OMFG WHERE IS THE EXCITEMENT? *SPOILERS*

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Birth by Sleep is being released today. I am going in less than 10 hours to get it from the local gaming store. What about you guys? Come on, make some noise!

[Wolf Kanno]

I won't be picking mine up til tomorrow when I go to work. I reserved it today actually, as well as a copy for my GF who really got into Org. XIII... I mean Kingdom Hearts.

I was thinking about waiting for the game but then I remembered this was suppose to be the entry that answers a few major questions in the main series that I am interested in. No to mention the handheld entries have an excellent track record with me as opposed to the lukeworm console entries.

[Pheesh]

I'm actually going to buy a PSP for this game, anyone know if not having played 358/2 will put me at a disadvantage when playing this game?

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Not really. BbS is the prequel to KHI. Most of the returning characters were introduced in other instalments, though the Org. XIII is better fleshed out in 358/2 Days and you meet some of the Org. XIII members before they become Nobodies. At least, that's what I understand.

Also, playing it now~

[Wolf Kanno]

Since its a prequel to all the entries, I would like to think you don't need to play any of the other entries beyond answering a few questions. I think most of 358/2's connections to the game simply comes from some of the members of Org. XIII having met the main three characters of BBS before and even then it was mostly very subtle.

As far as I know, this isn't like the whole CoM fiasco where Squenix kept insisting you could skip the game and not have it affect KH2 terribly much when in reality the game was incredibly important to the event of KH2.

[razorrozar7]

Zack is in it! Although I seem to be in the minority in liking Crisis Core...

[Ouch!]

Crisis Core was the only good game to come out of the FFVII compilation.

I'm going to pick this up as soon as my roommate gets back from class.

[razorrozar7]

Hopefully I'll ne getting BbS later today.

*Goes off to FFVII Compilation forum*

[Depression Moon]

meh it's for PSP. Is there an explanation as to why the guy looks exactly like Roxas/Sora?

[Ouch!]

meh it's for PSP. Is there an explanation as to why the guy looks exactly like Roxas/Sora?

Yes. And it's really not that difficult to figure out if you've been paying attention since KH1.

[Crop]

I think KH would still be one of my favourite series if they had just continued to bring out games for the consoles.

[Del Murder]

I need to remember to get this game.

[Wolf Kanno]

Its been interesting to say the least, the game is alluding towards being very customization friendly, not to mention all three characters offer very different styles of gameplay. So far, one of my favorite additions to combat has been the Shocklock, cause it hits that nice medium of being awesome looking and actually practical at the same time, and its for magic.

In terms of VA work, Ventus is nice by Jesse McCartney usually does a really good job in all his other roles. Aqua sounds nice but she seems to have a minor accent that makes her dialogue come across a little stiff. Terra has the weirdest choice of a VA, its way higher than I thought it would be but it may grow on me.

The board game is an interesting diversion as well as a really creative way to level your abilities. For those who don't know, it plays like Monopoly where you buy squares on the board and place abilities your characters have on them. As you gain points, you can raise the level of the squares so your opponents have to pay even more when thy land on them. The points also go towards real XP for leveling the skills and its a fun way to acquire new skills as well.

My only regret is that I won't be able to put any good time into the game until next week.

[razorrozar7]

I started with Aqua. I like the game so far. I DON'T like the fact that all three of the first worlds are (SPOILER)Princess worlds, but that's probably because I'm a heterosexual male.

[Del Murder]

meh it's for PSP. Is there an explanation as to why the guy looks exactly like Roxas/Sora?

Yes. And it's really not that difficult to figure out if you've been paying attention since KH1.

I haven't figured it out! (no spoilers please) Don't be a know it all.

I just got the game! Just started too. Like, literally only watched the opening scene, which was beautiful. PSP has some great graphical capabilities.