Just like before the KH HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue compilation will be just short summaries of what I liked and didn't liked of the 2 games here, plus going over the χ Back Cover movie:
Dream Drop Distance HD - Great game with fun mechanics like flowmotion and dream eaters. Story got good before time travel was involved and made no sense at all (gotten better with understanding it now).
But for cons, the drop mechanic felt a little pointless, and annoying in certain fights or bosses. The virtual pet simulation of looking after the dream eaters got very dull after a while. And certain abilities not being shared between both characters kinda sucked like HP boost and magic boost.
χ Back Cover - This movie was a really fun time to watch, especially after finishing Unchained χ for it. Got to gain more insight on the Master of Masters and his plan, the 5 foretellers, and Luxu. I thought that the Master, Aced and Ava were the stronger characters in this story, however Invi and my boy Ephemer had not much to do at all in this movie, which was a bit meh.
0.2 Birth by Sleep - a fun tech demo of what will be KH3's gameplay. Story following on from BBS was great. The gameplay was so much fun, even if it is basic. And the new mechanics were so exciting like the situation commands.
Dream Drop Distance HD - Great game with fun mechanics like flowmotion and dream eaters. Story got good before time travel was involved and made no sense at all (gotten better with understanding it now).
But for cons, the drop mechanic felt a little pointless, and annoying in certain fights or bosses. The virtual pet simulation of looking after the dream eaters got very dull after a while. And certain abilities not being shared between both characters kinda sucked like HP boost and magic boost.
χ Back Cover - This movie was a really fun time to watch, especially after finishing Unchained χ for it. Got to gain more insight on the Master of Masters and his plan, the 5 foretellers, and Luxu. I thought that the Master, Aced and Ava were the stronger characters in this story, however Invi and my boy Ephemer had not much to do at all in this movie, which was a bit meh.
0.2 Birth by Sleep - a fun tech demo of what will be KH3's gameplay. Story following on from BBS was great. The gameplay was so much fun, even if it is basic. And the new mechanics were so exciting like the situation commands.
this review is mostly for DDD because the other two parts of this game were just fine, i'd say. DDD was really fun! the story was neat, gameplay was much like the previous games with some new fun mechanics that clearly made their way into KH3. the new worlds were fun (i was especially happy to see TWEWY :'))
While I enjoyed both games within this collection I do have to say its a bit weaker than the other Kingdom Hearts collections so far. Dream Drop Distance is a controversial game to say the least and 0.2 is about two hours long and I don't feel it justifies the original price too much, but at the same time I got this via the story so far so I don't really mind all that much. Definitely still enjoyed my time with it a lot and I feel like both games in this are underrated to a degree.
8/10
Original Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD review: https://www.backloggd.com/u/ResonanceJay/review/260857/
Original Kingdom hearts 0.2 Fragmentary Passage review: https://www.backloggd.com/u/ResonanceJay/review/260866/
8/10
Original Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD review: https://www.backloggd.com/u/ResonanceJay/review/260857/
Original Kingdom hearts 0.2 Fragmentary Passage review: https://www.backloggd.com/u/ResonanceJay/review/260866/
Yet another Kingdom Hearts compilation title of unbalanced quality. This time, we have the final third of the xehanort saga through a HD remake of Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance, a short tech-demo-esque prologue to Kingdom Hearts 3 in the form of Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth By Sleep A Fragmentary passage, and lastly a cutscenified Kindgom Hearts X back cover. Not very much content compared to the previous 2 compilation titles if you look at things since theres basically one full game whereas the other ones have two, but honestly I'm fine with it, KH3D is fine enough on its own. I think theres a front cover movie to go alongside back cover (which is now a 1 hour cutscene movie instead of the 3 hour 358/2 days and re:coded movies, thank the lord), but only back cover is in the package which makes it feel a little strange and confusing but whatever. I feel like if you are looking at this review you are either confused at the name and don't know where to start (1.5 HD remix is the start point), or you are already too far down the hole for me to stop you from playing this so like yeah
Not quite as good as the 1.5/2.5 bundle, 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue isn't a bad collection but it kinda pales a little compared to said bundle.
I wasn't much of a fan of Dream Drop Distance but it's very nice to see this 3DS game get the big remaster treatment and Square did a solid job of bringing the game over to the consoles.
Birth by Sleep: A Fragmentary Passage acts as essentially a sneaky peek for KHIII and did it's job well and there's also a movie based around the now no longer playable KINGDOM HEARTS Union χ mobile game.
This collection is alright but I'd suggest you get this either via the Story so Far collection or the All in One Package as I don't think it's worth it alone.
I wasn't much of a fan of Dream Drop Distance but it's very nice to see this 3DS game get the big remaster treatment and Square did a solid job of bringing the game over to the consoles.
Birth by Sleep: A Fragmentary Passage acts as essentially a sneaky peek for KHIII and did it's job well and there's also a movie based around the now no longer playable KINGDOM HEARTS Union χ mobile game.
This collection is alright but I'd suggest you get this either via the Story so Far collection or the All in One Package as I don't think it's worth it alone.
-Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep: A Fragmentary Passage-
A real short look at what Aqua has been going through for what. 10 years? Pretty much a tech demo for 3 but hey it's fun.
-Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD-
The Dream Eaters mechanic took a bit of time to get used to, to the point that I can't stand the theme anymore. But the new worlds and overall story is really interesting and as charming as ever.
-Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover-
I never managed to play much of the phone game, but this movie explaining some of the plot was entertaining, wish they would do the rest of the phone games plots.
A real short look at what Aqua has been going through for what. 10 years? Pretty much a tech demo for 3 but hey it's fun.
-Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD-
The Dream Eaters mechanic took a bit of time to get used to, to the point that I can't stand the theme anymore. But the new worlds and overall story is really interesting and as charming as ever.
-Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover-
I never managed to play much of the phone game, but this movie explaining some of the plot was entertaining, wish they would do the rest of the phone games plots.