Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - Sony PSP

Another great game from the Kingdom Hearts series. The graphics were gorgeous and controls were pretty easy to use. Only complaint is the lock on function and switching it to different enemies. Was a bit hard to work that and I would lock onto a crate/barrel over enemies sometimes. One of the better handheld KH games.

I recommend this game for anyone that is a KH fan! It was a little hard to get use to at first, but afterward it was great. Word to the wise though: if you have a hacked PSP, I do not encourage buying it, as it may not work. But at least you wont feel as guilty.

This game is really fun, and is not a disappointment. Its one of the better games on the psp, and the graphics are really good.If u enjoyed kingdom hearts 2, then this game is worth the buy cause the gameplay is pretty much the same thing. I cant think of any negatives to this game, other than not liking some of the characters but thats just a personal opinion. I just wish Square Enix will make a kingdom hearts 3 soon and lessen the side stories games.

Just might be the best Kingdom Hearts game. Ever. Made. There are 3 different characters & storylines to play through, the new gameplay mechanics are fun and the graphics are great! The multiplayer arena is a blast with friends and its nice to see some older protagonists come into play. It had me going for a 100% completion rating. Classic.

If your a fan of Kingdom Heart youll get why I gave it a 5 The whole game is a homerun really impressive graphics for a handheld as well , the character choice to the battle system is great the story is awesome for the Kingdom Hearts begining HOWEVER Final Mix you cant go wrong with that either

You can play three different characters with three different journeys, but what annoys me is that you have to protect a certain character until it reaches a certain point. Its the reason a stopped playing Kingdom Hearts 2 on PS2. The first one was much better and I wish they had the PSP version of it.

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 had a lot of fun playing this game. The graphics would be outstanding on the PS2, so getting that level of quality on the PSP is no small achievement. While each character has his or her own adventure, the deeper truths of the story are only revealed after playing through all three storylines. The minigames can be quite challenging and provide a nice break from the action. I would recommend this game to any Kingdom Hearts fan or any fan of action RPGs in general. Pick up this game, youll be glad you did.

Good game I enjoyed playing it even though I never finished it.

This game is awesome! Explains a lot of the story telling of how characters became who they are and how they relate to the ten years between this game and the first Kingdom Hearts. Ties in really well with everything and get to see characters before they meet Sora, yet kind of do at the same time.