| �Kingdom Hearts� definitely for adults Remember the days of youth when school let out and the thing to watch was the Disney afternoon? Well �Kingdom Hearts,� the latest outing from Disney and Squaresoft on Playstation 2, makes Disney characters grow up. The sub story is that a kid named Sora, the only playable character, longs for a life of exploration and adventure in other worlds. Meanwhile in the kingdom of Disney King Mickey has gone off investigating why the worlds have started disappearing. Sora gets his wish when his world disappears and he and his three friends get sent to several different worlds. The game plays like a typical RPG should. There will be no complaints when piloting around the characters. In addition to Sora popular Disney characters such as Donald Duck and Goofy join in on the quest to find Sora�s friends. The effects are beautiful and the story is awesome. The characters get cool looking swords and other weapons. This game is most definitely an east meets west animation venture, with elements from the Disney animation style and the Japanese animation style that made Squaresoft famous. Despite the use of popular Disney characters the game is most definitely not just for children. It has dark, twisted humor and elements that would entertain an adult to the extreme. If anything there might be segments too intense for children. Visits will be necessary to several classic Disney movie inspired levels. Imagine cruising the sands of Agribah with Aladdin (from Aladdin), going spook for spook alongside Jack Skellington (from The Nightmare Before Christmas), or giving Hercules (from Hercules) the industrial strength beat down that he deserves in ancient Greece. Facing down some of Disney�s most formidable villains becomes the norm as enemies like Jafar (from Aladdin), Hades (Hercules again), and Maleficent (from Sleeping Beauty) make the jump to PS2. Despite how terrific this game is, there are negative elements to it. It uses the �save spot� option for game saving. �Save spot� is the option where rather than letting you save when you want to you have to make it to a certain point before you can save your game. Sometimes a player can accomplish a lot of stuff but they won�t get an opportunity to save the game. Sometimes minor bad guys pop up at the worst times, for example on the way to a major fight, or when lost, or when trying to figure out a puzzle. It�s easy to lose a couple days to this game. Someone could start playing on Tuesday taking time out for food, sleep, work, and the necessary 15 minutes every hour break (that�s an important safety tip by the way) and wind up finishing around Monday the following week, completely ignoring things like girlfriends and showering. Is the game worth it? Flaws aside it�s a sound game with a terrific story and excellent graphics. It is recommended that a player own this game because they�ll want to play it again and again. In short, buy this game. Back |
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