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Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ: The Plot is Beginning!

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Jun 302016

While I consider Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ to be a pretty fun game, the story has been somewhat lacking.

If you, like me, are frustrated with the tedious mission-to-mission stories and have clung to the few scattered pieces of the overall plot, don’t worry. The major plot of Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ is beginning!

Yesterday, the official Twitter account for the game sent out a reminder about the survey they’ve issued to players. If you haven’t taken your survey, do so. Not only can you give your feedback on the game, but you’ll also get 600 jewels for taking it.

But what was even more interesting was that the Tweet included a picture of a scene you might remember from the Kingdom Hearts 2.8 trailer featuring Ephemera (whose voice actor in χ Back Cover also voiced Mikleo in Tales of Zestiria).

Emphemera is one of the original characters of Unchained χ. While that scene itself won’t appear in the North American Unchained χ yet, today’s story update does include Ephemera!

Or… Ephemer, as his name seems to be localized.

Ephemera or Ephemer aside, we now have missions 351-375, where we’ll see another focus on the plot. In particular, they should answer questions about canon players have had. (Like why certain things exist when they shouldn’t yet.)

Best of all, we’re marching toward when the plot really kicks in. The title card appears in Mission 400. Yes, we’re sort of still in the prologue.

Unchained χ may not have the strongest plot so far, but it should take us to some interesting places soon. I’m excited!

Have you been playing Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ? Are you looking forward to the arrival of the actual plot? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ is Addicting

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Apr 112016

When I talked about Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ last Wednesday, I said I’d “take a quick peek” when it came out.

And I did.

Or you know, maybe I played it for seven hours.

There is something very addicting about Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ, even if the story so far has slowly meandered through Disney worlds without much else.

It doesn’t bog you down with complicated mechanics like a lot of mobile RPGs do. Gameplay is simple, but fun.

The missions are short, too, so short it’s easy to keep saying “Just one more…”

And it also avoids the forced waiting many mobile games love so much.

Like those games, Unchained χ has energy (AP) you spend to play levels, and it recharges over time. Unlike those games, which often make earning energy a pain to encourage you to spend money, Unchained χ is extremely friendly about it.

Early missions don’t cost much AP. Your AP refills when you level up, which is often. You also increase your maximum AP through use of the Avatar Coins earned from missions, which makes it easier to do more missions… and to celebrate the game’s English release, missions cost half the normal amount of AP.

The result? So far the only time I worried about AP was when I tried special event missions early on. Otherwise, Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ has been more than happy for me to keep playing and playing…

Just in case it remembers it’s part of a larger story I don’t even want hints of spoilers for, I’ll stop soon.

Soon.

Really.

Tales of Link Out Now, Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ Tomorrow

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Apr 062016

A new Tales game has been localized! No, it isn’t the much-awaited Innocence R (as much as we try), but the mobile spin-off Tales of Link.

Tales of Link brings together characters from all across the series in a new quest to deal with the “seeds of ruin” and fight monsters threatening the world. The player is considered “the Savior,” the person with the power needed to defeat this evil.

It has turn-based combat that requires you to link characters together on a grid to attack. As you defeat enemies and complete quests, you’ll earn experience and other stuff needed to upgrade the heroes. For example, you need to spend “LP” to level up your characters.

The system of finding heroes, upgrading them, and using the rare Hero Stones to Summon even stronger heroes (and oh boy do I want Kratos from the current limited time Summon event) is similar to other mobile RPGs I’ve seen. Still, it’s entertaining. I haven’t seen enough of the story yet to judge it, but the gameplay seems enjoyable enough.

And you know what else is happening? Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ is finally getting a North American release!

Tomorrow!

Ever since Square Enix’s E3 2015 press conference, I’ve been asking, “Where is Unchained χ?” Back then, I’d played like 5 minutes of the first Kingdom Hearts game, but I already wanted χ.

(And as you might guess since I’m calling it “Unchained χ” instead of “Unchained X,” I understand now why it’s pronounced the way it is. Leave it to Kingdom Hearts to put a Greek letter in one of its game title’s.)

More and more time passed without them saying anything, until I worried they changed their minds… and then out of nowhere, they announced an imminent release!

Like Tales of Link, Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ has a turn-based combat system. I’ve heard it compared to Chain of Memories, and despite my issues with that game, I think I would have liked it with turn-based combat.

Let’s look back at that E3 trailer to see what we have to look forward to!

As excited as I am, I might not be entirely ready to play Unchained χ yet. After all, I just finished Kingdom Hearts II, and while people who played the Japanese version say it doesn’t really spoil anything in the series yet, it might become pretty important later on.

Still… I might still take a quick peek at it tomorrow.

You know, although I played games like the original Dragon Quest on iOS, I’m not a big mobile gamer. I generally use my iPad to check email, write when I’m away from my computer, and other little tasks like that. Most of my mobile games get ignored.

But first Miitomo, now Tales of Link, and Unchained χ? And don’t forget about Justice Monsters Five, which was announced during the Final Fantasy XV event.

I better charge my iPad.

In the meantime, share your own thoughts on Tales of Link and Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ in the comments!

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