Kingdom hearts 10th anniversary. Let us talk about it

[AbstractStream]

It's been 10 years? It feels like just yesterday. I've gotten A LOOOT of people into Kingdom Hearts. Oh, good times.
Okay, I'll be "this" person. Where the hell is KH3?!

 

[Risingblade]

I honestly don't even remember the plot anymore, give us KH3 already! Stupid SE, don't you want our money? or would you rather keep failing with FF...

 

[Aprilgold]

Boring series that once again showed SE doesn't know WTF they're doing and weeaboos will buy garbage in droves.

OH, PISSING OFF FANBOYS! I want to join in on this.

Samus is a whiny *****, every Mario games is about a obese plumber stalking a princess and her reptile boyfriend, Skyrim and every other Elder Scrolls game was all a big boring grind, Assasins Creed is the mentally retarded kid in the back of the room who can only do the same thing repeatedly and every RPG is the same boring quest after boring quest. Oh I'm sorry, did you like any of those, well if you did then I will happily hop onto any thread meant to talk about those games and celebrate them for giving us hours of enjoyment and wreck the party.

Do you see how childish it sounds coming from someone else. Its like celebrating Employee of the Month and you show up and smack talk the dude because you don't like them, it makes you look like a drunken asshole.

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Kingdom Hearts one and Two along with the 558/2 days one was OK. But I can't believe that there exist 10 and I haven't heard of more then four, shit be crazy.

 

[scorptatious]

Has it really been ten years? Holy shit.

That was a great game in my opinion. It was literally one of the only things my friends and I would talk about back in elementary school. We loved it to the point of pretending we were all Sora, Donald, Goofy, and a bunch of heartless fighting each other during recess.

I've never actually beaten the first game by myself though. One of my friends had to help me with the final boss. I was able to beat the second game on my own at least.

I'll also say that the games inspired me to play some of the Final Fantasy games. Starting with VII, then IX, (My absolute favorite as you can tell by my avatar), X, IV for the DS, and XIII.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

Oh, so it's Kingdom Hearts birthday? That means presents!

I propose Kingdom Hearts 3

 

[Clinky]

I confess I haven't been as excited about the game as I used to be. But when I first got into the series I admit I was a pretty big fan. It combined my favorite game with many of my favorite movies when I was young. In my own words it was 'Legend of Legaia meets Disney!'(Kingdom Hearts was my first exposure to Final Fantasy y'see.) Kingdom Hearts II is the first(and right now only) game I was excited enough to look up information about and count down on the calendar till it's release. And I very much still love the game. Is it perfect? No, but I enjoyed it and I have fun playing it still.

Birth By Sleep I have to say is my favorite so far, because I feel like it many things right that the previous ones did not(not to say the others were bad, BBS just seemed to have improved what I already liked). I loved the battle system in that game, melded the relatively simple but fun combat of the two console games with the customization available in the nintendo handhelds(confessedly the only thing I really liked about their combat systems). I'm not entirely excited for dream drop distance, partially due to the fact that the nintendo handheld games tend to screw with the combat, I'm still hoping I can scrounge up the extra cash to play it. =)

 

[krazykidd]

Never Played the series to be honest , i am a collector or jrpgs so i do own them , but i could never get around the cutesey disney aspect of the game. Don't get me wrong, i don't think it's childish per-se , but i couldn't get into it . I was about 13 or 14 when it came out . Although to be honest , if the third game came out and it ended with say the whole universe getting destroyed a la mass effect 3 , i do think it would be awsome .

 

[Voulan]

Kingdom Hearts, forever and always. May we see another 10 years of happiness and light.

Is anyone getting the 10th Anniversary celebration pack?

 

[Veldt Falsetto]

10th anniversary?

We need a Kingdom Hearts HD Re-mix that features both Final Mix versions of 1, 2 and Birth by Sleep (along with RE: Chain of Memories) and some pretty groovy art and sound stuff. Then maybe next year we get Kingdom Hearts 3

Yeahhhh I support this.

Anyway Happy Birthday Kingdom Hearts, I have enjoyed your franchise so far.

 

[CrazyBlaze]

I love the KH series. Some of the best games ever. Also each game changes things up just enough that it feels fresh. I mean Chain of Memories plays totally different from KHII which plays a lot smoother than the KHI. I can't really speak for the handhelds as Ive never played them. However, I am seriously considering buying a 3ds for Dream Drop Distance. It looks off the hook.

 

[viranimus]

What it means to me personally is a game series I will not ever play due to its ties to a corporation that supported the nazis and has had its hands in exceedingly sinister things ever since.

 

[Tanis]

IF it was your first JRPG, I get the love.
But if it wasn't, well..

There's a reason why 'old people' like me who started with FF1 through FF3(6) laugh at the praise given to FF7.
It happens every generation, I guess.

Want a GREAT JRPG?
Try the MegaTen series.

Great story, good combat, amazing OST, good art, and none of that QTE crap.

 

[TheSuperiorXemnas]

Wearing the Organization XIII Coat, as I Type this! I can't believe it's been that long since the series began. It's remained one of my favorite series of games since I played it. Started with Chain of Memories for the GBA and started my fandom. As soon as I saw the commercial, I fell in love with this series (Plus Simple and Clean was very catchy) and do not regret playing the games, even buying the handheld system for 1 game.

 

[Kotaro]

My opinion on the series to date:
Kingdom Hearts -- Not that great a game. The platforming just didn't work, and it didn't play especially well.
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories -- Utter crap. Nothing redeeming about it.
Kingdom Hearts II -- Holy crap was this awesome. The point at which I'd say the franchise found its legs.
Kingdom Hearts RE:Chain of Memories -- Slight improvement over the original, but still not that fun.
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days -- A lot of people hated this one, but I enjoyed it. One of the most heart-wrenching endings I've ever seen in a video game.
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep -- I don't care what anyone says; this is the best game in the series by far.
Kingdom Hearts RE:Coded -- Good but not great. Really just too short.
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance -- I can't wait for this one.

What I really love is how every game uses the same basic engine, but mixes up the systems a bit: 358/2 had the panel system, Birth by Sleep had the command board, Coded had the programming grid...
Also, I like the plot. A lot of people say it's overly-convoluted and makes no sense; I can follow it perfectly, but then my brain is weird like that. Can't wait to see where it will go next.

 

[Mylinkay Asdara]

I liked it. It's been a long time since I played it, since my PS2 kinda died in service to my obsession with FFXI (the mmorpg), but it was a good game. It was simple and fun and generally enjoyable. Happy memories. Kingdom Hearts II was maybe a little less light-fun, but it was pretty much the same type of game and therefore I also enjoyed it. I liked that they both tapped into my Disney memories from childhood, because I grew up watching most of the movies that had worlds across the two games - very much a cornerstone of my childhood VHS collection.

I didn't actually follow the series though, because it did that thing where they jump from platform to platform like I am made of money and have every system in existence just because I am an avid gamer. Something that is a big peeve for me.

 

[natster43]

I like the series a lot. Beat the first 2, Beat RE Chain of Memories as Sora but not as Riku, haven't played Birth By Sleep or RE Coded, and only played a bit of 358/2 Days. I am really excited for Dream Drop Distance.

 

[Shadow flame master]

The first game I played in the series was Chain of Memories on the GBA back when I didn't have a PS2. Since then, I've gotten every game and played through them multiple times each. The Chain of Memories Remake is one of my favorite games of all time.

Same here, although I still haven't played 358/2 Days, Re:Coded, or KH1. I still haven't beaten Chain of Memories though for the GBA. I got stuck in the Never Land level and ran out of cards and enemies to fight. Needless to say, I got pissed.

Other than that, I think that Kingdom Hearts was the first game series to get me to focus on story other than killing enemies. Although I do love killing the annoying heartless and nobodies.

 

[RatRace123]

Heard good things about it, meant to get into it.

I never did, I kind of regret it. It might be too late now, from what I hear the series storyline is insanely dense and difficult to get into after the second game.

 

[KeyMaster45]

Heard good things about it, meant to get into it.

I never did, I kind of regret it. It might be too late now, from what I hear the series storyline is insanely dense and difficult to get into after the second game.

Fun fact about the Kingdom Hearts series, you really only need to play the numbered titles to get the story.(KH1 and 2) The hand-held spin-offs can be easily ignored and things will still make sense. At maximum I'd say you only need to play four out of the current number of games (the upcoming one for the 3DS excluded until it's western release), those being KH1 and 2, Chain of Memories, and Birth By Sleep. Chain of Memories is really just a re-has of KH1 in GBA format but still sets up some major plot points for KH2. Birth By Sleep answers some questions that really didn't need to be answered, but it's a fantastic game and seems to build lore for the inevitable 3rd game. Again though, even ignoring those two hand-held titles you'll get by just fine on the main story thread. (Kingdom Hearts is a magical macguffin everyone wants, you must stop them, characters learn that friendship is magic, Square makes a bucket load of money to blow on a new crappier FF game, and Disney makes the money it needs to keep its executive waist deep in hookers and blow. Rinse and repeat)

Ignore the other spin-offs, they're crap. Especially Days, seriously fuck that game.