Board 8 > Others have inspired me to continue playing Kingdom Hearts (spoilers)

(+) Yeah! (+)

Riku was also in Castle Oblivion.

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I don't think that matters.

I think KH2 even implies that Riku's memories were affected, even though that's total BS based on 358.

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Well they had them replaced before he woke up.

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Played a lot on Thanksgiving, but didn't play Friday/Saturday/Sunday at all. Picked it back up again this morning, and I've cleared through Olympus and am now at the Disney Castle.

Some thoughts...

-Like in the first game, I'm trying to do every world, even optional ones or branching routes where you only need to complete one world to proceed. I might make an exception if I come across an optional world that's so unbelievably frustrating to me that I'd rather quit the game than continue.
-Some of the Mushu dialogue was awkward for me because I never got his summon in the first game or Re:CoM.
-I'm finding combat to be a little more difficult in this one, not just with bosses but even with common enemies. Lack of lock-on as far as I can tell may attribute to that but also I'm still getting acclimated to the new combat features. But I have gotten the hang of them. I struggled through China and the Beast's Castle and even though Shan Yu and the Castle boss weren't absurdly difficult they were tough battles for me because I felt like I was doing much less damage than I should have been. But Underworld/Olympus went very smoothly for the most part. The sub-bosses were jokes, especially the Organization member with the guitar (I think that's Saix or Demyx?) which felt like a mindless button mash, and Pete was a total pushover. The Hydra wasn't a difficult battle but it was long and convoluted. I was never remotely in danger of losing but I WAS like "Jesus will this thing die already?"
-I'm not sure who I expected Hades' supervillain to be but it definitely wasn't Auron and I REALLY wasn't expecting him to join the party! But I feel like his story got cut short. He just left the party abruptly with little to no explanation of what he was doing in the underworld in the first place, so I hope he returns at some point to tie up those loose ends. Very weird that the Hercules world has been in every game so far and yet Herc himself has never been a party member. He just seems like he's made for that role and yet, nothing.

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Get up on the hydras back!

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Underleveled posted...

Lack of lock-on as far as I can tell

I thought the entire series basically uses the same lock-on system. Maybe the controls are just different?

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Underleveled posted...

I might make an exception if I come across an optional world that's so unbelievably frustrating to me that I'd rather quit the game than continue.

I can guess which one would get closest to this.

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pjbasis posted...

I thought the entire series basically uses the same lock-on system. Maybe the controls are just different?

I can't believe he's made I that far without lock-on lol

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Waluigi1 posted...

I can't believe he's made I that far without lock-on lol

It was R trigger for KH1 and Re:CoM, so when that didn't work (nor did anything else I tried) in KHII I assumed it was removed. It also seems to me that they removed dodge rolling, unless I just don't have that ability yet, but it seems pretty late in the game to still not have something so basic.

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Underleveled posted...

It was R trigger for KH1 and Re:CoM, so when that didn't work (nor did anything else I tried) in KHII I assumed it was removed. It also seems to me that they removed dodge rolling, unless I just don't have that ability yet, but it seems pretty late in the game to still not have something so basic.

You should have paid attention to the tutorial at the beginning, pretty sure it's the fist thing they teach you lol. But yeah dodge roll was originally replaced with the dash thing. But you can get it again with Limit form assuming you're playing Final Mix.

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They definitely didn't mention it in KHII because when it wasn't working I was paying very close attention to see if they said anything about it and they never did.

Glad you think it's funny though.

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If I recall correctly they talk about locking on/off at the very very beginning (once you get control of Roxas) and it prompts you to lock on to a cat, bird or chest. Or something. But I could see it being easy to miss while one is trying to button mash through the do this to walk and look around stuff.

Glad youre back at this TC. You should feel good about getting through the early game, Ive found Beasts Castle tricky at times.

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On the subject of Dodge Rolling, I highly recommend using the forms as much as possible. You need to level them up unlock the movement abilities and some of them are really annoying to do. Just keep in mind that you'll probably get hit with Anti Form as a result.

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Dodge Roll is an optional ability in KH2. You can get it by leveling up Limit Form.

Without going into specifics, some of the things you mentioned in the Olympus section will be addressed later.

Drive Forms are great anyways. Even Anti Form is awesome outside of bosses.

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Getting Anti Form is hype. The animations are super fun.

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Haven't played since my last update. Been very busy and tired, and that will likely be the case for most of December (combined with the fact that I want to finish up GotG for GotM). I might play some of this tonight and/or tomorrow though.

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WHAT THE FUCK is this part where you have to lead Minnie through the audience chamber?

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That was stupider than it needed to be. Those enemies were relentless an difficult to me.

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Literally lead her like 5 feet at a time and then use her triangle attack. Don't bother doing anything but her triangle move

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• These fucking cars

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Okay somehow I unlocked a new form between tries on a battle and then accidentally beasted it?

I have no idea what's going on...

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Just got done with the Platinum trophy in KH2FM tonight. It feels like almost a totally different game once you get all the movement abilities, finishers and Final Form (which I had while doing the chunky post-game fights and collectibles). I preferred KH1's combat over the first 10-15 hours while you're stuck with few moves, and I definitely preferred its maps and level design.

Using drives, limits and summons really does help. Worth experimenting with them. Especially Limit Form for bosses (since you can use it even without Donald/Goofy).

I only learned very late on that you can cycle lock-on targets by holding in R2 (the right trigger) then moving the left analog stick left/right). [What a terrible keybinding for what should be a single buttom press!)]

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Okay so Timeless River happened and now I've reached the Pirates of the Caribbean level. I've been really excited for this one but I've got a busy day tomorrow and I have to get up super early if I want a prayer at getting to the gym first (probably not gonna happen TBQH) and tbqh I'm a little drunk right now. So I'll probably save it for tomorrow night.

Looking at the back of the TSSF box it looks like there's a world based on what I think is Tron in this one, which will make it the first world based on a movie that I haven't seen (I don't think I'd seen Alice in Wonderland when I first played CoM on GBA back in 2004/5 or whenever but I hardly count that).

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So I ended up doing the PotC world this morning and it was really fun! So far I really don't care for Wisdom Form though. Just Valor Form and whatever the Heartless form I turned into at one point in Timeless River was.

But now I can't get past the Gummi Ship level to what I assume is Agrabah. I get to the same enemy every time and lose. Who put these fucking levels in the game. If I wanted to play fucking Star Fox I'd play fucking Star Fox.

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Underleveled posted...

Heartless form I turned into at one point in Timeless River was

Anti-Form, you can't choose it and it happens randomly.

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It was pretty badass.

Also, a friend reminded me that today is Walt Disney's birthday, so I'm glad I got to play some KH.

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Did you get a better premade gummi ship yet, I think you can buy upgraded models from a gummi store somewhere. Either in the gummi menu or hollow bastion or something/

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