Birth By Sleep - Quickie Review

Nique · 09-15-2010, 04:52 PM

Playing birth by sleep via component hookup to my tv cause I was tired of tiny screens by the time I was done with Kingdom Hearts and the numbery days.

The Good:
-Graphics just as good as the main series, if not slightly better. Looks real good on the HD tv, even with the letterbox format.

-Familiar controls makes jumping right in easy.

-Mark Hamil & Leonard Nemoy on mic. Awesome. Bret Iwan ain't half bad either

The Bad:
-Levels are way too quick

-Even MORE obtuse storytelling than the last game in the series and what seems like horrible script editing. Characters awknowledge or accept things with hardly any dialog or sense, lot's of vague motivation and pregnant pauses

-Lackluster voice acting for 2 of the 3 playable characters, hit or miss for the rest of the cast

The 'WTF is this?':
-Keyblades can fly?

-Abilities are confusing. They cramed weird versions of the 'card' systems from the last two handheld titles into what was supposed to be a more traditional kingdom hearts game. There's like 3 or more different categories for ability growth plus you can combine abilities to make ????

-Useless online-play 'arena' looks dumb. I don't like it

-No Heartless or Nobodies. Instead you fight yet another set of monsters called 'Unversed '

Kim · 09-15-2010, 05:05 PM

I love the ending.

By which I mean I hate the ending.

Which is why I love it.

Nique · 09-15-2010, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Which is why I love it.

Do you love it when your lowest expectations are met?

Kim · 10-09-2010, 04:19 AM

Just got my hands on the game. Love the gameplay. However...

"My name's Lea. Got it memorized?" FUCK YOU NOMURA YOU FUCKING HACK OF A WRITER YOU ARE THE TITE KUBO OF VIDEO GAMES

Let me explain why this pisses me off so much, because I'm sure there are people who will either defend it or just not get it. Axel first appeared in Chain of Memories, and only used the phrase "Got it memorized?" once or twice as far as I can remember. It made sense in Chain of Memories, because the entire point of Castle Oblivion was that it made you forget everything. The phrase alluded to that, and to the general theme of memory that everything kept coming back to.

In every game since CoM, Axel will not stop fucking saying that dumbass phrase. It makes no sense outside of his conversations with Sora in Castle Oblivion. There's no purpose and no meaning. It worked in CoM, but a simple phrase like that doesn't work without context, and it has had no context whatsoever since CoM. Combine that with the fact that Axel shoves that stupid fucking question into every other sentence, and you've got yourself a moronic catchphrase that becomes increasingly annoying every time it's repeated.

EDIT: "After all, we're friends now. Get it memorized." AAAAUUUUGGGGHHHHH

mudah.swf · 10-09-2010, 03:26 PM

This game fucking owns because;

a)It's constantly rewarding the player with something or other and the command melding system makes it easy to get powerful spells and attacks fast and makes levelling almost painless since you can level your attacks up quickly and rebuy anything you create. Plus the command style system means that you never have to look at the same attacks all the time for too long and rewards the player for paying attention to their decks and bothering to level up their abilities.

b)There's an awful lot of content for the completionists. Super stupid optional bosses, arena fights, minigames, treasure, abilities to find and keyblades to get.

c)You can surf on a motherfucking keyblade.

Kim · 10-09-2010, 03:32 PM

Captain Justice is THE BEST THING.

mudah.swf · 10-09-2010, 05:05 PM

He is your worst enemy or greatest friend in the Command Board. Also Pete's D-Link lets you run Unversed over in a car eventually, while doing squealing donuts all over the area.

Nique · 10-09-2010, 05:34 PM

Man I must not be playing this game right becuase I didn't use the D-link hardly at all. I've only played through Ven's story and I'm half way through Terra's though so I guess I will play around with it a bit more.

Quote:

My name's Lea. Got it memorized?"

lol.

Kim · 10-09-2010, 05:47 PM

D-Links are awesome. Seriously. Mickey's gives you double experience while using it if you upgrade it.

Nique · 10-09-2010, 06:05 PM

Speaking of, WTF does the friendship ability 'Fireworks', do?

09-15-2010, 05:05 PM	#2
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	I love the ending. By which I mean I hate the ending. Which is why I love it. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

10-09-2010, 04:19 AM	#4
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	Just got my hands on the game. Love the gameplay. However... "My name's Lea. Got it memorized?" FUCK YOU NOMURA YOU FUCKING HACK OF A WRITER YOU ARE THE TITE KUBO OF VIDEO GAMES Let me explain why this pisses me off so much, because I'm sure there are people who will either defend it or just not get it. Axel first appeared in Chain of Memories, and only used the phrase "Got it memorized?" once or twice as far as I can remember. It made sense in Chain of Memories, because the entire point of Castle Oblivion was that it made you forget everything. The phrase alluded to that, and to the general theme of memory that everything kept coming back to. In every game since CoM, Axel will not stop fucking saying that dumbass phrase. It makes no sense outside of his conversations with Sora in Castle Oblivion. There's no purpose and no meaning. It worked in CoM, but a simple phrase like that doesn't work without context, and it has had no context whatsoever since CoM. Combine that with the fact that Axel shoves that stupid fucking question into every other sentence, and you've got yourself a moronic catchphrase that becomes increasingly annoying every time it's repeated. EDIT: "After all, we're friends now. Get it memorized." AAAAUUUUGGGGHHHHH __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy Last edited by Kim; 10-09-2010 at 04:52 AM.

10-09-2010, 03:32 PM	#6
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	Captain Justice is THE BEST THING. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

10-09-2010, 05:47 PM	#9
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	D-Links are awesome. Seriously. Mickey's gives you double experience while using it if you upgrade it. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

10-09-2010, 03:26 PM	#5
mudah.swf Rocky Wrench Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: England Posts: 1,294	This game fucking owns because; a)It's constantly rewarding the player with something or other and the command melding system makes it easy to get powerful spells and attacks fast and makes levelling almost painless since you can level your attacks up quickly and rebuy anything you create. Plus the command style system means that you never have to look at the same attacks all the time for too long and rewards the player for paying attention to their decks and bothering to level up their abilities. b)There's an awful lot of content for the completionists. Super stupid optional bosses, arena fights, minigames, treasure, abilities to find and keyblades to get. c)You can surf on a motherfucking keyblade.

10-09-2010, 05:05 PM	#7
mudah.swf Rocky Wrench Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: England Posts: 1,294	He is your worst enemy or greatest friend in the Command Board. Also Pete's D-Link lets you run Unversed over in a car eventually, while doing squealing donuts all over the area.