And that can get annoying. Especially when you can run out and you have to reload with a timer on it and when you do get the cards reloaded, you have less than you had originally and it gets smaller and smaller the more you reload it. Thankfully it's a little different and better when you're playing as Riku, but yeah, still that is pretty annoying and you really have to think when using the cards. When you're playing as Sora, you can put the cards in yourself but it costs points to put more numbered ones in and the higher the number on it is, the more points it'll cost and you really have to be careful that you're opponent doesn't break the card number you have. But that's really the only flaw I have. Other than that, this game's story is again fantastic and amazingly original. And you really sympathise with a lot of the characters with what they're going through with Sora, Donald and Goofy (and technically Jiminy too) losing their memories, Naminé being forced to do this to them and Riku having to deal with the darkness and Ansem that're trying to get at him. And the graphics are also still amazing. That was something I forgot to mention about the first game, how amazing these graphics are. And, yeah, they absolutely are. Literally the best I've ever seen in a video game, (and I'm sure when Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out, that'll have the best graphics ever.) And the characters themselves are still lovable. Say for that one scene where Sora was being pretty mean to Donald, Goofy and Jiminy. That was a little too mean and too out of character in my opinion. This game also has a totally bitter sweet ending where Sora chooses to forget everything about the castle, including Naminé so he can get his old memoires back. But at least you understand why.
Sunday 5 February 2017
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
Continuing my series of Kingdom Hearts game reviews leading up to 2.8 is Chain of Memories. The game that picked up right where the first one left off. This was first released on the Game Boy in 2004 so this review will be counting the original Game Boy game as well as Re Chain of Memories. And yeah, this game is another great Kingdom Hearts game. Though it's not as good as the first one. But still, it's really great. Well at least the story is anyway. So let's start with that. What's the story? It opens up again with an awesome opening credits sequence.
And then we see Sora, Donald and Goofy resting in a field after chasing Pluto trying to find Riku and King Mickey. They then arrive at a castle called Castle Oblivion. There they meet people in black cloaks and they're starting to lose their memories. They begin to go further into the castle and going through almost every world they were in in Kingdom Hearts 1 in the rooms. And as they're going further, Sora is forgetting about Kairi and remembering fake memories about a girl named Naminé who's actually the one doing this to him. And while that's going on, Riku is also in the castle going further through it too trying to fight the darkness inside him. And the people in black cloaks are trying to use Naminé to turn Sora into their puppet by taking his memories apart so they can overthrow the organisation. There's also another fake Riku attacking Sora saying he's going to protect Naminé but he's just a fake one that Vexen created. And I'm going to stop there. Just like the first game, this game add so many things into it, old and new, and made it incredible. Though, like I said, it's not as good as the first. And the first negative I have with this is the mechanics here. This game requires you to use cards to fights. It can be an attack card or magic or summon or item and that's how you do things in this.
And that can get annoying. Especially when you can run out and you have to reload with a timer on it and when you do get the cards reloaded, you have less than you had originally and it gets smaller and smaller the more you reload it. Thankfully it's a little different and better when you're playing as Riku, but yeah, still that is pretty annoying and you really have to think when using the cards. When you're playing as Sora, you can put the cards in yourself but it costs points to put more numbered ones in and the higher the number on it is, the more points it'll cost and you really have to be careful that you're opponent doesn't break the card number you have. But that's really the only flaw I have. Other than that, this game's story is again fantastic and amazingly original. And you really sympathise with a lot of the characters with what they're going through with Sora, Donald and Goofy (and technically Jiminy too) losing their memories, Naminé being forced to do this to them and Riku having to deal with the darkness and Ansem that're trying to get at him. And the graphics are also still amazing. That was something I forgot to mention about the first game, how amazing these graphics are. And, yeah, they absolutely are. Literally the best I've ever seen in a video game, (and I'm sure when Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out, that'll have the best graphics ever.) And the characters themselves are still lovable. Say for that one scene where Sora was being pretty mean to Donald, Goofy and Jiminy. That was a little too mean and too out of character in my opinion. This game also has a totally bitter sweet ending where Sora chooses to forget everything about the castle, including Naminé so he can get his old memoires back. But at least you understand why.
And I this is the game where I started to love Riku. In the first game I thought he was too mean with turning to the darkness and being a jerk to Sora. I still liked him, especially with the ending where he helps to close the door. But here I absolutely love him like everyone else. And the villains in this are awesome. Marluxia, Vexen, Zexion, Lexaeus. But the best and the most despicable in the whole game is Larxene. She is so despicable with her constantly taunting Sora about Naminé, always teasing him and she even threatens to smash the good luck charm that he thinks Naminé gave to him, but it's really the one Kairi gave him at the end of the first game. She just so horrible and mean 100% of the time and you absolutely hate her. That is fantastic. In the end, this game isn't as good as the first game because of the gameplay and some of the out of character scenes like when Sora yells at Donald and Goofy, but I do still love this game and I think it's fantastic and the journey is still amazing, same with the voice cast, they're of course still amazing. And the bosses, while some are so hard, I'm not kidding, it literally took me almost 5 or so years just to beat Marluxia the first time on the Game Boy. I promise, it was that hard. But still, the bosses are mainly good. And it's a great game again and I love playing it a lot. And that's my review for Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. Thank you all for reading and look forward to the biggest one ever next time, I mean the biggest one ever, Kingdom Hearts 2 is going to be next. That is going to be a fun one to. I can't wait to do it. Again, thanks for reading and please comment to tell me what you think about this.
And that can get annoying. Especially when you can run out and you have to reload with a timer on it and when you do get the cards reloaded, you have less than you had originally and it gets smaller and smaller the more you reload it. Thankfully it's a little different and better when you're playing as Riku, but yeah, still that is pretty annoying and you really have to think when using the cards. When you're playing as Sora, you can put the cards in yourself but it costs points to put more numbered ones in and the higher the number on it is, the more points it'll cost and you really have to be careful that you're opponent doesn't break the card number you have. But that's really the only flaw I have. Other than that, this game's story is again fantastic and amazingly original. And you really sympathise with a lot of the characters with what they're going through with Sora, Donald and Goofy (and technically Jiminy too) losing their memories, Naminé being forced to do this to them and Riku having to deal with the darkness and Ansem that're trying to get at him. And the graphics are also still amazing. That was something I forgot to mention about the first game, how amazing these graphics are. And, yeah, they absolutely are. Literally the best I've ever seen in a video game, (and I'm sure when Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out, that'll have the best graphics ever.) And the characters themselves are still lovable. Say for that one scene where Sora was being pretty mean to Donald, Goofy and Jiminy. That was a little too mean and too out of character in my opinion. This game also has a totally bitter sweet ending where Sora chooses to forget everything about the castle, including Naminé so he can get his old memoires back. But at least you understand why.
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