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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 5:04:46 PM
You and your threesome logic.

Also, Riku had a win-lose ratio of 3:56 when I first played Kingdom Hearts. *cries*
BetaRay Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 5th 2011 at 5:39:58 PM
Get used to that Two Guys And A Girl dynamic, you'll be seeing it a lot throughout the series.
CyganAngel Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 5th 2011 at 5:36:28 PM
Riku had a win-loss ratio of 2:10 when I played -_-

A block function is available later in the game. You don't want it to be too easy, do you?
BetaRay Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 5th 2011 at 5:41:33 PM
Also, I've never had trouble beating Riku, what's with you guys?
angelistoftenshi Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 5th 2011 at 5:54:21 PM
BEAT RIKU! BEAT HIM NOOOOOWWW!!! D:<
.. Sorry. But yeah, you should be warned... KH has a bit of a thing for trios. Hopefully, you'll endure...
MousaThe14 Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 5th 2011 at 5:50:46 PM
A block function is available later in the game. You don't want it to be too easy, do you?
Don't you dare use Signed logic on me, his perception of difficulty is wrong and you should know it. Having a block function has nothing to do with difficulty, especially for broken beginning game dynamics. Heck, it should be basic along with attacking and game wise it doesn't make sense. You have a sword you can swing but you can't hold it up in front of you? Is Sora stupid or something?
CyganAngel Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 5th 2011 at 7:20:00 PM
It's a wooden sword. It would probably break if you tried to use it for blocking (and Sora's reflexes aren't all that great anyway).

There's nothing in the beginning of the game that requires blocking. At all. Seriously. It would be a gameplay element that basically removes any semblance of difficulty from this first section.

BetaRay Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 5th 2011 at 10:28:53 PM
"Is Sora stupid or something?" You have no idea.
ManwiththePlan Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 6th 2011 at 1:01:19 PM
I'm not fond of Spoony either, but why hate him after the FFX review if you haven't even played the game yourself?
MousaThe14 Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 6th 2011 at 3:38:56 PM
I don't see what not playing Final Fantasy Ten has to do with me disliking the Spoony One. It implies I dislike him due to the fact he insulted something I have fond memories of. I do not. I dislike him for many reasons.

And if it's a dislike for Tidus or Wakka, keep in mind I don't explicitly state I hate Wakka and Tidus. technically I'm entirely neutral on them, I'm just making jokes at their expense.

twilightgamer92 Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 8th 2011 at 7:36:53 AM
Well, the triangle IS the strongest structure in nature. :D
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