then destroys you. You can usually move fast enough to dodge his attacks with the sword though.
Data is a little different.
And it'd be hilarious if Ardyn's fight in KH3 was better than the FFXV fight. Then again, it'd be pretty hard not to be better...
Just beat him. i figured out the majority of his attacks except for the last phase.
when he goes berserk and swings non stop for like 20 seconds. AoEs everywhere lol.
fun fight tho.
time to re fight Larxene for the 36347348th time -__-
I feel like I'm on the minority but I think KH1 has aged fine. It's certainty worse than KH2 but IMO that says more about how good KH2 is than how badly KH1 has aged. My one issue with the game was the camera and right stick control in this remaster fixes that so I'm good. I also like that the extra cutscenes in final mix flesh out RIku's side of the story. For me the game is between an 8.5-9 even by contemporary standards.
I also kinda like Chain of Memories. Once again much worse than KH2 and even KH1 but much more passable than people give it credit for. IMO as far as playing it goes sleights are the key. They make the game so much more enjoyable and really break the game in some fun ways. Story wise the Disney worlds are junk (rehashes of KH1 stories except for every instance of "heart" is replaced with "memory" but everything that happens in the halls is gold as is the entirety of Reverse/Rebirth. I'd probably give the original GBA release a 7.8 and the PS2 release a 8.0. I think my order would be something like KH1: 8.7, Re:COM: 8.0, KH2: 10, BBS: 9.2, 3D: 9.2.
Also Hell yes to an Ardyn fight in KHIII. Much better villain than Sephiroth, Magna Insomnia is amazing, and as I posted in the FFXV spoiler thread
I also kinda like Chain of Memories. Once again much worse than KH2 and even KH1 but much more passable than people give it credit for. IMO as far as playing it goes sleights are the key. They make the game so much more enjoyable and really break the game in some fun ways. Story wise the Disney worlds are junk (rehashes of KH1 stories except for every instance of "heart" is replaced with "memory" but everything that happens in the halls is gold as is the entirety of Reverse/Rebirth. I'd probably give the original GBA release a 7.8 and the PS2 release a 8.0. I think my order would be something like KH1: 8.7, Re:COM: 8.0, KH2: 10, BBS: 9.2, 3D: 9.2.
Also Hell yes to an Ardyn fight in KHIII. Much better villain than Sephiroth, Magna Insomnia is amazing, and as I posted in the FFXV spoiler thread
I think Ardyn's character could be modified really well/interestingly to fit the Kingdom Hearts Mythos considering its emphasis of Darkness. They could put something in there about how Ardyn's heart absorbed the Heartless making his heart immortal or something like that.
Zomba13
Member
While I firmly think we'll get Sephiroth Round 3 in KH3, Ardyn would be rad. He's such a cool villain with a ton of potential but a sadly lack lustre boss fight in his game. He could definitely fit well in KH and be a fun fight. Though I imagine we'll just get Noct, probably young, probably in Twilight Town and part of The Struggle or something. I can't see him showing up proper age somewhere. Maybe Olympus?
deanote666
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Any tips for leveling up in KH FM 1.5? Working on default equipment trophy. Chose shield, gave up staff, started at dawn.
Currently level 54 and Ansem got me in round 2.
Currently level 54 and Ansem got me in round 2.
Eien1no1Yami
Member
As a lot of other people said, beat the Hades Cup and then just repeat the Rock titan fight.
By default it gives you 4000 exp each time you defeat him.If you also have exp accessories equipped it can reach up to 7200 exp.So every 2 wins you will level up
Btw I started Chain of Memories on proud and I have some problems damn it.
I just finished Wonderland but the boss fights gave me a really hard time.
First of all I think I don't have enough attack cards.The highest I have is a level 7 one, so I try to use triplets to counter that, nut triplets eat up you cards per each reload.
So I quickly run out of cards :/.
I mean if I remember correctly you can buy cards from a moogle shop, but where can I find one? I don't have a special card that says I can create one, so what's the deal?
Also i learned the first sleight that Sora does the tackling attack but it's not that good and I'd rather use a normal triplet instead.I mean, I know I can use a triplet that's not in the range of this sleight but is there a way to just deactivate it?
Finally when leveling up what do you reccomend of upgrading?Your health or your CP?For now I don't have many card so I just upgrade my health.My CP is 300
TheChuggernaut
Banned
Moogle shops are random drops, and I'm surprised you don't have one yet. Maybe try using a roulette room card which will give you a chance to get a moogle room card. Also, you're going to want to go pretty hard into CP so you don't get screwed by the card limit.
Suburban Thug
Member
Still can't beat Maleficent in 1.5!! Trying to just cast aero and wail on her head. Party members are Donald and Goofy.
Eien1no1Yami
Member
Do you summon Tink?
Also what level are you and what are your accessories?
Did you pick shield as priority when you started the game?
Suburban Thug
Member
I did not use Tinkerbell. I'm at work now but will report my levels and gear. I'm in the mid 40s I believe. Difficulty is normal.
If you want to be cheesy, Stop + Gravity combo works on her.
Hahah yeah Larxene was one of the most irritating bosses for me out of every KH game combined. Well that and (BBS spoilers of sorts)
No Heart in the Mirage Arena.
Eien1no1Yami
Member
Level is not that important especially if you've picked shield at the start of the game because you get leaf bracer and second chance earlier.
At your level you probably have second chance, but if you don't I guess things get trickier.
The latest you get second chance is at level 51 if you've picked the sword at the start.
NullKaze
Member
Genie her!
When she has multiple clones, you deal multiple hits of damage, and Genie can actually wreck her so bad. (Final Genie is best).
This was actually the fight where I learned the utility of Genie.
Fighting her without once more ans second chance is nightmare lol.
I just used Genie and got rekt xD
I don't summon alot and I was just standing there like an idiot getting hit.
I honestly don't think I can beat her at level 1.
Zomba13
Member
Just about done with KH2 now, just got the last Xemnas fight and then post game stuff like Lingering Will and the data rematches. Playing on Critical and I feel it might have been easier than Proud? Like I did the Roxas fight in one go and was around a similar level to when I did it on FM+ Proud mode.
Also just beat Sephiroth, probably fewer attempts than my last go but still died a bunch from silly mistakes on my end. It's just a really good boss fight, the moves he does all have ways to beat them and there never feels like any cheap "nopes" out of combos and he has openings. The BBS post game stuff is just cruel on proud mode, like they never have any openings and can just pop out of combos whenever they feel like and love to just teleport around you a bunch.
Why not both? Sephiroth so Cloud and Sephy can have a final match that once and for all sorts that shit out (and has them looking like just their normal FFVII designs) where it ends up that Cloud is a Nobody and Sephiroth is a Heartless and they are both from ZACK. And then they reunite at the end.
Also just beat Sephiroth, probably fewer attempts than my last go but still died a bunch from silly mistakes on my end. It's just a really good boss fight, the moves he does all have ways to beat them and there never feels like any cheap "nopes" out of combos and he has openings. The BBS post game stuff is just cruel on proud mode, like they never have any openings and can just pop out of combos whenever they feel like and love to just teleport around you a bunch.
I want ma boy Gilgamesh as a secret boss in KH3 instead of Sephiroth and he make way sense IMO being in the game I mean look at this
don't tell me you don't want it and his theme is another story man
Why not both? Sephiroth so Cloud and Sephy can have a final match that once and for all sorts that shit out (and has them looking like just their normal FFVII designs) where it ends up that Cloud is a Nobody and Sephiroth is a Heartless and they are both from ZACK. And then they reunite at the end.
Ardyn is a Riku gone wrong.
His heart can stand the darkness and command it, it makes him perpetually young, but he uses it for his evil gains
That's what I'd do
badcrumble
Member
It's kind of crazy how on Critical difficulty a lot of challenging bosses go down in mere seconds if you go for Decisive Pumpkin/Zantetsuken/Sonic Rave.
Just started KH1, completed Traverse Town, man the feels hit strong right from the main menu music, it's been so long since KH1.
I forgot about the silly faces and the cheesy J-pop opening, this really is an early '00s game.
That said the movement is janky as fuck thank god you get the dodge roll early on.
I also noticed a new cutscene with Riku i think, were those added in the Final Mix?
I forgot about the silly faces and the cheesy J-pop opening, this really is an early '00s game.
That said the movement is janky as fuck thank god you get the dodge roll early on.
I also noticed a new cutscene with Riku i think, were those added in the Final Mix?
Napalm_Frank
Member
Yup.
Tho Marluxias attacks are IMO by far the easiest ones to read and counter. He is the one AS/Data fight I can nail no problem while Larxene for me is a nightmare too.
badcrumble
Member
Oh man, I didn't know you couldn't even use the reaction command to get points above your level. That's just brutal.
Suburban Thug
Member
Ah I picked sword and shield
Napalm_Frank
Member
As said before Dragon Maleficent can be cheesed with magic if you got enough elixirs/ethers ect.
It's basically forced "no damage" restriction.
Thanks, but no thanks game >.>
badcrumble
Member
Any advice for someone trying to go through KH2 gummi stuff and get an S on all missions? Should I build my own custom ship(s) instead of using the models supplied by the game? What's the best default ship to build off of?
nemisis0
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Eien1no1Yami
Member
Well that might be a little problem especially on proud, because you don't have second chance yet so you can die easily if you're not careful,
but since you are on standard if you have good defensive accessories and fire resistance you can escape the sudden/random deaths.Do you have any fira rings?
If yes then definitely equip them
Suburban Thug
Member
Thank you for the advice I appreciate it!
KeyBladerXIII
Member
I think I'll spoiler tag this just to be safe, but I just beat
in the new fight at TWTNW.
I do have a question regarding the added cutscenes though. Ok, so
Roxas
Fighting to Roxas' tragic music theme hit me hard just by reminding me of how tragic it all was.
I do have a question regarding the added cutscenes though. Ok, so
its a flashback to Roxas' "birth". Xemnas gives Roxas his name and then Roxas and Axel are talking on the clock tower. Is that a flashback as well or some sort of magical death hallucination? Roxas mentions the kids at Twilight Town and they're both aware of Sora, so I'm guessing it's the latter...but how?
Aaron Strife
Banned
Booyah! That's a Platinum for KH1. (Unchanging Armor, too)
Really proud of myself as I'd done this on the PS3 version on Beginner, but that's basically cheating (this run was on Standard - I got every trophy but those two on my Proud run). I also unlocked all the Keyholes and found every Dalmatian, I was sweating pretty hard at ten hours by Hollow Bastion.
Re:COM next.
Novel Mike
Member
Just platinumed KH2 earlier, freaking 60 frames really fucks with timing on Lingering Will every other fight is okay but you can't guard the move where he rushes at you and uses like a keyblade punch canon thing. You could before at 30 fps its one of the earlier moves to knock him off balance but on 60 you still take damage so you have to dodge it now. Everything else felt pretty similar for the most part though didn't take me nearly as long as it did on the PS3 version (none of it did once I remembered the various strats for each bonus boss)
KH2 is truly the best in the series and it reaffirms my believe that its really one of the best action rpgs ever made, on Critical it just feels spot on in terms of difficulty never unfair (outside of a few fps glitches) and LW is still the single most impressive boss fight I've ever completed. It's a shame there is a way to cheese the thing honestly, wish it didn't exist and there was a separate trophy for beating it on Critical I'd be really curious to see how many people are able to do that.
KH2 is truly the best in the series and it reaffirms my believe that its really one of the best action rpgs ever made, on Critical it just feels spot on in terms of difficulty never unfair (outside of a few fps glitches) and LW is still the single most impressive boss fight I've ever completed. It's a shame there is a way to cheese the thing honestly, wish it didn't exist and there was a separate trophy for beating it on Critical I'd be really curious to see how many people are able to do that.
no dont
*Clarification: play it, by all means, but i've heard stories of thsoe wishing to platinum
It's not as bad in this PS4 collection since the difficulty trophies stack, don't they? It was HORRIBURU on PS3 since you had to play the game through with all difficulty levels on both characters, but on PS4 you can just pick the hardest difficulty level and get all of them in one go.
Agreed it's one of the best action games out there imo, i really really really hope KH 3 borrows more from KH2 gameplay wise than the ''spin off'' games. If so KH 3 might beat it.
Booyah! That's a Platinum for KH1. (Unchanging Armor, too)
Really proud of myself as I'd done this on the PS3 version on Beginner, but that's basically cheating (this run was on Standard - I got every trophy but those two on my Proud run). I also unlocked all the Keyholes and found every Dalmatian, I was sweating pretty hard at ten hours by Hollow Bastion.
Re:COM next.
What's with the black bars?
Do you not have your PS4 display area settings set correctly?