I thought that this game was actually pretty good. Although it would seem that game reviewers would have to disagree, but I can understand why. This game is just as Gamespot said, pure fanservice. It was made so that people who didn't play the original, or those who though that it would have been better remade for the PS2 would have their wish, which they now do. This game was almost exactly like the first, which I did not find that to be a problem, because if they messed with it too much it wouldn't be the same game. Reviewers are giving it Ok scores because it doesn't really add much more the the original's gameplay except a better way of telling the story (Which if you like playing these kinds of games has to be a pretty big portion of why you play games). It made the game feel more like the other Kingdom Hearts games just with a different addition to the combat, which they also did in Kingdom Hearts 2. I won't draw this out any longer, but I just want everyone to test it out for themselves instead of listen 100% to what a critic tells you, I think it was pretty good, you might too.
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