Sunday, April 30, 2006

Long KH2-Centric Post; Small Spoilers
Something I've neglected to mention for some time; my friend finished KH2 a couple weeks back and lent me the game.

A few friends of mine advised me not to over-level Sora, as they easily rushed through the game because of it. (And I honestly prefer the difficulty, anyway.) So, I skipped most of Agrabah, which was kind of dull anyway, and went onto the higher leveled worlds. (Funny thing is I never had to make it up; as long as you complete Halloween Town, you can skip Agrabah and the Pride Lands altogether.)

I just finished my third or fourth visit to Hollow Bastion (to those who played the game, it's when there's that massive Heartless/Nobody invasion), and I'm very pleased to say that it's by far the best level in the game so far.

At the start, Sora was 6 levels below the world's battle level (Battle Lvl: 34, Sora: 28), so the first couple battles were VERY challenging for me, particularly Demyx. That bastard beat me around 9 times. I got his attack pattern down relatively quick, but he attacked too quickly for me to heal, even when using the shortcut commands. I'll admit that the fight itself was loads of fun, though the stupid timed clone sequences really pissed me off, especially since they were the cause of about a third of my losses.

Immediately following that battle was a series of Donald-and-Goofyless fights. In each fight, however, one Final Fantasy character (first Yuffie, then Squall, Tifa, and Cloud) would come to your aid, making the fights much easier than they would be even with Donald and Goofy around. As noted above, Cloud appeared during the last fight, and holy crap, HE FOUGHT LIKE A MADMAN. I honestly think Sora could've just stood in the corner the whole time and I still would have won. If only I could permanently trade Donald and Goofy for him, seriously.

A couple cutscenes and a save point later was the final 1000 Heartless battle, which was much easier than it sounds thanks to the special Triangle commands. Though, I kind of wish the fight was more chaotic; it felt more like the Heartless were waiting in line to be destroyed rather than one big free-for-all, though I suppose that's just the DMC fangirl in me talking.

The cutscenes were just as interesting as the fights. First off, Sephiroth appeared, and he messed with Cloud's mind for a while. (Yay!) Also, Squall and Cloud are BEST FRIENDS now. FF fanservice stuff aside, I can now firmly say that the story is much better presented this time around, what with the final boss actually involving himself in the plot. (IMO, he's way cooler than "Ansem" ever was.) And Axel continues to rock my socks off. :)

I'm currently re-visiting Mulan's world (known to some as "China") three levels below the assigned Battle Level, and fighting against another of Organization XIII's members. I'll probably post on this again once I'm finished with the game. :)

EDIT: Changed the music.
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