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[Kingdom Hearts] Melody of Melancholy

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    StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
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    Moth 13 wrote: »
    i'm playing through this whole series for the first time and i haven't gotten to DDD or 3 yet but so far coded has the best story and it's not close

    This may be the most blazing hot KH take I've seen and I cannot wait for the article you write about it.

    Luke is literally the only person I have ever heard say that Coded has the best story, so I'm fascinated to see how the hell that math works.

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    Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    I will say this for Coded, it has the best depiction of "My friends are my power!" in the franchise.
    That whole section in Hollow Bastion where Data Sora loses the keyblade, Donald and Goofy come to help him out, and all the commands in your command deck are replaced by Donald and Goofy's moves is sooooo good.

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
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    Moth 13 wrote: »
    I will say this for Coded, it has the best depiction of "My friends are my power!" in the franchise.
    That whole section in Hollow Bastion where Data Sora loses the keyblade, Donald and Goofy come to help him out, and all the commands in your command deck are replaced by Donald and Goofy's moves is sooooo good.

    I only watched the cutscenes on 2.5 but that sounds pretty great

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited March 2019
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    Best strategy for boss fights with Riku in CoM:

    -Wait for them to play a card
    -match their card to start a duel (or zero them out if they're doing a combo)
    -mash the crap outta the x button

    Duels give you a time limit for how long you have to beat the other person a certain number of times. Thing is, there's no penalty for throwing out a low card. Mashing x to just throw your whole deck at them is way faster and more reliable than actually hunting for the right cards. You even have time to reload your deck and it's not a problem.

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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Just need

    All synthesis
    All treasures
    All game records
    And
    12,000,000 on Verum Rex


    Then


    Platinum

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    LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    I am now in KHII and it is WEIRD how much more polished this game feels.

    Lanz on
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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Platinum.

    Never touching this game again

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
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    Ey kingdom hearts people

    Does KHUX regularly release new story content? I get the sense that it does

    Im tryin to play through it before starting 3, but I don't wanna play stuff that came out AFTER 3 by mistake. Could anyone tell me what chapter I should stop at? I know I need to play to at least 350 (I'm at 200 now)

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
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    I get the impression there's about a paragraph of new story once every 3 months

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    masterofmetroidmasterofmetroid Have you ever looked at a world and seen it as a kind of challenge?Registered User regular
    I thiiiiiiink the last story update was pre-3?

    There’s no spoilers involved yet anyway

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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
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    There's 1 post-3 update, or it was released parallel, or something

    There are no spoilers for KH3, but there's a thing in the most recent update of KHUX that illuminates someting in KH3. All that will happen is instead of playing KH3 and then KHUX and going 'huh, okay' you'll do it in the opposite order.

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    NiryaNirya Registered User regular
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    Japan has some things that have started to fill in the gaps from KH3, but I think the US one is like 6 months behind so you’d be fine.

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    WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
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    Everglow is your friend for Union cross stuff

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    ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    Hey, so it looks like Kingdom Hearts The Story So Far for the PS4 is $36 on Amazon.

    I have $50 worth of Amazon giftcards.

    Do you imagine it'll continue to drop in the coming months or spike back up?

    I'm just trying to gauge this as I'd like to finally dip my toe into the KH pond.

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    DoodmannDoodmann Registered User regular
    I'm on episode 3 of Lore Reasons.

    I still don't know what is happening.
    I kind of wish they had done it in release order.
    I have a big crush on Natalie.

    Whippy wrote: »
    nope nope nope nope abort abort talk about anime
    I like to ART
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    ani_game_bumani_game_bum Optimistic, Rule-Breaking Nice Guy The Final World/DestinationRegistered User regular
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    Hey everyone,

    After two months of off-and-on playing/side questing/getting my family up to speed with the overall story I finished Kingdom Hearts III late last night.

    I'm posting from page 58 where I stopped checking the thread in late January so I'm excited to see what everyone has to say (retro Agrees/Awesomes inbound!).

    Quick reaction: I will say that this game is an absolute blast to play and, IMO, delivered in several ways but I am still processing the story and sooo tired right now.

    Going to take a short break from playing it but cannot wait to come back and finish some more side quest/achievement stuff (I say I roughly completed 70% of the game on Proud; secret video unlocked but no post game stuff yet).

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    NiryaNirya Registered User regular
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    So Everglow translated the latest set of KHUx events and uhhhhhhhhhh
    So Brain looks a lot better here, as he seems to have figured out that KHUx takes place in a data world and that there has to be a way back to the real world. But there’s also another, “future” world connected to it that doesn’t have a data counterpart, so he sends the player character and Ephemer to go check it out.

    AND THEN THE STORY BIT FOR THE MONTH JUST ENDS WITH YOU DISCOVERING A WRECK-IT RALPH WORLD WHAT THE FUCK NOMURA!

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    StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    edited April 2019
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    Nirya wrote: »
    So Everglow translated the latest set of KHUx events and uhhhhhhhhhh
    So Brain looks a lot better here, as he seems to have figured out that KHUx takes place in a data world and that there has to be a way back to the real world. But there’s also another, “future” world connected to it that doesn’t have a data counterpart, so he sends the player character and Ephemer to go check it out.

    AND THEN THE STORY BIT FOR THE MONTH JUST ENDS WITH YOU DISCOVERING A WRECK-IT RALPH WORLD WHAT THE FUCK NOMURA!

    Interesting.
    That actually soft-confirms Brain as the imposter, because (KH3 spoilers)
    One of the secret reports written by Luxu states the “virus” is the one that comes up with a plan to world hop again.

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    turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    Ya think the secret episode will be about the secret ending?

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    DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
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    Bonus scenarios would give me a reason to play through Critical Mode.

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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
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    What does 'scenario' mean exactly in the context of Kingdom Hearts?

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    PeasPeas Registered User regular
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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
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    Very excited at apparently having more playable Aqua and Roxas

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    EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    I wonder what's up with that scene of Young Xehanort. He ain't got the telltale golden eyes of Darkness, and the dialogue makes me think they may be gearing up to reveal that he intentionally became who he ended up being in service of some greater goal than what his older self was aiming for.

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
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    I love that dumb fan acronyms mean the #1 question Kingdom Hearts people are asking now is "but who is mom??"

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    turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    Dang, winter? Hope that thing is beefy.
    cause those sure looked like just playing the vs.Org13 fights from near the end of the game as the people Sora was helping.

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
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    turtleant wrote: »
    Dang, winter? Hope that thing is beefy.
    cause those sure looked like just playing the vs.Org13 fights from near the end of the game as the people Sora was helping.

    i could easily imagine that it's pretty slight gameplay wise but has some cutscenes that flesh some things out more and maybe tease where kingdom heart's gonna go next (because the odds of it actually following up on the secret ending right away seem low)

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
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    god dammit i have opinions about kingdom hearts now

    what happened to me

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    BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
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    got norted

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    ZandraconZandracon Registered User regular
    edited June 2019
    ahaha, this forbidden knowledge is too much for me. (the thread goes on to give evidence for this theory, gonna be amazed if he's somehow the KHX protag specifically because of what they mention)

    Zandracon on
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    ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    i have never played nor even watched footage of any previous kingdom hearts game. But i love Disney stuff and I’m in the mood for some hack and slash so I bought this on sale. Excited for the craziness, I’m going to approach it the same way I do metal gear, not really pay attention to the details but enjoy the overall impression and enthusiasm of the story

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    turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    turtleant wrote: »
    Dang, winter? Hope that thing is beefy.
    cause those sure looked like just playing the vs.Org13 fights from near the end of the game as the people Sora was helping.

    i could easily imagine that it's pretty slight gameplay wise but has some cutscenes that flesh some things out more and maybe tease where kingdom heart's gonna go next (because the odds of it actually following up on the secret ending right away seem low)

    I suppose, but its gonna have to have some chunky gameplay to get me to buy it.

    I ain't spending $20ish on a bunch of cutscenes.

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    EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Pretty sure that Luxord’s name was chosens to reference a famous casino.

    And that if a “playing games” pun is intended, it’s right there in his whole card ting, not hidden.

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    ani_game_bumani_game_bum Optimistic, Rule-Breaking Nice Guy The Final World/DestinationRegistered User regular
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    Kind of old news but wanted to share that I spotted a few of those PSA Kindness is Key billboard ads that has Sora and some KH3 scenes over the last few weeks (spoilered for big):
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    Nothing terribly fancy (and my phone camera doesn't do it justice) but always get a big smile whenever I see one driving around town.

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
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    We’re gonna find out that Luxord’s real name was “ludonarrative dissonance” and he’s gonna lecture Sora about how violent he is

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    EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    “You literally sicced demons on a city full of non-combatants.”

    “Don’t change the subject.”

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