Positive Post: When did you realize this series is special?

[immortalfrieza 14]

It was the combat system that drew me and kept me playing in KH1, it was just so smooth, dynamic, and strategic that I enjoyed simply running around killing things, a feeling that turned based and even other Action RPGs at the time just seemed to not be able to induce in me. However, it wasn't until I got to Hollow Bastion that the story itself really sucked me in. That's when things in the series got serious and the silly Disney elements started dropping off I think, and it's still my favorite part of the first game. Hollow Bastion is the point I knew I'd be hopelessly hooked on Kingdom Hearts for however many games it lasted, and I'm glad to say that with one exception (Chain of Memories) the series really hasn't had any real stinkers, and even Chain of Memories was only bad due to it's terrible combat system, not it's story.

Edited July 25, 2016 by immortalfrieza

[Valhite 168]

The first time I saw Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix Cover Art. Seriously. There's mickey donald goofy and ff like characters? I'm in

[VisitJoan 2,713]

When it was literally all I could think about.When I found myself wanting to go to gamestop to get a used Days.When I got a used PS2 and PSP just to play the games.

[Felicia Novita 419]

When I see my brother was playing it. He told me to try it, and I felt that this series was something.

[Elfdemon_ 695]

When I first played it. I was a toddler at the time and immediately fell in love with it.

[Way2Dawn 80]

I love that this thread is still going.  Everyone Keep it up!  This is great!

[Lulcielid 159]

When I played KH1 I didn´t see the game being special, I used to see it as an entertaining and interesting game, then I reached the ending and had tons of feelings that day. The franchise became special from that day onward.

[DaxtotheMax 193]

This may come off as weird but when I first got KH1, it was because I had a dream about it...or so I thought it was KH1 at the time...it was actually KH2 that I remembered... but still I liked Kingdom Hearts 1 and 358/2 Days and then I got to the highly anticipated KH2, when I got it, my memory card couldn't handle the awesomeness, I literally was bawling because I wanted it so bad, so I had to go to GameStop the next day and get another one. When I hit that part where Axel has Kairi in Twilight Town, for some reason that struck a cord in me where Sora knows where one of his long lost friends finally are and has to race back to find them, that made me realize how much I liked that game and the series in general, I mean it's a Disney crossover of our dreams for goodness sake!

Edited September 11, 2016 by DaxtotheMax

[The Transcendent Key 12,109]

The moment I realized that this series was special to me was the moment I booted up Kingdom Hearts II on my PS2!  It was the first Kingdom Hearts game I had ever played in my life, and the clerk at Sam's Club had already told me a bit about the premise of the game, and I was already intrigued by it!  But when I played the game, and I traveled to all these Disney worlds, everything seemed so wondrous and magical to me!  Thanks to Kingdom Hearts, I got into Final Fantasy, and you could say that it got me into RPG's in general!

 

But what connects me to these games the most is the connections I feel with the characters!  Never has any video game hit home with me like Kingdom Hearts does! Riku, in particular, is a character that I relate with a lot!  He struggled to overcome himself, his insecurities and his fears, and that's something that I was going through in my Junior High years!  I was a very insecure person, and I hated myself back then, but seeing how Riku pushed onward with his fears and redeemed himself, accepting himself for what he is, that's when I slowly learned to accept myself for who I was, pushing aside my fears, ya know?  My friends, family and God also helped greatly, but Kingdom Hearts holds a special place in my heart because its characters helped mold a part of me, ya know?  And the themes of light, darkness, friendship, they're all conveyed so beautifully, that it's just spectacular! :')

 

I've been a Kingdom Hearts fan for ten whole years!  And I'll always love this amazing video game series for as long as I live!

[TheKeyofRose 282]

The moment I began hearing this right after the sick ass intro that was Simple and Clean.

 

 

I fell in love that day.