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    Kingdom Hearts II

    Game » consists of 8 releases. Released Dec 22, 2005

    The third installment in the Kingdom Hearts franchise following after Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, known for its successful combination of Disney and Final Fantasy franchises into a believable plot.

    legend_cloud's Kingdom Hearts II (PlayStation 2) review

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    One of the best RPG's the the PS2.

    Kingdom Hearts 2 is an action role-playing game for the PS2. It was developed and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (which is now Disney Interactive Studios) in 2005. Kingdom Hearts 2 is a sequel to the 2002 Kingdom Hearts which had Disney and Square Enix characters into an action RPG.

    Gameplay:
    The gameplay to Kingdom Hearts 2 is a little similar to the first Kingdom Hearts game. The player controls Sora from a third-person angle, though you can play in fist-person as well. Alot of the gameplay takes place in the interconnected field maps where battles takes place. Like many traditional RPG's, Kingdom Hearts 2 features an experience system which shows character development. As you defeat enemies, you gain experience which culminates in a level up, where Sora and the gang grows stronger and gains the ability to learn new magic and such. Drive Gauge is a new system to Kingdom Hearts 2. Unlike HP and MP, your Drive Gauge will not recharge at a save point. The Drive Gauge has 2 features to it: to transform into "Drive Form" or to summon a special character. Like in the first KH game, Sora can summon a Disney character to help him in battle.


    Setting:
    Each level in Kingdom Hearts 2 is considered as a "world". As in the first KH game, KH2 allows the player to travel to different Disney worlds like Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Mulan etc. Some of the worlds in KH return to KH2, but with different areas to explore.

    Characters:
    The 3 main charcaters in KH2 are Sora, a fifteen year old boy who the keyblade chosen as the master: Donald, the court magician in Disney castles, he is also very powerful in the magic department: and Goofy, the captain of the Disney Castle guard. Both Donal and Goofy were ordered to protect and guard the Keyblade. They started becoming friends with Sora in Kingdom Hearts and they grow strengh from this friendship. Other charcters that are also friends with Sora are Riku and Kairi.

    Storyline:
    Kingdom Hearts 2 starts one year later after Kingdom Hearts Chains of Memory. The 3, Sora, Donald, and Goofy, were asleep for the past year to regain their memories. In the meantime Roxas is trapped in a virtual stimulation of Twilight Town so that Roxas may merge with his original self to restore Sora's power. Sora travels to many DIsney worlds, both new and old to fix the problems caused by Organiztion Xlll.



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      Great follow up to the first, improving upon its original concept 0

      If you haven't gotten this game, get it. Many of the flaws of the old game were fixed and what wasn't broken got a cementing and some new features to further richen the experience. It just feels like this generation's Final Fantasy VII in every way, save graphics and gameplay, the latter being better than the Playstation RPG. One of the most noticeable parts of the game is the gameplay. Like most Square Enix games, you'll embark on a perilous quest to in the end save the world. Along the way re...

      1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

      Kingdom Hearts II was a good follow up. 0

      Don't let my review fool you, I did enjoy Kingdom Hearts II, but there was to much about it that annoyed me. They tried to make the game more complex, in the end it was still a button masher. The story was interesting, but it was completely slowed down by all the side worlds. The game was shorter than the first and not even as fun. I rarely had to use magic and I didn't even use a Summon once. The first game just had more charm overall and better boss battles. ----------Battle System----------...

      1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

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