4:54 Axel isn't really chilling. He's a wild card who actually has plans to stop some of the Organization like Marluxia and Larxene. Hell, he straight up takes Vexen out.
The "Re" in "Re: Chain of Memories" is short for "remake". So it makes sense. The game has VA cutscenes, just not in the World Floors. Sleights only sacrifice the first card, not all 3. If y'all think KH has a lot of stars, wait until ya play KHUX on the mobile phone.
Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories is always a title I'm going to hold dear, despite all the off and iffy things about it. For I forgive it rehashed Disney worlds and samey rooms, because it was the first Dungeon Crawler-esque game I played (way back when the GBA-version was released, I played it WAY back) and I fell in love with "choosing" rooms and feeling like I was in charge of building the mazes I traversed. Furthermore I greatly enjoyed the expanded scope of attacks you had at your disposal- Tornado, Warp, the various Strike Raid variants, the card based battle system may be much trickier to get into than the more straight-forward system in KH1, but I liked feeling in charge of my own combos, of designing my game to have the attacks I wanted to have. The varied attacks made Sora feel like he had a whole arsenal of cool tricks, and I do so like having an arsenal- see my obsessive gathering of all the souls in games like Dawn of Souls. Sure, it may be stiffer... but I like feeling overpowered. Also, I really like the story. I can acknowledge that there's not a whole lot of it that really carries over to other games, but the Organizations civil war made the various Nobodies feel distinct and gave them far more chances to shine as characters than KH2 ended up doing. To have Sora's memories manipulated and essentially slowly destroy himself the further you went was a pretty neat subversion of the Hero's Journey-trope in kid me's opinion. And most importantly... this was the game that made me care about Riku. I was not kindly inclined towards Riku back when I played KH1. I didn't get why Sora was friends with a guy who always fought with him and stood in his way. While that was because I was a really awkward child who didn't really get the concept of a friendly rivalry, I will say that Square didn't really DO much to show that Riku cared for Sora and Kairi beyond him saving the day at the end of KH1. I just never really bought their friendship. Showing Riku despondent and alone made me see things from his point of view, get into his head, and best of all- the one who saves him from that is Mickey Mouse. I freaking LOVE that. Riku's angst during this segment could so easily become overdone and unbearable glurgey. They could have made it so that something like... the memory of Sora is what helps him through, but I wouldn't have bought that since I was still in the mindset where I couldn't buy Riku as Sora's friend. But to have someone completely new enter his world and help him just out of the goodness of his little mousey heart, provide him with support when he had no reason to do so, and just generally be someone whom Riku could grow a brand new friendship with... it helped me see Riku in a whole new perspective. It was a friendship unburdened with the writing of KH1. A fresh new start, to help you see Riku from a fresh new perspective. Also, the Angsty JRPG Loner turns into the worlds biggest Mickey Mouse fanboy. That's just so unexpected and really adds a heaping helping of character that Riku sorely needed. So, yeah. Not gonna deny that the levels are samey and that splitting up the plot over so many formats is frustrating. But for all those reasons above, I will always go to bat for Chain of Memories because it was just what I needed at the time to really solidify my love for Kingdom hearts, and connect to it in a way I don't think I would have if it hadn't existed. Looking forward to the next video in the series... mostly because KH2 did a lot to spoil some of that love. And I cannot wait to see the sparks fly.
An understanding of just how good of friends Riku and King Mickey are and why they’re always partied up together cannot happen without playing reverse/rebirth and that alone is so much missed out on plot juiciness that players who refuse to play the game will never come to understand. The entire title is super important and overall a great game!
My opinions on the game exactly, besides the fact that this was actually my first KH game and at the time I didn't know about Riku's friendly rivalry with Sora from KH1. But this game was, and still is, absolutely amazing to me. I'll always have a soft spot for Chain of Memories. One of my favorites in the series, even over KH1 and 2.
Honestly. I probably wouldn't have hated this game so much of it was JUST the Riku campaign. I dreaded every last second of this game UNTIL I took control of Riku. But by then i was just so burned out by the cheapness of Strike Raiding everything to death or getting DEMOLISHED if I tried not to cheese everything , that I couldn't even enjoy it as much as I should have We really should get more opportunities to play as Riku (this is coming from a new fan who just started playing KH2)
I gotta say... I absolutely love this game. I can play it for hours, I love the customizable dungeons, I love the deck building and battle system, and I even love the story.
I'm just gonna say that I love the story of these games, I actually understand them pretty well (looking up the info from the Ultimanias helps), but I can understand why some would be frustrated
+NU121493255 I legitimately never thought about that lol. But regardless, "Re:" is mainly used as a prefix for response emails so, I don't know, it seems weird to tack that on the original title. But Kingdom Hearts is no stranger to weird names.
Premium Cards also exist. Also, you dont need an elixir to reload sleight cards. You need a hi- item or a mega- item. Elixirs only combine the function of both mega- cards.
Lea, Xion, Roxas, Marluxia, and Larxene are my favorite Organization members. And as an aside, I DESPISE Larxene, her voice actress Shanelle Grey gave an impressive love to hate performance. I love AntDude's name for Marluxia....The Prettiest Anime
The really cool thing about the GBA version is that there was a vs mode so if you and your friend had it. You could take your deck and duel your friend with their deck.
On my latest Chain of Memories playthrough, I had planned my deck ahead so after using a whole deck of sleights, when returning the cards, I could still be able to use sleights. Then I used an Elixir and it started all over again. Quite nice, didn't ran out of them.
Abso-FUCKING-lutely. Round 1 Riku gave me shit, but by the second fight, I built a highly offensive deck that just stops anyone from doing anything, including Riku. But Vexen kept fucking me over with 0's and out of nowhere powerful attacks.
the gba version of this game was actually the first KH game i ever played. going into it just as a game, not knowing anything about KH, i really enjoyed it.
to shut everyone up chain of memories is not a spinoff because of the fact that we are introduced to orgnization 13 and the idea of nobodies which ties directly into the stoty of kh2 the only reason it feels that way is because tetsuya nomouria has been putting the cart before the horse which is why the series is confusing
Ok, Antdude? If you're gonna complain about the story's complexity in ever video, I have to wonder...why are you doing this retrospective? I mean I started with 358/2 and learned the story BACKWARDS, and loved it. I haven't played a game in the series since dream drop distance, almost 4 years ago, but I still remember all the characters, plot points, etc. It's not THAT complicated.
+Andrew McCue To clarify, I have played through all of the games except 2, but I know 2's story by heart thanks to LPs and other media it's been portrayed in.
+Andrew McCue People can like stuff without liking every single aspect, you know. For instance, I can't stand the KH story, but the soundtrack, visuals, and gameplay are wonderful. You have to be pretty invested and play every game to get what's going on. I mean, just try to explain the KH story to someone who has never heard of the series and wouldn't be a dedicated fan. Even if you don't think it's complicated, it _sounds_ complicated, which is more than enough to turn people away. Good on you for sticking with it and all, but for most people, having to do homework to get a story is not something they're fond of.
OckhamAsylum I'm well aware, i'm not trying to say he can't like it or shouldn't. That's not my place, obviously. My question was trying to understand why he's doing this even though he clearly expresses frustration in both videos of the retrospective so far.
You know, I kind of hope that the Chain of Memories battle system returns in someway. Like, it doesn't even have to be Kingdom Heart's related, it could be a whole new series.
+Cascade Hellsing A lot of it's basic ideas carried on into the future handheld titles. All the other handheld games basically used a deck system, they just took out attack slots, and made it so sleights are their own thing, with higher costs to using them, and no numbers to cancel things out.
Hey Antdude, are you going to cover Virtue's Last Reward before Zero Time Dilemma comes out in June? I really like your 999 video and it would be cool to spotlight zero escape again
thank you for doing this, i wanna get hyped for 3 and i havent played any spin off yet or most of 2 (as i got confused and said "imma play the spin offs" and that was 6 years ago)
Replica Riku was frustrating as FUCK, While struggling to defeat him EVERY TIME, I thought fuck, the final boss must be fucking harder than this, but no Marluxia, defeated in 1 time, and trust me I suck at this game
DragonZero XIII Well i was and i got it like 7-11 hours into the game, the NeoShadow Card though... That's another story... And it wasn't even worth getting it :(
Nolan Brunner then it shouldn't be a shitty mobile game that kept getting update after update adding story. If it impacts cannon then they should make a complete finished story and not a very repetitive, boring, long mobile game. I played it when it first came out and got bored with it so fast. I'm glad they came out with the movie version of it and I hope that's all the plot that matters.
You're missing out if you mostly used regular attacks. If you focus on leveling up sleights and occasionally CP only then you can make pretty much every move a sleight and devastate the enemies with stuff like fire tornadoes or earthquakes. Only thing I found interesting about Riku's story was what Zexion said about how some of the islanders were gone for good because of Riku letting the darkness into the islands even though Sora brought the world back.
I now understand why Riku of Two Reflections in MTG is named Riku. I also now understand that I must be Riku, as I am playing through all these AntDude videos in reverse order. Ah, thus is the way of TH-cam's playlist system.
With all of the build up, question answering, and even more questions that this series likes to pull, I think we can safely say this was the original FnaF.
I think part of the reason many cutscenes aren't voiced is because RE: Chain of Memories was originally released for Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix in Japan. Honestly, it maybe warranted it's 2008 release in North America, but I'm able to forgive its shortcomings knowing this was just an added bonus of owning the Final Mix version of Kingdom Hearts 2. Gotta love the fact that North America didn't get these versions until the HD remakes.
Hey AntDude. Good job as always, it feels weird that back in 2007 I stared following you. I feel so old. Regardless, one thing you omitted is that the Marluxia boss fight is actually different in GBA. That last phase you described as hard is not present. It's only a two phase battle. That final one is a Re exclusive. Also Axel swears in the GBA version. You're welcome.
Really love the retrospectives. I've been getting back into the KH series recently and this is such a nostalgia trip. Looking forward to future videos! And yeah, spoilers for a 14 year-old game with a plot more confusing than quantum mechanics... eh?
I got kingdom hearts dream drop distance (I think that's the title) before I even knew kingdom hearts was a big complicated series, so I'm glad that this series exist.
I had the GBA version. I enjoyed it and beat both story arcs. I imported KH II: Final Mix+ when it came out and it came with ReCOM. I never bought the US version
Hard pill to swallow. Re:CoM is a fun game with a combat style that just takes a little getting used to. It took me two worlds before I had the combat down enough to actually enjoy the game
Or you use Strike Raid to stun Riku Replica then use Genie Jafar card and you spam either Ars Arcanum, Lethal Frame or Sonic Blade and here you go No Damage Riku Replica.
Weird thing about Chain of Memories is that it came our around the same time as PSO Episode 3, another beloved JRPG series that for no reason had an entire game based on cards. Not to mention stuff like Lost Kingdoms, Baten Kaitos etc. What an odd trend...and I know people love it now but a lot of people really did not get into Baten Kaitos back in the day entirely because of that. I remember.
I can't tell you how long I have been waiting for this(actually I can,about 3 months).Great review Antdude and can't wait till u do Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days and KH2 :)
No way, best way to go is a deck fulla FIRE n a couple of elixers. Combo to Firega, shoot until outta fire. use elixir. repeat. Switch to Blizzard for Hades. Win Game.
358/2 Days has massive plot points to the story especially since KH3D. I would argue Chain of Memories is quite important, although you could just learn everything in it from a wiki, like the reason behind the black cloaks and whatnot, but there's things like that AND why sora is where he starts in the beginning of KH2 are not explained WHATSOEVER.
I'm a couple months late on this one, but after that long comment I left on the first review, I might as well give my thoughts here, too. I know that CoM and the remake aren't terribly popular among a lot of fans, but Re:CoM is one of my favorite entries in the series. It can be a bit repetitive, but I loved how open the card system made the game. Button mashing was a lot more difficult to do, and this game had a strategy element that really went away in future entries. As for the story, this might have been one of my favorites in the series. It was vague, but seeing Sora go through this tower and deal with his changing and conflicting memories was oddly fun. Considering that he became more of a happy-go-lucky guy after this game, going back to the remake and seeing a different side of him was nice. I have yet to play the PS3 version since I finished the PS2 one shortly before it came out, but I do plan on going back to it later. Also, I doubt anyone remembers my mention of my progress with the HD collections on the last video, but I finally finished IIFM and moved on to BBSFM! I think I'm getting over feeling burned out with these games.
My strategy against Riku and a lot of the later bosses is to use the Strike Raid sleight to stun them. And then use the Thunder Raid right after that. Just repeat that and you will be fine.
When I beat this game as a kid (on gba), I remember the last Riku replica fight in Sora mode being so hard that: i wouldn't even rage anymore because it was hilariously unbalanced, and marluxia felt like a pretty easy battle by comparison. That may have also been helped by marluxia's bigger form slowing the gba down...
The story makes complete sense the only thing missing is the masters motivation for basically letting everything go to hell which from his voice/personality he probably just gave up trying and hoped they could do better and they could Even I don't know what game that is all from I just can understand it
Maybe I'm just crazy but I never really got lost or confused by the plot of the series....with the exception of 3D. But everything always becomes complicated when time travel is involved.
Best way I found to dealing with ripping through Riku Replica battles (or any of the Org XIII fights outside final battles) as Sora? Spam the living hell out of the Sonic Blade sleight. Reduces most of the fights to a minute or two and makes Riku Replica a joke.
Fun fact, the GBA version of the game also had that intro cutscene. Pretty impressive that it could handle it.
Eh not really. The GBA had whole movies in cartridges. Sure they looked like ass but they did exist.
Oh yeah, I remember I had a few that had a Pokemon movie or some episodes. They actually looked nice for the GBA SP.
Shrek was on that? I only remember seeing Proud Family and Yu-Gi Oh GBA videos in stores.
De-rezzed as fuck, but yeah.
It was a video, not real time.
Isn't Marluxia just so pretty?
niet
Well asking that to the fandom and they will respond...
oddly...
Huge KH fan and I have to say first time I met marluxia I thought he was a female.
+AntDude No. No he ain't.
10/10 best anime waifu ever. lol
In Japan pink is the color of death so combine that with his pink scythe and pink hair, Marluxia is basically japan's grim reaper
#boyisnthepretty
"This is Super Saiyan Rose Goku Black..."
I have a theory. Marluxia is a shinigami.
Adam Ansari *then why is kirby pink?*
That purple color, wasn't it?
4:54 Axel isn't really chilling. He's a wild card who actually has plans to stop some of the Organization like Marluxia and Larxene. Hell, he straight up takes Vexen out.
D MAS goodbye *snaps fingers*
@@a1goldenrunner its endgame now
Just to keep Vexen from spoiling his plans.
@@jameslawrenson1208 gdi i miss CoM/2 Axel
@@MarvelousSpyro Time for one Hell of a show!
The "Re" in "Re: Chain of Memories" is short for "remake". So it makes sense.
The game has VA cutscenes, just not in the World Floors.
Sleights only sacrifice the first card, not all 3.
If y'all think KH has a lot of stars, wait until ya play KHUX on the mobile phone.
Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories is always a title I'm going to hold dear, despite all the off and iffy things about it. For I forgive it rehashed Disney worlds and samey rooms, because it was the first Dungeon Crawler-esque game I played (way back when the GBA-version was released, I played it WAY back) and I fell in love with "choosing" rooms and feeling like I was in charge of building the mazes I traversed. Furthermore I greatly enjoyed the expanded scope of attacks you had at your disposal- Tornado, Warp, the various Strike Raid variants, the card based battle system may be much trickier to get into than the more straight-forward system in KH1, but I liked feeling in charge of my own combos, of designing my game to have the attacks I wanted to have. The varied attacks made Sora feel like he had a whole arsenal of cool tricks, and I do so like having an arsenal- see my obsessive gathering of all the souls in games like Dawn of Souls. Sure, it may be stiffer... but I like feeling overpowered.
Also, I really like the story. I can acknowledge that there's not a whole lot of it that really carries over to other games, but the Organizations civil war made the various Nobodies feel distinct and gave them far more chances to shine as characters than KH2 ended up doing. To have Sora's memories manipulated and essentially slowly destroy himself the further you went was a pretty neat subversion of the Hero's Journey-trope in kid me's opinion. And most importantly... this was the game that made me care about Riku. I was not kindly inclined towards Riku back when I played KH1. I didn't get why Sora was friends with a guy who always fought with him and stood in his way. While that was because I was a really awkward child who didn't really get the concept of a friendly rivalry, I will say that Square didn't really DO much to show that Riku cared for Sora and Kairi beyond him saving the day at the end of KH1. I just never really bought their friendship. Showing Riku despondent and alone made me see things from his point of view, get into his head, and best of all- the one who saves him from that is Mickey Mouse.
I freaking LOVE that. Riku's angst during this segment could so easily become overdone and unbearable glurgey. They could have made it so that something like... the memory of Sora is what helps him through, but I wouldn't have bought that since I was still in the mindset where I couldn't buy Riku as Sora's friend. But to have someone completely new enter his world and help him just out of the goodness of his little mousey heart, provide him with support when he had no reason to do so, and just generally be someone whom Riku could grow a brand new friendship with... it helped me see Riku in a whole new perspective. It was a friendship unburdened with the writing of KH1. A fresh new start, to help you see Riku from a fresh new perspective. Also, the Angsty JRPG Loner turns into the worlds biggest Mickey Mouse fanboy. That's just so unexpected and really adds a heaping helping of character that Riku sorely needed.
So, yeah. Not gonna deny that the levels are samey and that splitting up the plot over so many formats is frustrating. But for all those reasons above, I will always go to bat for Chain of Memories because it was just what I needed at the time to really solidify my love for Kingdom hearts, and connect to it in a way I don't think I would have if it hadn't existed. Looking forward to the next video in the series... mostly because KH2 did a lot to spoil some of that love. And I cannot wait to see the sparks fly.
An understanding of just how good of friends Riku and King Mickey are and why they’re always partied up together cannot happen without playing reverse/rebirth and that alone is so much missed out on plot juiciness that players who refuse to play the game will never come to understand. The entire title is super important and overall a great game!
Honestly I think it’s a fine game, better than the first game
My opinions on the game exactly, besides the fact that this was actually my first KH game and at the time I didn't know about Riku's friendly rivalry with Sora from KH1. But this game was, and still is, absolutely amazing to me. I'll always have a soft spot for Chain of Memories. One of my favorites in the series, even over KH1 and 2.
Honestly. I probably wouldn't have hated this game so much of it was JUST the Riku campaign. I dreaded every last second of this game UNTIL I took control of Riku. But by then i was just so burned out by the cheapness of Strike Raiding everything to death or getting DEMOLISHED if I tried not to cheese everything , that I couldn't even enjoy it as much as I should have
We really should get more opportunities to play as Riku (this is coming from a new fan who just started playing KH2)
I gotta say... I absolutely love this game. I can play it for hours, I love the customizable dungeons, I love the deck building and battle system, and I even love the story.
Me too. Lots of people don't seem to like it for some reason. But I loved it. Platinumed it and yet I still get drawn back in from time to time.
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Re: is in the title cause it's a full on remake not just a port. Same thing with Re:Coded
but re: usually is like.. used as “reply” in emails
It's called Re: Chain of Memories because that's the sound I make when I play it. REEEEEEEEEE
+snomaN Gaming lol
It's a retail game duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
+snomaN Gaming Hai from speedruns channel!
Reeeeeeeetarrrrrrdddddddd!!!!!!!
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sorry.....
I'm just gonna say that I love the story of these games, I actually understand them pretty well (looking up the info from the Ultimanias helps), but I can understand why some would be frustrated
Omg silver haired agst and round ears is the best nickname I've heard for those two since hatsune Riku and American pikachu! XD
Remake
Re-make
Re:
+NU121493255 i still don't get why people can't understand this
+Sean Sealey (Gentleman Snake) Now thinking about, you're right. It's not hard to understand.
+NU121493255 Re-make or Rebreak
tim5fl Rebreak? What do you mean?
+NU121493255 I legitimately never thought about that lol. But regardless, "Re:" is mainly used as a prefix for response emails so, I don't know, it seems weird to tack that on the original title. But Kingdom Hearts is no stranger to weird names.
Antdude it's called re: chain of memories because it's a remake duh
+Links On Crack dafuq is up with these comments? explain.
Dare to say I actually love this one. Pulling out special moves, the strategy, the story, I srsly enjoyed it.
It's all about the heart of the cards in any game, you just have to believe.
Incredible video!
You know, that reminds me: Did we EVER find out what that note Pluto had says?
with the sleights, only the first one gets removed from your deck, not all 3
Another dumb mistake lol.
Premium Cards also exist.
Also, you dont need an elixir to reload sleight cards. You need a hi- item or a mega- item. Elixirs only combine the function of both mega- cards.
"And it's here that we find out that Maleficent from Cinderella" . . . XD I've had stuff happened like that with me and editing before.
Lea, Xion, Roxas, Marluxia, and Larxene are my favorite Organization members. And as an aside, I DESPISE Larxene, her voice actress Shanelle Grey gave an impressive love to hate performance. I love AntDude's name for Marluxia....The Prettiest Anime
The really cool thing about the GBA version is that there was a vs mode so if you and your friend had it. You could take your deck and duel your friend with their deck.
Dude, haven't you thought to yourself how bad of an idea this was?
+Brandon “Haunterpi” Pierce Yes. That clearly hasn't stopped me.
Tfw I actually still understand the plot.
+GamerGuardian imbossibru
Good luck on Kingdom Hearts 2, let me know if you need any help with that.
he'll handle it just fine, it's dream drop distance that you need to worry for him when he gets to it
NinjaTyler
Dream Drop Distance was my favorite. I think he's also going to get a kick out of the other cameos in that game.
Not just dream drop distance the whole series
Moses Borras
The one thing I hope he notices, Goofy is the one to notice almost EVERYTHING!
Goofy is a lot smarter than in cartoons
On my latest Chain of Memories playthrough, I had planned my deck ahead so after using a whole deck of sleights, when returning the cards, I could still be able to use sleights. Then I used an Elixir and it started all over again. Quite nice, didn't ran out of them.
It's time to d-d-d-d-d-d-d-dive into watching this one :V
.. Are you even on the right account there, G? ;V
Hey! This isn't Dream Drop Distance.
@@ScsigsGaming 3D or HD
I found Vexen harder to fight than Riku...
Same
Abso-FUCKING-lutely. Round 1 Riku gave me shit, but by the second fight, I built a highly offensive deck that just stops anyone from doing anything, including Riku. But Vexen kept fucking me over with 0's and out of nowhere powerful attacks.
the gba version of this game was actually the first KH game i ever played. going into it just as a game, not knowing anything about KH, i really enjoyed it.
Same
wrong man
all games are *important* to the plot
sora roxas well,recoded did have a little impact on 3d....but days' purpose is xion?
LPFan lol it has a huge impact on kingdom hearts 3 because it might explain the events of kingdom hearts unchained X that direct with kingdom hearts X
do you mean recoded or days? if you mean days,then i dont know what you mean and if you mean recoded,than maybe
LPFan recoded. the only purpose of days is sentimental reason
sora roxas ah,nice! someone else who gets that recoded is more important to the timeline
to shut everyone up chain of memories is not a spinoff because of the fact that we are introduced to orgnization 13 and the idea of nobodies which ties directly into the stoty of kh2 the only reason it feels that way is because tetsuya nomouria has been putting the cart before the horse which is why the series is confusing
Ok, Antdude? If you're gonna complain about the story's complexity in ever video, I have to wonder...why are you doing this retrospective?
I mean I started with 358/2 and learned the story BACKWARDS, and loved it. I haven't played a game in the series since dream drop distance, almost 4 years ago, but I still remember all the characters, plot points, etc. It's not THAT complicated.
+Andrew McCue To clarify, I have played through all of the games except 2, but I know 2's story by heart thanks to LPs and other media it's been portrayed in.
+Andrew McCue Because I actually like the series regardless of how the story was handled.
*****
Ok. I'm glad to hear that.
+Andrew McCue People can like stuff without liking every single aspect, you know. For instance, I can't stand the KH story, but the soundtrack, visuals, and gameplay are wonderful. You have to be pretty invested and play every game to get what's going on.
I mean, just try to explain the KH story to someone who has never heard of the series and wouldn't be a dedicated fan. Even if you don't think it's complicated, it _sounds_ complicated, which is more than enough to turn people away. Good on you for sticking with it and all, but for most people, having to do homework to get a story is not something they're fond of.
OckhamAsylum
I'm well aware, i'm not trying to say he can't like it or shouldn't. That's not my place, obviously.
My question was trying to understand why he's doing this even though he clearly expresses frustration in both videos of the retrospective so far.
"This was a huge mistake" AntDude, 2016
You know, I kind of hope that the Chain of Memories battle system returns in someway.
Like, it doesn't even have to be Kingdom Heart's related, it could be a whole new series.
+Cascade Hellsing That would be really cool if they had a new game series with that gameplay.
+Cascade Hellsing A lot of it's basic ideas carried on into the future handheld titles. All the other handheld games basically used a deck system, they just took out attack slots, and made it so sleights are their own thing, with higher costs to using them, and no numbers to cancel things out.
01ChaosWarrior But then, I like the numbers and stale system. Which is basically what I was talking about
Oh gods, that Pluto thing caught me completely off guard... thanks for the laughs.
I feel like this game is really underrated, i like the gameplay of the game and the story is one of the best in the whole series!
Hey Antdude, are you going to cover Virtue's Last Reward before Zero Time Dilemma comes out in June? I really like your 999 video and it would be cool to spotlight zero escape again
+ReynTime Oh, I would really like to see that too!
The Re at the front means that it is a remake. They did the same with Coded, as it initially released on mobile phones only in Japan.
I actually always thought the "Re" stood for "Remake", which does make sense, since every "Re" title is a remake of a previous game
Absolutely love the KH love this video series is giving. Can't wait for KH2's vid.
+Subscribed.
Is it bad that Re: Chain of Memories is my favorite game in the series?
thank you for doing this, i wanna get hyped for 3 and i havent played any spin off yet or most of 2 (as i got confused and said "imma play the spin offs" and that was 6 years ago)
Re:Chain of Memories & Re:Coded have the "Re:" as a part of their names because they're remakes. It's stupid, but it makes sense.
Replica Riku was frustrating as FUCK, While struggling to defeat him EVERY TIME, I thought fuck, the final boss must be fucking harder than this, but no Marluxia, defeated in 1 time, and trust me I suck at this game
Hey. At least hes not his....GBA....Version....BURN IN HELL GBA RIKU!!!!
+DragonZero XIII Have you tried the Gargoyle enemy card?
*****
No. i was never lucky enough
DragonZero XIII
Well i was and i got it like 7-11 hours into the game, the NeoShadow Card though... That's another story... And it wasn't even worth getting it :(
Haven't lost me with any of your videos so good job keep going
Unchained x is really important damnit!
Nolan Brunner then it shouldn't be a shitty mobile game that kept getting update after update adding story. If it impacts cannon then they should make a complete finished story and not a very repetitive, boring, long mobile game. I played it when it first came out and got bored with it so fast. I'm glad they came out with the movie version of it and I hope that's all the plot that matters.
Kingdom Hearts 2. My favorite of the whole series. Also, my favorite PS2 game. Can't wait until he reviews that one.
You're missing out if you mostly used regular attacks. If you focus on leveling up sleights and occasionally CP only then you can make pretty much every move a sleight and devastate the enemies with stuff like fire tornadoes or earthquakes.
Only thing I found interesting about Riku's story was what Zexion said about how some of the islanders were gone for good because of Riku letting the darkness into the islands even though Sora brought the world back.
I now understand why Riku of Two Reflections in MTG is named Riku.
I also now understand that I must be Riku, as I am playing through all these AntDude videos in reverse order.
Ah, thus is the way of TH-cam's playlist system.
"You don't really need to play Riku's story."
"You need both endings to understand what's going to happen in KH2."
pick one
I mean most people just suggest you watch the cutscene
EXTREMELY UNPOPULAR OPINION:
Chain of Memories if my favorite Kingdom hearts games and one of my favorite games of all time period
There, I said it.
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WOOT I'm famous now!
Omg ur so famous
+WCamicase Can I have your autograph?!?!
Me too such fan
Sure! I've been trying out different signatures to see which one was best!
WCamicase:D
358/2 days has such a goooood story, what I mean by good is sad. I love it
With all of the build up, question answering, and even more questions that this series likes to pull, I think we can safely say this was the original FnaF.
14:40 you can feel the terror in his voice, knowing that he has to explain it all.
I think part of the reason many cutscenes aren't voiced is because RE: Chain of Memories was originally released for Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix in Japan. Honestly, it maybe warranted it's 2008 release in North America, but I'm able to forgive its shortcomings knowing this was just an added bonus of owning the Final Mix version of Kingdom Hearts 2. Gotta love the fact that North America didn't get these versions until the HD remakes.
Hey AntDude. Good job as always, it feels weird that back in 2007 I stared following you. I feel so old. Regardless, one thing you omitted is that the Marluxia boss fight is actually different in GBA. That last phase you described as hard is not present. It's only a two phase battle. That final one is a Re exclusive. Also Axel swears in the GBA version. You're welcome.
Antdude: Most of it will be regular attacks stacked on top of each other.
Me: Deck of nothing but premium cloud summon cards for endless omnislash.
The plot of the KH games doesn't get to crazy until after KH2, shit gets crazy and dumb and I love it.
Really love the retrospectives. I've been getting back into the KH series recently and this is such a nostalgia trip. Looking forward to future videos!
And yeah, spoilers for a 14 year-old game with a plot more confusing than quantum mechanics... eh?
Litterally involves quantum mechanics
Not optimally but it's better than most
I got kingdom hearts dream drop distance (I think that's the title) before I even knew kingdom hearts was a big complicated series, so I'm glad that this series exist.
fun fact: the battle system from this game was recycled for a game mode called flick rush for Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance!
Lol I never noticed how Pluto looked! Still a great game though.
I had the GBA version. I enjoyed it and beat both story arcs. I imported KH II: Final Mix+ when it came out and it came with ReCOM. I never bought the US version
Hard pill to swallow. Re:CoM is a fun game with a combat style that just takes a little getting used to. It took me two worlds before I had the combat down enough to actually enjoy the game
Or you use Strike Raid to stun Riku Replica then use Genie Jafar card and you spam either Ars Arcanum, Lethal Frame or Sonic Blade and here you go No Damage Riku Replica.
That 'the more you know' jingle got me.
Weird thing about Chain of Memories is that it came our around the same time as PSO Episode 3, another beloved JRPG series that for no reason had an entire game based on cards. Not to mention stuff like Lost Kingdoms, Baten Kaitos etc.
What an odd trend...and I know people love it now but a lot of people really did not get into Baten Kaitos back in the day entirely because of that. I remember.
each time you say, "this was a bad idea" i always says this loud, "YOU HAVE NO IDEA"
i play 358/2 first so seeing roxas having all these sora memories had me super confused also, but i enjoyed the mystery of it
I can't tell you how long I have been waiting for this(actually I can,about 3 months).Great review Antdude and can't wait till u do Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days and KH2 :)
This retrospective has been...something...for me, as I've never played a Kingdom Hearts game before. Great stuff from this channel as always, though
Axel "chilling out in the middle" - HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *rolls off bed, laughing*
No way, best way to go is a deck fulla FIRE n a couple of elixers. Combo to Firega, shoot until outta fire. use elixir. repeat. Switch to Blizzard for Hades. Win Game.
And for Axel too.
Forgot about his fire res. Yea gotta switch to blizzard on him as well.
You should do shirts that say, "This is a mistake."
Clever desktop backgrounds. I see you know about the heart of the cards! :P
Man, that AA Trilogy poster is so neat!
That amazing Star Tropics music at the end. Is that the ST1 version or the ST2: Zoda's Revenge version? TBH, I've only played Zoda's Revenge.
I have been waiting for this video for what felt like ages
Us Kingdom Hearts fans are made to wait aren't we
358/2 Days has massive plot points to the story especially since KH3D. I would argue Chain of Memories is quite important, although you could just learn everything in it from a wiki, like the reason behind the black cloaks and whatnot, but there's things like that AND why sora is where he starts in the beginning of KH2 are not explained WHATSOEVER.
I'm a couple months late on this one, but after that long comment I left on the first review, I might as well give my thoughts here, too.
I know that CoM and the remake aren't terribly popular among a lot of fans, but Re:CoM is one of my favorite entries in the series. It can be a bit repetitive, but I loved how open the card system made the game. Button mashing was a lot more difficult to do, and this game had a strategy element that really went away in future entries. As for the story, this might have been one of my favorites in the series. It was vague, but seeing Sora go through this tower and deal with his changing and conflicting memories was oddly fun. Considering that he became more of a happy-go-lucky guy after this game, going back to the remake and seeing a different side of him was nice. I have yet to play the PS3 version since I finished the PS2 one shortly before it came out, but I do plan on going back to it later.
Also, I doubt anyone remembers my mention of my progress with the HD collections on the last video, but I finally finished IIFM and moved on to BBSFM! I think I'm getting over feeling burned out with these games.
Thankyou for the kingdom hearts collection on ps4 lol, all kingdom hearts games in order on one disc
Don't ever miss an opportunity to talk about THE HEART OF THE CARDS!!!
I appreciate you explaining the plot!
How to beat replica riku: lethal frame, nuff said
Or Gargoyle Enemy Card, which makes him waste 80% of his Combos/Sleights.
sonic race deck
Finally! I was worried u stopped these.
I actually really liked this game
Your videos are amazing!! Keep up the great work bro.
Unchained X and X are techincally KH games, you'll have to review them too, +AntDude
My strategy against Riku and a lot of the later bosses is to use the Strike Raid sleight to stun them. And then use the Thunder Raid right after that. Just repeat that and you will be fine.
Ever just get an ad for Melody of Memory before a video about chain of memories
When I beat this game as a kid (on gba), I remember the last Riku replica fight in Sora mode being so hard that: i wouldn't even rage anymore because it was hilariously unbalanced, and marluxia felt like a pretty easy battle by comparison. That may have also been helped by marluxia's bigger form slowing the gba down...
The story makes complete sense the only thing missing is the masters motivation for basically letting everything go to hell which from his voice/personality he probably just gave up trying and hoped they could do better and they could
Even I don't know what game that is all from I just can understand it
The Re in Re:Chain of Memories means Remake.
Wishing you luck on your next KH video!
This was my childhood game, I love you for this. :p
I'm so glad Im not the only 1 who calls Chain of Memories, "Kingdom Hearts 1.5"
Maybe I'm just crazy but I never really got lost or confused by the plot of the series....with the exception of 3D. But everything always becomes complicated when time travel is involved.
tbh Marluxia would be like "I was Super Saiyan Rosé and had the pink scythe before it was cool" 😂😂😂
Best way I found to dealing with ripping through Riku Replica battles (or any of the Org XIII fights outside final battles) as Sora?
Spam the living hell out of the Sonic Blade sleight. Reduces most of the fights to a minute or two and makes Riku Replica a joke.