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Review of the game
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The player enters the game as Sora, a 14 year old boy
who lives on a small island. Tired of this pleasant, but monotonous life, he decides to build a
raft to sail away with his two friends, Riku and Kairi. However, a terrific being appears one night
and destroys their island. Thrown into another world, Sora finds himself alone, in a place
riddled with shadowy creatures who steal people's hearts. He meets Donald
and Dingo, sent by their king to help the bearer of the Key to stop the darkness which is destroying
all kingdoms one by one. As Sora has this Key,
they accept to help him look for his friends. In return he must lock all the doors that separate the worlds,
in order to prevent the darkness from invading them. Though
unable to find Kairi, Sora quickly encounters Riku, but the latter seems changed. Cold, distrustful
and aggressive, he accuses him of various things then walks away... |
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Breathtakingly beautiful, the most amazing are
the minutiously rendered worlds and characters, as well as the amount of them! Each world counts
many backgrounds and characters! Disney's familiar 2D sceneries have been wonderfully
and faithfully conceived and modeled in 3D. There is a profusion of CG sequences, all gorgeous, and some quite funny.
It is difficult to even conceive the amount of work all this universe represent. There are so many
worlds and characters it is unbelievable!
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The music is quite nice throughout the game, sometimes
reinterpreting Disney's themes, sometimes creating new tunes. The beginning song, though,
comes from nowhere,
and ruins the whole previously built delicate magical mood into some kind of clubbing event
with its aggressive techno tune. As to the
ending song, it is a bit bland, but then it's a question of personal taste. However,
that is really the only reproach I could make, that and a little difficulty with the camera work often left
to the player, as well as the pathetic part played by the only main female character (Kairi), which may make
girls players feel a bit left out. Apart from that, the game is absolutely close to perfection! The playability
and enjoyment value are at their best!
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The game is based
on an original idea, developed into an interesting and involving story, with some psychology
and reflexion. Some words and repeatitive expressions may seem a bit too much, but then the
adult player should keep in mind the audience aimed at are primarily children. And
the best thing about KH is that it offers them excellent quality entertainment.
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The voices
(I have the game in French so I am only able to comment on this version) are absolutely
brilliant. I was thouroughly against the use of voices in games until I played KH. The actors
are truly talented and dedicated to their work. The children voices of Riku and Soria especially are
a real success!
You may have been put off by some quickly and badly dubbed voices in other games, but
in KH, they are perfect.
Also, it is quite unusual and nice to have the characters express themselves in your own
language and in a convincing, everyday way, instead of in some caricatured version of the English
language (ie, "come on, let's fight!" and other cliché with big or silly voices, which are
just an insult to this beautiful language by the way).
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