My Experience with Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix HD..

[KHWaterBlock 296]

So, getting II.5 on Monday was quite the excitement.

After a few hours of playing and getting used to everything once again, since I haven't played Final Mix since the release in 2006, or any type of KH2 of that matter, it was fun playing everything again.

So I started a critical run like usual, and everything seems...harder. Which is great! They upped the difficulty because before everything seemed way too easy for some reason, even being on critical mode.

 

The looks of everything: Absolutely fantastic. The entirety of Kingdom Hearts II runs very smoothly and it's super sharp and clear for a Kingdom Hearts game.

It shows major improvement from 1.5 (which didn't feel that improved too be honest)

 

Now. There are issues that I don't like so far.

 

1. Transforming into a drive form causes a delay of 3-5 seconds before transforming. Now, this could be avoided by simply pausing the game for a second then unpausing causing an immediate transformation.

However, if you get hit during this delay, the drive transformation is cancelled.

2. The lighting errors. Good lord are there lighting errors. I noticed this when I made it to Port Royal, and now I'm in Halloween Town and they're here as well. What it is are a series of reflections of light from the collision textures made when Sora's/Goofy's/Donald's feet each hit the ground. They cause a type of flashing it seems, like the ground is lighting up for no reason. It's very noticeable, and VERY annoying.

3. Fuzzyness. There is fuzzyness with some of the textures, but I still understand nothing is perfect, just something that felt...off.

 

The loading times don't bug me since they were basically always there just there was no little spinning heart before.

 

So far that's my experience with Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix HD.

I'll be able to say more about it later when I'm farther into the game.

 

[MythrilMagician 6,963]

Hit cancels transformation? I remember being invincible during those 3 seconds.

[KHWaterBlock 296]

It's been cancelling for me, and I'm not sure why.

So I've been transforming at a distance

[Ultima Spark 753]

1. Transforming into a drive form causes a delay of 3-5 seconds before transforming. Now, this could be avoided by simply pausing the game for a second then unpausing causing an immediate transformation.

However, if you get hit during this delay, the drive transformation is cancelled.

 

Oh, great. As if the slower loading speeds of Blu-ray weren't bad enough. Pause buffering it is for me, then.

 

This kind of thing is typically why the speedrunners prefer to stick with the PS2 version, if anyone was curious. 

Edited October 8, 2014 by Ultima Spark

[RoxasXIIIK 93]

 

1. Transforming into a drive form causes a delay of 3-5 seconds before transforming. Now, this could be avoided by simply pausing the game for a second then unpausing causing an immediate transformation.

However, if you get hit during this delay, the drive transformation is cancelled.

 

I thought I was the only one experiencing this. I thought it may have had to do with the certain game copy I got. But I'm guessing its just a glitch?Maybe most of these glitches will clear up when the overseas version comes out Dec. I still enjoy the game so far nevertheless.

Edited October 8, 2014 by RoxasXIIIK

[Aru Akise 2,540]

ちょっと失礼。

 

Now that you mention it, I remember my PS2 version took ages to load the Drive Transform.

But I was invincible during that time...

[KHWaterBlock 296]

Alright, turns out the flashing was because of the TV I was using, and not the actual game.

 

Thank god. haha.

[Teh Goo 10]

Alright, turns out the flashing was because of the TV I was using, and not the actual game.

 

Thank god. haha.

I almost had a heart attack, thank god you posted again!

[KHWaterBlock 296]

I almost had a heart attack, thank god you posted again!

Yes!

 

Although for some reason, I checked my HDMI and it works fine, but if it gets loud, the game's audio is very scratchy.

Maybe it's just my tv

but I don't know lol

[Teh Goo 10]

Yes!

 

Although for some reason, I checked my HDMI and it works fine, but if it gets loud, the game's audio is very scratchy.

Maybe it's just my tv

but I don't know lol

Stop D:

[Raphael Millon 87]

The flashing and the audio are because of your TV, a friend of mine didn't have any of this issues.

About the drive forms, it's not always that the delay happens. Buuut it's easy enough to fix it, so okay.