Amazing but short lived...
User Rating: 8.1 | Kingdom Hearts II PS2
Kingdom hearts 2 was a greatly awaited game by all who have heard of it and once it hit NZ shores i had to wait 2 months to get my hands on this great game....OR IS IT? once i started this game i couldnt stop ok time to talk about gameplay. The camera unlike nuber one is very versitile and can be moved anywhere you please exept up your bum...also whenever you get too close to the camera sora fades so you can see what is in front of you instead of staring at your head while slashing at air.Fighting enimes is much more fun then in kingdom hearts one,instead of the same combo over and over again you can use substitute move during combos multiple times and still continue your original combo straight after. Also in this game there is a new system included called "drive" drive is a power which you get suprisingly late in the game. your drive gauge is a little orange bar in the bottem left corner of the screen which usually has a number starting at three depending on how much you have been fighting.To recharge your drive gauge you have to grab these little orbs that come out of enimies. also is the reaction buttons these are fancy moves you can make while either running around during battle or hitting/getting hit by enimies MUSIC: the music in this game is repetitive yet very nice to listen to i would actually buy the soundtrack if i could. not much else to say here time to move on.
GRAPHICS: the graphics are solid in this game no squares exept in their faces not that anyone will look that far anyway the awsome sound effects and funky magical mojo goin around around on the screen at the same time it is kinda amazing. VALUE: big bad done on this section. replay value in this game is zero unless you lost your memory card and cant find it so you buy a new one. anyway after you have beat the game the only thing that will keep you playing it is getting all you summons and forms leveled up to full. ( which is terribly boring ) and finishing the cup unlockables. so i would say that instead of buying this game when it comes out rent it it is a rip off bye my standards. 
