Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days Review

This is my first videogame review, please comment if you like it or not.

Kingdom Hearts (KH) series has a phenomenal success on the PS2, but when it comes to otter platforms, well.. it hasn't that good… Square Enix and Disney are giving it another try with 358/2, pronounced three, five, eight days over two… why not call it Roxas or KH 1.5…
Here's why, but its a SPOILER!!! So if you want to read it, rollover the box below and select between the lines to see the text. If you don't want to read it, just go to the paragraph below without passing over the white box with the mouse.


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The title means 358 days through the eyes of two. Now this game takes place during the time that Sora was asleep. In the beginning of KH2 you play through 1 week as Roxas. Since a normal year is 365 days when you subtract the week in the beginning of KH2 you get 358. Now the /2 part is what baffled many. It means that these 358 days are being experienced by Roxas and Xion. Though on the 357th day Xion dies. On the 359th day Roxas has quit the Org. XIII and is beginning the week before KH2. Because both Roxas and Xion were unconscious at some point during the game, the 358 days were not fully experienced by either of them, making the days almost split between the two of them.

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On with the REVIEW...

This is a interquel to the series. It's based on the story that happens between KH and KH2, and is parallel in story with Chain of Memories. This game is meant for KH fans, so if you haven't played the previous game, you'll be in WTF!? mode.

For a DS game the the graphics are impressive. It's a complete 3D game and the characters look pretty good. But lets remember that the DS is still limited when it comes to full 3D, so putting a PS2 experience in this hardware leaves it a bit rough around the edges. It looks great but I think the sprites of The World Ends With You (another Square Enix DS game) would have been great. It has some CG cutscenes but they look as if not compressed correctly.

The environments are the same as of the previous games, just made for the DS version, but still the same. Even the music is the same. I'm a big fan of the series but even I'm getting tired of them. A little of improvement would have been appreciated. If your looking for a brand new experience, this is not it.

The combat system is exactly as the other KH games, but a but closer to the original game, a little paced down. Limit Brakes have been added and the game is very challenging which is a plus. But its still has a "been there, done that" feeling.

The greatest addition to the series is the multiplayer game mode, where up to 4 player con join and play as any character of Organization XIII. It adds a lot to the game. Although the multiplayer is local, not online, it still gives it a lot boost. Yes I found some people who have the game and played a bit of multiplayer… shut up...

FINAL NOTE.
As a big Kingdom Hearts fan I highly recommend it to other fans who loved the other games in the series. But the repetition does get annoying, I hope they change this for future games, mainly the upcoming Birth by Sleep.



Thanks for reading!