This month’s podcast (August), was Kingdom Hearts Final Mix. This one was divisive in that my approach and experience as a new player wasn’t as favourable as Toben’s as a longtime fan of the series. But really, that makes sense. Kingdom Hearts was a particular flavour of RPG back in the day on the PS2 and I can see its strengths clearly enough after spending some hours with it. But boy does it play like a game of its time (which, on reflection, I haven’t really played a lot of from that era). It’s interesting to consider too where this one could have gone before the series spent multiple games and console generations retconning and adding and re-imagining this game.

In this episode we also sidebar a bit on Yakuza: Like a Dragon, as well as September’s game/series Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Check out the liner notes here, and consider if you’re new to this series, consider approaching with a guide or guides in hand.

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