Best of the series thus far
Back in 2002, a revolutionary video game came out to the Sony Playstation. A game that not many gamers had high expectations for. A game that saw the unlikely combination of Disney and Square Enix. A game that is know one of PS2's top ten selling games ever. This is the games sequel. Kingdom Hearts 2 has certainly lived up to the hype it has been getting as of late. It takes every element from the original game and improves on it two-fold. Though the gaming experience isn't quite as challenging as the original, this game deserves a spot in your most cherished RPG's.
The game play is quite enjoyable this time around. The Camera system has been tweaked and is know better. Many new features has been added to make gameplay smoother. With the reaction commands, you truly feel as if you are Sora in this game. Everything you wished he could do in the past two games he can do now. The Reaction Commands is also a welcome knew feature. Though it adds power to Sora, it's truly a double-edged sword, with the fact that you lose an additional party member. You'll also run the risk of going into anti-form (heartless form), for abusing drive form. Gameplay does suffer however because it's not quite as challenging as the first game. The boss battles can also prove to be fairly challenging this time around, especially the Organization battles. While Proud mode will test your skills, standard is a little to much on the easy side. To those who decide not to master the new system, can also get through by simply button mashing. One of the biggest approvements goes to the gummi ships. What was a waste of a couple of minutes last game is now an enjoyable journey. In the end the gameplay remain a gem.
This game is simply a master piece. Just watching the intro movie has my heart pounding. This games graphics pushes the PS2 to it's limits. At the momment, it's probably the best graphical game on the PS2. The facial expressions of the characters are perfect. The graphics is a true jewel for this game. The voice acting is simply amazing. Majority of the original cast returns to reprise their roles. The voice acting this time around is top notch and the dialouge is more modernize (diffinitely since KH1's dialouge was pretty plain). The dialouge stay true to both the Disney and Final Fantasy characters (Seifer keeps his chickwuss insult). While not all of the voices are to be desired (Aerith's and Rai's), this voice actors did a tremendous job.
The main story will give you around 30 hours of gameplay. Like the original game there are a lot of side quest and minigames to be played. There's a load of mini games this time around, including a more challenging set of tournaments, Gummi ships missions, Struggle battles, and much more. The only hidden boss this time around is Sephiroth. He is a lot more challenging this time around. The mini games this time around are actually enjoyable. There are mini games to be played in the various worlds, such as the magic carpet challenge or the present challenge. With all of this Like the previous their are multiple modes of difficulty, but with standard mode being easy, proud will be the only one to give you a challenge. In the end, you'll have a good 60 hours to look foward to.
What more can I say? After waiting for four years for the title, it gets top honors
