Disney's Kingdom Hearts Franchise

I'm actually wanting to see a "Star Wars" world in Kingdom Hearts III. ...Probably too much to hope for.

They really should add more guest-characters from other FF games than VII, though. If not a few more, than only one...how about Ultimecia as a Super-Boss?  (She'd probably be significantly watered-down in power, though...still enough to easily destroy Sora, maybe, if the player isn't careful)

Not really

www.siliconera.com/2013/07/08/tetsuya-nomura-would-like-to-add-star-wars-to-kingdom-hearts-iii/

fun fact, Nomura DOES want to put star Wars in KHIII. Hes gone on record stating he has ideas for how it could work, but he just needs the approval of disney. If they say yes, Star Wars will appear in KHII to some capacity.

Sound advice.

But at the same time, those games would be simplistic button-mashers featuring convoluted and melodramatic stories that will make my head hurt from how excessively dumb they are but ALSO featured Great Mouse Detective, Emperor's New Groove, Duckberg, or Gravity Falls.

Kingdom Hearts is a great series, especially for those who wanted something that wasn't another turn-based RPG. That's what drew me into Kingdom Hearts. Before KH2 came out, there was so much hype and theories surrounding it. Those cryptic secret trailers you got when you completed 100% of everything were so detailed and graphically impressive, something which Square Enix was famous for back then. This was before PS3 was a thing.



One of my favorite RPGs of all time would have to be KH2. The level of depth combat had as you leveled up felt so good. You felt like you were actually getting stronger, rather than feeling like you're just dealing more damage because you had a higher stat in strength or whatever. I guess the people who dislike it are the latecomers who've had their fill of PS3, and PS4 games.

I'm looking forward to KH3, but not as much as I was for KH2.

Eh?
Ehhh?
Eeeeeeeeeh!?

Sure, your combos got extended, you got fancy finishers to them and magic kept improving but the combat itself has absolutely no depth.
The entire game had a single hard boss and only because dispatching that banjo-wielding clown's minions had a poorly designed catch to it (you had to use finishers).

For reference I'm speaking as someone who beat the secret boss in the FM+ version of two, on Proud Mode, while low-leveled.

The game's bosses aren't that hard. I say this as someone who played KH2:FM on Proud Mode, and cleared all XIII bosses in the Cavern of Remembrance, and Terra many times. I honestly had more trouble getting to that area than the bosses themselves. The area before the Cavern of Remembrance where it summoned countless Nobodies was a true pain.

The combat definitely had depth in comparison to other RPGs of that time. You could do combos on the ground, then do a finisher. FM+ had several ground finishers. Or you could bring the fight into the air with a special uppercut which can also turn into a more powerful version if it's the last strike of your combo. Then continue with comboing in the air which had several ways of attacking, then end with a finisher that also had several versions. You had a multitude of magic to add to fighting. Fighting flowed so well, and felt so good. You weren't limited by a card system, which I honestly didn't like that much from CoM, and BBS but oh well.

You had several ways of maneuvering which felt really good. You could glide, dash, do some weird spinning move in the air, and dodge roll. You had Drive forms which further enhanced your combat skills. Anti Form, and Final Form's combos are great to look at.

Then there are the bosses which are just awesome. Just thinking about it makes me want to play it again.

And the eargasmic music. This was Square Enix at their prime.

Do you know another good RPG from the PS2 era that's like KH2?

I played Dark Cloud 1, and some Tales of, though they don't have the kind of air combat or maneuverability that KH does.

Dynasty Warriors is just a straight up button-masher with little RPG elements. Though I did enjoy Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2.

How about an RPG with similar gameplay to Kingdom Hearts? Not counting FFXV since that game is being influenced by KH's style of gameplay.