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Perhaps.
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I totally contacted Square Enix PR and they straight up told me that they don't ever give out review copies. I feel hornswaggled.
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It's fan service to the highest degree. I'm okay with that. I don't gets no fan service reading Vonnegut or Chaucer. There's also a lack of zippers in most commendable literature.
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I enjoy a good book as much as the next person, but I don't need every story I read to be as mature and complex as Dune.
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These stream of Kingdom Heart prequels are getting a little tiresome.
You know I wouldn't be surprised if they made a prequel to King Ansem or something :/
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The only other KH game coming out in the near future is Birth By Sleep. That's a grand total of two games. While making an entire game about Roxas' time in the Organization might be a bit redundant, I hardly care because it was done well and made a lot of things very clear. Birth by Sleep is shaping up to be an amazing title, and I sure wouldn't mind some new characters. There's a lot to work with in the Kingdom Hearts mythos, and I'm fully confident it will have a great story. Besides, starting from the beginning ensures that it will be a lot less convoluted than a Sora/Riku/Kairi sequel would be.
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Let's not forget that Chain of Memories introduced Organization XIII, Castle Oblivion, Twilight Town, Namine, DiZ, and a number or other aspects that were fleshed out in the PS2 follow up.
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So did I Mr. Fahey...so did I...at least you did better then me, I cried in the opening title screen.
Not the opening FMV...the MENU!
Well, it's good to see that this game while not perfect was still a good jaunt. Now Mr. Fahey, without spoiling anything, do you think that this game adds some light for the upcoming Birth By Sleep game?
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Thanks for the replies, so there's a teeny weeny bit of BbS in this game..well, then my interest has piqued a bit. I'm really looking forward to BbS more but it's nice to know I really don't have to get this game in order to know what's going on in the next installment.
Thanks!
10/09/09
Nope.
Ven shows up briefly, there's some more talk of the Organization members' lives before they were nobodies, more information about the chambers of sleep, awakening, etc., hints about Roxas and Sora's connection to Ven, and some other more spoilerific stuff.
10/09/09
I also went WTF when they tried to pull heartstrings with Goofy getting hit by a rock. Goofy can't die. He is Goofy. He's a klutz and blows up all the time. Stupid idea. I thought it was poorly written in comparison to the first one, and needed an editor.
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Also, this game HAS made me very interested in sea-salt ice cream. I wonder if it really exists...
10/09/09
Fortunately, I remembered finding this a little while ago: [kitsue43.deviantart.com]
Planning to make some myself soon. Seems like it'd taste like salt water taffee.
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KH2 already fit SO much story into the cracks of KH1 that I'm kind of scared of what this game forces in there.
Agree? Disagree? As of right now, I'm skipping this one until I find myself in a game lull (so....fall 2010?)
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Its not so much the AMOUNT of story as it is the necessity. The Nobodies being created when someone becomes a Heartless was kinda cool, but definitely pushes the limits of the kind of thing I'm talking about (something not even hinted at in the first game) I'm just scared of what will happen to the plot if they continue down that road.
Fahey's review kind of negates RPGamer's review for me, so maybe I'll check it out sooner rather than later.
Final question: overwhelming amount of the word dark and heart?
10/09/09
Needless to say, if you played KH2, you already have a pretty good idea of what's going to happen.
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Edit: I appreciate the heads-up guys. Completely had the wrong idea about this game, it seems.
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Honestly I know know how....it was fairly simple for me, especially if you played the original VII then you pretty much know how the ends going to play out.
The only people that mattered are the cannon characters....everyone else was just static. Pretty static...but just static.
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But I've never had a problem with the camera.
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I too was upset at the reuse of Passion. I LOVE the song, but I felt kind of cheated that they couldn't write a new one for a new game.
The characters are great. It's fun getting to see how the Organization interacts. And more Axel is always a good thing.
Although.... My experience with Mission mode has convinced me that about half the members are totally useless. Some of them (Axel, Xemnas, Saix) are pretty sweet. Some of them are nearly unusable.
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I'm pretty psyched though, I've been looking forward to BBS ever since the secret trailer for it at the end of KH2. It's about time we get some new characters.
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