So I am replaying Kingdom Hearts II.

At the time I didn't exactly care of the graphical quality. Although I would love to see a Kingdom Hearts game with the graphics of the introduction cutscenes.

 

I was a tad disappointed in the progression of the graphics. I was actually really hoping the Organization would get some of the high-quality CG cut scenes like the intro and ending of KH1 & KH2. I wish they put the CGI movie-like graphics throughout the game like they did in Final Fantasy X.

 

I agree, I'm always thinking "well they made Final Fantasy X beautiful, why couldn't they do that on Kingdom Hearts II?" Just making a few scenes other than the intro and ending CG would have been nice. Maybe then the hugging scene between Kairi and Sora wouldn't be so... bland. :c

 

You guys are going to make me want to buy it again.

Fuck now I'm off to the store.

 

Yeah, the emotion was definitely lacking there. At least they started the cut scene where Riku and Sora where sitting on the beach at the end. That scene was important and I'm glad they didn't screw that up.

@NRA: You're welcome. :3

 

I think the graphics were fine though and meant to be that way because if you made the characters look too 'real' and took out the cartoonish effect ultimately, Donald, Goofy and the other Disney people would look very fake and imbalanced to the game. It would appear really awkward. I'd love to see the other characters made more 'real' like what they have done with the FF games but at the same time, it may ruin the balance of how we perceive cartoon characters that are the Disney people.

And Misty, I so did the same thing most of the time you did for the pirates. I would lure them out of the shadows and bash them rather than using much magic at all. Good fun.

 

We can simply hope that the graphical quality will drastically improve for whatever is the next console installment of the series.

 

Thats simple.

 

A bit true there, but I remember one of the original intro scenes had fit the cartoonish persona of Donald and Goofy quite nicely whilst still retaining a level of high graphical capability. Though of course if this was kept in a perpetual state we would eventually notice the less cartoonish aspects I'm afraid.

 

I agree, even at the end of KH2, Donald, Goofy, & Mickey looked kinda funny next to Sora, RIku & Kairi. Their heads were huge. O.o I guess we're just not used to seeing them out of the regular graphics throughout the game, or in cartoon form.

 

It was so dull! Sora might as well have been hugging Selphie, it left very little for SoKai shippers.

I agree that the Disney characters might look out of place, but they looked nice in the intro to KHII. (not so much in the ending, did anyone else think Donald looked really bloated?)

 

I do think they should at least get the graphics as good as they had them with the Intro and the ending of KH2 because the game is going to be on a new console after all. I just think they have to be careful with it too or else it would look kind of silly as Donald, Mickey etc look less real than the other characters. Maybe another reason is because the characters move around and fight a lot more than in FF games where they take turns. Those are the only two reasons I can think of for the graphics not being on par with other stuff SE kicks out. (other than they were cheap).

 

To me it's just that their heads were really big.



It's a little proportionality off, but so darn cute.

 

I agree.....