When I was young, about the age of six, I came into contact with the first game in the Kingdom Hearts series. Of course, at my young age, I didn’t realize what the games meant. Before I saw the cover of the game, I thought it was a card game. Imagine that, a card game on a PS2? Sounds terrible.
But when I pulled the game out of the shelf, and saw that Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy were on the cover, I instantly fell in love with the games. How could I not? I was a die hard Disney fan, even at the age of six.
I was at my cousin’s house when I saw it, and they had borrowed it from a friend. I could not borrow it from them, which I was disappointed about. But then one day, I came across the game at Game Crazy. Yes, I went there. They had a very limited choice of games, but the one game that I saw was Kingdom Hearts. 4 copies. I immediately bought the game.
I played for hours upon hours. The sad piece, I was stuck on Destiny Islands for most of those hours. I sucked at the games. I was the worst video game player on earth. I often had my brother play for me during boss battles because I was so terrible at strategizing during battles that I would die within the first five minutes of the battles.
I remember that after every battle I would start shaking with adrenaline, and I would run around with a huge smile on my face because I had finally beaten someone! Then, I would turn around and die against a super easy heartless. Shows how great I was.
I didn’t ever beat the first Kingdom Hearts game until a year or so ago. I played all the other ones, but had that one piece of the story missing. What happened at the end of the first game?
After two years not being on a Kingdom Hearts kick, I bought a PS2 and finished the first game. Triumphantly, I danced around the house with a smile on my face. I even got the Ultima Weapon. To say the least, by the time I beat the game, I was a much better game player, or whatever the correct way to say that is. I was a much better gamer? Anyways.
The games have been a part of my life for nine years now. They were a huge part of my young childhood, they actually still are. My family calls me insane because I love the games so much. They just don’t understand.
When Birth by Sleep was announced, I immediately began saving up money so I could play the game. I didn’t have a PSP, so I was trying to get enough money for me to get the game, and the system the day the game came out. Well, I did it. 450 dollars later, I did it.
I beat the game within the first week of having it. Well, I finished the story; I still haven’t acquired all the cool extra’s of the game. It stuff for me to look forward to, though, and I love that.
Now, at the age of 15, I care less about the game-play and the characters, and more bout the story and the themes the story has. I care more about how beautiful the music of the series is. I’m less mesmerized by Disney as I am about the battle between darkness and light.
The games are less of a fun thing, though they are still very fun, as they are beautifully eye opening. The story, packaged and wrapped in a nice bow of innocent Disney, has something within it that is so appealing to me: the fight between good and evil. The game shows evil how it is, evil. The game shows good how it is, good.
No other story has laid it out so plainly like the Kingdom Hearts saga has. The games are moving to me, and that is what keeps me holding on to them as the years pass by. They excite me, and cause me to feel happy. The only reason I haven’t given them up is because they move me. They make me feel happy, and make me know that light, or goodness, is what the world needs. They help me know that even someone ordinary can do something amazing.
Why Kingdom Hearts Means so Much to Me:
When I was young, about the age of six, I came into contact with the first game in the Kingdom Hearts series. Of course, at my young age, I didn’t realize what the games meant. Before I saw the cover of the game, I thought it was a card game. Imagine that, a card game on a PS2? Sounds terrible.
But when I pulled the game out of the shelf, and saw that Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy were on the cover, I instantly fell in love with the games. How could I not? I was a die hard Disney fan, even at the age of six.
I was at my cousin’s house when I saw it, and they had borrowed it from a friend. I could not borrow it from them, which I was disappointed about. But then one day, I came across the game at Game Crazy. Yes, I went there. They had a very limited choice of games, but the one game that I saw was Kingdom Hearts. 4 copies. I immediately bought the game.
I played for hours upon hours. The sad piece, I was stuck on Destiny Islands for most of those hours. I sucked at the games. I was the worst video game player on earth. I often had my brother play for me during boss battles because I was so terrible at strategizing during battles that I would die within the first five minutes of the battles.
I remember that after every battle I would start shaking with adrenaline, and I would run around with a huge smile on my face because I had finally beaten someone! Then, I would turn around and die against a super easy heartless. Shows how great I was.
I didn’t ever beat the first Kingdom Hearts game until a year or so ago. I played all the other ones, but had that one piece of the story missing. What happened at the end of the first game?
After two years not being on a Kingdom Hearts kick, I bought a PS2 and finished the first game. Triumphantly, I danced around the house with a smile on my face. I even got the Ultima Weapon. To say the least, by the time I beat the game, I was a much better game player, or whatever the correct way to say that is. I was a much better gamer? Anyways.
The games have been a part of my life for nine years now. They were a huge part of my young childhood, they actually still are. My family calls me insane because I love the games so much. They just don’t understand.
When Birth by Sleep was announced, I immediately began saving up money so I could play the game. I didn’t have a PSP, so I was trying to get enough money for me to get the game, and the system the day the game came out. Well, I did it. 450 dollars later, I did it.
I beat the game within the first week of having it. Well, I finished the story; I still haven’t acquired all the cool extra’s of the game. It stuff for me to look forward to, though, and I love that.
Now, at the age of 15, I care less about the game-play and the characters, and more bout the story and the themes the story has. I care more about how beautiful the music of the series is. I’m less mesmerized by Disney as I am about the battle between darkness and light.
The games are less of a fun thing, though they are still very fun, as they are beautifully eye opening. The story, packaged and wrapped in a nice bow of innocent Disney, has something within it that is so appealing to me: the fight between good and evil. The game shows evil how it is, evil. The game shows good how it is, good.
No other story has laid it out so plainly like the Kingdom Hearts saga has. The games are moving to me, and that is what keeps me holding on to them as the years pass by. They excite me, and cause me to feel happy. The only reason I haven’t given them up is because they move me. They make me feel happy, and make me know that light, or goodness, is what the world needs. They help me know that even someone ordinary can do something amazing.
That is why Kingdom Hearts means so much to me.