Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance the best handheld Kingdom Hearts?

I picked up Dream Drop Distance yesterday and it is a fantastic game. Love every bit of it so far, but I'm wondering what other people think. Dream Drop Distance is great, but is it the best handheld Kingdom Hearts? I feel that it is so far. Unlike 358/2 and Re:Coded the story is confirmed to be very important to what will happen in the events of Kingdom Hearts 3. Also it directly ties to the prequel Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep. Now I personally think that its a two game battle between Dream Drop Distance and Birth By Sleep. Both are very important to the Kingdom Hearts story in general unlike other handheld releases. Both games look great, and feel more like console Kingdom Hearts. Although I haven't quite played enough of either Birth By Sleep or Dream Drop Distance to completely judge, so far I feel Dream Drop Distance is the superior game. I really felt it was the best combat system out of all the Kingdom Hearts released so far with flow motion combat and reality shifts. Also the Dream Eaters add another layer of customization to squad members, and also make very creative and new boss battles. Although the drop system is annoying at times, I love the idea of playing as both Riku and Sora, going through the same story, just on two different paths. Although Birth By Sleep had fantastic graphics for PSP Dream Drop Distance is clearly better, which it should be since its on a more powerful system, but the environments are less bland, every character are very colorful, and all the battle animations are very flashy. It looks very nice, also there are a huge variety of different enemies. Personally I think Dream Drop Distance is the best looking Kingdom Hearts yet. Now what are your opinions, they are both fantastic games.

I haven't played BBS but so far it smacks the ever loving sh*t out of 358/2 days.

I just made it to Prankster's Paradise and I'm loving it.

Is it worth a 3DS? I'm almost giving in, but i don't want to regret it.

It's gonna be difficult to beat BBS. THAT was a fun game.

But I've heard good reports about this game, so we'll see.

I cant see it beating CoM.

i prefer 358/2 Days better, the multiplayer is 1000x better, and overall just a better game

To be honest I think I enjoyed Chain of Memories on the GBA more, followed by Birth By Sleep.

I'm definately gonna pick it up when the XL releases and see.

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"]Kingdom Hearts is a cancer upon gaming. Square Enix should be tried for crimes against humanity.YoshiYogurt

How is that even valid? you're calling him retarded for him having a different opinion than you?

I would say Birth By Sleep is better, just slightly.

I'm not too far in yet to give my opinion but I've gotta say that FlowMotion is actually pretty cool for combat. Story is really a jumbled mess in the beginning too, worse than it is in past games. But everything will resolve itself in time and I'm sure it will be a stellar title.

birth by sleep wins just on the fact that it explains how everything started and how it all began. Dream drop distance is just a example of them milking that kingdom hearts booby hard. I still don't understand why the need to take the mark of mastery exam to become full fledge keyblade masters. I wouldn't be surprised if kairi got her own game on the vita "if you see the ending of dream drop distance you see what i mean"

Is it worth a 3DS? I'm almost giving in, but i don't want to regret it.

Second_Hokage

[QUOTE="YoshiYogurt"][QUOTE="princeofshapeir"]Kingdom Hearts is a cancer upon gaming. Square Enix should be tried for crimes against humanity.WiiMan21

How is that even valid? you're calling him retarded for him having a different opinion than you?

[QUOTE="WiiMan21"]

[QUOTE="YoshiYogurt"] Are you retarded?FPS1337

How is that even valid? you're calling him retarded for him having a different opinion than you?

Haven't played BBS, but if I had to guess I would say BBS is the best, this game just has a horrible way of shifting between spells in the command deck, I mean I've died countless times, because I have to move my hand off the nub to switch to cure, not to mention I've died while using cure. Can anyone give me a tip to help me beat Tron. Still a great game, love the disney worlds, and combat is still great.

Kingdom Hearts is a cancer upon gaming. Square Enix should be tried for crimes against humanity.princeofshapeir

No game is a cancer upon gaming.

Chain of Memories is the only KH game on handhelds that doesn't get a resounding "meh" from me.

Hell yes, heck it might even be the best KH game (maybe not story wise through, because the Mementos system is kind of crappy). Gameplay is fantastic; the flowmotion and the customizing of your Dream Eaters are great additions to it and makes it more tactical and fun. I seriously can't wait to finalize a Dream Eater team(or a couple). Also love how vast the worlds are, I mean jeez they even top KH1 worlds. I was worry about the Drop system but so far I haven't have any issue with it.

I have played every single Kingdom Hearts game and I have to say DDD might become my new favoirte. Flowmotion was an absolutely genius gameplay mechanic that allows the developers to created much more open and creative spaces. The fighting is great and so far the story is interesting (finally moving it forward).

So DDD probably is the best handheld KH.

Hell yes, heck it might even be the best KH game (maybe not story wise through, because the Mementossystem is kind of crappy). Gameplay is fantastic; the flowmotion and the customizing of your Dream Eaters are great additions to it and makes it more tactical and fun. I seriously can't wait to finalize a Dream Eater team(or a couple). Also love how vast the worlds are, I mean jeez they even top KH1 worlds. I was worry about the Drop system but so far I haven't have any issue with it.

Wanderer5

Haven't played BBS, but if I had to guess I would say BBS is the best, this game just has a horrible way of shifting between spells in the command deck, I mean I've died countless times, because I have to move my hand off the nub to switch to cure, not to mention I've died while using cure. Can anyone give me a tip to help me beat Tron. Still a great game, love the disney worlds, and combat is still great.

layton2012

Oh and I suggest everyone to use their R and R Seal, because it gives you Second Chance early on in its ability link.

[QUOTE="YoshiYogurt"][QUOTE="princeofshapeir"]Kingdom Hearts is a cancer upon gaming. Square Enix should be tried for crimes against humanity.WiiMan21

How is that even valid? you're calling him retarded for him having a different opinion than you?

[QUOTE="layton2012"]

Haven't played BBS, but if I had to guess I would say BBS is the best, this game just has a horrible way of shifting between spells in the command deck, I mean I've died countless times, because I have to move my hand off the nub to switch to cure, not to mention I've died while using cure. Can anyone give me a tip to help me beat Tron. Still a great game, love the disney worlds, and combat is still great.

Wanderer5

Oh and I suggest everyone to use their R and R Seal, because it gives you Second Chance early on in its ability link.

Also a point I forgot to mention, and many people also seem to pass by, is that BBS was the first KH that made you play a bit more strategically instead of just mashing the regular attack button. The command system worked wonders to that effect, and still made the game pretty fun. They managed to not lose any speed or tension in the battles while gaining a big healthy dose of strategy (in using the right commands and WHEN you were supposed to use them), which was pretty great IMO and just for that deserves quite a bit of credit in the whole KH saga.

Not sure if Dream Drop Distance works that way as well, but I hope so. It's another step (or evolution if you prefer) in the right direction. Would love to see a console KH or a main KH game with similar system. Button mashing, especially in KH2 took quite a bit of the challenge even in harder difficulties.

Desmonic

I'm in about 10 hours so far and birth by sleep is slightly better. Kingdom hearts is notorious for its bad camera but Ive never had any problems with it in any game until i played dream drop distance. (need to get control pad pro) Also the drop system can be borderline annoying. And combining attacks in birth by sleep was way less cumbersome than using these ability links. Despite these short comings it is much better than the two ds games.Ghost120x

Imo, its the best KH game I have played. It doesn't feel rushed or half arsed (which most hand held KH games are) but polished with a great conclusion (again, something missing in other KH games.) I loved the idea behind "flowmotion," though the controls for it were horrible but you get used to them eventually. The controls in every KH game are piss poor, its one of the biggest reasons why they score low on GS but you would think they would bother fixing that by now.

But it was really solid, I was so surprised how gorgeous it looked in 3D, easily my favorite 3d usage that I've seen on the 3ds (Revelations was too strong imo.)

Just enter Country of the Musketeers and I really like its field theme. The series has amazing music (some of the best video game music to me), and 3D isn't a exception. And have you guys took pictures of your Dream Eaters?:P Think the AR is a pretty nice feature here:

I loved KH 1 and 2. Both got 9's from me which is hard to do.

I skipped CoM cause I dont really play GBA games anymore, I tried 358/2 days and it left a bad taste in my mouth. Traded that in and I have passed on every KH game ever since because to me seems like Square is pulling story holes out of its arse in the name of the buck.

But 3D does look interesting to say the least. I might keep my eye on it. What I really want is KH3 over these constant portable games that fill in story holes.

KH3D all day but BBS is my fav PSP RPG.

I loved KH 1 and 2. Both got 9's from me which is hard to do.

I skipped CoM cause I dont really play GBA games anymore, I tried 358/2 days and it left a bad taste in my mouth. Traded that in and I have passed on every KH game ever since because to me seems like Square is pulling story holes out of its arse in the name of the buck.

But 3D does look interesting to say the least. I might keep my eye on it. What I really want is KH3 over these constant portable games that fill in story holes.

svaubel

After 358/2 Days I know that KH on a DS is NOT for me. Birth by sleep is best followed by Chain of Memories.

After 358/2 Days I know that KH on a DS is NOT for me. Birth by sleep is best followed by Chain of Memories.

Masenkoe

Don't judge 3D by the DS ones if that what you meant. It is definitely more comparable to BBS.

you people really like that "dive" mode in Dream Drop Distance to be voting for that game

you people really like that "dive" mode in Dream Drop Distance to be voting for that game

killerband55

Honestly the Dive parts are just okay. I love the music that plays on the non boss ones through.

I just beat the symphony of sorcery level.

This game probably has the best levels of any kingdom hearts game :shock: