I get the feeling there's not much Kingdom Hearts love round here, but I love the series I'm afraid, the big kid in me I guess. Anyway, took SquareEnix long enough to get an English version of this out... then they sneak it out the door with bearly any hype. You'd think they'd promote something like this a bit more.
Anyway, this is basically the GBA game, recreated in full proper 3D using the Kingdom Hearts II engine. They've done a pretty cracking job too, it looks and plays just like any other Kingdom Hearts game, battle system aside. I actually found the battle system quite annoying on the GBA (though conceptually a nice idea). I'm finding it easier going this time round though, even though not much has changed.
Anyone who loved the PS2 games but skipped the GBA one should give this a go. I actually consider it kinda essential to have played the GBA game before Kingdom Hearts 2 because you get to know who Organisation 13 and Namine are, and why you should care about them (Namine in particular, from an emotive level). If you've not played it, good time to. For anyone who loved the GBA one, this is a nice revisit, and it's great to have everything looking how it should.
Anyway, this is basically the GBA game, recreated in full proper 3D using the Kingdom Hearts II engine. They've done a pretty cracking job too, it looks and plays just like any other Kingdom Hearts game, battle system aside. I actually found the battle system quite annoying on the GBA (though conceptually a nice idea). I'm finding it easier going this time round though, even though not much has changed.
Anyone who loved the PS2 games but skipped the GBA one should give this a go. I actually consider it kinda essential to have played the GBA game before Kingdom Hearts 2 because you get to know who Organisation 13 and Namine are, and why you should care about them (Namine in particular, from an emotive level). If you've not played it, good time to. For anyone who loved the GBA one, this is a nice revisit, and it's great to have everything looking how it should.
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