gnome_l0rd
2011
2018
2020
2016
2015
2019
Pretty solid game overall, story was hilariously convoluted in trademark KH fashion, but kinda enjoyable with how cheesy it is.
In terms of combat they really tried to scale up everything from 2, with huge mob fights, really big bosses, huge explorable area, and really flashy moves. It's lacking in some challenge even on critical mode, but there are just so many abilities at your disposal, you're intrinsically motivated every fight to use all of your combat tools and look as cool as possible cuz theres just a whole bunch of attacks to use.
In terms of combat they really tried to scale up everything from 2, with huge mob fights, really big bosses, huge explorable area, and really flashy moves. It's lacking in some challenge even on critical mode, but there are just so many abilities at your disposal, you're intrinsically motivated every fight to use all of your combat tools and look as cool as possible cuz theres just a whole bunch of attacks to use.
2018
2004
Very proud to say I got through the game without a walkthrough. Better than the first game in almost every way, really great immersive environmental storytelling. Puzzles are pretty tough to figure out, and they're all interconnected and you gotta pay a lot of attention to every little thing in the game world and write stuff down. Story is very good too, if you played the first game (and if you like reading nearly illegible in-game books). Super cool game - I like
2016
Super awesome game, pretty much what anyone would want from a modern Myst-like game. Environmental storytelling and immersive locales are second only to Riven. Only thing I didn't like is that in the back half of the game a lot of the puzzles are dependent on Loading between different areas/backtracking a lot, and there's a pretty long load screen every time.
2020
2021