i played de game over and over again as i found to to b very enjoyable.. i would rate it de same but i would also add that wat sucked most bout de game is the camera view.. its very slow and u will hv to reset it veri so often.. but nonethereless it is a great game to play.. highly recommended !
Kingdom Hearts game Review
"The closer you get to the light, the larger your shadow becomes."
When stars begin to disappear and 14-year-old Sora's home, Destiny Islands, is engulfed in a freak storm, he must journey across worlds to find his friends, Riku and Kairi. As master of the mysterious Keyblade, Sora must battle the soul-eating Heartless and discover where true strength lies.
Kingdom Hearts is the first collaboration between powerhouses of animation and gaming, Disney and Square Enix. A fun, light-entertainment role-playing game featuring cameos by a plethora of familiar characters, from Cloud Strife and Sephiroth to Hades, Tinkerbell, Jack Skellington, and Maleficent.
NOTES: For all Disney characters appearing in Kingdom Hearts, see Disney Characters.
Story & Playability
Kingdom Hearts is actually a really cute game. There isnâ??t any kind of blood involved and is more of a family game. The violence is really on the down low, in my opinion the only really violent or gruesome thing in it is Cerberus and how he spits up all this drool onto the Olympus Stadium. The objective of the game is to seal all the keyholes in each world along side Donald And Goofy and to seal the one door that all of this evil/darkness is coming from. The worlds being places such as Halloween Town that represents The Nightmare Before Christmas.
The story is about the usual Light (good) versus Dark (evil) and how the main character, Sora, is fighting to keep the door to darkness closed. The door is letting loose all kinds of rampant monsters called heartless that feed off the pure/good in a person heart. Main villain in the story is a man named Ansem, once the king of the world Hollow Bastion who committed genocide and literally sold his soul to the darkness. The storyline is very complicated once you are in the middle of the game and doesnâ??t get anymore easier to understand. The monsters in the game are called heartless and are actually kind of cute, some at least.
Most of the characters are Disney characters and how you have to play each of their worlds. It also included many of the Disney villains and heroes such as Hades, Captain Hook, and Oggie Boogie, Mickey Mouse, Donald and Goofy. Final Fantasy characters such as Sephiroth, Cloud Strife, Leon and Yuffie also made an appearance. You play as the character, Sora, a young boy who lives in a place called Destiny Islands, which is a bunch of small islands like Hawaii. He is a very carefree boy until his home is completely destroyed by a storm, or so it seems, and he is separated from his home and friends, Riku and Kairi. Riku is about a year older then Sora and they are both very competitive boys. Kairi does not remember her past, which ties into the story. She is later found out to be one of the seven princesses to open the door to darkness. The ending is really cute and sad, it literally brought a tear to almost everyone eye who got really involved in the game.
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Graphics
The graphics were semi-realistic. Much Better Then Anything like StarOcean or Okage. It was 3D and did look awfully cute. The fighting styles and combo moves were well choreographed, Goofy was as clumsy as he is in all his Disney works and Donald is as annoying and a pain in the rear as usual. The magic effects were pretty basic; fira/firaga/etc. was just like a fire bolt that seemed to get stronger but the effect never really changed. Healing was pretty neat of an effect. They had something like four-leaf clovers appear above you and later on they had bells added with the green clovers. They had the motion blur effect, especially after you defeated a boss. I thought, and I think many others did to, that they main characters had big feet or over-sized shoes. ((Kairi, Sora, Riku)) They made the Disney worlds look almost exactly like the movies, which makes it even more realistic and adds to how good the storyline is. They have stuck to the plots and settings to most of the Disney worlds and made very interesting looking original worlds such as Hollow Bastion. The rising falls are very beautiful and the castle, even though it is very confusing, the inside is very unique with how youâ??ll be in a cozy hallway filled with heartless, to a hallway with static electricity running across the walls also filled with heartless.
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Sound
The voice actors made majority of the Disney characters sound almost the same as the movies. Genie and some of the
Winnie the Pooh characters didn't sound to realistic to their shows. The music was by Utada Hikari, and the song
was Simple and Clean. There are many versions of this song and they used the Planet-b Remix and the original English
version. The song was very catchy, I could hear myself humming without even knowing what i was doing. The music for the
fight scenes really went into your head and made it more realistic and seemed to help drag you into the game. Also the
more important scenes such as the very beginning tutorial had this kind of " awe " like music/sound that made
it all eerie and serious. I do believe that they have a soundtrack but the only songs of interest would have to be
Simple and Clean and the fighting song you hear when " dying " by Sephiroths hand (( I say that because he
is the hardest boss and he's not even involoved in Kingdom Hearts )) i believe the song is called One-Winged Angel
or somethign around that.
Rating:
Fun
The fighting and game play was very fun and did have its difficulties, so I can not say it was a very easy game, but it
was short. The heartless did give you trouble since it seemed every one had its own personality and style to fighting
unlike other games where they just have attacks, these have strategies. The bosses were difficult in their own ways. You
could hack and slash and sometimes it would be over quick. Other times you will have to summon and use your magic and
just get annoyed untill you somehow find a way to kill the derned thing. The way that they unfolded the storyline was
very unique. There was not exactly an outburst that made the storyline just burst open but they kept everything kind of
hidden and you had to find things out for yourself. Sora learned about the heart and the power of friends gradually and
there were some strong words in the cut-scenes that really touched your emotions. The connection between the characters
was very heart-warming.
Rating:
Final Verdict
8.6667 (very good)
Reviewed by siamesekitty, Nov 22, 2005
Comments
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soweird Nov 22, 2005
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Angel-on-Dragon Nov 22, 2005
I just played the game and I simply loved it....
And I have to admit, that I don't understand your review. To take the soundtrack for example you say it is cool and have nothing to complain about it, but you give it just 8 points? And I wouldn't rate everything the same....
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chickenman12534 Nov 22, 2005
i have beat kingom hearts so many times its not funny i have beat the game 25 times its so fun my favorite character is SORA> and the white headed guy
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Britnee55 Nov 22, 2005
LOL
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chickenman12534 Nov 22, 2005
what britnee
and i give tat game a A+
i love the new kingom hearts game -
Britnee55 Nov 22, 2005
La La La Where are you?
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chickenman12534 Nov 22, 2005
yea any one want to talk to me notificate me
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Britnee55 Nov 22, 2005
Bye
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chickenman12534 Nov 22, 2005
its good
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Britnee55 Nov 22, 2005
you said that twice
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JiZames Nov 22, 2005
Good review and I think an 8 is exactly the score it should receive. I got the game within days of it's release and thought it was great at first, but I realized that it loses it's flair after some time. Music is ok, but I never thought of it to be ground-breaking. Having Donald and Goofy/any world exclusive character was pretty pointless, since I saw myself not needing their help the majority of the game. They were only good for directing hits towards. haha I stopped the game when I reached Ansem about a year ago....and I doubt I'll play the game anytime soon.
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Evalyn Nov 23, 2005
I always give Kingdom Hearts an A+ :D Nice review.
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nasastar Nov 23, 2005
I love Kingdom Hearts no matter how you put it! :D Love the characters! I love mostly the story line... what I really don't like is in Agrabah... Chamber of Secrets... got lost a million times!
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elementmage Nov 24, 2005
i played this game , and beat it after a month. im waiting for kingdom hearts 2!
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justducky Nov 24, 2005
Yes the game was awesome and I can't wait for the sequal! Your review was great but for your comment on graphics I don't think the word realistic fits. That would be like the movie Final Fantasy: Spirits Within you know? They used an amazing cell shaing technique which I think they've prefected compared to all the other games out there like Tales of Symphonia, For that I think they might have dezerved a 8 or 8.5. Anyway your overall rating is just right. Nice work here.
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Matsukaze Nov 24, 2005
My Final Verdict is 10
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kouta84 Nov 25, 2005
yoyoyyooy this is a great game i watting for a 2nd
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cloudymirror22 Nov 25, 2005
glad everyone loves it. cause' i do to. it's one of the best games ever. not as good as zelda tho, and ff7 beats it too but man the next one could be even better. cant wait
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kelsal Nov 25, 2005
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Hey, Ihave also played the game kingdom hearts and l thought it was pretty lame to start with, but as l got to know more about the story and the characters in the game l think, no, l know that's its awesome for those you have also played the game and l can't wait for sequal, kingdom hearts 2 that comes out next year in March. I think. :) >=( -
artsywizard62442 Nov 26, 2005
I love kingdom hearts! Me and my little brother were obsessed with that game for a few weeks. I love how they combined Final Fantasy with Disney. It's cool how you have such different worlds coming together. Personally, I have a thing for Riku. But they never tell us enough about him!
The trailer to the sequel is so amazing! I don't mean the gameplay one that shows the new Mulan world that they've added, but the one with Riku wearing a blindfold. I love that one!
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Ish377 Nov 27, 2005
kingsdom hearts, i reeli wanted ! cos it had ff chars mixed all over it, when i heard about it .. i was ! ! !@_@ ! ! ! i want ..
lols, i clocked it countless times .. i juss showing the ending to ppl who havnt seen it, the ending ish sO nice ! its abit sad to
so nice review of kh ! waitin for part 2 ! ^^
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karuu Mute Member Nov 27, 2005
I think Kingdom hearts is a great game...
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mechone Nov 27, 2005
...kingdom hearts is awsome...foranyone who hasnt checked out their "secret" cinematic for the sequel...check it out....deep dive is so cool...sora kicks heartless ass mann...
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Yayumi Dec 02, 2005
Kingdom hearts ROCKS! Sora is sooooo cute! Hee~ His voice actor is also cute! I forgot his name but i remember it was the small kid from the 6th sense.
Anywayz......... i can't wait for kingdom hearts 2 to come out! His outfit in Kingdom hearts 2 is black n he looks soooooo COOL! Right now haze to complete my goal which is finishing kingdom hearts completely!
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