One thing I’d love to see in a mod is the ability to retain the Halloween outfit in Christmas Town. And a general outfit selector that would allow you to select an outfit to wear outside its specific world.
i don't know a mod that does exactly that, but at least the final fantasy mod for KH2 (still in the works) allows you to change color palettes and stuff. Can't wait for that one to come out.
kh 2 is also my most fav game. it saved my life when i was little. i got bullied so much and physically assaulted at school and at home which made me almost commit suicide. but then i got kh1 and kh2 and i sank so much time in those games which made me not think about the bad things when i was very little.. also have a keyblade tattoo cant wait for kh 4 also really loved kh3
Edit: not an fps thing, apparently this has been an issue since 2.5 PS3, very strange porting issue. 10:22 these sound effects aren't hidden in the game or whatever. There were gameplay issues that sprung up when boosting the fps to 60 for the HD ports, there's a whole list but one of those is some audio not playing correctly. You can tell it's an fps thing because if you keep pausing and unpausing in the middle of Genie Jafar's intro you can hear him still say "the world is mine to control"
Funny thing actually, I don't think boosting the fps to 60 is what caused the audio problems, I say this because KH 2.5 HD Remix back on PS3 was only at 30FPS and the missing audio issues were much more abundant and a common complaint about that version of the game (that and the load times are atrocious for the HD collection on PS3 among a couple of glitches that impact the experience), some were kinda-sorta fixed in the PS4 1.5+2.5 collection which added 60FPS but some of them were still missing.
The soft reset function isn't new to Re:Fined by the way. It was something you could do on PS2 iirc, and it was also implemented in the PS4 version of this very collection, but for some reason, was removed from the PC release.
On the topic of the English and Japanese dubs you probably didn't know that there's some Japanese KH fans that actually prefer the English dub for KH because when the original Final Mix versions came out in japan they used the English dub with Japanese subtitles and they were kept for 2FM and BBSFM as this was a quote from an interview from the KH2FM Ultimania: "Well then, is there a possibility for a Final Mix version to be released like the previous game? Nomura: Actually, I wasn’t planning for KHII to have a Final Mix. In beginning of the project, I wanted to have the English voices inserted, too, but the disc space was almost full and the recording of the English voices got delayed, so that plan couldn’t be realized. Compared to FF, there’s a high demand for the English version of “Kingdom Hearts”. I assume it’s because there are many fans who were introduced through KH:FM, so it felt quite weird to play KHII in Japanese when they played the previous game in English. Thanks to KH:FM selling very well, many fans think the English voices are meant for “Kingdom Hearts” so right now I’m in the middle of wondering what to do about Final Mix." so this is something to keep in mind when arguing if the Japanese or the English dubs are the true way to hear KH
I think the biggest pro for Japanese players is hearing English VAs for all of the Disney characters. Also, it's harder to discern poor voice acting when hearing it in a language you don't know / aren't used to. So it's possible the VA in Japanese isn't as good as English speakers think it is, either.
Kingdom Hearts II Re:Fined is amazing since it really is the definitive way to play the game, when I first saw the video I genuinely freaked out like I do when it comes to new content lol, very excited for this mod to release on PC
I love KH2, it's my favorite Kingdom Hearts game in the series and I just downloaded the mod. I wanting to do a Let's Play of my first run on LV1 Critical Mode run as I never done it before and I might do it with those mods. Some of these QoL are great. I would've preferred if the Soft Reset was L2 + Select... just in cause you accidentally press the two together. I've been playing Dragon Ball Z Kakarot and the Transformation menu is L2 + R2. So, I might trigger it by reflex. Being able to grind items with the Encounter Plus is great! And the re-fight Sephiroth is great! I had to make a separate save file to fight him again because he's so much fun to fight. I like the Prologue bit so I won't skip it, but the downside of losing the items from the Prologue is a good trade-off. Though hopefully not against the 100% completionist run. And the Retry and Prepare option. Awesome! Though I do wish Items being used midair from KH3 was added in. Would help, but ground combat is the SAFEST way to fight. It's going to be fun to revisit KH2 again.
Being able to change the music to the classic PS2 is probably the best feature in my opinion. I really wanted this to be in the ps4 version and honestly I get sad fighting the lingering will and data org in on the ps4 version ... the old music just had some oomph to it y'know? I still play kh2fm on my modded ps2 for that exact reason, i replay bosses exclusively for the music somedays.
@ I can never replay KH2 because I hate that to unlock the movement you have to level up drive forms, on top of that each one has there own EXP and the game ACTIVELY PUNISHES YOU FOR USING THEM WITH ANTI FORM It’s why I prefer KH3’s drive forms
@@randomgamer625 Not an issue. Also there are ways you can force out Anti-form to reset the Anti-form counter. Once you hit 5 drive you are able to force final form with Anti-form.
@@Superstarearth Why do I have to keep track of such a thing as an invisible counter? Also it pretty much is, you HAVE to stop and go to level up these drive forms and risk what I did which was fighting the entire game with only base movements and kits I didn’t know about these things until I was old enough to use the internet
@@randomgamer625 Because it becomes a mechanic later in the game for Final Form. I personally like the risk and kinda have to balance my risk factor. It does suck getting Anti-form but if you know the form well enough you can do some crazy long string combos with it as a back up. After the first time I get it during a boss fight I know I should just restart my Anti-form count. I know the pain of Anti-form because I play randomizer all the time but that adds in spice I want in the game. It sucks in base game. The main issue is Valor form takes way too long to level in general that makes this mechanic more annoying than useful. If form leveling was quicker then things wouldn't be as bad
Oh square enix as you have probably seen the kingdom hearts fandom is in a bit of a drought from no news on kingdom hearts 4 to missing link being delayed we’re not really in an exciting spot(but please take your time with those projects so they can be the best they can be)so how can you circumvent this simple allow mods to be playable on console on the 1.5+2.5 collection, the final chapter prologue collection and kingdom hearts 3 this way people will have another reason to keep playing all the cool mods which give people another way to play the games how people would access the mods is when they choose a game in the collections it will give you a list of mods letting you choose how you want to start or continue your game and for kingdom hearts three you choose what mod you want at the start of a new game and you are stuck with that mod until you start another save or you could change the mod at checkpoints and in the case of both the collections and kingdom hearts 3 you could for multiple mods to active at the same time and if you want an example of a company doing this Bethesda did this with fallout 4 and the doom+doom2 collection so that is my ask square enix thank you for listening and have a good day
the thing i want a mod to DELETE FROM KH2 IS THE ORBING/MEDAL COLLECTING mechanic. ;-; and the passing of the worlds, that constant backtracking with the worlds having almost nothing to do with the main story is weird.... my favorite of the franchise still the first not only because it was my introduction of the series and the thing that made me learn english...
i only take issue with modding difficulties, but i blame that on me being stupid more than anything lol. i feel like kh2 was great, it was the first kh game i ever beat, and now with the entire series occupying a large amount of my brain right now, my only wishes for kh2 are to play as xion and have atlantis movement/combat like the kh3 carribean underwater sections
@@JaimeNyx15 kingdom hearts 3…? I hate to tell you this but 3 is literally a just a hallway, you just go forward besides Toy Story and Pirates. Love Kingdom Hearts 1,ReCOM, and 2 all the other games are very bad, for children maybe not but after playing 2 nah, the other games feel like they have no soul or thought put into it… KH2 level design isn’t that bad. Sometimes it’s confusing and while kh1 had more puzzles, KH2 for what it does, does it the best. And at the very least KH2 is also a bit of hallways, but at least the map design was spot on, and very immersive and interesting… every other kingdom hearts game makes me fall asleep, I mean for real BBS is literally just a room you go into with every area it’s a box… it feels like ReCOM but it’s actually an original KH game. Sorry I gotta defend kh2 on top, also I hate 3
@@Wystoroyah I'm not a big KH3 guy, and KH2 is still my favorite KH game for its story and gameplay, but the level design in KH3 for pretty much every world was better than the majority of KH2's. Olympus, Kingdom of Corona, Arendelle (particularly the ice labyrinth), San Fransokyo, and the ones you already mentioned have a ton more verticality, clever collectibles, and environmental variety than anything KH2 put on the table. You complained about KH3 being hallways, but that's describes KH2 wayyy better. Literally just flat featureless arena after flat featureless arena with flat featureless hallways between. I still have complaints about KH3 level design, and its mission design probably measures up far less favorably, but in pretty much every LD regard it outclasses KH2 (except for sheer quantity of worlds, of course).
Skyward wing pls there is a mod for kh3 called animation overhaul, literally no one talks about pls check it out and if you like it give him a shout-out i love this mod it's like a balance patch for kh3 keyblades and stuff it's really fun
Here I thought you were another KH3 fanboy. You saying that KH2 is your favorite game of all time just won a bit of respect from me. Square Enix should go back and make more fixes to all of KH games to perfect them.
KH2 just so happens to be my favorite in the series, my second favorite being KH1. I don't have the games on PC yet, but Re:Fined is one of those mods I'm definitely using when I get the games on Steam, especially for after I get all the achievements in KH1 and 2 again (I got them all in BBS too, but I don't quite enjoy that game as much as 1 & 2).
Ngl… out of all of things that I was expecting today… buff Sora was not one of them… and I wish I could erase that from my mind.
Those Dragon Ball Z mod really did a number on Sora! XD
It's an old joke picture from the KH MMD community that still makes it's rounds on social media more than a decade after it's creation lol.
One thing I’d love to see in a mod is the ability to retain the Halloween outfit in Christmas Town. And a general outfit selector that would allow you to select an outfit to wear outside its specific world.
@@Hynotama yes
@@slmpstudios6316 Yes
i don't know a mod that does exactly that, but at least the final fantasy mod for KH2 (still in the works) allows you to change color palettes and stuff. Can't wait for that one to come out.
Lion Sora Challenge Run, let's go!
Man calling walking back to the boss fights "walks of shame" I felt that!
the Dance Water Dance of shame
@@Rouseiryuu The one second of seeing Mickey flipping into the scene and SKIP
Yeah.... experience that a lot especially xaldin on first time critical mode 😅
WE GOT THE FRENCH DUB YAY (The voice of Sora in French is the voice of Spider-man)
I grew up with kingdom hearts 2, i still remember how much i had alot of fun!...Besides the rage of roxas boss fights.
I had the original US PS2 version so I never fought Roxas until the HD remake
kh 2 is also my most fav game. it saved my life when i was little. i got bullied so much and physically assaulted at school and at home which made me almost commit suicide. but then i got kh1 and kh2 and i sank so much time in those games which made me not think about the bad things when i was very little.. also have a keyblade tattoo cant wait for kh 4 also really loved kh3
Edit: not an fps thing, apparently this has been an issue since 2.5 PS3, very strange porting issue.
10:22 these sound effects aren't hidden in the game or whatever. There were gameplay issues that sprung up when boosting the fps to 60 for the HD ports, there's a whole list but one of those is some audio not playing correctly. You can tell it's an fps thing because if you keep pausing and unpausing in the middle of Genie Jafar's intro you can hear him still say "the world is mine to control"
Funny thing actually, I don't think boosting the fps to 60 is what caused the audio problems, I say this because KH 2.5 HD Remix back on PS3 was only at 30FPS and the missing audio issues were much more abundant and a common complaint about that version of the game (that and the load times are atrocious for the HD collection on PS3 among a couple of glitches that impact the experience), some were kinda-sorta fixed in the PS4 1.5+2.5 collection which added 60FPS but some of them were still missing.
The soft reset function isn't new to Re:Fined by the way. It was something you could do on PS2 iirc, and it was also implemented in the PS4 version of this very collection, but for some reason, was removed from the PC release.
FINEEE I'LL PLAY KH2 AGAINNN :D
The one thing they need is the option to skip the Gummy Ship missions.
I have a passionate hate for the Gummi Ship missions.
oh, there's a mod for that
@concept8192 I know, I'm just saying they should include that too
@@AzureGuardian051 true
@@AzureGuardian051 or maybe try to make them more enjoyable
On the topic of the English and Japanese dubs you probably didn't know that there's some Japanese KH fans that actually prefer the English dub for KH because when the original Final Mix versions came out in japan they used the English dub with Japanese subtitles and they were kept for 2FM and BBSFM as this was a quote from an interview from the KH2FM Ultimania:
"Well then, is there a possibility for a Final Mix version to be released like the previous game?
Nomura: Actually, I wasn’t planning for KHII to have a Final Mix. In beginning of the project, I wanted to have the English voices inserted, too, but the disc space was almost full and the recording of the English voices got delayed, so that plan couldn’t be realized. Compared to FF, there’s a high demand for the English version of “Kingdom Hearts”. I assume it’s because there are many fans who were introduced through KH:FM, so it felt quite weird to play KHII in Japanese when they played the previous game in English. Thanks to KH:FM selling very well, many fans think the English voices are meant for “Kingdom Hearts” so right now I’m in the middle of wondering what to do about Final Mix."
so this is something to keep in mind when arguing if the Japanese or the English dubs are the true way to hear KH
I think the biggest pro for Japanese players is hearing English VAs for all of the Disney characters.
Also, it's harder to discern poor voice acting when hearing it in a language you don't know / aren't used to. So it's possible the VA in Japanese isn't as good as English speakers think it is, either.
Perfection!
Kingdom Hearts 2 was my first KH game and is still my favorite to this day!
I love kh2 it's my second fav game of all time do if they make it even more Perfect then i'm sold
I never knew you couldn't pause without restarting the alanta missions
I'll remember this video title and the existence of final mix in general whenever I hear someone say kh2 was perfect
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Kingdom Hearts II Re:Fined is amazing since it really is the definitive way to play the game, when I first saw the video I genuinely freaked out like I do when it comes to new content lol, very excited for this mod to release on PC
Yozora is coming
I love KH2, it's my favorite Kingdom Hearts game in the series and I just downloaded the mod. I wanting to do a Let's Play of my first run on LV1 Critical Mode run as I never done it before and I might do it with those mods.
Some of these QoL are great. I would've preferred if the Soft Reset was L2 + Select... just in cause you accidentally press the two together. I've been playing Dragon Ball Z Kakarot and the Transformation menu is L2 + R2. So, I might trigger it by reflex.
Being able to grind items with the Encounter Plus is great! And the re-fight Sephiroth is great! I had to make a separate save file to fight him again because he's so much fun to fight. I like the Prologue bit so I won't skip it, but the downside of losing the items from the Prologue is a good trade-off. Though hopefully not against the 100% completionist run.
And the Retry and Prepare option. Awesome!
Though I do wish Items being used midair from KH3 was added in. Would help, but ground combat is the SAFEST way to fight.
It's going to be fun to revisit KH2 again.
Being able to change the music to the classic PS2 is probably the best feature in my opinion. I really wanted this to be in the ps4 version and honestly I get sad fighting the lingering will and data org in on the ps4 version ... the old music just had some oomph to it y'know? I still play kh2fm on my modded ps2 for that exact reason, i replay bosses exclusively for the music somedays.
Heads up Re:Fined does not work with the randomizer! Tons of mods overlap with this or GoA mod already adds some of these mods.
actually it seems like the Quadratum command menu is based off the one from the Yozora fight
Now they just need an option to swap between Sora and Roxas after beating the main story.
Man. But you skip the Dual Keyblade Roxas vs Axel fight. That’s like my favorite part of KH2 prologue
i don't understand why the remastered version doesn't let you listen to the old soundtrack
It’s also number one in my heart too
This is something to look forward to def the Sephiroth rematch hopefully they add NG+ cause that would be dope too
They should use ai synthesized voices and make a mod that adds custom story after you continue a completed game
Add custom cutscenes
7:13 You just skip the struggle weapon that you get for +1 stats? I mean I don't thin It's that big of a deal a +1 stat but kinda weird skipping it
Omg I saw that video the other day. It makes me want to play KH2 on PC.
I would like if the somehow remastered all the games and put the together in one story line we can follow
1:39 did they fix the drive form issues?
@@randomgamer625 what issues
@ I can never replay KH2 because I hate that to unlock the movement you have to level up drive forms, on top of that each one has there own EXP and the game ACTIVELY PUNISHES YOU FOR USING THEM WITH ANTI FORM
It’s why I prefer KH3’s drive forms
@@randomgamer625 Not an issue. Also there are ways you can force out Anti-form to reset the Anti-form counter. Once you hit 5 drive you are able to force final form with Anti-form.
@@Superstarearth Why do I have to keep track of such a thing as an invisible counter? Also it pretty much is, you HAVE to stop and go to level up these drive forms and risk what I did which was fighting the entire game with only base movements and kits
I didn’t know about these things until I was old enough to use the internet
@@randomgamer625 Because it becomes a mechanic later in the game for Final Form. I personally like the risk and kinda have to balance my risk factor. It does suck getting Anti-form but if you know the form well enough you can do some crazy long string combos with it as a back up. After the first time I get it during a boss fight I know I should just restart my Anti-form count. I know the pain of Anti-form because I play randomizer all the time but that adds in spice I want in the game. It sucks in base game. The main issue is Valor form takes way too long to level in general that makes this mechanic more annoying than useful. If form leveling was quicker then things wouldn't be as bad
2 is my favorite game of all time so lets see how this goes
Oh square enix as you have probably seen the kingdom hearts fandom is in a bit of a drought from no news on kingdom hearts 4 to missing link being delayed we’re not really in an exciting spot(but please take your time with those projects so they can be the best they can be)so how can you circumvent this simple allow mods to be playable on console on the 1.5+2.5 collection, the final chapter prologue collection and kingdom hearts 3 this way people will have another reason to keep playing all the cool mods which give people another way to play the games how people would access the mods is when they choose a game in the collections it will give you a list of mods letting you choose how you want to start or continue your game and for kingdom hearts three you choose what mod you want at the start of a new game and you are stuck with that mod until you start another save or you could change the mod at checkpoints and in the case of both the collections and kingdom hearts 3 you could for multiple mods to active at the same time and if you want an example of a company doing this Bethesda did this with fallout 4 and the doom+doom2 collection so that is my ask square enix thank you for listening and have a good day
One thing missing
Uncensored Port Royal
yeah, give the Cursed Pirates back their actual musket rifles and all that crap
Let’s be honest there should be a form that lets you swap between sora and roxas
Thats sounds sick but how would It work?
Kingdom Hearts 2 is one of my top 3 favorite games of all time, alongside Super Mario Galaxy (1) and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate!!
When it comes to kingdom hearts 2 and the mod it ok
the thing i want a mod to DELETE FROM KH2 IS THE ORBING/MEDAL COLLECTING mechanic. ;-; and the passing of the worlds, that constant backtracking with the worlds having almost nothing to do with the main story is weird.... my favorite of the franchise still the first not only because it was my introduction of the series and the thing that made me learn english...
If only the game didn't crash every time I try to run it with mods (or at all for that matter)
i only take issue with modding difficulties, but i blame that on me being stupid more than anything lol. i feel like kh2 was great, it was the first kh game i ever beat, and now with the entire series occupying a large amount of my brain right now, my only wishes for kh2 are to play as xion and have atlantis movement/combat like the kh3 carribean underwater sections
3:59 NO YOU FAKE FAN /j
that command menu style was used during the Yozora battle
Effects are still broken and not everything is rendering in 60fps
Can we get something like this but for KH1
I love KH2, but a true perfect version would overhaul the level design. That’s something that KH1 and even KH3 have over it.
@@JaimeNyx15 kingdom hearts 3…? I hate to tell you this but 3 is literally a just a hallway, you just go forward besides Toy Story and Pirates.
Love Kingdom Hearts 1,ReCOM, and 2 all the other games are very bad, for children maybe not but after playing 2 nah, the other games feel like they have no soul or thought put into it…
KH2 level design isn’t that bad. Sometimes it’s confusing and while kh1 had more puzzles, KH2 for what it does, does it the best. And at the very least KH2 is also a bit of hallways, but at least the map design was spot on, and very immersive and interesting… every other kingdom hearts game makes me fall asleep, I mean for real
BBS is literally just a room you go into with every area it’s a box… it feels like ReCOM but it’s actually an original KH game.
Sorry I gotta defend kh2 on top, also I hate 3
@@Wystoroyah I'm not a big KH3 guy, and KH2 is still my favorite KH game for its story and gameplay, but the level design in KH3 for pretty much every world was better than the majority of KH2's. Olympus, Kingdom of Corona, Arendelle (particularly the ice labyrinth), San Fransokyo, and the ones you already mentioned have a ton more verticality, clever collectibles, and environmental variety than anything KH2 put on the table. You complained about KH3 being hallways, but that's describes KH2 wayyy better. Literally just flat featureless arena after flat featureless arena with flat featureless hallways between. I still have complaints about KH3 level design, and its mission design probably measures up far less favorably, but in pretty much every LD regard it outclasses KH2 (except for sheer quantity of worlds, of course).
Soft reset is to simple it should be a four button combo
Before I make the true comment someone take screenshot of the second comment I’m making and send to the square in hopes it gains traction
Kh modding community stay being on fire
Skyward wing pls there is a mod for kh3 called animation overhaul, literally no one talks about pls check it out and if you like it give him a shout-out i love this mod it's like a balance patch for kh3 keyblades and stuff it's really fun
Here I thought you were another KH3 fanboy. You saying that KH2 is your favorite game of all time just won a bit of respect from me. Square Enix should go back and make more fixes to all of KH games to perfect them.
KH2 just so happens to be my favorite in the series, my second favorite being KH1.
I don't have the games on PC yet, but Re:Fined is one of those mods I'm definitely using when I get the games on Steam, especially for after I get all the achievements in KH1 and 2 again (I got them all in BBS too, but I don't quite enjoy that game as much as 1 & 2).
What happened to all your Steven universe and gravity falls content
I love u :3
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IMO ReFined was designed to be the first playthrough as Roxas can be skipped is an enhancement the game needs