Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix review (Part 3 of 3)

This is the final part of the Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix review. Here, this final part will be about Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Because it has no gameplay, I'm gonna skip the gameplay part since it was ended up a movie.

The Story of 358/2 Days:

Once upon a time in Twilight Town, a young man who was a member of the Org. 13 was named Roxas. In the 7th day, Roxas begins his summer vacation. On the next day, Roxas and another member of the Org. 13 named Axel begins their first helping of the salty-sweet popsicle on the top of the tower. In that day, Xion, a member of the Org. 13 meets up with Roxas. Back at the top of the tower, Her and Roxas are eating their salty-sweet popsicle. In that day, Roxas, Axel and Xion are sitting at the top of the tower, eating the popsicle.

The situation took a turn for the worse when Xion had to turn into Sora. If she didn't, Roxas might die. In the 358th day, Xion kills herself to protect Roxas. And then, Roxas had his tears of joy.

Since this is part 3 of the review, I give Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix a whopping 9.0 for superb.

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix review (Part 2 of 3)

The Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix review continues in part 2. This second part will cover Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories. This is a game that was released for the PS2, which was many years ago. Let's read the second part of the review.

The Story of Chain of Memories:

After a decisive victory over Ansem, Sora, Donald and Goofy walk down the trail to the Castle Oblivion. There, they found a mysterious Nobody. Nobodies are a type of people. A Nobody gives Sora a card. With a card in possession, Sora must face a new challenge and a greater foe. Also, a new objective. The objective was to reach to the top of the castle. A new challenge is to use the power of the cards and a greater foe was located on the top of the castle.

The Gameplay:

The game is completely different than the games of the series. Unlike the other games, you are likely to make a room with a card on each world. On every game, Traverse Town is the first world as a home world. Each card has different colors, red cards for attacking, blue cards for magic and green cards for supportive actions including friend cards during combat. There's also yellow cards that are marked as special. Cards can also open new worlds, like Agrabah, Monstro, Olympus Coliseum, Halloweentown, Wonderland and more. Be sure to look out for enemies that are in the map. If you touch an enemy, the battle begins.

Here in the combat system, you are likely to choose a card to play on. If you choose 3 certain cards, you perform a sleight. Sleights are moves that are better than regular attacks because they are powerful. To perform one, choose 3 cards and press the Triangle button. If you had a summon card, you can call forth friends. Here, a Guard Break! phrase flashes when the card you picked has a lower number than the enemy's card and the friend card has a low number. When leveled up, you can choose what reward you like. Rewards are Max CP, Max HP and learn a new sleight. Plus, unique cards or Premium Cards are found after certain battles won.

Unlike the other games, Chain of Memories has Moogle Points that you can spend on the Moogle Room. If you're fresh out of cards when trying to pick the right cards, press the Up directional pad and hold the X button. The countdown increases upon getting a new deck.

Pros:

+Premium Cards are interesting.

Cons:

-Some enemies are annoying.
-Choosing a right card is really frustrating.

To be continued... 

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix review (Part 1 of 3)

Many years ago, this first game hits the store shelves for the PS2 and this an RPG game has a crossover with Disney and Square for parodic fun. This game is called Kingdom Hearts. It's an RPG crossover where Square and Disney characters join forces and fight evil.

Since Square and Enix combined together to make Square-Enix, the company had a major slump when they did a good job announcing Final Fantasy X-2, an RPG game hits the shelves a long time ago. So what did you think when the now Square-Enix had every piece of information? And how will the Kingdom Hearts universe will have this cool collection? For answers, check out the review.

The Story of Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix:

A young man named Sora is living with his friends Riku and Kairi in the Destiny Island. However, a black substance swallows Sora to the unknown world, which is not just a dream, but it's still a dream. There, he came across 3 weapons sword, shield and rod. He uses one weapon and gives up one weapon. He uses a weapon to fight off the spider-like Heartlesses. Heartlesses are one of the bad creatures that goes after the light of the master.

When Sora encountered a storm outside, the spiders of the Heartless species appear out of nowhere. In the area where Riku was at, Sora earns himself the magic weapon that fends off the darkness, the Keyblade. After that, Sora ends himself up at Traverse Town. It's in the other world and it's a town where the adventure begins at.

In the 3rd District, Sora meets up with Donald and Goofy, Mickey Mouse's friends. For the big adventure, they are one for all and all for one! However, in Hollow Bastion, Riku determined that there will be one Keyblade Master and that is him. The main reason why Donald and Goofy abandoned Sora is because of their mission to keep their eyes out for the Key. However, the situation took a turn for the better when Sora informs that he has a weapon is called a heart and the Keyblade returns to him.

About the Keyholes:

When the Keyholes are opened, the Heartlesses come. The reason why the Keyholes are needed to be sealed was so the Heartlesses will be no more.

The Gameplay:

The gameplay and HUD look the same as the PS2 version, but the graphics are different because when playing in 720p, the texture changed. In 1.5 Remix, the green Triangle button command appears at the top of the command list. It was the same feature from Kingdom Hearts II. Also, new cutscenes, color changes and more are in 1.5 Remix. While outside of battle, the command list turns blue while the command list turns red in combat. It has the same thing from the classic .hack//. Unlike the Final Fantasy series, Kingdom Hearts has a different level up system that can offer you one or two things on every level. You may know that 1.5 Remix didn't have Kingdom Hearts II, but it'll be on 2.5 Remix, which Square Enix has finally announced. If you have a Summon stone, then you are able to summon a character. Each of the Summon stone can be used once on every battle. Some has MP. When it reaches 0, they can be dismissed. You can dismiss a Summon character by selecting Dismiss on the list. You are most likely to play as Sora. If you choose the Attack command many times, you perform a combo. There will be abilities and they can be equipped with the right amount of AP. As the game progress, you learn new Magic and upgrade Magic as well. There will also be some brutal attacks called special attacks and supportive techniques that consume MP. The yellow line on the top part of the MP gauge is Little MP. When it reaches a certain point, you earn 1 MP.

Here, Kingdom Hearts has a Gummi Ship, a flying object that takes them to another world. You can edit your Gummi Ship using the measurements. Stars represent how hard the mission will be. Some blueprints are redesigned while some aren't redesigned.

Pros:

+Same gameplay from the PS2 version.
+Awesome combat experience.
+Making a Gummi Ship is very creative work.
+Gameplay quality from .hack//.

Cons:

-Kingdom Hearts' level up system is tedious.

I can't give it a score yet until part 3 of the Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix review.

To be continued...