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    Dave got a reaction from Kiari/Niamen/ No.XV in Which Kingdom Hearts Character Are You Quiz   
    Apparently I'm Ventus, which I don't believe is true whatsoever.
     
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    Dave got a reaction from 2 quid is good in Why is KH3 already getting so much hate?   
    There's always the slight chance that maybe the game actually had issues, and a negative reaction might be justified after applying critical thinking, and that "just enjoy it" mentalities lends itself to nothing but blind consumerism.
     
    Or, you know, haters gonna hate. Whichever you prefer.
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    Dave got a reaction from Galenvaf in KH13's Spoiler Policy for Kingdom Hearts III   
    Hey, everyone, just a friendly reminder to give this thread a re-read; there's been a lot of posts that people have not been using spoiler tags on the particulars of plot info. While it might not seem like a big deal, keep in mind that if a user clicks on the Social tab, they can see the contents of your posts regardless of whether they planned on clicking on the actual topic link. So please remember to keep it clean, and take the time to consider others.
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    Dave got a reaction from Brantcawn in KH13's Spoiler Policy for Kingdom Hearts III   
    Hey, everyone, just a friendly reminder to give this thread a re-read; there's been a lot of posts that people have not been using spoiler tags on the particulars of plot info. While it might not seem like a big deal, keep in mind that if a user clicks on the Social tab, they can see the contents of your posts regardless of whether they planned on clicking on the actual topic link. So please remember to keep it clean, and take the time to consider others.
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    Dave got a reaction from RidgeNopy in KH13's Spoiler Policy for Kingdom Hearts III   
    Hey, everyone, just a friendly reminder to give this thread a re-read; there's been a lot of posts that people have not been using spoiler tags on the particulars of plot info. While it might not seem like a big deal, keep in mind that if a user clicks on the Social tab, they can see the contents of your posts regardless of whether they planned on clicking on the actual topic link. So please remember to keep it clean, and take the time to consider others.
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    Dave got a reaction from Mystics Apprentice in Kingdom Hearts III...more mature?   
    "Darker" does not equal "Mature."
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    Dave got a reaction from drew0594 in Kingdom Hearts III...more mature?   
    "Darker" does not equal "Mature."
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    Dave got a reaction from Yessie Maltese in Kingdom Hearts III...more mature?   
    "Darker" does not equal "Mature."
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    Dave got a reaction from HarLea Quinn in Kingdom Hearts III...more mature?   
    "Darker" does not equal "Mature."
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    Dave got a reaction from EchoFox23* in Kingdom Hearts III...more mature?   
    "Darker" does not equal "Mature."
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    Dave got a reaction from WakelessDream in Kingdom Hearts III...more mature?   
    "Darker" does not equal "Mature."
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    Dave got a reaction from 0blit3rati0n in Why is KH3 already getting so much hate?   
    There's always the slight chance that maybe the game actually had issues, and a negative reaction might be justified after applying critical thinking, and that "just enjoy it" mentalities lends itself to nothing but blind consumerism.
     
    Or, you know, haters gonna hate. Whichever you prefer.
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    Dave got a reaction from WakelessDream in This is the worst Kingdom Hearts game ever made. Even worse than Coded.   
    Just going to throw out there that Coded was actually not that bad of a game.
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    Dave got a reaction from drew0594 in This is the worst Kingdom Hearts game ever made. Even worse than Coded.   
    Just going to throw out there that Coded was actually not that bad of a game.
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    Dave got a reaction from Tyranto Rex in Why is KH3 already getting so much hate?   
    There's always the slight chance that maybe the game actually had issues, and a negative reaction might be justified after applying critical thinking, and that "just enjoy it" mentalities lends itself to nothing but blind consumerism.
     
    Or, you know, haters gonna hate. Whichever you prefer.
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    Dave got a reaction from HarLea Quinn in Why is KH3 already getting so much hate?   
    There's always the slight chance that maybe the game actually had issues, and a negative reaction might be justified after applying critical thinking, and that "just enjoy it" mentalities lends itself to nothing but blind consumerism.
     
    Or, you know, haters gonna hate. Whichever you prefer.
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    Dave got a reaction from 0blit3rati0n in This is the worst Kingdom Hearts game ever made. Even worse than Coded.   
    Just going to throw out there that Coded was actually not that bad of a game.
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    Dave got a reaction from teh lazy prince Xylek in This is the worst Kingdom Hearts game ever made. Even worse than Coded.   
    Just going to throw out there that Coded was actually not that bad of a game.
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    Dave got a reaction from Mystics Apprentice in KH13's Spoiler Policy for Kingdom Hearts III   
    Hey, everyone, just a friendly reminder to give this thread a re-read; there's been a lot of posts that people have not been using spoiler tags on the particulars of plot info. While it might not seem like a big deal, keep in mind that if a user clicks on the Social tab, they can see the contents of your posts regardless of whether they planned on clicking on the actual topic link. So please remember to keep it clean, and take the time to consider others.
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    Dave got a reaction from EchoFox23* in KH13's Spoiler Policy for Kingdom Hearts III   
    Hey, everyone, just a friendly reminder to give this thread a re-read; there's been a lot of posts that people have not been using spoiler tags on the particulars of plot info. While it might not seem like a big deal, keep in mind that if a user clicks on the Social tab, they can see the contents of your posts regardless of whether they planned on clicking on the actual topic link. So please remember to keep it clean, and take the time to consider others.
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    Dave got a reaction from WakelessDream in KH13's Spoiler Policy for Kingdom Hearts III   
    Hey, everyone, just a friendly reminder to give this thread a re-read; there's been a lot of posts that people have not been using spoiler tags on the particulars of plot info. While it might not seem like a big deal, keep in mind that if a user clicks on the Social tab, they can see the contents of your posts regardless of whether they planned on clicking on the actual topic link. So please remember to keep it clean, and take the time to consider others.
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    Dave got a reaction from Heather Chandler in This is the worst Kingdom Hearts game ever made. Even worse than Coded.   
    Just going to throw out there that Coded was actually not that bad of a game.
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    Dave got a reaction from Tyranto Rex in This is the worst Kingdom Hearts game ever made. Even worse than Coded.   
    Just going to throw out there that Coded was actually not that bad of a game.
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    Dave reacted to 2 quid is good in A Hollow Remembrance: The Legacy of Final Fantasy In Kingdom Hearts   
    If you had to describe Kingdom Hearts in just a few words, what would those words be? 
    “A JRPG with action gameplay” This is not wrong, but quite vague.
    “It’s a Square Enix game” while true, that’s really only the half of it.
    “It’s a Disney game!” eeehhhhhh, that doesn’t quite cut it.

    To this day, Kingdom Hearts as a whole is still described by the short sentence that was used to market it way back in 2002.

    “Kingdom Hearts is a Final Fantasy x Disney crossover”

    Upon hearing this you can immediately envision what the series probably looks like; spiky haired dudes running around with Mickey Mouse in amazing worlds as the backdrops to an unraveling, mysterious journey, probably combined with some light-hearted Disney magicTM. 
    And you wouldn’t be wrong! With a magic system lifted straight out of the Final Fantasy games, nostalgic Disney characters taking the place of huge, hulking beasts as summons, and a fast-paced combat system to match, Kingdom Hearts is a perfect mixture of all things FF and Disney.
     
    Well, it was…

    Starting with 358/2 Days, a game beloved by many and hated by just under that, the Final Fantasy inclusion in KH games has been…… lacking, to say the least. Many fans understood that the sacrifice for Kingdom Hearts being on a handheld, and one as *relatively* powerless as the DS, would be apparent. Yet out of the whole series, it’s Days, the game released just after KH2, that has the lowest amount of Final Fantasy inclusion present, featuring one, lowly, Moogle. 

    Of course, if ever there was a KH game that I could understand this lack of inclusion, it would be Days. A game that chartered the course for KH to become the insular mess it is now. It would create loopholes within loopholes if Roxas did interact with any FF characters in his game, as they would certainly recall that even if Sora’s memory was lost to them. So, its understandable, and not even regrettable in this instance.
     
    So that was 2009, the first time we had seen a new KH game since KH2 released three years ago. Even though Days started the downplayed FF trend, it by no means codified it. That honour goes to:

    Birth by Sleep

    The definition of broken base. This game kickstarted what I can see as two different sides of the community, the ones that defend this game, and subsequently all of the franchise, to the hilt, and the flipside, the side that found this game lacking, in gameplay mostly, but retroactively in plot. 

    To use an example, here’s a quote from @Dio Brando (altered slightly for posterity’s sake) that highlights this split perfectly, and is from January 2017, when the split was becoming markedly more pronounced, and rapidly so:

    The most contentious point of BBS is it’s Command Deck, a format that was then used in the next two games, Re:coded and 3D. It might be hard to believe now, but for quite a while there was still a very vocal group of fans that wanted to see Command Deck be used in KH3. I’m glad we’re past that stage now. So glad. 

    If ever there was a KH game that desperately needed to be made for a console, it is Birth by Sleep. A Kingdom Hearts 0 in all but name, having BBS on PS3 over PSP may have eliminated a lot of factors that people find unpalatable about it.

    For one, the only reason command deck was created as a system was to fit in with the limitations of the PSP. D-Links, as useful as they are broken and unbalanced, were used in place of summons, due to the limitations. And finally, Final Fantasy characters. We were supposed to see younger versions of Cloud, Leon, as well as Laguna in BBS.  Supposed to. 

    Due to limitations, however, all we got was Zack Fair. I say this like it’s a bad thing, but Zack was a joyous inclusion in BBS, and thinking of what could have been had this been a home console game, makes me rather annoyed. 
     
    For one, whether people accept it or not, Birth by Sleep was *the* turning point for the franchise. Introducing the Big Bad of the series, and tying together the villains of the previous games, it created a narrative moving forward that future games had to adhere to. Where Days was insular and self-contained, BBS went to lengths to ensure that all games could now be tied into the sticky, tangly web that is Kingdom Hearts.

    If there was a lack of Final Fantasy in a game as important to the series as this, what hope would there be for future instalments? A whole lot apparently. Because of the information of the cut Final Fantasy, and the fact that there was still a tangible connection through Zack, fans on the whole, whilst understandably disappointed, still weren’t mad. 
     
    There was just an expectation, that Kingdom Hearts 3, the ultimate unifier, would bring them back in all their glory. Take a look at this thread made around the time BBS released -->
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    Dave got a reaction from AwesomeKHfan in Can we just not ask...   
    The fact that Sora can call in an armada of help and is under no moral obligation to follow the "13 vs 7" rules is one of the many reasons Xehanort's plan is dumb.
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