How much autism is required to enjoy this?
>haha it's like high budget fanfic this is sillythat's all you need to do.
Your inner child and sense of wonder is needed but you dont seem to have had that anyways so dont play it
You need to take the stick out of your ass first
more like Kingdom Farts
>>738315560The autism didn't start until 2 and all the shit load of spinoffs. The series wasn't planned to be this long and it shows when you get to the games that came out after 1. Better yet, watch the original trailers from 2001. If those trailers didn't at least get you interested then drop the series as a whole.
>>738315560It's just a question of whether you're playing "FF meets Disney" expecting it not to just revel in its own absurdity. As long as you're not going to look at something obviously dumb and go>um this is dumb wtf?you should be fine.
>>738319069t. Didn't play the game
>>738315560The gameplay is good, even if the story is silly. I still like the story because it's nostalgic for me.
>>738315560Enough autism where you can't pick up on the difference between "Telling an actual story" versus "Implying that you're telling a story".If you love the MCU then it's your kind of game. Because all it does is keep the ball rolling with no destination in sight. Same type of narrative as LOST.
>>7383155600 you just need to not be a jaded cynic
>>738315560you need to be autistic to be able to enjoy any square game. niggas on this board will claim ffx is the best game ever made when all it is is a few linear corridors, a bog standard combat system, and a ton of shitty aspergers dialogue.
>>738315560DUOHL WIEHLD levels of autism
>>7383155601st one is mostly autism free
Can we skip to the midpoint of the thread where people stop answering the op and just start their own mini discussions?
>not being a post ironic normalfag is autism
>tutorial fight still has the best sword combat in gaminghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvb1fuY2FqA
Just fix your irony rotted brain and you can enjoy it
>>738315560None, in fact I am pretty sure autists hate this franchise
>>738315560You need to be a child or else you won’t capture the magic
>>738315560None? KH1 is a great fun game that's easy to get into even if the story makes barely any sense. It doesn't take itself too seriously.Even KH2 is similarly enjoyable.It's everything after that requires massive autism, due to the handheld platforms.
I still miss how"heavy" the combat is in this game, I have yet to find something like it
>>738325604yep the battle/physics designer was brilliant although obviously it kinda goes out the window with aerial and extended dbz combos
Watched a platinum speedrun of the first game and all these secrets and unintended combat mechanics are overwhelming rather than interesting. I guess I'll just ignore them and hurry up and beat the game.
>>738323014>counting attacks the fightThe biggest red pill is that Riku is easier to beat than Tidus, Selphie and Wakka together.
I am writing a large essay on Kingdom Hearts.Kinda following the history of the series, how it came about, and some of the behind-the-scenes events that have shaped it. When you line things up there's actually kind of a grim story to be told.Disney is a problem.
>>73832643815 years late there
>>738326365The hardest part about Riku is his arena is very small once you figure out his revenge value and how to dodge it he becomes piss easy as long as you spam aerials.
>>738315560Not much, it's about overcoming fear during your childhood
>>738315560>From KH1 to Birth by Sleep?No much, they're really enjoyable, this coming from someone whom just beat feel years ago and has no nostalgia towards disney or this franchise.>Dream Drop Distance & BeyondUnfiltered garbage.
>>738326438>I am writing a large essay on Kingdom Hearts.>Kinda following the history of the series, how it came about, and some of the behind-the-scenes events that have shaped it.I know at least 5 video essays on YT that have already done this
>>738326501>>738326698Honestly, I'm mostly writing it for my mother's sake. Not sure I'd ever post it anywhere where people would find it. But I doubt anyone's reached the conclusions I've reached. I feel like more people would be talking about the kind of things I've written about if they had.
>>738315560Chain of Memories ruined my appetite for trying out the side games, I might check out Birth by Sleep but everything else? ZZzzzz
>>738327418>I feel like more people would be talking about the kind of things I've written about if they had.I don't think you've spent enough time on the internet or communicating with other people if you think that's true.
>>738327541No one asked
>>738327590This is a video game discussion board
>>738315560Honestly if you want to go deep into the lore it's a cluster fuck of funny lore. But if you just want a brief experience with KH just play 1 and 2 only.
>>738315560KH1? ZeroKH2? Maybe a littleThe rest? Maximum autism
>>738327580Are you afraid of the idea that people might have original thoughts?https://youtu.be/7Aw-XMYBeIQ?si=T4cCo-DqzHLVRJ31
>>738315560it's one of my all time favorites and I still replay it every few years but let's be honest if you didn't play it as a kid you missed the boat
>>738327661So that's why no one is going to discuss what (You) decided you don't want to play. Go be boring somewhere else.
>>738327993*farts*
>738328103A fool!
You don't need autism to play any of the games, but you need it to be able to stand watching the official movie recaps of the games or, lord help me, watching youtubbe compilations of the mobile game events.
>>738327929No just that you think people would be talking about Kingdom Hearts behind-the-scenes stuff to any notable extent. Just being on /v/ should already have clued you in to the degree anyone, even the people who supposedly care about 'video games' actually care about discussing them.
>>738328348You haven't reached the conclusions I've reached.
>Play KH1>watch the cutscenes of Chain of Memories online (it's a dogshit game)>Play KH2, ignore the post credit scene with the message in the bottle.>pretend like everything after doesnt existIn that order
>>738329967>the post credit scene with the message in the bottle.Even that is fine.Protag saving the world and going off on another non-descript adventure instead of just settling down full time is a fine ending.
I'm tired of dogshit opinions chief
>>738330269Such as?
>>738330321See >>738329967
Does the collection on Steam have anything over emulating the PS2 games besides being able to show everyone that I spent 1000 hours on KH
>>738330701Probably the best version of KH2.
>>738330701KH is like the only series where newer rereleases are actually generally better versions.
>>738330701There's a bunch of content released in Japan for PS2 Kingdom Hearts games that isn't in the English versions. You'd only really care about that if you beat one and want more, though.
>>738330701Final Mix 1.5 has HD textures, orchestrated soundtrack, two new abilities (Combo Master, Zero Exp), menuing QoL that makes it more similar to KH2, skippable cutscenes, full camera control, and physics works better at higher frame rates (PS2 emulation gets wonky above 30FPS). It's far more definitive than say FFX HD. I don't see much reason to emulate Final Mix aside from not wanting to buy 1.5 or if you wanna max nostalgiafag on a CRT or something.
I used to be a a KH1 and KH2 only fag. In reality all of the games in the series are above average. Even ReCom. You just have to set up some combos instead of mashing your deck into oblivion like it’s Devil May Cry action combat. Suggestion for DDD is to ignore the pokemon stuff and just catch new monsters when you see one that looks obviously stronger
>>738330701Voiced 2FM cutscenes.
Play it in JAPANESE
>>738315560you had to have a disney cartoon childhood to even care about 80% of the game so 3000% autism by now maybe even dementia
>>738331757Yea this. They're all great games as far as gameplay goes. Story also doesn't really get all that convoluted until BBS.
>>738332876>cricket taking 15 minutes to write in japanese what could have been written in 5 minutes or lessthis is just torturing him or maybe that's your goal all along
>>738315560Youre not mature or intelligent enough to appreciate a good game like KH. Stick to capeshit and Reddit Evil
>>738330701the HD versions of Kingdom Hearts are superior better than the PS2 versions
>>738329967>>watch the cutscenes of Chain of Memories online (it's a dogshit game)I thought it was perfectly fine (the GBA game). Kept me entertained through a summer 20 years ago.
>>738315560The autism is more bearable if you play it in Japanese undub, same as with Sonic.Unlike Sonic though, there's sadly no retranslation mods nor patches.
>>738330701KH is the only franchise I've seen where the rerelease is genuinely superior over the original. And it's actually quite shocking to know that the original source code was lost but they somehow still made a faithful 1:1 rerelease.
hold me
>>738330701>>738331136there is a small argument for emulating base kh1 instead of final mix tough it has much better color palette for the enemies and the synthesis system is less grindy, it's exchange you give up a superboss, one special gimmick enemy in each world a few keyblades and probably more I'm forgetting, imo final mix/1.5 is the better choice but it's not as clear cut as kh2 where there is 0 reason to play the original version
>>738336196like the very first mod to come out for the port, on the day the game released, was a mod to undo final mix textures.
I remember I tried playing Kingdom Hearts like 20 years ago but got stuck on the tutorial island because I couldn't find enough mushrooms
>>738337274God damn anon, they let you out of the house on your own?
>>738315560None really, normies even love this game.
>>738336196Some abilities on top of that, most notably many combo finishers and modifiers like slapshot, the slide
