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Only the first game was good. KH2 had a really bad story, and I feel like it was the start of the shittiest lore in all of gaming. I just don't understand why Nobodies were necessary at all, when they're functionally just another type of heartless. It doesn't even thematically make sense. We know from the title and all, hearts are important to the narrative, and heartlesses are very obviously the bad guys. Nobodies though? I don't get it, like what do they have to do with hearts or kingdoms or disney or even FF? These little things make me feel like the writers just started to do things just for the sake of it.

Meanwhile KH1 feels like a Disney movie. There's a very simple and clear motivation, and there are a lot of complexities that are self-contained (aka going through all the Disney stories under different context). KH2 just lets those complexities just completely take over the story with the whole Org XIII crap shit, and there's no way these guys were ever going to be as interesting or fun as the band of disney villains with Maleficent at the helm. Also the 7 princess collection thing was a simple and easy to understand motif, and it connected why you were going to all of these kingdoms.

Also I just don't consider KH2's supposed improved gameplay to be to its credit. Nearly every game that just builds on top of the previous game tend to have a better combat and other UX things. However, KH2 in general is very reliant on a single button doing different things. I see it for what it is. They generate unique cutscenes and take control away from the player. It doesn't feel like I was adapting to the situation even though logically, it should be.