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Post by Kyo Sohma on Sept 22, 2005 18:02:25 GMT -1
nope never even heard of them before. what are they like?
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Post by Momiji Sohma on Sept 24, 2005 14:57:35 GMT -1
ditto: never heard of it either.
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Post by Akito Sohma on Sept 24, 2005 18:34:28 GMT -1
They're stupid. You just try to date these people. They're mostly for teenage boys, since most of the dates are girls. I've only played one once, at a friends house, and it wasn't worth it. Now, what about the American game, The Sims? That is hilarious.
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Post by Kyo Sohma on Sept 24, 2005 18:37:09 GMT -1
The Sims..is that where you build houses and stuff?
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Post by Akito Sohma on Sept 24, 2005 18:38:54 GMT -1
Yep. I have some hilarious pics of my Sims. They're the FB characters. They actually act like them sometimes too.
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Post by Kyo Sohma on Sept 24, 2005 18:39:35 GMT -1
i've tried to do things like that before but they never work.
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Post by Tohru Honda on Sept 24, 2005 18:42:48 GMT -1
oo i love the SIMS if they had a FB one i WOULD LOVE IT FOR AGES!!.. though i love kingdom hearts its confirmed that KH2 is coming out december 22nd!! woo hoo!
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Post by Kyo Sohma on Sept 24, 2005 18:43:24 GMT -1
never heard of those either. what happens i them?
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Post by Tohru Honda on Sept 24, 2005 18:51:26 GMT -1
What is "Kingdom Hearts"? Kingdom Hearts was a joint project between established developers Square Enix (creators of the hugely successful Final Fantasy series) and the kings of all things animation, Disney. Without already going into further detail, if you are a fan of the "Final Fantasy" games, you'll love this.
Story The story revolves around a young teenager called Sora, as he leads his normal life he starts having these unusual dreams describing that he has a destiny to bring good back to the world, with the help of a special weapon called the keyblade. When his world is engulfed by darkness and it disappears he awakens in a town where he begins his journey to fulfil his destiny along with Donald and Goofy who are looking for there king, Mickey.
Within the story you will meet 100's of characters from both Disney movies and the Final Fantasy series and realise just how big this game and its story is.
Gameplay Kingdom Hearts is an action/adventure RPG; it plays like a fusion of you average "Final Fantasy" and "Legend of Zelda" game. Basically while in each world of the game you'll be set a long term goal to achieve and to get to that goal you'll have to explore that entire world and fight numerous enemies called "Heartless" along the way. During a battle you can simply run up to a "Heartless" and attack it with your keyblade or alternatively you can cast magic spells or call in another presence to help. In addition, depending on the world you are in, a character from that movie can fight alongside you, for example in the world called "Halloween Town" based on the movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas", the movies main character Jack can fight alongside with Sora, Goofy and Donald.
Graphics This is really one of the games strongest points; the main director of this game has also been the character designer for many of the Final Fantasy games. So if you know anything about Final Fantasy the graphics have always been breathtaking and Tetsuya Nomura does an amazing job here to. From just looking at one of the screenshots within this article you get the impression that the characters look like they have been just took out of the movie, you can never tell the difference from there 2D counterparts. Each world is also highly detailed which only makes the overall experience better as it allows you to relive parts of those movies.
Soundtrack The music that will play when in each world will usually represent the movie, for example while playing the Atlantica world (took from "The Little Mermaid") you hear "Under The Sea" looping over and over, then when you battle an enemy you'll hear a remixed version of the tune. Although the soundtrack is fairly large, the original music made for this game is far superior to the tunes took from the movies. In addition, you can also purchase this soundtrack in a 2-disc set with bonus songs which is a cool addition to your collection if you enjoy the game.
Length Like with any RPG you get value for money. Even just playing through Kingdom Hearts without trying to complete any optional sections it will take you at least 35 hours, which will just show's you how big Sora's adventure is. When completing the game you can easily return to it and complete a number of optional quests including 2 optional worlds full of mini-games and quests to make Sora in battle perform at his best.
Best Aspect The games strongest point is the chance to experience so many different universes and fulfil each ones tasks, each world is treated as if it is a separate game and as you progress each world gets bigger, better and more fun. The final world in the game "Hollow Bastion" is where you will spend at least 5 hours due to it's massive size and how big a role it plays in the games storyline.
Worst Aspect When a game is so great it is hard to pick at its bad points, but anyone would agree that the only major problem with the game is its camera. At times it is very hard to see what you're battling against and where an enemy has moved to. As you progress you'll get use to manually changing the camera to make things easier but if anything the automatic camera angles should have been reworked.
Possible Additions An obvious addition to the game would have been an opportunity to play through more worlds but due to the capacity of a DVD this would have been hard to achieve. But you can say it would have been better if the world's were on average a similar size (except "Hollow Bastion"), For example the "Olympus Coliseum" (Hercules) only has about 3 areas to play in but a world like "Atlantica" (Little Mermaid) you have at least 10 areas to play through.
What's next? As of writing this game has sold over 5 million, making it one of the best selling Playstation games ever rivalling with great games like the "Grand Theft Auto" series. Due to this games immense popularity (and Sora's journey far from completion) an announcement of a sequel was eagerly awaited.
Then in late 2003 it was revealed that not only a sequel is being made but a game that connects both games is to be released on Nintendo's GBA. Even more shocking, it has been very recently announced that a version of this game will be made by Disney for Mobile Phones featuring full 3D Graphics.
In the near future Kingdom Hearts has a lot going for it is turning into one the greatest Video Game franchises of our time, just like many video games that were once at a cult status.
Conclusion People who have never heard of Kingdom Hearts usually need a lot of convincing that the game is worth playing, due to the fact Disney characters are in the game, it gives people the attitude that it is only suitable for young children. I can say that the storyline becomes so big that no child would be able to understand it!
In conclusion, if your even slightly interested in RPG's you have no excuse to dismiss this game, after all it has sold 5 million, is a best seller, has spawned 3 follow up games including a lot of merchandise, several books and soon even an animated TV series, Kingdom Hearts is a game you need to experience.
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Post by Kyo Sohma on Sept 24, 2005 18:56:13 GMT -1
wow......i just wanted a summary but this is really good!
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Post by Tohru Honda on Sept 24, 2005 18:58:06 GMT -1
oh opps sorry got off a friend.. not meant to be that much detail but yeah i love it..
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Post by Akito Sohma on Sept 24, 2005 19:43:33 GMT -1
Good description of KH. Here's a pic of some of my FB sims. They're so cute! Haru just loves that piano. Apparently, he's good, because the other two like it.
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Post by Kyo Sohma on Sept 24, 2005 19:47:29 GMT -1
wow. they look just like the characters. i cant get them like that on my sim game.
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Post by Akito Sohma on Sept 24, 2005 19:50:38 GMT -1
You can download skins at this link: flamboyant.mivo.net/ They look better in the game than they do on the site. Here's a pic with Haru and the piano again. Ayame is sitting in the chair and Hatori is painting.
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Post by Kureno Sohma on Sept 25, 2005 12:25:02 GMT -1
Those fb SIMs are amazing. I just might have to download them... And Akito looks soooo cool
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