HoopzBarkley
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Somehow I keep forgetting about this part. I think I just block it out every time.
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Somehow I keep forgetting about this part. I think I just block it out every time.
Puberty hit and it hit hard for ol' Seph.
Considering anyone familiar with KH2 is well-aware of the story beats in the intro section, that's probably a good idea.
Dougieflesh
Member
Team Shield for critical mode
It's hilarious how the missing word sounds like censorship in the English version because of phonetics. Olette actually says "the f---------" in a few cases.
I #teamstaff'd.
I'm so going to regret this. Gave up shield too.
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Dougieflesh
Member
Wait a second. I picked the defense staff for roxas and the shield in the station of awakening. Does that mean I gave up the shield or did it stack? I was rushing through trying to get through the prologue as fast as possible
Liferebooted
Banned
My Amazon copy came beat up missing skrink wrap even though the box was ok. Was the only things in the box supposed to be a pin and the game itself? I want to make sure I'm not missing anything before I bitch at amazon.
I'm playing CRITICAL PLUS MODE
Got my Collector's Edition yesterday, but haven't gotten around to playing it yet. Can't wait to start it up, though! Of course, I never got around to playing 1.5 Remix either, so I'll play through KHFM first. That's fine be me though because now I can marathon the whole series. I'll also try my hand at Re:Chain of Memories as well, but if I get impatient to get to 2.5 I'll just watch the cutscenes and the HD 365/2 Days before moving on to KH2FM. Can't wait to play that and see the improvements from Vanilla, but one step at a time and all. Plus, it'll finally be my chance to play Birth By Sleep, which I've been wanting to play for a long time. Luckily I'm on Winter Break so 'tis the season for some Kingdom Hearts! I've always been a huge fan of the series.
As for difficulty, well It's been years since I last played the series, so I guess I'll start by playing normal on KHFM, and if I have no problems with that, I'll try starting up KH2FM on Proud to see how I do.
And as for me, I know it's not the ideal setup in both KHFM and KH2FM, but I will now and forever be #TeamSword.
As for difficulty, well It's been years since I last played the series, so I guess I'll start by playing normal on KHFM, and if I have no problems with that, I'll try starting up KH2FM on Proud to see how I do.
It was the same for me too, I wanted to start 1.5 so bad but I didn't want to just leave Dragon Age 3 unfinished either. Plus, I was close enough to the end of the game that I decided to finish it off first. I just beat it last night so now I can dive into Kingdom Hearts without feeling bad!
And as for me, I know it's not the ideal setup in both KHFM and KH2FM, but I will now and forever be #TeamSword.
mgs2master2
Banned
"Got it Memorized?"
Liara seems pleased too.
RPGCrazied
Member
"Got it Memorized?"
Liara seems pleased too.
Lucky. I'm still waiting on mine to arrive today.
Sir Griffith
Member
2 more hours... I need this! Stupid Work!
darkjedi187
Member
I know its wrong, but I would love to be able to speed up the Roxas part at the beginning. Sry Roxas 
RPGCrazied
Member
I know its wrong, but I would love to be able to speed up the Roxas part at the beginning. Sry Roxas
I love the character Roxas, but his gameplay is really slow and boring for the most part. I do like the fight matches though.
Ugh - I forgot to follow one of my rules: never listen to NeoGAF about choosing a game difficulty. I'm on Proud and I've already died twice on that one Station of Calling section. I thought you could change the difficulty from the menu... But no dice.
Good lord. How do you guys have fun with this stuff!?
Good lord. How do you guys have fun with this stuff!?
RPGCrazied
Member
I want to know is KH2FM proud harder than KHFM proud? KHFM proud felt harder than KH proud. So, who knows. Might be harder than I use to know.
Dead Prince
Banned
It's fun to learn and adapt.
We are 1337 gamers with 1337 skillz.
Should be from hardest to easiest:
KH2FM Critical > KHFM Proud > KH Expert > KH2 Proud
"Got it Memorized?"
Liara seems pleased too.
Is it a different size from the 1.5 LE?
RPGCrazied
Member
That's a relief. Definitely won't be doing Critical first time on KH2FM.
dancingphlower
Member
Hmmm...I have not been notified about a delivery date for my collector's edition order...should I be worried?
mgs2master2
Banned
yep. like 2.5 times the size.
Ultimadrago
Member
"Got it Memorized?"
Liara seems pleased too.
Can't wait to get mine.
I was half-thinking about the Collector's Edition, but then I was all like "Naaaaaaahhhhhhh". This will suffice with my 1.5 LE physical.
RPGCrazied
Member
Yep. All I wanted was the steelbook, no way am I paying $99 for it though. Maybe I can get lucky on eBay one day.
Not in these games it's not. Hard games are fun when you are given the tools to succeed. The camera/lock on is so poor for these games that's it's hard to say the player is dealt a good hand. Fumbling through the side menus is a whole other hurtle.
(Current death count: three. Terrible checkpoints: three).
Depends on where you got it from and if anyone else who ordered from the store has had an update yet.
Yeah, admittedly the Station of Awakening for KH2 is kind of ridiculous in terms of difficulty for an opening area. It kind of just tosses the players to the flame, unlike in KH1 where you kind of had to try to die during the Station of Awakening.
Pain is part of the fun
I dunno, Critical seems == Proud for me on KH2. Probably part of the reason I chose #teamstaff because I hate myself.
Critical KH2FM is really one of the highlights of action games from the PS2 era. Not an easy task with some of the crazy franchises out there but it remains very, very well balanced. Pretty much every death you can trace back to what exactly you did (or didn't do)
I honestly don't see this dropping in price any time soon. Considering it's effectively sold out it really does look like demand is greater than supply compared to the average CE.
This I definitely agree with. Of all the KH games, KH2FM is the only one where Critical is pretty much perfect... Which is kind of sad since it was the first KH game with Critical mode!
I'm going to attempt #TeamLv1. Wonder if I'll succeed, lol.
Can you recall if the difficulty evens out? I'm feeling pretty bummed that there is no middle ground. Normal is a sedative and Proud makes me pissed off. If I'm restarting this delightful prologue I'd like to do it now. And not regret sticking with the difficulty 30 hours from now.
plutoknight
Member
So what you're telling me is I should have started on Critical I KNEW IT DAMMIT BUT NOW I'M 6 HOURS IN! (I did KHFM on Proud, and even killed the Enigmatic Man and Sephiroth, too...)
oh well. Proud is where I'll stay since I want to at least have a fighting chance at the optional bosses later in the game.
RPGCrazied
Member
Yeah, what I'm doing. Going to go for most of the trophies on Proud but this beat critical one. I'll save that for last.
plutoknight
Member
I might attempt Birth by Sleep on Critical, but considering I never beat the optional bosses there on NORMAL I don't expect much success.
darkjedi187
Member
I usually keep a save from after the prologue so that additional playthroughs I can just skip it. The more I read about it the more I'm on the fence about critical. I usually play on Proud, and KHFM I went with Proud which was harder than I remember, got a bit frustrating in the early area but ended up getting more manageable. I like challenge and the bonus AP an items, but I don't want to be frustrated.
I really wanted a steel book to put both in, but too late on the CE.
Personally I want to say yes. Once you're opened up to more abilities (specifically the ones Sora will get), the game also becomes faster paced. Playing as Roxas is very slow and clunky, and KH2 is a much faster game action wise compared to KH1.
The reason the early game is probably not as much as a concern for Critical players in comparison is Critical mode starts players off with a slew of abilities to equip right out the gate (well, starting Day 3 of the Prologue), where Proud mode you do not. Using Reaction Commands is still vital.
Twilight Thorn is just an unfortunate introduction, but I suppose maybe Squenix assumed lots of players would start Standard, then go to Proud in a replay way-back, but... Yeah.
lol, possibly (definitely don't recommend starting again now, unless you want to skip through all the Roxas stuff again. Seriously, great character, awful gameplay section).
Critical also caps Sora's HP at 50% of its max (60HP instead of 120HP), and enemies deal twice as much damage. Of course EXP gains are also reduced to only 1/3rd of what one gets on Proud, so it's a lot more grinding required to hit 99.
Good news about one of the optional bosses! The Mysterious Figure was nerfed in the Final Mix version. And by nerfed I mean fixed, because apparently it removed a cheap tactic where he could guarantee a kill using his rope attack, because its timing would break the combo protection that Once More should provide.
I was a masochist and beat him on Critical in the NA PSP version using Terra, who is the most difficult to beat the optional bosses with -_-
My CE showed up looking like someone stepped on it. I really wish these companies that do this online-only CE stuff would look into actually packaging this shit properly. We shouldn't be paying premium prices for damaged goods that cannot be exchanged due to the limited production run. Very disappointing.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
This box is funky and I can't fit it on my shelf at the moment. If they did the box like the 1.5 and X|X-2 remaster there would be just enough room beside those other two to slide it in my collection. Weird choice for a box, but it still looks nice.
