Kingdom Hearts Looks Just As Delightful As You Remember

13 responses to “Kingdom Hearts Looks Just As Delightful As You Remember”

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   awesome_jeevs

   July 11, 2013 at 12:34 pm

   I’m sorry to say that I’ve never played any of the KH games.

   But since KH 1.5 won’t be out until September, would it make sense to start off with Birth by Sleep for the PSP since its a prequel?

   Or am I better off starting with KH 1.5?

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   1. 

      ploop

      July 11, 2013 at 12:40 pm

      Start with 1.5. Although BBS is a prequel, there are a lot of elements included that requires you to play KH1 to be able to understand. If you’re impatient, just emulate the game or buy it.

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      geometrics

      July 11, 2013 at 12:40 pm

      Birth By Sleep is a sort of prequel that isn’t super necessary to play, although it’s one of the best PSP games out there. You should definitely play them in the order that they were created. A lot of mechanics are introduced even in KH 2 that will make the first one a bit frustrating to go back to afterwards.

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         Ev

         July 11, 2013 at 7:12 pm

         Birth by Sleep is super necessary to play if you plan on playing KH3

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            geometrics

            July 12, 2013 at 2:56 pm

            Oh really? It’s hard to keep up with which ones are integral or not. I did kick myself for not suffering through the ‘gameplay’ of Chain of Memories when I played KH 2 though.

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         ashuramgs2sub

         July 12, 2013 at 2:10 am

         I definitely agree. Birth by Sleep also has a lot of nods to Kingdom Hearts 1 (and some to KH2) that you just wouldn’t get the benefit of if you play it first.

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   3. 

      BlackWaltz

      July 11, 2013 at 2:54 pm

      For the love of God, do not start with BBS. It may be a prequel, but as a prequel it spoils the later games. Consider watching Star Wars Episode III before the original trilogy; it would spoil Episode V’s big reveal, no? Same difference.

      Your best bet is to play them in release order. And do ignore Geometric’s comment that BBS isn’t super necessary to play; DDD and eventually KH3 will draw heavily from the plot threads it sets up, so yes, BBS is necessary. The only one that isn’t is Coded.

      For the record; KH1 -> Re:CoM -> Days -> KH2 -> BBS -> DDD -> KH3

      Also, Jason Schreier, it’s called 1.5 remix because it also remakes Re:Coded and contains the cutscenes of Days, which DO, in fact, bridge 1 and 2. Do your research.

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         geometrics

         July 12, 2013 at 2:58 pm

         My bad didn’t know how it all linked in, sorry for the misinformation. I more meant it’s not necessary to play first though, but my comment doesn’t make that clear.

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      PurpleStain

      July 11, 2013 at 4:02 pm

      Definitely start off with KH 1.5. As geometrics said, play them mostly in the order they were created. 😀

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2. 

   rattus79

   July 11, 2013 at 2:21 pm

   Since KH won’t be out until September, I recommend getting GTA5 instead 😀

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3. 

   Seraphin

   July 11, 2013 at 3:53 pm

   You would think that square would want to bring 1.5 out on the xbox too, since they are planing on bringing KH3 out on the xbox one.
   also this would make me very happy being a massive KH fan and not owning a PS3 still i can always hook up the PS2 and play the originals on that ^_^

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4. 

   icecreamhot

   July 13, 2013 at 10:23 am

   “1.5” sort of DOES makes sense because Chain of Memories is actually a bridge to KH2 or did the author just totally disregard Chain of Memories?

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