darkSpyro

Terra was both my favourite character to play as, and I honestly think I enjoyed his story the most in BBS. I know that's an unpopular opinion but I honestly found him the most interesting, and his final battle on the Keyblade Graveyard was easily my favourite of the three. Ven's was fine from a story standpoint, but that little D-Link mini-game at the end of the Vanitas fight can go **** itself, it was the only thing that made the fight difficult, partly because it doesn't even work properly (the finisher CAN ****ING MISS. IT HAPPENED TO ME TWICE AND I WAS RAGING SO HARD AAAAGH), and Aqua's was kinda boring from both a gameplay and story standpoint (she fights Braig for what basically amounts to no reason at all, and while there is baggage behind the Ventus-Vanitas fight, it wasn't as much as what the other two characters had in their final fights). Terra is also just really strong yet surprisingly fast (fully leveled slides are amazing), and his Critical Impact Command Style is great. Ven was fine to play as though he was basically a weaker Sora. Aqua was flat out way too underpowered for a lot of the game. Yes I'm aware she's supposed to be stronger with magic, and that shows later on, but she ironically doesn't get her magic as quickly as the others and her magic isn't even any stronger than her physical attacks early on.

As far as story goes, Ventus' story is pretty much what you'd expect from Sora, but with some of that sadness and poignancy of 358/2 Days and the Roxas portion of KH2 mixed in. It's really sweet and can be very sad of course, but I felt it was too short for what they were trying to do. I wished there was more for him to do.

Aqua's story...I'm sorry guys, but I found it very boring. It was, for the most part, literally just her doing as she was told. Her story didn't have NEAR the amount of personal baggage the other two did, and she didn't really grow or change as a character over the course of it. I liked some of her interactions with the Disney characters and I liked her interactions with Zack but other than that, I kinda just wanted to get on with her story and get all of the important parts out of it. The Last and Secret Episodes do her much more justice, but her own actual story was just too boring and by the numbers.

And then Terra's was my favourite. I really liked his story, it had a similar vibe to Reverse/Rebirth in Re:CoM, only even better because he was actually interacting with a lot of characters. I know the joke is that he is basically an idiot for listening to Xehanort and all of these Disney villains, but to be fair, it was just bad luck that he happened to always run into the Disney villain first in these worlds, and he was only ever trying to do the right thing. This wasn't like what Riku did in KH1 (where he was just being selfish), Terra only ever meant to do good and he only wanted to harness the darkness so he could protect his friends. He wanted all of this power so he could use it for good deeds, but he got carried away and people took advantage of him, and he realises his mistakes and tries to atone for them. His story also is where Xehanort got the most screen time, which gave a better insight into his character and I felt that Xehanort constantly being there to "guide" Terra, only to deceive him and slowly destroy everything he loves, made that final battle feel REALLY personal and really epic. Then, when Terra has his body taken from him and is left with only his Lingering Will, it was an AWESOME feeling to get to play as the same being that happens to be one of my favourite bosses in video games (i.e. the Lingering Will in KH2FM), even if the abilities were not the same. I also just really liked the big brother relationship he had with Ventus, which drove a lot of emotional scenes, most notably how he fought Eraqus to protect Ven.

As for Re:Coded, well...



...ALL IT DID WAS TEASE ME. ;____;

THEY EVEN LITERALLY DRIFT APART THERE IN THAT LITTLE SEQUENCE LIKE NO DON'T DO THAT CREDITS REEL :c

In all seriousness, I am interested in playing the actual game now. The movie version is much better handled than 358/2 Days though, as it actually has action scenes and it just flows much better because of it. It also has much less of those text breaks, and they are narrated by Mickey this time which helps them fit in better. The story is a little bit confusing and is probably the weakest KH story because of it, but I still liked it and it had it's high points. And it was nice to see Naminé again of course, especially voiced by Meaghan Jette Martin this time (Brittany Snow still sounded great in KH2 but Meaghan is just beyond perfect for the role)...I still just want her to be truly happy though. :c

brb gonna sleep for 12 years

I got Sora by the way.