@@jeridrozniarek7411 That's cause 2's was better balanced and telegraphs were more consistent. KH3 has little to no telegraphs and mysterious contact damage, which usually 1-shots you in crit mode. So you'll attack an enemy and then it suddenly activates the hitbox without prior indication, causing you to instantly die. And this coming from a dude who's been playing KH since the first week KH1 released for PS2.
@Andrei Maxwell You do realize they purposefully kept Critical Mode back to be able to fine tune it according to initial feedback, right? How would they have done that if they'd released it out of the gate?
gematsu.com/2019/06/spongebob-squarepants-battle-for-bikini-bottom-rehydrated-announced-for-ps4-xbox-one-switch-and-pc Unrelated to video, but Buns the guys at THQ, those Madmen, actually did it.
Players: OMG, this game has no challenge, even on the highest difficulty. Square: Oh, you want challenge? YOU WANT A F**KING CHALLENGE???!!!! Square: *adds Critical Mode*
KH Fans: "Proud mode is TOO Easy everything dies to Firaga, make the game harder please." *The Tutorial Boss one shots them* KH Fans: " We take it back, pls nerf!"
Nah the fandom's reaction to critical mode has been more like asking a waiter for a cup or water halfway through the meal and then slapping it out of their hands and screaming at them for not bringing it at the beginning
@@andreainghilterra Dark Souls can't be so hard because it has to be fair. If a mob snipes you from outiside the screen and kills you the game ain't hard: it's just poorly designed
@@pascalsimioli6777 Yeah I had more fun playing Dark Souls even though I died quite a few times but I'm not having much fun playing kh 3 on critical, only having fun with gummiship lol.
Tbh, if you can beat kingdom hearts 3 on critical, you can beat dark souls. Both combat systems revolve around learning the enemy's/boss' attack patterns. All in all, you could say in a weird way dark souls and kh3 are rhythm based games.
Two points: 1. I’d recommend Guardian/Defense oriented build as opposed to one that favors offense bc you get second chance sooner 2. Customize your party members (Donald) to ONLY heal Sora
Critical Mode for KH3 is so good. Im glad they took the time to properly adjust it and give you the tools to survive instead of 3D and BBS where the most they did was change damage done and taken
BBS does at least give SOMETHING to help you at least. Like more slots to begin with to give you more options with what you can put in your deck early on (and as someone who started doing BBS Critical Mode recently, it certainly helps to have potions AND more than just 2 commands available for use early on) Not to mention Zero EXP in the HD ports of BBS was tweaked so that you won't be doing chip damage
@@TheKingofZock If I'll speedrun it than I'll do it on beginner because it doesn't cut your MP by half. However, as a KH speedrunner, speedrunning KH games is kinda boring because you know almost everything in the game step-by-step so the game is auto-pilot. If I'm playing KH2 and 3 for fun than I'm doing it normaly without pattern reading.
My overal experience... 0_0 wait I can carry over my keyblades! Stares at the Ultima Wepon I spent 6 hours geting but nothing to use it on ;) oh this is going to be fun!
I went full magic route in my initial play of KH3 Critical. Fantastic fun and way more interesting than a pure melee build, in my opinion. Once you get strong enough, the game goes from being nightmare 1-2 hit deaths for 3/5 of the game to a pleasant experience where everything gets nuked by Thundaga/Aeroga and Supreme Magic.
I was running a Magic Build with the op Magic Keyblades and it is awesome. I convert damage into Magic so I never run out just gotta Play very smart with your equipment man. My friend platinumed without ever touching abilities, equipment, knowing how to lock on. So KH3 really offers something for EVERYONE
"An ancient weapon, that is fused with the power of your heart and can take on any form that you can imagine or a snowball?"-Isn't that a description of a snowball?
@@TheKingofZock Not always. Sometimes you can eat stuff that boosts experience. Or gives you a -za spell. Or turns all drops to munny and can be combo'd with Prize Proliferator and Munny Converter to maximize income.
Buns died more int he TUTORIAL than I died in my entire first proud playthrough. That's the difference in difficulty here holy shit @.@ sadly, critical isnt for me in kh3. I like difficulty in KH, but I dont usually like critical. Proud is usually PERFECT for me. it's a decent challenge, but it's not 'your ass is mine'. standard is too easy for mea nd not that fun, so proud is perfect in KH3, now theres no in between really. proud is the old standard and critical is critical. I just wish KH3 could have my prefered difficulty.
4:15 I remember having to fight Demyx and then the waves of heartless after with no check point on critical mode, level 1. Took me many hours and many attempts. I think that was the hardest part of the game because of the lack of checkpoints.
Nameless NPC SAME. My first time, i spent 10 hours trynna beat him. When I finally did it i was sooo happy. I died in the next segment. Felt like i died in real life...
I died to roxas 57 times. I'm trying to learn to speedrun the game, and I was doing it via remote play. The combo you use to loop him is already precise, the input lag killed it. So much pain... Eventually I gave up and beat his ass normally LOL
@MrRomesXIII Yeah. That battle can be tough. iirc, I would spam reaction commands and sonic blade with limit form and then use cure to make my drive gauge go up faster and repeat the process. depending on the heartless, once they get close to you they'll start attacking and if they do they can stun-lock you cuz the ground dudes have a spinning attack or something and the hovering dudes have the fire ball thingies. so what u needed to do i think is basically minimize as much u can the amount of heartless start attacking, because the more are attacking, the harder it is to keep track of them and the more likely you'll die from an unsuspected attack. basically. in my rotation, after using up limit break and without any reaction commands available immediately, i would be somewhat surrounded so sora would use his spinning attack to get a lot of the gauge back and i would spam that, but the thing is that would cause me to be in one place for several swings and it would simply take too long before something started attacking me and i might die. so i think what i started doing was i would do 1-2 swings to recharge drive gauge, do like 2-3 dodge rolls away, and once im sure nothing's attacking me, im ok to do 1-2 more swings again. sorry for the wall of text.
I love how thirsty people were over Ansem and Xemnas, my paticular favorite was "Xemnas doesn't need a shirtless scene, I've been undressing him with my eyes for all these years", god, such a mood.
And there it is. I got shit for playing my game in standard mode. Folks couldn't realize I have a full time job. I took off 3 days for this fucking game. I want to finish it and I can't do that if I keep dying in the fucking tutorial from a hard ass mode.
Been loving the heck out of Critical Mode since I'm forced to be more careful. The game discourages you from sticking to one strategy throughout most fights (camping from afar or constantly being up close and personal is both bad. Gotta balance both) and I've learnt the enemy attack patterns better to figure out the block timing better. Even then, I didn't die a whole lot in both New Game+ and regular Critical Mode runs (didn't even come close to 30 deaths in both runs) but I blame that on me experimenting with different builds on Proud long before Critical Mode came out
I’m really glad this video exists. I only recently picked up kingdom hearts as a franchise and after making my way through the endless series of games I hadn’t even realized critical mode wasn’t a thing at launch for kh3. Once I picked up the game I immediately started on critical and while I died A LOT (which I thought was just me but seems to be everyone) I thought the combat was incredibly well designed. Fast forward to beating the game I look at reviews saying the combat sucked and i couldn’t figure out why. Now it all makes sense
Magic Build in Critical is actually very viable despite the nerf in magic thanks to Links, also the -Aja still does a crap and are available very early, also I'm not sure on this one but isn't Shotlock tie to the Magic stat to ? Anyway Magic Build is still very good and thanks to Links better than Strength build in sometime. Also to sum up what you have to do to win in Critical Mod : DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODGE !!!!!
Some shot locks use magic, yes. Specifically, I know at the very least Ever After max shotlock uses magic and is very reliable for a mystic run, even at level 1!
The fact that it tried to cater to brand new players to the series while still leaving crap up in the air if you didn’t play khux was by far the stupidest thing they could have done with this game. Couldn’t tell you how annoyed I kept getting with Donald and Goofy’s comments left and right about keeping world order and how Sora is an unreliable idiot or how nothing Sora ever comments on could possibly be true even after everything they’ve been through like there’s no such thing as a talking snowman but walking talking skeletons or bathtub are perfectly normal and reasonable. Unfortunately KH3 suffered from the same issues as the other major hits that came out recently seem to suffer from. Long wait with not a great pay off for and can be described as an overall disappointment.
I love the doll boss in the toy scenario. They focused on making a pretty doll that I never felt was creepy even when it was possessed, like a child's analysis of the 60s Godzilla movie with the "I'm sorry, I didn't know, it's not my fault and I don't know what I did wrong" with the attack patterns, the movements, the aura and other elements that are supposed to make you feel bad for her, and I did.
I just wanna say, I respect the FUCK out of the SE team for listening so much to fans' feedback and not burying their heads in the sand about it like so many other media studios nowadays. And after seeing that ReMIND trailer that dropped today-HOO BOY!-I am so appreciative of how much they were willing to fix and how humble they have been about rectifying the things about the game that didn't really work.
i loved just about every kh game but 3. i hated the absurdly floaty combdt, hated the story, it somehow has the worst voice acting in the series, hated the lame attractions, i just hated everything about it. barely forced myself to beat it and immediately traded it in, never wanting to look at it again. went back and played 2 for the 7th or 8th time and had 100 times more fun than my first and only playthrough of 3. i honestly can't even fathom how some people think 3 is the best kh, it's one of the most boring games i've played in my life.
Nomura: Tai Yasue. Yasue: Yes Nomu... Nomura: Co-director of the Kingdom Hearts franchise. Yasue: ... Nomura: The world needs to be destroyed. Please make a very hard critical mode (and subscribe to Just a Pancake). Yasue: I will crush their SOULS. Nomura: Wait, wait, wait... WAIT! Was that a motherflippin' Dark Souls reference? Who do you think I am? Hidetaka Miyazaki?
It's weird. On one hand, I did enjoy the added difficulty and clutch moments are really satisfying. On the other hand, I don't like the fact that you can get one shotted. This does add difficulty but having the choice of enemies do barely any damage or getting one shotted is dumb. I enjoyed critical mode but more for playing KH3 again rather than the mode.
Critical Converter turns off attractions, but in exchange, whenever you WOULD get an attraction, you instead get a formchange command instantly. You need 1 AP to equip it for this reason. And don't be afraid to use Rage mode. Remember, it fully restores your health, and if you're willing to take the risk, it can do a lot of damage. It doesn't hurt to have Kupo Coins either, though remember that they are moderately expensive, and you can only hold 1 at a time. Links also only heal half health instead of being a full heal, and remember that they aren't usable during fights where you aren't controlling Sora.
First play through in kh1 for me was standard. Then my first play through in kh2 was critical mode. And now I'm playing kh3 in critical mode my first time through. I'm having a lot of fun and I'm not finding it far too difficult but rather challenging.
3 top tips for people wanting to try out critical mode: - Pick guardian (you get the kh3 equivalent of second chance super early at level 4) - Learn how to block - Learn to back off an enemy/don't overextend (your sanity will thank-you in the long run)
I didn't think it was too hard but I replayed the game on Proud multiple times to experiment on different builds before Critical Mode came out so that could be it
@@brinsk7151 Osaka team had the game likely made for a more easier mindset. With kh3 critical mode however that mindset turns into a handicap in all levels. Makes it rewarding but only after killing you several times.
Critical mode is beautiful for kh3 because it feels like the normal kingdom hearts I played it at the start of the week finished at the end of a week for oblivion it challenges u to know the old game and health and some were very easy cause u knew the bosses attacks
44:50 for some reason, seeing that animation of Xehanort grabbing Sora by the face while Sora struggles frantically to make him let go, is rlly upsetting to watch unfold :(
I finally got around to finishing my critical run today with only the kingdom key and man every victory with that damn keyblade always felt like so amazing. I could compare the feeling to beating the nameless king on new game +7 with a basic straight sword in Dark souls 3.
There's a PC mod that gives you Second Chance and Once More at the beginning of a critical mode playthrough and it really helps a lot in smoothing out the beginning hours
Fighting the Gigas on critical without piloting one is peak combat for the series. It. Is. Lit. This mode is absolutely glorious. The fuckin sounds that Buns made during the sled mini game say it all: joyously painful, jubilantly miserable... it's like getting kicked in the balls during a climax. It puts you in just the right amount of pain that you desperately want it to stop but you're still willing to endure more of it because you're mad with power and high as shit off the power trip. Game of the year, fuck the normie haters. Not even Death Stranding will dethrone this shit in my mind.
Buns has to have the strongest voice ever, to be able to scream that much and that often and still retain it throughout 24 hours? Buns have you done choir?
"DONALD. YOU HAVE MAGIC. I CAN SEE IT." Literally my favorite quote in the entire vid.
19:22
*uses thunder*
If there’s one thing I can say about all of KH’s Critical Modes, you will develop a great appreciation for your defensive options in the games.
Or be me, and abuse the hell outta valor and master forms lol.
@@HarajukuDeadgirls111personally I played 2 like a glass cannon and it worked pretty well
@@devynmaluyep kh2 critical was a cakewalk compared to kh3 besides a few major fights
@@jeridrozniarek7411 That's cause 2's was better balanced and telegraphs were more consistent.
KH3 has little to no telegraphs and mysterious contact damage, which usually 1-shots you in crit mode. So you'll attack an enemy and then it suddenly activates the hitbox without prior indication, causing you to instantly die.
And this coming from a dude who's been playing KH since the first week KH1 released for PS2.
29:46 Best moment XD
"Yo Aqua, I know you're having like a big ol' sad-ass moment but consider this-- Boat..."
I FLIPPING DIED XD
"The mode's hard y'all "
Me:"Okay I believe you "
Mmm
Pancakes.
Ouchie Ouch!
KEYBLADE!!
Quack
@@donchindle2958 Hey look it's motherflippin' Corey!
Gamers: The game is too easy
Nomura: YEET!!! *throws Critical Mode at the gamers and make them suffer*
@Andrei Maxwell Whatever, better at least have it at all. KH1, CoM and 358/2 Days don't have it.
@Andrei Maxwell You do realize they purposefully kept Critical Mode back to be able to fine tune it according to initial feedback, right? How would they have done that if they'd released it out of the gate?
Gamers : The game is still too easy.
Nomura : So you choose death !!! *throws the Limitcut and Secret Episodes*
Critical mode might be a good spot to find some ingredients.
"You're testing my patience DUCK"! SuperButterBuns 2019.
Roi Itzkovich when does she say that?
@@munchfantasies6782 In her "Yelling About KH3" video in her main channel.
The only ingredient in this mode is *S A L T*
(Darkside murders you at the tutorial)
Darkside: Am I still not a boss?! HUH B***H?!
DarkFrozenDepths I almost died to him and then I pulled my sh*t together lol
Not gonna lie I died about 5 times or so to Dakrside in the tutorial lol
Me: you still didnt beat me b***h so no. I lost to the real first boss. Aka not you
Serious i couldn't believe i died to got damn darkside, never in my life have i felt such shame, such humiliation to a tutorial boss.
@@leeuchiha5661 I still haven't defeated him hahaha
*Piccolo's voice comes out of nowhere*
"Remember to DODGE!!!!!!!"
Literally the seekers of darkness trio fight would have been 10x easier if Buns dodged haha
Oh my god, dbz airbridged was so fuckin funny!
"A hard mode that makes you use all the game's mechanics."
That's why I always play games I own on hard, because it's ENGAGE OR DIE.
Since I had Ultima me and the badies constantly died at the same rate
@Daitan Gore That's the dying.
kh3 critical = spam fire
@@A.S.28 Boring
unfortunately not all hard modes are balanced, or imo, fun
Sorry if I sound kinda stuffy in the review part I was recovering from a cold. Hope ya'll enjoy either way!
I was just about to ask! Get well soon
@@Mrfanofsonic same here...
I was just about to ask if she was ok...
Critical mode might be a good spot to find some ingredients.
"You're testing my patience DUCK"! SuperButterBuns 2019.
gematsu.com/2019/06/spongebob-squarepants-battle-for-bikini-bottom-rehydrated-announced-for-ps4-xbox-one-switch-and-pc
Unrelated to video, but Buns the guys at THQ, those Madmen, actually did it.
My favorite part was:
"Ah, man, I'm really scared. Okay com'on! Kill! AGH!" *gets killed* XD
Well, it did what you asked. It killed... you.
Players: OMG, this game has no challenge, even on the highest difficulty.
Square: Oh, you want challenge? YOU WANT A F**KING CHALLENGE???!!!!
Square: *adds Critical Mode*
@MrRomesXIII most people don't know the difference between difficulty and challenge, so it still works.
Phil : "Kid, I have three words of advice for you : GIT GUD!!"
In this game Phil has no words of advice for you.
Phil: "GET YOUR HEAD OUTTA THE CLOUDS!!! GIT GUD KID!!!"
Lol I got three words for u old man ( GET A LIFE ! ) XD
Another three words to u old man living in his parents basement ( Learn to spell ) xD V card much
*Remember when it was practically impossible to die to darkside?*
Remember when Darkside was a fucken SHADOW?
Me before KH3 critical: "i beat kingdom hearts 2 on critical, this is gonna be easy"
Me on the first darkside: "what am i doing with my life?"
3 years lateri, i decided to give it a try. Boy, did darkside run me over 5 times.
I felt like a fucking idiot.
KH Fans: "Proud mode is TOO Easy everything dies to Firaga, make the game harder please."
*The Tutorial Boss one shots them*
KH Fans: " We take it back, pls nerf!"
To late. Time to suffer.
Meanwhile: *level 1 critical, no damage, style runs*
When you bitch about something too hard
If you squint hard enough you can clearly see it says dark souls mode, not critical...
Nah the fandom's reaction to critical mode has been more like asking a waiter for a cup or water halfway through the meal and then slapping it out of their hands and screaming at them for not bringing it at the beginning
Employee: Hmm... Dark souls?
Nomura: Dark Souls.
(Critical Mode released)
Ya wish dark souls were so hard
@@andreainghilterra Dark Souls can't be so hard because it has to be fair. If a mob snipes you from outiside the screen and kills you the game ain't hard: it's just poorly designed
@@pascalsimioli6777 Yeah I had more fun playing Dark Souls even though I died quite a few times but I'm not having much fun playing kh 3 on critical, only having fun with gummiship lol.
@@pascalsimioli6777 To be fair, those 2 archers caused me more grief than anything in kh3 crit
Tbh, if you can beat kingdom hearts 3 on critical, you can beat dark souls. Both combat systems revolve around learning the enemy's/boss' attack patterns. All in all, you could say in a weird way dark souls and kh3 are rhythm based games.
Two points:
1. I’d recommend Guardian/Defense oriented build as opposed to one that favors offense bc you get second chance sooner
2. Customize your party members (Donald) to ONLY heal Sora
That attack at 46:03 is so fucking cool and scary. Of course Xehanort's standard magic are -za spells
"Keyblade!"
Critical Mode for KH3 is so good. Im glad they took the time to properly adjust it and give you the tools to survive instead of 3D and BBS where the most they did was change damage done and taken
BBS does at least give SOMETHING to help you at least. Like more slots to begin with to give you more options with what you can put in your deck early on (and as someone who started doing BBS Critical Mode recently, it certainly helps to have potions AND more than just 2 commands available for use early on)
Not to mention Zero EXP in the HD ports of BBS was tweaked so that you won't be doing chip damage
And dream drop distance has a new game plus so the help there is that you keep your spirits in critical mode so you could unlock abilities easier
KH3 Critical mode is DOPE! Loved it
jcoombs96 YES
Its kind of actually the best difficulty to enjoy it
@@TheKingofZock Critical mode IS KH3. It's not only the best way to play the game but the ONLY way to!
@@roiitzkovich4545 Yeah thats kinda what i said. But whatever, people can play on whatever difficulty they want.
@@TheKingofZock If I'll speedrun it than I'll do it on beginner because it doesn't cut your MP by half. However, as a KH speedrunner, speedrunning KH games is kinda boring because you know almost everything in the game step-by-step so the game is auto-pilot. If I'm playing KH2 and 3 for fun than I'm doing it normaly without pattern reading.
My overal experience...
0_0 wait I can carry over my keyblades!
Stares at the Ultima Wepon I spent 6 hours geting but nothing to use it on ;) oh this is going to be fun!
It gets needed requiring to upgrade it. That said it still has higher states and all its abilities so...
Emp United exactly and it isn't hard to upgrade none of the keys are
same, all tho i also had oathkeeper on cuz of reflect/barrier i'm not sure wich one is the right one but you get the idea
47 minutes of critical mode suffering? This speaks to me. Thanks for putting together highlights!
I went full magic route in my initial play of KH3 Critical.
Fantastic fun and way more interesting than a pure melee build, in my opinion.
Once you get strong enough, the game goes from being nightmare 1-2 hit deaths for 3/5 of the game to a pleasant experience where everything gets nuked by Thundaga/Aeroga and Supreme Magic.
How much hits can you take around the end world?
@@christinepooh8879 srry for a late reply but reach lvl 85 and feels safe
@@nothingelsetodo4229 85!!! I beat the entire game at level 39!
I was running a Magic Build with the op Magic Keyblades and it is awesome. I convert damage into Magic so I never run out just gotta Play very smart with your equipment man. My friend platinumed without ever touching abilities, equipment, knowing how to lock on. So KH3 really offers something for EVERYONE
Spanming magic is really boring tho.
@@TheKingofZock to you
@@trashy2086 To any sane person.
"An ancient weapon, that is fused with the power of your heart and can take on any form that you can imagine or a snowball?"-Isn't that a description of a snowball?
45:00 OMG!!! I TOTALLY LOST IT AT THIS PART! Xehanort literally was waiting for his death
*"you can't catch me, gay thoughts!"*
When did she say that O.o
@@barsabe 23:27
@@samuraipanda851 thank you
@@awesomewolf5574 HAh! you THOughT!
Yes we can!
"Alright Kairi get in there! "
*meanwhile Sora flies around*
Ah, yes, screaming compilations, exactly what I signed up for!
Fans: KH3 IS TOO EASY!!!1
Nomura: You want KH3 to be harder? Okay... You asked for it...
Oh shit. They tested with Strength builds.
...I went full Mystic/magic build...o.o
You still should be fine, just eat more boosting food.
Thats kinda boring tho
@@TheKingofZock Not always. Sometimes you can eat stuff that boosts experience. Or gives you a -za spell. Or turns all drops to munny and can be combo'd with Prize Proliferator and Munny Converter to maximize income.
@@ShinyGaara65 Still doesnt sound very exciting from a combat perspective
@@TheKingofZock You might be surprised.
I could *NOT* stop laughing when y'all sat back and let Kairi try and do something and she just got instantly mega-ganked to death.
I died more in Olympus than I did in my entire first Proud playthrough.
I actually cheered when it happened.
Buns died more int he TUTORIAL than I died in my entire first proud playthrough. That's the difference in difficulty here holy shit @.@
sadly, critical isnt for me in kh3. I like difficulty in KH, but I dont usually like critical. Proud is usually PERFECT for me. it's a decent challenge, but it's not 'your ass is mine'.
standard is too easy for mea nd not that fun, so proud is perfect
in KH3, now theres no in between really. proud is the old standard and critical is critical. I just wish KH3 could have my prefered difficulty.
@@0MidnighttheDragon0 Yeah, I agree. I wish Proud could have been a nice middle ground like it usually is.
15:04 Yay, I healed, I'm alright!
*Shriek of terror*
Ok It's official...the Herc's Keyblade is OP
4:15 I remember having to fight Demyx and then the waves of heartless after with no check point on critical mode, level 1. Took me many hours and many attempts. I think that was the hardest part of the game because of the lack of checkpoints.
Nameless NPC SAME. My first time, i spent 10 hours trynna beat him. When I finally did it i was sooo happy.
I died in the next segment.
Felt like i died in real life...
I died to roxas 57 times. I'm trying to learn to speedrun the game, and I was doing it via remote play. The combo you use to loop him is already precise, the input lag killed it. So much pain...
Eventually I gave up and beat his ass normally LOL
@@IWLGaming input lag on Roxas crit yikes. The speedrun strat is so much easier than the regular way
Nameless NPC ....... “sephiroth”
@MrRomesXIII Yeah. That battle can be tough. iirc, I would spam reaction commands and sonic blade with limit form and then use cure to make my drive gauge go up faster and repeat the process. depending on the heartless, once they get close to you they'll start attacking and if they do they can stun-lock you cuz the ground dudes have a spinning attack or something and the hovering dudes have the fire ball thingies. so what u needed to do i think is basically minimize as much u can the amount of heartless start attacking, because the more are attacking, the harder it is to keep track of them and the more likely you'll die from an unsuspected attack. basically. in my rotation, after using up limit break and without any reaction commands available immediately, i would be somewhat surrounded so sora would use his spinning attack to get a lot of the gauge back and i would spam that, but the thing is that would cause me to be in one place for several swings and it would simply take too long before something started attacking me and i might die. so i think what i started doing was i would do 1-2 swings to recharge drive gauge, do like 2-3 dodge rolls away, and once im sure nothing's attacking me, im ok to do 1-2 more swings again.
sorry for the wall of text.
Shadow Heartless: *sneezes*
Buns: "AH"
'You can't kill me I'm on a horse!'
Oh you sweet naive little child...
I love how thirsty people were over Ansem and Xemnas, my paticular favorite was "Xemnas doesn't need a shirtless scene, I've been undressing him with my eyes for all these years", god, such a mood.
I'm impressed they kept Donald's inability to heal you And seemed too make CRAPPIER in critical mode 😂😂
Donald heals me after I heal myself
gabeiscool 19835 same
Basically made him KH1 Donald then
There's AI options to make Donald much more likely to heal you if I recall correctly
gabeiscool 19835 he heals me the instant I heal myself
Tried Crit 1.
Is it enjoyable? Yes
Is it worth it? Not when you're time constrained
And there it is. I got shit for playing my game in standard mode. Folks couldn't realize I have a full time job. I took off 3 days for this fucking game. I want to finish it and I can't do that if I keep dying in the fucking tutorial from a hard ass mode.
DravenUrei don't worry the fandom is just toxic. If the game isn't kingdom hearts 2 it'll be shit no matter what they do.
@@knight3612 Thats exactly the way it is.
I always play on standard for that very reason, especially now I'm older with a full time job
@@knight3612 fucking exactly. Because KH2 is so fucking perfect /sarcasm
21:52 "OH, OH NO, SULLYGOT VORED"! There went my tea, spat it all out from hearing that.
I never realized you could aim the pirate ship.
Been loving the heck out of Critical Mode since I'm forced to be more careful. The game discourages you from sticking to one strategy throughout most fights (camping from afar or constantly being up close and personal is both bad. Gotta balance both) and I've learnt the enemy attack patterns better to figure out the block timing better. Even then, I didn't die a whole lot in both New Game+ and regular Critical Mode runs (didn't even come close to 30 deaths in both runs) but I blame that on me experimenting with different builds on Proud long before Critical Mode came out
It’s honestly my favorite Critical Mode in the series. It’s got the difficulty down well in my opinion.
exactly!
I’m really glad this video exists. I only recently picked up kingdom hearts as a franchise and after making my way through the endless series of games I hadn’t even realized critical mode wasn’t a thing at launch for kh3. Once I picked up the game I immediately started on critical and while I died A LOT (which I thought was just me but seems to be everyone) I thought the combat was incredibly well designed. Fast forward to beating the game I look at reviews saying the combat sucked and i couldn’t figure out why. Now it all makes sense
What makes sense :0
IVE NEVER SEEN XEHANORT THROUGH THE X-BLADE!!!
Buns: Crit mode is hard.
Me: I don't believe that, KH3 is easy...
Me: *attempts crit mode and dies in the tutorial*
Me: I have a made a mistake.
Magic Build in Critical is actually very viable despite the nerf in magic thanks to Links, also the -Aja still does a crap and are available very early, also I'm not sure on this one but isn't Shotlock tie to the Magic stat to ? Anyway Magic Build is still very good and thanks to Links better than Strength build in sometime.
Also to sum up what you have to do to win in Critical Mod : DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODGE !!!!!
Some shot locks use magic, yes. Specifically, I know at the very least Ever After max shotlock uses magic and is very reliable for a mystic run, even at level 1!
Also want to add that ReMind bring a new Finisher to your combo that is tied to Magic so that's a plus for Magic Build ^^
Getting one shotted by Darkside made me smile in the most masochistic way.
Thinking "finally".
39:42
Buns "come here handsome"
Me "no, that's mansex"
"Sully got vored!" -BetterBuns, 2019
Truly, we are living in the best, worst timeline.
Kingdom Hearts 3 for me, changed from a minor disappointment to a masterpiece when critical came out.
@True Roman Don't worry, they're all just probably dead or something.
@@AL-lz6px *Don't worry*
The fact that it tried to cater to brand new players to the series while still leaving crap up in the air if you didn’t play khux was by far the stupidest thing they could have done with this game. Couldn’t tell you how annoyed I kept getting with Donald and Goofy’s comments left and right about keeping world order and how Sora is an unreliable idiot or how nothing Sora ever comments on could possibly be true even after everything they’ve been through like there’s no such thing as a talking snowman but walking talking skeletons or bathtub are perfectly normal and reasonable.
Unfortunately KH3 suffered from the same issues as the other major hits that came out recently seem to suffer from. Long wait with not a great pay off for and can be described as an overall disappointment.
“Consider this: BOAT”
10/10
I love the doll boss in the toy scenario. They focused on making a pretty doll that I never felt was creepy even when it was possessed, like a child's analysis of the 60s Godzilla movie with the "I'm sorry, I didn't know, it's not my fault and I don't know what I did wrong" with the attack patterns, the movements, the aura and other elements that are supposed to make you feel bad for her, and I did.
Fan base: "KH3 is too easy."
Nomura: "And break you is what we shall do."
It has been etched.
15:30 hurts the most. I had no idea there was a mech. The amount of attempts...
“Give me your c**chie...”
“The Colonel is shmuggin' Mrs. Buttersworth.”
Yep....this is the 10/10 content I came for.
Coroner’s Report
Cause of Death: Rocks and Gravity
I just wanna say, I respect the FUCK out of the SE team for listening so much to fans' feedback and not burying their heads in the sand about it like so many other media studios nowadays. And after seeing that ReMIND trailer that dropped today-HOO BOY!-I am so appreciative of how much they were willing to fix and how humble they have been about rectifying the things about the game that didn't really work.
Also here’s my list of favorite KH Games That I’ve played.
5. Re Chain of memory’s
4. KH1
3. KHBBB
2. KH3
1. KH2
I have one MAJOR complaint over critical mode: OUR STARTING HP AND MP SHOULD NOT BE HALVED! GIVE US OUR FULL STARTING VALUE!
"YOU CAN'T CATCH ME GAY THOUGHTS!"
* Proceeds to get rekt *
can you be the only person to ever make video game reviews cause you're like the only person who doesn't go all "kh3 bad grr heated gamer moment"
Caddicarus and HMK gave the game some love. Hell, even Bizkit047 said that despite the flaws (and he listed a LOT), KH3 is still a fun experience.
She's emo. This series was almost custom made for them.
@@angelocruz3577 and even attracted a few who aren't (like me).
i loved just about every kh game but 3. i hated the absurdly floaty combdt, hated the story, it somehow has the worst voice acting in the series, hated the lame attractions, i just hated everything about it. barely forced myself to beat it and immediately traded it in, never wanting to look at it again. went back and played 2 for the 7th or 8th time and had 100 times more fun than my first and only playthrough of 3. i honestly can't even fathom how some people think 3 is the best kh, it's one of the most boring games i've played in my life.
@@Jack_80 just as I can't fathom how people like DDD but that's opinions for ya, they be like that sometime.
44:12 Bare witness, as Xehanort becomes victim to the Sora Ora-barrage
I usually never use magic in a KH game so I guess critical mode's magic nerf doesn't really affect me.
You know what's weird? When Sora dies on the Monster Inc stage, you don't see a heart floating over his body. I wonder why that is.
"Xion is Hot Topic Kairi."
Nomura: Tai Yasue.
Yasue: Yes Nomu...
Nomura: Co-director of the Kingdom Hearts franchise.
Yasue: ...
Nomura: The world needs to be destroyed. Please make a very hard critical mode (and subscribe to Just a Pancake).
Yasue: I will crush their SOULS.
Nomura: Wait, wait, wait... WAIT! Was that a motherflippin' Dark Souls reference? Who do you think I am? Hidetaka
Miyazaki?
It's weird. On one hand, I did enjoy the added difficulty and clutch moments are really satisfying. On the other hand, I don't like the fact that you can get one shotted. This does add difficulty but having the choice of enemies do barely any damage or getting one shotted is dumb. I enjoyed critical mode but more for playing KH3 again rather than the mode.
Critical Converter turns off attractions, but in exchange, whenever you WOULD get an attraction, you instead get a formchange command instantly. You need 1 AP to equip it for this reason. And don't be afraid to use Rage mode. Remember, it fully restores your health, and if you're willing to take the risk, it can do a lot of damage. It doesn't hurt to have Kupo Coins either, though remember that they are moderately expensive, and you can only hold 1 at a time. Links also only heal half health instead of being a full heal, and remember that they aren't usable during fights where you aren't controlling Sora.
After a long day at work, I like coming home and cozying up to Butter Buns vid like this one.
Thank you for putting this up. It's awesome.
EDIT: I love beating bosses with finishers to - It's, in fact, one of my favorite things :)
My favorite thing about this video is Donald being yelled at like he’s the screw-up intern. 😂
"And I fucking died cause I got hit by a rock."
*They'll pay for this*
I love this, critical mode looks like I am going to be speaking in tongues right at the Darkside tutorial.
4:02 - 4:14 OMG YAAAAS BUNS! PREACH!
First play through in kh1 for me was standard. Then my first play through in kh2 was critical mode. And now I'm playing kh3 in critical mode my first time through. I'm having a lot of fun and I'm not finding it far too difficult but rather challenging.
3 top tips for people wanting to try out critical mode:
- Pick guardian (you get the kh3 equivalent of second chance super early at level 4)
- Learn how to block
- Learn to back off an enemy/don't overextend (your sanity will thank-you in the long run)
*laughs in EZ codes*
Critical is hard. Like, almost too hard. I like the new abilities but dear lord. Oof.
I didn't think it was too hard but I replayed the game on Proud multiple times to experiment on different builds before Critical Mode came out so that could be it
Yeah there are some bosses that clearly weren’t balance properly for crit and some of the combats flaws really start to show their face
I didn’t have any major problems after the tangled world personally.
Kh3 decided to push the difficulty to eleven.
@@brinsk7151
Osaka team had the game likely made for a more easier mindset. With kh3 critical mode however that mindset turns into a handicap in all levels. Makes it rewarding but only after killing you several times.
Ah the classic yelling at Donald in a kingdom hearts game for him to heal you
Sora: Donald, I need healing!
Goofy: 1 hp off of max
Donald: * incoherent duck noises *
I'm still stuck on defeating the last 3 org. Members. This mode be hard and it requires me to think strategy which is great.
Critical mode is beautiful for kh3 because it feels like the normal kingdom hearts
I played it at the start of the week finished at the end of a week for oblivion it challenges u to know the old game and health and some were very easy cause u knew the bosses attacks
44:50 for some reason, seeing that animation of Xehanort grabbing Sora by the face while Sora struggles frantically to make him let go, is rlly upsetting to watch unfold :(
13:44 seems like butterbuns was happy to have found some nice spots for ingredients...
25:30 is probably the best bit
I finally got around to finishing my critical run today with only the kingdom key and man every victory with that damn keyblade always felt like so amazing. I could compare the feeling to beating the nameless king on new game +7 with a basic straight sword in Dark souls 3.
I'm on Corona. I forgot the Kupo Coin existed.
I also never really got into eating from the Bistro, so... This experience is a thing.
WoooHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*Butter then dies from a bloated frog*
Editing in: Did Xehanort just reimagine sonic's death scene from Sonic 06 >_>
I can't believe that some of Alice's rants on the Met Gala got in. This is the quality content I singed in for
Buns we need the full screaming Kingdom hearts 3 spoiler review
Your profile picture indicates that you are a man of culture
@@noriakikakyoin1423 *Woman but thank you!
Natalie Lazar Well regardless of gender anybody who has my dog Axel as their profile picture is very cultured in my eyes
@@noriakikakyoin1423 your..dog?
Natalie Lazar It means he is my favorite character
There's a PC mod that gives you Second Chance and Once More at the beginning of a critical mode playthrough and it really helps a lot in smoothing out the beginning hours
You just say the word “running to the Roxas fight” and I get ptsd flashbacks.
34:00 - oh...
44:10 - *Insert some JoJo meme here*
Fighting the Gigas on critical without piloting one is peak combat for the series. It. Is. Lit. This mode is absolutely glorious. The fuckin sounds that Buns made during the sled mini game say it all: joyously painful, jubilantly miserable... it's like getting kicked in the balls during a climax. It puts you in just the right amount of pain that you desperately want it to stop but you're still willing to endure more of it because you're mad with power and high as shit off the power trip. Game of the year, fuck the normie haters. Not even Death Stranding will dethrone this shit in my mind.
2:28 She’s not lying about the tutorial. I’ve died about 3 times
Ya Buns! Thanks for more content to educate me on why I’m bad at the series I love! :D
Buns has to have the strongest voice ever, to be able to scream that much and that often and still retain it throughout 24 hours? Buns have you done choir?
I honestly enjoyed the run up to Roxas. It made it more intense for each subsequent run