KH3 Level 1

[thatkingdomheartsguy 153]

I actually don't see many discussions regarding gameplay mechanics of KH3 in comparison to the massive amount of story theories and speculations, so I figured, to spice things up a little, I'm gonna ask all of y'all a question that I've been wondering about for a while now.

 

What type of Level 1 playthrough do you want for KH3? (Under the assumption that KH3 will have the option for you to play through at level 1)

 

That sounds really vague, but I'll clarify now:

 

In KH1FMHD and KHBBSHD, level 1 in those games came with strange properties. The ability "EXP Zero" basically gave you boosts so that you wouldn't be ridiculously weak and deal chip damage by end-game. Simply put; they buffed certain aspects of your attacks, and in KH1, puts a damage cap on enemies so that they can't kill you in one hit even if you're fighting against a battle level 99 enemy. For example, fighting Sephiroth in KH1 would most definitely kill you in one hit at level 1; however with EXP Zero equipped, you can survive up to 3 hits from him (or something like that).

 

Meanwhile in KH2FM, there was damage scaling. This meant that the damage you deal is automatically scaled to the battle level of the world. If you were level 1, but in a battle level 99 area, you would be dealing the minimum damage you can deal in a battle level 99 area, which is probably around level 50 damage normally or so. Basically what this means is that you would be dealing the same damage at Level 1 as Level 49 in this area, because your damage is automatically scaled up. This applies to all other areas; basically, it prevents chip damage. However this scale only applies to Strength and Magic, so you are just as vulnerable in terms of Defense, meaning enemies late game will kill you in 1 hit.

 

Personally I thought the 2FM system was genius, as it prevented the game from being super tedious and boring, but also provided an exciting and difficult challenge. It didn't only apply to level 1 either; for example, if you were, say, 20 levels underleved in an area, you wouldn't be dealing chip damage; your damage would instead be scaled up according to the battle level of the area.

 

Chip damage was a thing in BBS (psp) at level 1; they didn't have damage scaling, so you would be doing absolutely nothing to enemies at Level 1, making the game almost impossible in some areas. They fixed this in BBSHD by adding hidden properties to EXP Zero, but I personally liked the KH2 system better; no hidden properties of the ability, but instead, hidden game mechanics to make the game better designed around a low level/level 1 playthrough.

 

So I'd love to see the 2FM damage scaling system back in KH3. What about you guys?

[The Transcendent Key 12,109]

I've never done any Level 1 playthroughs, but I'd like to try them out one day!  Hmm, but wow, I didn't know that Zero Exp would give you stat boosts and such!  No wonder there have been people who've beaten the game this way!  I thought it'd be impossible for them because of being in Level 1, but if the damage scaling is done according to the world's level, then I say that's pretty cool!  

 

I might just try playing a Level 1 playthrough one day!  Kingdom Hearts III could have this, for sure! ^_^