KH3D Comparing the difficulty of the games to DDD.

[zwright94 10]

I think you forgot re:CoM

 

But im only gonna comment on DDD

I foudn TWTNW very challenging if you were in the early level 40s on standard, the Skelter Wilds totally cancel anything you use (aside from healing do to leaf bracer), Keeba Tigers were at first challengin, and Aura Lions were a pain. but unlike a friend of mine who grinded till she was level 60 on both characters, it was challenging, the 3 consecutive boss battle of Anti Black Coat, Ansem, and Ansem was annoying, btu i wish i could refight them with a secret portal, and

Xemnas was slightly tough, and i loved the fight with Young Xehanort, absolutely loved it. But i absolutely hated the heart attack that Julius gives me .

 

Now if we were discussing critical, i hate it, i had to unlock Curaga asap with aura lion to survive

[schlosserm 8]

Did you play Kh2 Final mix, no exp?

[DarknessxLight 0]

The easiest game was definitely KHII without a doubt. The hardest game for me was probably the very first time I played Kingdom Hearts. Is everyone forgetting the first time you battled the Possessed Riku? Forget about it. I'd be shocked to hear if any of you actually beat him the very first time you battled him. The second hardest was actually probably BBS, though.

 

P.S. Everybody forgot about Chain of Memories, but that game was easy anyway.

[Beta 102]

In my opinion, I think Days was the easiest KH game I played. I have to admit that there were two bosses that got the heck out of me >_> but it was easier than KH II at least.

[DragonMaster 1,166]

Hmm, though I didn't play all the games on the same difficulty, I felt it went like this:

• Re:CoM - I played on BEGINNER MODE and had a harder time playing this game than any other KH game. I might go so far to say this was the hardest game I've beaten. Battles against normal enemies can take a long time. Many of the bosses are ridiculous, and because level grinding is made monotonous by the long battles, it is easier to just fill your deck with Sonic Blade sleights and go at it. Heck, even moving throughout the "worlds" can be difficult (looking at you, room that needed a blue zero card >_> )

• KHI/Days - KHI, on Normal, was challenging all around, but the amount of blatantly frustrating fights was relatively low. Days, on Normal/Proud (did both), had generally strong enemies, much like KHI. There were a few frustrating bosses (Leech Grave) and perhaps the most annoying enemy in a KH game (EMERALD FREAKING SERENADE).

• DDD - Proud Mode. Most enemies have the ability to inflict status conditions on you, a few of which keep you from moving. Many enemies also have a "berserk mode", in which they turn red and basically go crazy. A few bosses were frustrating. If you aren't at a high enough level, mobs will kill you easily. Flowmotion, however, is almost overpowered and helps alleviate some of the difficulty.

• Re:coded - I switched the difficulty around a lot. Most of the difficulty I had from this game was from the gimmicks in each world, and not the enemies. The debugging sections could be difficult, especially if you were attempting the challenges or ran into an Eliminator unprepared. I can't really think of a boss that angered me, out side of a few boss fights utilizing the gimmicks I mentioned before.

• KHII - Proud Mode. The enemies were spreadable butter, and the Keyblade a hot butter knife. Nearly all common enemies will fall at your feet, especially when utilizing magic and reaction commands. Reaction commands are almost reminiscent of Flowmotion, but they are decidedly more overpowered. There are very few frustrating bosses, ie. Xigbar, Xaldin, Demyx (though, I found a certain "link attack" with Goofy completely obliterates this guy on my second play through).

Convenient chart:

Re:CoM>>>>>KHI/Days>>>DDD>>Re:coded>>>>KHII

 

Haven't played BbS.

Edited August 23, 2012 by DragonMaster

[mikethegamer 53]

I think Re:CoM/CoM was hardest for me. Then second hardest would probably be KH1 The only thing hard about BBS for me was Terra's final boss fight. I think DDD was actually easy and I was playing on Proud. I kept hearing how difficult it was and that the difficulty was similar to KH1 so I always leveled up ten times in each world before moving on. So maybe I was over leveled or something. But to me, DDD was not a challenge at all. KH2 might be the easiest I think, but I still had fun with it.

Edited August 23, 2012 by mikethegamer

[Weiss 8,279]

I think Re:CoM/CoM was hardest for me. Then second hardest would probably be KH1 The only thing hard about BBS for me was Terra's final boss fight. I think DDD was actually easy and I was playing on Proud. I kept hearing how difficult it was and that the difficulty was similar to KH1 so I always leveled up ten times in each world before moving on. So maybe I was over leveled or something. But to me, DDD was not a challenge at all. KH2 might be the easiest I think, but I still had fun with it.

 

Wait so you were like level 70 at the final world? :blink: Congrats for the patience. Most people finish the game around level 40 though. So yeah you were overleveled. ONLY thirty levels though.

[MrSanderss 80]

I don't get the point of this, wouldn't judging difficulty only be fair on the hardest difficulty of every game? and I find it funny how many people found BBS hard, what with the invincible dodging

[Silent Fantasy 43]

^ I explained this at the top of this page, so no.

[barry2255 48]

KH1, BBS, and Kh3D were the hardest to me, kh2 was easy no matter what difficulty and days was a bit challenging.

[Kevin_Keyblade 203]

At the years, Kingdom Hearts it puts more harder than the previous games this is more exciting

[LunarMadness 79]

I'd say this is easily the hardest game. Not based on standard because I never play on standard.

[Axtwyt 500]

There were only three things difficult about DDD: Rinzler, final world Secret Portals, and YMX.

[LunarMadness 79]

There were only three things difficult about DDD: Rinzler, final world Secret Portals, and YMX.

 

The enemies in general are much stronger and Sora/Riku's defense are set lower than in most other games. If you don't have Once More and Second Chance (I didn't have Second Chance, I think) this game is super crazy.

 

The battle against Ansem has an attack that WILL kill you if you don't have Once More (or maybe it's Second Chance).

Edited August 24, 2012 by LunarMadness

[Master of Keybladers 5]

KH1: Easy. If you know how to play... If u grind alot in KH1 then it will be very easy. Sora Lv 61

KH2: Bit Hard.. Like Sepiroth but thats it. Sora Lv 90

KHDays: Hard... Not the bosses that are hard (well one boss is hard, Dustflier)It was very hard on multiplayer to unlock secret characters. Roxas: Lv 66

KHBBS:Medium: It was very easy in half of it then it got hard. When I mean hard the secret bosses. (R. Vanitas,Unknown) Aqua Lv61 Terra Lv 57 Ventus: Lv 57

KH3D:Very Easy: I unlocked everything in 3 days. All the bosses were easy even Julius. Sora Lv 56 Riku Lv 60

[Rayne the Relentless 14]

I'm noticing people are saying the games are easy "if" you grind "if" you're a certain level (when seems to be over the recommended level of what the world says). Does that really means the game is easy if you're stronger than what the game recommends you should be? The bosses or enemies tactics alone aren't what make them hard. One's level is a very big factor in how hard something can be. Difference between a low level and a high level is the how well you can take a hit. On a high level you don't have to focus too hard on survive. Most attacks won't kill you or won't even put you close to low health. A low level person may be put in perilous health by every attack or if not prepared enough killed by every attack. They have to fight in a much different style, they're forced to learn how the opponent fights and need to learn how to survive while still finding opportunities to deal damage. Also the difference in damage is a difference of destroying a boss or enemy or having the will to even want to fight so long, that in and of itself is a challenge.

 

Hard to compare to difficulties of the game when each game doesn't exactly allow one put up the limits other games allow and each person doesn't really fight at the same levels. Different people will find some things harder than others and this I understand but it sounds like to me if one needs to grind then the game at one point must have been a challenge. I'm not saying anyone who needs to grind is a bad player but to me grinding means one wasn't able to handle the challenge at hand.

Edited August 24, 2012 by Rayne the Relentless

[Axtwyt 500]

The enemies in general are much stronger and Sora/Riku's defense are set lower than in most other games. If you don't have Once More and Second Chance (I didn't have Second Chance, I think) this game is super crazy.

 

The battle against Ansem has an attack that WILL kill you if you don't have Once More (or maybe it's Second Chance).

 

Please. I only had one of those abilities and I didn't even have a problem with Ansem.

 

I don't see why people think Ansem is a hard boss.

[Mila 37]

@Rayne the Relentless

I'm someone who want to enjoy a game and not to have it as hard as possible

because of this I normaly play on normal mode or proud mode for unlocking the secret ending easier

I don't need a challenge so I level up a lot to be stronger than you should be

 

and because DDD is very hard on critical (even without no exp and high character levels you take a lot of damage) I won't play this game on this mode anymore

only once for the trophy and never again

BbS on critical was easier for me (played only Ven's story on critical)

 

at the beginning KH was an easy game series, but with new games it became harder and harder and now we have nearly reached the typical Square Enix high difficulty what I really hate

[Weiss 8,279]

@Rayne the Relentless

I'm someone who want to enjoy a game and not to have it as hard as possible

because of this I normaly play on normal mode or proud mode for unlocking the secret ending easier

I don't need a challenge so I level up a lot to be stronger than you should be

 

and because DDD is very hard on critical (even without no exp and high character levels you take a lot of damage) I won't play this game on this mode anymore

only once for the trophy and never again

BbS on critical was easier for me (played only Ven's story on critical)

 

at the beginning KH was an easy game series, but with new games it became harder and harder and now we have nearly reached the typical Square Enix high difficulty what I really hate

 

Well actually it's mostly learning. I am almost done with a critcal run (lv 38 and going into TWTNW once I get the dive wing) and I've learned 3 things:

Drop me nots

Always block then counter

Practice and learn

Once you've fought a boss a few times you know it's moves and how to avoid them.

[Rayne the Relentless 14]

@Rayne the Relentless

I'm someone who want to enjoy a game and not to have it as hard as possible

because of this I normaly play on normal mode or proud mode for unlocking the secret ending easier

I don't need a challenge so I level up a lot to be stronger than you should be

 

and because DDD is very hard on critical (even without no exp and high character levels you take a lot of damage) I won't play this game on this mode anymore

only once for the trophy and never again

BbS on critical was easier for me (played only Ven's story on critical)

 

at the beginning KH was an easy game series, but with new games it became harder and harder and now we have nearly reached the typical Square Enix high difficulty what I really hate

 

I'm sorry I didn't mean this for everyone, I know some people just want to play to enjoy. I meant it for the people who say it's easy like they're expecting a challenge.

 

 

Once you've fought a boss a few times you know it's moves and how to avoid them.

 

I honestly wish that was actually the case sometimes but depending on one's limitations knowing the boss inside and out doesn't always make it that doable.

 

Please. I only had one of those abilities and I didn't even have a problem with Ansem.

 

I don't see why people think Ansem is a hard boss.

 

Not everyone uses the same tactics, or fights at the same level. As I've tried saying the difficulty of something rises depending on one's limitations and level and abilities is definitely a couple of those limitations. The struggles that people have with these bosses, even though I did overcome them I do feel their struggles as I did struggle too. I hope this isn't overboard and if it is I apologize but I have 3 videos of me with that fight, 2 of which are in our video section. If you don't believe that these fights are difficult watch and see the limitations I placed I myself. I'm not trying to say you are a bad player with this, I just feel like people who struggle may get upset when others try to say some things are easy and I'd like for people who say it's easy to get a sense of just what the struggle is so maybe people may see eye to eye. Edited August 24, 2012 by Rayne the Relentless

[Epic KH Fan_13 64]

For me the hardest one is kh1,then:com(just to make sure,not re:com)-days-ddd-bbs-kh2-re coded

Edited August 24, 2012 by Epic KH Fan_13

[LunarMadness 79]

Please. I only had one of those abilities and I didn't even have a problem with Ansem.

 

I don't see why people think Ansem is a hard boss.

 

On Proud? What was your level?

[Axtwyt 500]

On Proud? What was your level?

 

50 something. I had End of Pain

[LunarMadness 79]

50 something. I had End of Pain

 

Well, that explains everything. You were 15+ levels over me (and probably the majority of players) and had a Keyblade way better than Counterpoint (which is what I had).

 

I've never finished a full length KH game with a level higher than 45.

Edited August 24, 2012 by LunarMadness