Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
by Square Enix
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Video Game Reviews of Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
Customer Review: A Teen's review: 13
Summary: 3 Stars
Eh, lets start off with the card battle system. In the first game the battle system was much more understandable, as in just mashing the x button for hours upon hours straight, and in chain of memories it is much much different.
My 9 year old sister gave up on this game a long time ago because of the card battling idea. Unless you are 12+, your not going to be able to work the confusing battle system.
The plot of Sora losing his memory as he gets farther and farther in the game is interesting and different, which seems to be the only enjoyable part of this game.
Play KH2 (Kingdom Hearts 2) instead, its much better the this. Although to mainly understand the beginning of KH2, you need to play through this game throughally, or else you will be ultimatly confused with the beginning.
I recommend renting this game first. Once you get the feel and understanding of the battle system, the game becomes a lot better.
Customer Review: Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Repetitive Memories
Summary: 2 Stars
Kingdom Hearts mixes the world of Final Fantasy and Disney which apparently, everyone loves. I mildly enjoyed the games on PS2 so I decided to go ahead and pick this puppy up as well. For those of you who thought the PS2 counterparts got pretty repetitive or monotonous in some parts . . . the GBA version is even moreso. The fighting system is changed up a bit, and instead of just button mashing, you're left with cards. You can mix your cards for different attacks or, just button mash. I'll admit, the "card system" took a little getting used to but after I became comfortable with it . . . I decided I didn't like it at all. Why mess with the original structure of the game? Well I'll tell you why, it's because this incarnation doesn't offer much in terms of story or gameplay. Yes, it takes place between KH1 and 2 but you're not gonna miss a beat if you just skip over this one.
The best aspects of the PS2 versions (upgrading your character, feasting your eyes on Disney characters and worlds) is pretty much gone here. Due to graphical limitations, all the worlds are limited to rooms . . . that just slightly resemble the world they're in. The only thing you can upgrade this time around is your health, how many cards you can carry and the cards themselves. I don't know about you, but for me, that was about as exciting as sticking my head in an oven. The story is nothing to swoon over either, as all these characters talk about are memories (and yeah, I'm pretty sure they come from your brain, not your heart).
I wasn't the greatest fan of the PS2 Kingdom Hearts games. I thought they were just "okay" so perhaps this isn't my cup of tea. It's a little fun to hear all the familiar themes and even to lay the smackdown on some heartless, but that all wears off quickly. For all you die hard fans out there, go ahead and give this one a go, I'm fairly confident you wont be disappointed. As for any other average gamer . . . just keep walkin' . . .
Customer Review: KINGDOM HEARTS FANS MUST HAVE
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are a fan of kingdom hearts and have played KH1 and KH2, in the beginnning of KH2 it shows you what you have missed in Chain of memories. For those who want to know what it was like, you must get this game to fully understand the KH saga.
If you dont play it, then youll never fully understand the organization 13.
Customer Review: Good, but not for everyone.
Summary: 4 Stars
Having played through all of the first one and halfway through the second one I decided to postpone KH2 and play this for a while. First off this game is VERY different from KH and pretty much different from any other game you have ever played. It is card based but not in the boring "I lay a card, you lay a card and we see who wins" style. Its better to think of the cards as regular commands you would see in any Final Fantasy game. Basics such as, Attack, Magic, Potion etc. You also have to keep in mind that you can throw enemy cards which have various effect like "Auto Revive" once you lose all your HP.
As far as the story goes, you kind of have to force yourself to sit past the first 10-15 hours because the first 10 floors have the SAME repeat story from the game. Sometimes once you finish a floor it will show a cutscene that involves the new story, but it is usually short and doesn't make much sense until later. There are 13 floors in all so you really don't get much into the actual story until floor 11. From there the story is magnificent! Bottom line is everything in the game revolves around Sora's memory and his perspective on his own past. Its also cool to see what happened between Axel, Sora and Namine before KH2. You also get to find out what happened with Riku and King Mickey once you complete Sora's story.
Overall this is a fun game with a few annoying flaws.
Pros
-Unique battle system. Involves thinking and strategy
-Donald and Goofy are not following you around
-PSX quality cutscenes
-Good story around the end of the game
-Reverse/Rebirth story once you beat Sora's story
Cons
-Every world is exactly the same with different colors and tile
-Game slows down a lot if too much is happening
-Some bosses are extremely annoying
Also the game does not point out where you need to go next so if you go to the Olympus Colusium before going to Monstro you are going to be ripping you hair out trying to beat Hades!
I do recommend this game but, if you are more the Hack n' Slash type you may not like the battle system (which would suck because you spend about 80% of this game in battle).
Customer Review: GET THIS OR YOU'LL BE SORRY!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my complete favorite games. It has intro and outro movies that look almost like the normal graphics on KH one, the end credits have the whole "Simple and Clean" KH one theme (the slow/best version) in great sound quality, the unique card system is creative, useful, and fun, story-wise, IT ROCKS, and Castle Oblivion and Organization XIII totally gives the story crazyness (especially Axel) and will keep you in the middle of suspense for a LLLLOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGG time. After you beat the "SORA" story, you get to play as someone else he knows in a whole different story (I won't tell you who)! Also , after you beat that person's story, you get to see a couple pics from KH2 of Roxas in Twilight Town. If you love KH and KH2 as much as I love them (to death, to be exact) GET THIS GAME AS QUICK AS YOU CAN!!! IF YOU DON'T, YOU'LL BE SORRY!