Did you like the Drop System in Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance?

[Oli 1,679]

Did you like the Drop System in Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance?

[WakingDawn96 1,166]

Yeah it was alright, but I think the big problem with it that I have is getting dropped when I am in the middle of a boss fight. That is annoying as heck when I am about to deliver the final attack on the boss but before that happens I get dropped. Another annoying feature, that was also the game's fault, was playing through two stories of the same world but with different characters and only Sora's being really the dream was annoying because it made little to no sense story wise. I mean why am I having to keep track of two different stories at the same time with only one of them even affect the real world while the other just effects Sora? I mean seriously The Grid is such a let down because it means that the movie's story was just inside Sora in KH and that the people Riku met were not even real or sleeping characters and so Sam and Quorra never escaped from The Grid as it was just inside Sora. This is very disappointing to me, so while the drop system had its perks, I would only want it as a one time thing and never have it back in another game.

[Riku777 6]

I thought it was cool arms all, but it does get annoying at from time to time.

[freer709 44]

I feel like i'm the only one that hasn't played DDD...

[Bartholomew W 67]

I feel like i'm the only one that hasn't played DDD...

 

I feel like i'm the only one that hasn't played DDD...

No I only played it very recently. Mostly because I forgot it existed.

[TheKingdomkid 1,194]

I liked it, I think it worked good for this story instead of picking between Sora and Riku at the beginning of the game like Birth by Sleep, it worked in BbS but I don't think it would've worked in DDD considering what happens close to the end of the game. It dose however provides a problem for me in how I will LP the game when it comes out for the PS4.  And it also sucks when you are on the last bar of HP for a boss and you are on the extra time and only have 30 seconds to beat the boss before you start from the beginning of the fight again.

[DragonMaster 1,166]

I didn't LIKE it, but I also didn't dislike it. It was a game play mechanic that was really easy to work around, and gave me incentive to switch between characters more than I would've otherwise. Most of the time when I began to get close to dropping I was like "kay." I only recall being annoyed once or twice. As a game play mechanic I'm indifferent, but I think the story reason for it was clever.

[Kaweebo 3,617]

It never really inconvenienced me all that much, but I could have done without it. Any game mechanic that involves forcibly interrupting your game and requiring you to have to re-fight bosses you may have spent a lot of time fighting already and was 'Dropped' just before you beat them, is not a very good one. 

 

And also for what WakingDawn said, it really does the story no service. DDD is already confusing as it is, making you switch between characters just makes it even more confusing. And this game is made by the same guy who actively discouraged playing Terra, Aqua and Ventus's stories simultaneously because it was confusing. Playing BBS that way is way less complicated than DDD made it be.

Edited September 29, 2015 by Kaweebo

[gingienator 278]

I actually liked it!

It was an interesting concept by switching to different characters

the only thing that was annoying was when you dropped during a boss fight...

 

 

SRSLY THO.

FREAKIN WARGOYLE MAN.

[The Transcendent Key 12,109]

Honestly, I found the Drop System in the game to be quite cool, since I could be able to alternate between Sora and Riku whenever I wanted!  But good God, what annoyed the hell out of me was when the Drop would take effect right when I'm fighting a boss battle! I grit my teeth the first time it happened, lol.  But anyways, other than that minor little detail, I enjoyed the Drop System of the game.

[Hero of Light XIV 2,381]

Yeah, it's nice to have that option of switching characters on the fly whenever I want. Sometimes the timer was a little daunting, but it gave a little extra edge to everything, so I didn't mind it too much.

[Movies798 1,359]

I really like the drop system especially since I can play both Sora and Riku in one story instead of finishing Terra's story to play Ventus story, and finishing Ventus's story to play Aqua's story. I don't think is annoying because one, I always check my drop gauge before it runs out and refill it, and two, I use the drop system after I saved at the save point because I want my drop gauge to full before I fight the boss battle.

Edited September 29, 2015 by Movies798

[Rob 5,571]

Rob liked the drop system. He controlled the drop system. He didn't let the drop system control him.

[EternalChange 303]

I liked it pretty well, but it made the story choppy at times. I think it would've worked better if they made you play entirely through Sora's story in a world, then through Riku's story, then made both of them drop into the next world at the same time.

Edited September 29, 2015 by SarcasmAbounds

[Philip Ellwell 5,487]

It was alright...except for the boss fight resets. 

[JBone 30]

I liked that you could get bonuses when switching characters, but the need to stop and equip Drop me nots (the most useful item in the game, haha) was annoying.

[SorrowSurvivor 191]

It was annoying but once you get used to it you can plan ahead.

 

It was a nice tie in with the story, it forces you to keep Sora and Riku in the same parts of the story, and even if you get dropped in an inconvient moment you still get the drop bonuses that will benefit the other character.

 

Though sometimes I would manually drop after an out-of-time drop to keep using the same character but didn't bother me too much; sometimes it's fun racing the clock.

[BlankShell 638]

I liked it plenty enough (forced you to play the story at the intended pace). Only thing I wish I could turn off is the counter itself; oftentimes you want to force a drop for whatever reason, and then the results screen looks like it's judging you somehow.

[Headphone Jack 1,147]

well it was ok for what it was but there definitely are better ways to implement two stories and characters into one game. i actually didn't have any issues with dropping during boss fights so it's not like i'm loathing the mechanic or anything. it was just ok. hope it's never brought back though. 

[Rinax 473]

Oh god, you don't know how many times I've had to restart the Spellican battle due to the drop system.

 

Otherwise, it was alright.

[Geotrix 862]

Nope it's so useless. You can basically turn it off if you use drop me nots.

[chencomp 1]

I like it but i hate it when im in a middle of a boss fight. If you were at a boss fight and you drop and then you back again your enemy bosses will have a full hp bar again. I know i can use the drop-me-not potion but first,i must use an extra munny second, i have a lot of great command to use in the fight but i must use one slot for drop-me-not potion

[Felicia Novita 419]

In my opinion, no. It's annoying me somehow. I mean, I had better finish one character story first, then I can do the another one.

[Bewilde 72]

I've always loved it. I liked how Sora and Riku could help each other in various ways, that would help out a lot on the other side. I don't think I've ever had to drop in the middle of a boss battle since I allowed myself to have as much time as I needed before go against the bosses.

[Kimbo 79]

NO!

I don't understand what the use of it is supposed to be anyways. In the beginning of the game it is really annoying because you can drop in the middle of a boss, but starting from second or third world you are able to use drop me nots and this completely makes the system useless and annoying. I always just throw in a couple of drop me nots when my drop bar is getting low and just continue to the end of the world and drop once I finished it with either Sora or Riku.

Also, the random: "ugh...so...sleepy....*falls asleep" is sooooooo dumb.

This video describes KHDDD's faults perfectly:

 

Not to hate on DDD, I liked the game quite a lot, but it had some serious issues.

Edited September 29, 2015 by Kimberley Coehoorn