I've already played the Japanese version of Recoded. Your enjoyment of it will depend on whether you think the KH series is more focused on story or on gameplay.
Story wise, it's basically throwaway and almost completely useless. Tons of filler, moreso than any other game in the series. There's actually only a few minutes of relevant information to the series as a whole. Specifically, the secret ending. Most other questions were already addressed either in BBS or Days.
You'll want to play ReCoded because of the gameplay. It has some of the best refinements yet seen in the series. Deck command system is awesome. The controls are extremely tights, despite not having an analog stick. And the camera is probably the best in the series. Combat is great too in general, against helped along by the deck system. Platforming also makes a welcome return. Whereas KH1's platforming was awkward and frustrating thanks to horrid controls and camera problems, ReCoded has none of those issues and further refined platforming. Of course, a lot of the platforming is "artificial" per say, being provided by the bug blocks, but it's very fun regardless and controls great for once. The only thing about the gameplay that's a little hit or miss are the minigames in each world. Every world has a little minigame based off popular game genres (like auto scrolling 2D platforming, or turn based rpg battles). They don't dominate the game, but some of them aren't that great.
And i have to say something else- i'd have found it extremely difficult, if not impossible to play Days without the shoulder buttons. In ReCoded though, it's much more of a requirement to have working shoulder buttons. L in particular is used for scrolling through the command list.
@Arithmatics
Hardly like KH1. Shoulder buttons were used for camera controls alone IIRC. And scrolling through the menu was done via the dpad or right analog. The fundamental gameplay mechanics and command list have changed drastically since KH1. Days plays more like KH1 in terms of the controls. ReCoded, not so much.
It's per se, not per say :>.
QUOTE(Sop @ Jan 1 2011, 10:14 PM) I am hyped to pirate this. I've enjoyed every single Kingdom Hearts game I've played, but pirated BBS since I don't own a PSP.
