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Signalstar on 29 January 2026

Kingdom Hearts 2 is the better game and the best in the series IMO though I haven't finished KH III.

The original KH was poorly balanced with a steep difficulty curve too hard for its young audience. I was unable to finish it as a 10 year old. Final Mix sorted some of that out.

KH2 was flasbhier, cooler, better combat and more interesting use of Disney worlds. For me the story is always a wash with this franchise.



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Pajderman on 30 January 2026
The_Liquid_Laser said:

The Metroid series is a space-horror series.  It's supposed to work both as a sci-fi game and a horror game, and the original game is based on the movie Alien. 

Original Metroid (NES) is the scariest game I've ever played.  One thing that contributes to this is challenge.  Super Metroid is not nearly as challenging as Metroid.  That makes Super Metroid boring (and not scary).  Metroid also includes no map.  That is a plus and not a minus.  They want you to get lost and feel like there is almost no way out to survive.  I know this because they also have floors that you can fall through without warning.  Then you have to find your way out with no map and many areas looking similar.  It adds to the horror.  The game is supposed to scare you and make you feel like you are in a hopeless situation.  Also, when I first beat the game, I still hadn't killed a single Metroid.  To me they were an unkillable monster.  This was before the answer to killing them was printed in Nintendo Power.  The title monster was unkillable.  That added to the horror of the game.

None of the other Metroid games I played have scared me at all.  They just don't feel the same.

Thanks. I can see why the first Metroid would spark more sense of horror than the other games in the series. Might be similar to how I feel regarding the first Diablo that I think is the best since it had more of a tense scary setting compared to the later installments. And sometimes the low res graphics can help with the feeling of unease that older games give. Silent Hill is another example where in the early games that probably help create the creepiness.



Pajderman on 30 January 2026

I like the first Kingdom Hearts a lot more than the second game. The first game had more exploration, I loved trying to get to every hidden corner in each world with that gliding ability.
The second game had an awfully boring start to me, was close to quitting after a couple of hours before I got out of that town thing. Then the rest of the game felt like a corridor repeating the same sequence of walk, fight, cutscene, walk, fight, cutscene. Some of the worlds are better realized and I also liked the hidden bosses more. But the exploration part that was my favorite aspect of the first game is all but gone.



The_Liquid_Laser on 30 January 2026
JWeinCom said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

The story and theming is tighter and more coherent in KH1.  Also, I like the Gummi Ship better.

I would agree with the story being tighter but the second makes up for it with much better big set piece moments and more emotion. Despite being sometimes obtuse it was also way more interesting. The story is tighter in the first because its really just very basic. Kid gets lost and wanders through Disney World to get home. And the cutscenes much cooler in 2.

Very strongly disagree with the gummi ship segments. They were dull visually flat and didn't offer much in the way of rewards in the main game. 

The combat, which is what you spend most time on in 2, is vastly improved, it has way better post game content, and the level design is stronger with better visuals, more varied gameplay, and better level design. Plus because of the lack of trinity marks you could actually use the disney characters in your party without worrying about missing stuff and had to go back.

So I must disagree on that one. 

I agree with most of your points, but I still like the first game better.  I guess it depends on what is important to you.  It really irritated me having to play Roxas.  I just wanted to be Sora.  Also, a basic story is a good thing in Kingdom Hearts.  With every entry the story seems to go more and more off the rails.



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Leynos on 30 January 2026

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