This conversation made me pick it up again last night for a few hours. Was doing great until I hit a wall with a major quest battle which I dont think i can win right now. So gonna wonder around and just explore for a bit until the spirit moves me to try again.

@ffff0 I've been working on this one for probably 6 months at a slow pace. I often get to sequences where I just cannot win a battle so I pick up another quest for a while, and then maybe a few more, and come back with a few more levels and skills. This is how I played Divinity Original Sin 1 and it honestly took me a year to beat but I loved it. It's definitely easy to get lost in these games and play them obsessively for days on end but I prefer to take them a few morsels at a time while I play other games. This, and the original, uh, original sin, are phenomenally well crafted games.

I cant recall whether all of the worlds were disclosed in pre-release trailers for the original and KH2 but I can't help but to hope they are holding out on a few surprises for KH3. Would love to see a few more worlds, whether something obvious (Moana?) or something out of left field. I, for one, am rooting for a deep cut like Black Cauldron!

If you haven't played it yet, I actually found my ipad to be a good platform to play through Life is Strange

@churchy There is not a finite amount of honor or dishonor points so as you approach the end-game, if you dont like your alignment, you can just run around and top off your good honor by, say, catching fish and throwing them back.

@capnbobamous Thanks so much. I figured that was the case but wanted confirmation because I tend to clean up optional content in open world games before I finish the main campaign.

Can someone answer me a question without spoilers? I am about half way through chapter 6 and thus far have completely avoided the southwestern part of the map (New Austin) other than the fleeting mission around blackwater. I have not seen an official timer in the game but I must have upwards of 100 hours so far and have avoided new austin because a) blackwater is in the red alert status and b) I assumed that the story would take me there eventually. As the game seems to be drawing to a close and we have not yet journeyed there, I wonder if this was a misguided approach and I have artificially missed out on hunts and treasures etc. While I know that I can run around there in the post-game, can someone tell me if the story progression (again, without spoilers) will take me there naturally or whether I may as well just go explore that region now before I finish the game?

Allies,

In preparation for the imminent release of KH3, I purchased KH: The story so far and envisioned myself playing through the entire package. But of course life, and Red Dead 2, happened and now im hardly a month from release and haven't even put the disc in my PS4. Let me first disclose that i DID play KH and KH2 back in the day upon their original release. I have not touched them since nor played anything else in the series.
I do not have all the time in the world so I am looking for the most efficient way to revisit KH games (and not just watch story recaps on youtube) and also play whichever essentials I missed. What are your thoughts on which games to play and which to miss? I was planning to play KH1 and 2 again and then maybe birth by sleep because i hear good things. I also recall that a lot of the games retread the exact same worlds, story beats etc. If you could only play 2 or 3 of the games before KH3 comes out, which would it be and which can I skip entirely? Love and respect.

@ShilentShniper PS. looks like Transistor is $5 down from $20 on GOG so if you think there's even a remote chance you will play it later, looks like a good time to buy

@shilentshniper Yes! Please post us your thoughts!