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Com a adição de novos mundos o jogo só se aprimorou do primeiro, o único problema é que pra um não falante de inglês na época em que joguei, ficava difícil entender uma história que por si só já é complicada. É lindo, trilha sonora perfeita e assim como o primeiro, mora no meu coração.

In the gameplay aspect, there's no denying that Kingdom Hearts II is a huge improvement compared to the first one. It also maintains a lot of the characteristics that made Kingdom Hearts a dearly beloved title.

Kinda forgot to review this game because I've been mostly playing it on the side and also wanted to review it once I beat Lingering Will but then I somehow forgot to save the game after finishing the Mushroom XIII and beating Sephiroth and haven't booted it up again since so i guess I should get to that now.

Reviewing Kingdom Hearts II after playing it feels strange because I watched a playthrough of this game in I think 2017 and my opinion hasn't changed much since. Despite only having watched playthroughs of (now most of) the Kingdom Hearts series, I love it enough that I purchased the all in one bundle (which isn't all in one) so my gf could play it and I could rewatch it with a new perspective essentially.
Among this series I love, Kingdom Hearts II stands out not just because people generally agree that it has the best story, people also generally agree that it has the best gameplay.
And after playing it myself I certainly agree with the last point! My only real complaint is that the difficulty curve is kinda fucked. I was playing on Critical and still I barely struggled for most of the main story (with Roxas, Demyx, and Xaldin as three big exceptions) and then as soon as you start doing postgame stuff the difficulty shoots up exponentially. i wish there was more content that was between Roxas and Sephiroth, and even more content between Sephiroth and the Data Organization battles.
Other than that, the battle system is really great, its fusion of action and menu-based combat works perfectly and I love the build variety. It is wild to me that Square Enix keeps failing to reinvent the wheel when it comes to action rpg combat when they already nailed it in 2005.

I feel like I should also say something about the story but I'm not sure I have much to say. It's a good story despite (or maybe because of) being 90% filler, I wish it didn't hate women so much, and its neither as simple nor as complex as some people claim it is.

per me il migliore della saga e chi dice il contrario è un perusi

If gaming was sex this would be it


This is a VAST improvement over the original game. I actually like this one.

The charm of the first game is lost somewhat as the story travels further and further up it's own arse, but hitting things with a big key is fun I guess.

The DLC/Final mix content in this game carries.
When people say they love the combat system, they really mean the final mix content and not the gold coin treasure chest boss.

First 40ish hours are pretty okay, the level design is a huge step down from kh1, gummi ship a huge step up, combat system is "more advanced" but you wont be using most of it for a very long time.

Sistema de combate perfeito. Muito a frente do seu tempo.

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kino roxas
kino sora
Kingdom Hearts 2 was kind of the crossroad of the whole series. It's the rising action

Only tried few times the PS2 version and feels nostalgic. I did felt a little those 30fps (to be fair also the PS3 HD Remix run at 30, but it was HD and widescreen), but it's understandable.