I dunno man, it just feels like fan service to me. They made him such a politically correct sjw, but atleast they didn’t cast a woman to play him. Hope the sequel isn’t written by these lgbt leftist groomers, we need some god fearing red white and poo Americans to write the next UA-cam multiverse cross over
Man i remember restarting the entire game as a kid because of that fight thankfully the extra 20 hours of gameplay finally got me good enough to beat him, and then i met Xaldin....
2002: Oh, wow! We get to play through Disney worlds?! Awesome! 2009: *sobbing over the death of a character who is literally a depository for the memories of another character*
@@Myserval Wow, it must really be tough for you hearing an indisputably, objectively true aspect that forms a huge part of these games briefly mentioned in a video about them. I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive Drew and the Burback boys for putting you through this and I hope they're all brought to justice for their crimes immediately.
I was beyond smug when my friends didn’t know what was happening in KH2 but I did because I was given the best random gift in my life: Chain of memories on the GBA
I played CoM and still didn’t understand why we were made to spend an overlong prologue with some random character, especially one who ultimately had no bearing on the plot. They could’ve given Roxas a bigger role, possibly making him a secondary major antagonist. He could have used the keyblade to reopen the hearts of Disney worlds in order to complete Kingdom Hearts, for example. Which would have lead to a much more satisfying confrontation with Sora in the end, as opposed to what we got. And it would’ve fixed two of the game’s major narrative issues: one being that the Disney worlds were essentially filler between story beats, and the second being that Roxas didn’t contribute to the events of the game whatsoever. But nope, instead he appears in one of the most obnoxious tutorials ever, then a very brief appearance at the end of the game. His inclusion being totally unnecessary
never realized this existed when I played as a kid but I was able to put together that something bad happened to Sora in that Castle we see at the end of Sora memories being shown on the computer between the days as Roxas. Took a few hours but finally being able to play as Sora was exciting.
I cannot begin to describe the amount that kingdom hearts has genuinely affected my life. It's insane, it's nonsensical, it's unintentionally hilarious, but it's also fun, heartfelt, and full of passion. Thank ya boys for hopefully introducing more people to this goofy franchise
This is the video my child heart craved. The validation of the random diffculty that was Demyx and that moment where the Organization XIII member stands there hunched over staring at your character for what feels like hours being acknowledged have healed me.
Being stuck fighting Demyx for months was the bane of my existence as a kid. I'm 27 years old now, but I still hear "Dance water, dance!" in my nightmares.
It’s actually so crazy that we all got stuck on demyx. I quit the game for a year before I finally came back and just fought him over and over til I beat him. Shout out to genie summon lol
I think people insanely take for granted how insane it was to see a crossover back then, we have a million different things that do it now but KH1 was an insane thing to have happen and thats not even to mention as a gamer back then realizing it was a crossover between Disney on the bigger side of the advertising but of FINAL FANTASY aswell??? It felt like a fever dream of awesomness
One of the funniest things about these games is after playing through them you kind of realize that the disney worlds and storylines don't really matter at all lmao
In the first game they were integrated pretty well. Aside from Mickey Donald and Goofy and the various characters in Traverse Town, the Disney worlds all had hearts of their own and many had princesses of heart, which made the villains from each world relevant to the overarching plot. Then they ditched that in every subsequent game
@@VideoGuy232 Seriously, though. When people say this, I have to wonder what game they were playing, because worlds like Agrabah and Neverland were anything *but* irrelevant
@@VideoGuy232 Actually, I'd group them into four categories. Agrabah, Monstro, and Neverland are directly relevant; Wonderland and Deep Jungle set up plot questions that aren't as interesting on a later playthrough; Halloween Town has a plot that at least reflects what's happening with Kairi; and Atlantica and Olympus Coliseum... at least use Kingdom Hearts words
Something you didn’t mention that really helped add to the that dramatic slow-mo finale at the end of boss fights is that the game was specifically programmed so that the only way to defeat a boss was by hitting them with an attack that was considered a “finisher.” So if you had like a twelve hit standard combo, only that final hit would end up actually defeating the boss. That way the dramatic final slow-mo was always on a really slick animation to drive home the feeling of how cool it was.
That’s why the bosses always felt so satisfying. It especially feels super rewarding when you charge up your meter just enough that you switch forms or do a special move to finish it off in a gorgeous manner. The best level overall that I’ve always had the most epic finishes is the final battle with Xemnas. The two parts are obvious - the laser dome with you and Riku deflecting all the hits (always super satisfying) and if you time your Drive Form right, you could finish off the game with Sora in Critical or Final form and it’s just gorgeous 🥰 I’m surprised they didn’t bring up Final Form but it’s not surprising considering you can only get it in a specific area of The World That Never Was and your Anti Form stats had to be super low to increase your odds of getting it.
Me: Kingdom Hearts is childish and dumb. Kingdom Hearts: plays 5 seconds of the orchestral version of Simple and Clean Me, Sobbing: DONNA TOKI DATE, TATTA HITORI DE, UNMEI WASURETE, IKITE KITA NO NI
You're never too old to get emotional while playing KH. Heck, I had my moment during a certain point in KH3; talking to the souls trapped in limbo really hit hard... To anyone playing KH3, DO NOT MISS talking to the floating stars.
Yep. It’s pretty important especially if you’ve played anything related to Union Cross/Unchained Chi and you’re planning on continuing the series with KH4.
As a kid I only ever played the opening beach sequence at a friends house and I thought that was where the whole game would take place - but I still really liked it.
"Dance water dance" still haunts my dreams to this day. Kingdom Hearts was one of my first experiences into "rEaL" games beyond things like harvest moon and the sims and boy was that a difficulty jump to say the least. I spent my entire eight grade summer glued to my ps2 and when I FINALLY beat the game I had my first experience of finishing a piece of media and thinking "well what do I do with my life now" which I answered by making amv's of the game to songs like The Kill lmao
It's cool that you guys talked about the deep combat mechanics of 2, because a lot of these nostalgic retrospectives only focus on how the games made them feel as a kid, and miss the amazing gameplay that's still there. I remember wondering what type of player Drew was when he brought up Kingdom Hearts on his channel, so it's cool to see that he still enjoys the challenge that the game can bring.
One of the biggest things that bugged me while revisiting two is how flat the worlds are. It makes sense, with the new combat stuff you don’t want a lot of platforms to get in the way but the performing segments and verticality really made exploring more fun in kh1. Like if the entire kh2 game had level design like cavern of remembrance it’d be perfect but I still think I enjoy kh1 more overall.
The reason for kh2s weaker worlds was due to the change in allocation of resources, in kh1 the worlds got the majority of resources but in return the combat took a huge toll, in kh2 its reversed combat got all of the resources while the worlds got very little.
KH came out when I was 12, it was the perfect age to enjoy the game, I had seen most of the Disney movies the worlds was based on and I grew up watching my older cousin play the FF games so I knew those characters as well…I feel I got the full experience. Think about how some kids didn’t even know who cloud was so they didn’t go crazy when he walks into the Coliseum
Burback videos can evoke some serious emotion. They are put together so well that even though I have never played a Kingdom Hearts game in my life, I still feel nostalgic.
Watching Eddie and drew talk about kingdomhearts is something I didn’t know I needed and 14:25 I’m really glad they mentioned Donald dying frame 1 in critical mode lol
I have been playing Kingdom Hearts since I was six. I am twenty-two now and I will say that I will get emotional from the music, characters and story to this day. Something just hits different in this series.
i remember being a child and kingdom hearts 2 being my older cousins favourite video game so we’d sit in her living room and i would just watch her play while i hid behind a pillow bcs i was so scared of the heartless… good times, good memories 🥲🥲🥲
Traverse Town is the worst way they could've possibly introduced people to the game. But once you've finished the game (and especially any spin-offs) it retroactively becomes an amazing intro.
Man. I remember my brother getting super into and me by extension. Watching him play through ALL of the kingdom hearts was such a bonding experience that I wouldn't trade for the world. the people you played the game with and around were special and the game let you know that
Man, if tears don't start streaming down my face when I here simple and clean or sanctuary, you know something is wrong with me. Even as a 20 something, I still sing along and cry to those songs.
I got Kingdom Hearts 1 on a whim when we first bought a PS2, knowing nothing at all about the game. What followed was a journey spanning 15 years of waiting for the next game to release, trying to catch up with all the different platforms, and getting SO FUCKING CONFUSED with where the story was going. I've grown away from it now, but god damn, the opening title music will ALWAYS make me reminiscent of the simpler times. Simple and Clean, Sanctuary and Dearly Beloved are such awesome pieces of music.
13:02 thank you for validating my visceral hate for the demyx boss battle, because he kicked my ass so hard for so long, and after you finally beat him the characters go "wow that guy was weak!" and it filled me with SUCH RAGE as a kid.
This was such a funny retrospective. I didn't actually get a chance to play KH until recently, but I used to follow the franchise from afar and it's cool to see it from the perspective of people who grew up with it
I shamelessly cry whenever I talk about this game series because it was my WHOLE childhood. No matter how bad it might be, it is absolutely my favorite set of games and I’m going to show it to my kids. P.S. water guitar guy really made me put the game down for months he was the worst
"I'm gonna be 30 soon, I'm not gonna cry over a children's game" Hard cut to me when KH3 came out bawling like a fucking baby at the Sea Salt Trio reunion
I just turned 32 and everytime i finished a kingdom hearts game, no matter how many times ive beaten it, I still get emotional. IM SORRY I HAVE FEEINGS, DREW
The simple and clean intro is still one of my favorite songs. Even though I couldn't tell you the story of kingdom hearts to save my life. I never got past like the third chapter.
Kingdom Hearts 3 always makes me tear up, and the first time I played it NGL I cried. Specifically when Xion comes back. It hurts my heart in the best way to watch the seasalt trio reform
the 'get up on the hydra's back!' bit reminded me of when i played a random kingdom hearts game at a friends house and i got stuck on the stage where goofy wouldnt stop repeating 'maybe we can use the rubble like stepping stones!' i couldnt find the rubble he was talking about because it was above me
Having a teen neighbor with videogames and going to their place with the purpose of playing but watching them play 70% of the time is an experience i will never forget
Fun fact, the Burback's would have never encountered the Roxas fight as kids. Yep, it was a Japan exclusive boss fight pretty much up until the PS3 release way later.
To be fair they said they got stopped at Demyx as kids, so I think when they’re reflecting on the Roxas one they’re talking about when they played as adults, not children 🤷
i never knew i needed to hear drew talking about kingdom hearts but now i dunno how i ever lived without this thx for this video guys and thx for making my day Droofy ♡
I was genuinely laughing out loud this whole video. I love how as adults looking back on our favorite game as a child we see all the flaws and wackiness and all it does is add to the charm and love for the game. I have never seen someone encapsulate my feeling for this game series like you guys. Not a single miss, great work.
I love this so much. Thank you for this video. Genuinely. You guys are some of my favorite content creators and you’re talking about a franchise that has done so much to help me grow as a person that’s been with me since childhood. I’m crying. I know that’s silly but I am.
12:40 while they might be joking is actually something I loved as a kid and really put me in soras shoes, I mean he got his memory wiped, it's why I insist anyone playing the series just play 1 and 2, then fill in the gap after, that's the right way
I agree with the first sentence. The second... just no. Fuck no. Bbs is the second worst kingdom hearts game and of the worst gaming experience I have tried.
Good timing for this video. I'm about to start playing The Story So Far, which is a compilation of all 9 Kingdom Hearts releases. With KH 4 being developed, I'm hoping I'm able to really get into the series finally.
@@joshs2734 But also if you want, maybe skip some of the side games. As much as I love Birth by Sleep’s gameplay, its just a prequel and the other games really only add a little bit to the story.
@@leoultimaupgraded9914 I'm one of those people who, if I'm getting into a franchise, always want to know and learn every single little detail, plot, place, character etc. But, I have heard a lot about how much un important filler there can be in KH, and from my understanding, some of the "games" in The Story So Far are really just compilations of cutscenes? Idk, I guess I'll just have to see as I go on.
I know you're being funny but I went through the series from start to finish in 2021 at the age of 34 and I loved it. Super emotional. So there's no age limit on this.
“And if you like questions, you’re gonna have more of those” so accurate with kingdom hearts 🤣 8 year old me was so confused and so in love at the same time
For anyone who wants to know the music that starts at 3:19 is a song called "Mustaches and Martinis" by "Chalalatas". Even though its royalty free I wish they would list their music in the description.
Oh my god this explains my experience with the series so well😂 Especially wondering who tf Roxas was when starting KH2. 12:45 This video is so hilarious. 😂 Sora really was just as confused as us and org 13 really enjoyed just messing with all our heads. 14:55 “get up on the hydra’s back!” brings back so many traumatic memories lmfao.
Fun Fact: in the german version of Kingdom Hearts Riku actually has the same voice actor as Anakin Skywalker. It really pushed the Anakin comparison further and it's awesome.
The Demyx legitimately stopped all my progress for like 2 and a half years. To this day I have never struggled as hard as I have in that boss fight. Even Sans, Dark Souls, kh secret bosses have not even being able to scratch the amount of times I attempted that one boss battle. I can probably breeze through it now but time limits are just such a psychout that I could still only say probably
finally for once, youtube recommended me a channel that is a duo with well thought out arguments and banther between both. i also learned the hard way that there is a rng mickey system when you die on the zalden? bridge boss fight lmao. and yes i also refused to turn the difficulty down but i was already on normal, that thing is still a skill check, i think that was the only fight in the game that forced me to spam items lol.
I’m sorry but the prologue for kingdom hearts 2 is a find childhood memory for me idk why lmao but I really loved the game despite the fact I never finished all of it.
Kingdom Hearts holds a special place in my heart. When it came out, I was rather poor and just had pokemon gold for the gameboy that I shared with my brother. When my stepfather came into our lives, he brought with him the ps2 and Kingdom Hearts. The opening blew my mind. I had no idea "videogames could look like movies" (as I stated repeatedly back then). It is the reason I decided to pursue game developement.
ahhh my childhood, thank you for a loving but honest review of these games! i watched my mom play KH 1 and 1.5 and I played 2. A lot of ppl over the years have disregarded the series for being needlessly confusing while others ignore all these issues entirely and proclaim it as perfect. I love these games and fully embrace their strange, convolutedness cuz at the end of the day a perfect game doesn't exist so might as well just get weird with it
As someone who has played through these games multiple times, thank you for the final seconds of the KH2 ending. Still gives me chills. Also, not covering KH3 was a choice...and I love it! 🤣
My first exposure to the KH series was volume 1 of the Kingdom Hearts 2 manga, which was at my local library. The manga series honestly tells the story better than the games in some ways because the sense of humor makes the absurd moments stick out less. When Namine told Roxas "you aren't supposed to exist," it blew my tiny 8-year-old mind and got me instantly hooked. Roxas became my favorite character, so whenever people complain about the prologue it always makes me a bit sad. I also grew up in an era where, if there was ever any games I didn't have a console for or just couldn't afford, I could just look up playthroughs of it on youtube. Also, if you didn't want to play Chain of Memories, you could just read the manga, which was just a better experience overall imo. Trying to figure out wtf was going on was a big part of the appeal for me as a kid, so I think my experience with KH2 was wayyy different from how most people describe theirs
It startes with me KH1 being my very first video game i played, back on the PS2. It became me sticking with the series because of how stupidly crazy the lore is. Its so entertaining trying to explain it to someone else.
Yep, video lost all credibility for me there. "So we're not going to explain it either" literally takes 5 seconds, while going through castle oblivion, Marluxia and Larxene with the help of naminé, re-write Sora's memories making him forget the people and places he knew and replacing them with false memories, after sora defeats Marluxia he finds Naminé and she tells him what happened and why, which sora then goes into the pod to have his memories restored.
"I'm almost 30 I'm not gettin emotional over a kid's game" Well excuuuse me Drew I'm 32 and I cry every time at the last scene where Roxas and Namine are reunited through Sora and Kairi ;-;
I really feel the whole "maybe we like sora because he's just as confused as us" bit I saw the secret ending of KH3 and the entire time, I was sitting there thinking "what the fuck is going on, nomura" and then sora says almost right after: "none of this makes any sense" same, sora, same.
Special thanks to our goofy, Drew Gooden ❤
He so goofy, so silly
What a goofy man
Damn it yall stole my comment
Drew Goofen
Goofy stans wya 😊
I love it when the UA-cam multiverse brings Drew out
When charlie did it it really threw me off lol
drew goodennnnn
Drew, Danny, Jakey, and the burback twins are the ultimate smoke circle
I dunno man, it just feels like fan service to me. They made him such a politically correct sjw, but atleast they didn’t cast a woman to play him. Hope the sequel isn’t written by these lgbt leftist groomers, we need some god fearing red white and poo Americans to write the next UA-cam multiverse cross over
Hes like a UA-camr collectable
“Dance water dance” is forever burned in my brain for halting my whole game as a 12 year old
I honestly have ptsd from that battle…
Man i remember restarting the entire game as a kid because of that fight thankfully the extra 20 hours of gameplay finally got me good enough to beat him, and then i met Xaldin....
@@DevilSlayr XALDINNN 😭😭😭😭 NOOOO MY CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
@@PGOuma sephiroth hold my beer even tho he was final in part 2
I can’t count how many times I tossed my controller or screamed into a pillow over fucking water music notes ☠️😹
2002: Oh, wow! We get to play through Disney worlds?! Awesome!
2009: *sobbing over the death of a character who is literally a depository for the memories of another character*
I sobbed so hard during all of the Xion battles I lost them like 5 times.
NO THIS FR
Gosh Days is a terrible game
@@danielprocaccino4408 Okay, buddy. 👍🏽
Then Kingdom Hearts 3 happened and said "lol, nope".
It is weirdly surreal to hear Drew talking about Kingdom Hearts
his first youtube channel was actually a kingdom hearts channel lmao
I mean he made a whole video about it not that long ago but go off king
@@Myserval for someone who used to have a kh channel he sure doesn't know shit lol
@@Myserval Wow, it must really be tough for you hearing an indisputably, objectively true aspect that forms a huge part of these games briefly mentioned in a video about them. I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive Drew and the Burback boys for putting you through this and I hope they're all brought to justice for their crimes immediately.
@@cameleopard42 thank you camel eopard! you missed the point but thanks!
hearing drew say "i believe kingdom hearts... IS LIGHT!!" kills me every time
I have the dialogue prior to KH1's final battle memorized because I couldn't beat it and you couldn't skip cutscenes. Good times...
Did you finally beat it at some point?
There's no way your taking kairi's heart!
@@alexarnold8461 Ugh, I hated the delivery of that line. Thank you for giving me the chance to remember this wonderful repeated moment.
@@perfessorclown5543 "HERE IT COMES."
@@Cryospec Only took 50 or so tries, but yep!
this game looks ridiculous 😂
Yeah good one, kid
Almost as ridiculous as you look!!
They should run you outta town, kid. 😠
No YOURE ridiculous
so do you
I was beyond smug when my friends didn’t know what was happening in KH2 but I did because I was given the best random gift in my life: Chain of memories on the GBA
I didn’t even realize CoM was a thing at the time. I was beyond confused when I fired up KH2, but I still loved it.
I played CoM and still didn’t understand why we were made to spend an overlong prologue with some random character, especially one who ultimately had no bearing on the plot. They could’ve given Roxas a bigger role, possibly making him a secondary major antagonist. He could have used the keyblade to reopen the hearts of Disney worlds in order to complete Kingdom Hearts, for example. Which would have lead to a much more satisfying confrontation with Sora in the end, as opposed to what we got. And it would’ve fixed two of the game’s major narrative issues: one being that the Disney worlds were essentially filler between story beats, and the second being that Roxas didn’t contribute to the events of the game whatsoever.
But nope, instead he appears in one of the most obnoxious tutorials ever, then a very brief appearance at the end of the game. His inclusion being totally unnecessary
never realized this existed when I played as a kid but I was able to put together that something bad happened to Sora in that Castle we see at the end of Sora memories being shown on the computer between the days as Roxas. Took a few hours but finally being able to play as Sora was exciting.
Hell yeah
@@VideoGuy232 you got filtered hard, buddy.
I cannot begin to describe the amount that kingdom hearts has genuinely affected my life. It's insane, it's nonsensical, it's unintentionally hilarious, but it's also fun, heartfelt, and full of passion. Thank ya boys for hopefully introducing more people to this goofy franchise
This is the video my child heart craved. The validation of the random diffculty that was Demyx and that moment where the Organization XIII member stands there hunched over staring at your character for what feels like hours being acknowledged have healed me.
I spent so long on Demyx... I hate him to this day haha
@@earthsfur Happy we all share this experience 😅 I persevered though
Being stuck fighting Demyx for months was the bane of my existence as a kid. I'm 27 years old now, but I still hear "Dance water, dance!" in my nightmares.
Bruh same, I didn’t realize you had to grab the water heartless to take em all out.
It’s actually so crazy that we all got stuck on demyx. I quit the game for a year before I finally came back and just fought him over and over til I beat him. Shout out to genie summon lol
It wasn’t until I was older when I realized that the roxas intro was perfect for story telling, as a kid I was like who is this but I like his clothes
agreed! Roxas became one of my favorite character when I found out his whole story
No kidding the older I get the more I love it
roxas is the goat fr
I think people insanely take for granted how insane it was to see a crossover back then, we have a million different things that do it now but KH1 was an insane thing to have happen and thats not even to mention as a gamer back then realizing it was a crossover between Disney on the bigger side of the advertising but of FINAL FANTASY aswell??? It felt like a fever dream of awesomness
As somebody who followed this insane series to every platform it visited as a kid, this video made me feel so seen ty so much, guys!
I’ve recently been trying to consume all KH media starting with each and every game, and my god it’s a rough run for some of them
same! it blows my mind that as a kid i was able to play them all on their respective platforms :)
As a big kingdom hearts fan, there's another video on UA-cam called "Why I Adore Kingdom Hearts 2" made by KingK and it's great too!
Man, KH is such a mess, heh heh…
*plays through literally all of the games again crying the entire time*
@@ryanhoward8694 I know, the ending of Kh1 makes me cry every single time. Like, why can’t they all just be together? :(
Still traumatised by how hard Demyx was as a child. That boss is a huge difficulty spike.
He’s the only mf I have left in the data battles
DANCE WATER DANCE
It's funny too because Demyx is described at being absolutely horrible at fighting.
I can hear this... In... My head..... Ugh I hate it
Cmon keep to the beat
I gotta say as a person who played most of the Final Fantasy games actually enjoyed seeing those characters while playing as Roxas
but for a lot of us it was like "who are you people"
Speak for yourself, oof.
One of the funniest things about these games is after playing through them you kind of realize that the disney worlds and storylines don't really matter at all lmao
In the first game they were integrated pretty well. Aside from Mickey Donald and Goofy and the various characters in Traverse Town, the Disney worlds all had hearts of their own and many had princesses of heart, which made the villains from each world relevant to the overarching plot.
Then they ditched that in every subsequent game
@@VideoGuy232 Seriously, though. When people say this, I have to wonder what game they were playing, because worlds like Agrabah and Neverland were anything *but* irrelevant
@@VideoGuy232 Actually, I'd group them into four categories. Agrabah, Monstro, and Neverland are directly relevant; Wonderland and Deep Jungle set up plot questions that aren't as interesting on a later playthrough; Halloween Town has a plot that at least reflects what's happening with Kairi; and Atlantica and Olympus Coliseum... at least use Kingdom Hearts words
"It's over drew gooden, i am the kingdom hearts"
-Sora 'Kingdom Hearts' Disney
Something you didn’t mention that really helped add to the that dramatic slow-mo finale at the end of boss fights is that the game was specifically programmed so that the only way to defeat a boss was by hitting them with an attack that was considered a “finisher.” So if you had like a twelve hit standard combo, only that final hit would end up actually defeating the boss. That way the dramatic final slow-mo was always on a really slick animation to drive home the feeling of how cool it was.
That’s why the bosses always felt so satisfying. It especially feels super rewarding when you charge up your meter just enough that you switch forms or do a special move to finish it off in a gorgeous manner.
The best level overall that I’ve always had the most epic finishes is the final battle with Xemnas. The two parts are obvious - the laser dome with you and Riku deflecting all the hits (always super satisfying) and if you time your Drive Form right, you could finish off the game with Sora in Critical or Final form and it’s just gorgeous 🥰 I’m surprised they didn’t bring up Final Form but it’s not surprising considering you can only get it in a specific area of The World That Never Was and your Anti Form stats had to be super low to increase your odds of getting it.
the moment ya'll started playing the soundtrack i already felt the sentimental tears! i love this series to bits!!!!
Legit though !! I started tearing up so much
Me: Kingdom Hearts is childish and dumb.
Kingdom Hearts: plays 5 seconds of the orchestral version of Simple and Clean
Me, Sobbing: DONNA TOKI DATE, TATTA HITORI DE, UNMEI WASURETE, IKITE KITA NO NI
You're never too old to get emotional while playing KH. Heck, I had my moment during a certain point in KH3; talking to the souls trapped in limbo really hit hard... To anyone playing KH3, DO NOT MISS talking to the floating stars.
Yep. It’s pretty important especially if you’ve played anything related to Union Cross/Unchained Chi and you’re planning on continuing the series with KH4.
As a kid I only ever played the opening beach sequence at a friends house and I thought that was where the whole game would take place - but I still really liked it.
The "I'm going to be 30 next year" line really hits close to home
Are you 30 yet?
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e yes I am now!
"Dance water dance" still haunts my dreams to this day. Kingdom Hearts was one of my first experiences into "rEaL" games beyond things like harvest moon and the sims and boy was that a difficulty jump to say the least. I spent my entire eight grade summer glued to my ps2 and when I FINALLY beat the game I had my first experience of finishing a piece of media and thinking "well what do I do with my life now" which I answered by making amv's of the game to songs like The Kill lmao
19:37 I am 31 and cried when KH3 ended. It's okay, don't hide.
Same. And I just finished KH1 (after 3 made me wanna reply the rest again) and that made me cry too. It's alright to be emotionally invested :)
I bawled my eyes out like a family member died
Not me literally crying while remembering the "It's Riku! Riku's here!" and Drew is saying "I'm not going to get emotional over a kid's game".
1:16 and I’m radio rebel
“Say fellas, did somebody mention the door to darkness?”
It's cool that you guys talked about the deep combat mechanics of 2, because a lot of these nostalgic retrospectives only focus on how the games made them feel as a kid, and miss the amazing gameplay that's still there. I remember wondering what type of player Drew was when he brought up Kingdom Hearts on his channel, so it's cool to see that he still enjoys the challenge that the game can bring.
A burback video on a video game that has stuck with me for most of my life? Sign me the hell up.
Hearing you three talk about KH is so sweet lmao I’m glad other people have had these experiences too
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I LOVED the KH2 Prologue - just hanging out with your new freinds in Summer before all the shit eventually goes down.
One of the biggest things that bugged me while revisiting two is how flat the worlds are. It makes sense, with the new combat stuff you don’t want a lot of platforms to get in the way but the performing segments and verticality really made exploring more fun in kh1. Like if the entire kh2 game had level design like cavern of remembrance it’d be perfect but I still think I enjoy kh1 more overall.
The reason for kh2s weaker worlds was due to the change in allocation of resources, in kh1 the worlds got the majority of resources but in return the combat took a huge toll, in kh2 its reversed combat got all of the resources while the worlds got very little.
@@JPer811 how was that an excuse? Thats literally the reason they gave when asked about the shift in gameplay from kh1 to kh2.
“As you progress, combat becomes more complex” *shows spamming reflect*
Sora: We’re back
Kairi: You’re home.
It could have ended there absolutely nothing else and it would still be my favorite game of all time
In my head canon it ended at 2
The burback channel is insane (but we love it)
KH came out when I was 12, it was the perfect age to enjoy the game, I had seen most of the Disney movies the worlds was based on and I grew up watching my older cousin play the FF games so I knew those characters as well…I feel I got the full experience. Think about how some kids didn’t even know who cloud was so they didn’t go crazy when he walks into the Coliseum
I still call him Cloud from Kingdom Hearts. Drives my FF7 loving friends crazy
Burback videos can evoke some serious emotion. They are put together so well that even though I have never played a Kingdom Hearts game in my life, I still feel nostalgic.
Watching Eddie and drew talk about kingdomhearts is something I didn’t know I needed and 14:25 I’m really glad they mentioned Donald dying frame 1 in critical mode lol
I have been playing Kingdom Hearts since I was six. I am twenty-two now and I will say that I will get emotional from the music, characters and story to this day. Something just hits different in this series.
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i remember being a child and kingdom hearts 2 being my older cousins favourite video game so we’d sit in her living room and i would just watch her play while i hid behind a pillow bcs i was so scared of the heartless… good times, good memories 🥲🥲🥲
Traverse Town is the worst way they could've possibly introduced people to the game. But once you've finished the game (and especially any spin-offs) it retroactively becomes an amazing intro.
I love that from what I can tell y’all record these in the same room. It really goes a long way for the chemistry during the video.
It's a story about three friends Sora, Riku, and Kairi. No? Donald and Goofy? Oh ok
Ngl I cried at the end of KH2 when I beat it so many years ago. The music still chokes me up whenever I relisten to it.
Man. I remember my brother getting super into and me by extension. Watching him play through ALL of the kingdom hearts was such a bonding experience that I wouldn't trade for the world. the people you played the game with and around were special and the game let you know that
This video has rekindled my love for Kingdom Hearts again and I'm going back to finish up KH3. Thanks for the memories, Burback!!
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three people talking over eachother is the natural evolution of the two people talking over eachother bit
Man, if tears don't start streaming down my face when I here simple and clean or sanctuary, you know something is wrong with me. Even as a 20 something, I still sing along and cry to those songs.
I got Kingdom Hearts 1 on a whim when we first bought a PS2, knowing nothing at all about the game. What followed was a journey spanning 15 years of waiting for the next game to release, trying to catch up with all the different platforms, and getting SO FUCKING CONFUSED with where the story was going. I've grown away from it now, but god damn, the opening title music will ALWAYS make me reminiscent of the simpler times. Simple and Clean, Sanctuary and Dearly Beloved are such awesome pieces of music.
13:02 thank you for validating my visceral hate for the demyx boss battle, because he kicked my ass so hard for so long, and after you finally beat him the characters go "wow that guy was weak!" and it filled me with SUCH RAGE as a kid.
This was such a funny retrospective. I didn't actually get a chance to play KH until recently, but I used to follow the franchise from afar and it's cool to see it from the perspective of people who grew up with it
6:49 The PS4 game actually has upgrades you can purchase with points. You can upgrade what you said you could upgrade in the PS2 game.
I shamelessly cry whenever I talk about this game series because it was my WHOLE childhood. No matter how bad it might be, it is absolutely my favorite set of games and I’m going to show it to my kids.
P.S. water guitar guy really made me put the game down for months he was the worst
"I'm gonna be 30 soon, I'm not gonna cry over a children's game"
Hard cut to me when KH3 came out bawling like a fucking baby at the Sea Salt Trio reunion
I just turned 32 and everytime i finished a kingdom hearts game, no matter how many times ive beaten it, I still get emotional.
IM SORRY I HAVE FEEINGS, DREW
Just turned 34 yesterday, and SAME.
The simple and clean intro is still one of my favorite songs. Even though I couldn't tell you the story of kingdom hearts to save my life. I never got past like the third chapter.
Kingdom Hearts 3 always makes me tear up, and the first time I played it NGL I cried. Specifically when Xion comes back. It hurts my heart in the best way to watch the seasalt trio reform
the 'get up on the hydra's back!' bit reminded me of when i played a random kingdom hearts game at a friends house and i got stuck on the stage where goofy wouldnt stop repeating 'maybe we can use the rubble like stepping stones!' i couldnt find the rubble he was talking about because it was above me
Having a teen neighbor with videogames and going to their place with the purpose of playing but watching them play 70% of the time is an experience i will never forget
How are y’all not going to mention the absolute banger that is simple & clean????
Fun fact, the Burback's would have never encountered the Roxas fight as kids.
Yep, it was a Japan exclusive boss fight pretty much up until the PS3 release way later.
Unless you got a pirated PS2 and got the PS2 version of Final Mix? Yeah very true
To be fair they said they got stopped at Demyx as kids, so I think when they’re reflecting on the Roxas one they’re talking about when they played as adults, not children 🤷
i never knew i needed to hear drew talking about kingdom hearts but now i dunno how i ever lived without this
thx for this video guys
and thx for making my day Droofy ♡
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I was genuinely laughing out loud this whole video. I love how as adults looking back on our favorite game as a child we see all the flaws and wackiness and all it does is add to the charm and love for the game. I have never seen someone encapsulate my feeling for this game series like you guys. Not a single miss, great work.
I love this so much. Thank you for this video. Genuinely. You guys are some of my favorite content creators and you’re talking about a franchise that has done so much to help me grow as a person that’s been with me since childhood. I’m crying. I know that’s silly but I am.
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this is the most video ever special thanks to drew for being goofy
12:40 while they might be joking is actually something I loved as a kid and really put me in soras shoes, I mean he got his memory wiped, it's why I insist anyone playing the series just play 1 and 2, then fill in the gap after, that's the right way
kh2 remains my favorite game out of all of them too. but birth by sleep slapped so unexpectedly, especially when it got to console
I agree with the first sentence. The second... just no. Fuck no. Bbs is the second worst kingdom hearts game and of the worst gaming experience I have tried.
@@johnpantag472 Me but feeling that way about DDD lmao
@Sophie that's wild i loved the gameplay. The abilities show you playing as trained Keyblade warriors.
@@dtanobo The problem for me is that the game has absolute garbage aerial mobility in a series that pride itself on it's aerial combat.
Yup. I don’t get the hate for BBS. Loved it, especially for the story.
19:16 Riku picking up King Mickey like a toddler is so cute
Drew being Goofy is something I didn't know I wanted in my life
Good timing for this video. I'm about to start playing The Story So Far, which is a compilation of all 9 Kingdom Hearts releases. With KH 4 being developed, I'm hoping I'm able to really get into the series finally.
Bit of advice, play in the order the games released in, it makes the story flow better
@@poliorice3600 Good to know, thanks!
Yeah, you can find 30 to an hour minutes video pretty much telling you the most important story points in the series.
@@joshs2734 But also if you want, maybe skip some of the side games. As much as I love Birth by Sleep’s gameplay, its just a prequel and the other games really only add a little bit to the story.
@@leoultimaupgraded9914 I'm one of those people who, if I'm getting into a franchise, always want to know and learn every single little detail, plot, place, character etc. But, I have heard a lot about how much un important filler there can be in KH, and from my understanding, some of the "games" in The Story So Far are really just compilations of cutscenes? Idk, I guess I'll just have to see as I go on.
I know you're being funny but I went through the series from start to finish in 2021 at the age of 34 and I loved it. Super emotional. So there's no age limit on this.
The boys are talking about my favourite series... In a complimentary way?? Amazing.
“And if you like questions, you’re gonna have more of those” so accurate with kingdom hearts 🤣 8 year old me was so confused and so in love at the same time
4:03 - well eddie. the answer to that is 358/2
For anyone who wants to know the music that starts at 3:19 is a song called "Mustaches and Martinis" by "Chalalatas". Even though its royalty free I wish they would list their music in the description.
This is perfect because I just started playing the first Kingdom Hearts the other day.
Oh my god this explains my experience with the series so well😂 Especially wondering who tf Roxas was when starting KH2.
12:45 This video is so hilarious. 😂 Sora really was just as confused as us and org 13 really enjoyed just messing with all our heads.
14:55 “get up on the hydra’s back!” brings back so many traumatic memories lmfao.
Gotta love goofy drew
Fun Fact: in the german version of Kingdom Hearts Riku actually has the same voice actor as Anakin Skywalker. It really pushed the Anakin comparison further and it's awesome.
The Demyx legitimately stopped all my progress for like 2 and a half years. To this day I have never struggled as hard as I have in that boss fight. Even Sans, Dark Souls, kh secret bosses have not even being able to scratch the amount of times I attempted that one boss battle. I can probably breeze through it now but time limits are just such a psychout that I could still only say probably
finally for once, youtube recommended me a channel that is a duo with well thought out arguments and banther between both.
i also learned the hard way that there is a rng mickey system when you die on the zalden? bridge boss fight lmao.
and yes i also refused to turn the difficulty down but i was already on normal, that thing is still a skill check, i think that was the only fight in the game that forced me to spam items lol.
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great video like the rest, always happy to see y'all upload. The Drew guest star came right out of left field and I'm all for it
14:27 Watching Donald get folded in slow-mo killed me 😂
Lmao the drawn out “awwwhhhhhhhh…”
I’m sorry but the prologue for kingdom hearts 2 is a find childhood memory for me idk why lmao but I really loved the game despite the fact I never finished all of it.
Kingdom Hearts holds a special place in my heart. When it came out, I was rather poor and just had pokemon gold for the gameboy that I shared with my brother. When my stepfather came into our lives, he brought with him the ps2 and Kingdom Hearts. The opening blew my mind. I had no idea "videogames could look like movies" (as I stated repeatedly back then). It is the reason I decided to pursue game developement.
The fact that sooo many people got kh1 and them went right to kh2 jjst thinking COM was just a side game was so troll by namura and I love it
That never happened pal. Everyone that played kh2 when it came out didn't even know com exists.
The opening of KH2 explained COM for the people who didn’t play it, but it was still hella confusing
ahhh my childhood, thank you for a loving but honest review of these games! i watched my mom play KH 1 and 1.5 and I played 2. A lot of ppl over the years have disregarded the series for being needlessly confusing while others ignore all these issues entirely and proclaim it as perfect. I love these games and fully embrace their strange, convolutedness cuz at the end of the day a perfect game doesn't exist so might as well just get weird with it
As someone who has played through these games multiple times, thank you for the final seconds of the KH2 ending. Still gives me chills.
Also, not covering KH3 was a choice...and I love it!
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14:59 Wow, they were so ahead of their time with the Jujitsu Kaisen reference
KH is ridiculously convoluted and at times disappointing, but it's forever and always my favorite game series
It's not
THAT COMMERCIAL IS WHAT MADE ME BUY THE GAME WAY BACK IN 2002. Bless you for unlocking that hidden memory.
My first exposure to the KH series was volume 1 of the Kingdom Hearts 2 manga, which was at my local library. The manga series honestly tells the story better than the games in some ways because the sense of humor makes the absurd moments stick out less. When Namine told Roxas "you aren't supposed to exist," it blew my tiny 8-year-old mind and got me instantly hooked. Roxas became my favorite character, so whenever people complain about the prologue it always makes me a bit sad. I also grew up in an era where, if there was ever any games I didn't have a console for or just couldn't afford, I could just look up playthroughs of it on youtube. Also, if you didn't want to play Chain of Memories, you could just read the manga, which was just a better experience overall imo. Trying to figure out wtf was going on was a big part of the appeal for me as a kid, so I think my experience with KH2 was wayyy different from how most people describe theirs
It startes with me KH1 being my very first video game i played, back on the PS2. It became me sticking with the series because of how stupidly crazy the lore is. Its so entertaining trying to explain it to someone else.
"They dont tell you why Sora is in this pod."
But they did. In Chain of Memories.
THATS WHAT IM SAYING!!
"In this game" and chain of memories doesn't count because it's shite
@@DovahUm for a game boy advanced game, it was an impressive game for its time.
Yep, video lost all credibility for me there. "So we're not going to explain it either" literally takes 5 seconds, while going through castle oblivion, Marluxia and Larxene with the help of naminé, re-write Sora's memories making him forget the people and places he knew and replacing them with false memories, after sora defeats Marluxia he finds Naminé and she tells him what happened and why, which sora then goes into the pod to have his memories restored.
@@Luxiaaa-Z "credibility" ☠️ bro it's a meme video, and not everyone cares or is a nerd for KH lore, chill the f up
"I'm almost 30 I'm not gettin emotional over a kid's game"
Well excuuuse me Drew I'm 32 and I cry every time at the last scene where Roxas and Namine are reunited through Sora and Kairi ;-;
It was a great idea to make Drew the third Burback twin. Having only two twins is so cliché these days.
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I really feel the whole "maybe we like sora because he's just as confused as us" bit
I saw the secret ending of KH3 and the entire time, I was sitting there thinking "what the fuck is going on, nomura" and then sora says almost right after: "none of this makes any sense"
same, sora, same.
Any person who likes Kingdom Hearts earns appreciation points from me. This was probably the funniest KH video I've seen, you three are great :)
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