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Kingdom Hearts
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Kingdom Hearts is about a boy named Sora who has his life turned upside down when his island is attacked by weird and sometimes cute monsters called the Heartless. He also finds out he can wield the Keyblade, which is like a key and also a blade. There's some other stuff but I don't want to give it all away for those who haven't played. It features both Disney and Final Fantasy characters.



Oh my adventures with the original Kingdom Hearts. I first tried it many years ago because, well FF characters and Disney, am I right? But I was just renting it and barely made it past Destiny Island (like the first scenes beyond that and nothing more) before it needed to be returned. Then I went on to buy and play Kingdom Hearts II, which I absolutely adored, so I figured it was time to give this one a shot again. Luckily sharky owned it! How fortunate! I was so looking forward to visiting new worlds! Load up the game, get ready! Okay, get past this Destiny Island thing again. Man this is longer than I remember. Can I go to other worlds yet? No? Okay play some more. Uh huh. Okay finally. FINALLY it is time to go to new worlds, just beat that first boss and wait what

what

THE GAME IS FROZEN

Start again. And again. Clean the disc. Start again. Cry. THE GAME WILL NOT MOVE PAST THAT SCENE. I CANNOT LEAVE DESTINY ISLAND.

Ugh

Oh look, 1.5 is out and it has the original Kingdom Hearts, let's buy it an try again. Alright, finally.


Well if you think the story gets better there, it doesn't. It took me like 10 years to get past that Destiny Island. I was pumped. I was ready. But I was disappointed. I don't even know why. I just didn't feel the same magic as I did with the second game. I loved exploring new worlds in the second game. The outfit changes to suit the movies they were from, the different command box even. It was all so magical, it was such an experience. This time I just... felt let down. But I honestly couldn't tell you why.


Maybe I'd just lost patience or something. I didn't even make it that far before I just... didn't want to play anymore. But this is all personal taste and I couldn't honestly give you good reasons why I didn't like it as much. So for those of you who are Final Fantasy and Disney fans, this game is worth checking out. There are many worlds to explore, an interesting story, some great scenes that really set the tone, and a likeable, sometimes goofy protagonist. Also Goofy