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Best franchise of all time. I don’t care how weird the story gets. THE CHARACTERS are the most loveable of any out there. The emotions portrayed through these polygons is second to none. KH2 ending is perfection.

I didn't beat the first game until several months ago. I used to hate on it in my high school years, but I've decided to give the series another go and I love it. Sora is too pure for all of us.

There is something so magical about Kingdom Hearts. Especially the first one it gives me child like wonder still to this day. Also the sense of progression as Sora levels up is best in this game, you can barely do anything at the start of the game and by the end you can do so much.

Destiny Islands is underrated. Stories need a place that the hero wants to return. As a kid I thought it was creepy seeing this perfect idyllic setting get overwhelmed by literal darkness.

I never expected this, Kingdom Heart really formed my life! Amazing franchise.

You unlocked a memory of getting lost in HalloweenTown as a kid because I didn't know where the next story beat was. It was an amazing level, but not so fun after being trapped there for a week.

This would’ve been the perfect franchise if the story wasn’t so messy.

This is my favorite gaming franchise

My favorite game of all time. Played it when it first came out. Was literally my first game on the PS2 for Christmas. I was 11 then and I'm 31 now and I still love this game

KH1 is a masterpiece, I really love how much detail and secret interactions were put in this game. The secret chests and learning how to manuever certain things. The game also rewards you for exploration and learning how to use your tools. I even like the gummi ship, especially in Final Mix the gummi missions really teach you the system thoroughly.  There's a lot of technical things about KH1 and when you master them, I think you can appreciate the game so much more. Learning how to fight special heartless helps you learn how to play the game for example. You have to think outside the  box to win those battles.

Mastering summons and magic I think will give you a different outlook as well, because magic is just insanely good in KH1. I don't think any other KH game has reached such a high with magic. Like the magic system in this game is insanely indepth.

Also, the gummi ship requirements on PS4 were heavily changed so it's an easier plat. On PS3 you had to master the gummi ship to complete them.

Some super secret things is in traverse town before the first guard armor, you can go back to Aerith and she gives you a reward. You can also go to the green room and hit the clock 9 times for a reward.

Bittersweet for me, loved someone enjoying this game currently. It (the first two games) are very special to me as it was one of the rpg's my wife fell in love with and wanted to play with me.  An sadly just lost my Angel a few months ago.  So I loved seeing this and hearing Matt discuss this too  Many happy tears.

I actually genuinely liked the gummi ship stuff.
Because it genuinely implies the absolute massive scale of the ten year war.
By the end you're killing millions of heartless cause there's less worlds as you continue. You can see the stars going out around you in the first one. And I thought it was epic. You're flying through nebula, supernovas, and slowly but surely advancing the technology by uniting the people that were fighting independently into one super force. Since Leon, Yuffie, Cid and Aerith storm the Hollow Bastion behind you.
Sora's fighting in space genuinely changed the tide of the war. To the point where Radiant Garden built a defense system to prevent such mass casualty from ever happening again.
Plus from an in Universe perspective I genuinely feel like Sora loves to fly. Since this was his actual dream to sail around and explore other worlds. Which is why I loved the Caribbean in III since Sora does actually finally do what he always wanted to.
I like to think either Roger or Anita (but not both since what would be their motivation?) Survived the destruction of their world along with the Dalmatians thanks to the other and was the person advancing the living shit out of your weapons systems. To the point where she/he invented an ultimate weapon against them.
Since why the fuck would Pongo and Perdita have every gummi invented at that point.
The little details always made it feel so special to get behind the gummi ship. Since Sora genuinely felt excited to see it again. I have no doubt that the second trip to Hollow Bastion was one way. And the gummi ship did not survive intact. Emergency landing status. Since you can't access any former saves until you reach them. You leave on whatever Cid showed up in for the center of the damn universe. Like a straight boss. The story implied is epic. By the end you feel like Anakin Skywalker spinning your way into universal legends armed by Disney's genuine Avengers: Chip, Dale, Geppeto, Roger/Anita, Merlin, and Pinocchio. AVENGERS MASS MURDER HEARTLESS!

The thing that KH 1 did really well was how it integrated the worlds you visit into the story. Specifically the way that the Disney stories are derailed by both the heartless and Sora.
The Little Mermaid story is ended before it can actually start, and Ariel switches from longing for land to longing for the multiverse. And yet in KH 2 it's as if nothing had actually changed, and that was sad.

The first KH really is the best at blending the Disney and Final Fantasy stuff. The Disney worlds and original worlds all feel like part of one whole, and the tone remains consistent throughout the whole thing- it doesn't start adventurous and then dip into stupidity for 20 hours in the Disney worlds then get weirdly serious right at the end like so many of the games afterwards. Another thing that helps with this consistency is that the Disney worlds and characters are just as important as the original worlds and characters and the Final Fantasy characters. Kairi is one of the Princesses of Heart alongside Disney princesses like Alice and Belle. The Disney villains here are GENUINE villains, it's not just Pete and Maleficent dicking around in the background over the course of the plot because power creep has now made Xehanort and the Nort Crew so insanely overpowered that someone like Captain Hook or Ursula is a pushover joke by comparison. And this consistency, the feeling of the Destiny Islands, Traverse Town, and Hollow Bastion all just being other worlds existing in parallel with Agrabah, Olympus, and Halloween Town, really gives that tight feeling of everything just... working.
Then Nomura got kicked off FF Versus 13 and exiled all Final Fantasy characters from the series as a weird form of childish revenge, and let the Disney corporatism take over completely.

This dude knows what he is talking about. Unless you have fantastic memory, you will be constantly getting lost in Kingdom Hearts 1. It was super annoying playing it later as an adult. I don’t think many kids were able to beat this game without a strategy guide. Trekking back and forth through every world gets so annoying.

Oh man I love the gummy ship sections! I hated them as a kid but I grew to appreciate them. The entire gummi ship side of the game is way deeper than I initially thought and I just genuinely enjoy it.

I have followed this franchise since I was a little kid, and I still get just as excited watching that opening cinematic!

Kingdom hearts 1 was/is my favorite game of all time. It still gives me the magical feelings even just watching this. I remember being 7 years old playing this and absolutely in love with it. Best game ever ❤

It still holds up to this day the feels and emotions are unmatched for me