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mmmoore5's Kingdom Hearts 358 Days / 2 (DS)
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| [October 20, 2009 12:42:27 AM]
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Game Log Kingdom Hearts 358 Days / 2
Session 1
Summery
358 Days is a mid series sequel to Square Enix’s blockbuster action RPG Kingdom Hearts. The game takes place between Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 and follows KH2’s protagonist, Roxas. Throughout the game, the player strives unravel the mystery of Roxas’ existence, the agenda surrounding Organization XIII, the group who recruited Roxas, as well as understand how all of these happening relate to various characters borrowed from Walt Disney’s own animation vault.
Gameplay
The gameplay is based around combat and platforming. Players traverse colorful worlds and must successfully complete a variety of different missions to further the goals of Organization XIII. Recon missions involve sending the player off to explore the different worlds in the game and examine individual pieces of the game world to better understand them. There are combat based missions which require the player to attack a certain boss character or clear a level of certain number of enemies. There are also search based missions that force the player to look for different objects such as emblems.
Session 2
Gameplay
I noticed that the tutorial for this game was quite comprehensive. In fact, so comprehensive that most of my play session involved moving through the tutorial, however it exposed me to a variety of different gameplay mechanics inside of Kingdom Hearts. The designers implemented quite a plethora of features, and while I enjoyed do my fair share of combat with whimsical foes and battling in Disney themed castles, the tutorial really took a lot of the thunder out of the game’s sails.
Design
The developers meticulously planned every encounter, conversation and challenge to further the games story. While there is no set order for the missions, the game uses the missions to comment on the characters feelings and the events that occur in the mission to discuss themes such as friendship, loneliness, existence, and sacrifice. While the story isn’t going to win an academy awards, it should be note the degree at which the developers progress the story and especially discuss individual character growth throughout the narrative.
This entry has been edited 1 time. It was last edited on Oct 20th, 2009 at 00:42:56.
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mmmoore5's Kingdom Hearts 358 Days / 2 (DS)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Tuesday 20 October, 2009
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