Cartridge Club #56 - Kingdoms Hearts

Kingdom Hearts is the first game in the Kingdom Hearts series. Revolving around a fourteen-year old boy named Sora, it details his adventures after his homeworld is destroyed by sinister creatures known as the Heartless, and his attempts to restore his world and reunite with his friends. In the process, he meets many characters from classic Disney films and a handful from the Final Fantasy video game series.

 

Introductions

 

Panel  

Rusty Lewis

Twitter: @relewis2011

 

Rob

Twitter: @BonusBarrel

 

Josh

Twitter: @FranticSociety

 

Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music

Ser Flash

Twitter: @Serraxor

 

Cartridge Club Logo

Will Pruitt

Twitter: @willopruitt

 

Level 1  

P2(Mark) gives a quick overview of Kingdom Hearts and panel discusses their memories of the game and first impressions.

 

Developer: Square Enix

 

Publisher: Square Enix

 

Director: Tetsuya Nomura

Platform(s):

PS2

PS3

PS4

Release Date:

 

JP: March 28, 2002
NA: September 17, 2002

 

Genre: Action Role Playing

 

Level 2

Discuss story of the game: The heartless are attacking and destroying worlds. Sora and his friends are caught up in the mess and Sora, using the keyblade goes on an adventure to find his friends and save the “worlds” from the heartless.

 

Characters

 

Sora

Riku

Kairi

Final Fantasy Characters

Disney Characters

 

Discuss gameplay mechanics:

Controls too floaty?
Camera not great
Magic versus physical
Mash the X?
Swapping party members

Discuss sound:

Voice acting decent
Favourite tracks

Discuss graphics:

Fun art style
Redesign of FF characters

 

Level 3

Lasting Impressions, overall rating and final thoughts. Did this make you want to play it again and if not, what would need to be changed? Would you suggest it to friends?

 

Level 4

3 Word Review #CC3WR from Twitter first followed by panel

 

Level 5

Outro (thank panel and plug)

Announce the game for next month (Halo)