7 games that performed better than they probably should have. - IncGamers.
Trying to break into Kingdom Hearts is a nightmare.
My advice; play the games in release order. Alot of people say story chronological order but that can be really confusing. Trust me.
I think a problem that SE is going to run into (or already has run into) with this series is that a lot of the people still following it were kids / teens when they played the first one, and are now much older. I know I'm finding it increasingly hard to tolerate the childishness of some of the stuff in these games, and I'm sure there are plenty of original players who have since just stopped following the series for this reason. I can't count the number of times I was playing KH3 and just feeling like, "What the f*** am I doing?"
SE can keep the series PG-13, and try to get a new audience of kids, but how do they intend to get kids into a series with a story that has been expanding since 2002, and over the course of like a dozen games? Especially when there are already loads of newer franchises out there that have already pretty much cornered the kids / teens market.
Honestly, I think they should either end the series once and for all, or take it in a more mature direction, and ditch the Disney stuff (I know, unpopular opinion, probably). It is a series that hasn't really grown with its audience, I feel. Alternatively, they could try to steer it in a more all-ages Studio Ghibli direction, sort of like Final Fantasy.
Indeed. If you wanna give it a try, just go with 1-3. The other games are unfortunately needed to know but you can just youtube all the cutscenes by order of release of each game.
One of the biggest TV and movie tropes in the last decade has been the multiverse, the idea of exploring multiple dimensions to uncover alternate versions of existing ideas. From both a business and creative perspective, it makes sense why established franchises are shaking things up in this way.
However, there aren't many video games latching on to this trend, as rendering multiple worlds in real-time is a difficult feat and the medium is relatively young in comparison to its contemporaries, making crossover opportunities more difficult. Still, there are a few great titles that manage enough to overcome these challenges, and here are some of the best examples.
While I love someone mentioning Planescape, not really multiverse. Planes and dimensions, yes. But, they are typically their own locations and are very rarely tied to another 'verse' let alone another plane. The only things that are directly tied are the ethereal and material planes. Otherwise, they are dimensions created of their own design and goals by the creator/owner and not comprised of 'their own version of another dimension'.
NP: “When I played through Final Fantasy XVI, I occasionally found what I believed to be evident Kingdom Hearts gameplay inspirations that I’d rather not detail here due to spoilers. Still, with it having been previously confirmed that Kingdom Hearts staff was working on this title, the notion wasn’t all that surprising.
However, I didn’t realize how truly instrumental Kingdom Hearts team members were in developing Final Fantasy XVI. After digging through the title’s credits, I found crucial Kingdom Hearts development staff who played significant roles in ensuring the combat design excelled.”
Poorly written.
totally agree with angry birds and blops
I don't agree with Resistance 2, because a lot of people trash it. It really isn't even appreciated at times. I enjoyed it, but thats just me.
Bad article.
Bioshock 2 is indeed nothing special. It was good in all the same ways as the first, they just made it because they could and it would bring in some cash - and the multiplayer was dire bad.
Resistance 2 is just an fps, which isn't really a problem. I think the main reason it is talked about so much is because it is one of the few decent ones on the PS3, which really deserves a lot more exclusive fps games - the high concept was interesting too and there was good humour in the promotional posters etc.
Angry birds just took an already existing game idea and somehow it took off massively, a good example of a game that is over-appreciated. Appreciated may not be the right term though, it's just mass appreciated by people who don't know what actual good games are.
Black ops is just another bad, buggy CoD reskin game - everybody knows that :P Certainly over-appreciated.
The Sims however, is awesome. Why? Because it is fun, or was fun for a while when you first discovered it (like most decent games). I personally loved making awesome houses :D
sims is boring.
bioshock 2 is awesome.
black ops is okay.
kingdon hearts is so so so so lame.
angry birds never played.
resistance is so so so so so lame (and boring).
beatles rock band i've never played coz i'm not 50 and dont give a crap about the beatles.