Marluxia is like "What? That wasn't part of your memories!" Sora: Screw the rules, I remember everything! Marluxia: ...But thats not possible...We recorded your memor- I mean, Riku's here fight him!
@@willadkins1354 Eh. There's some weird plot twist in KHUX, as well as how it explains the most important story detail in all of KH How Maleficent came back in KH2. I love to believe that KHUX only exists to explain how the three fairies saying her name brings her back. (And the goddam dream eater parts that make me sad)
@Will Adkins no it's 100% true. Not only does Khux make KH3 ending make sense. But it's also like 70% of the plot moving forward with the rest of the series. And on top of that, Khux/DR are some of the best plots written for the series.
Whoa whoa. Donald and Goofy were right to call Sora on his shite,especially since they know it’s out of character for him. His feelings aren’t valid simply because he has them all of a sudden. Sora starts acting irrational and they’re just supposed to tag along just because? That’s not being a good friend,no point in them all acting like idiots,otherwise they’d all be doomed.
I'm glad someone said it. The whole "you're valid, screw toxic positivity" thing is kinda ignoring the whole context of the situation isn't it? Of course, she didn't even notice that the Riku was a fake the whole time, despite every context clue pointing to it.
@@Twinscimitarz Exactly. Can’t just ignore context out of the convience of feeling good in the moment. There are a wide variety of emotions and they’re all deserving of our attention, not just the ones we deem “positive”. I won’t knock her for missing that because the narrative hopes that you do in order to have a bigger impact upon the reveal,so in that sense I’m a bit jealous. The way they tossed Repliku’s body around still does give me the shivers a bit though.
To simplify the context of this game: Sora’s Story: Nostalgia and Regression In pursuit of an ideal memory he loses most of the experience/magic he acquired from KH1 Riku’s Story: Regret, Recovery, and Growth In pursuit of a life without darkness, he obtained the ability to control and balance it with his own will and mindset. WHY The Card BasedSystem: Name one other form of medium that requires as much memory as a card based game. Examples: Blackjack, Poker, Uno, Go Fish, Memory Match, etc.
Sora's story is also about how, easily we as people can be manipulated into believing a lie, thinking it's real, how unreliable our memories can really be, and how we do not stop and think about ourselves Riku's story the only other thing I can add is, is darkness really a bad thing if properly channeled, and what does it mean to be "real"
Another reason why it uses a card based memory system, it is because the technichal limitations the original game had in its developement on the Game Boy Advanced. Also, card games are very popular in Japan.
@@petergeramin7195 Basically people being passive aggressive or straight up aggressive purely to piss you off or get you to unleash the worst side of yourself when you get overcome with negative emotions and doubt everything you thought you knew about yourself. Think of when an asshole in your life starts listing off all your failures just to get you to be pissed and make an angry response, to which they say you're mentally unfit or too sensitive or all your thoughts are warped.
@@petergeramin7195 -- Gaslighting is when someone makes you doubt your own memories, by trying to convince you that you are misremembering details. "I had a red balloon as a kid." "No, it was a green balloon." (repeating something like this over and over until you begin believing them, or 2nd guessing yourself). Not sure why Rayne Richter made this purely about anger and aggressiveness... I mean, agitating and causing someone to become furious is definitely a method used in gaslighting, but from what I understand it's not exclusive to that, as it's mainly about convincing someone that they aren't in their right mind, through whatever means. But it's basically emotional and mental manipulation to mess with someone, and convince them they are in the wrong, when they aren't.
I can respect it when someone doesn't want to play Chain of Memories. But the fact that you actually decided to still watch the gameplay and the fights is something I can really appreciate. It's like you still wanted to see how the game is and see what kind of powers these characters had, ya earned a sub~
"I hated that" my feeling after every boss battle. "You can lay down and take a nap for all I care!" Sora then proceeded to take a nap for 2 years. Time for KH2 let's go Leigh
I actually really liked this game, the card mechanic made the combat interesting and the different crazy abilities you could trigger were fun to figure out and build “decks” around. I’d rather play CoM over KH3 any day of the week. It might even be my second favourite after KH2. But I mean, if all you want to do is mash buttons and watch a cute story then yeah I can see it being a huge put off.
Oddly enough... I usually linger in traverse town, playing around, poorly, with rng, until I have enough high cards and 0 cards to endure the other worlds... then it’s generally a cakewalk and spectacle... as the player racks up a ton of crazy skills.
To bad this is the last time we get defiant and pissed off Sora. I am always sad the start of this game is so hard for new players, the Sleights get super interesting and its the most powerful Sora feels like up until KH3, stopping time, summoning earthquakes, black holes, riding triple fire tornadoes
Yeah but it's such a grind to get to that point. And learning the card system sucks for new players, I hated it personally. It does get way better late game and yeah you do feel strong but the final boss can still suck it. Literally stacked with nothing but 8-9 cards
@@thekaz5225 Knowledge is power, so faster learners get better earlier. If you simply manage to get 2 or even 3 blizzard cards before you leave traverse town, you'll be coasting along for quite a while. The most important thing I had to learn is that cards and card management is key. All the action-game mechanics are basically worthless to me.
I never really found the card combat system "difficult" tbh. It's just.... REALLY not fun. I guess they felt the need to do something like this due to the game originally coming out on GBA but still... they could probably have come up with a better system.
same...these "my [game] journey" videos are brilliant for someone who loves these games but can't stand watching playthroughs of inexperienced players. This is more like a reaction video than a let's play and for some of my favorite game franchises no less. I hope Metal Gear Solid is next on her list
This game really makes the friendship between Riku and Mickey just felt every time they’re on screen together in the games going forward. When they hug on the beach of Destiny Island I bawl my eyes out every time
Donald and Goofy: maybe we should slow down and think about how weird this is before running headlong into the enemy's trap? Leigh: WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU? SORA YOU'RE VALID!
I think Donald and Goofy are right refering to Sora and his "obsession" with Naminé. It is strange and he is not thinking straitght. The plot gives them the reason afterwards.
'I just want to button mash so bad'; so true. First time I played, I couldn't even get through Travers Town, I had to turn it off and start over. Good story though and the last two boss battles are two of the best normal bosses in all of KH.
My introduction to the KH franchise was Chain of Memories for the GBA and the manga (which, is a lot darker than the game especially that scene where Axel kills Vexen, my favorite scene because hoo boy). CoM is also my favorite game, contrary to popular belief that it was a bad game. I never had any real idea of what it is, but have heard things from friends and cousins. Really can't wait to watch you react to the other KH games!
com is one of my favourite games because it has such a consistent dark and honestly terrifying tone and theme. the conversations about memories are genuinely scary
GOD I really love the relationship Mickey and Riku have. It's freaking adorable. Mickey is almost like a father figure to Riku and it shows in how much Riku respects the mouse. also com kinda crushes Sora's development, BUT MY GOD this game is essentially therapy for Riku.
And then began one of the best relationship of this series in my eyes : Riku and Mickey have such a sweet vibe ! I want to note that even Goofy and Donald don't call him by his name x)
I first discovered your channel from your KH3 reaction videos and they were so fun to watch! I only played 1 and 2 as a kid and watched the cutscenes of all the other games right before 3 came out. Seeing that you had video for each game inspired me to play through the entire series in order recently. I've been holding off from watching each of your videos until after I beat each game. I just finished Re:CoM tonight grinding through its awful gameplay. Whenever I would get frustrated playing it I would think of how great it would be to see your reactions to the same struggles. Turns out you just played the beginning then watched the cutscenes for the rest, which is so funny to me. Your reactions were still amazing and it's so fun to be reminded of what experiencing the story was like for the first time and getting to see what things stuck out to you differently!
As an OG/Veteran, re:chain of Memories was honestly good; combat is easy to follow if u pay attention & don't skip out on grinding, tutorials, etc. A lot of people are turned off by it due to it having a card battle system & then switching towards watching the cut-scenes, rather than actually put in effort & play the game to the end. It's honestly good if u can understand it, also if you've played games that have the card battle system, or u yourself play card games, making it so much fun.
I agree! Good game once you get the hang of the controls and figure what cards to have on deck and how they work. The White Mushroom Enemy card wasn't exactly intuitive to get, but there are FAQs for that sort of thing. Other than that, card collection is pretty random, but at least rare cards are MUCH easier to get than the rare item drops in Final Fantasy 4... that is, if you look up FAQs and figure out what kinds of rooms to create on what floors... But yeah, good game.
IMO, Chain of Memories is a great battle system, which was unwisely wasted on Kingdom Hearts players. After KH1, many players would only ever accept something similar to KH1. They weren't gonna accept a card system, or a turn-based RPG system, or a tactics-based system, or even a system like TWEWY's. Games that stray too far are either not taken seriously (like MoM) or have once again been heavily criticized by the community (like Union X). Square needs to put those ideas to better use in original IPs.
Oh my, this is exactly the video I need since I finally got time to replay KH, but I never could play through CoM in the past, and now I couldn't stand the card based gameplay. So this video is giving me the story and the agony of the game in one hit. God sent!
I lovedwatching you experience the games! I can't wait to see your other videos! CoM is my favorite game just because of Riku's side! It's soo good! I even enjoy the game play. It is fun but it is very different so a lot of people don't play long enough to get used to it.
My sister started playing this around the time Leigh was finishing up her KH series playthrough and I really wish she (sister) could get the chance to get to Riku's story. I was thankful in that the GBA version was owned by my brother first, so I could just skip ahead and complete Riku's story when I got too frustrated with playing Sora's as a kid. (This has also helped validate that my sister doesn't NEED to play the whole thing in order to enjoy it. She's gotten about as much as she's willing to from the game, I think.)
I hope this channel gets huge, in a very short amount of time you’ve become one of my favourite TH-camrs/streamers ever, maybe even my favourite. Keep up the amazing work ❤️.
Ooooh we're getting the whole series? Hell yes!! I adore watching new people experience my favorite series of all time. Looking forward to the rest ❤️🔥🤙🏼
I will say that the "retreading the old worlds" element was more novel when they were pixel art recreations of those worlds and not the exact same assets from the previous game. It looks lazy that way. But its understandable that would be the best way to recreate this game in 3D which is cool, and the 3D cutscenes and voice acting are appreciated. I do wish there was a good combination of the two though. With the easier to understand gameplay (since the GBA version was on a 2D plane during battles) and the amazing pixel art, but also having the production value and voice acting the remade cutscenes got.
And then I look at Jiminy the Cricket at the end of Sora's part of the story. Me: WRITE MORE THEN 2 BLOODY WORDS "Thank Namine"? WTF is THAT supposed to mean?! I won't even KNOW a Namine when I wake up! WRITE MOOOOORREEE~~~~!
Just found your channel, and I have to say I love your editing style for these videos. I simply don't have enough time to watch entire VODs, so I super appreciate the length you've made these. Looking forward to watching the rest of the series as well! :)
Watching this brings back so many memories of playing this game on GBA back in the day. I remember the third Riku fight on Sora's route took me FOREVER to beat like months LOL Watching your journey through Kingdom Hearts on stream has been a joy and I'm glad to be able to watch your experiences with early games since I found this community during Birth by Sleep.
You know it makes me happy seeing everyone finally giving kingdom hearts a chance and really seeing how good of a series it is after so long of growing up with the series.
Its dumb that she criticized donald and goofy and saying sora was justified in his reason for being mad when it turned out he wasn’t, also getting upset over dumb things like friends busting each others chops like really
Started on your Birth By Sleep: A Fragmentary Passage yesterday, and I love your reactions! And then seeing you cry during 358/2 Days may or may not have gotten me to tear up lol. Cannot wait to see your reactions when you hit KH3.
The card system is actually very good. Its just hard at first. Great video though! I love watching your reactions. Kingdom hearts 2 is the best game ever and I'm excited for you to play it! Please play it! ill watch the whole thing!
"not only does he get shitted on by Riku, consistently, but he's not allowed to grieve that" The moment I realized this inadvertently describes a huge reoccurring theme throughout the series sent a shiver down my spine. Thinking about it, it seems like a major motivator for every character with personality. From X on...
Love how genuine your reactions are, I just found your channel recently. You should have played through Riku's story it was better than Sora's in my opinion. It actually made the game fun, unlike Sora story which felt like a chore.
This game was super fun on gameboy back in the day. Really got me through a bunch of my broken arm surgery as a kid! I remember Vexen was the hardest part of the Sora playthrough for me, taking nearly a month cause I was too stubborn to learn how to sleight, and for Riku's it was always the final boss. I've tried multiple times going through this version, but its honestly just such a drag, and I ended up just doing the GBA version again. Love the card combat, but something about it being in 3D is just off, and I can't really put my finger on it. Don't blame you for giving up on this game so early!!
I can remember me being at the endboss fight and being so scared of loosing my mind that i just leveled without stoping and eventually accidentally firsttryed him
Sora be friendzoning everyone he meets. Great reaction, I also quit after my 1st playthrough & watched cutscenes & explanations lol. But I eventually did it for shits & giggles.
Riku’s path up until Dream Drop Distance is all about trying to lead his heart along the fine line between light and darkness, his light side is a broken man who’s struggling to find the right path and his darkness is giving into Xeanort’s heartless’es dark power that could push him into oblivion and he has to find a way to balance that so he can become a better person
I have a feeling this game was a heck of a lot easier on GBA. I don't remember having much trouble at all with the difficulty. Having to keep track of a 2D plane seems easier than managing the cards when in a 3D environment.
I haven't played the original but I imagine just being in a different visual setting would also help a lot to combat the immediate "I want to button mash to attack" response most people get to kingdom hearts
Yeah sometime has passed since the last time and Sora obviously did start to hit puberty a bit while traveling down that trail and then they came across this Castle Oblivion. Anyway get ready to play KH2!!!
The marluxia battle nearly gave me a heart attack all the way through, but I succeeded because I wished to find out the rest of the story between kh1 and kh2.
Honestly, I _really_ respect how she decided to watch the video instead so she could enjoy the story without the difficulty curve messing up the experience. I've legitimately never seen that done before lol
Fun thing about this game. The skill card combo zantetsuken actually destroys the card from ther deck so that they can't use it. On some humanoid bosses who you can see on the bottom right? You can stack your deck with nothing but zantetsuken combos and destroy all of their cards. Once gone, since they are not like normal enemies who have unlimited cards. They just move around taunting you while they endlessly charge their empty decks. It's a bit hilarious to watch. Some guy posted videos here on youtube about it if you don't have the time to try it yourself.
![My kingdom hearts 3 journey [part 2/finale]](/img/n.gif)
Marluxia: Everything here is ruled by cards.
Sora: Understood. COME FORTH, BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON!!!
Marluxia is like "What? That wasn't part of your memories!"
Sora: Screw the rules, I remember everything!
Marluxia: ...But thats not possible...We recorded your memor- I mean, Riku's here fight him!
Hello JustAPancake fan
@@stephenmahilum285 WHITE LIGHTNING ATTACK
@@miguelvaldez6171
Riku: Sora what do I always tell you, at first you dont succeed- blast them with you're Blue Eyes again!
You stinky. Thats not how it works
How KH starts: haha what is this funny game
How KH ends: get rekt emotions
Final Fantasy: Disney Edition
This is a perfect example. It's why I love it.
"It had all this crucial storytelling!"
Yeah, this is Kingdom Hearts. Even the mobile game spinoff is plot important.
I mean, that’s like half true. The phone stuff is rarely important in the other games so far.
I swear to god if they release nintendo switch exclusive KH game....
@@Dubbel12 they released one entry exclusively on every console that they could. I don't doubt it'll happen.
@@willadkins1354 Eh. There's some weird plot twist in KHUX, as well as how it explains the most important story detail in all of KH
How
Maleficent came back in KH2.
I love to believe that KHUX only exists to explain how the three fairies saying her name brings her back.
(And the goddam dream eater parts that make me sad)
@Will Adkins no it's 100% true. Not only does Khux make KH3 ending make sense. But it's also like 70% of the plot moving forward with the rest of the series. And on top of that, Khux/DR are some of the best plots written for the series.
Whoa whoa. Donald and Goofy were right to call Sora on his shite,especially since they know it’s out of character for him.
His feelings aren’t valid simply because he has them all of a sudden. Sora starts acting irrational and they’re just supposed to tag along just because? That’s not being a good friend,no point in them all acting like idiots,otherwise they’d all be doomed.
I'm glad someone said it. The whole "you're valid, screw toxic positivity" thing is kinda ignoring the whole context of the situation isn't it? Of course, she didn't even notice that the Riku was a fake the whole time, despite every context clue pointing to it.
@@Twinscimitarz Exactly. Can’t just ignore context out of the convience of feeling good in the moment. There are a wide variety of emotions and they’re all deserving of our attention, not just the ones we deem “positive”. I won’t knock her for missing that because the narrative hopes that you do in order to have a bigger impact upon the reveal,so in that sense I’m a bit jealous. The way they tossed Repliku’s body around still does give me the shivers a bit though.
To simplify the context of this game:
Sora’s Story: Nostalgia and Regression
In pursuit of an ideal memory he loses most of the experience/magic he acquired from KH1
Riku’s Story: Regret, Recovery, and Growth
In pursuit of a life without darkness, he obtained the ability to control and balance it with his own will and mindset.
WHY The Card BasedSystem: Name one other form of medium that requires as much memory as a card based game.
Examples: Blackjack, Poker, Uno, Go Fish, Memory Match, etc.
Sora's story is also about how, easily we as people can be manipulated into believing a lie, thinking it's real, how unreliable our memories can really be, and how we do not stop and think about ourselves
Riku's story the only other thing I can add is, is darkness really a bad thing if properly channeled, and what does it mean to be "real"
Another reason why it uses a card based memory system, it is because the technichal limitations the original game had in its developement on the Game Boy Advanced. Also, card games are very popular in Japan.
Sora just getting gaslit the whole game.
I just fucking realized this entire game is literally kingdom hearts gaslighting edition
Wtf does that even mean
@@petergeramin7195 Basically people being passive aggressive or straight up aggressive purely to piss you off or get you to unleash the worst side of yourself when you get overcome with negative emotions and doubt everything you thought you knew about yourself. Think of when an asshole in your life starts listing off all your failures just to get you to be pissed and make an angry response, to which they say you're mentally unfit or too sensitive or all your thoughts are warped.
@@petergeramin7195 -- Gaslighting is when someone makes you doubt your own memories, by trying to convince you that you are misremembering details. "I had a red balloon as a kid." "No, it was a green balloon." (repeating something like this over and over until you begin believing them, or 2nd guessing yourself). Not sure why Rayne Richter made this purely about anger and aggressiveness... I mean, agitating and causing someone to become furious is definitely a method used in gaslighting, but from what I understand it's not exclusive to that, as it's mainly about convincing someone that they aren't in their right mind, through whatever means. But it's basically emotional and mental manipulation to mess with someone, and convince them they are in the wrong, when they aren't.
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I can respect it when someone doesn't want to play Chain of Memories.
But the fact that you actually decided to still watch the gameplay and the fights is something I can really appreciate. It's like you still wanted to see how the game is and see what kind of powers these characters had, ya earned a sub~
"I hated that" my feeling after every boss battle.
"You can lay down and take a nap for all I care!" Sora then proceeded to take a nap for 2 years. Time for KH2 let's go Leigh
It was only for 1 year, homie
Leigh really hit on the ideal way to play Chain of Memories: clear the first level, then love yourself and watch the rest on TH-cam.
That's painfully true
I actually really liked this game, the card mechanic made the combat interesting and the different crazy abilities you could trigger were fun to figure out and build “decks” around. I’d rather play CoM over KH3 any day of the week. It might even be my second favourite after KH2.
But I mean, if all you want to do is mash buttons and watch a cute story then yeah I can see it being a huge put off.
The gameplay, as weird as it is at first, got pretty addicting to me after a while. I couldn't get enough of it once I learned it
@@SDREHXC Thank you, I thought I was the only one who thoroughly enjoyed COM
Oddly enough... I usually linger in traverse town, playing around, poorly, with rng, until I have enough high cards and 0 cards to endure the other worlds... then it’s generally a cakewalk and spectacle... as the player racks up a ton of crazy skills.
I love how she just goes "screw it I'm just gonna watch the gameplay on TH-cam" when she kept losing
To bad this is the last time we get defiant and pissed off Sora. I am always sad the start of this game is so hard for new players, the Sleights get super interesting and its the most powerful Sora feels like up until KH3, stopping time, summoning earthquakes, black holes, riding triple fire tornadoes
Yeah but it's such a grind to get to that point. And learning the card system sucks for new players, I hated it personally. It does get way better late game and yeah you do feel strong but the final boss can still suck it. Literally stacked with nothing but 8-9 cards
In the original gba version, the best sleights were Omnislash and Judgement.
@@thekaz5225 Knowledge is power, so faster learners get better earlier. If you simply manage to get 2 or even 3 blizzard cards before you leave traverse town, you'll be coasting along for quite a while. The most important thing I had to learn is that cards and card management is key. All the action-game mechanics are basically worthless to me.
@@vindifference In that regard it was more of an unlearning experience than a learning experience for me.
I never really found the card combat system "difficult" tbh. It's just.... REALLY not fun. I guess they felt the need to do something like this due to the game originally coming out on GBA but still... they could probably have come up with a better system.
Discovered this channel via the Devil May Cry videos, and it's really entertaining definitely deserves more views
same...these "my [game] journey" videos are brilliant for someone who loves these games but can't stand watching playthroughs of inexperienced players. This is more like a reaction video than a let's play and for some of my favorite game franchises no less.
I hope Metal Gear Solid is next on her list
Same, I subscribed because I saw she was going to do KH
Agreed
This game really makes the friendship between Riku and Mickey just felt every time they’re on screen together in the games going forward. When they hug on the beach of Destiny Island I bawl my eyes out every time
Donald and Goofy: maybe we should slow down and think about how weird this is before running headlong into the enemy's trap?
Leigh: WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU? SORA YOU'RE VALID!
I choked when I realised one of the timestamps is called chain of gaslighting omg
Leigh, I cannot express the amazingness of your channel and your streams. You, along with your streams are soul healing.
that's very kind of you to say, thank you!
Riku: *Watches himself monologue about the value of Replicated Life as he dies* Rated E10+
I think Donald and Goofy are right refering to Sora and his "obsession" with Naminé.
It is strange and he is not thinking straitght.
The plot gives them the reason afterwards.
Yes, they were wise to try and think about it
What's Sora's least favorite Yu-Gi-Oh card?
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Duck Magician.
Big Shield Goofy is the meta.
You absolute madlad. I love it.
My favorite card is Buster Cloudier
Amazing
'I just want to button mash so bad'; so true. First time I played, I couldn't even get through Travers Town, I had to turn it off and start over. Good story though and the last two boss battles are two of the best normal bosses in all of KH.
Seriously the fanboying over Riku just doesnt get old
My introduction to the KH franchise was Chain of Memories for the GBA and the manga (which, is a lot darker than the game especially that scene where Axel kills Vexen, my favorite scene because hoo boy). CoM is also my favorite game, contrary to popular belief that it was a bad game. I never had any real idea of what it is, but have heard things from friends and cousins. Really can't wait to watch you react to the other KH games!
com is one of my favourite games because it has such a consistent dark and honestly terrifying tone and theme. the conversations about memories are genuinely scary
GOD I really love the relationship Mickey and Riku have. It's freaking adorable. Mickey is almost like a father figure to Riku and it shows in how much Riku respects the mouse.
also com kinda crushes Sora's development, BUT MY GOD this game is essentially therapy for Riku.
And then began one of the best relationship of this series in my eyes : Riku and Mickey have such a sweet vibe ! I want to note that even Goofy and Donald don't call him by his name x)
I first discovered your channel from your KH3 reaction videos and they were so fun to watch! I only played 1 and 2 as a kid and watched the cutscenes of all the other games right before 3 came out. Seeing that you had video for each game inspired me to play through the entire series in order recently. I've been holding off from watching each of your videos until after I beat each game.
I just finished Re:CoM tonight grinding through its awful gameplay. Whenever I would get frustrated playing it I would think of how great it would be to see your reactions to the same struggles. Turns out you just played the beginning then watched the cutscenes for the rest, which is so funny to me. Your reactions were still amazing and it's so fun to be reminded of what experiencing the story was like for the first time and getting to see what things stuck out to you differently!
As an OG/Veteran, re:chain of Memories was honestly good; combat is easy to follow if u pay attention & don't skip out on grinding, tutorials, etc.
A lot of people are turned off by it due to it having a card battle system & then switching towards watching the cut-scenes, rather than actually put in effort & play the game to the end.
It's honestly good if u can understand it, also if you've played games that have the card battle system, or u yourself play card games, making it so much fun.
Agree, this game is very very easy even on proud. But if you don't watch the tutorials you will be punished so hard
@@StormSnakeMG oh for sure, both of those points are valid. But equally so is mine. No shade, people can and should do as they please.
I agree! Good game once you get the hang of the controls and figure what cards to have on deck and how they work. The White Mushroom Enemy card wasn't exactly intuitive to get, but there are FAQs for that sort of thing. Other than that, card collection is pretty random, but at least rare cards are MUCH easier to get than the rare item drops in Final Fantasy 4... that is, if you look up FAQs and figure out what kinds of rooms to create on what floors... But yeah, good game.
IMO, Chain of Memories is a great battle system, which was unwisely wasted on Kingdom Hearts players. After KH1, many players would only ever accept something similar to KH1. They weren't gonna accept a card system, or a turn-based RPG system, or a tactics-based system, or even a system like TWEWY's. Games that stray too far are either not taken seriously (like MoM) or have once again been heavily criticized by the community (like Union X).
Square needs to put those ideas to better use in original IPs.
@@vindifference based
CoM's story is just so good! A great introduction to the Org and the plot is just so important haha.
Thank for video.
19:09 According to Zane, he wanted to reprise the role, but Disney nor Square never called him in to reprise it
I'm so excited to see your Kingdom Hearts 2 run ! The music and the story ... just on point
Oh my, this is exactly the video I need since I finally got time to replay KH, but I never could play through CoM in the past, and now I couldn't stand the card based gameplay. So this video is giving me the story and the agony of the game in one hit. God sent!
This is literally my favorite series on TH-cam right now!♥️
I lovedwatching you experience the games! I can't wait to see your other videos!
CoM is my favorite game just because of Riku's side! It's soo good! I even enjoy the game play. It is fun but it is very different so a lot of people don't play long enough to get used to it.
My sister started playing this around the time Leigh was finishing up her KH series playthrough and I really wish she (sister) could get the chance to get to Riku's story. I was thankful in that the GBA version was owned by my brother first, so I could just skip ahead and complete Riku's story when I got too frustrated with playing Sora's as a kid.
(This has also helped validate that my sister doesn't NEED to play the whole thing in order to enjoy it. She's gotten about as much as she's willing to from the game, I think.)
I hope this channel gets huge, in a very short amount of time you’ve become one of my favourite TH-camrs/streamers ever, maybe even my favourite. Keep up the amazing work ❤️.
"Sora, remember our promise to each other. Always shove your emotions deep down inside and paste a smile on your face." :D
Actually just watched this on Twitch just a couple of days ago. Always nice to see Riku's card faces.
Ooooh we're getting the whole series? Hell yes!! I adore watching new people experience my favorite series of all time. Looking forward to the rest ❤️🔥🤙🏼
So glad you are doing kingdom hearts! You are amazing and youre channel is awesome. Please keep up these wonderful adventures!
I will say that the "retreading the old worlds" element was more novel when they were pixel art recreations of those worlds and not the exact same assets from the previous game. It looks lazy that way. But its understandable that would be the best way to recreate this game in 3D which is cool, and the 3D cutscenes and voice acting are appreciated. I do wish there was a good combination of the two though. With the easier to understand gameplay (since the GBA version was on a 2D plane during battles) and the amazing pixel art, but also having the production value and voice acting the remade cutscenes got.
COM is like an infinitely superior game to Re:Com it’s so upsetting that most people just play the latter
@@joneatsbagels7239 Well you can blame Square for not putting the original in the Remixes lmao. Would've been a nice bonus.
@@Deadflower20xx if I knew how I would genuinely make a mod to replace recom with com lol,, I want to play the original so bad
@@nerdychocobo Eh it's easy enough to play on a GBA emulator if you really want, which any computer can run.
Yknow I didn't realize how many times you fight Riku in this game until watching this lol good job.
@Toan Greenlow actually ya damn thts crazy
Omg I cant wait for your KH2 journey. So many good moments!
I kept up with the streams, but KH is such a good series, getting to experience them again in an edited fashion is awesome
Yeah, this game was much more enjoyable on the Game Boy.
Also you didn't have to suffer hearing KH2 Sora's voice through KH1 Sora's body.
I personally find the Game Boy version unplayable.
At least he's not forcefully trying to sound younger in this game unlike in DDD or Re:Coded. Those sounded far more painful.
And then I look at Jiminy the Cricket at the end of Sora's part of the story.
Me: WRITE MORE THEN 2 BLOODY WORDS "Thank Namine"? WTF is THAT supposed to mean?! I won't even KNOW a Namine when I wake up! WRITE MOOOOORREEE~~~~!
The half gaslighting, half a rat and his adopted son video game, good times leighxCozy
Just found your channel, and I have to say I love your editing style for these videos. I simply don't have enough time to watch entire VODs, so I super appreciate the length you've made these.
Looking forward to watching the rest of the series as well! :)
She ... SHES GOING IN ORDER LETSGOOO
Watching this brings back so many memories of playing this game on GBA back in the day. I remember the third Riku fight on Sora's route took me FOREVER to beat like months LOL Watching your journey through Kingdom Hearts on stream has been a joy and I'm glad to be able to watch your experiences with early games since I found this community during Birth by Sleep.
This game always destroys me. I am so glad I get to watch you experience this series for the first time. (I don't know if you are ready for KH2 lol)
The start of Mickey and Riku's friendship here is adorable.
I love watching you experience kh please keep the videos coming
I find it super heartwarming watching her play all my favorite games and cry... Very cute and all around good content too
But she didn't play it xd
You know it makes me happy seeing everyone finally giving kingdom hearts a chance and really seeing how good of a series it is after so long of growing up with the series.
I'm SO EXCITED for the next part in this series!!!!!!!!!!!! It's so cathartic to see this journey through fresh eyes again.
I can't wait to see the more i love this series so much
God I can’t wait till the KH 2 experience is out, be ready for all the hearts to cry
Been a huge fan of the channel cant wait to see the rest of the kingdom hearts series you're the best @LeighXP
Your reaction to kingdom hearts made me cry
Its dumb that she criticized donald and goofy and saying sora was justified in his reason for being mad when it turned out he wasn’t, also getting upset over dumb things like friends busting each others chops like really
with Diz appearing "who is this person? he has eyes like Ansem" is some insane accidental foreshadowing
God i cant wait for the kh2 video
Started on your Birth By Sleep: A Fragmentary Passage yesterday, and I love your reactions! And then seeing you cry during 358/2 Days may or may not have gotten me to tear up lol. Cannot wait to see your reactions when you hit KH3.
Yay, the saga continues! KH2 will be a rollercoaster of emotions tho and be prepared for Axel’s epicness
The card system is actually very good. Its just hard at first. Great video though! I love watching your reactions. Kingdom hearts 2 is the best game ever and I'm excited for you to play it! Please play it! ill watch the whole thing!
this game needs you to be smart and that’s my weakness
She's already beaten the entire series so keep an eye out for the edited replays as they're finished!
@@Kynaeus even CoM?
Riku is such an emo he can't even heal himself in his gameplay
I really can't wait for your kh2 vid. It's gonna be fun watching your reactions on Roxas
0:51 "You think we can just skip Donald?" Oh boy, you'll retract those words soooooooo fast when you get to KH3
"not only does he get shitted on by Riku, consistently, but he's not allowed to grieve that"
The moment I realized this inadvertently describes a huge reoccurring theme throughout the series sent a shiver down my spine. Thinking about it, it seems like a major motivator for every character with personality. From X on...
I really really can’t wait for the kh2 vid. Roxas is my favorite character
I can't wait for the Kingdom Hearts 2 run
Pretty disappointed she gave up on the combat so early, it can be pretty engaging and op once you get the hang of it.
Ion blame her🗿
all of the other videos: crying, uncontrollable sadness and crying
this one: FUCKING GOD THIS CONTROL SCHEME
Love how genuine your reactions are, I just found your channel recently. You should have played through Riku's story it was better than Sora's in my opinion. It actually made the game fun, unlike Sora story which felt like a chore.
I love these reactions they are absolute gold! 😂
Never got through this whole game as a kid lol so this is cool to see! So excited for the rest of them!
This game was super fun on gameboy back in the day. Really got me through a bunch of my broken arm surgery as a kid!
I remember Vexen was the hardest part of the Sora playthrough for me, taking nearly a month cause I was too stubborn to learn how to sleight, and for Riku's it was always the final boss.
I've tried multiple times going through this version, but its honestly just such a drag, and I ended up just doing the GBA version again.
Love the card combat, but something about it being in 3D is just off, and I can't really put my finger on it. Don't blame you for giving up on this game so early!!
Finally, TH-cam recommends something besides videos I've already seen and random 20 second clips
This is one of the better stories in KH to me.
Kingdom hearts chain of memories is just basically Naminé's self-insert fanfic of the first game.
I can remember me being at the endboss fight and being so scared of loosing my mind that i just leveled without stoping and eventually accidentally firsttryed him
The ending is more amazing when you remember that Rikus keyblades name is *The Way To The Dawn*
omg. i forgot how jarring dropped balls sora was.
thank u for making video about funny yugioh card game
your reactions are so adorable
Found your video on kh2 and loved seeing your reactions in it and the other games. Gonna stick around
Sora be friendzoning everyone he meets.
Great reaction, I also quit after my 1st playthrough & watched cutscenes & explanations lol. But I eventually did it for shits & giggles.
This is so wonderful! Can't wait until you cover KHII
Riku’s path up until Dream Drop Distance is all about trying to lead his heart along the fine line between light and darkness, his light side is a broken man who’s struggling to find the right path and his darkness is giving into Xeanort’s heartless’es dark power that could push him into oblivion and he has to find a way to balance that so he can become a better person
God I love that everyone refers to him as Billy Zane without exception.
I have a feeling this game was a heck of a lot easier on GBA. I don't remember having much trouble at all with the difficulty. Having to keep track of a 2D plane seems easier than managing the cards when in a 3D environment.
I haven't played the original but I imagine just being in a different visual setting would also help a lot to combat the immediate "I want to button mash to attack" response most people get to kingdom hearts
Yeah sometime has passed since the last time and Sora obviously did start to hit puberty a bit while traveling down that trail and then they came across this Castle Oblivion. Anyway get ready to play KH2!!!
I watched a tutorial before playing and it helped a lot! Really liked the game as an action-puzzle mashup with some rpg elements to it.
The marluxia battle nearly gave me a heart attack all the way through, but I succeeded because I wished to find out the rest of the story between kh1 and kh2.
As someone who only owned a PS2, I can safely say the transition from KH1 to 2 as a teen left me with ... several questions.
Yay! The journey continues!
The best thing in this game is when Sora summons the Blue Eyes White Dragon.
Ha ha ha ha ha!!!! Good one!
Word of advice, play KH2 then either watch or play 358/2 days in that order, if done in any other order it might spoil stuff in KH2.
She played in release order and has beaten the full series prior to posting this video
Warning 358/2 is going to break your heart.
She ain't ready for the beginning nor end of kh2 lol
At 13:14 when Namine said "I'm not there" she morphs into a cowgirl
Honestly, I _really_ respect how she decided to watch the video instead so she could enjoy the story without the difficulty curve messing up the experience. I've legitimately never seen that done before lol
I was just sitting here and waiting for you to give up LOL this game is so frustrating and so important for the story
Fun thing about this game. The skill card combo zantetsuken actually destroys the card from ther deck so that they can't use it. On some humanoid bosses who you can see on the bottom right? You can stack your deck with nothing but zantetsuken combos and destroy all of their cards. Once gone, since they are not like normal enemies who have unlimited cards. They just move around taunting you while they endlessly charge their empty decks. It's a bit hilarious to watch. Some guy posted videos here on youtube about it if you don't have the time to try it yourself.