badcrumble
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I think it's 85 defense, 86 str/magic. Or maybe that's the other way around.
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Kingdom Hearts HD I.5+II.5 ReMIX |OT| Kingdom Hearts Final Port
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Strangelove77
Member
How difficult is it getting the KH2 platinum?
I'm guessing critical mode is the most difficult part of it?
I'm guessing critical mode is the most difficult part of it?
MAtgS
Member
Nah, main story on Crtical isn't all *that* hard and theorically the side quests can be done on a separate Standard save file. But the new bosses even on Standard will be harder than anything required on Critical.
Suburban Thug
Member
Can't beat End of Chaos or whatever the last boss in Kingdom Hearts is called. I can't even get past his first stage because of those stupid continuous lasers you cannot avoid. I guess you're supposed to cast aero and wail on Ansem but I run out of MP and have no elixirs thanks to the last bs fight. I have no idea how this is supposed to be for kids, the difficulty spikes way too high after Atlantis.
Strangelove77
Member
You mean the Final Mix bosses?
I beat all the optional bosses in the original PS2 version.
bigDdestruction
Member
I couldn't even bring myself to finish COM. I played sora's story and sonic blade everything in sight to finish as quickly as possible. The entire time playing it I was thinking to myself how much I loathe COM. A total chore to play. I played riku's story for maybe 15 mins and quit out to jump into KH2 and I'm having a way better time playing critical mode for the first time.
And they were mostly easy compared to what we have in 2 Final Mix.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
I finally got around to playing the Lion King level last night in KH2FM, and holy shit the animation is terrible. I 100% don't remember it being that bad. PLUS why does Lion Sora move like a go-kart?
deanote666
Member
They're referring to the end game bosses, not the optional ones.
I 100% agree the end game bosses are BS in that there are a lot of unavoidable attacks. With the lasers, you just have to wait for them to stop. You may get 1-2 combos in before they start up again. Keep ascending or descending as you dodge the lasers. It only gets worse after the 2nd dark room.
The dark room enemies have a chance of dropping healing items too so hold out until then. Make sure Goofy can give you MP. Don't even try to attack unless he's still alive to give you MP.
I recently beat it on normal difficulty with default equipment.
Make sure you have at least half of your elixirs left after the 2nd Ansem fight.
Do not SUBMIT! (lol).
KeyBladerXIII
Member
Beat KH2! Now to fight Lingering Will!
Noticed something odd during the credits. During the Disney song credits, 'Whoop-de-Dooper Bounce' From The Tigger Movie is listed but I've never heard it before in the game. I guess it was cut content?
Noticed something odd during the credits. During the Disney song credits, 'Whoop-de-Dooper Bounce' From The Tigger Movie is listed but I've never heard it before in the game. I guess it was cut content?
AdmiralSnackbar
Member
Wow, that last hallway is cavern of remembrance is a series high for me. Probably the first enemy encounter in the series to shut me down like that.
Came back with Ultima and save the king/queen and accidently summoned chicken little for the first time ever at the start of the fight.
Turns out that completely breaks the fight and I breezed through it.
Came back with Ultima and save the king/queen and accidently summoned chicken little for the first time ever at the start of the fight.
Turns out that completely breaks the fight and I breezed through it.
deanote666
Member
Is there any way to increase the encounter rate for the FM enemies in 1.5? I can enter and leave an area 30+ times between encounters. I have the encounter plus ability equipped.
Any tips for getting serenity stones?
Any tips for getting serenity stones?
Strangelove77
Member
No platinum for me then.
I had to cheat my way through that one. I don't remember everything exactly but I think you unequip anything that boosts combos, equip negative combo and Fenrir, and then pray you'll find an opening and jump/attack over and over. He can't break out of it.
Yep, that's right and exactly the method I'm trying. But I apparently suck at getting the jump/attack loop right for whatever reason so I keep getting whooped. I've only tried about five times, though, so I'm sure I'll get it eventually (hopefully).
Aaron Strife
Banned
The only one I hate is Aerith.
Leon sounds bad in the flashbacks but I don't mind him in the present day.
Yuffie sounds fine, didn't even notice the switch when I first played it. Lance Bass as Sephiroth doesn't even register.
It took me a couple of times to get it right - maybe six or seven tries before I finally nabbed him. Don't give up because once you grab him it is really hard for him to rebalance himself. Just learn some of his attacks and wait for that right opportunity.
Yeah, Yuffie and Cid are fine, it's mainly Aerith and Leon that bother me, haven't ran in to Cloud/Seph/Tifa yet to remember what they sound like.
I could be wrong, but I think the special Heartless are unaffected by Encounter Plus. You still need to move away 2 areas after killing them. Then you can enter and leave over and over until they spawn.
Chaserjoey
Member
You can see some of the cutscenes in 0.2 use a similar solution to the 2D mouths issue, but now it looks a lot more natural (except in those long shots of Yen Sid lmao)
If you have encountered plus then no. Just leave area and go back in
If you know how to get serenity stones. Use Bambi then Just use stop and then button mash attack with aeroga equipped. 60-70 hits you can usually get in. 0-3 stones per giant mushroom. I only had to kill 4.
Suburban Thug
Member
I'll try some more today but it's really frustrating. I already spent 3-4 hours grinding levels just to beat Riku because the difficulty spikes so suddenly. I may just YouTube the ending and call it a day because I don't feel like being frustrated for weeks over a poorly designed boss fight. It hurts my pride but I've reached my breaking point.
badcrumble
Member
honestly, the final boss sequence didn't necessarily feel more *difficult* on a default equipment run than on a completionist proud run, but it felt like much more of a slog - the Keyblade length/crit/deflect stats genuinely matter a LOT in KH1.
Suburban Thug
Member
Can't get past the last boss in KH1 so I just reloaded the save and am going to level up to 80 or 85 max. I'm currently at 74 and playing on normal.
Keyblade is divine rose; I think I'm at 50 strength and 36 defense right now.
Keyblade is divine rose; I think I'm at 50 strength and 36 defense right now.
What skills do you have because you should be destroying him at that level
You have got aeroga right. As that just destroys everything.
He was a piece of piss on proud mode at level 50.
Suburban Thug
Member
I don't have aeroga I have the first form of it
And yesterday I did platinum it, thus all KH's are now platinumed!
Weirdly I missed an unversed enemy for Aqua, weird I missed one.
KH1 can be tough if you don't get abilities like Second chance earlier, I usually chose sword, but I learnt shield gets you that ability much earlier, so go for that now.
Chaserjoey
Member
I may have overdone it with my initial levelling up of Terra and Aqua for their critical playthroughs. I spent just under 2 hours getting Aqua to level 11 in Castle of Dreams, before I even went in to do the Jaq mission lol.
Get the yellow trinity from Olympus, then head over to Neverland and open the Yellow Trinity door there. Inside is a chest with Aerora. Aeroga is a reward for getting all 99 Dalmations.
Eien1no1Yami
Member
I just finished Re:Chain of Memories for the first time with both Sora dn Riku on proud.Finally I think I grasped the mechanics of the game which gave me a hard time undestanding them before.
Now I will try to platinum it, although it seems that it needs a lot more grind copared to KH1 and KH2 platinums.
For Riku there is only the master level trophy left and I can't find a good method to quickly level up.Most people on the net just say to keep defeating enemies at Castle Oblivion in the end and use the Laexaus card.
I guess I have to spend at least 5 hours on this and there is no other method right?
Now I will try to platinum it, although it seems that it needs a lot more grind copared to KH1 and KH2 platinums.
For Riku there is only the master level trophy left and I can't find a good method to quickly level up.Most people on the net just say to keep defeating enemies at Castle Oblivion in the end and use the Laexaus card.
I guess I have to spend at least 5 hours on this and there is no other method right?
Kh com is a huge grind to plat compared to all the other in the series, be prepared. And no, that's as fast as riku can level since there's no sleight spam. Mute the game and put on podcasts
Suburban Thug
Member
Thanks, will try after work
Eien1no1Yami
Member
Also use elixirs.I you haven't used any up until now you will have plenty of them.
I've beaten the final boss on level 48 on proud by using aeroga and elixirs
KeyBladerXIII
Member
Ok, these Data battles are infuriating. I've only managed to take down Demyx so far.
badcrumble
Member
What's the easiest Mushroom XIII to get Goofy's best shield from?
I found Demyx really annoying at times, probably because I didn't go with a good strategy though. He was one of the last ones I beat. I found if I got stuck on one for too long I was best off moving onto a different one for a change, sometimes it helps since you can get into a rut on certain fights.
I haven't done those mushroom challenges in ages, but iirc the one in world that never was is the easiest.
i just remember that challenge easy to master.
NullKaze
Member
Halloween Town.
If you have Final Form, just hover-glide above the ground while facing the Mushroom. Your Keyblades automatically block all projectiles except the ones that circle behind you which you should Reflect.
You have a lot of time to see the ones that circle behind you and hover-gliding stops you being surprised by the sucker punch shots.
TheChuggernaut
Banned
I just started them up. I managed to beat Xaldin, Xigbar, Vexen, and Luxord so far. I was level 86 on standard when I beat those 4, but I decided to do some leveling and I'm at 92 now. Axel is giving me grief right now. The arena is way too fucking small, which is made even worse by the walls being death.
Chaserjoey
Member
I learnt that reflecting was what was killing me in that battle, since actually attacking forces him to go into the walls and you have a chance to clear up the fire.
Just figured out you can totally cheese Absent Silhouette Marluxia with Peter Pan and berserk in KH2 FM. He gets stuck in a loop and can't do anything. I cast Cure to get into berserk until MP restores then I cast cure again even though I had full HP just to get back into berserk and continued from there.
Aaron Strife
Banned
Man, Chain of Memories becomes far less of a slog once you get Mega Flare. The grinding in this game is ridiculous and just doing Mega Flare at the beginning of each battle takes care of like 90% of it.