The levels being similified and shrunk didn't bother you much? Magic being made unnessisary didn't bother you much? The game being made really easy didn't bother you much? Atlantica didn't bother you much?
I liked the levels more in this one, though that may be because they finally brought in MAPS!! I didn't find them simpler, at all. So...no, it didn't bother me ^_^
I didn't find Magic unnecessary, though I missed Aero, and found Reflect rather pointless, and got pissed that Lightning was weakened (though I never used it Donald, is notorious for it)...actually Fire and Blizzard are quite useful, especially in Forms. I use them ALL the time, when levelling up and in the Colisseum. So, aside from Cure costing ALL my MP, which bothers me alot, the magic changes didn't bother me TOO much. I'd say it's better and worse than the first one.
I didn't find the game easier, I found it less annoying. Sure, I died more on the Expert version of KH1 than KH2, but I find the Colisseum and trying to perfect Jiminy's Journal QUITE harder than anything in the first game. Sephiroth was much much harder in this one, for one, and so was the final boss. I found most the Organization members to be harder than most bosses in KH1. So maybe it's just me *shrug*
But yes, Atlantica bothers the shit outta me. If the music wasn't so horribly lame and cheesy, I would like it. Instead, I mute the damned thing.
But look at all the things better about this game! It's so vastly superior in every other way we haven't mentioned. Battles are so much ridiculous fun, summoning actually has USE, Forms are illegally fun and addictive, 100 Acre Wood's minigames are quite addictive and fun as well, the story is better and better focused, most the voice acting is better (though the choice for Cid bothered me, and Mandy Moore was a much better Aerith than Mena Suvani), there's a TON more dialogue, which is ALL skippable (thank SE God...), the music is overall better, it's a longer game, the characters are all expanded on and cooler than before, being able to access shops and synthesizing from all worlds by save points is very nice, etc etc.
I've probably said this a billion times, but the human race angers me in it's stubborness to view sequels as well as originals, except in rare cases. This game is better than the original, I've heard few say otherwise, but most people say they like the first one more, or at least just as much, and typically they don't know why exactly. I do. It's because the second one isn't the original! They can't seem to let go of it and accept this as a different game that shares characters and story as the first. Drives me bonkers...*sigh* [/rant]
I actually have a question to all KH2 players out there, for those who can help me. I'm trying to finish the Tournaments under the score required for Jiminy's Journal to be satisfied. Reaching the required score is nigh-impossible, and I still can't do it in the later Paradox rounds. Does anyone have any strategy they've found that racks up enough points, specifically in the Cerberus Cup? It's driving me crazy, and there are no FAQs to help ANYWHERE on the web, and the Strategy Guide is useless beyond simple strategy in merely beating the Tournaments.
