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What's up with these Kingdom Hearts numbers?!
- Thread starter Erekiddo
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MADGAME
Member
Clear as mud.
Alex_Mexico
Member
You can like its naming conventions all you want but anyone honestly trying to argue how the Kingdom Hearts series isn't a confusing mess is being disingenuous.
And it's not jus about three compilations with three numbers with decimal numbers. As a casual KH fan i constantly see shit like KH 0.2, and KH 358/2, KH Re:CoM or KH Unchained X. Add to that how they've dragged out the story for 15 goddamn years, which in it on itself has its own massive problems when trying to make sense of it, and you have a very very confused audience.
I'm a diehard gamer who GAFs daily and has played KH1, and 2 on PS2 and I don't know what the fuck's going on anymore. What are the chances that other less invested would-be fans who dont dwell on gaming forums everyday will buy these compilations or KH3?
Theres a lot to love about KH. Maybe even its titles. But let's be real and drop the pretenses. Do not defend this series saying they're not confusing or say they're easy to follow. As true as water is wet it is not.
I rest my case.
GoldCrusader
Member
I don't know, people on the internet tend to make things worse then they actually are. People here seem to be doing this. Following KH's story is not that hard lol.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Its really not that complicated. Talking about kingdom hearts on this place is a tad annoying. Nd now with the mega collection coming soon you only need two discs to catch up on the series but I'm sure that's to hard too
NinjamicWZ
Banned
358/2 was just a weird number that tied into whatever in that game.
1.5 is an improved version of 1 with extra content from other games that took place before 2.
2.5 is the same thing, but for 2.
2.8 comes with even more content than 2.5
1 -> 2 -> 3
1.5 -> 2.8 -> 3
1.5 is an improved version of 1 with extra content from other games that took place before 2.
2.5 is the same thing, but for 2.
2.8 comes with even more content than 2.5
1 -> 2 -> 3
1.5 -> 2.8 -> 3
banefirelord
Banned
Wait, do any of these PS4 collections include 358/2 Days, CoM and BBS or are those floating off on their little console islands?
Which is baffling. The KH 2.8 package really doesn't warrant the asking price.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Com and bbs are playable
The ps4 collection has both included.
Days is in a movie form
They know people are going to pay for it because of 0.2. DDD isn't too old either and the back cover movie is a brand new thing as well
Cool, thanks for this.
It just gets annoying hearing the same tired complaints over and over. If one has not paid attention to KH since 1 and 2, and for that matter, skipped chain of memories, does one want an explanation to how to go through them or do they want to cry about how the titles are weird for 90 pages?
Just buy the compilation collections and play them if you want to get up to speed.
ALso just for clarification, Back Cover(the final game in 2.8) is not cutscenes of Kingdom Hearts Chi, it is an actual movie showcasing completely new events from the perspective of the foretellers. Mostly from the perspective of random keyblade warriors.
Back Cover will likely cover the events of Chi anyway, and make it irrelevant.
Just buy the compilation collections and play them if you want to get up to speed.
ALso just for clarification, Back Cover(the final game in 2.8) is not cutscenes of Kingdom Hearts Chi, it is an actual movie showcasing completely new events from the perspective of the foretellers. Mostly from the perspective of random keyblade warriors.
Back Cover will likely cover the events of Chi anyway, and make it irrelevant.
I believe those are in kingdoms hearts hd 1.5 2.5 remix
super alpha arcade edition
hydrophilic attack
Member
this graph needs to be updated to include 1.5+2.5
Seems like a price for just the hardcore fans then, but not for the general public.
1.5+2.5 contain everything that is not in 2.8 and 3
Well yeah, core fans are going to buy it, and then when the price drops others will.
I'm buying because i haven't played DDD myself cause i don't own a 3DS
I do agree it should be a bit less. $50 would be have probably good price for it. But they are putting a lot more effort compared to previous collections since they are making a movie from ground up and current-gen short game.
I don't think 0.2's position is right.
It'll be hard as his mind crumbles trying to make sense of the storyline across all the games LOL
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
O yea that's absolutely what it is DDD is probably the most divisive,0.2 is a brand new short taste of kh3 gameplay plus a popular character and the back cover story is something only the Hardcore will follow
2.5 and 2.8 are different collections. The former contains 2 and BBS (KH0), the latter contains 3D and 0.2 (a short current gen game following up on the events of BBS).
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
O man you are in fir a treat DDD is my favorite of the bunch(unpopular opinion) flow motion is so good
This has to rank up there with the dumbest things I've ever seen in gaming. How dumb do you have to be to fuck up "let's hang out with Disney characters?" Why is any of this necessary? Do the devs actually think more than a handful of people who frequent message boards are buying these games for the thrilling saga of Xenohort, Xasdog, and the heartless nobodies' search for anime mcguffins?
gamingPotato7
Member
Final Chapter Prologue is hilarious
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Yes actually
I mean seriously even the story confusing for the sake of being confusing no wonder ppl confused everytime they mention it
LOL
Alex_Mexico
Member
I'll buy KH3 on day one and play it for its art design, game play, music, final fantasy fanservice and Disney worlds. But I've long since made my peace that I won't know what the fuck will be going down with its nonesensical story. Fuck trying to follow this series.
Napalm_Frank
Member
KH plot lost me when that dragon heartless was emblem instead of pureblood and it was never explained.
Too confusing.
Too confusing.
Glass Rebel
Member
Nomura is so far up his own arse that he has completely lost the plot when it comes to naming these games. So stupid.
Back Cover? What?
hydrophilic attack
Member
as a fellow troll i have to acknowledge nomura's beautiful trolling in these game titles
It's the movie for Chi/X
I love how stupid and convoluted the story is. I do want to see how it ends. Gameplay is king though obviously.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Of course.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Not to be confused with Unchained Chi/X which takes place in a different dimension!
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Ansem the wise is now a non factor
As far as knowing the 13 darkness's
Xehanort
Past Xehanort
Xehanort heartless
Xemnas(Xehanort nobody)
Saix
Xigbar
Terranort(Xehanort has Terra's body)
Xehanort
Past Xehanort
Xehanort heartless
Xemnas(Xehanort nobody)
Saix
Xigbar
Terranort(Xehanort has Terra's body)
Mr. Poolman
Member
Millions of people, sure. Cause they keep selling.
If one had actually kept up with the story then they would not be confused(mostly).
Its not even a lot of people who have been playing the games complaining but those who obviously skipped everything and(or never played them to begin with) are now complaining they don't understand.
I understand its way more convoluted than it needs to be, but its kind of also the fault of those people who have not played the games as well.
The story's really a non-factor. Just play the games in release order and you'll follow along well enough. The timeline just exists to vaguely explain why the big bad is actually 13 little bads, and loosely explain what Mickey's done to be such a BAMF.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
That's stupid.
Moon Presence
Member
It's terrible marketing, that's what it is.
Newtype-001
Member
Its not that deep it goes up in order man
Counting tho
1.5 2.5 2.8
Its the easiest its ever been.
I guess you can call me a casual KH fan since i only played KH1 and got back into the series with KH1.5 thats like 5+ years from when i played it and all i had to play the games in the collection left to right i think.
Peak
Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A Fragmentary Passage-
Hurts even more to type that out. Love Kingdom Hearts, but that has to be the dumbest, most confusing name for any game I've ever seen.
1.5 and 2.5 are the older games in a compilation collection. 2.8 contains brand new content