Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ

i literally could've just watched all the cutscenes on youtube i really didnt have to play any of this and i really didnt have to look up a guide and waste all that time optimizing my png medals just so i could get through the goddamned wreck it ralph world

I normally have no problems with most of Square Enix F2P mobile titles, as for example Heavenstrike Rivals is a pretty good one that is not lacking any depth. Unfortunately Kingdom Hearts Unchained X pretty much falls into the "crappy mobile cash grab" category, as it really lacks into the gameplay department.

The game consists of doing small stages and clearing the enemies in them. You equip your keyblade with medals in them, which consists of familiar characters from the Disney and Final Fantasy franchises, and those are acquired by spending jewels (premium currency, also available ingame at a decent rate). So when facing a battle you attack 3 times (one for each medal) and additional time from your online friend that you choose before entering the quest, and then the enemy if still alive hits you back The options are tap (strike vs a single enemy), swipe (less strong but attacks all enemies) or the special ability from your current medal which uses ability points. As you move along on the small stage you grab all the little chests and sparkling things, which consists of either material for upgrading your keyblade, muney or medals for upgrading/selling. After you finish clearing off the enemies, there is one "target" enemy that you need to kill to clear off the quest. And that's it. Repeat a million times as all quests are exactly the same.

The medals uses an "evolve" system that's rather common in mobile games from Asia, it's when you have maxed out the level of your medal you can evolve its rating from 2 star to 3 star with some additional costs and required material. It order to level up your medals, you need to fuse them with other medals and they gain the experience points. So essentially you just feed them your crappy ones. The game also works on the energy system which you need to spend some to do a quest. and it eventually refills with time (or with microtransactions for the impatient people).

These F2P things aren't really the problem with the game. It's simply the absolute boring and repetitive gameplay and the near lack of strategy in battles. There is no depth in this game and it quickly shows. Unfortunately my daughter is currently obsessed with Mickey Mouse so she really loves to watch me play this one, so I'm pretty much grinding out quests on a daily basis (I think I've cleared about 70 now). There just isn't much to do in this game, and there's nothing original about it either as it borrows from other mobile games for many of its aspects. Not recommended.