Quality follow-up. Keeps the best of the old with a new twist.

User Rating: 9.2 | Kingdom Hearts II PS2
While I was excited to play the new Kingdom Hearts, I was also terrified. It's almost like having a second child after having the perfect first child. I was terrified the game would end up being too repetive with the same mechanics. I mean how long can one game drag out Disney movies? The good news is I was prooven wrong. Kingdom Hearts II (KH2) turned out to be the best game I have played in a while.

KH2 even surprised me in that it didn't just try to pick up where it left off. In a sense it does, but in the same sense we are thrown into a seemingly new storyline with seemingly new characters. KH2 did not fail to keep me on my toes.

My favorite aspect of the game is how it always kept me guessing. You never really have a grasp on the storyline until the end. Most would see this as a problem, but it plays out like a good drama, as oppossed to an RPG with a plot full of holes. The intricate plots sucks you in and doesn't let you go until you've stayed up all night and failed all your classes.

If you even remotely liked the first installment, you definitely need to play KH2. This game has taken a darker twist while still keeping the light Disney atmosphere. A MUST OWN!