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I finished Dream Drop Distance last fall and frankly, I'm no longer sure about the direction of this series. When your big plot twist sounds like something you would see on the cover of a Silver Age comic book I'm not really sure anymore... Thoughts?
To quote the late Justin Carmical: "I like it!"
Dream Drop Distance was the weakest entry in terms of story, I felt. For one, I really think it would have been a better game if you never played as Sora. For two, I agree that a lot of the plot twist stuff just felt convoluted and weird to me.
That being the case, I'm still 100% on board for Kingdom Hearts III assuming that they are keeping with it being the final game in the Xehanort storyline. I'm still excited to see how they take everything from the previous games and tie them up (or don't) in the end.
I completely lost track of the story in 2. I will never return to the series. The fact that the different entries came on so many different consoles sure didn't make things any easier to follow. It's a shame, because I really felt like 1's story had potential.
I'm excited for KHIII, but yeah, KHII is where things took an absolute nose dive straight into the incoherent insanity pool.
KH1 is really the only KH game that had decent story that made any sense at all. Then KHII came along and retconned the very core of the story. Then Birth By Sleep rubbed it in your face three times over.
I haven't played DDD yet, but most people I've talked to who have, even the biggest KH fans I know, say it was a huge disappointment story wise and didn't give them a good feeling about how KHIII will open.
But then, I guess KH can get away with being fanfiction.net tier nonsensical, seeing as the very concept that birthed the franchise was already too ridiculous for words. Sometimes when I think about the fact that there's a JRPG series that features Disney and Final Fantasy characters mashed together, I still can't believe such a thing exists. :p
I honestly love the story of 3D. It's kinda like a cheesy shonen manga, in that it's not necessarily well written, but it's so exciting, I'm invested as hell and I want to see where this is going. If anything, I found the game to be too short for it's own good, as more things could be foreshadowed and more characters would get their much needed screen time, but I loved it and I loved how it's mostly Riku's story. I never found any KH hard to follow, so I don't really get the complaints.
I like it! (Rest in peace, Jew Wario)
Axel getting to be a Keyblade wielder was kind of bulltrout though. Considering he was suppose to die a less glamorous death in KHII and just sort of became so overly popular that Nomura feels he needs to cater to the fanbase is a little grating...
That's just my point. It's like a shonen manga. The story is made up as it goes. And it is a glorious clustersmurf of awesome.
Well what were you expecting by mixing multiple FF universe and Disney Universe and creating your own all in one game series?
This guy knows what's going on. Seriously, as someone who went straight from KH into KH2, 2 was border line incomprehensible.It became pretty clear to me at that point that that, combined with constantly changing which platforms the games released on, meant that it was a waste of my time and money to try and keep up with the series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete for President
For the issue is that the plot keeps waffling back and forth between being something really epic and then feeling like Bleach's author is phoning in ideas for them.
I liked the plot for the first game, loved Chain of Memories, was disappointed by how disjointed and random KH2 was, loved 358/2, disappointed with coded, and bothered by the whole Chi=Blade nonsense but otherwise enjoyed Birth by Sleep. 3D has its good parts and I don't mind the group trying to corrupt Sora or Riku taking center stage, but I was bothered by Lea (Axel) getting a Keyblade, the idea that Nobodies can grow new hearts because it completely undermines their existence and the tragedy they bring to the series, and I'm not too thrilled with the time travel paradox that resulted in the New Organization XIII. I just wanted a showdown with Xehanort, not a Boss Rush of him.
Agree with DMKA. Once KH1 was over the story became so ridiculous and convoluted that it's sort of the identity of the series in a way.
I just play for the disney worlds :shifty:
KH2 certainly took a leap with the story but I did think BBS and the other handheld games did a good job putting a frame around it. 3D was a fun game but I agree that the story was the weakest of any of the others (well besides Coded). I'm still excited for KH3 and wrapping things up against the Xehanort 'boss rush' and hopefully playing as each of the 7 keyblade wielders at some point.
This is a series that merges dozens of Disney and FF characters together and involves blending classic worlds with original creations and an overarching storyline. I never really expected it to make a whole lot of sense, and that's not why I play the games.
I play to 1) see the different FF characters interact (of course, now there's Dissidia), 2) experience Disney minus all the singing (there's a reason I've never gone to Broadway... I can't afford a ticket to New York) which KH2 ruined by forcing us to participate in the sing song in Atlantica, 3) there is no third reason...