This game has aged like a fine wine. Nearly 20 years later and it’s hard to top just how good this game is.

The gameplay ages so well. Still feels incredibly responsive and deep to this day

@boyishdude1234

11 ай бұрын

Ehhhhhhhhh..... I played it a bit again recently and the movement and camera controls are very stiff, awkward and generally unresponsive compared to most or all of the later games. That's hardly a Kingdom Hearts 2 exclusive issue, though. Most or all games made back then have these issues because game developers were still figuring these things out. I think overall the Osaka Games have much better analog movement. PS2/GameCube/Xbox games in general just don't have very good feeling movement and camera controls. Going back to KH2 after playing KH3 for so long when KH3 has overall much more fluid and responsive analog controls just makes KH2's analog controls just... not feel right.

@AshPatterson

8 ай бұрын

@@boyishdude1234what? gameplay is fine it doesn’t feel stiff I don’t know what you’re talking about?

@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime

6 ай бұрын

@@boyishdude1234The camera and movement is great, the only issue with the camera is that it doesn’t do a great job tracking locked on targets and there’s a certain boss with camera issues due to the arena. Though overall the movement and camera in particular is better than alot of modern games even (the camera is definitely better than the one in fromsoft games).

@FredMaverik

4 ай бұрын

@@boyishdude1234 thats because you suck

@YBATG

22 күн бұрын

I’m playing it right now at the start i preferred one because of fire change and no roll but now it’s way better

This is my favorite game in the series and has been ever since it launched. This game and this series just bring so many great memories back. I was about 26 when this game released, and it still makes me feel the excitement of 10 year old me playing a new SNES game.

@CostFrost

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully I don’t make you feel old, but I remember Christmas Day being 4 years old playing this game and ever since then I was overwhelmingly hooked to the game adoring it in every aspect, it still is one of my favorite games and hell I think I beat it again like 5 months ago

@jedirayden

Жыл бұрын

@@CostFrost nah, my son was about 4 years old when this game released, so if anything you're just bringing back more memories. Thank you for that.

@ASTR0TALKSPHILOSOPHY

Жыл бұрын

I love KH, but there's SO MANY more games that are superior to it.

@ianprescott7924

6 ай бұрын

@@ASTR0TALKSPHILOSOPHYHe just said his favorite in the series lol

@bigzachful

4 ай бұрын

@@ASTR0TALKSPHILOSOPHY Like what? Persona? What else?

One of the best endings to a trilogy. It's stupid how good this game is.

@mookiestewart3776

Жыл бұрын

Back when dev studios used to go above and beyond, god gaming was so damn good back then!!

@C3IAM

Жыл бұрын

It honestly didn't have to be a trilogy. The KH series could've ended at KH2 and that would've been just fine. I would even go as far as to say perfection.

@IfYouSeekCaveman

Жыл бұрын

@@C3IAM KH1, Chain of Memories, and KH2 is the trilogy I'm referring to. :)

@C3IAM

Жыл бұрын

@@IfYouSeekCaveman Haha! Sounds good to me!

@christoferrage

Жыл бұрын

@@IfYouSeekCaveman You forgot BBS that game was amazing. KH 3 was fine but lackluster. I’m still hopeful for 4. I have a feeling it will be better than 3

2005, this came out in 2005! What an absolutely graphical and gameplay spectacle! Honestly, probably one of the best (PS2) games of all time

I know many people complained about the beginning with the homie Roxas but that whole segment absolutely blew my mind and really subverted my expectations in ways I hadn’t experienced before. Thanks the great video. 🙏🏾

@MrWashed_

Жыл бұрын

Yea man as a kid I hated this part because I spent like 4-6 hours on it not knowing where to go but once I replayed it as an adult I absolutely loved the intro. It hits way harder once roxas says “guess my summer vacation is over”.

@hardyjoe4278

Жыл бұрын

Not going to lie, The setting of Twilight Town use to give me this craving for butter pecan ice cream. Haha!

@sharkiealami7817

Жыл бұрын

People who complain about Roxas are idiots

@castedsp1ders

8 ай бұрын

​@@MrWashed_the reward of fighting someone you played as always hits different.

@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime

6 ай бұрын

That’s one of my favorite parts of the series, but I can understand why some don’t like it there’s alot of cutscenes.

Critical is actually easier than Proud, you pretty much take the same damage but deal so much more and you have sooooo much more AP and starting abilities

@TheMemeXp1

11 ай бұрын

Critical is sooo much fun I remembering lingering will it took me so long to learn all his attack patterns

@LimitedEye

7 ай бұрын

This is beyond cap critical is not easier than proud they buff your damage because of how impossible it would be to beat without the buff

@loogiemusmaximusoftides8540

7 ай бұрын

@@LimitedEye most attacks that one-3 shot you on proud would do the same on critical anyway

@MATCHAPUDDIN

7 ай бұрын

​@@LimitedEye"impossible" Have you seen lvl 1 crit runs....

@insertnothinghere019

7 ай бұрын

@@loogiemusmaximusoftides8540 Sure, but a lot of attacks that wouldn't one-shot in Proud CAN one-shot in Crit (damage received in both modes is the same, but you have half the HP on Crit). And yeah you may deal more damage, but just 25% more. This means both you and the enemy die quicker, but you die much quicker than the enemy. EDIT: also,since you have half HP and can go down to empty real quick real frequently, you can't use Cure as a crutch anymore. If you don't learn to block and dodge, you're not getting very far.

Best game ever wish I could replay it for the first time again 🥺

@mookiestewart3776

Жыл бұрын

Those were the days right

@humanstuff7798

Жыл бұрын

Played it for the first time last week and I adored it~~

@bigzachful

4 ай бұрын

@@humanstuff7798 Very lucky! I have payed it in middle school with my friends

I agree the first three games (KH KH CoM KH2) make a perfect trilogy. The story beats and themes throughout them make it such a solid beginning middle and end with KH 2 being the perfect ending

@lesliesantos8595

6 ай бұрын

Omfgg i thought so too!!!! 😢😢😢😢🎉😂 thought it was just me..bbs i didnt like that much sure it was tragic but i prefer kh2..it feels WAYYYY better than bbd combat system...

If you thought this game's combat shined in Proud Mode, I really recommend Critical Mode. Don't let the fact that Sora only gets 1/2 HP compared to Proud Mode fool you! In exchange, you get way more abilities right off the bat including MP Hastera which you cannot get in any other mode, and you also deal more damage close to the amount you deal in Beginner Mode.

@hardyjoe4278

Жыл бұрын

I get to finally play this with the English patched ps2 version. I have both English patched ps2 games on the Steam deck. I don't think I will ever get around to playing the third game. I watched it on KZread.

@guutenks2498

Жыл бұрын

@@hardyjoe4278 im getting a steam deck soon and kh 2 is on the list. Should i emulate the ps2 version?

@IfYouSeekCaveman

Жыл бұрын

@@guutenks2498 No, play the PC version.

@rigby117

Жыл бұрын

​@@guutenks2498 buy the game on PC and get the refixed mods

@guutenks2498

Жыл бұрын

@@rigby117 does that only apply to kh2?

The trick to the pirates of the caribean is to have lots of mana ready to spam blizzard when they are in the sunlight and either fire or thunder when they are in the shade. Blizzard freezes them so they don't move, thunder makes them walk slowly and fire makes them run forward.

For the pirates in the PoTc world, for the first visit, the back of the ship where the wheel is, is nothing but moonlight. On the second visit the front of the ship is nothing but moonlight. Theyre also really weak to magic, ([reflect, magnet, thunder]) are still your friends in this situation too.

Crazy how this game is like 15 years old, not a crazy character action game but still has more fun combat than most platinum games

Utada Hikaru did a amazing job on this theme, still love passion/sanctuary. 👍

discovering Cavern of Remembrance music and ambiance over a decade after my first KH2 run as a kid was ... astonishing

U described the sephiroth battle so accurately it hurt, I remember sitting on the floor with my ps3 when I was 12 spending days grinding to get to level 99 so I could finally beat the lingering will and to this day I have never been able to defeat him, by now my ps3 has stopped working and I haven't seen my 2.5 remix disc in years so I doubt I ever will but it will forever hold a special place in my heart

I'm currently on a KH2 replay! Loving it. Haven't played it in like 15 years & that sense of magic is still there. Kh 3 may have been a let down but I'm still excited for KH 4. Fingers crossed that they listened to the fans.

Easily my favorite in the series and one of the best games ever made. The bosses, stages, combat and music are 10/10. The Tron and Halloween Town worlds are my favorite. Also the different combat forms were so badass and fun

My favorite game of all time. Going to love listening to this while at work, thank you Matty. Edit: I couldn’t wait and ended up listening to it before bed haha amazing video Matty, thank you for the content. I’m glad this game means a lot to you as it means the world to me. P.S. you didn’t need to start a cup in Olympus Colosseum to get your drive gauge back as long as you left Timeless River (the door) before your Drive Gauge ran out. I wish I could’ve gave you more tips as well but glad you enjoyed nonetheless 😂

The roxas fight rewards you with the Two Become One keyblade. If equipped, you have a 50/50 chance of anti-form or Final Form anytime you enter any drive form. Once you gain Final Form, it is permanently unlocked. The Growth abilities you gain from leveling them up (which you can learn how to do by going to the Status menu for each drive form and checking the EXP field's description) are invaluable throughout the game.

Loved the video! Pro Tip: If you go back to a save point while still in a drive form, exit and re-enter the world, the drive gauge will be full again. Makes grinding the forms A LOT faster.

I’m one of those believers who say the only way to play this game is on Critical. Anything Proud and lower is far to easy and really makes you appreciate the full depth of the combat in this game. One of the reasons I believe this is one best action rpg’s of all time. Critical is also imo one of if not the best hard mode in gaming.

For the pirate world, magic works for them regardless if they’re in the moonlight

Kingdom Hearts II is my favorite video game of all time, it’s almost insane how much holds up for roughly 20 years later and how the ending is one of the greatest in video game history

I feel like a trapping that people fall into with KH is saying that the games in between 2 and 3 are just "spin-offs". No, they're not. They're main series games that have just as much importance as the numbered games. Just because they aren't numbered doesn't mean they're inherently lesser. The continuation of KH2's story IS Dream Drop Distance, period. Kingdom Hearts 3 is a continuation of DDD. No person on the planet can say that 3 is a continuation of 2, it just factually isn't

@Redxan600

Жыл бұрын

The fact that people are still believing that the non numbered titles aren't important is baffling to me. Are they really KH fans if they only played the numeral titles and don't play the other titles?

I got a PS2 as a kid just to beat this game… so worth it, I still play KH2 every couple of years on the HD remix

I'll never forget the anticipation I had to play this but I had to wait so I could beat KH 1 first. Was totally worth the wait!

it's crazy to think that the game came out in 2005, had to look it up since the new version dropped on steam and im relplaying it atm, It was ahead of its time.

Totally loved this video Matty. Man it brought back so many memories. It’s so surreal how similar our childhood memories were with this game. It truly is sacred.

So fun fact one of my best friends let me borrow this game back in middle school and i kept the game for over a year because i loved it so much.

Fun fact: if you exit a world while in a drive form in KHII, your drive gauge doesnt deplete. You regain the Drive Cost with no penalty.

I’m glad someone else agrees it has one of the best cameras of any action game

I was almost afraid this video wasn’t coming thank you. This is quite literally my favorite game of all time

The gummy ship section is so unlike anything else, its really endearing, especially fighting for those missions 😂

The game that solidified me as a fan of the series to this day. Been playing since 06 and still one of the most fantastic sequels I’ve ever played. *I wish they made a third game*

@sollumi3014

Жыл бұрын

Wait im confused is actual khIII not considered "true third entry"? (Guessung its a joke)

@qdakid7776

Жыл бұрын

@@sollumi3014 kh2 is just leagues above all the other ones

@boyishdude1234

11 ай бұрын

@@qdakid7776 Is it though? It's easily the worst RPG in the series if you look at the RPG elements it offers compared to the others, and I think whether or not it has the best combat in the series is rather debatable. I've found from my own playing of these games that DDD HD (not the original 3DS version) and KH3 (even pre-ReMind) have comparable combat depth and quality in practical gameplay. I think the people who say that KH2 is the best in the series are looking only or mostly at its combat system, cherry picking its best aspects and then ignoring everything else about the game aside from its story and music. When looked at as an overall game I think its one of the most flawed games in the series; it was clearly not finished, even in the Final Mix release.

@moncay3238

8 ай бұрын

@@boyishdude1234no way you just said ddd and kh3 are better which are half assed games at best that latter game needs patches for it to be decent.

@boyishdude1234

8 ай бұрын

​@@moncay3238 I did in fact say that, and I'm not incorrect, unless you can make a good argument for why I'm wrong, which I highly doubt given your attitude. 2FM is incredibly overrated, and vanilla KH2 is unquestionably the most unfinished and unpolished game in the series if we don't count the original 3DS release of DDD (you can tell that it was rushed out the door, it didn't even have the boss fight with Roxas that was clearly intended to be in the game, and despite popular belief it had no post-game content to speak of, as all of its optional content could be completed before beating the final boss, including Sephiroth and the Paradox Cups). It isn't leagues above either KH3 (which didn't need patches to be decent) or the HD remake of DDD as an overall game by any means, and I say that as someone who has 100% completed 2FM on Critical Mode multiple times and completed its "Level 1" challenge more than once, as well as done the same in DDD between both of its versions and done it the most in KH3 (mostly before the DLC came out). Every single Kingdom Hearts game is mediocre, half-assed slop with lots of issues. Name one hugely positive aspect about 2FM's gameplay that _isn't_ specifically its semi-decent combat system? Even Dark Souls 3 is better in comparison, and that game is the worst entry in its respective series by far. An Action RPG with truly great gameplay has more to offer than only a decent combat system. There needs to be a good *_RPG_* there as well, not just competent action. Likewise, there needs to be good *_action_* there too, not just competent RPG elements; this was the problem with Birth by Sleep and 358, and to a much lesser extent DDD (far more so the original 3DS version). KH1/1FM, ReCoded, DDD HD and KH3 (excluding all ReMind content) are the closest the series has gotten to correctly striking that balance, and all of them have their fair share of problems. They're not masterpieces by any means. None of the Kingdom Hearts games are. Just because _you_ don't think KH3 or DDD are fun to play, that doesn't they're bad games. Quality is not a matter of opinion, and I've yet to see a single compelling argument for why KH3 and DDD HD are "horrible games" despite the fact that I have no reason to disagree with a good argument because I also think they're flawed. Granted, I've been called a "Birth by Sleep fanboy" in the past just for defending that game from criticisms I believed to either be false, poorly argued or made in bad faith, even when said defenses either came after or came with me explicitly mentioning more than once that I don't like the game very much and have no reason to protect it from any and all criticism, or even that I agree with a given conclusion about its quality and that I merely disagree with the presented argument (or lack thereof), so the possibility that you'll just accuse me of being some kind of "fanboy" for no other reason than that I disagree with you about KH3 and DDD is not lost on me. Kingdom Hearts fans, especially 2FM fans, have consistently shown me over the past roughly five years that they have very little ability to communicate with other people, to think critically or to process any kind of nuance, instead opting to go for surface level dogma, confirmation bias, groupthink and abuse of who they deem to be ideological dissidents, to the point that they'll ban people from their KZread comments that they've deemed to be "hugely problematic" then publicly speak about it on Twitter to shame them in the public square behind their backs. That may sound pretentious, but that's just the fact of the matter, and to be frank, I'm including you in that negative assessment. If you believe that mocking me for what you deem to be "wrongthink" is going to make me get on all fours and kiss your starfish, think again. I will not change my mind no matter what you say, not because I don't believe each of the Kingdom Hearts games have flaws, but because you simply aren't up to the task of making good arguments. Rather, you're entirely incapable of making them.

I've actually always been told that Critical mode tends to be *easier* than Proud, the reason being that even though enemy damage values are increased and your health is decreased, the damage you deal using reaction commands is DRAMATICALLY boosted, and you have a few additional skill points to use that make a pretty big differene.

@niklasw.1297

7 ай бұрын

That's generally true - In Critical fights just don't last as long as in proud, one way or another. That and the 3x Lucky Lucky you receive on Crit is a massive help while grinding.

I used to watch your fallout vids and I eventually unsubbed due to saturation with so many creators covering fallout, but I adore this channel its truly brilliant. Thank you for sharing your collection with us and taking some of us on trips down memory lane as well as showing younger folks the golden age of gaming.

Bro just dropped a 40 minute extravaganza on kingdom hearts 2 God damn

As someone who goes for platinums a lot, KH2’s plat really is not that grind heavy. Especially if you thoroughly enjoy the gameplay. I love this game heavy. The plat, data battles, and extra content are amazing

Man I thought I was the only one the keeps the original receipts in their cases!

KH2FM is one my top 5 favorite, 10/10, games of all time. I recently earned the PS4 version platinum trophy as my 1st platinum of this year in January because I really wanted this game to be my 50th platinum trophy (49 plat being Crisis Core Reunion). When you said that this was your first Proud mode playthrough, I was shocked because I always thought playing through KH2 on Proud or Critical was the ideal way to play (since Standard and Beginner turns into a button masher). Nevertheless, really happy to hear that you still love this game. Hoping that KH4 puts the respect on KH again after KH3.

To answer your question. The xaldin fight is programmed to have more mickey encounters than any other boss fight. We're not certain why, we just know that's how it is. There are several bosses where encounters can happen, even in the first half of the game. But way more on that fight

@retrorebound8887

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. You learn something new everyday!

I love this game so much I platted it twice on ps3 and ps4 in one month it was so much fun. When I was younger I never crafted the ultima weapon so that was fulfilling for me😊

For anyone who doesn’t know the bottom of the cave in the Agrabbah world by the Mushroom 13 fight is the easiest spot to grind Wisdom form, the slanted room is all heartless which levels up Wisdom and if you return to the world map while still in a drive form it will refill your gauge so its the easiest place to grind

@hardyjoe4278

Жыл бұрын

I think this was an exploit. I did something like this in Port Royal, at the entrance of the cave where the final fight with Barbossa takes place. I just go back to the ship and the drive refilled itself. I think it only worked on maps, one map away from any camp where you can speak to Donald and goofy.

This was my middle school life with my friends right here

Your retro videos are the best Matty!!

dont worry, i didnt realise either roxas was sora with an x either until that point..

Beating all the data fights on critical mode is still one of the toughest things I've had to do in a game worth it though!

A long time ago this was my Favourite in the series Now I can’t decide between all of them

My favorite game of all time. 😢 There’s nothing more precious when it comes to gaming for me. The memories of childhood being a little 8 year old playing this game for the first time.

Crazy that I remember hating tron and Hercules, but loving everything else

You probably know this by now but when you're grinding your forms you can use a exploit to make it a bit faster. If you go to a save point and return to world map before your form runs out your gauge will be full upon returning. So if you plan your path accordingly it speeds it up a good deal.

I just played KH2 for my channel as well, but purposely avoided watching your video before I did lol I agree with so much of what you're saying. The gameplay is just next level in this. I didn't love the level design, story, or the revisiting aspects of the game, but we're all here for the gameplay! Great video man, always enjoy your content. Keep it coming!

The pirates of the Caribbean ride slapped.

Playing KH on the hardest difficulty really made me appreciate combat more.

I’m a simple man, I see kingdom hearts 2 I click the like button. Also how you not gonna mention the absolute god tier opening cinematic for this game brutha (unless I missed it). Great vid overall though!! Thanks man!!

Was obsessed with this game for a whole summer. Be everything and the main game back in 2006. Except the gummi ship. Couldn’t wait for KH3 to come out. Kept waiting and waiting.. lost all my skills and the desire to play video games in those 15 years. Still bought the KH3 collectors edition when it came out. 😊

i remember i did my form grinding in hallow bastion just running up and down the castle over and over.

The first visit was always the best. Oddly the second visits felt empty. Still really good and I loved that they made it so you can revisit instead of blowing through the game

I used to love listening to the music with the sora image (original kh2 not 2.5) on the title screen. It made it feel like you knew you was in for an adventure.

My favorite game ever as a kid. The nostalgia is real my friends

still cant believe that the series that i truly love and dearly hold deeply too my heart was made back in 2006 and this is one of many peoples favorites

I absolutely love this game, played it as my first game ever on the original ps2 English mix and still play it regularly to this day doing speedruns and randos, I don't know what it is but this series never gets old to me, also helpful tip for Pirates, Chicken Little is an absolute god send, if you are far from enemies, he can whistle and yoink them back into range, meaning the shadows are not a problem, the combo you want to do is wait for a whistle (which just as long as you're positioned right, doesn't take long at all) 2 blizzards, finisher, repeat btw can we PLEASE appreciate the menus in this game? the most responsive menus in video games period and they are DELISIOUS to do fast

Love the series. Going through the cinematics of all each game for my wife to catch up

Played this when I was younger and never really knew what game it was until about 4-5 years ago. Went back played through them all, love kh2 think it’s one of the best in the franchise. And the nostalgia is strong with this one!

I was on a family camping trip back when this game came out. We stopped by a walmart to buy a cooler and some food. I don't remember how i pulled it off, but I convinced my mom to buy me Kingdom Hearts 2. The catch was, i had to wait until we got home a week later. So by the time i get into my ps2, all my friends have already defeated xemnas. Probably the worst week of anticipation of my life.

Literally the best in the series and has the best soundtrack too. Was such a experience, from the title screen to xemnas.

9:19 Actually, YES! Please, if you plan to play KH2 for the first time and it's not the first video game you ever played, Play Critical Difficulty. Not because it's harder or a challenge or something. It's almost the other way around. Compared to Proud mode, Critical has you, the Player, receive the same and deal 1.25x damage. That's right, you deal more damage on the higher difficulty, but that's not all. You receive an additional set of like 10+ abilities minute 1 into the run. Abilities like Finishing Plus which change the entire flow of combat or 3x 'Lucky Lucky', which makes Item Drops more frequent. But that's still not all - The game has Damage Scaling, which may sound terrible if you played Ubisoft or Bethesda Games previously but in KH2 it causes you to always do more than Chip-Damage, even when under levelled.

I actually almost freaked out and thought I somehow unknowingly gave away my copy of the game since I live down the street from where yours was purchased!!! luckily I still have it 😏

I remember going to a friend's house when I was young around 2006 or so when it came out. This and the original Star Wars Battlefront 2 by Pandemic is what made me want to go with Playstation for a while before finally picking up an Xbox. I still go back and play the 1.5 and 2.5 remix, even on PC! I still don't regret the KH tattoo I have on my left shoulder either lol

Wow seeing that Kingdom Hearts manga cover took me back. I remember finding that in a Walmart way back when

23:10 This is kinda funny... the Pirates world (among various other things in the game) was actually CENSORED in the US version... the Japanese version was more true to the movie source with Will Turner threatening to blow his brains out (changed to imply he'll jump off the ship), Jack getting stabbed through the chest at the end of the fight with Barbossa, and pirate enemies that had rifles had their models changed to look more like crossbows (yet they still have the rifle firing sound effect) Kid you was spared a little with this in mind :P

KH2 is still in my top 3 games of all time that still has a crazy good fight against the other 2 to be #1 for me. I replay this game every other year or so (its a huge RPG i cant do a new run every year for burn out reasons) and honestly i never understand why so many content creators claim that 2 is where it started getting convoluted. Whole heartedly disagree. 2 wraps up everything nearly perfectly. Id argue even Birth By Sleep makes sense while answering one of the longest tenured questions in the series. I only feel like Dream Drop Distance is where things get way too out there imo

I’m surprised no one ever talks about Mickey Mouse getting pissed of and swearing vengeance for the “death” of Goofy. As a kid I thought that was one of the most badass things to ever happen. Like come on when else have you ever seen Mickey Mouse get pissed off and run off to murder some fools only in KH2

23:35 The game works just fine. The game can be played no problem in Critical Level 1, even killing Lingering Will (true, you die like a million of times but it can be done, most of the time using the cheesiest strategies; that or you are a god). I am the proof because i am not a pro like Will o Bizkit and I have done it. In Port Royal, pirates are really weak to magic. All spells apply some form of Crowd Control: blizzard stops them in place, fire makes them run away on fire and thunder makes them move really slow. Additionally, by that time you have Chicken Little, a summon all around crowd control. With Chicken Little you can take all those pirates to the moonlight and keep them stuck there while they can't attack.

I love KH2 so much! KH3 is even better imo with the combat but that beginning of KH2 with roxas was fantastic. “Sora… You’re lucky. Looks like my summer vacation is… over”

One of the few video games that actually made me cry happy tears.

Already listened to this on the way to work but didn't get a chance to comment, MATTY WITH A 40 MIN UPLOAD?!? LFG!!!

They should pull a naughty dog and remaster this and 2 with modern looks and controls.

I always keep old receipts when I buy a used game as well. It's cool and gives it a little bit of history

Also im sure people have told you but if you leave a world while in drive form it resets the counter

i remember finishing this game and being like... ehh not for me i could never beat sephiroth after like 50 tries lol and i was fine completing the game without doing it

easily no question Hollow Bastion part 3 fighting the hoard, is by far my favourite moment in gaming history. still blows my mind the ps2 didnt blow up.

Like you, I also played KH2 before KH1 and it was one of my favorite childhood games ever.

Played KH2 back in the day, currently playing KH2 FinalMix, and just sat down 10 hours straight playing it as of today. Game is so good

Matty bringing that fire

Yes but you have to play KHS Melody of Memory because of the cliff hanger at the end of KHS 3.

This game has a very special place in my heart

Mickey shows up if you die in certain boss fights, usually the really hard ones. Xaldin, Cerberus, and several others I don't recall

@hardyjoe4278

Жыл бұрын

I have only ever seen this with Xaldin, and that Heartless in the ball room in the same world.

Damn that was a sharply melodramatic change in title and thumbnail for those video

KH2 on crit is my relaxing comfort game. But I mean I do it about once a month, so I have a lot of practice in. It goes even deeper than what you realized doing it on proud. The more you do it, the more 'wait, I didn't realize...' stuff you figure out. One example - if you thought the pirates whole vulnerable/invulnerable thing was annoying... there's mechanics you have that make that so manageable it's actually one of if not the fastest world to get through, even being casual and taking hour time. Once you figure out even one of those.

Do you only stream to discord members?

9:20 - 9:24. To anyone who has played this game and enjoyed it, try a Critical Mode run. Critical Mode is incredible because it makes the player feel powerful by giving you 50 AP at the beginning with a load of abilities to start. The enemies are coming at you with full force but you are also going all out in return. If you love this game you will not regret trying it. However, a level 1 Critical Mode run is another story. Just don't turn on "No Experience" by accident in the abilities menu. General notes from the video: The vulnerability in moonlight for the pirates is irritating but use magic to your advantage. The pirates are affected by magic in different ways. While in Lion form you do get some rather powerful square button finishers which can help a lot in the Pride Lands.

Kh2 is the best and always will be but the aesthitic from kh and Deep dive ending will never get old

Played this so much when I was growing up on the ps2. Recently replayed the whole thing on ps5 on critical mode. One of the best games ever imo, amazing combat and soundtrack. I particularly liked the challenge of trying to do some of the absent silhouettes early, Larxene and Marluxia. They were both really hard for me but so satisfying to finally beat them, and their dataorg counterparts along with all the others in the endgame. Axel is a really fun one too.

Honestly. I played KH1 on standard and when i went to KH2 i played on proud and going back after playing proud. Critical mode is so much fun and made me appreciate critical and how unique it is and a big learning step

great video! I just started playing 1.5/2/5 remix. Never got a chance to play the remix versions. Looking forward to the ff8 retro rebound. one of my all time favs

King Mickey will come anytime you die more than a few times during a boss fight

DANCE WATER DANCE will forever traumatise me, I couldn't beat his second encounter as a kid haha

3:30 Dude, this is fucking wild. I bought both KH1 and KH2 at the same time in 2006 and lived in Chula Vista at the time.