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Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix

Progressed a lot since the last time I posted so here we go.....

Exploring Beast's castle was cool. But that lamp boss was kind of annoying. And the spell hasn't been lifted yet. But that fucking closet man...... And I hated that lamp minigame as well, it was just tedious and annoying

That's another thing, since when the hell did Nomura have time to add so many minigames to pad this game out? I understood it for Hundred Acre wood in the first game since it was very different and also out of the way, but jeez, it's getting to a point.

Speaking of Hundred Acre Wood, I gotta do this shit again? UGH! I don't think I even finished it in the first game because I got bored with it. Poor Pooh and Friends.....

Hercules world was fine. The game did something different by destroying the coliseum and doing all the Underworld stuff. Plus, I got to meet a new final Fantasy character!

The Timeless River world was really cool yet really tedious at the same time. It was cool to see the explanation for why it exists and how different all the characters look. But the annoying minigames being apart of the Pete boss fight got on my nerves quick. Also, is this how Xehanort was able to go back in time and get previous versions of himself in DDD?

I also unlocked Wisdom form and it is really fun to use and feels really different. While Valor form is just the craziness of Kingdom Heart's combos pumped up to 12, I like Wisdom because it gives you some space and gives you a boost in magic, giving you some variety of options in the form rather then satisfyingly pounding the shit out of the X button.

The Pirates World was okay.... and that does not look like Keira Knightly lol. I liked the pirates in the moonlight mechanic, but that shit got really annoying when the moon are was really small or the covered area was really small.
Jack Sparrow sounded... weird. It's not that he's not Johnny Depp, it's just he has this weird accent and sounds like another character that confuses me. Depp's eccentric potrayal is kinda lost here. Which, to me, is the one thing so far that Nomura has let Disney fans down with in trying to be as accurate as possible.

Agrabah is also similar to the Hercules world in that it changed up enough to feel fresh. But it's not that memorable since I am having a hard time remembering it.

Kingdom hearts 358/2 days

Bought this game yesterday and I'm already up to day 75ish. Been skipping almost all of the cutscenes since I'll watch them in 1.5 later. So it's just 4 hours of pure gameplay so far.

Firstly, this game is impressive. The fact that h.a.n.d. shrunk down Kingdom Hearts onto the DS of all consoles is fucking mindblowing. And it doesn't look half bad either. Plus, having organization XIII members in your party is really awesome.

I love the panel system so far. It gives the player a lot of choice in how to upgrade and arm Roxas and keeps giving you reasons to come back and tweak your setup. Although this system does suffer from what I call "Tetris syndrome." Where you have a limited amount of space and you have to move shit around a lot to get the maximum storage.

Although this game does have some simplified mechanics. Limits have gone from being context sensitive to a super move when you're low on health. And MP has been replaced with only being able to use spells a certain amount based on your panels. And with the use of an ether, you can't chose which spell you want to replenish.

But it's been a fun experience so far despite the simplified meachnics. Although I feel kinda overpowered at this point since I've installed all the level up panles I've collected and have a strong Keyblade