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Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX |OT| Press to pay respects
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Completed it today at level 99 on proud mode. (KH2 Final Mix)
I own the original Final Mix+ which came with Re:Com (was my first japanese import) and I don't know if it was the remastered music or the HD visuals that did it for me but KH2FM plays a lot better than I remember and I had a lot of fun with the combat and magic system.
If you'd ask me at the time which battle system I prefered, I'd have said BBS/DDD no contest, but after another runthrough of KH2FM, I think I prefer how things are done here and I'd want this battle system to return but with a few tweaks to the magic system. I don't know I just prefer how the ground and aerial combat was handled and I feel it's superior. It can get braindead at times but obliterating everything in your path while you're overpowered in drive forms with sword and magic in HD has ever felt more satisfiying.
I've seen people say magic is useless in the game but if you ask me I never found magic to be useless and it contributed to me getting to lv99 in a day (something I sure as hell wouldn't bother with if magic was useless). Maybe it's just me. *shrugs*
I don't know if I want to start BBS just yet. I still have a lot of battles to clear up and tbh I'd be happy just playing KH2FM.
I own the original Final Mix+ which came with Re:Com (was my first japanese import) and I don't know if it was the remastered music or the HD visuals that did it for me but KH2FM plays a lot better than I remember and I had a lot of fun with the combat and magic system.
If you'd ask me at the time which battle system I prefered, I'd have said BBS/DDD no contest, but after another runthrough of KH2FM, I think I prefer how things are done here and I'd want this battle system to return but with a few tweaks to the magic system. I don't know I just prefer how the ground and aerial combat was handled and I feel it's superior. It can get braindead at times but obliterating everything in your path while you're overpowered in drive forms with sword and magic in HD has ever felt more satisfiying.
I've seen people say magic is useless in the game but if you ask me I never found magic to be useless and it contributed to me getting to lv99 in a day (something I sure as hell wouldn't bother with if magic was useless). Maybe it's just me. *shrugs*
I don't know if I want to start BBS just yet. I still have a lot of battles to clear up and tbh I'd be happy just playing KH2FM.
I'll admit that in the vanilla release I rarely used magic (but I was pretty stubborn about that back then for some reason) but yeah in Final Mix it helps for leveling up, finishers. The incorperation into forms and using it in a different way for most of them was great. I feel like some of the 13 mushroom tasks really made good use of both forms and magic.
hipsterpants
Member
Actually now that I think about it I liked playing as Terra, but Ventus sucks. He's way too weak. Every encounter is just me mashing X to chip away damage. And after KH2 his aerials feel waaaay too clunky, like when I whiff an attack and take 20 years to get back to ground.
Also what's the point of the rolling bomb guys? They aren't threatening, just annoying when you accidentally trigger one to explode as you spam square to get away.
Also what's the point of the rolling bomb guys? They aren't threatening, just annoying when you accidentally trigger one to explode as you spam square to get away.
badcrumble
Member
Ventus eventually gets vastly better Command Deck abilities than Terra (including two that, like KH2FM's Limit Form, deal damage and heal you simultaneously, though, heh, they don't exactly include as many invincibility frames).
He's also got the <3 <3 <3 Wingblade <3 <3 <3 Command Style.
ghostlyspice
Member
To fill the role of the Large Body Heartless, with the added explosion, attack from behind and it won't explode.
RellyRell28
Banned
Vexen down. Man that was kinda brutal.
Beat Saix on my first try
Beat Saix on my first try
lolez2matt
Member
Mushrooms, data battle and lingering will done. Now to the paradox cups, minigames and gummy missions.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
So I bought the game yesterday and will start playing soon. Is the platinum difficult to obtain for Kingdom Hearts 2? Are there any ridiculous trophies like completing all gummi ship missions from KH 1?
They are time consuming but can be done in 1 critical mode playthrough unlike the bullshit of KH1FM. Playing any mode other than critical mode though will require another playthrough to plat the game.
I'm incredibly frustrated.
I'm fighting the LW at level 67.
I have every single attack learned by heart and I know the counters for all of them, but I always manage to find ways to fuck up.
Errant high potions instead of cure, a mistimed guard, getting hit with a bow because Ultima Cannon's explosion was blocking my view.
I'm going to be extremely disappointed if it or something like it isn't in 3. Best command Style along with Ghost Drive and Rhythm Mixer.
I'm fighting the LW at level 67.
I have every single attack learned by heart and I know the counters for all of them, but I always manage to find ways to fuck up.
Errant high potions instead of cure, a mistimed guard, getting hit with a bow because Ultima Cannon's explosion was blocking my view.
I'm going to be extremely disappointed if it or something like it isn't in 3. Best command Style along with Ghost Drive and Rhythm Mixer.
SilverArrow20XX
Walks in the Light of the Crystal
Started playing BBS. It didn't translate to the big screen as well as I'd hoped. Feels kinda clunky and the camera is weird. There's also tons of little graphical oddities that you don't notice on a PSP but are cringe worthy on TV. Suppose I'll get used to it.
BKatastrophe
Member
Man grinding for Drive Forms...good thing Beast's Castle exists. One of the best areas I've found to grind. It has Nobodies, Heartless, and the armor suits have plenty of Drive Orbs (plus having Sweet Memories and Drive Convertor is great, too).
I wonder why they changed Sweet Memories ability. It had "Lucky Lucky" before, right? In vanilla?
I wonder why they changed Sweet Memories ability. It had "Lucky Lucky" before, right? In vanilla?
I don't have Quick Run yet.
Dodge roll is better,but you should use both anyway.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Critical sounds too hardcore for me. I'll start out in Proud mode first. Great to hear that difficulty trophies stack this time. Same applies to BBS right?
Haeralis The BRave
Banned
Don't do it! Critical is amazing. Why play Final Mix if you're not going to play the awesome new difficulty mode?
Literally have no idea where to start with the Gummi stuff. I watched a video on how to build a good donut ship but unfortunately I lack many required materials. All I did in the Gummi stuff was go through each route once to get to worlds. Never did any missions or return to routes to farm materials. I guess going through the routes again to rack up some materials before building a good donut ship would be the best bet, and then doing the missions.
15 hours into the game and critical seems to be very appropriate.
I am not a very hardcore player either ,but really this mode seems very appropriately challenging.
Will there be massive difficulty spikes later ? Maybe..but I didn't really experience much of that at all.
I daresay any other mode might be too easy,actually.
Yes the difficulty trophies stack for KH2FM
BbSFM only has a Critical difficulty trophy.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
I think you misunderstood me. I will play on Critical mode but not on the first play through. Though I may reconsider that.
Interesting. Which world are you in now? Mulan? Perhaps you are leveling quite well.
Nice. My final two platinums for PS3.
Ok scratch what I said in my last post about not knowing where to start with the Gummi stuff. Simply making a donut shaped Gummi ship, going through Sunlight Storm a few times for some crucial materials and sticking you best weapons all over your ship = easy fucking S ranks everywhere.
Sensational stuff.
Sensational stuff.
I think an actual controller over using a PSP is helping me greatly.
Seven Force
Banned
Yeah, the first two or so worlds are a pain, just for how little damage she does at the beginning. By the the she hits Radiant Garden, though? You can make her godlike, nevermind the rest of the game.
I've spent they last few hours playing through normal mode on KH2FM and what the fuck.. This mode is an absolute joke. There's no challenge at all, there's no fun or sense of accomplishment in this.
Really glad I completed everything on critical now. Such a waste to play on normal mode. Definitely fastest if trophies are all that matter but fuck this shit. I'm going to do the Data's and Lingering Will to see the difference of myself but if it's as big as the main game then they are going to be a joke as well.
Really glad I completed everything on critical now. Such a waste to play on normal mode. Definitely fastest if trophies are all that matter but fuck this shit. I'm going to do the Data's and Lingering Will to see the difference of myself but if it's as big as the main game then they are going to be a joke as well.
Lavalamp1138
Member
Just got the game. I haven't turned on my console yet but are there any updates for the game that have come out since launch that are important or, considering the state of PSN right now, can I just jump right in and play offline?
freeofgreed
Member
Quick question, Im playing through COM now and I was wondering, when I beat it, should I watch 385/2 first, or play KH2 then watch it? I've never played any of these games before (though a few plot points have been spoiled for me). Most people seem to recommend playing the games in release order for a first timer, but to my knowledge 385/2 takes place before 2? So what should I do?
Yes, Standard is known to be really, really easy.
Generally I believe the difficulties are in the order of (hardest to easiest):
KH2FM Critical > KH2FM Proud > KH2 Proud > KH2(FM) Standard > KH2(FM)Beginner
KH2 Proud also being easier than KHFM Proud (not sure how it compares to KH Expert)
Seven Force
Banned
KH2 Proud is definitely easier than KH1 Expert.
Overall, I'd say KH3D has the hardest Critical Mode in the series, and for the wrong reasons entirely.
The lucky lucky difference is extremely noticeable. Getting hardly any item drops.
I pause the game for 3 seconds, that removes the animation and prevents enemies attacking you during it. There is no way to cancel out the loading though.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
WOW, BbS is fun! Not sure I understand drive forms (?) yet, but this seems like a natural evolution of KH2's battle system and is far more cohesive/streamlined than DDD's flowmotion/pet nonsense.
Chose Ventus for my first character... was that a good idea?
Chose Ventus for my first character... was that a good idea?
Drive forms? Do you mean D-Links or command styles?
The intended order is Terra > Ven > Aqua (The order they're listed), but you'll be fine so long as you play Aqua's story last.
Are you talking about Eraqus trying to kill Ven? I always figured that was intentional to get you interested in Ven's story.
Yea, the (silly) Disney stories work chronologically doing V>T>A as well.
Seven Force
Banned
That's pretty much the entire point. It's supposed to be a hook to get you interested in his story once you finish Terra's.
That being said, said scene is far more badass when watched from Ven's POV.
Agreed. It fits story wise, and it's a much more natural progression gameplay wise.