Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - Sony PSP

This is the next installment in the Kingdom Hearts Series... Or I should say, this is the First Installment in the Kingdom Hearts Series. Like all the past series, you travel between Disney-Created Worlds and Stories, helping the story out so that the ending we all know comes true. No surprise there. Not like Disney would actually let someone else rewrite the story for Sleeping Beauty and have Maleficent kill or otherwise imprison for all eternity, Prince Phillip. But this one is different in many aspects from some of the past games. First of all, remember the horrible Deck of Cards system back from Chain of Memories. Well, this game uses something like it, but BETTER. How? Well... you have a list of abilities and a set number of Command Slots. Usually one ability takes up one Slot, but some of the bigger and more powerful abilities can take up 2 or 3 slots. Now, instead of using the ability and its gone unless you have multiples in your Deck like Chain of Memories did. When you use the ability, it gets put on a Cool-Down Timer. and you have to wait for the ability to cool-down before you can use it again. This also removed MP or Magic/Mana Points from the game. Since ALL abilities, (Fire, Fira, Firaga, etc.) use this same method. You just have to unlock the more powerful spells and insert them into your Command List. Also, Kingdom Hearts 2 gave us the Limit-Breaks. In Birth By Sleep, theyre BACK! Remember how in KH2 you unlocked certain limit-breaks by using certain abilities in a row. Same deal here. However, it goes more in depth. For example, if you use nothing but Fire-Based attacks, you wont unlock the Fire-Breaker. You also have to utilize some Attacking Abilities (Rush, Blitz, etc.). But if you use Thunder-based attacks you get the Thunder-Break, and if you use both Fire and thunder you get the Spell-Breaker. To complicate things even more, there are ways to unlock a Limit-Breaker, for a Limit-Breaker! It gets pretty in-depth. Unlike most of the previous games, I think someone finally listened to the fans. Goofy and Donald are obnoxious and out-right not wanted (At least in my opinion), and in any case... They are NOT in your party! They do make a small appearance in the game, but you have little to no interaction with them. What does this mean, it means that throughout this game you are playing a SOLO character. Every now and then you get a partner, but they are usually essential when trying to get through that area of the game, but for the most part your solo. Thank GOD~! Ok... now, the last thing I want to talk about in this game is the Command Board. This is ONE of the few small mini-games that can be played in the game. But unlike the other mini-games, this one has the highest potential for abuse of a PSP. Remember Mario Party? Yeah, thats the first impression youre gonna get when you look at this. Thankfully someone was smart and decided that the mini-game bull crap was not needed. In case you dont follow, heres a painted picture. You have a board made out of blocks. You and up to 2 other people occupy this board. You hit a floating die above your head and it rolls a number from 1-6 and you move that many spaces. When you stop on a space, if it is Vacant you can purchase the spot. If it is owned by an opponent, you pay them rent. But if it is already owned by you, you can upgrade the spot so it costs more. (Hmm... sounds like Monopoly now~) It gets better, If after youve paid Rent on an Opponents square, and you have 10x the rent amount, you are given the opportunity to purchase said square from your opponent! As you travel around this board there are 4 waypoints that you must crossover, and then return back to start. As you cross the waypoints youll receive more money, with start giving you an added bonus on top of the normal Waypoint average. There are several boards and each one does something unique to it. Now why would this be abused. Well, simply put. The Abilities that you use in combat level up individually until a certain level when they become Maxed. By using the Command Board you can Max Out a TON of your abilities in one 5-10 minute sitting. Overall, The story is split up into 3 different Viewpoints. Kinda-like the movie Vantage Point. You play through the game as one of three different characters. Once chosen you cant switch to another character until you have played that persons story-line all the way through. Which is kinda cool. Cause on your first time through you interact with characters who might have met one of the other 2 already and theres a conversation about it. And its just enough to let you know that they were there, but not enough to tell you what they did. So you end up playing the game 3 full times, all the way through to see each persons storyline. Which is one hell-of-a-way for Square-Enix to get you on the Replay value of the game. In short, if you enjoyed any of the previous Kingdom Hearts installments. I am willing to bet you will enjoy Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. Its worth it!

I admit Im never very good at finishing games, but when I grabbed my existing copy to play around in the world again I noticed the crack in the case surrounding the UMD disc was so impacted that it prevented the disc from loading. So I needed another one. Birth By Sleep is one of those games in the series that goes almost TOO light on the actual cooperation between Square Enix designs and Disney characters, but remains one of the most polished in combat and options. If you want a look at how things started BEFORE Kingdom Hearts 1 happened... its a must-buy. And thankfully by this time price has gone down enough that I didnt feel bad at all for just getting a second (working) copy.

Im very new to KH and figured Id use this game to launch myself into the world and get used to the characters and playing style. As a newbie to the whole RPG world, this game was very easy to learn how to play. (Like all the other KH games it comes with the ability to choose what difficulty setting youd like to play at. The options are Beginner, Standard, Proud, and Critical Mode.) The characters are fun and its easy to get caught up in the whole story line and concept. This is a fun PSP game and I recommend it to all who would like to become familiar with the whole KH story, this is the prequel to the entire series after all!

When I first heard of this game last year I was so excited I wanted it to come out right away but I knew I would have to be pationt. I am a big fan of the Kingdom Hearts Series that I really wanted this game since I already have KH1 and 2 and even KH Re: Chain of Memoryies (dont have a GB). I was a little pressed for cash to get it pre-orderd but it didnt matter, as much as I love the series I wasnt about to jump in just yet I didnt want to spend good money that might end up being a flop so I waited out for the reviews. After a week or so with great reviews I decided it was now or never. Wanting to experance the full thing I went ahead and orderd a version that would be previously pre-orderd so I would get the decal sticker and everything. It cost about $20 more but I didnt mind now, I had the money to spare. I have only had it for a few days and I admit I havnt even finished Terras story yet, mostly because Im at the end of his now and I want to get caught up on some things like getting loot and other stuff before I finish his story. But I just love the story so far and the gaming experance itselfe. I also have componet cables so I can play from my TV which is a dream. My friends say Im picky with the games I play, for me it has to have decent graphics and a good story and half the time the PSP games Ive looked at it is one or the other, no happy medium untill now. So I am really happy I got this game and chances are I am going to be playing it to the ground just because its the best PSP game I have at the moment. But anyway if you want a game for the PSP with great grahics and a great story then this is deffinatly the right one to get.

Its an ok game: the graphics are nice and the battle system is fun. But i find it awkward to play with the one analog stick on my psp...

My stepdaughter gave me the money to buy this for her. She has previously played kingdom hearts 1 and 2 on her ps2 and since she bought a psp recently, she was saving up the money to buy this prequel. This was purchased at a reasonable price. She loves this game. She has been playing it for hours with no signs of stopping.

The game was delivered much quicker than expected and is in wonderful condition! No scratches or smudges on the disc and the manual came with. Best thing I’ve ever ordered on Amazon.

This one of the best psp game I have ever play by way is the reason why I bought one in the first place, the history is awesome if you have play the ps2 games you will see a lot of intresting things about the history if not you will enjoy very recommended to every one, my grandma love this game. I this one you play with 3 diferents characters( Vent, Terra, Aqua), battle system have improve is relly easy to use, also the music is great and have a lot of in game videos also king Mickey play a really important roll in the history and had a secret chapter that is unlocked after complete the 3 characters history and get all the memos. Conclusion: A must have that is.

Wow so glad i finally got around to playing this. Yea i know im late , but oh well. Everything about it was just fun & flawless. Of course its Kingdom Hearts so i knew itd be good. A lot of people didnt consider it because its what happened before. Yea you dont get to play as Sora or anything , but playing as Ventus,Aqua,and Terra is amazing. You really start to like them and forget all about missing the other characters. It explains so much as well. Basically not playing this game is missing out. :)

Its like playing the original Kingdom Hearts 1 or 2 on the PSP. That is when it comes to the graphics. Story-wise, it is much different. You play through the stories of three new characters and travel through the same worlds as in previous games. It is a lot of fun and a must have for any PSP owner.