syngatesthe2nd

I'm not sure about surprises necessarily for gameplay, but BBS confuses me often. I just finished a platinum run for the first time (not a big fan of the gameplay so it was a trek, but that's beside the point) and there were spots were the damage scaling made no sense to me. So I guess one surprise though in that vein was getting to Villain's Vendetta with Ventus after just obliterating every match in Mirage Arena before that, only to find that suddenly I was doing chip damage to every one of the bosses. So I left and came back after gaining only two levels I think? Boom, all the bosses die in a few uses of Lightning Ray shotlock. Really don't understand why a couple levels makes that much of a drastic difference in the game and kind of think its an annoying development choice, but oh well. Got the platinum anyways haha.

Yeah, you do just okay damage even at level 1 with good equipment but mostly being in forms is what helps take down any significant HP, and also party members do a ton more damage than you can. But ultimately it is more of avoiding attacks like you said and staying alive, because you can die in a few hits. Especially in this 3v3 fight which ends up quickly becomes a 1v3 because your party members die so fast on critical mode lol so the Nort Court kind of gangs up on you, and you have to either get really good at knowing attack patterns and dodging three at once sometimes, or use items to cure your friends a lot. Or sometimes both haha. Either way this fight is both fun and frustrating when you get the hang of it but definitely one of the hardest fights in the game at Level 1 because there's so much to deal with at all times. In this video I'd already beaten Young Xehanort when the glitch happened so like I said, super relieved to not have to do it again.

Haha glad to see you enjoyed it! It was definitely a confusing time in real time lol. Thanks, and honestly I cut off a long ending to the video where I'm running around forever trying to figure out ways to fix it, because that fight is sooo obnoxious for me at Level 1, and I was super afraid I'd have to reset and fight all three again... which I was not excited for. But luckily the game was still working enough to let me finish Xemnas off.

Good to know I'm not totally alone! That's totally fair. Most of the Arendelle criticism I see is pretty warranted, in my opinion, whether people agree with it or not. And as we know the developers weren't exactly given total freedom there... which sucks.

Thanks! Glad to be around, seems like a good community so far. A little less unique, but here's another video I uploaded to the archive: https://www.kh13.com/videos/view-4636-kh3-data-young-xehanort-boss-lvl-1no-damageno-magicno-itemsno-linkskingdom-key/ This one was challenge fight I did for the Young Xehanort data battle at Level 1 with a bunch of restrictions. Hopefully someone else enjoys it too!

Name: KH3 Data Young Xehanort Boss - Lvl. 1/No Damage/No Magic/No Items/No Links/Kingdom Key Category: Cutscenes & gameplay Date Added: 11/07/2020 Submitter: syngatesthe2nd A challenge fight I did for the Young Xehanort data battle. (Couldn't use pro codes because I haven't unlocked them on this file yet.) KH3 Data Young Xehanort Boss - Lvl. 1/No Damage/No Magic/No Items/No Links/Kingdom Key

A challenge fight I did for the Young Xehanort data battle. (Couldn't use pro codes because I haven't unlocked them on this file yet.)

It's amazing how complicated things can get when you accidentally write most of the story backwards lol, that's why I don't fault Nomura for some of the ridiculousness. But if the same haphazard, throw out everything and see what sticks attitude is still applied to this new saga, I will be somewhat disappointed, I'm hoping he has more planned out now.

I uploaded a video to the archives: https://www.kh13.com/videos/view-4635-kh3-triple-xehanort-fight-xemnas-glitch/ This was a glitch I ran into during a Level 1 playthrough of KH3 where Xemnas stays on the field during Master Xehanort's DM, presumably because of stun lock. I could no longer lock onto Xemnas and the game refused to move out of the phase with the attacking keyblades, although he did eventually take enough damage to die anyways, which fixed the fight and allowed me to fight the remaining members of the Nort Court.

Name: KH3 Triple Xehanort Fight - Xemnas Glitch Category: Cutscenes & gameplay Date Added: 11/06/2020 Submitter: syngatesthe2nd A glitch I ran into during a level 1 playthrough of KH3 where Xemnas stays on the field during Master Xehanort's DM, presumably because of stun lock. I could no longer lock onto Xemnas and the game refused to move out of the phase with the attacking keyblades, although he did eventually take enough damage to die anyways, which fixed the fight and allowed me to fight the remaining members of the Nort Court. KH3 Triple Xehanort Fight - Xemnas Glitch

A glitch I ran into during a level 1 playthrough of KH3 where Xemnas stays on the field during Master Xehanort's DM, presumably because of stun lock. I could no longer lock onto Xemnas and the game refused to move out of the phase with the attacking keyblades, although he did eventually take enough damage to die anyways, which fixed the fight and allowed me to fight the remaining members of the Nort Court.

I think KH3 was a perfect middle ground as well, beautiful and not too confusing but verticality and just the right amount of puzzling. My only problem with it is the areas are huge, which is awesome until you spend a lot of time in the area leveling up or collecting, only to die and have it reset when you hit continue. This was never an issue when the areas were much smaller.

KH1 is full of some confusing areas when you don’t know them by heart haha. That’s why part of me was okay with KH2’s “hallway” worlds. Easier to traverse at least.

I'm assuming you've already learned the answer to this is yes, but I just wanted to add I'm really excited about it, since there was no way I was going to be able to buy that box set. I'm so hyped to finally hear Master of Masters Theme without any dialogue over it!

No problem, man. Glad there's so many people I can connect with who share my enthusiasm for the series.