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Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX |OT| Press to pay respects
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Kraken and Davy Jones boss battles say "Hi."
TheSlySoul
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I would love KH3 to recreate this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2C68Nh-ltQ
I finished the game and the Mushroom 13 sidequest last night and now I can't decide whether to do the boring stuff (synth + paradox cups) now and end with a bang, or do the fun stuff now and end with a whimer?
EDIT: I just realized that I'll end on level grinding anyways so I'll just keep alternating between fun and boring so I don't get burnt out.
EDIT: I just realized that I'll end on level grinding anyways so I'll just keep alternating between fun and boring so I don't get burnt out.
I was testing out the EXP Walker ability on Aqua to see if I could just let her run around in circles all night to level her up easy. Turns out after a few minutes of running around in a circle the character will automatically stop. The camera will still turn round like crazy though.
Oh well it was worth a shot
Oh well it was worth a shot
RellyRell28
Banned
Stitch is a fucking God in that section.
Underleveled and probably went out of order as far as worlds are concerned. I did that the first time I played through with Ven. Still beat the world but wasn't suppose to go there next.
Mr. Luchador
Member
It's been 12 days or so since I contacted Square Enix about the delivery of a damaged Kingdom Hearts 2.5 Collector's Edition. They requested to see photos, so I sent them in and according to this CS Rep it possible that they'll just send me another free of charge :|
Square Enix will get a fan for life if they follow through with this.
Square Enix will get a fan for life if they follow through with this.
Putyouinmyoven
Member
Thanks! Just watched Sora's story for Re:CoM - is it really essential to watch Riku's before I watch 358/2 days or play KHII?
Riku's CoM arc is pretty essential for his overarching plot.
sliding pluto strikes again lol
sliding pluto strikes again lol
That honestly just made my opinion of the game hit rock-bottom tbh. :[
Simultaneously robs Roxas of any vestige of mystique or intelligence and cements that the game was never about him to begin with. I can go into detail if you care to hear it, but that's the short version.
Simultaneously robs Roxas of any vestige of mystique or intelligence and cements that the game was never about him to begin with. I can go into detail if you care to hear it, but that's the short version.
I find that it's best to do synthesis first, since you get an assload of levels fin the process. Took me from level 53 to 67 on my most recent run. I've never done the paradox cups before, but the bump in levels will probably help.
You need more levels and better magic commands, I'm afraid. Look into getting the Mega Flare and Seeker Mine commands, as well as the fire boost and Magic haste abilities.
Yes. Riku as a whole is a great character, and his VA is ace.
Sora's VA is great, too, but the character is more meh.
Putyouinmyoven
Member
You've convinced me. I'm finally going home from university tomorrow, where KH2.5 awaits. I've waited sooo long to play it and now I have Riku's story and the cutscenes of 358/2 (and then that supposedly awful prologue to go through) STILL before I finally play it guuuuuh.
Life is hard.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Especially considering the VAs were made to dub prerendered scenes with japanese lipsynch. Some do this quite well but Donald for example you can really tell is struggling in some scenes.
Yeah, I think I'll do synth, then data, then paradox cups, then LW, and finally level grinding to finish it off.
Wait and watch Days after you finish KH2. It was released after KH2, and ends up spoiling some mysteries if watched/played first.
LegendofLex
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David Gallagher really carries the script in most of the scenes he voices, particularly in the games from Re:CoM/Days onward.
Second opinion: Watch Days first. Many of the plot-related mysteries are just as mysterious in Days (and unveiled in a less nonsensical fashion), and the ones that aren't actually lend much greater impact to scenes in KHII that involve characters and events from Days. Days gives a lot of weight to the story of KHII (especially the Final Mix content); unfortunately, the reverse isn't as true.
Second opinion: Watch Days first. Many of the plot-related mysteries are just as mysterious in Days (and unveiled in a less nonsensical fashion), and the ones that aren't actually lend much greater impact to scenes in KHII that involve characters and events from Days. Days gives a lot of weight to the story of KHII (especially the Final Mix content); unfortunately, the reverse isn't as true.
Let's just be honest: in the context of the series at large, the BBS-related mysteries in KHII and Days are way more interesting than anything we learn about Roxas or the original Organization in KHII.
badcrumble
Member
Yup. Synthesis grinding with Gull Wing equipped and you'll level a shitload.
Best place to grind for Tranquil Crystals is against the Agrabah mushroom with Limit Form and Decisive Pumpkin equipped (plus whatever strength-boosting accessories you've got, +2 or +3 each)- you're virtually guaranteed to end up with Donald's best weapon in the process.
God, I can't wait to be able to just buy Dense Stone and Twilight Gem at the moogle shops, lol.
I've spent two hours yelling at my TV during zexion's absent silhouette fight. So annoying. Had I known I could cheese it with Donald's meteor and the ability to dash into the blue light at the last moment, my life would have been easier. At least I'll probably die younger now, so less time for regret.
Putyouinmyoven
Member
Noted, considering the cutscenes of 358/2 are bundled in with 1.5, it seems like the creators have decided that watching it before KHII is the best way to experience the story?
Have fun with Larxene!
I think it's more of a chronological order than anything.
If you don't know who Roxas is, watching it before playing KH2 is porbably not a good idea I guess.
She destroyed me quite easily when I tried yeah :lol:
I've come to realize you can cheese a lot of fights in really shameful ways. Just yesterday I was fighting Hook (spoiler?) with Ven and I died three or four times because I was trying to evade his attacks with the square button. Oh, btw, devs if you implement an evade/parry mechanic, make it so that when you succesfully do it you have a free combo at least: invincibility periods in enemies is bullshit, but at least remove it when you play the game well, not punish me when I parry an attack. So anyway, instead of parry/evading I just spammed Firaga from the water because he couldn't get inside and that's it, none of his attacks can reach you in the water.
That's one stupid fight.
Probably just chronological order and already having most of the assets for the cutscenes with the VAs within arms reach. It's not like they had to do particularly much to bring it to life and it gave them a way to pad out the package.
Though now I'm wondering if the eventual Re
DD is going to be packaged in a Reays and Re:Coded set since they've already gone out of the way to make cutscenes and some environments.badcrumble
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Watching 358/2 Days before playing KH2 prevents you from being all like "what the christ is going on" during a lot of KH2's plot. A bunch of people think that's a bad thing and that you ought to be more confused during KH2. They will advise you to play KH2 first.
RPGCrazied
Member
Spamming reflect makes that fight kinda easy though. I tried using that against her Data form, but didn't last long.
LegendofLex
Member
That's definitely my impression.
There's some validity to the KHII-->Days order, since obviously that's the release order and therefore the order in which the story was actually worked out. And when KHII was originally released, they definitely intended the critical events that take place during Days to be mysterious off-screen stuff that you only experience in fragmented flashbacks. Days itself would then be the "backstory chapter" that fills in the rest of the holes (kind of like Birth by Sleep).
However, with the KHII Final Mix content added in, the Days-->KHII order definitely feels like more of a "complete package" from a storytelling perspective. You the viewer know the full story, so you get to see how those events shaped the characters and their actions in KHII.
So it really depends what you're looking for out of your experience:
Do you want to be dropped in to the story in media res and face the outcomes of events you aren't familiar with? Might make more sense to play KHII first.
Do you want to more of an omniscient view over how the story unfolds, including the full context and emotional impact of the events that precede KHII? Watch Days first.
I played them in release order originally, and personally don't think most of the mysteries in KHII really add much to the experience. In fact, I appreciate the characters and the weight of what's going on a lot more now that I'm playing through Final Mix for the first time after sitting through Days.
And especially Marluxia.
I never had any success spamming reflect. Timed reflect works excellently but spamming just got me killed as she would destroy me in between reflects. The invincible frames after you guard her works really well too.
Muskieratboi
Member
Oh god
Oh god why
I remember now...
THE DECK LEVELLING SYSTEM IN BIRTH BY SLEEP IS FUCKING ITADAKI STREET.
Oh please tell me there's a way to avoid this..
Oh god why
I remember now...
THE DECK LEVELLING SYSTEM IN BIRTH BY SLEEP IS FUCKING ITADAKI STREET.
Oh please tell me there's a way to avoid this..
Do you want the platinum trophy? If so you need to play every board with every character. Do you just want to fight the optionla bosses? If so you need to win 7 games in the mirage arena.
Yeah there's no need to play it at all if all you want is to play through the game.
Napalm_Frank
Member
From KH Wiki:
Beginner Mode - Not accessible.
Standard Mode - Complete the Trinity Archives 100% with Terra, Aqua, and Ventus.
Proud Mode - Complete the Sticker Album with Terra, Aqua, and Ventus.
Critical Mode - Complete the Final Episode.
You're not weird. I spent a ton of time on the command board, although most of that was in the online multiplayer.
EDIT: You ARE weird for not playing through the best characters story.
Two days ago I was concerned about getting to level 99 in KH2, now I'm level 81 and I'm still farming materials lol
I also earnt my bronze crown after dealing with Mushroom XIII, I'll do some boring mini-game stuff now and then back to farming materials
Edit: Just earnt my silver crown, I'VE DEFEATED TERRA!!
I also earnt my bronze crown after dealing with Mushroom XIII, I'll do some boring mini-game stuff now and then back to farming materials
Edit: Just earnt my silver crown, I'VE DEFEATED TERRA!!
I just finished the synth trophies. I never thought I'd see the day I'd ever do that in KH. I also think tranquility crystals are easily farmed from the mushroom in Halloween town. Just have stitch and reflect
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
TheSlySoul
Member
Aqua has the best dodge indeed plus if you put 15 minutes into giving her good magic you can play it on cruise control. That being said, I have no clue how Critical plays... but Proud mode was a fun challenge.
Edit: ITADAKI STREET is BOOM STREET in the US right? I think Command Boards are worse actually.
Fortune Street in North America.
I'm a no good liar.
I started up BBS FM, saw the intro video, got to the title screen... and then backed out and reloaded KH2FM again. Beat Axel, Marluxia andLexaous Laxeous Laxoues WHATEVER data fights. And I still need to finish leveling to 99 (wait, is it really max at 99? Didn't KH1 go to 100?)
The pull to 100% on Critical... too stronk. Also I feel weird not earning the final FMV before starting BBSFM.
I started up BBS FM, saw the intro video, got to the title screen... and then backed out and reloaded KH2FM again. Beat Axel, Marluxia and
The pull to 100% on Critical... too stronk. Also I feel weird not earning the final FMV before starting BBSFM.
KH1 also went to 99.
Which is funny you ask, because when KH1.5 came out, I was thinking "Doesn't KH2 go to 100?" which clearly it did not either.
TheSlySoul
Member
Oh yeah, you are right. I haven't played it in awhile.
The Wii version is very fun.
Anyways about KH, I finished grinding my Drives. Final was so boring to level up.
Napalm_Frank
Member
KH1 went 100 :3
Holy crap my memory frigging sucks then!
Now I'm wondering why I even did think what I mentioned previously (because I did), unless it was I read something on the Internet months ago, and assumed something (but was incorrect, clearly)