Yup.
Fire does a bunch of damage to them.
Blizzard freezes them for a bit.
Thunder paralyzes them for a bit.
The super fun part will be when he gets to Tron and the Devastators. Fuck those guys so hard on Critical.
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Yup.
Fire does a bunch of damage to them.
Blizzard freezes them for a bit.
Thunder paralyzes them for a bit.
SprachBrooks
Member
Going to atlantica
currently just mashing x during gummy shit
this is beyond bad
Can't believe you're still plooughing on. That's about as in-depth as the combat gets. The unintelligible story renders this game as having no redeeming factors whatsoever. I'd quit and play something actually decent.
StarSketch
Banned
Going to atlantica
currently just mashing x during gummy shit
this is beyond bad
Make a ship of nothing but health gummies, then walk away.
Also, do Atlantica last. Trust me.
He's not talking about the combat.
StarSketch
Banned
Yeah, he's talking about the gummi ship sections, which as much as I love this game, I absolutely hated. I literally did the health gummi thing I just posted so I could do shit on my phone while I waited for the level to complete itself.
That other post gives me drive-by shitpost vibes. :/ Always annoyed by that shit.
Napalm_Frank
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Y2Kev did you beat the optional boss at Port Royal?
Going to atlantica
currently just mashing x during gummy shit
this is beyond bad
I found that it is easier to switch to full auto, put on powerful guns and missiles and focus more on dodging than on aiming and shooting. kinda like a danmaku. Certain gumiship bosses are a real pain if you dont focus on dodging, like the one that is on the path leads to the penultimate area of the game.
When I don't feel like doing the gummi missions I just use a donut.
Vital Tundra
Member
I actually really like KH2 gummi missions.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Same. It actually has a bunch of interesting mechanics and pretty slick presentation too. And the fact that you can just warp to any world you have unlocked the route to makes the actual time spent on Gummi stuff minimal if you don't like it.
The biggest missteps of KH2FM gummis are:
1.Normal routes are too easy and thus not very engaging or exciting at all even on the hardest difficulty.
2.No reward whatsoever in spending time on Gummi stuff that is useful in main game. I would have included at least stuff like synthesis materials for optional way of getting them.
3.Balance issues that break the whole system and all the neat stuff in it. See Donut.
Halloween Town is mandatory I think. Pride Rock is completely skippable.
They keep using em because it's one of the most popular Disney movies and a good excuse to reuse assets and music.
It's possible. You can skip Agrabah, Halloween Town or Pride Lands since you only need to do 2/3 to progress the story. I wouldn't recommend it though since you miss out on EXP, good weapons, and good spells.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Interesting, I thought only PL was.
Agreed.
I really enjoyed the Gummi Missions in KH2 (especially compared to KH1).
That said, I do agree with the missteps you listed.
It's especially nice when you go back and S-Rank stages with the more powerful ships/upgrades you unlock through the game.
No one knows yet. If it does then I wonder if it will be based on Phantom Menace, a New Hope, or TFA.
Napalm_Frank
Member
If KH3 has SW world I can't imagine it being anything other than ANH.
BTW Y2Kev did you choose sword, shield or staff at the beginning of the game?
BTW Y2Kev did you choose sword, shield or staff at the beginning of the game?
CrimsonSquall
Member
Why? TFA is literally perfect due to the age group and relative newness of the 3rd trilogy
Sword. I thought maximizing damage might make critical easier. So far I'd say it has been manageable and fun. I did try one of the absent silhouette levels and just got absolutely blitzed in one hit.
I am so sorry. By choosing the sword you won't get Second Chance until level 85.
oh crap, this means you are going to have to run for awhile without second chance and once more...
EDIT: beaten.
...Good luck y2kev.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Let's just say that when it comes to Critical Mode picking the Sword is by far the hardest route since you get the 2 best defensive abilities later than the others (especially shield). It probably won't be a issue at all until the last world but there might be a roadblock coming around dem parts that you need to just git gud at.
But it wouldn't be fun if it was too easy!
Run in circles. It's actually really easy to dodge.
Napalm_Frank
Member
In FM if you get past
then the rest of the bosses should be relatively easy.
Roxas
Perfect Cha0s
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Running+Form abilities (the movement abilities)+reflect make it pretty tame. It might take a while to learn the patterns though.
you run in circles until he starts rapid fire, when does that then you burst a drive form and pray you dont get anti-form. you should survive and be able to punish depending on what from you picked.
Although I'm not worried about him, I 'm more worried about the "WHERE'S THE FUN IN THIS" guy OP is going to run into.
The weird thing about that is that they don't really reuse assets or layouts for the worlds you revisit in KH2 (and they sure as hell won't in kh3). For the most part the worlds you visit again in kh2 are basically all new. As for the music, they are rerecorded or remixed so they don't even "reuse" music in the strictest sense of the term :S
I honestly think the reason there are so many re-worlds is to give a semblence that there is connectivity to sora's adventure and offer familarity as well as a sense of "thing go on past when you first visit" which is honestly pretty good for world building imo.
My main problem with them is that they are used like ass in kh2 compared to kh1. They are either skippable (agrabah, Halloween town part 2, atlantica) or are just boring side stories (often both).
Oddly of the 15 worlds in kh2, only 5 are playable (though with vastly different layouts and gameplay) in kh1.
I thought so but whenever I attempted to, I'd invariably screw up and get hit somehow, so I just picked the drive option to make it easier.
This thread is making me want to replay through my copy of kh2fm from the start again. I lost my ALL of my save data before I could kill my Moby Dick:
the Lingering will.
Grinding since most people finish the game around level 50-55. The reason the shield is so good is because you have both Once More and Second Chance once you hit level 49 which eliminates the need for grinding to take on the post game super bosses.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Without grinding and investing in the side content, you don't.
But they're the best fights in the game, hell the entire series.
Post game bosses in KH games are the only one I bother with tbh. They're great and challenging.
I still remember the day I beat the ice titan and Sephiroth in KH1.
CrimsonSquall
Member
Take that exception and throw it straight out the window. KH is basically known for its super bosses and sidequest/ postquest bosses. I suggest you seriously reconsider
Yeah, that's Birth by Sleep. The side content in that game is awful.
CrimsonSquall
Member
Idt anything in BBS was that luck based.
MF and LSV were both pretty damn hard... until you realize MF can be pwned with thunder blitz and LSV with those damn mines. Otherwise, standard fare hardness in KH.
Can you fight Master Eraqus in armored form in the Mirage Arena in the hd version like u can in the JP bbs final mix?
Napalm_Frank
Member
Birth By Sleep bonus bosses are ''trash'' and that is mostly because the core mechanics don't translate well to good high end boss design.
KH2 has some pretty fun bonus bosses. Not that I'd say you need to actively pursue doing all the side stuff if you want to move on after finishing the game but there are a few really rewarding fights. The other question is if you have the patience to actually learn the fights to be able to tackle them at lower levels since they definately are meant to be done with all the defensive abilities and higher level if you want some room for error.
You can.
oreomunsta
Banned
Going to atlantica
I love KH, but oh boy.... Atlantica... Yeah... :/
Nephitamine
Member
You might be thinking of the optional boss in the PSP version of BBS that was basically luck based. The issue comes from BBS combat mechanics having too many i-frames in dodge, shot-locks and leaf bracer along with second chance + once more basically making everything ridiculously easy. So to make an optional boss challenging, they decided to give him some bullshit attacks that have lots of active frames where you just spam dodge and hope you don't get hit in between your dodges.
I think he got nerfed in the final mix version though (so the version you'll be playing in 2.5) so that he's not as luck-based with that death rope of his.
ehhh...
if you play the final mix versions (ie: the ones included in the remasters) you'd see that the gameplay and fluidity in kh2:fm is significantly better than kh1:fm. As for story stuff, yeah, KH2 has a super weak first half and the world stories are divided in a way I don't like, and BBS's worlds are just too short for their own good. KH1 has the best blend of both world length and story integration imo. Its story is also the most concise and complete imo (COM comes close though)
When it comes to concise narrative structure and story i'd kind agree, but not really when it comes to gameplay.
That said, if Y2Kev does indeed play BBS eventually, be careful with Terra's storyline. There are 2 VERY VERY cheap bosses that can easily 1-shot you with cheap unblockable moves if you don't have the right abilities (not moves, abilities like once more and second chance). The other campaigns are pretty easy imo.