Yeah, I remember another action spin-off of M&M called Crusaders of Might & Magic for the PC. I bought it in the Netherlands which didn't make it better at all.

And as for good western RPGs: Knights of the Old Republic, Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind and the Ultima series.

Yay for one vote! Take that bitches. Also, this is playing out like KH1 with cards instead.

Yeah, it pretty much is. Only with extra pointless plot scenes, and an even stupider main plot (than KH1).

What's the main plot again? I FORGOT!

Get it?

You forgot the original Baulder's Gate series. Not that spin-off for the xbox, the real, P.C deal.

Oh, yes, Baldur's Gate, how could I forget about that and its spiritual successor Neverwinter Nights.

Well what do you know. I also bought this game in the Netherlands :p

It's not special in your case though =P
I actually have to cross the border to get games that are censored here.

Crusaders of M&M wasn't though, but I was 12 at the time and on a schooltrip =P

NWN is basically the sequel to Baldur's Gate? Hmm... interesting. I certainly never knew that (and for some reason when I think of NWN I think of this really weird Wii game which isn't actually called NWN but I keep thinking it is :I)

Oh, and [finally] added a ToC to the OP.

Remember that door from the end of Traverse Town? What was behind it?



The guy from the tutorial was behind it... how long had he been waiting there?

Welcome to Exposition Station #01. Please, mind the gap and try not to fall into any plot holes should they appear.




So, why do you look so annoyed?




Cloaked Guy is suddenly looking more... well... (Sora's only 15 at this point in the game...)

Anyway, some guy suddenly appears and hopefully he won't be so creepy...





I couldn't have put it better myself...

Cloaked Guy w/Hood passes Red a random card anyway.





Cloaked Guy w/Hood fades away or something now leaving this guy alone with us.


: My name is Axel. Got it memorized?





We're on a first name basis, so he pulls out blazing chakram? This guy must not get out much!



Boss fight #2!

Now, before I link the video, I think Axel is worth explaining since he's the first real boss (and a total pushover).

None of his attacks are too damaging (for one he slices normally, and another he throws a chakram across the screen and teleports grabbing it), except for this:



Fire Wall. This is Axel's sleight, and it's still not worth worrying over since if you dodge roll through the flames you take no damage. If you fail at double pressing one button, you can let him spam these and he'll eventually stop as he runs low on cards.

Axel also enjoys teleporting around the fight area, and ice completely wrecks his shit.

Boss 2: Axel


I'm not sure what's worse: Sora's GBA voice acting, the track playing (which was improved for KH2 fortunately) or that I delivered the final blow with Simba.

Notice how this took me about half the time it took me to beat Guard Armor? Yeah, this is what happens when I don't dick around.

Oh, and we got some world cards at the end of the video.



I just said that Goofy. You're not as bad as Donald ([insert deity of choice here] no), but you're ge-



Considering they're WORLD cards, I hope they are.




Didn't I just kill you?



I can't help but feel like this is foreshadowing something... maybe that's just me though.



Wasn't that said before I kicked Axel's ass? Seriously, you're slow Sora.


: Follow your memories. Trust what you remember, seek what you forget...



Hmm... I wonder who that can be.




So basically

: You'll just have to give some more though to who's most important to you. Our most precious memories lie deep in our hearts, out of reach. But you can find yours, Sora.

Just when I thought this place wouldn't have any exposition or foreshadowing. Axel didn't fail to disappoint there.




...I never would've guessed. But did you have to make a comment that makes you seem like Vincent Valentine?




I like how Goofy didn't give Sora time to answer.


: And if you get in my way-



I appreciate the gesture and all Donald, but... bwahahahaha who am I kidding? Donald, you're pathetic.


: But be forwarned... When your sleeping memories awaken, you may no longer be you.

Could it be...? Yes it is. It's even more foreshadowing!

Axel buggers off now, leaving our heroes (and Donald) alone thus the scene ends.

Well, that achieved pretty much nothing at all other than allowing Sora to kick Axel's ass, and Axel to drop foreshadowing bombs (some of which don't even apply til KH2).

Last chance to decide where I'm off first. Locations are still:

Wonderland,
Olympus Colliseum,
Agrabah,
Monstro,
Halloween Town

Excellent updaaaaaaaaaaaaate*thud*
DAMN PLOT HOLES!

"You will find someone special to you!"
"Well, who is it?"
"Duh, I don't know!"

Gotta love the dialogue in these games sometimes. But yeah, Axel's a douche and that doesn't change in the next game =P

That's probably the only good thing about KH2 Axel really.

~~

Like all good updates, this one starts with a tutorial;




A basic attempt to stifle backtracking but since backtracking is pointless for most of the game, it's wasted.

Anyway, on the second floor...



Every scene with you ends up bad in some way, cricket. You're like the harbinger of this game.



No. There is absolutely nothing wr-


What could he have meant by "you may longer be you"?

Well... (MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR KH1, CoM (to a much lesser degree) AND KH2 spoilers ahead peoples)






Look, Jiminy, shut up. You're currently on-par with Donald for worst character in the game (thus far; there is one much worse than either of those two coming later...), if for no reason other than he isn't a harbinger.



It's Oblivion...

I'd be annoyed, but you don't suck and this place does have an effect on your memory...



Also, for the rest of this scene, Donald and Jiminy don't exist as far as I care; it makes some of the dialogue much more accurate.



Like that for example. Goofy is worthwhile to a degree, and Sora kicks ass (at the moment) so it's exceptionally accurate.



A castle with contraptions? Are you making shit up again?



If Goofy were to be more specific, I could tell you. How about a name?




Hmm... nope. No idea. Well, I do... and it is rather obvious but I digress.



I already asked that, but I'm sure Goofy'll answer now...



Grand. Thanks for nothing; at least we learned something: either Goofy has a crap memory/overactive imagination, or Castle Oblivion fucks with your mind really damn fast. This is only the second floor.



Hmm... a save point on the left, and a weird orb on the right. The orb isn't worth worrying about for now; I'll go over it next time we come across one.

Anyway, next time:



Just because I want to keep the plot and other stuff seperate. (No need to put it to a vote again; the Coliseum's not going to get outvoted at this point.)

awww, I was hoping that I could still vote for agrabah, mainly since that's the first world they visit in the CoM manga (I was lucky and found both volumes at my book store )

but, that world is ok, too, I guess.

Also, about what you said in the spoiler tags, I don't think that what Axel said about sora "not being himself" because of roxas, I don't think that that is correct.

*NOTE, this can't be proven yet, so this is only my opinion/theory*

In the title 358/2 days, for the ds, I think the 358 is the number of days roxas was a member of the organization.


Spoilers for the rest of this game

so, that's my thoughts on it.

I was under the impression that Sora 'not being himself' was because of

exactly, Like I said. Or to put it as the other characters put it later in the game

It could be that... until the events of KH2 transpire anyway.

But, like I said,

Darn it, Goofy, this is Castle Lobotomy! Don't forget it again.



The other one was called Hollander Base, right?

well, that's not quite what we're going into.... yet.

Don't forget the end of the first game:


also,