Wow, for once Critical Mode is actually a challenge in KH3D. i just started critical Mode and i must say, I'm a little shocked yet very impressed at the same time. I'm actually stuck on a boss (Hockomokey). Birth by Sleep and Re: Coded's Critical Mode wasn't much of a challenge. They felt like Proud Mode only with less health to me. But KH3D Critical Mode is actually hard like it should be.

 

What do you guys think of KH3D's Critical Mode?

Edited August 18, 201213 yr by Tails

I'm playing critical lvl 1 and stuck on hockomonkey. he kills me in 3 hits. any tips overall?

 

Get some Balloons (Just Balloon, it's a good protection spell.)

You can get Curaga early from Meow Wow, so I suggest that.

Some Ignite and Poison might do well also.

Critical is definitely much harder in this game than Birth by Sleep. Bosses that I previously had no issues with on Proud mode like Riku's final bosses and Sora's boss for the Grid were especially challeging for me.

NO MATTER WHAT I can't get past Hokumonkey I was even taking the time to get second chance but he still royally OWNS me I 100% RESPECT EVERYONE who can actually do this game on critical especially a lvl 1 critical playthrough

If you don't have enough experience, you'll be dying numerous times. Critical Mode in KH3D was a lot harder than I expected it to be, though I really think HP should have been halved to make it even harder.

Probably the hardest critical mode imo. And then the crit level 1 is a bit tedious. 

I. Died. In. Destiny. Island. In. RE:CODED.

 

Yes, it is a challenge.

Critical mode was very pleasantly challenging. Or is...I just got to the world that never was. Critcal usually starts off pretty hard, but gets easier when you go along, but I'm still getting killed all the time by packs of dream eaters in twtnw. Links...proceed with lots of caution lol. Partly because I haven't unlocked Once More yet, only Second Chance...

 

First few bosses were MURDER. Traverse Town's first boss (can't remember the name ) was difficult...Hockomonkey though? Extremely hard in both incarnations. I try not to level grind, but this is one of the few instances where I had to. And I made sure to have strong commands, like Triple Plasma, Balloonra...some of the more powerful ones I never even unlocked on normal mode (what is patience), but I had pretty good commmands. Took me so many tries with Sora and Riku...Tron was pretty tough to take out too with Sora, which is funny because I took him out in two seconds on normal. And I admit I died quite a few times on lightcycle with Riku...

Also the boss inside Monstro. Pretty tough with Riku, not as much with Sora. Pete and his boys were easy, Holey Moley wasn't too bad, it was just chasing it down, which was a little easier with Dark Aura...Chernabog was disappointingly easy, I actually had a slightly harder time on normal. That bird dream eater Sora fought was a tough cookie too, but I never died against it; it just took a while. Really looking forward to the final boss fights^^

well im done with the first half. the biggest challenge ever for me is the hockomonkey+wargoyle rematch in traverse town. well the hockomonkey i kan kill with no problem. but the wargoyle...that fight is NOT meant to take place in friggin district 3! there is lag everywhere and fire blinding me until i dont even know where the firetruck i'm going. and whatever fire i block hits me from behind and kills me. and when i do flo mo its stilll not helping. SOMEONE HELP MEE. i have been stuck on this part for 2 months. i've grinded, leveled up my  spirits. nothing helps.

I thought honestly that Proud mode was Incredibly Easy, i literally blew right through it and finished the story in my late 20's. So critical Mode was a huge wake up call for me.

I died 3 times on Ursula my first time, and i had to make a strategy to win. If it wasnt for the New game +, it would have been alot harder. Now that i have almost all the monsters, its easier to do Critical(since you can get more abilities at the start of the game), but back then, i was getting my butt handed to me left and right. I actually had to grind to Level 40 to beat YX, but i beat Ventus in one shot.

 

Now i go back to Crit. Mode, and im maxed out and its actually really fun to fight the bosses again.

I'm overpowered, but so are the bosses and that evens it out and actually makes the bosses REALLY FUN TO FIGHT OVER AND OVER. But mainly i just do that with Sora, and Riku's bosses tend to be more annoying, plus Sora has alot of good moves(Sonic Blade, Ars Arcanum, Salvation). Riku's are ok, but its just not the same. The only ones i really like are Firaga Burst, Dark Splicer, and Dark Aura.

Try Level 1 >: D

Edited February 24, 201312 yr by Sanmuri