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Gigas

tho, tbf, critical mode in kh2 basically built off of proud mode's difficulty

So critical mode in kh2 wasn't necessarily "harder" than proud mode, but it was more challenging due to tweaks, such as half health, half mp gain, starting you off with abilties,etc

so this is essentially the same deal

lol, you have to know every mechanic in the game or else you are a casual. : P

It was really good to begin with on KH2 honestly I remember dying to early bosses like Axel 1, thresholder etc. And then after that I don't remember dying to bosses at all I.e reflect and Magnet

idk they hyped hype something like this and its just a bumped up proud with less health but to each there own

they didnt really hype it up tho

they just dropped it with patch notes

Bumped up proud with less health sounds like kh2 crit

Can't judge myself yet, gotta wait

KH2 vanilla Proud mode was as easy as KH3's Proud Mode, fun fact.

Yep

So that's why KH2FM's Critical is so great, they had time to calibrate and rebalance it.

easier in fact due to how mechanics worked in KH2 Vanilla

How do i put it.. basically, in both games, pround mode was the basis, essentially

they took that as the basis, but ofc, tweaks were made,rebalancing was done, etc

i wish they did like unique bosses for what difficulty you choose

eh, no KH game do that.

Content locked behind difficulty mode?

that would be strange, imo

It's funny because a lot of the issues people have with KH3 vanilla, KH2 vanilla had the same complaints back in the day.

the ye old forums can attest to that haha

but it was a different time back then when talking about games in general

KH2FM delivered a ton, so people don't really remember a lot, but KH2 was WAY more different compared to what we have now.

We didn't even have Dodge Roll lmao

Oh, for sure. I've discussed this quite a bit

Back in the day I didn't even like KH2 much

Sure, we had quick run.. but that really isn't the same tho

Knockbash was so broken

I liked it ofc, but compared to 1 I felt it was severely lacking

like with the non existant one in Kh3, i hated the coli of Kh2

beginner - 3 way fights cause easy
Standard - 3 way fight with increase on damage
Proud - solo with 2+ moves on boss and DM
Critical - Solo fights with 5+ moves and 2 different DMs

im going off KBG