Kingdom Hearts Story Recap! (KH1 & Chain of Memories)
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
- Dan Floyd attempts to summarize the events of Kingdom Hearts 1 and Chain of Memories. Next up: Kingdom Hearts II!
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Let's try to keep the comments spoiler-free! Lots of folks watching along haven't played the series before.
That bit about repliku was perfect XD
Will there be a lies episode?
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Oh, wait, this is not Extra History.
"for some reason". 10/10 Story recap, perfect capture of this plot.
But really though, thank you for this, I love your storytelling style!
@@TheRezro more or less
Do you know what... I have NEVER noticed that Kairi goes INTO Sora, I always though she passed through him... mind blown
I'll be honest, when a friend tells me they played KH and are dreading CoM before KH2 I link them to this video. It's such a great recap of the plot and it clarifies some of the muddy plot points from Kingdom Hearts 1.
Sixblazer ya I’m using this because I tried com and just HATE the battle system
I'm here for the same reason. I got to Hades and I'm like naw F this sh#t 😂
My partner is playing through KH and just couldn't get to grips with the battle system. This video is a life saver!
This is coming up for my girl rn (I got her hooked on KH!) & She's scared of watching a video that is "too long." This seems perfect
I lot of people are hating on the combat of CoM but I loved it, more of your strategy and thinking type of combat and less 🤤 type of mashing.
Kairi could turn Sora's heart back from being a heartless because as a Princess of Heart she is a being of pure light and one of the abilities that being of pure light have is to purify and dispell the darkness.
Repliku exists to show the duality in Riku in a more physical way. He also is there as one of the examples that show the conflict of beings that are "shadows" of other people, something that is a big part of this series.
Don't worry, non of this is a spoiler.
Is there a significant difference between being a Shadow and being a Nobody? Or are Nobodies just Shadows with an organizational structure?
@@MaraK_dialmformara Being someone's Nobody and/or Replica is to be their shadow.
Don't worry, you will understand more when KH2 begins, it only gets more interesting from here.
I think you should have mentioned that, while traversing Castle Oblivion, Sora entered a world he could not actually remember, and that he had not been to in Kingdom Hearts 1 (Twilight Town). Minor thing, but worth mentioning, I think. Besides that, great recap!
Yeah, the world from "the other side of [Sora's] heart" seems like a mysterious mystery that's worth mentioning, particularly considering it a) breaks the pattern and b) appears at the end of this recap video...
I'm so happy this video exists. I just started the series, got through the first game, and didn't really understand it. Went on to CoM and about 30 mins in decided I absolutely hated the card based gameplay. Every interaction was a chore, and I just wasn't having fun. Went to look up a story synopsis of CoM and got this. The story summary I was looking for, and a clarification of KH1. This is perfect. I do have one question though, that hopefully someone can answer.
At the end of KH1, Ansem said the door lead to darkness, but Sora knew it went to Light, and it banished Ansem.
But then, Sora and crew needs to close the door, because it actually does lead to darkness??? Then where'd the light come from? Was Ansem right? This point in particular is confusing the hell out of me.
Same!
Yay someone attempting to explain this Snake Pit of a storyline!
It's not that weird yet
It gets fu*ked up at X and Dream Drop Distance (RE:Coded too I guess... but it's pretty much useless XD)
I just mentioned the ones that feel a bit weirder
but i honestly don't think KH's story is hard to understand at all.
I really enjoy your story mode playthroughs. I'm actually not a big fan of Let's Plays with the Completionist being the only youtube show of that kind I regularly watch. I really like watching someone play the game but comment more on the story and characters than on what is immediately happening on screen, and Kingdom Hearts was one of my favorite games in middle school so that helps too. Really looking forward to Kingdom Hearts 2. It's the last game I played in the franchise and is still my favorite.
6:28 Correction: Sora went to 12F, where those egg memory erasing things are, immediately after Larxene and Marluxia's death, as indicated by Zexion; Riku fights with Ansem and leaves with Mickey well after Zexion's death; therefore, Sora goes to 12F before Riku leaves the castle.
I can't find any more mistakes, so Good Job.
Yeah, I swapped the order for better information flow and clarity, since the conclusion of Sora's journey through the castle is way more immediately relevant to the start of KH2 than Riku's (and since the relative order in which they reach their destinations isn't very important in the long run).
The only way I can think it's relevant at all is making it clear that Riku is aware of Sora's comatose state and is an active player in the events that transpire while Sora is asleep (with that knowledge).
I thought it was the 13th floor. Did I count wrong?
Metal gear would be an excellent story mode series! That plot is more a mess then KH imo.
This was one of the best summary of kingdom heart's lore I've seen. I actually managed to understand and remember everything
Thank you both so very much for making such a nice video to keep us up to date! Its really great and helps a lot to remember everything.
Oh man nice summary! Touching on the weird details that makes it confusing, while keeping it lean enough to keep the main plotline straightforward. In some circles, the story of Kingdom Hearts gets no respect nowadays, for some reason. But I think it still holds up as great. With all its complexity, childishness, campy dialogue, absurdity, and big emotions. It's all part of the charm in creating this delicious stew of adventure that's completely unique. There ain't no story like Kingdom Hearts.
This is fantastic! Great way to stay on track plot-wise!
4:20 Power of love dude, no lore reason necessary.
I agree with you, but apparently Nomura doesn't...
"Until then ... it doesn't matter"
But when it does ... it matters. A LOT. Poor poor little thing ...
Thanks, I had to give up on the LP videos, so these will be my story time. Maybe I'll catch you on your journey through later games.
Dan...for future LPs, can we dispense with the put-downs on your voice and how you do voices? Please? Not only do your inflections of character voices give your reads the most wonderful audiobook quality (which I as a vision-impaired audiobook lover greatly appreciates), your voice for the lore retrospectives is prime (ahaha) storyteller and draws me in so fast for the tale I’m about to be spun. So...please?
Oh, I just thought Kairi was able to save Sora because she was someone he really cared about.
That's part of it.
Thanks so much, didnt feel like watching a 2h video of chain of memories cutscenes to understand what I missed between 1 and 2
You just got a sub bro. I know I'm late but this is still really useful and this is probably the best recap I've ever watched.
Can't emphasize enough how much I'm enjoying this LP. This whole series is easily my favorite of the year. And I can't wait to cry about summer vacation again 🙃🙃🙃
You and me both.
Nice that you're doing these recaps !!! I'm really curious to see how the future ones will be :')
"for some reason" is my favourite thing about this. Can't wait for tomorrow ! KH2 is the one I have the most fond memories of.
This was exceptional. You are so professional.
5:40 looks straight from a sitcom intro. Now I really want a Castle Oblivion show.
I remember when GameTrailers did their gigantic KH Retrospective, but that was years ago. I'm looking forward to seeing it as presented by Dan.
Thank u the card mechanics broke me and down so much that i skipped the game so thank u for this video so that way i can just watch 358/2 days and just be rid of the memorie of me playing kingdom hearts chain of memories
Well, straight forward of the story that helps me really understand the story
Thanks for this. I wasn't sure if I was going to keep watching the series because I stopped watching 1.5 (not a ding against you, but I didn't really want to watch their bad retellings of Disney stories again with largely the same enemies, environments, and bosses). Now I can watch 2 and beyond without hesitating, worrying I missed too much.
I loved your dark souls recaps and these were just as excellent. I hope you continue doing these every couple of games
That was very nicely done
Gametrailers has a great series called Timeline where they cover entire franchises. Its unfortunately dead now, but they covered Kingdom Hearts.
Thank you for this. I played a bit of KH1 but burned out on it and was told 2 was much better. I might try it out now.
My god. This was a good quick recap of everything important in the first 2 games and it still took 7 minuets to do! And this is still when the story is "easy" to understand! I do not envy you for the recap video you would make at the end of this series. Thats gonna be a looooooooot of talking.
wonderfully put together, really puts things into perspective better than most places I've seen the plot up to this point
Yeah for extra lore and I can’t wait for KH2 to begin
thanks for this. I don't want to play a thousand games on all the consoles to know the main plot points.
U might know this by now but the complete collection is available now on ps4 it includes all ten games
I love how this sounds like the Dark Souls Loe recaps.
This is exactly the reason I started watching this series. Thank you for making this otherwise slog of a story easily consumable for those of us that don't have the time or patience for KH
I didn’t have chain of memory’s and I really didn’t want to fully finish the first one so thanks for this video now I can play 2 while being a little less confused
Ah, Dan's sweet sweet lore voice. Always a plesure to hear.
Fantastic and perfectly brief recap.
Awsome video! It was right what I needed as I'm picking up this series from where I ledt : )
This recap is great! Now I can jump in and watch the next episodes of the playthrough without absolutely having to catch up!
The power of hugs is great
Watching this because I've bought KH1.5 + 2.5 ReMix on PC, and finished the Axel fight in Chain of Memories and can't be arsed to keep playing the card game. Loving it all so far though.
Sweet, now I can start kingdom hearts 2 without any hassle. Thanks!
I can't wait for KH2. I've been enjoying these playthroughs a lot more than I thought I would.
I think I would have added one more detail in Hollow Bastion concerning Riku, since that's a bit important for later games, but otherwise, this was a good video. A bit strange for me to try and considering the games' plots without the context of later games, but entertaining nonetheless.
great job on the synopsis and the edit to match it, flows very nicely
Couldn’t get through Chain if Memories but I will be playing Kingdom Hearts 2 along with you... a year late
Thanks for the recap I just couldn't bring myself to finish CoM
This is excellent, thanks.
watching the series after the fact en bulk and this recap was still very useful
I didn't finish KH1 because I didn't enjoy playing it. After watching these playthroughs, I'm playing KH2 and loving it. Thanks Dan!
I think I counted 4 or 5 times where he didn't know why something was happening or it didn't matter.
This is really useful! Thank you for making this recap :)
great summary!!
WOOO! Story Mode returns!
Akinator took 62 questions to guess Dan Floyd.
Im so glad this is a thing, i was dreading watching all of the chsin of memories but then i saw this
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As is revealed in Chain of Memories, Riku opened the door, not Ansem. Just to clarify.
Thank you very much for this playthrough and summary episode. I played 1 and 2, and started enough of Chain of Memories to think it was just a retread of 1, but not enough to realize it had the Organization subplot. After (the first chapter of) Chain of Memories left a bad taste in my mouth for the unnumbered "spinoffs", I haven't done anything else. I do look forward to watching a playthrough of the others, now that I understand the lore implication they have, but without having the time to give them each a proper playthrough myself.
Coded is, by all accounts, even worse than CoM; re:Coded (the version you're likely to be able to play - I'm not going to say you definitely can't find a playable Coded around, but I wouldn't know where to look for one) is still a retread of KH1 in similar fashion to CoM, but has some twists, and a playable epilogue of sorts which has some crucial elements for setting up KH3's story (and also some details in DDD).
Birth By Sleep is a full-fledged game, and it would be fair to call it Kingdom Hearts 0 if not for the fact that you're not playing as Sora, and it was originally released on PSP rather than Playstation 3.
358/2 Days is in a similar vein to re:Coded and CoM in that it sticks to existing worlds, but the story is a lot less focused on hitting the same beats in those worlds, rather exploring them from a different angle. And the overall story also bridges the gap between KH1 and KH2 in a different way than CoM, what with being the story of a young man named Roxas and all...
DDD competes with BBS for "secretly a main game" status - its Disney worlds are mostly new to the series, the enemies are yet another new type of being, and, while the story also serves the purpose of depowering Sora ready for KH3 (as CoM did for KH2), it does advance the series plot a fair bit too - and sets the stage for what appears to be KH3's main plot, tying together threads from BBS, 358/2 and re:Coded.
0.2 is barely a game - it's a mix of KH3 tech demo and patch for a potential plot hole in KH1, and only takes a few hours to play through.
Gameplay wise, CoM is farthest from the action-RPG of KH1, though none of them play it entirely straight, with various forms of experimentation with the character progression. The depth and complexity of the systems mostly happen in the menus or through highly intuitive aspects like positioning in 3D space rather than CoM's card-based nonsense where you have to keep track of the values of your opponent's current and next cards, any sleights they're building, any sleight you're building, and the cards in your own deck in order to either land your own attack, or break theirs as appropriate (all while positioning in 3D space and possibly evading attacks).
Ngl this recap was so helpful I love KH1 but KHCOM Card system and confusingly bad but good plot made me not wanna play it but with this recap I get to understand the plot and dive into KH2 thanks a bunch PlayFrame
I think some kingdom hearts fans need to realise that you can skip games, as long as you are somewhat caught up in the story from those games you'll be fine
You just saved me from having to play Chain of Memories. Thank you sir. Preciate it greatly
Very useful thank you I played through the first game and gave my honest effort to beat chain of memories but I hated the combat system so much I couldn’t bare it but I didn’t want to be missing pieces (even though I already beat 365 and KH 2 when I was like 10)
i really didnt like the gameplay in re chain of memories and didnt want to skip the story this video is awesome
This was so helpful. I just can’t get into the whole card thing so I’m skipping Chain of Memories and moving on to the next game.
What? How can you have missed the most important character in the series... MOOGLE SHOPKEEP?!
no but seriously yeah this is pretty of the cool
Thank you for this video 5 years ago. I wont play RE:COM because I don't hate myself that much
Oh god, one man trying to make sense of the Kingdom Heats Timeline ... Dan all I can say is good luck
What is the second Kingdom Hearts game?
A) 358/2
B) Chain of Memories
C) Kingdom Hearts 2
D) Kingdom Hearts
You stop that.
0.2 Final Chapter Prologue
and for those unfamiliar with the series: no, I'm not joking. that is the title of a game, and that game is eligible for being the second Kingdom Hearts game.
oh, also, considering Kingdom Hearts X, Birth by Sleep is a also a contender
@@TheRezro That's actually not a bad thing to do. You CAN actually experience both stories simultaneously as they share enough plot points to be interchangeable.
Before anybody even starts, the name makes sense if you think about it. Birth by Sleep is a prequel to Kingdom Hearts 1, so it could be considered "Kingdom Hearts Zero". This game is a sequel to Birth by Sleep, but still takes place mostly before Kingdom Hearts 1, so it needed a number between Zero and One, hence 0.2 for it's number. It and Birth by Sleep count as the prologue to the series, and it's the final chapter to the prologue, hence "0.2: Final Chapter Prologue". It's no more confusing than something like "Star Wars Ep. 2: Attack of the Clones". It's a number and a subtitle.
If anything, Star Wars should be more confusing because they actually changed the Episode numbers to make room for the prequels. It just happened a very long time ago, so people got used to referring to "A New Hope" as Episode 4. But this series is the one that gets shit on for the naming structure.
You could even make a case for Union X being the second game in the series after X - I've not played either, but I'm told there are some significant changes to the plot from one to the other, so you could argue that they're separate games.
Awesome!!! So helpful thank you!!
Dan, I applaud you for trying to make the tangled mess that is Kingdom Hearts lore sound as internally consistent and important as Dark Souls, rather than the embodiment of "You know what would be cool?"
Thought wait no 358/2 before kh2? Then realized he is doing release order.
"Scientist King"? I thought he was just the lead scientist
Sora is sleeping in a flower, yo!
One thing that might've been worth mentioning from the original for later. As it turns out, the keyblade was actually Riku's or, at least, he can use it, and he takes it away from Sora for a time but it seems to eventually choose Sora considering Riku's run in with the darkness, which is also the reason why Sora ended up with it on the island.
Another big thing, Mickey also has a keyblade, though not the same one from the events of the game.
Another thing from Chain of Memories that you kinda spoiled.
You said that Riku and Mickey left the Castle with DiZ, and while that is true, there isn't really anything about the scene that implies that DiZ went with them. This is fairly important to a handful of things in KHII and 358/2 Days.
Great summary!
Suggestion for new video series:
Story Summary Mode
perfect vid to watch before u start kh2
oh my god this video is a life saver i do not like chain of memories card system so this was really helpful
A story well told. I just wonder one thing - Zexion (?) refers to the Ansem remnant in Riku as being very similar to someone he refers to as "The master" 🤔 (because of this weird "darkness smell")
It's foreshadowing for a reveal that happens about halfway through KH2.
this doesnt answer my biggest question - why every door in castle oblivion is made from white chocolate
I always thought that Diz was the one who brought Riku to castle oblivion
They actually did make that clear in a conversation in Chain of Memories. After DiZ is caught impersonating Ansem, Riku figures that DiZ was the one who brought him there, which DiZ confirms. Motives however aren't really known.
I just finished kh 1 on proud what a pain it was now im starting 2 i can say it is much better imo
Thanks for this, playing KH1 and CoM HD on PC and they keep on crashing after I save. Decided to skip them, KH2 seem to work fine so I'll be playing it next. Neat, thanks!
You know everyone just here for chain of memories 💀💀
I love how this is so right for what has been seen so far and yet so wrong in the grand scheme.
what exactly here is supposed to be wrong in your opinion?? apart from one name, then again that name was used as cover so that's fine too in a way
***Spoiler alert***
That name replacememt is used so much in the summary it and the game that I feel the wording of my comment is valid
Every recap of CoM fails to mention the fact that, although Axel was taking out "traitors" of the Organization, he still eliminates Vexen and Zexion who are blatantly loyal to the Organization, and their plan is to make the Organization stronger. Am I suppose to be confused by this???
huh! Looks like I missed an episode somewhere along the way.
Did it say I'm the reporter that Ansem did that to Kairi? I never caught that !
Is the content of this video enough to go on to KH2 and have a decent idea of what’s going on? I only ask because I know there are a few other games that chronologically come before KH2 that aren’t included in this summary (e.g. Birth by Sleep, 358/2 Days).
EDIT: Actually, I just realized those additional games I mentioned came out after KH2, so I’m assuming they are not necessary to understand it. Also, upon rewatching the video, the guy addresses this exact point at the beginning. D’oh. Damned crazy-ass KH series got into my head for a minute there.
Hey Dan great job! And carrie thanks to you too!
As I side note, is this how your voice, highly precise and well timed, always sounded before speeding up? The jump from your extra credits voice to your true one was understandably odd, but this narration voice is just different enough from your let's play voice to pick it up
Love the Story Recap. Is it green text = Dan, pink = Carrie? As in, Dan edited this one himself?
This is good because I lost my progress on this Lol
I am so late to the Kingdom Hearts party but this was so helpful to me as I tried to get into CoM but the combat system is just awful. This way I can continue my way through the series without missing anything. Thank you!
"it doesn't matter"
They explained the part of kairi being sent to destiny islands by ansem in KH 1??? I don’t remember that:( is that a spoiler