Mission Complete: Vacation.

[rionaleonhart]

Axel: As long as we remember each other, we'll never be apart. Got it memorised?
Roxas: Ha ha, wow, Axel. That sounded ridiculous.
Axel: What? I thought it was pretty deep.

Roxas: (reading) 'You can't train if you don't chain! Wanna rack up points? Then chain, chain, chain! No chain, no gain!' Okay... I think they want me to chain.

Roxas: I've never had a vacation before.
Axel: Is that right?
Roxas: What's my job during vacation?
Axel: What's your - Roxas, you're really missing the point.

Roxas: Let's see what's behind door number two...
Xaldin: Roxas! We have to keep a low profile, you fool! No more throwing doors open. I won't have it.

Roxas: Nice sofa.
Xaldin: No breaks, Roxas.
Roxas: No, I wasn't - I didn't mean - I was just saying...

Who translated this game? I am really enjoying all the dialogue.

On a less approving note: I have now gone on at least one mission with every regular Organization member (not counting Saïx and Xemnas, who I assume are too busy respectively being leaderish and shouting 'BLARGH HEARTS' at the sky to sneak past animated clocks with me) save Luxord. THIS ISN'T OKAY, DAYS. I DEMAND MORE LUXORD INTERACTION. At the moment he's just sitting in the Grey Area and describing everything in poker metaphors, which is hilarious but not enough.

(OH MY GOODNESS I ONLY JUST REALISED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CALLING THE ROOM IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION MEMBERS HANG OUT THE 'GREY AREA'

SHUT UP I'M SLOW.)


At the moment, I am reading The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. It's all very suspenseful and intriguing, but my mind is somewhat ruining the effect by picturing (spoiler, highlight to read) the girl as Xion (so far her primary characteristics are being silent, LIKE XION IN HER FIRST DAYS IN THE ORGANIZATION, and seeming emotionless, ALMOST AS IF SHE IS MISSING HER HEART) and Manchee as the dog from Up. And then there's the cassor, which is clearly Kevin. THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO: IT'S BASICALLY UP WITH NOBODIES.

Comments

[sai_salamander]

okay, your posts about this have done more to persuade me to finally finish KH1 than anything ever. I'M STUCK IN HALLOWEEN TOWN, ARRRGH! I have been advised to skip it, read up on the story and then just move to KH2. Is this advisable?

[rionaleonhart]

I'd suggest finishing the first game if you can, just because it's a good game, but I don't think the consequences of skipping to the second would be particularly dire. (You may want to read the storyline of Chain of Memories (or play it, I suppose, but it's quite difficult to find nowadays and probably the weakest game in the series), although the opening of Kingdom Hearts II sort of confusingly recaps it (and the ending of the first game, in fact).)

What are you stuck on? Maybe I can give you some advice.

[sai_salamander]

Urrgh it was just the graveyard bit, I keep on getting slaughtered! To be honest, if I get up the arsedness to just power through I'll probably be ok (plus I acquired someone's guide yeaaars ago, lol). People just keep going on about how awesome the second one is, comparatively, and I'm all I WANNA PLAY ITT but I don't like leaving games unfinished, haha. It's my own fault for being rubbish, I fear.

Is there like, a general level you should be for each area? I wonder if I just need to do some more training or something.

[rionaleonhart]

I actually think the first game might be superior gameplay-wise, but the second is still brilliant. And it has Auron! And Pirates of the Caribbean! And the most heartbreaking prologue of anything ever.

I don't know about level recommendations, I'm afraid.