@@sleepingbee8997 which is actually a funny story. The graphic designers said belts were really hard to animate, so Nomura took that as a challenge and drew a character with a million belts to troll them.
It’s a giant blob of light and darkness that opens a hole in reality. The blob is shaped like a heart moon. The hole is shaped like a door because Keyblades. It’s not that high-concept. You can make artificial ones out of people, or fragments of reality itself, because this version of reality was made by people. Also there’s a Perfect/True one which used to hold the old version of reality together, but that one is on the other side of the hole now. But you could summon it to melt reality back together by creating a large enough clash between light and darkness to birth its counterpart, essentially an opposite pole magnet that draws it into the world.
He's talking about how she's tearing through these bosses he struggled with as a kid, but like... man, she's gone through Dark Souls. At the very least she should be able to dodge telegraphed attacks better than a kid, so it's not a huge surprise.
To be fair, think she typically does strength builds with giant weapons in Dark Souls. With that kind of build in Dark Souls, with enough grinding, you can cut through gods like cutting butter with a flaming chainsaw.
Its the LAW to save whenever you pass a save point in a Square game. Nothing more deadly than missing a save and walking into an ambush just to lose 3 hours of gameplay. Looking at Seymour on Mt. Gagazet.
Seymour introduced me to the concept of mindlessly grinding for several hours to be prepared for a boss fight I don't miss it *The grinding, not the story. I loved the story, even now I get teary eyed at some of the sad moments
When I was a kid there were a lot of power outages and autosave wasn't the industry default. I also had a habit of tripping over wires. I still anxiously save and make backup saves. Also the fact that Seymour can cast petrify and just yeet your summons nearly made me cry as a kid.
@@mdstevens0612 Seymour was the reason I would grind my summons overdrive before the fight and then just spam their overdrives one after another... makes boss fights trivial, almost disappointingly so
Nahh Kh1 is better and I’m about to type an essay about this in my opinion Kh1 is the better game. While the combat system is better in Kh2 I feel like Kh1’s combat is not bad either. The story of Kh1 is better than Kh2 because Kh2 retcons a ton of stuff including, the worlds being at peace, Ansem being Ansem, and Nobodies as a whole. The prologue to Kh2 is too long and I know that it is supposed to be that way however people have complained endlessly about it being too long and I felt the need to point it out. The heartless in Kh1 have endlessly better designs than Kh1 has swimming spear wielding spinning heartless and Card fire lanky janky boss. Donald and goofy being useful without limits, they actually do some okay damage in Kh1 if your fighting a boss they will do like 20% of the total damage meanwhile in Kh2 they are completely useless without their limits and do little to no damage. The bosses are better in Kh1 and their arenas aren’t just flat areas, we have the table in wonderland, the entire 2nd district, oogie boogie is peak, arena, and the ship in never land is very nice. Also the world design is Kh1 is better by a long shot Traverse town is a giant town it is such a big world and has many secrets, for Kh2 just look at Halloween Town they did that world a shame. And finally I will name some of the things that I like about Kh2 I like the bad guys motive, the combat is better (drives are very nice) , and the more worlds and a plus as well. While I think Kh1 is better I can agree that Kh2 is a very good game on my top 10 of all time. (Also one final note why is dodge roll not immediately being able to be got on Kh2)
If she does play the sequels, she's gonna be in for a wild ride. I'm glad she enjoyed her time with the first game, though. I have to say, because I've been a gamer and have learned a lot of story plots through just osmosis, it's always fun coming across someone who hasn't been embroiled in gaming culture and have genuine enthusiasm for what they're playing. I'm so glad your partner has taken to playing all of these with an open heart and open mind.
Curious on how easy she'll think Re:CoM is.... You can seriously snap that game in half to the point where it's easy to win without HP upgrades (although I think the damage you take in that game is based off max HP).
Regarding your issue with Donald's level, Characters don't actually have to be in your party to level up, so Donald was still gaining the proper amount of exp, it just happens that Donald is coded to be 1-2 levels behind Sora for the vast majority of the exp curve, while Guest Characters and Goofy are set up to be 1-2 levels above Sora for most it. This even applies for world specific allies, I learned that in the postgame where I leveled up to the maximum in Olympus Colosseum, and all of my world specific allies were at the max level too. I suppose I should explain some of the RPG roots for why Donald's level is coded to be so low. Oldschool RPGs, which Kingdom Hearts draws many tropes from were mainly derived from older versions of Dungeons and Dragons where characters of different classes required different amounts of exp in order to reach certain levels, and the Wizard was the slowest class to level up in order to balance out some of the bonkers spells they could get at high levels.
Very interesting comment, it also makes sense within KH as Donald's magic meter doesn't increase with levels but rather with equipment or boss fights, so Donald leveling up doesn't actually do much besides his abilities, while Goofy's Defense and HP level ups perhaps do play a factor in his normal gameplay
@@puckie643Nah, Donald's MP increases with level ups in KH1. Donald's just does not have any good Str or Def stats, nor his Weapons can do crit dmg (except one or two) cause you know, he is a Mage
@@chiroras2110 Oh does it? My bad then But yeah his hp, defense and attack are virtually too low at all points of the game so no matter the level he's still mainly gonna die quickly
You might need to give her a brief summary of Chain of Memories before having her play KH2 Also "Does he have all the princess's hearts in him?" ....Oh you sweet summer child you don't know what you are in for with how amazing Sora is in this franchise ♥
or just watch a cutscene movie of Re:CoM so she can get familiar with important characters like Axel and DiZ. honestly the best way to experience CoM imo
@@stripschicken87 Yes. Only tedious thing is getting the correct cards for the doors. But the combat is actually pretty good, when you understand it and build a good deck. It's always so satisyfing, when the boss does its ultimate move, and you just play a 0 card and say "nope, not today".
@@stripschicken87 that's subjective. it's definitely the most divisive KH game, with many people in the KH fanbase not liking Re:CoM for the card-based gameplay, myself included.
I casually go back to play KH 2 every 2-3 years because it is a childhood memory i don't want to miss out. And there are some Scenes i still tear up when i watch them and the music is just awesome.
at 14:06 i paused my video to say "i VIVIDLY remember having to use L2/R2 on the OG version" only to unpause and proceed to laugh my head off. thank you for that love your content, your gf's commentary is hilarious. cheers
Seeing someone experience Kingdom Hearts for the first time going into it not knowing anything is a beautiful sight, even with how convoluted things may seem to get further down the rabbit hole. Even with my hazy memory I still remember the struggles I had of the original on PS2 as a kid, but the Final Mix helps out a lot with some of it nowadays, great video and looking forward to more shenanigans down the road.
The first time I played Kingdom Hearts, I used every optional character I could because I wanted to play with them to see how they fought. But every other time I played, I always kept the core three... Sora, Donald, Goofy. Goofy turns into a shockingly good powerhouse, and Donald is a pure lifesaver with his healing and area-effect spells. It was fun playing with Beast and Alice and Ariel and all the rest, but you just can't go wrong with Donald and Goofy. My boys! :D
Same here! It's weird NOT having Goofy and Donald, and they're my homies 4 lyfe. It's one of the many great changes KH3 made (kh1->kh3->KH2 is my personal list). That said, there's no such thing as a level gap in any of the kingdom hearts games. Even party members who were never put into your party and are in a completely different world share XP with you. Did you leave a world and come back? Guess what, Aladdin kept up. Party members are always either barely ahead of you (ie Goofy) or barely behind (Donald)
This has opened a potentially INSANE level of story craziness for her to unlock and enjoy. Definitely interested to see her reactions to the main 3 games...let alone the prequels and side games. Good video as always!
Funnily enough, I just recently got my wife to play Kingdom Hearts. She knew how often I played it as a kid and as an adult, but never really cared for it. If anything, she was put off by Disney being involved. Fast forward a couple years and we had a BAD argument, getting mad at each other for never taking interest in each others hobbies. Thats how she wanted to play the game, and now its one of her favorites she's ever played.
I was 10 when this game first released. And to this day more than 20 years later I still play the same way she does. Map cure to the X button shortcut and ignore all other magic entirely while swinging away.
My ex suffered HUGE time in Hollow Bastion and EotW. It was a stupid high difference, and mostly because it shifts a lot from simple platforming and straightforward hits to mages with lots of different attacks, quick turning shield dudes with slow telegraphed but very strong attacks, and bosses that are 100x harder, have a wider skillset, but they are all very well telegraphed too. For a Dark Souls beater, i fully expected nothing less from Tarin. Respect! Now put her to fight Kurt Zisa and Sephiroth.
13:03 "when I think of Kingdom Hearts, platforming is hardly the first thing to come to mind" - oddly, it was the first thing to come to mind when they started developing it. Some final fantasy devs looked at Mario 64 and said "we'd love to make a game like that, but you can't really compete with a world famous character like Mario if you're starting from scratch. You'd basically need Disney level iconic characters to do it". Although, I think it was more about the sense of freely exploring a world including verticality, rather than about the actual mechanics of platforming.
I am envious of her getting to experience this for the first time. Wish I could be a kid in the early 2000's who's never played this game but is able to sit and play the whole thing.
OH MY GOD. Thank you so much. It fills my heart eith so much joy seeing her tackling this masterpiece of a game! Kingdom Hearts is the second most influential game series in my entire life. I wish Taryn a really good time with these games.
I do remember I bought this game because of the boxart when I was about 10 years old, also I got stuck for about 2 years in Wonderland because tbh i didnt knew too much english (im from Mexico), so once I finished the game I felt so relieved. Watching this video and all the reactions of your girlfriend made me go back in time and remember everything. I definitely loved this one.
My husband and I just found your channel on his recommended and it was so good. Everytime she laughed or was singing I was doing the same thing cause I’ve never played the game before while my husband has
I could binge this channel all day, feels so familiar and relatable. So cute no matter the game! Makes me wanna grab my boyfriend and subject him to years of replaying games and my senseless commentary hehe, you guys are great
This brought me a lot of joy! Like you, I have become jaded to the Disney aspect of the games. But I love that your girlfriend was so excited by all the Disney worlds and singing the songs!
Was literally just thinking a few days ago that I’d love to see her play these games, looks like I got my wish. Now my obsession with KH can continue further
"Why does he have so many zippers?" As a Sora cosplayer, I would like to ask the same question, but with different inflection. Why does he have so many zippers???? 😭
the child like wonder that comes from your girlfriend when she's loving the game that you're making her play is something i wish i could experience again, your vids are great
25:45 Sora entrusted most of his Heart to Kairi (Since she's considered one of the seven Princess of Hearts), so when she hugged him, she give him his heart back, making him whole again. Him turning into a Heartless however created a certain blond boy that came to be known as Roxas with the left over shell (his body without a heart) left behind. Which leads onto the events of Kingdom Hearts 2.
Just found your channel through this vid earlier today, and have watched so many throughout my day off. I just played KH1 for the first time myself, so it was cool seeing what someone elses first playthrough looked like! Keep up the great work, you two ♡
Her first experience greatly reflects my first experience as a child lol I love it, and I love her unbridled delight at the Disney worlds, it's so cute and also was my original reactions
can't wait to watch her reaction to kh2 if you make her play it (but ofcourse she should play the other spinoff that explains what really happens in chronological order because even when i played just kh1 kh2 kh3 and later finding out there's more to it i was still confused lol)
It was absolutely refreshing having her play through one of my favorite games. This brought be immense joy to watch! You don’t see many people get so excited to visit the Disney worlds or be super into the story anymore and her excitement was contagious. Reminds me of the joy I had all those years ago when I got to play for the first time as someone who had NO knowledge of Final Fantasy, but ALL the Disney love in the world ❤
This game really held up well. Visually, game mechanics wise, and a story wise because it’s straightforward (as far as Kingdom Hearts goes). Merlin, The optional bosses, 100Acre Woods and all the chests and keyboards and how to get them
After so many years later sometimes you look back and think why did I like that goofy game about that kid with the big shoes with the horribly complex story and sometimes cringey writing, and her genuine excitement to things that wore off for me over 10 plus years ago puts a smile on my face and reminds me why these game do hold a spot in my heart
She's gotta play chain of memories next. The combat is polarizing, but the story itself is actually a really well-written memory gambit and (if you know Japanese and look deeper into the meteor shower scene) there's still mysteries tied to it even post KH3
"Depending on your choices, you can be in for a very simple"...and clean? 😂 This was so fun to watch, but I felt her pain with the platforming. It's always something I've struggled with, even in games like Mario that arguably make it pretty easy, but in KH1 I spent so much time having to backtrack after missing a jump, it was very frustrating
this is so funny because i picked up final mix because the boy i just started dating adores kingdom hearts. i’m on birth by sleep now and im loving it but also this series makes me want to tear my hair out at the same time haha
My Brother played through this with his girlfriend and they hated the gummi missions. I whipped up a suped up gummi ship made with only the best parts and a goofy look all on its own and they sped through those lumps with ease. It's a rough system but actually very rewarding to build your own gummi ship, imo.
I don't know if it's possible to record from a GBA, but I hope we'll be able to see her journey through _Chain of Memories,_ it's possibly my favorite entry in the series.
Watching, well especially listening to her amazement as a first timer is actually amazing and brings back some of the magic of the games I thought I have lost long ago.
OMG, I was so hyped to see this first in my recommended. My favorite series of all time. Im more surprised Tarny didn't know about this. You got to make her play all of these now!
I love love LOVE kingdom hearts and meeting all the Disney characters was just INCREDIBLE!!!! So amazing and fun and cute and I just loved every minute of it. She almost as excited as I was lol 😂❤🎉
Two years ago i played Kingdom Hearts for the first time ever and once i finished it, it became one of my favourite games. I'm having a hard time getting into KH2 though because they took away my dodge button QwQ
KH2 puts a waaay bigger emphasis on blocking than 1 did as I remember. Stick it out until you get more of your movement abilities, it'll be worth it I promise!
@@TheWorstPartyMember my blocking timing is shit XD I plan on getting back into it soon. But i got a bunch of other games/projects i need to finish first.
Im actually in the midst of doing this with my partner as well, we're at the end of Neverland right now and they've been having fun, but basically any time a boss shows up they just give up and pass the controller. Some of the running around was also a bit infuriating (atlantica...) But we've powered through. Home stretch!
Kingdom hearts 2 is technically next by title alone but Chain of memories canonically ties the 2 together so I'm wondering which one you guys will play.
I got my girlfriend to watch my biannual replay of the series and she finally got why I was so obsessed. Axel is her favorite character and in her eyes can do no wrong.
i never understood why sora didnt just hop over to the sand kairi was on... i mean it was only an arms length away and there was no barrier plus it was moving slow so why didnt sora, donald, and goofy just hop on over and not have to be completely separated from everyone.
"Why does he have so many zippers?"
Nomura, as a character designer: "First time?"
Wait until she meets Organization XIII. They're just walking hooded zippers 😂
Still better than Lulu's belt dress from FFX
@@sleepingbee8997 which is actually a funny story. The graphic designers said belts were really hard to animate, so Nomura took that as a challenge and drew a character with a million belts to troll them.
@@sleepingbee8997 Joke when FFXIV lost our belts slot that Nomura repoed them all
27:35 thats too hot :P
"I don't really know what Kingdom Hearts is even though its the game I've been playing..."
Same girl, same.
Maybe Kingdom Hearts is the friends we made along the way.
It has been 2 decades and they still haven't really answered that question 😂 hopefully in this next arc we will find out what it is
@@toriandtilly you wish
@@toriandtillyTechnically, it has been answered three times. With three different answers.
And they're all canon.
It’s a giant blob of light and darkness that opens a hole in reality. The blob is shaped like a heart moon. The hole is shaped like a door because Keyblades. It’s not that high-concept.
You can make artificial ones out of people, or fragments of reality itself, because this version of reality was made by people.
Also there’s a Perfect/True one which used to hold the old version of reality together, but that one is on the other side of the hole now. But you could summon it to melt reality back together by creating a large enough clash between light and darkness to birth its counterpart, essentially an opposite pole magnet that draws it into the world.
The fact that in KH1 people fight over keyblades, while in KH3 even the taco Bell's waiter has one
You joke now, but wait until KH5 where we find out that waiter was actually one of the most important characters in the whole franchise.
@@Supersheep64 Who Is also the Nobody of King Mickey, created when Pluto possessed a kid back in 1945
Nah your thinking kf union cross
@@Supersheep64 The story of xigbar xD
I can't help but think of that old KH parody
"The BEES Sora..." "Goofy, no!"
He's talking about how she's tearing through these bosses he struggled with as a kid, but like... man, she's gone through Dark Souls. At the very least she should be able to dodge telegraphed attacks better than a kid, so it's not a huge surprise.
To be fair, think she typically does strength builds with giant weapons in Dark Souls. With that kind of build in Dark Souls, with enough grinding, you can cut through gods like cutting butter with a flaming chainsaw.
Dark Souls was her Kingdom Heart training arc.
@@Kytseo But she's also, y'know, an adult. Typically a _little_ bit easier for them to do decent in a game rated E10+ than Dark Souls. :P
Yeah she just needs to face the superbossess for that confidence to evaporate
@@Kytseo I suppose you're not wrong, I think I 6 hit Ornstein, iirc. Big Bonk Stick.
This is the first time I've ever heard someone describe Ansem as 'two Jawas in a trenchcoat'. XD
…it’s not exactly wrong though
You get a golf clap for that one. That got me chuckling
thus the trilogy begin
The fact it's actually accurate is even more hilarious, and the fact this game was made before Disney owned Star Wars makes it quite ironic XD
The real treasure of kingdom hearts were the friends that ended up inside us all along the way
🤦♀️
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
no, that would be Kyrie.
Not without them taking me out to dinner first! Give me the dark keyblade imma s.t.a.b. myself.
Phrasing
That’s so cringe but so true😢
“Get up on the hydras back!” Is just as ingrained in my brain as “I am malenia, blade of miquella”.
I will remember those phrases in my next life.
in my next life I would not be surprised if my first words end up beeing some snippet from the cutscene before the ruki-ansem-fight
Kairi's heart is within you!
kAiRi'S iNsIdE mE?
Really? Mines "Do a barrel roll, Fox!" from Star Fox 64.
One of mine from my younger days is Odin in FF V. He said, "It's your funeral" before setting a 5 minute DPS check against your still mediocre team.
That's the best crossover reference ever. For me it's "dance water dance" from Demyx in KH2 😭
"i don't really understand what kingdom hearts is"
one of us! one of us!
Its the LAW to save whenever you pass a save point in a Square game. Nothing more deadly than missing a save and walking into an ambush just to lose 3 hours of gameplay. Looking at Seymour on Mt. Gagazet.
That was my lesson in Final Fantasy X.
I feel your pain
Seymour introduced me to the concept of mindlessly grinding for several hours to be prepared for a boss fight
I don't miss it
*The grinding, not the story. I loved the story, even now I get teary eyed at some of the sad moments
When I was a kid there were a lot of power outages and autosave wasn't the industry default. I also had a habit of tripping over wires. I still anxiously save and make backup saves.
Also the fact that Seymour can cast petrify and just yeet your summons nearly made me cry as a kid.
@@mdstevens0612 Seymour was the reason I would grind my summons overdrive before the fight and then just spam their overdrives one after another... makes boss fights trivial, almost disappointingly so
Now make her play the second one, it’s definitly the best
Kingdom hearts 2 is a masterpiece
@@musicmanjoe7117 it’s my favorite game ever, everything about it is just perfect
Nahh Kh1 is better and I’m about to type an essay about this in my opinion Kh1 is the better game. While the combat system is better in Kh2 I feel like Kh1’s combat is not bad either. The story of Kh1 is better than Kh2 because Kh2 retcons a ton of stuff including, the worlds being at peace, Ansem being Ansem, and Nobodies as a whole. The prologue to Kh2 is too long and I know that it is supposed to be that way however people have complained endlessly about it being too long and I felt the need to point it out. The heartless in Kh1 have endlessly better designs than Kh1 has swimming spear wielding spinning heartless and Card fire lanky janky boss. Donald and goofy being useful without limits, they actually do some okay damage in Kh1 if your fighting a boss they will do like 20% of the total damage meanwhile in Kh2 they are completely useless without their limits and do little to no damage. The bosses are better in Kh1 and their arenas aren’t just flat areas, we have the table in wonderland, the entire 2nd district, oogie boogie is peak, arena, and the ship in never land is very nice. Also the world design is Kh1 is better by a long shot Traverse town is a giant town it is such a big world and has many secrets, for Kh2 just look at Halloween Town they did that world a shame. And finally I will name some of the things that I like about Kh2 I like the bad guys motive, the combat is better (drives are very nice) , and the more worlds and a plus as well. While I think Kh1 is better I can agree that Kh2 is a very good game on my top 10 of all time. (Also one final note why is dodge roll not immediately being able to be got on Kh2)
Kh2 is peak combat tho
Chain of Memories is the best? That's news to me.
There's something special about the thumbnail of Tarin about to shank a Darkside in the back with her own Keyblade.
If she does play the sequels, she's gonna be in for a wild ride. I'm glad she enjoyed her time with the first game, though. I have to say, because I've been a gamer and have learned a lot of story plots through just osmosis, it's always fun coming across someone who hasn't been embroiled in gaming culture and have genuine enthusiasm for what they're playing. I'm so glad your partner has taken to playing all of these with an open heart and open mind.
Curious on how easy she'll think Re:CoM is....
You can seriously snap that game in half to the point where it's easy to win without HP upgrades (although I think the damage you take in that game is based off max HP).
Regarding your issue with Donald's level, Characters don't actually have to be in your party to level up, so Donald was still gaining the proper amount of exp, it just happens that Donald is coded to be 1-2 levels behind Sora for the vast majority of the exp curve, while Guest Characters and Goofy are set up to be 1-2 levels above Sora for most it.
This even applies for world specific allies, I learned that in the postgame where I leveled up to the maximum in Olympus Colosseum, and all of my world specific allies were at the max level too.
I suppose I should explain some of the RPG roots for why Donald's level is coded to be so low. Oldschool RPGs, which Kingdom Hearts draws many tropes from were mainly derived from older versions of Dungeons and Dragons where characters of different classes required different amounts of exp in order to reach certain levels, and the Wizard was the slowest class to level up in order to balance out some of the bonkers spells they could get at high levels.
Very interesting comment, it also makes sense within KH as Donald's magic meter doesn't increase with levels but rather with equipment or boss fights, so Donald leveling up doesn't actually do much besides his abilities, while Goofy's Defense and HP level ups perhaps do play a factor in his normal gameplay
@@puckie643Nah, Donald's MP increases with level ups in KH1. Donald's just does not have any good Str or Def stats, nor his Weapons can do crit dmg (except one or two) cause you know, he is a Mage
welp, you learn somethin new every day huh?
@@chiroras2110 Oh does it? My bad then
But yeah his hp, defense and attack are virtually too low at all points of the game so no matter the level he's still mainly gonna die quickly
@@puckie643hey at least Donald actually GETS second chance this game
You might need to give her a brief summary of Chain of Memories before having her play KH2
Also "Does he have all the princess's hearts in him?" ....Oh you sweet summer child you don't know what you are in for with how amazing Sora is in this franchise ♥
or just watch a cutscene movie of Re:CoM so she can get familiar with important characters like Axel and DiZ. honestly the best way to experience CoM imo
@@ChillaxingJayor just play the game because the game is actually fun
@@stripschicken87 Yes. Only tedious thing is getting the correct cards for the doors. But the combat is actually pretty good, when you understand it and build a good deck. It's always so satisyfing, when the boss does its ultimate move, and you just play a 0 card and say "nope, not today".
@@stripschicken87 that's subjective. it's definitely the most divisive KH game, with many people in the KH fanbase not liking Re:CoM for the card-based gameplay, myself included.
alternative title for when you have her play kh2 "i made my girlfriend cry"
Wrong affff i never cried in any kh game
@@yotambraunshtein9786 damn mate, even xemnas wasn't that heartless, and he's literally got no heart.
@@yotambraunshtein9786 people are different and that’s okay.
@@yotambraunshtein9786 Your heart is full of darkness.
@@peterelpanda2 no
18:07 "UGH im out of cures" LMFAO that had me crying
Continues to be one of the most underrated wholesome channels ever. Every video is a 10/10 on the cute fun scale
OH MY DOG! When she quoted How to Train Your Dragon, I was just stupidly happy. Like, that's one of my favorite movies ever.
I casually go back to play KH 2 every 2-3 years because it is a childhood memory i don't want to miss out. And there are some Scenes i still tear up when i watch them and the music is just awesome.
The ending got me weeping
every time the intro with Roxas ends I tear up or bawl uncontrollably. His last line is delivered so well
@@northwestclasspnw7974 "looks like my summer vacations are finally...over"
@@northwestclasspnw7974"looks like my summer vacation is...over"
I'm always hit so hard when I hear Sacred Moon.
Still one of the best themes to exist in my book, even among video games in general.
I love how we've been getting longer vids recently, keep up the good work!
at 14:06 i paused my video to say "i VIVIDLY remember having to use L2/R2 on the OG version" only to unpause and proceed to laugh my head off. thank you for that
love your content, your gf's commentary is hilarious. cheers
Seeing someone experience Kingdom Hearts for the first time going into it not knowing anything is a beautiful sight, even with how convoluted things may seem to get further down the rabbit hole. Even with my hazy memory I still remember the struggles I had of the original on PS2 as a kid, but the Final Mix helps out a lot with some of it nowadays, great video and looking forward to more shenanigans down the road.
The first time I played Kingdom Hearts, I used every optional character I could because I wanted to play with them to see how they fought. But every other time I played, I always kept the core three... Sora, Donald, Goofy. Goofy turns into a shockingly good powerhouse, and Donald is a pure lifesaver with his healing and area-effect spells. It was fun playing with Beast and Alice and Ariel and all the rest, but you just can't go wrong with Donald and Goofy. My boys! :D
Sadly for my playthrough I ran into that trope of Donald biting it in every big fight, except the last, homie held off lmao
Now I’m wondering what Alice would have looked like as a party member lol
Same here! It's weird NOT having Goofy and Donald, and they're my homies 4 lyfe. It's one of the many great changes KH3 made (kh1->kh3->KH2 is my personal list). That said, there's no such thing as a level gap in any of the kingdom hearts games. Even party members who were never put into your party and are in a completely different world share XP with you. Did you leave a world and come back? Guess what, Aladdin kept up. Party members are always either barely ahead of you (ie Goofy) or barely behind (Donald)
This has opened a potentially INSANE level of story craziness for her to unlock and enjoy. Definitely interested to see her reactions to the main 3 games...let alone the prequels and side games. Good video as always!
I like that the videos now are 30 mins + like it feels more like watching a journey than a video fr
her reactions to all the disney characters are so wholesome
Funnily enough, I just recently got my wife to play Kingdom Hearts. She knew how often I played it as a kid and as an adult, but never really cared for it. If anything, she was put off by Disney being involved.
Fast forward a couple years and we had a BAD argument, getting mad at each other for never taking interest in each others hobbies. Thats how she wanted to play the game, and now its one of her favorites she's ever played.
I was 10 when this game first released. And to this day more than 20 years later I still play the same way she does. Map cure to the X button shortcut and ignore all other magic entirely while swinging away.
My ex suffered HUGE time in Hollow Bastion and EotW. It was a stupid high difference, and mostly because it shifts a lot from simple platforming and straightforward hits to mages with lots of different attacks, quick turning shield dudes with slow telegraphed but very strong attacks, and bosses that are 100x harder, have a wider skillset, but they are all very well telegraphed too.
For a Dark Souls beater, i fully expected nothing less from Tarin. Respect!
Now put her to fight Kurt Zisa and Sephiroth.
13:03 "when I think of Kingdom Hearts, platforming is hardly the first thing to come to mind" - oddly, it was the first thing to come to mind when they started developing it. Some final fantasy devs looked at Mario 64 and said "we'd love to make a game like that, but you can't really compete with a world famous character like Mario if you're starting from scratch. You'd basically need Disney level iconic characters to do it". Although, I think it was more about the sense of freely exploring a world including verticality, rather than about the actual mechanics of platforming.
I love how the Darkside looks terrified in the thumbail.
Another thing, let's hope she's ready for the emotional turmoil.
"Hearts are filled with light, yo'."
Beautiful stuff.
as someone who only finished kh2 last year, man do i want see a video for that on this channel. Genuinly such an amazing game
I am envious of her getting to experience this for the first time. Wish I could be a kid in the early 2000's who's never played this game but is able to sit and play the whole thing.
OH MY GOD. Thank you so much. It fills my heart eith so much joy seeing her tackling this masterpiece of a game! Kingdom Hearts is the second most influential game series in my entire life. I wish Taryn a really good time with these games.
I cant lie nothing is quite as heartwarming as seeing someone play Kingdom Hearts for the first time. That nice mix of wonder and nostalgia.
I do remember I bought this game because of the boxart when I was about 10 years old, also I got stuck for about 2 years in Wonderland because tbh i didnt knew too much english (im from Mexico), so once I finished the game I felt so relieved. Watching this video and all the reactions of your girlfriend made me go back in time and remember everything. I definitely loved this one.
My husband and I just found your channel on his recommended and it was so good. Everytime she laughed or was singing I was doing the same thing cause I’ve never played the game before while my husband has
Her reactions is basically how I reacted my first play as a kid on release. Hits me in the nostalgia
I could binge this channel all day, feels so familiar and relatable. So cute no matter the game! Makes me wanna grab my boyfriend and subject him to years of replaying games and my senseless commentary hehe, you guys are great
This brought me a lot of joy! Like you, I have become jaded to the Disney aspect of the games. But I love that your girlfriend was so excited by all the Disney worlds and singing the songs!
Can't believe anyone can make it through that final heartless onslaught without tinkerbell constantly saving their ass
This game is a fever dream if you know it by heart like me, i can only imagine what seeing it after 15 years must've felt like
Was literally just thinking a few days ago that I’d love to see her play these games, looks like I got my wish. Now my obsession with KH can continue further
Lead me into everlasting -darkness- kingdom hearts!
"Why does he have so many zippers?"
As a Sora cosplayer, I would like to ask the same question, but with different inflection. Why does he have so many zippers???? 😭
Sora has zippers on every proper place. But Donald? That hat is one big troll from Nomura.
@Yurikon3 Thankfully, there are far fewer Donald cosplayers. 😂
the child like wonder that comes from your girlfriend when she's loving the game that you're making her play is something i wish i could experience again, your vids are great
'The final boss is over the top'
Oh boy, wait till she play KH2, probably one of the most satisfying final boss fight ever.
25:45 Sora entrusted most of his Heart to Kairi (Since she's considered one of the seven Princess of Hearts), so when she hugged him, she give him his heart back, making him whole again. Him turning into a Heartless however created a certain blond boy that came to be known as Roxas with the left over shell (his body without a heart) left behind. Which leads onto the events of Kingdom Hearts 2.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE VIDEO GAME SERIES OF ALL TIME! I am so excited to see y'all start this journey!
Just found your channel through this vid earlier today, and have watched so many throughout my day off. I just played KH1 for the first time myself, so it was cool seeing what someone elses first playthrough looked like!
Keep up the great work, you two ♡
Ok, I believe you...
Also can't believe she went from maidenless to heartless, what a twist
Her first experience greatly reflects my first experience as a child lol I love it, and I love her unbridled delight at the Disney worlds, it's so cute and also was my original reactions
We all know what must be done. She needs to fight Sephiroth. She doesn't need to win, but the fight needs to happen.
And then she must fight unknown (xemnas)
can't wait to watch her reaction to kh2 if you make her play it (but ofcourse she should play the other spinoff that explains what really happens in chronological order because even when i played just kh1 kh2 kh3 and later finding out there's more to it i was still confused lol)
it's weird that i have so much nostalgia for a game i first played 3-4 years ago
I haven't watched the video yet but I already know your girl is going to fall in love with this franchise.
Her flipping out about the mini door had me rolling 😂😂😂
It was absolutely refreshing having her play through one of my favorite games. This brought be immense joy to watch!
You don’t see many people get so excited to visit the Disney worlds or be super into the story anymore and her excitement was contagious.
Reminds me of the joy I had all those years ago when I got to play for the first time as someone who had NO knowledge of Final Fantasy, but ALL the Disney love in the world ❤
Listening to new players playing the game and hearing the reactions is priceless.
This game really held up well. Visually, game mechanics wise, and a story wise because it’s straightforward (as far as Kingdom Hearts goes). Merlin, The optional bosses, 100Acre Woods and all the chests and keyboards and how to get them
After so many years later sometimes you look back and think why did I like that goofy game about that kid with the big shoes with the horribly complex story and sometimes cringey writing, and her genuine excitement to things that wore off for me over 10 plus years ago puts a smile on my face and reminds me why these game do hold a spot in my heart
She's gotta play chain of memories next. The combat is polarizing, but the story itself is actually a really well-written memory gambit and (if you know Japanese and look deeper into the meteor shower scene) there's still mysteries tied to it even post KH3
I’m so excited for this. I love Kingdom Hearts and I LOVE watching it through fresh eyes.
Such a fun play-through! I remember watching that Riku cutscene so many friggin times. Haha
Great job using some of that good ol' Final Fantasy 1 music, I was pleased to hear those tunes again :3
"Depending on your choices, you can be in for a very simple"...and clean? 😂
This was so fun to watch, but I felt her pain with the platforming. It's always something I've struggled with, even in games like Mario that arguably make it pretty easy, but in KH1 I spent so much time having to backtrack after missing a jump, it was very frustrating
this is so funny because i picked up final mix because the boy i just started dating adores kingdom hearts. i’m on birth by sleep now and im loving it but also this series makes me want to tear my hair out at the same time haha
Bless you for not having her fight Sephiroth.
New vid let's gooo! I loved Kingdom Hearts growing up so this was awesome to watch
holy crap, you made her play this and i didnt know, i started replaying kingdom hearts 2 around a month ago aswell so this was amazing to see
Excited to see her takes on the story
My Brother played through this with his girlfriend and they hated the gummi missions. I whipped up a suped up gummi ship made with only the best parts and a goofy look all on its own and they sped through those lumps with ease. It's a rough system but actually very rewarding to build your own gummi ship, imo.
getting a girlfriend that goes "eeeeeeeeeiiii" is my personal dream, i
Oh yeah, let’s go! It’s time to get this started! Can’t wait for you to get to 3, that one is my absolute favorite.
That's like 50 games from now
Final Fantasy Gate IS OOOPPPEEENNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!
I don't know if it's possible to record from a GBA, but I hope we'll be able to see her journey through _Chain of Memories,_ it's possibly my favorite entry in the series.
Am I the only one or whenever I see that they uploaded a video they just make my entire day better
Watching, well especially listening to her amazement as a first timer is actually amazing and brings back some of the magic of the games I thought I have lost long ago.
I have never clicked a video faster after seeing it.
OMG, I was so hyped to see this first in my recommended. My favorite series of all time. Im more surprised Tarny didn't know about this. You got to make her play all of these now!
Oh no.. she'll definitely go down to the Kingdom Hearts rabbit hole
I love love LOVE kingdom hearts and meeting all the Disney characters was just INCREDIBLE!!!! So amazing and fun and cute and I just loved every minute of it. She almost as excited as I was lol 😂❤🎉
Two years ago i played Kingdom Hearts for the first time ever and once i finished it, it became one of my favourite games.
I'm having a hard time getting into KH2 though because they took away my dodge button QwQ
Play kh2 final mix and Level Up the "Classic"-form or wisdom form, there you get your dodge back
@Xiba_97 ik.
It's just that it's gonna take a while to get there XD
@@vvgirl6173 Block is good enough to carry you until you get dodge roll. Good luck, I believe in you!
KH2 puts a waaay bigger emphasis on blocking than 1 did as I remember. Stick it out until you get more of your movement abilities, it'll be worth it I promise!
@@TheWorstPartyMember my blocking timing is shit XD
I plan on getting back into it soon.
But i got a bunch of other games/projects i need to finish first.
The final lines of the game still stay with me. It brings tears to my eyes to this day! :)
Bro I know I’m in a simulation I played kingdom hearts for the first time in years and they post this 😂
Im actually in the midst of doing this with my partner as well, we're at the end of Neverland right now and they've been having fun, but basically any time a boss shows up they just give up and pass the controller. Some of the running around was also a bit infuriating (atlantica...) But we've powered through. Home stretch!
3 absolutely hype video holy shit 10/10 video do all the games and all the super bosses
this was a nice story. its good to see someone experience a game i love for the first time.
Such a great video! Can't wait to see her experiences from playing the other KH games :)
Her genuine enthusiasm and excitement was such a treat, I loved this haha
Let’s GOOOOO this was the first series I checked for when I came across your channek
This is the first video I see from you guys and I would love for her to play the rest of the games
I’m so excited for more of kingdom hearts from you guys!!! Yayy her reactions were purely amazing.
I hope these games become a regular of the channel!
Kingdom hearts 2 is technically next by title alone but Chain of memories canonically ties the 2 together so I'm wondering which one you guys will play.
It’s fortunate that Kingdom Hearts 2 improved the magic system and a lot of jankiness. I’m excited for her to play that one, next
I got my girlfriend to watch my biannual replay of the series and she finally got why I was so obsessed.
Axel is her favorite character and in her eyes can do no wrong.
i never understood why sora didnt just hop over to the sand kairi was on... i mean it was only an arms length away and there was no barrier plus it was moving slow so why didnt sora, donald, and goofy just hop on over and not have to be completely separated from everyone.
"Two jawas in a trench coat" XD
The excited squeal and giggles are so relatable she clenched the sub haha
i have a feeling this is going to be one of those videos that hits a mil