Since I can't play Final Fantasy XIV (sad face... really sad face...) I will talk about a little bit of my recent gaming accomplishments, or simply, my recent Kingdom Hearts accomplishments since the games I've played recently are Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep.
These two games, I give you one two words! Awesome, Beautiful, Epic. (Here you'll see Roxas or Zack or whoever encounters Phil counting...) lol (my failed attempt at an inside joke...)
I have finished both games almost 100%. Just need to kill Mysterious Figure, collect a few more items for Birth By Sleep, and do some challenge missions for 358/2 (the latter which is unlikely unfortunately...) And for the next post or two, I will talking about my experiences with these games.
Firstly I'll talk about 358/2 Days. This game... it is something that you should not miss if you are a Kingdom Hearts fan! Wow! The battle system is fun and engaging with up to 19 playable characters in mission mode, the character development system is deep with lots and lots of possibilities. The graphics on the game is of great quality for a NDS game, and the mission styled progression system is fun, but it does get repetitive after some time, but it's not necessary to do them all so it's up to you if you want to complete the game fully. You might be wondering why I haven't talked about the story yet, even though that I am more of a storyline person. Well, the reason it is because... the story is the best of the game and it is sooooo good.The story was so epic, with morales and a lot of touches of sadess and sorrow (hence my favourite original music from this game is called 'Musique Pour la Tristesse de Xion' or Sadness and Sorrows of Xion).
a little (major) spoiler alert here
Xion, a new character that is introduced in this game, yet you should be very familliar if you know the Kingdom Hearts character Sora, Riku and Kairi. Roxas, Axel and Xion. Any resemblance? But! it's not as obvious as you may think! Xion is actually a part of Sora, and if Roxas is Sora's Nobody, then what is Xion?! A created replica of Roxas, who eventually develop a 'Heart' for herself. This is something that a 'heartless' can't do, but obviously they are Sora's (hence why she can wield the Keyblade as well). She then discovers the truth of where the flashbacks and memories comes from, then she began to think and develop 'feelings' that she should give these back to Roxas and finally Sora. The consequence is obviously that she has to sacrifice herself. For me, the story was developed so well within the game, in the end, even though you know it is going to be something similar, when you actually see and hear the dialog, it is really heart breaking and I had tear drops in my eyes almost wanting to escape while I was watching the scenes towards the end of the game. I have to say the story is one of the best in the series, definately one of the saddest Kingdom Hearts story line. end or spoiler
For those who haven't played the game, you must play at least for the storyline. It's something that shouldn't be missed if you like Kingdom Hearts. In the next post, I will be talking about Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep.
For this week's poll, I'll be posting something KH related! Who is your Favourite Kingdom Hearts Character?! Main Characters only however, and does not contain any Disney characters unfortunately... (Sorry Mickey!)
Poll closes 3 October.
