Okay, I know that Kingom hearts has only been released recently, and some people are stuck at some point early in the game, like say fighting Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie at the same time, so I'll try to make sure that this review doesn't contain any spoilers.
Look: The first Creative Project between Square and Disney. Alot of gamers were worried that Disney would Ruin square and alot of Movie goers think that Square would ruin Disney. Well we can only wait, the upcoming Disney Movies and Square games look pretty good....With the Exception of FFXI of course.
Graphics: The Art of the Characters weren't as scary as the previous art in square games. (I used Maria from Final Fantasy 2j as Meg's face because even square can make a girl look scary) And I love the design of Sora. His spiky hair looks like Cloud's hair, and his oversized shoes are definatly of Disney's Creation. (And my mom thought MY Shoes were big...) As for Disney characters such as Donald and Goofy, they have different clothes. 10/10
Sound: It rocks. Need I say more? 10/10
Gameplay: You have 3 party members (including you), a good plus, but like in Secret of mana, you are responsible for healing them. If you don't heal them, then you'll think the whole reason for the party is so they can be killed, but if you do keep them alive (With the Exception of Goofy at the final Battle where he keeps getting knocked out constantly, even at level 65)then the heartless and bosses are easier. 8/10
Difficulty: Some of the bosses are hard and some are pushovers, Darkside is a pushover, (That boss with the big hands) and Ursala is hard as Sin is if you don't know the trick. 9/10
Controls: You have a lock on to enemies system like on OoT. This is a major plus, but this means that if it splits in 2 you're still locked on to that one ememy. That could get to be a problem, and the controls in Atlantica are....Ugh they're hard. Hopefully you're used to them by the time you fight Ursala, and you have 3 quick spell buttons, and you push them to cast the spell, but if you want to cast a different one, you'll have to change it in like the midst of battle, This could get really annoying, especially if you are fighting Ursala and need to change to another offensive spell so you can damage her, it got really annoying. 8/10
Storyline: Sora is like the Chosen one. (Who would have expected that?) and he has the Keyblades so he can lock the evil in each world and the Heartless know who Sora is and they want to Kill him or Make HIM a heartless so they could take over the world, along with...(Spoilers) *** **** **** **** ***** **** ****** and *** ***** **** is ******, and you have to fight *****. So if I tell you some of that stuff, that will spoil some of the game. it's quite interesting really. 10/10
Lastability: It can be pretty easy if you level up enough and pretty hard if you avoid the heartless. 8/10
Overall: This isn't a game that will stay cheap so get it. If you haven't beaten Final Fantasy 10 yet, beat that first, because the price of Kingom hearts is considerably high right now, so if you beat it, it'll be down a bit. So get it instead of FFXI, but skip it if you still believe that Disney's going to ruin square. 10/10
[ September 28, 2002, 03:59 PM: Message edited by: Zak ]
