Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep

A couple of days ago, my friend, Annida, told me that I should review on another game. She told me, "why not Kingdom Hearts?" And so I think why not. Kingdom hearts is one of my favorite RPG game that I have ever played and the best part is, Disney is involved!! The story is really remarkable and when I finished Kingdom Hearts 2, I was blown away by how the story ends. I could never stop playing Kingdom Hearts. Sadly I don't have a Nintendo 3DS, so I was not able to play Kingdom Hearts 3D (Dream, Drop, Distance) which is the latest game and the sequel to Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded. I'll save that story for some other time!

So lets begin from the very beginning of the Kingdom Hearts series which is Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep. For those of you that have never played Kingdom Hearts before, then let me enlightened what is it all about. Our world consist of two sides. Darkness and light. To prevent imbalance of the world, there was the warrior of the light which are the chosen ones to wield a special weapon named as the key blade. These key blade warriors need to prevent darkness from ruling over other worlds. So they travel from one world to the other, defeating mysterious monsters from the darkness called the Unversed. It all begins with the first three key blade warrior named Terra, Aqua and Ventus.

The story begins in the Land of Departure, where Terra and Aqua take an exam to achieve the Mark of Mastery, which will allow them to become Keyblade Masters. However, only Aqua passes while Terra fails due to the abundant darkness in his heart. Shortly after the test, Master Xehanort disappears and a horde of mysterious creatures called the Unversed begin to appear throughout the worlds. Master Eraqus learns from Yen Sid that the Princesses of Heart are in danger from the Unversed, and orders Terra and Aqua to destroy the Unversed and find Xehanort. Ventus was coaxed by Master Xeanort's apprentice, Vanitas, into following Terra which encounters Master Eraqus' wishes. Eraqus orders Aqua to watch over Terra and bring Ventus back to the Land of Departure.

The gameplay begins with you selecting one of the three heroes. Each hero has its own ending and quests. You able to choose only one character at a time. After you finish all three of these characters, there will be a bonus level where you will only plays as Aqua that tries to save Terra (A little spoiler).

The way you play this game is different from playing Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2. Birth by Sleep is an action roleplaying game that introduces a gameplay aspect called the Command System, which allows players to customize a Command Deck with techniques and abilities that they can perform at will, called Deck Commands. When performing ordinary attacks and commands, it will fill a gauge displayed above the command deck, when certain requirements are fulfilled, it will activate a Command Style that changes the player's basic attack command with the "Surge" command, which racks up powerful combos depending on what Command Style is activated. Filling the gauge with certain requirements a second time causes the character to change into an even higher level Command Style, which replaces the "Surge" command with the more powerful "Storm" command.

Terra Gameplay

Aqua Gameplay

Ventus Gameplay

There is a special world named as the Mirage Arena where you can play an extra mission, defeating strong bosses and gaining new abilities. Also not only that, you can also play with your friends in the mirage arena using the three heroes you choose but they will be equipping on their armor. You can customize the color of their armor to your liking. There are three type of gameplay. First is the game board, then player vs player which allows up to 6 players battle royale, and lastly is the boss battle where co-operation is crucial. Its possible too to play it by yourself. But I recommend you to play with your friends to double the fun!

Different Characters have their different strength and weaknesses and they have different commands that is available to use. Also they have their own alternate endings. I really recommend you to play this game. It have great plot, outstanding graphics when it comes to their endings and openings and their gameplay is just the best. A really outstanding game from Square Enix! Just have a look for yourself. Video posted by Soraalam1Gaming in Youtube.