One of the best KH games in my opinion at least in concept. The promises this game makes are a bit taller than it can commit to. Characters in a complex story end up a little flatter then they should be. QoL changes don't quite fix all the issues playing this game can have and Fruitball is a barren hellscape of hate. This game still delivers on a lot, the gameplay feels different than main line games in a way the game takes advantage of very well. the 3 storylines have surprisingly little retreading so it really feels like the 3 work together to make a whole experience. On that, this game is maybe the only KH game to make its cast each feel unique and fleshed out in their playstyles. A lot of the periphery stuff that doesn't quite work here feels like heavy inspiration to a lot of the extra content in KH3 and while it often feels unrefined here there are gems (mainly the command board).

I REALLY like this style of gameplay, it's SO FUN to build your deck and explore the combinations of the Command Styles. During my entire run of the very first route I was giving the game a solid 9/10, maybe even a 10, but... theeeen the others came. It's SO tiring to play the "same" thing three times in a roll. By the middle of my 2nd run I was beginning to feel burned out, but I finished it. And then became the 3rd run... Turns out I finished the 1st route in 3 days, and the 3rd took me over TWO MONHTS to have the enthusiasm to finish. I couldn't take it anymore, it's so boring to go through the "same events" again and again.
So that kinda ruined my experience a bit. But in the end it's still a great game, despite some really odd dialogue lines and very dumb actions done by the characters lol.

Now for some more specific "route rating": I played in this order because the first two characters looked more intersting to play with: Aqua -> Ven -> Terra (in the end I realized this was probably a mistake but whatever, Aqua rules)

Putting that aside: my first impression playing with Aqua was like: "I can play this all day, this is AMAZING"; and it actually was. Her route is my favorite; her Commands; her Styles; everything is PERFECT.

Ven's route is nice too, but he's less exciting than Aqua as a character IMO and his Commands/Styles are more boring overall. ALTHOUGH his route's got some AWESOME moments, like >that< scene in Radiant Garden... oh that's amazing.

And now listen, this is probably a hot take, but... Terra SUCKS ASS, I fucking hate this character. He is SO DUMB and the gameplay with him is SO BORING, he takes too long to unlock good Command Styles, which makes his route REALLY boring until you reach like 70% of progression. He's so fucking slow and clunky at combat; his Commands are trash AND he's dumb and plain. His storyline is so stupid, the game doesn't make very clear what's on his mind and why he does such dumb actions, just to regret everything at the ending (oh what a surprise). You can predict what's gonna happen in his story from miles away.

Not the biggest fan of this game. The combat is poorly designed, lacking any of the polish previous games in the series had. I understand it's a different battle style, but the basic attacks feel like garbage, and enemies often hit you out of your attacks, even the super flashy high-level ones. It ended up making it feel like a lot of the grinding I did to get stronger was pointless. The story was okay though, I liked the premise and characters enough to get me through this game. The cracks in the design truly start to show once you go to beat it with all 3 characters.

My KH road blocks are:
-most of the data Organization battles/Lingering Will in II
-the Vexen fights near the end of Re:CoM
-my DS crashing anytime I try to play 358/2 days

But you know what? I FINALLY BEAT THE ICE CREAM MINIGAME IN VEN’S CAMPAIGN AND BEAT THE REST OF BBS BABY

IT ONLY TOOK TWO YEARS BUT I DID IT

DONALD’S NEPHEWS CAN SUCK IT

UNA AGRADABLE PRECUELA

Aparentemente este era el siguiente capítulo importante de la saga, pero nos acabaron revelando como una precuela que, pese a su importancia argumental dentro de la saga, acabó en un sistema portátil a pesar de tener todos los elementos para llamarse Kingdom Hearts 0 y aparecer en un sistema de sobremesa.

Independientemente de eso, argumentalmente cumple su parte de revelar algunos de los puntos que marcaron la historia de la saga tal y como la conocemos con unos personajes interesantes, incluyendo al probablemente único buen personaje femenino de la saga y de los mejores de esta.

Jugablemente mantiene su estilo Action RPG, algo más tosco y simplificado que en sus entregas de sobremesa pero compensado con un nuevo sistema de enlace de comandos donde tendremos que masterizar habilidades y combinarlas para crear otras más poderosas.

Una más que memorable aventura que aún mantenía un pico de calidad aceptable dentro de la saga, y a mi juicio el último buen Kingdom Hearts.

I completed 2 routes and stopped halfway through the third. The game is pretty fun when experimenting with command decks and becoming completely overpowered, but three times is just too much.

Additionally there are too many things I didn't like about this game.
One being the worlds feeling so empty. I just personally have trouble immersing myself into a world that is inhabited by 4 people and it ruins the experience for me :c

Then we have the story and dialogue. It's Kingdom Hearts, so I'm used to cheesyness, but this takes the cheesecake so far. And it's not made better by the voice acting being really meh. It's not the worst you've ever heard, but it's far from good.

This game made me finally question, why I am even playing through all the Kingdom Hearts games in the first place, since they are really mediocre in my honest opinion (except for maybee KH2, that one has banger gameplay). But that didn't stop me from playing through all of Yakuza, so I will see this to the end as well x3

♦ Jogo lindo e muito divertido! Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep é um jogo que marcou muito minha infância e só agora, depois de alguns anos, tomei coragem para platina-lo.

• A gameplay é muito boa! O que o torna único, é o sistema de comandos, onde você precisa "fundir" os comandos para criar novas golpes, magias e ações. Além das diferenças na jogabilidade, cada personagem possui comandos exclusivos.

• O jogo apresenta desafios interessantes! O modo arena e as batalhas dos chefes extras são simplesmente sensacionais. O confronto é diferente com cada personagem e sempre é mais difícil com o Terra por ser o mais lento do grupo.
↳ O Mysterious Figure foi um inferno de enfrentar com o Terra. Como ele é lento, o boss o acerta facilmente e não para de bater, além disso existem alguns combos que simplesmente não dá para desviar direito com o Terra... Triste, mas foi uma sensação muito boa ao vence-lo.

• Eu de coração amo muito esse jogo, mas preciso destacar alguns defeitos:

• Para platinar, é necessário completar o jornal, que seria uma lista de coisas para fazer e coletar, 3 vezes (um jornal para cada personagem). Completar o primeiro jornal é divertido mas ter que refazer tudo mais duas vezes é um saco.

• Apesar da grande variedade de comandos, a maioria deles não são muito eficientes, especialmente contra os chefes extras. Já por um outro lado, alguns golpes são bem OP e de certa forma obrigatórios para derrotar alguns chefes. Alguns desses golpes são: Thunder Surge, Fire Surge e qualquer golpe Mine, como o Mine Square.
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Conclusão: No geral, eu amei minha experiência com esse jogo e futuramente pretendo revisita-lo para rever a história que é contada.

I want to like this game for its story and characters But

Having to replay the whole thing TWICE just to unlock the final episode was actual torture. All the worlds are so empty and boring, there's no reason to have you visit them as each character. Never Land was specially bad.

It doesn't help that the combat system is so awful. You can barely stagger bosses, which makes half of the commands you get useless. All the major fights play out the same way: You spam dodge while you wait for the enemy to stand still so you can use the one or two actually useful moves you have. Or just shotlock to win. Not a single boss fight in this game was actually fun. Maybe it's because I was playing on proud mode, but I don't care enough to try any of the other difficulties.

Also, why can't you see what commands you're crafting? Why do you even have to level up abilities? Why are half of the items you find in chests useless?

I would unironically rather play the command board mini game than the main story to be h