>Pros to Original KH2
Original Heartless colors look great
The original title screen mirrors the KH1 title screen, making it feel more like a sequel than CoM >Cons to Original KH2
No Critical Mode
Goofy is completely broken
No Limit Form, which means no dodge roll
No Roxas fight
No Cavern of Rememberence
No Data Organization 13
No Lingering Will
There's been no reason to play Original KH2 ever since Final Mix released
That's how it always is with KH games, you never get the first version but unfortunately most of Ganker didn't get the memo when KH3 released and they're still salty about it..
I like to give original versions the benefit of the doubt, I know it's usually a no brainer but there are cases where the rerelease ends up harming the game more than it helps, so it's always nice to get a consensus before making a decision on which version to play.
Overrated as frick game in either iteration, the Organization are such nothing characters besides Axel whose "glorious sacrifice" deviantart wouldn't stop raving about went down like a wet fart
I dont think its that overrated, i hear constant "its the best JRPG and action game and moba of all time" but that doesnt detract from the fact that its a solid and fun AJRPG. Its a cute game with good combat and a bunch of fun side stuff. If only the first game had the combat of the second game then the praise would almost be justified.
No limit form and everything you get from it is a pretty horrible downgrade i guess.
Also critical is a very good rebalancing of proud mode, its not actually harder, but its much more balanced, especially when it comes to level 1 mode.
Yep
Final Mix nerfed the difficulty, added even more triangle counters, extra bosses are not plot relevant and also complete jokes, literally REMOVED two enemies (“replaced” is a bad word here; the additions are actually worse)
Basically, FM is a soulless brain dead version of 2 that zoomers cling to because it’s the only way they’re able to claim to have beaten critical
Absolutely hilarious how hard original 2 filtered people with its difficulty to the point where FM had to tone things down
Do yourself a favor OP: play the original 2 and be proud. It’s actually a better game 100%.
I'm playing KH1 right now and am enjoying the story, but really fricking hate the controls and combat. I've heard the combat gets better with future entries and I'm not sure I want to suffer through more of this one to get to that. Should I just watch the cutscenes for 1 and CoM or stick with it?
no
>no dodge roll
>no Rucksack fight
>no Data Org
Hell no.
480i sovl on an actual ps2
original midi soundtrack
non moronic heartless colors
>original midi soundtrack
>non moronic heartless colors
Since it's on PC now there's most likely a mod for these two.
There's one for the heartless' colors, dunno about the midi soundtrack though.
https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomhearts2finalmix/mods/25
You can play the Japanese final mix version on a real PS2 and get all those benefits except the heartless recolors
Absolutely not. It's a straight up in every way.
Not a chance. Who the frick would play the game without data org
Some abilities are pretty strong is the vanilla version like mp rage I think.
>Pros to Original KH2
Original Heartless colors look great
The original title screen mirrors the KH1 title screen, making it feel more like a sequel than CoM
>Cons to Original KH2
No Critical Mode
Goofy is completely broken
No Limit Form, which means no dodge roll
No Roxas fight
No Cavern of Rememberence
No Data Organization 13
No Lingering Will
There's been no reason to play Original KH2 ever since Final Mix released
Shit, this just makes the original KH2 feel heavily incomplete compared to final mix.
That's how it always is with KH games, you never get the first version but unfortunately most of Ganker didn't get the memo when KH3 released and they're still salty about it..
why are you asking this? just curious
I like to give original versions the benefit of the doubt, I know it's usually a no brainer but there are cases where the rerelease ends up harming the game more than it helps, so it's always nice to get a consensus before making a decision on which version to play.
Overrated as frick game in either iteration, the Organization are such nothing characters besides Axel whose "glorious sacrifice" deviantart wouldn't stop raving about went down like a wet fart
I like all the games, but totally agree with this
I dont think its that overrated, i hear constant "its the best JRPG and action game and moba of all time" but that doesnt detract from the fact that its a solid and fun AJRPG. Its a cute game with good combat and a bunch of fun side stuff. If only the first game had the combat of the second game then the praise would almost be justified.
No limit form and everything you get from it is a pretty horrible downgrade i guess.
Also critical is a very good rebalancing of proud mode, its not actually harder, but its much more balanced, especially when it comes to level 1 mode.
The only reason you could possibly find is that the original has an incredible spanish dub but that's it.
Yep
Final Mix nerfed the difficulty, added even more triangle counters, extra bosses are not plot relevant and also complete jokes, literally REMOVED two enemies (“replaced” is a bad word here; the additions are actually worse)
Basically, FM is a soulless brain dead version of 2 that zoomers cling to because it’s the only way they’re able to claim to have beaten critical
Absolutely hilarious how hard original 2 filtered people with its difficulty to the point where FM had to tone things down
Do yourself a favor OP: play the original 2 and be proud. It’s actually a better game 100%.
I'm playing KH1 right now and am enjoying the story, but really fricking hate the controls and combat. I've heard the combat gets better with future entries and I'm not sure I want to suffer through more of this one to get to that. Should I just watch the cutscenes for 1 and CoM or stick with it?
How far are you into it? Things do get better the further you progress as you get more options.
I'm at the Olympus colosseum right now fighting Cerberus