Why Re:Coded Deserves a Second Chance
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded often gets dismissed entirely because of its story.
But what about the actual game itself?
Here's why re:coded is another must play kingdom hearts game. And why it's one of the most underrated games in the series.
In this video, I break down my reasons for why Re:Coded is the best-worst Kingdom Hearts game.
Believe it or not, this game is actually surprisingly solid and has many features that would be great to see make a return in Kingdom Hearts
⭐Video Chapters⭐
0:00 - Is Kingdom Hearts recoded important?
1:13 - Why does recoded suck?
4:03 - Why recoded is Great!
7:17 - The Keyblades!
9:22 - Data Sora, Best Sora?
11:30 - Kingdom Hearts Mystery Dungeon
13:17 - This game lets you cheat?!
14:33 - Nice post game content!
15:18 - Is recoded worth it?
It would be easy to think that recoded sucks or that it was simply another kingdom hearts game to skip. In the remix collections, it got reduced to only being a movie, but the actual game itself is quite fun.
So, I'm not surprised if many people have a low opinion of this particular entry.
Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded is another command deck for the Nintendo DS and is the follow-up to Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Birth by Sleep, and was followed by Dream Drop Distance.
It shares a lot of similarities in the core gameplay, but there are certain aspects of this game that still stand out in my opinion.
But is Kingdom Hearts recoded worth playing? I would say so.
Recoded makes for a meh movie, but a fun game nonetheless, and is definitely worth checking out.
#kingdomhearts #kingdomheartsbirthbysleep #kingdomheartsdreamdropdistance - Hry
This was my very first kingdom hearts game- while it’s not amazing, it has a special place in my heart.
I still stand by this being a good, fun game to play, but I can't imagine how difficult it must have been to get into the story lol😂
I applaud you for sticking with it 👏👏👏
@@smugaruit actually raised more questions for the story for me it was my first official kh game and I had no idea who were the seasalt trio and bbs trio
@newagehero9605 Yeah! It's really mysterious and adds a lot of intrigue.
I think the stories making you ask questions and trying to figure things out is a part of what makes them really fun
THANK YOU i'm so tired of the fanbase collectively putting ReC down, like it's the easiest joke to get validated for and it just doesn't hold up to scrutiny outside the (admittedly lackluster) plot
the keyblade and clock systems give ReC more gameplay depth than 3D and nobody wants to admit it
Right!! Like now that it's been reduced to just the cutscenes, it has become a lot less valuable and easier to just skip ironically lol.
The story isn't the best, but it is at least compelling enough with the gameplay breaking things up for that initial playthrough!😂
Plus, the gameplay is just so cool. I'm still hoping they add in recoded features in the future, or we get a sequel 👀
I love the levelling up system in this game so much more with the command deck than in bbs even though I still enjoy how they did it for that one. Command melding I mean.
Yeah, I like it, too. Giving the commands levels and being able to raise levels through melding felt intuitive, and like there was always a thread of progression.
I love this version of dearly beloved! It’s so beautiful I think. Almost very similar to kh1 in some aspects.
This Was Such A Good Video. I Can't Describe How Nostalgic This Game Is For Me Personally As It Was The First KH Game I Played. The Gameplay Is So Well Designed & Implemented On The DS. I Love The Chip Deck That They Use For Upgrades & Abilitys. If I Could Describe The Combat In One Word It Would Be Flow, All Commands String Together So Nicely. Sora's Movement Is So Free & I Love How You Can Upgrade His Running & Dodge Roll Speed. And On The Topic Of Movement, This Game Would Be Perfect If This Had Flowmotion Along With What I Already Mentioned. I Could Go On For A Hour Talking About This Game.
Exxxaactly, it was one of those things that genuinely surprised me. This game had much more of an impact on me than I originally thought.
I feel like in spite of the story being boring, it is still so much fun!
I can see myself keeping up with my emulator save even though I'm done with the video 🤣
I also finally figured out how the "multi-player " actually works while putting this together, definitely a nice bonus
I’d kill for a remake, I think most of the minor gameplay jank and issues could be fixed and that the good aspects easily justify it getting remade
Right!? Exactly!
Ah this game has so much meaning to my heart and this game and birth by sleep was unfortunately the last gift I ever got from my grandfather. I still have my physical copy of the ds box and the cartridge all the way from 2011
Aww, omg, that is so sweet! 🥹
Recoded has a special place in my heart solely due to the fact that it is the first KH game I played myself. I admit, the story is a lackluster slog meant to tide players over until DDD released but that doesn't change the fact that it is a fun game.
That said, it is probably also the least confusing entry point into the series that isn't just the first game.
The story is compelling enough when you actually have the game to play, and it's not just boiled down to the cutscenes lol.
It is imitating a lot of the first game and that does make it pretty suitable of an entry point.
I just wish it could have gotten remade because it's still a lot of fun to play. More people have probably been exposed to the least appealing aspect of the game now lol.
It’s so weird to think this used to be a mobile game. They just kept adding onto coded every time. A secret ending in recoded on the ds and another one in the 2.5 HD remix collection.
I remember getting my copy from GameStop. I actually loved this game as much as people might claim it's the worst. The combat is absolutely excellent say for the small gameplay changing.
It really is like, surprisingly, so much fun. Having it reduced to cutscenes sucked out just about all of its good qualities, lol
😤 It's all fun and games until you fight Data Roxas in a secret System Sector in Hollow Bastion
Right!? The fact that that's even a thing is really cool, but why does it have to be at the end of such an annoying system sector😭😂
Recoded was my first kh game. I was so disappointed that it wasn't remasterd for the 1.5/2.5 games.
Right!! I get it would be "another game you'd have to play" in the collection, but it's a fun game. Cutscenes only doesn't do it justice lol 🙈
I suggest if you guys want to get into this game to play it on an emulator on a phone with a backbone like controller . It’s really fun though
Absolutely, it's definitely worth actually playing.
was my first kh game and first off let me just say, thank God it was because the actual gameplay is just so enjoyable unlike days which on multiple occasions almost put me to sleep, It feels so much tighter
Oh absolutely!
Out of the two DS games this would be the one I'd actually have no issue to keep playing on my DS.
It deserves a remake purely for being a fun game to play lol.😁
It's surprising KH 3 dropped the command deck system but in a way it made the game more accessible for newcomers.
I actually appreciate the handheld games using the command deck system as their special thing. I would have preferred that KH3 had kept other elements from recoded though; like leveling up the keyblades to get new abilities, adjustable difficulty, more sidequests etc.
There's still a lot that the rest of the series could learn from this game lol.
@@smugaru no doubt about it! I hope KH 4 brings in the best gameplay yet and don't make it super easy on proud mode! KH 3 was way too easy on proud mode and I was happy that critical mode gave me a challenge. Don't you agree critical mode was Nomura's way of saying "you wanna die during your playthrough? Be my guest." Lol
@@CFLaughs Proud mode was surprisingly easy yeah, but I felt like critical was a chore honestly lol. I hope the KH4 difficulties are just more balanced lol
@@smugaru yeah they literally went from super easy to punishingly difficult. I died on critical mode even against the non-boss encounters!
@103peanut Right, same! I remember getting wrecked by tutorial darkside haha💀. It felt like it was thrown together and not much thought put into it.
It was just something to make us shut up for complaining it wasn’t there in the beginning, lol
this was my first kh game since it never got released on wii like it should've. dropped ball there tbh
Ooohh, imagine if it had a wii port, you know they'd have advertised keyblade motion controls. That would have been sick 😍
Omg they really did sleep on that, lmao🤣
Peak gameplay and leveling, they should use this as a base for KH4. Was surprised just how much i enjoyed this one
Absolutely, that would be awesome. Recoded has so many different ideas and features that I've been wanting and could still work for a mainline Kingdom Hearts game.
I'll keep on holding out hope 😂
Personally I like recoded a lot more than dream drop distance given how ridiculously hard the endgame story bosses were. How does everyone else feel about this?
I like certain aspects of DDD for sure (flowmotion and the dream eaters), but yeah, I remember I was a bit bamboozled by what was going in with the bosses by the end lmao 🤪
@@smugaru young xehanort is the main villain of that game yet the final boss is armoured Ventus. It’s way too exhausting for my liking. Those 2, ansem, xemnas and that cloaked dark figure was certainly a mouthful lol
@@BrennySpainyoung Xehanort can restart the battle… which I find to be absolute BULLSHIT!
@@axinhedgelion8417 yeah definitely! That’s why it’s so frustrating!
The post game for recoded is truly amazing I think. A lot more replayable than 358/2 days which didn’t have a secret ending at all am I right?
Yeah, Days didn't have a secret ending. Most of the post game relied on the mission mode, which honestly became pretty frustrating to me.
I also didn't have friends to play it with, so unlocking all of the extra characters was for not 😭😂🙈
I LOVE this game, it was so unique and it was the first game I ever got day 1. I used my Christmas money to buy it. I have great memories of this game
Oohhh that is so sweet! This was like still peak DS time for me as well.
It is certainly still nostalgic for me.
But it's also just a solid game. Other KH games can definitely learn from it lol 😂
Great video! I just subscribed.
Hey, thank you so much! So kind of you! 💛💛
KH3’s form changes were a downgraded iteration of recoded’s overclock drives. I hope KH4 adds some mechanics from recoded’s combat back into the mix
That would be the dream! I do like form changes, but I would love if we could see the overclock drive mechanic come back.
Or improve upon how the keyblades worked in recoded because it's still so good!
Came back from your short. Let's see these arguments 🤧
I'll be on the lookout as well 😂
358/2 days had leveling system for your keys . Just separate keyblade levels.
That's a good point! That must have been a concept that h.a.n.d. really wanted to figure out. It really does further connect both of the DS games together.
I'm glad they got to try it again because I do feel like they were more successful with recoded.
I do still hope mainline devs take some inspiration from these games hahaha.
@@smugaru I also can’t stand coded because it’s not 358/2 days 2
@@HeyShotgun Yeah it's more of like a KH 1 redo hah!
Maybe we can get a "Days 2" in this new phase of KH? (definitely wishful thinking lol) 👀
Yo your going to be a big youtuber one day mark my words
So kind of you to say! I've got my fingers crossed ☺🤞💛
This game has some of the best combat in the series
Truuuuee!! It has all these great concepts that have just been ignored 💀
If I’m being honest, before the hd remixes started coming out on ps3 and ps4, kh2 for ps2 was my least favourite out of all the accessible games at the time. Post game was beyond bare bones and I’m glad the final mix version fixed it.
I get that. KH2, ironically, is the one I've played the least, lol. I had it on PS2, but I barely remember it.
It's so funny hearing people praise KH2 final mix, only to be reminded how bare the original version was😂
@@smugaru yeah for sure. KH1 was not like that at all. There’s not that many differences between the original and final mix. Final mix adds new bosses, more abilities for sora to utilise and only 4-5 more cutscenes but there’s no sound coming out of the characters at all. It feels so cheap lol
@Brendan Spain Right, I always saw it as like the final mix version came to be to one up the superior international version we originally got 😂
@@smugaru yeah true but 1 and bbs final mix aren’t that different to me personally. Kh2 final mix on the other hand is a whole other level! Lol
I would not say that Re:Coded’s story is a complete nothing burger. I genuinely believe this game had something to ad. Mainly because of the concept of making data worlds out of text that is in a book. That is a concept reused in Union x, because the worlds we see in Union X are data projections in the book of prophecies. And it gave a reason why in DDD Sora almost fell to darkness. In Re: Coded they showed that Data Sora felt the negative emotions that Data Roxas felt. And in DDD as Sora encountered Xion, Roxas, and Ventus, he felt their negative emotions and almost got possessed by Xehanort. So I do not think it added nothing. It added something, just not a whole lot.
Those are really good points. The datascape i thought was really cool while playing KHUX, and then to remember that this concept started here.
I think the story complaints really have to do with there being no gameplay to break things up.
I remember being compelled enough by the story when I originally played it on my DS. But having the cutscenes isolated feels like more of a slog.
Thus recoded needs a re-remake 😂
Yes! This was my very first Kingdom Hearts game! More Hearts!
And more people need to give this game a chance, which is why it deserves a remake haha
I played it to the extent where I was doing the after game 100 levels and got to data riku fight only to have the boss clap my character non stop like lingering will on a ds
Sometimes it be like that hahaha. That is impressive though, getting to level 100, I haven't even gotten to that 👀👀
Do you ever plan on taking about birth by sleep someday at all? I love the story behind it all and like how each of the 3 main protagonists have different combat styles and abilities too.
I have thought about it, but it would probably just turn into like a full BBS hot takes video, which I think I saw someone has already done lmao 🤣
@@smugaru hmm yeah perhaps then. But one thing I love about the game is that the final boss in the final episode is just perfect. 2 rounds and that’s it. Nothing crazy or over the top like kh1 or kh2 with ansem or xemnas. Personally I enjoy the game so much more on psp than the final mix hd version on ps3 and ps4. Just my personal opinion.
@Brendan Spain That's fair. It is still relatively newer for me (first time playing it in 2017/2018), and a lot of my playthrough was "Trauma" lol😂
I think I have played BBS twice, and it does have stuff about it I like. But might need more time away from it, hahah. I really need to revisit DDD as well.
@@smugaru hmm yeah all right then sounds good 😀
I wasn’t a fan of the stats in 358/2 days either! Pain in the ass lol
I briefly started it up for this video, and it actually triggered me. I had forgotten how annoying the stat panels were: reserving spots for guard and rolling, individual magic casts, only being able to equip one ring!
And you can't adjust any of this while on a mission🙈
@@smugaru that’s torture honestly! But I think it was the point to make it feel like you were working an actual 9-5 job. You know what I mean? Lol
@Brendan Spain Lmao, I guess that's one to view it. It's pretty interesting seeing how many ideas are shared between Days and Recoded, though.
@@smugaru recoded definitely felt like it improved on a lot of the faults 358/2 days had despite still being an amazing game overall.
recorded has one of the best gameplay of all of the spin offs
It definitely feels the most consistent. Whenever I feel nostalgic for KH1, the gameplay of recoded is probably what I'm really remembering 😂
Every single word you said in this video is 100% accurate to my own opinion 😅
The truth had to be said 😌👌
i used to play this game on the ds but never got far, because i did not understand english.
Oh wow! That's cool you were able to make some progress at least. I'd be too nervous to start a game in a language I didn't know 😅
The story is not boring it just doesn’t connect to the overall story in a huge way
It's interesting while you're going through it, but by the end, it felt purely like a filler arc to me.
It does have connections to the rest of the series, but I wouldn't feel compelled to ever revisit this game for its story, only the gameplay.
@@smugaru the story at heart is a kingdom hearts story, to the writing and lines. Again it’s just no super important to the overall plot but it did give Mickey, riku. Sora and kairi incentive that lead to DDD and kh3. People mostly look at the surface level of the story but its main thing is about hurt and realizing the other characters need to be saved
@@smugaru the story at heart is a kingdom hearts story, to the writing and lines. Again it’s just no super important to the overall plot but it did give Mickey, riku. Sora and kairi incentive that lead to DDD and kh3. People mostly look at the surface level of the story but its main thing is about hurt and realizing the other characters need to be saved
@newagehero9605 For sure, I just feel as though all of the juicy, relevant parts are literally at the end.
I do like that it explains Mickey's letter from the end of KH2 and pushes the narrative onward to 3D.
I also really liked Data Sora (I hope they can return) Goofy Donald and Mickey as their own trio of sorts is also nice.
If I had things my way, we would have had the whole game remade for the collection and not just the narrative. I don't think it's strong enough on its own. The gameplay really helps it.
yeah recoded gets alot of flak for existing even when it has the best command style gameplay. Don't get me wrong, the story kinda sucks but i would rather complete recoded three times than complete bbs once
Oop, not the BBS shade (but I agree 👀 😂)
0:36 gameplay nerds like stickman think sso too 😂
Only cause it's truuuee. Stickman be spittin facts on this one😆
This guy is cooking
Now I do like cooking lol 😆
@@smugaru Well you did say KH 1 is your favorite from the main series if I remember correctly, so I definitely don't doubt that 😂
@Xandrid I did say that (and it's still mostly true), lol 😆
The cutscenes do not do this game justice. It definitely drags out the story of the game which the ds did it a lot better overall.
I could definitely feel the story dragging on while playing for the video. At least here, you got a game to entertain you and can skip the cutscenes😂
@@smugaru for sure! But the idea was meant to be a recap so it’s fine.
Tears of the Kingdom has lackluster story (that seriously messes with some key preestablished lore aspects) and that gets gluckgluckglucked to hell by everybody
Not the Gluck Gluck omg💀🤣 (I hear you though lol)
Unfortunately, this game got dinged for its story and mostly remained underrated. But I have seen some more respect come its way recently.
It really is filler. To the T. But good filler, like in Bleach
@@Giggles_iJest Oh, absolutely you're right! It's hard to deny.
Recoded is literally the filler arc that just so happens to be really fun to play 😂
This is definitely fast paced for a DS game and is much more fun overall than days!
It's just a much smoother and more consistent game too. And it's so much fun. I would just randomly grind on it while I was working on the video lol.
BBS got the handheld concept right, and recoded improved it (and then 3D did...well I'll have to get back to you on that one lol)
@@smugaru yes please talk about DDD because I am a huge fan of your opinions on this series! Loving the content 👍
@@CFLaughs That is so kind of you, thank you! 3D I don't know when I'd talk about it for a video. I've only played it once so far lol.
I mostly liked it, but it had a pretty crazy difficulty spike from what I remember. And I did not like how the story was told. It's the only KH game that had me completely stumped to what was going on it lol
Maybe I could eventually compare all 3 of the command deck games as their own little "trilogy", but I just need to play it again first haha.
@@smugaru I've only played DDD once as well and that's because of the HD remixes. I never played it on the original hardware and omg you ain't kidding about the difficulty spike! The final bosses as Riku gave me such a hard time and I thought it was unbelievable how at one point the game cuts you off from traveling and makes it literally impossible to grind for a higher level which means I was forced to beat the last parts of the story feeling under leveled! I also didn't fully understand the story either but I appreciated the different worlds unlike coded.
@@CFLaughs I can't even remember what all happened, it sort of blurred together for me lol. I did appreciate having new worlds though yeah.
I loved flowmotion too, and the dreameaters omg. I definitely hope they consider bringing them back lol
It can't be as bad as Chain of Memories and that got remade
Recoded is really fun, and definitely not as frustrating to get into. It's a game I can see myself revisiting for fun.
I do like the chain of memories though. That doesn't stop it from being a pain at times, lol 😂😂
I think BBS and Dream Drop are superior for different reasons, but I will say that this is FAR BETTER than 358/2 days from a gameplay standpoint. It feels more fluid and I just generally like the direction more, its a more fun game.
Oh, absolutely, these devs really turned things around with this game. Days was rough, but recoded feels very legit and very fun.
That's why I really wish it could have gotten remade for consoles 🙈