i've been doing a KH2 critical run the past month or so and am currently in the final stretch and I have Thoughts™ on several things

KH2 is still so much fun and really holds up well even to today's standards but please Nomura don't make me stand still like a statue while casting magic I get that it's supposed to be special and only for forms but it interrupts the battle flow so much holy shit

I doesn't even have to be normal movement, it can just be slowed down glide of sorts à la KH3, I just find that actually having to stay where you are while casting just really takes the steam out of the battle and will result in you getting punished unless it's like... Magnet.

As a result, magic may seem like a much less viable battle option aside from Magnet/Cure to new players and that is definitely not how things should be. But this is not the only instance of this trend of the player's perception of the game not lining up with what it really is.

Similarly, forms will end up being ignored due to the lack of a proper tutorial regarding them and be shoved to the pile of "other features" that the casual/new player will never once even look at precisely because they are underexplained or misrepresented.

I commend the game for giving you so many options to use in battle but I find the actual explanation and presentation of these options oftentimes ranging from questionable to straight-up nonexistent. Who will make use of something they don't understand?

But I'm digressing immensely from the actual purpose of this thread which was to compile a random list of thoughts on several subjects and not just That One Flaw which I've been rattling on about for the past year

I still like the org boss design! It's fun and challenging without being frustrating, though I could do without forced revenges which pretty much instantly pulverize you and force you to enter a heal-and-run cycle.

I think KH3 does somewhat of a better job in that regard? The boss moves away and just begins another attack phase or MAY hit you once with a low-dmg attack and then backs off again.

KH2's OTHER bosses though? Some of 'em are not so fun OR their health gets shredded like cheese in seconds and I think they just kinda lack the... oomph they need to be more enjoyable