Anyone else hate Sora's guard in KH2?

[The 13th Kenpachi 4,279]

It's been quite dry recently, there's really nothing to talk about.

 

I hate Sora's guard in KH2, it's so firetrucking irritating when he tries to be all cool and block and do some weird little jump twirl thing. The guard in BBS and DDD was simple and didn't take as long. Sora is mr show off with his KH2 block "OH look at me i'm so special! I can twirl and block! *gets killed by shadows cause his guard took too long.

[Xiro 3,468]

In regards to the speed, even thought it's slower than, say, Limit Form's Guard, I think the actual guarding animation lasts a bit longer than the latter, so that's kinda nice imo

As for the twirl, it's kinda funny to do when you're in first-person mode

[Oli 1,679]

Ok, his guard might be annoying, I could understand that.

 

But have you seen him open a chest? Motherfiretrucker is just trying to show off

 

[Exiblade7 1,917]

okay, I'll be honest here, Sora's guard command kinda sucks in my opinion because it doesn't quite work perfectly with certain boss fights 

Edited March 20, 2016 by Zeldablade7

[Power Jusho 1,783]

I like it

[advfox 698]

At least it gives you invincibility frames if you block an attack, unlike the other games.

[Xiro 3,468]

At least it gives you invincibility frames if you block an attack, unlike the other games.

Invincibility frames? W-Who needs those?

*tries to block out memories of all the Terra deaths*

(Granted V&As eternal i-frames were the broken part but the game has no mercy for Terra)

[Yuya Sakaki 5,212]

This is an interesting post. KH2 Guard is probably the best one since 1)

 

At least it gives you invincibility frames if you block an attack, unlike the other games.

 

And 2) it's not as clunky as Guard in KH1. Granted, Limit Form in 2FM fixed that problem.

 

Peace!

[LimitForm 24]

I personally don't see any problems with his guard. It may be more of the players fault of not being able to time the guard correctly since some may not have the reaction speed to keep up with Sora's guarding animation and in turn, get killed by the enemy. Its just simple timing is all.

Edited March 21, 2016 by LimitForm

[Kingdomhe 1,362]

man Aqua guard is were its at, but if i have to chose i guess limit form's guard is second.

[Kaweebo 3,617]

But OP!! It's  F L A S H Y ! ! !

Edited March 21, 2016 by Kaweebo

[Exiblade7 1,917]

It's been quite dry recently, there's really nothing to talk about.

 

I hate Sora's guard in KH2, it's so firetrucking irritating when he tries to be all cool and block and do some weird little jump twirl thing. The guard in BBS and DDD was simple and didn't take as long. Sora is mr show off with his KH2 block "OH look at me i'm so special! I can twirl and block! *gets killed by shadows cause his guard took too long.

agreed because certain bosses like Roxas can hit you even though you blocked at the right time 

[catmaster0116 2,676]

Ok, his guard might be annoying, I could understand that.

 

But have you seen him open a chest? Motherfiretrucker is just trying to show off

 

 

Hey I actually liked the twirly thingy that he does!

 

Although, I didn't like guard in both KH1 and KH2. The duration of both guards were too short, on several occasions I found myself guarding too early only to be struck by the attack immediately afterwards. I really liked the Guards from BBS and Days and 3D.

 

The way Sora guards in KH2 potentially sets up an environment for a fractured wrist...but video game characters don't get fractured wrists to they? Conclusion: If your job is a being a Video Game Character, you are protected from fractured wrists.

[mag77 405]

Meh, I hate guarding in general; I can never time it right.  Dodging ftw!

[RikuFangirl2008 1,368]

Nah. I'm alright with it. 

[Xiro 3,468]

Hey I actually liked the twirly thingy that he does!

 

Although, I didn't like guard in both KH1 and KH2. The duration of both guards were too short, on several occasions I found myself guarding too early only to be struck by the attack immediately afterwards. I really liked the Guards from BBS and Days and 3D.

 

The way Sora guards in KH2 potentially sets up an environment for a fractured wrist...but video game characters don't get fractured wrists to they? Conclusion: If your job is a being a Video Game Character, you are protected from fractured wrists.

They've got this thing called wrist insurance. All the stuff happens in the menu.

 

 

agreed because certain bosses like Roxas can hit you even though you blocked at the right time 

Um, I think if you block and you still get hit, then it's just that your timing was slightly off. .-.

[The Transcendent Key 12,109]

I've never had a problem with Sora's Kingdom Hearts II guard!  I mean sure, he does some fancy footwork to go with the guard, but hey, I never had any problems with it, ya know?  Maybe Nomura was just trying to go for a cool animation to go with the guard, ya know?

[dabestgamer 62]

Barring unguardable (but still Reflectable) boss attacks, I haven't had many issues (if at all) with KH2(FM) Guard.

[Soul_Seeker 753]

I personally don't see any problems with his guard. It may be more of the players fault of not being able to time the guard correctly since some may not have the reaction speed to keep up with Sora's guarding animation and in turn, get killed by the enemy. Its just simple timing is all.

 

my hero.

my hero.

 

Seriously, everything I was about to say was summed up in this post. Thanks, LimitForm.

 

Also, don't blame Sora for him being flashy. He just wants to be King of the Keyblade Wielders. Bad One Piece reference, but a reference.

[The 13th Kenpachi 4,279]

Why does Sora have to be a show off with his guard? He thinks he's so cool and special...

 

[Lubellamy 23]

It can be annoying sometimes but i like it

Ok, his guard might be annoying, I could understand that.

 

But have you seen him open a chest? Motherfiretrucker is just trying to show off

 

It's worse with the bigger ones

[clatter411 75]

Well it may be slow, but let me ask you this, is it even worth dodging enemy attacks if you can't look like a pimp? I don't think so.

[SoraUltimateKeybladeMaster 197]

You know. I didn't mind the block too much. The chest opening is what really bothered me. I mean especially the big ones.

[Veemon 1,540]

I've noticed this topic show up every now and then, and I figured I'd see what the deal was.

 

I'm grateful for Block/Defend. At least it exists, right? Just imagine playing KH2 without being able to Guard...

 

...

 

Nope! Not in a decade could I do that.

 

To debate the guard itself, I personally like it. It's quick and flashy. Sure, I wouldn't/couldn't pull of a guard like that in real life, but it still looked cool to me.

 

My favorite guard is Ventus's Guard. (Ahahaha, could you tell from Ventus being my favorite KH character? )

 

 

Rock on!

[Skyhound 0]

I'm pretty sure Sora's guard is the way it is because there is already a "quick guard" in the game. It's the attack button, timing an attack to block/deflect is faster but more risky than guarding, that's how you catch those attacks that the guard can't block.