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the exploration aspect of kh1 was really good

And collectables
101 Dalmatians, Trinity, etc

it was kinda easier to implement because of how slow sora moved

in kh2 with soras speed the exploration could be great but the development time didnt leave enough time to implement that exploration aspect

KH became really combat focused, so you don't need all that stuff

Ableit the puzzles were a nice addition

its more combat focused, but I would prefer a title going back to that explorative, puzzle aspect

Same!
Also items and stuff felt so nice and simple

Not the butt load we have in future games

Most feel like clutter by end of KH2

Remember Halloween Town and the ghost puzzle

Remember Wonderland and pushing rocks into water to make a platform go up

Remember Traverse Town kept on growing as you got deeper into the game

It's just good game design from top down

i remember how people didnt realize you could freeze the bubbles in hollow bastion for the longest time

Exactly

Remember how enemies gave you tech points for exploiting them
Or healed when you used the same magic as them

Or how you can prevent wizards from using thunder if you hit them hard enough

the tech point system was so cool

enemies being immune to certain stuff was cool too

wait you could prevent the wizards from using thunder

As I always say, KH1 holds up a lot of JRPG mechanics that is super sad did not come back in KH

Yeah if you hit them hard enough you can kill them outright
Just don't let their health get to a certain point

KH2 tried to bring some back in cavern of rememberance

Unless I'm being stupid which is possible

i thought they were invincible once they started casting thunder

They are

oh yeah i knew that

damn that was back when defenders were the scariest enemies ever

i wish they brought defenders back in kh3

Also by endgame when Sora can just boof any enemy in 2 hits was so satisfying cause of the SFX in the game

Defenders needed to come back

angels were crazy strong

like angels were so powerful

we had so many good designs from kh1

We got nobodies which also didn't have as diverse of a cast

I wish we got more nobodies, but I understand why we didnt get different types

i wish kh3 added more new nobodies

Remember the beginning of KH1 where you could pick how you level and what order of abilities you got

Like

Why didn't that come back ever

it did in kh2

Eh true

yeah that was really cool

Even CoM kept the enemy design even tho the combat changed