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Kingdom Hearts - Re: Coded is out! Dream Drop Distance trailer is in!

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  • PureauthorPureauthor Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Coded has been described as such:

    "You're not playing Kingdom Hearts 1. You're playing a Mickey who is playing Kingdom Hearts 1'.

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  • TeyarTeyar Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Well, given all the updating they've done to the materiel in a lot of places, it makes sense they'd just whole hog re-do 1 at some point.

    Still. Where the hell is 3?

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Teyar wrote: »
    Well, given all the updating they've done to the materiel in a lot of places, it makes sense they'd just whole hog re-do 1 at some point.

    Still. Where the hell is 3?

    They need to finish FFXIII Vs? Agito? One of those, before they start KH3, iirc.

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  • SpeedySwafSpeedySwaf Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Finally beat
    Eraqus
    after dying ten or so times. Generally, I found it useful to use Shotlock during his big attacks, since you'll be invincible and dealing some damage at the same time.

    Going to grind at the Mirage Arena to level up abilities, get new ones and also get the fifth report.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    SpeedySwaf wrote: »
    Finally beat
    Eraqus
    after dying ten or so times. Generally, I found it useful to use Shotlock during his big attacks, since you'll be invincible and dealing some damage at the same time.

    Going to grind at the Mirage Arena to level up abilities, get new ones and also get the fifth report.

    I found the best way to level abilities was to go to Neverland, and inside Skull Rock there'll be a Jellyfish looking Unversed that will split into two smaller copies (up to eight) if you kill it with a keyblade attack.
    Attack with your keyblade until it splits into four, then activate the Stitch d-link and keep attacking until you can use Ohana beat and wipe them all out.

    I could usually max out an entire deck of commands in 10-20 seconds like that.

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  • HallowedFaithHallowedFaith Call me Cloud. Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Has it occured to anyone that this game really doesn't make any fucking sense as it is a combination of Disney and Final Fantasy archtecture and Storylines are only made up by guesswork of your own interpretation?

    Seriously, this game makes NO FUCKING SENSE. However, it is awesome none the less. And I am still pissed that I bought a PSPGo and have to turn around and buy a PSP 3000.

    Amazon says it will be a week before I get KH and Invismals.

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Has it occured to anyone that this game really doesn't make any fucking sense as it is a combination of Disney and Final Fantasy archtecture and Storylines are only made up by guesswork of your own interpretation?

    Seriously, this game makes NO FUCKING SENSE. However, it is awesome none the less. And I am still pissed that I bought a PSPGo and have to turn around and buy a PSP 3000.

    Amazon says it will be a week before I get KH and Invismals.

    What's even more painfull is Gamestop will only give you $50 credit for your PSPgo, but they said they have a good reason for that; No one buys the fucking things.

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  • TeyarTeyar Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    ... They're actually going forward on those other 13 projects? What, did the game do gangbusters over in Japan? I thought it divebombed over here.

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  • HallowedFaithHallowedFaith Call me Cloud. Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    wirehead26 wrote: »
    Has it occured to anyone that this game really doesn't make any fucking sense as it is a combination of Disney and Final Fantasy archtecture and Storylines are only made up by guesswork of your own interpretation?

    Seriously, this game makes NO FUCKING SENSE. However, it is awesome none the less. And I am still pissed that I bought a PSPGo and have to turn around and buy a PSP 3000.

    Amazon says it will be a week before I get KH and Invismals.

    What's even more painfull is Gamestop will only give you $50 credit for your PSPgo, but they said they have a good reason for that; No one buys the fucking things.

    I'm gonna keep mine just because I spent 250 fucking dollars on it. It was an impulse buy because I am deployed and I wanted to play FF7.

    It's actually a neat system, it just needs some love from Sony and the Publishers. Which will never happen. Maybe the Nintendo 3DS will push the focus of handhelds back into the spotlight again and maybe someone will think it's a good idea.

    Sony should work on their online stuff though, seems glitchy, and forces you to wait a long time for the game to install - and if you drop connection during any of the shit you gotta start over... mehh.

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Best thing about the PSPgo was it's 16 gig built-in memory, which I'm sorely missing now with my 3000. I might have to get another 4 gig stick soon.

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  • Transdimensional WhaleTransdimensional Whale Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Wow, it has that much? Man, I can't even use the smallest install with the puny memory stick that came with my launch PSP. I basically have to keep it plugged in to keep a charge, too.

    Edit: Is it just me, or would anyone else like to see a rerelease of the first two PS2 Kingdom Hearts get an HD remake on PS3, like God of War and Ico/Shadow of the Colossus? The Final Mixes.

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  • AstaleAstale Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Teyar wrote: »
    ... They're actually going forward on those other 13 projects? What, did the game do gangbusters over in Japan? I thought it divebombed over here.

    Supposedly it had sales in the same ballpark as XII (so claimed someone in the vg sales thread on the topic, anyways), but this isn't taking into consideration that the development costs for XIII were higher. So, even if you're willing to buy that it did as well as XII (which wasn't an incredible fountain of money itself or anything), you'd have to find out what the budget difference was to even hazard a guess.

    So it's anywhere from 'didn't do well' to 'divebombed' but only Square knows for sure. But even if it was DOA or something, this is Final Fantasy here. Square is gonna keep making them, especially if they've already been planned, regardless of their performance.

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  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    So I bought 358/2 Days and BBS during the Amazon sale the other day. Initial thoughts:

    Days

    Whoever said that Organization XIII was made up of one girl and bunch of guys who look like girls was...exaggerating, actually. I'll go so far as to say that it's really only true for Marluxia.

    Also, apparently you don't need a heart to be a huge jackass, if Zexion and Larxene are anything to go by.

    BBS

    You can tell this one was made more with veterans of the series in mind. I had to D-link to restore Terra's HP a couple times in the first section.

    I like the default camera controls better here; when I go back to days I'll probably try out the L/R control option.

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  • Sangheili91Sangheili91 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I know KH's story is seventeen kinds of screwy, but Re:coded's secret movie, when
    Yen Sid said they'd hold a Mark of Mastery exam for Sora and Riku
    made me go HOLY SHIT THAT'S AWESOME

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  • The AnonymousThe Anonymous Uh, uh, uhhhhhh... Uh, uh.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    What?
    No Mark of Mastery for Kairi? I call sexist on that one.

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  • Sangheili91Sangheili91 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It could of been that she was included too, I donno. Yen Sid just told Mickey to bring Sora and Riku to him, because they were going to have an exam.

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  • Transdimensional WhaleTransdimensional Whale Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Went back and gave the final arena challenge another go, and looks like third time's the charm because I beat it. Who knew that the correct answer was to just bring a bunch of Firagas? And three Curagas, and a Faith, but details.

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  • The AnonymousThe Anonymous Uh, uh, uhhhhhh... Uh, uh.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It could of been that she was included too, I donno. Yen Sid just told Mickey to bring Sora and Riku to him, because they were going to have an exam.
    But she's staying behind. Otherwise she wouldn't have given Sora the Wayfinder...

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  • Sangheili91Sangheili91 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It's been forever since KHII, I don't remember the intricate details about it's story. I wanna play it again, but you know, so much to play...

    Anyway, I finished Aqua's scenario on Critical. Level 37 when I beat the final boss, which might have been overleveled or what, but he was just disgustingly easy. That's 3 out of 3 for me, finally. Now how do you unlock the final scenario again?

    And how the FUCK do you beat Iron Imprisoner III?

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It's been forever since KHII, I don't remember the intricate details about it's story. I wanna play it again, but you know, so much to play...

    Anyway, I finished Aqua's scenario on Critical. Level 37 when I beat the final boss, which might have been overleveled or what, but he was just disgustingly easy. That's 3 out of 3 for me, finally. Now how do you unlock the final scenario again?

    And how the FUCK do you beat Iron Imprisoner III?

    I think you beat all hard bosses with Shotlocks + Way to fill up Shotlocks without dying + Lots of Cures.

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  • DrascinDrascin Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It's been forever since KHII, I don't remember the intricate details about it's story. I wanna play it again, but you know, so much to play...

    Anyway, I finished Aqua's scenario on Critical. Level 37 when I beat the final boss, which might have been overleveled or what, but he was just disgustingly easy. That's 3 out of 3 for me, finally. Now how do you unlock the final scenario again?

    And how the FUCK do you beat Iron Imprisoner III?

    I think you beat all hard bosses with Shotlocks + Way to fill up Shotlocks without dying + Lots of Cures.

    I really should have used Shotlock sometime, but I just never remember it exists until after the fights.

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  • Sangheili91Sangheili91 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Well I went back and got Report 5 from the Arena with Terra and unlocked the final episode. Haven't played it yet tho. Terra is slow as balls but he is strong as hell.

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  • PataPata Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It's been forever since KHII, I don't remember the intricate details about it's story. I wanna play it again, but you know, so much to play...

    Anyway, I finished Aqua's scenario on Critical. Level 37 when I beat the final boss, which might have been overleveled or what, but he was just disgustingly easy. That's 3 out of 3 for me, finally. Now how do you unlock the final scenario again?

    And how the FUCK do you beat Iron Imprisoner III?

    I think you beat all hard bosses with Shotlocks + Way to fill up Shotlocks without dying + Lots of Cures.

    The really hard bosses are immune to Shotlocks. :mrgreen:

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Pata wrote: »
    It's been forever since KHII, I don't remember the intricate details about it's story. I wanna play it again, but you know, so much to play...

    Anyway, I finished Aqua's scenario on Critical. Level 37 when I beat the final boss, which might have been overleveled or what, but he was just disgustingly easy. That's 3 out of 3 for me, finally. Now how do you unlock the final scenario again?

    And how the FUCK do you beat Iron Imprisoner III?

    I think you beat all hard bosses with Shotlocks + Way to fill up Shotlocks without dying + Lots of Cures.

    The really hard bosses are immune to Shotlocks. :mrgreen:

    Guess I haven't fought anything hard yet. Do they just not take damage, or what?

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  • Transdimensional WhaleTransdimensional Whale Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The secret bosses don't take damage. Everyone else (story and arena bosses) do. I've fought the first one, and if you're curious how he works
    He's basically bullshit in every way. Almost all of his attacks involve him teleporting, and he opens up with an attack where he teleports into you, invincible, for like eight times before he lets up and them teleports into you for a normal combo. He also has a shotlock of his own, which is one of the only times you can hit him. Oh, and best of all? If you use a cure command, he heals himself. Every time. He doesn't have a limit. Luckily he only has one bar of health; unfortunately, he also has a ridiculous amount of defense, and can basically two-shot you at best, which means if you go in without Second Chance and Once More on, you're fucked. He's pretty tough.

    By the way, has anyone ranted on how stupid mini-games are in a while? Because screw mini-games. The last race map cheats so much. The closest I came to winning, I was on my last map and I hit the boosters in the final stretch of the short-cut first - and then an AI opponent just fucking flew past me. Who knew the AI had nitro boosts?

    And the rhythm minigame? I hate that more than words can express. The timing for it is awful and having to get a cool/fantastic to unlock the next level of the song, and new songs and rewards just hurts. It's not fun in any way. It doesn't even make sense! Who makes ice cream like that? What kind of idiots are these people?

    And the fruitball court. Fuck you, Pete. Fuck you.

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I never had issues with the rhythm game, but fruitball is awful. Awful awful awful. I don't even know how you play it, my whole strategy was get smaller fruits and just launch them from the air. Big ones seemed worthless because the AI always hits them back.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I wish the worst things imaginable on the people who designed the mini-games in this game.

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  • Transdimensional WhaleTransdimensional Whale Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The best strategy for fruitball is basically "hit things into the air and then back down a lot and hope for the best." The final match is spectacularly awful, though, and ol' Pete will hit back nearly everything you throw at him. The best I've managed is to lose by five to him so far. Not that I've tried much, because any and all of the minigames begin to gnaw at my sanity after a while.

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I don't think any minigame in BBS will match the putridness of the Little Mermaid games in KH2. Especially the first song which nearly caused me to have an aneurysm.

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  • Transdimensional WhaleTransdimensional Whale Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Little Mermaid was terrible, yes, but it was easy as hell. It went by much faster. Though the simple fact that it was so awful makes the inclusion of another rhythm game mind boggling. And now that I think about it, Hundred Acre Woods had some terrible mini-games in the last game, too. I'd really just like them to stop it with those. I don't even play the command board because I like it - after I get what I actually need off of it early on, I just leave it alone.

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Just want to point out that aside from the occasional disagreement about Blitzball and the FF8 card game, this only once again proves my point that every mini-game Square makes is utter shit. They do not make good mini-games and they never will. So don't expect the next game to have any good ones either.

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  • Transdimensional WhaleTransdimensional Whale Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I know. That's what I'm saying, I wish they'd stop with the mini games period. :( Maybe instead of mini games, escort missions and timed missions we can just get more things to hit. I rather enjoy hitting things in these games, you know?

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The next game will have a card game with every KH character so far that is strong and weak to all others and the playing board will be some kind of strange 3D Octagon where cards attack through the other side, but not side by side unless you play a special card. But then the octagon will become a trapezoid and a bunch of cards will be removed and then the strategy completely changes. It will be completely obtuse, impossible to figure out, and Square fans will defend it to the death.

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  • Transdimensional WhaleTransdimensional Whale Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    You will also be required to complete it all to fill out the journal, and several unique items will be gained only through winning the game.

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    "I'm so close to the Ultimate weapon! I just need this one item. Where do I get it...."

    *Minigame/Arena reward*

    "You motherfuckers." ~ Me, for all Square games

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  • Transdimensional WhaleTransdimensional Whale Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    At least the final reward for the arena was good! But... you have to play two of the mini games... and you have to unlock most of them, first outside of the arena... and then, top top it off you have to replay them a bunch of times to grind medals...

    Damn it.

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  • DrascinDrascin Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Gilder wrote: »
    Just want to point out that aside from the occasional disagreement about Blitzball and the FF8 card game, this only once again proves my point that every mini-game Square makes is utter shit. They do not make good mini-games and they never will. So don't expect the next game to have any good ones either.

    Well, there's Chocobo Tales. Some of the minigmes in that were entertaining.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Since we're on the topic, Chocobo Racing in FFX. Never was able to beat it.

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  • PureauthorPureauthor Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I remember replaying that asstastic Chocobo Racing in FFVII because the strategy guide had an error that stated Cloud's Omnislash was one of the random rewards at the race's end.

    Did you know that if you win enough races they reward you with one of every possible reward in the races at a shot? And still no Omnislash.

    Later I went to the Battle Arena, played a couple of rounds, and then proceeded to throw the strategy guide across the room.

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  • Mostlyjoe13Mostlyjoe13 Evil, Evil, Jump for joy! Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Gilder wrote: »
    "I'm so close to the Ultimate weapon! I just need this one item. Where do I get it...."

    *Minigame/Arena reward*

    "You motherfuckers." ~ Me, for all Square games

    Congrats you now have to breed the Limited Edition Golden Lime Chocobo DX 1000. It has 64 family tries and items you have to win in card battles. Good luck!

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