KH2 Kingdom Hearts II: Beyond the X Button (gameplay analysis)

[Lulcielid 159]

Interesting look at the combar system of KINGDOM HEARTS II, how the game plays and how the game explains to the player how it plays.

Original Review by Youtube user MieDAX

[Exiblade7 1,917]

Honestly people who think that kingdom hearts 2 is a button mashing game needs to watch this

Edited April 16, 2016 by Zeldablade7

[Kingdomhe 1,362]

I agree with everything he said and I'm now even more glad that they are getting rid of reaction commands and are making kh3 more of a hybrid of kh and kh2.

[Cloudmighty 13]

I agreed with a lot of points in this video. One thing that wasn't touched upon however is Level 1 Crit. Since a lot of the complaints centered on lack of needed strategy or the lack of any explanation on things like "Revenge Value" etc within the game.

 

I've just completed and recorded a full level 1 run of the game with all (no damage) fights and I can absolutely tell you that strategy is absolutely needed, along with a rather deep understanding of the game mechanics.

 

None of this is found within the game and has to be figured out by people (I had to develop my own strategies for some fights). Figuring out these strategies was both rewarding and infuriating, since as the video tells us - a lot of the combat is in the form of RCs and "flashy combat scenes".

 

What I will say though (and I am speaking as a casual player here) is that I have never enjoyed combat more than I have in this game in any other. But I absolutely agree that the lack of basic tutorials on a lot of the game's mechanics is very disappointing!