Fabricant451

Star Wars: The Harbor's Due

<Snipped quote by Fabricant451>

Character-wise? Don't recall anyone else making one, might have been one person I talked to about it. In the RP in general though? Many.

@Alfhedil

Then there's at least one more.

Star Wars: The Harbor's Due

How many twi'leks will there be

Looking for another user....

They chose the Destroy ending.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

<Snipped quote by Fabricant451>

Tbh, my gripe is mainly plot-related, and I guess that's sorta unfair especially since it's technically minor, but I really find it glaring and hard to forgive. Purely personal, it disappointed me but I'm another schmuck throwing money at it and whatever sequels come out anyway so it is what it is.

Spoilers just in case

My main gripe is how I really, really didn't like how the female characters were received. Kairi's probably the biggest offender, training all this time just to get kidnapped WAY too easily (seriously, they couldn't have tried to give her a fight or something?) and her 'death' felt contrived. I don't know, I could think of a bunch of ways to have put a lot more effort in her role. Yeah, she was probably doomed to get kidnapped, but it was just rubbed me the wrong way. Would've been cool to see her in more fights, maybe give her something more to do.

Then there's Namine getting ONE scene at the VERY END OF THE GAME which irked me 'cause her whole thing with connections and the like could have been in the game SOMEWHERE but...that's my inner fangirl talking and I have no actual argument there, just annoyance.

@Hero

That's totally fair. I guess I'm just sort of used to Square games underwriting half their cast.

Hider

As a fan of number one best character best girl always Aqua I was, of course, pretty satisfied with how her story ended along with the Birth By Sleep trio in general, but Aqua is basically the only female outside of Larxene who is ever really allowed to do stuff. Kairi being relegated to writing love letters and then literally becoming actual love interest was a bit eye rolling after they made a big deal about her being a guardian of light in DDD. I generally feel that her arc has been kind of...nonexistent (honestly outside of Riku none of the OG trio has had a consistent arc and that's just what we have to accept as fans I guess) but I did appreciate the bait and switch at the end on Destiny Island which at least gives me a little hope that in the next one Kairi will do something other than swing her Keyblade once and then get iced.

Namine, though, I'll give you but hey at least she got to have dialog as a formless star I guess. Xion getting more screentime than Namine is criminal though because who even likes Xion.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

If KH3 is a disappointment I'd hate to know what isn't. KH3 is pretty on par for the series and slots in at second over all.

What video game are you looking forward to in 2019?

Thoughts on KH3?

Are the tired to death disney story telling tropes still considered 'charming' by people approaching their 30s?

@Dynamo Frokane

Considering the Disney stories in this are equal parts pseudo-sequels to the movies with the occasional retelling but with thematic relevance to the more important narrative I'm not sure what 'tropes' you are referring to that are specifically 'Disney story telling'. If you're just trying to stir the pot then you should mention JRPG story tropes, not Disney ones.

Anyway here are thoughts on KH3:

It is a good game. There are often too many pointless options in combat. The combat isn't quite as floaty as the other Osaka team games and bosses actually stagger and have openings like they should. It is fantastic visually. Only two of the worlds aren't fun to explore and play through. The music is fantastic. There are smart changes to the way Keyblades work since you can equip three of them and they are all easily upgradeable so you're encouraged to pick some to suit your playstyle or mess around instead of just always going for the biggest number or the most useful ability. Party member A.I. is actually good this time. The first three quarters of the story exists to find new ways to deliver information that is already known to old players while doing little to actually make it newbie friendly; the last hours of the game are Kingdom Hearts in all its wonderful glory - take it as you will. The lack of a colisseum sucks but there's a substitute that's not as good. There aren't any Final Fantasy characters unless you consider all the Nomura OCs to be FF characters and at this point why wouldn't you. It really sucks that they call Remy 'Little Chef' the whole time but I guess it makes sense because rats can't talk human words even though ducks, dogs, and mice can. In terms of world design it is the best game, in terms of story it's...the best game but only if you're genuinely a fan of the story and its colorful cast, overall it's the second best game in the entire franchise which isn't bad considering the long wait.