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Rating Reviewed By CheatZFrom California Review Date 07/31/2003 Overall Rating  5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 4.67 of 5, 12 votes Rate this review? Summary This game is GOD!!!I had to say that cause really it is! It's not every day you see a Squaresoft/Disney game! And it's not every day when you see Donald summon magic to incenerate villains or Goofy Charge at an enemy striking him, or that they're led by a boy who fights with a key! Yes this game is totally the best game I've played(except GTA Vice city) The game's story is about a boy named Sora who lives on an island with his friends Riku(sounds familiar?)his best friend but nagging rival, and his girlfriend, Kira. They have lived on an island called Destiny Islands and long to visit many worlds, and begin a plan to leave. However their plan is cut short by the invasion of demons called the Heartless. Sora escapes as his Island Vanishes under the darkness also aqquiring a mythical weapon called the KeyBlade.MeanWhile King Mikey has a vision of despair, caused by the Heartless and leaves. His Sorcerer Donald and Knight Goofy set out to find the"key" so they find their king again. Soon Sora meets Goofy and Donald and set off on a magical adventure.Along the way they'll encounter allies and enemies, and unraavel the mystery of the Heartless. I first found interest in this game cause I always loved Squaresoft for making Cloud(a character in theFF series)and I still like Disney Movies(for all those people who say their too old I'd say thats a lie because Disney Movies are entertaining) I hope after reading this you'll buy it. Sound Sound is one of the best things in the game. Each level has it's own music from the movies. Also in the game they tried to bring every person who played a character in disney, to voice over again. In other words 80% of the disney characters were voiced by the original people. The other 20% were done by skilled people to sound like the originals, cause most of them have either passed away or refused to do it. The music in the cutscenes really affect the mood of the player, because it may sound sad or dramatic. The opening scenes song was tight!After reading this I hope you have an insight and that your if you buy it, you feel safe that your 50$ is well spent. ( I want the game cause I only rented it like 50 billion times, but I might get it for my birthday) Gameplay The Gameplay in KH rules! It mixes RPG with fast Combat, meaning you gain EX points but you fight in real time,meaning you don't go through all those menu's like in Pokemon'.Some people say it's a basic hack and slash game, but which game isn't? Also as you progress you gain abilities(just like in an RPG game)which can give you mythical powers. These range from basic combo's to the ability to fly!Also in the game your allies help fight with you. Luckily the computer helps you, but you can still edit their moves and weapons. For Example, Donald has a staff to fire spells, but you can change that to a silver hammer which devastates opponents! You too can update your Keyblade and so can Goofy. Throughout the game you can switch allies, meaning on Tarzan's level you can make Tarzan join you, but must leave Goofy or Donald. You cannot be anyone else besides Sora, and Donald and Goofy cannot be lost forever.The AI is very strong, because the Heartless can attack you in many different ways.As you progress more and more Heaertless will come and become stronger just like you. The Control's may be a little tricky but I mastered it in 3 minutes. Also each level is unique and each boss requires stratagy. Also, FF characters will appear to aid you too(like Cloud my fav.) Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Greg hillmanFrom akron, ohio Review Date 07/25/2003 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 2.33 of 5, 3 votes Rate this review? Summary This game is off the hook. I have to admit when I saw the previews and saw all those Disney characters, i thought the game was a little dumb. but i saw it at a store bought( for some odd reason) and played it.The plot of the whole game is just awesome. Squaresoft really out did their selves. I have never played A Final Fantasy game before, but if it's anything like K.H. then there probably great to. The game to me has alot of meaning about friendship also. That's what makes K.H so great, it's really not just a game it teaches you a whole lot about friend's and how to keep them close in your heart.Sound The sound was great in this game too. The theme song "simple and clean" remix is the coolest song I've ever heard on a game before. Then the end theme is cool too, but the ending to the game to me leaves me begging for a K.H.2 And that's another thing I like about it. The sound effects for the fight scenes and the music you hear in the various worlds when the heartless arrive are great too. I also like that the music you hear when you fight the heartless is always fitting for whatever world you are in.Gameplay The gameplay in this game was cool to. It was a little confusing to me at first. most games a played it's x to jump and o to attack and other stuff. And It took me a while to get used to the directional pads to move. But after afew hours a got used to it. But the fight scenes in this game were AWESOME!!! When I was fighting Maleificent she was so hard to beat because I kept having to deal with the Heartless and all. But that to me was the coolest fight scene, that and when I had to fight Ansem.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By JesseFrom Northridge, CA Review Date 07/23/2003 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 5.00 of 5, 2 votes Rate this review? Summary This game is pretty incredible. It has tons of things to do, and it's addictive.Sound Great. Just great. Also, a lot of celebrity voices...Gameplay Gameplay is to the point with a lot of options. It's really just incredible. My only complaint is there are a few points in the game, maybe 3 or 4 where you can't move on in one of the worlds unless you do one obscure thing. As I remember it, this happened to me in the Tarzan, Agrabah, and maybe two other places.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By MichaelFrom US Review Date 07/23/2003 Overall Rating  4 of 5 Visitors rate this review 1.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Summary In my opinion, this game is one of the greatest games I've played. Of course it isn't perfect, every game has its' problems but it is still a truly fantastic game that I've played, and continue to, many times. It takes the best of Disney, a complex and inspiring plot(expected of the creators of the Final Fantasy series), and a few memorable characters from various Final Fantasy games and swirls them all together to create the incredible game known as Kingdom Hearts.Sound The sound is one of the best things about Kingdom Hearts. Many Disney songs are remixed in piano for their various worlds. New tracks were made for worlds not based on Disney movies. The intro and ending songs, sung by Utada Hikari, is one of the best songs ever made for a game. Kingdom Hearts has the best sound I've ever heard from a RPG.Gameplay The gameplay of Kingdom Hearts is hard, fun, and fast. All battles are real-time and happen in little time which is unlike how Actions/RPG's usually are. You can be attacked many times at once by many different targets. You use a menu at the lower left corner. You can attack, use magic, use items, or do special abilities. Since there is a large list of spells to use from, you can customize the spells you use most into the shortcut menu which is used by the L1 button. Although it isn't as hard as many games, it is by no means easy. The enemy/enemies can do several attacks at once. Which can cut your health down quickly, so its' useful to have the cure spell in the shortcut menu. You can program how your partners, Donald and Goofy fight. So that they don't do anything you don't like. The gameplay is, overall, very enjoying and doesn't take to long to complete each battle. Although the camera makes it much more annoying.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Well, each and every year that Squaresoft comes out with a new game, that game seems to steal the spotlight from every other game I play. And leave to to Square to develop a winning game with another favorite of mine, Disney. The game catches you from beginning to end and never lets you go. With an amazing cast of characters, storyline, and gameplay, Kingdom Hearts has my vote for best game of year.Sound Ahhhh, sound as always been one of Square's fortes. Make no mistake, Kingdom Hearts includes one of the best game soundtracks I have heard in a long time. While it may not be up to par with Nobuo Uematsu's work, the music is still extemely well done. The theme song for Kingdom Hearts, "Simple and Clean", is also the best theme song I have heard since Final Fantasy VIII's "Eye's on Me".Gameplay Gameplay, for the most part, is pretty good. While this game may appear to the common peon to be a hack and slash game, it incorporates far more than that. A magic system has been added into the game to add more fun to the gameplay. While at first it may be difficult to select your spells in the heat of battle, Square give the player kind of a hotkey for magic so the player can access pre-set spells very quickly. And just like the many Square games preceeding it, Kingdom Hearts includes a summon system. During battle you can summon Disney characters such as Tinker Bell and Simba to fight along side you.The only real problem that I had with the Gameplay was the annoying camera. It swings so viciously during battles that you feel like your on a merry-go-round. However, this problem can be easily solved by not locking onto enemies. A small hindrance, but easily overlooked. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member.
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