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I genuinely do not understand how people like Kingdom Hearts. I’ve tried to play the first game at least 3 times and I just do not get the appeal at all.

This is because KH1 is a clunky, floaty game made when they didn't really realize they were going to make a complex web of stories and terms and not a simple FF/Disney crossover (that's mostly Disney) where you're beating up the sad darkness with your happy light

Yeah the dialog kinda sucks forever. Child actor with bad direction + dubisms does not for a good listen make. Then they never really graduate beyond dubisms and when a Disney character is done well it just feels More Jarring. I wonder if you'd like it better muted tbh

The combat probably feels bad because to give the Literally One Button Menu Attack System more depth there's Almost No Buffer, so to attack quickly you have to time each button press perfectly. I don't actually know much about the story beyond 1 tbh, but presumably it does get Esoteric? Idk.

From the beginning you get the impression this is like a neverland island situation where they’re all kids and then suddenly there’s a cutscene with Sora in his house with his parents there and they’re just genuinely never mentioned again??

The furthest I’ve gotten is the Aladdin world where Homer Simpson shows up as the Genie and I was like “okay I’m genuinely just not having any fun” and stopped. I have had people I know IN REAL LIFE say to me “nahh man kingdom hearts TWO is where it gets good” and like bro come on now.

I don’t mean this as like a hate post if you like kingdom hearts I just genuinely don’t understand it. I’ve been able to play games before for a few hours without finishing it and go away from it like “oh yeah I can see why people like this” but I cannot do that here and I don’t get it at all lol