November 2, 2009
Game Review – Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, is the new release for Kingdom Hearts series. The game is for the nintendo DS and it is an action role playing game. The main character for this game is Roxas, the second main character, from Kingdom Hearts 2. Roxas is a Special Nobody, and I was glad that this game was centered on him. I found the plot to be very interesting, because I didn’t feel like I got to know Roxas enough in Kingdom Hearts 2, but in this game you will find out how he ultimately joins the Organization XIII, and learn more about the Organization at the same time. This story takes place during Kingdom hearts: Chain of Memories, and the beginning of Kingdom Hearts 2.
You won’t have Donald and Goofy to help you out in fights, but you will fight alongside other Organization members. There is a new character called Xion, she is the 14th member. It was interesting how, even though Nobodies have no heart they still have their own unique personalities and I grew to like a few of them, that I had found annoying before. Especially Axel, I can see now why he was so desperate for Roxas to remember him, and we learn one of the reasons for why Roxas used two key blades instead of one.
The fighting in this game is similar to the first two games, and thankfully you won’t have to use any cards to fight! This game is basically a mission’s game; you will get to visit different games on missions since you work for the Organization. Sometimes you will go on missions just to gather hearts from the heartless, or just to gather information about the different worlds and the people that live there. I admit the missions quickly become repetitive and annoying, especially how the bosses would keep getting repeated. But the story kept my interest. When you are in a mission you cannot save your game or access your menu, if you need to do something you have to leave the mission, and then go back; which can be annoying.
You are also restricted to certain areas of the town your in, and since you have to try to avoid attention there is rarely anyone on screen to talk to, I felt like this game didn’t have the freedom the two previous games had,. Just like the previous games you will be visiting different Disney worlds. It was fun revisiting some of the worlds from the other games! The game has two modes, Mission Mode and Story Mode; in Story Mode, you will just play the game normally, but in mission Mode you can play with your friends, and you get to play as other characters that appear in the game. The graphics of the game are great, very similar to the first two games, and the music is Nostalgic because they used a lot of the music from the other games, so it was nice to hear some of my favorite songs again. Overall, I really loved this game, and I feel like it really rounds out the plot from the previous games.
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