Original FM had it removed (at least, I never saw it like in Vanilla). Apparently ReMix put it back in but with caveats: a) doesn't spawn as much, and b) defeated enemies only drop HP orbs instead the MP orbs. So you can't abuse the EXP boosting abilities anymore since you have to be at 50% and/or 25% health for them to activate.
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Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX |OT| Press to pay respects
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Original FM had it removed (at least, I never saw it like in Vanilla). Apparently ReMix put it back in but with caveats: a) doesn't spawn as much, and b) defeated enemies only drop HP orbs instead the MP orbs. So you can't abuse the EXP boosting abilities anymore since you have to be at 50% and/or 25% health for them to activate.
Whoops, you're right. I'm misremembering what it was like pre-FM.
SoraanTribal
Member
How hard is Critical on Birth by Sleep? I only ever did Proud mode on the PSP (played it multiple times, but never did Critical lol). I have heard level 1 Critical is annoyingly unbalanced, but how about just regular Critical?
Oh, it's the... "Limit" command, not....the other "Limit" command (the party versions).
x_x
Seven Force
Banned
About to fight Demyx. Can't remember if he ever gave me issues on Proud or not.
Also:
Also:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I've beaten the game already, gotten back to the end stage. Time to do the extra shit. I'm already at level 99, and what i didn't realize was that the drive forms are artificially capped at 6 until you get final form and then you can level the rest up to 7. WTF!?
MY MAIN PROBLEM GUYS IS FINDING ORICHALUM. IF YOU CAN TELL ME A GOOD PLACE TO GET THEM, OR A RECIPE SO I CAN SYNTHESIZE THEM, IT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP
MY MAIN PROBLEM GUYS IS FINDING ORICHALUM. IF YOU CAN TELL ME A GOOD PLACE TO GET THEM, OR A RECIPE SO I CAN SYNTHESIZE THEM, IT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP
Not too bad so long as you make sure to grind a few levels each world.
It's retroactively hilarious, but I never bought the whole "
Nobodies can't feel anything
Seven Force
Banned
Wow, either I got better or Critical isn't as difficult as I remember. Took Demyx down in one go.
Same.
Same.
The CoM Org. XIII members were some of the most expressive (original) characters in the series. It was weirder for them to not have hearts.
SoraanTribal
Member
Oh sorry, I'm not sure then.
Ah okay, that doesn't sound too bad. I tend to grind a lot in Kingdom Hearts games anyways simply because I enjoy battling.
About the nobodies:
I never really believed the Nobodies couldn't develop heart or at the very least, have feelings. It was clear they could feel emotions from CoM or 358/2 Days. Hell, even Roxas in base KH2 had his own feelings and identity.
ivanthebearable
Member
Are the voice actors all the same for Re:Coded? Some of them sound ridiculously off to me for some reason, especially Hades.
Oh sorry, I'm not sure then.
Ah okay, that doesn't sound too bad. I tend to grind a lot in Kingdom Hearts games anyways simply because I enjoy battling.
About the nobodies:
I never really believed the Nobodies couldn't develop heart or at the very least, have feelings. It was clear they could feel emotions from CoM or 358/2 Days. Hell, even Roxas in base KH2 had his own feelings and identity.
Roxas is postumously a special case though, as it is quite obvious that
he always had Ventus's heart, because looks and the way he acts, etc
SoraanTribal
Member
I guess you have a point there.
I do feel like he would have developed his own heart even if he didn't have Ventus' heart. Or maybe he even developed his own heart anyways since he was his own person.
Incendiary
Banned
Man, I'm trying to play KH2 on Proud Mode and the bosses have been kicking my ass. I can barely hit Axel in the intro. I'd like to say I'm just rusty, not having touched a Kingdom Hearts game since I played KH2 on the PS2 years ago...but....maybe I just suck?
Jigolo
Member
I've actually been having quite an easy time with KH2 on critical and it's my first time ever playing the game. It's really just about finding out the pattern of the enemies attack and countering it accordingly. I haven't watched any youtube videos or even used the "op" magic spell "reflect".
You can get extra from bulky capsules, though honestly I feel like you'd have enough from chests and rewards.
I accidentally used them without realizing i was using them during earlier synth, so now i cant even make the ultima weapon without extra ;_;
Yeah, no kidding. Larxene was so expressive you could practically smell her shampoo
Woah, never noticed on tiny handheld screen but legs in BBS actually conform to terrain. It's not perfect, but it's a cool touch.
So after finishing off all Disney worlds aside from Olympus Coliseum, and Pride Lands (not touching the latter until I beat the game probably), I thought why not fight the Absent Silhouette I fear the most... Larxene! I struggled against her Data battle at lv.70+ (maybe 99?), I wonder how I'd fair against her AS at lv.1
... Well there was a flash of lightning... and then I was dead.
WELP
... Well there was a flash of lightning... and then I was dead.
WELP
Incendiary
Banned
Yeah, I guess back when I played this initially I went for the age-old strategy of press attack a lot and make the enemy die. Losing isn't as frustrating as the fact that all the places I'm losing at are after other battles without save points. Bleh. I just want the intro to be over.
HoopzBarkley
Member
I don't remember proud mode being so hard, I find myself dying a lot on boss fights and some enemies. Looks really good on my tv though.
Seed 49 of the Hades Paradox Cup against Cloud, Leon, Yuffie and Tifa. Seems intimidating, until I jump in the middle of the fray, spam Reflectga, and let them all kill themselves. Mwaha.
Nice butt.
OneEyedKing
Member
Man those Hot Rod heartless always get me. Can't stand them.
Zap 'em with Thunder.
OneEyedKing
Member
Somehow I always get caught in a loop with two or three of them running me over constantly with no chance to break free haha
The Auxiliary
Member
Man, just got to Keyblade Graveyard on Terra, and even though I've been here dozens of times while playing the game on the PSP, I never noticed just how grand the destruction of the Keyblade War really was.
I guess it's the 1080p, bigger screen and the higher resolutions, but I just now realized that these bits of destruction are all caused by the same thing, like some giant laser beam cut through the mountains and landed in the ground with such force that it actually broke the earth like that.
Maaan. I knew the Keyblade War was something big, but it never dawned on me just how much raw power was involved. It must've been both glorious and absolutely terrifying.
I guess it's the 1080p, bigger screen and the higher resolutions, but I just now realized that these bits of destruction are all caused by the same thing, like some giant laser beam cut through the mountains and landed in the ground with such force that it actually broke the earth like that.
Maaan. I knew the Keyblade War was something big, but it never dawned on me just how much raw power was involved. It must've been both glorious and absolutely terrifying.
Yes, but it has to be the first battle.
Thanks
Also why haven't I obtained the Limit trophy (Jiminy's journal doesn't have the mouse head either). I've used every world exclusive member limit, both of Donald and Goofy's, and Sora's. Am I forgetting something?
Summons?
HeartlessNobody213
Member
I think I'm going to play through KH 2 on Proud 1st since its been a while and maybe try critical later on.
Oh right, those useless things.
anyway beat the game. The final bosses are always such a musical tour de force. Goddess Yoko
And I got misty eyed at the ending. Something about the music and the whole "Thinking of you, wherever you are" bit ALWAYS gets me.
God I need Kingdom Hearts 3 asap.
i wonder what made the hidden mickey
In the games, you never really get how powerful these characters are, until you see sora tossing buildings and shit at the end of KH2.
The birth by sleep teaser really laid it on the line. yeah we had DEEP DOWN, but that was nothing compared to the fighting seen in that CGI secret ending
The Auxiliary
Member
Makes me wonder what the aftermath of all that would look, if the final battle
(s) with Xemnas
Giant Metal Dragon parts sticking out of the ground...
Also makes me wonder why Sora can't do all those crazy things in regular combat. : /
Did you play 3D? You see that area and it's definitely kinda wrecked. Here's Sora's final boss in 3D. Major series spoilers btw.
Cause it was a PS2 game
Even the craziest of stuff in god of war 2 which came out that year was peanuts compared to God of War 3's scale. Makes me wonder what KH3 would have been like had we gotten it on Nomura's original time table of SE not fucking up. "you will see Kingdom hearts 3 in the middle of the PS3's lifetime"
Keyblade Graveyard has to have one of the most atmospheric, depressing and ultimately fitting final dungeon pieces of music ever.
So glad we pulled the trigger on touching up that one.Keyblade Graveyard has to have one of the most atmospheric, depressing and ultimately fitting final dungeon pieces of music ever.
Was there ever any discussion of doing Forze Dell'Oscurita?
Darkness of the Unknown sounds very much like it now, come to think of it. (Which is fine by me!) I know FD'O is a remix of it, but the two songs seem much closer now.
I'm honestly not at a liberty to talk about a lot of the process, but essentially think of it this way: Yoko Shimomura and Keiji Kawamori were the two main figureheads of the soundtrack remaster. KH2 was virtually all by her (not counting obvious exceptions like Passion etc), while BBS and a lot of the handheld games were a collaboration between Shimomura, Ishimoto and Sekito.
As Ishimoto-san and Sekito-san were not available for the process, updating their tracks would have been a lengthy transcription and build-from-the-ground up process, as compared to Shimomura-san's music of which she still has the scores/audio/etc. At that point I presume that with a finite amount of resources the consensus was to leave the vast majority of BBS as-is.
Given an unlimited amount of time and budget, I think considering the passion poured into this, everyone involved would have liked to do a lot more with the remaster. (This probably applies to all aspects, not just the music) But it is what it is, and everything aside I'm honestly really proud of the result.
p.s. I'm obfuscating and simplifying a lot of it, since honestly as a contractor I can't exactly speak for Square Enix (and a lot of what I do know is NDA), so take my insight as you will. Overall what I can say is everyone involved was and is extremely satisfied with the end product. (Shimomura-san especially was really, really happy with Darkness of the Unknown)
As Ishimoto-san and Sekito-san were not available for the process, updating their tracks would have been a lengthy transcription and build-from-the-ground up process, as compared to Shimomura-san's music of which she still has the scores/audio/etc. At that point I presume that with a finite amount of resources the consensus was to leave the vast majority of BBS as-is.
Given an unlimited amount of time and budget, I think considering the passion poured into this, everyone involved would have liked to do a lot more with the remaster. (This probably applies to all aspects, not just the music) But it is what it is, and everything aside I'm honestly really proud of the result.
p.s. I'm obfuscating and simplifying a lot of it, since honestly as a contractor I can't exactly speak for Square Enix (and a lot of what I do know is NDA), so take my insight as you will. Overall what I can say is everyone involved was and is extremely satisfied with the end product. (Shimomura-san especially was really, really happy with Darkness of the Unknown)
Gonna take a bit of a break before doing BBS. The 40 or so hours I spent on KH2 was a bit much for 5 days.
Gotcha, thanks.
Gotcha, thanks.
SilverArrow20XX
Walks in the Light of the Crystal
Eh. The level of damage seems pretty typical considering there were probably a good 10,000 keyblade wielders all fighting at once. Normal power levels for Final Fantasy I'd say. Look at the collateral damage from Advent Children's final fight, which was just a 1v1 that lasted a few minutes. Thousands of FF protag level fighters clashing at once for an extended time will obviously raze the landscape.
I started on lvl 1 CM. Up to Hollow Bastion now. Twilight Thorn took me a few tries. His attacks are somewhat difficult to dodge, but at least the Nobodies he summons drop large HP balls. Once he did his reaction command sequence a second time, I just needed another two combos and he was done.
Axel I annihilated lol. The second fight with him ended too quickly I wonder how his Data version holds up.
In HB, the sword ninja Nobodies are nasty. They can hit you with a hard combo that'll kill you even at a high HP (for lvl 1 CM anyway). I'm at the part where you have to defend the gate. Lost a few times, and now I'm taking a break.
Axel I annihilated lol. The second fight with him ended too quickly
I wonder how his Data version holds up.In HB, the sword ninja Nobodies are nasty. They can hit you with a hard combo that'll kill you even at a high HP (for lvl 1 CM anyway). I'm at the part where you have to defend the gate. Lost a few times, and now I'm taking a break.