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MousaThe142011-06-04 19:37:12

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This game's pacing sucks

My friend is letting me borrow is PS 2 so I can play Kingdom Hearts. I am tired after all these years missing out. I am always late and miss out on everything and I hate having to tune out when everyone but me in my posse is talking about Nobodies, Axel, Roxas, and whatever. I want to be involved.

But how badly do I want it? I tried this once before. The game's pacing sucks. The unskippable cutscene was painful to watch for a third time and so is having to go through this whole beginning part. I mean really, how cheesy and sad sounding can you get? Ominous Latin chanting while you stand on the stained glass images of our useless Disney Princesses? Dark little critters trying to kill you even though they look kind of adorable? A giant monster thing that's a pain to beat even though it isn't hard to fight? And of course the voiceless text that tries to sound all deep in ominous.

And to think after all this long boring stuff is done, I'll have to go through more long and boring stuff (fetch quests, training fights with that Wakka guy form F Inal Fantasy VIII, and cutscenes) that are all mandatory before Sora is subsequently thrust into the Disney world and the real game begins? Am I supposed to be used to painfully long cutscenes by now becuase I haven't played a game with any (Except arguably Tales Of Symphonia but that was fun so I let it slide.). Perhaps I need to be a Square Enix fanboy in order to appreciate the dullness. Well sucks to be you (and me) Squenix, I've ever played a Final Fantasy game in my life, it's what happens when you're born in 1992 and your first console is a friggin Nintendo64 and your first game is Banjo Kazooie(Awesome game, perhaps I should go back and play that instead of this...).

So here I am once again dark room with no rhyme, reason, or even context. I have to choose my destiny or something, which means how I'll be playing the game. Decisions decisions, do I go Tank, Fighter, or Wizard? I pick magic becuase I like ducking behind stuff and firing spells rather than getting into the grit of the action. Which means I sacrifice the power becuase sacrificing the shield is stupid. Why would a Squishy Wizard give up defense? I mean you could be a Magic Knight but you wouldn't last and being a Glass Cannon ain't useful.

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Hobgoblin Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 5th 2011 at 6:00:41 PM
It should be noted that the island they are playing on is a little islet off the coast of the main Destiny Islands area. This is just a little area they go to hang out during the day.
angelistoftenshi Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 5th 2011 at 5:59:22 PM
Oh haha, poor you. Don't worry! You'll see more of Donald and Goofy!
Also, you might or might not get an answer to your parents question...
Enlong Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 5th 2011 at 6:30:42 PM
Actually, Riku's descent is played a bit diff-

...

well, OK, the initial Bad Stuff happens for the reason you said, but things take a different turn later.
218.185.9.242 Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 5th 2011 at 6:42:51 PM
Kingdom Hearts is known for its Kudzu Plot for a reason, but things are quite simple in the first game. (Well, kinda.) Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is up for debate.
ManwiththePlan Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 6th 2011 at 12:43:36 PM
Oh, I'm also calling that Kairi will be a flat as a board useless love interest

If saving Sora from a lifetime in darkness is your idea of useless, then.....
MousaThe14 Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 6th 2011 at 3:40:10 PM
Keep in mind I haven't played the game before so I don't know, I'm making guesses based on the pattern of her character type from other Japanese media.
twilightgamer92 Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 8th 2011 at 7:39:00 AM
If you think Riku's a tranny now, wait until 358. And I never noticed Riku had Disney Princess syndrome. Funny for how when women have that they get what they want but when men have it they screw everything up.
takashi.0 Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 8th 2011 at 4:46:04 PM
Oh, I'm also calling that Kairi will be a flat as a board useless love interest.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh wait, you're serious. Let me laugh even harder.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
ManwiththePlan Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 8th 2011 at 5:18:07 PM
The "flat as a board" thing becomes laughable as well when KH2 comes around (and yes, I'm aware he was probably speaking in terms of her character, but I'm speaking in terms of....what it sounds like.)
MousaThe14 Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 8th 2011 at 6:16:15 PM
Oh quiet Takashi, how would I know, I've never played this before or even looked into it, I'm basing all this entirely on history.

Also... Man with the Plan, just how much "not flat as a board" are we talking about here? Simple curiosity, of course....

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