Summer Of Retro Entry #5 ? Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
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Breaking the mould?
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is an action roleplaying game, the likes of which Square Enix has produced in large quantities over the last 25 years. The template is well known; travel to strange locations, watch a couple of cut scenes, defeat cartloads of monsters, battle with end boss and repeat. For Chain of Memories Square Enix did try to mix the formula a bit, they just didn’t succeed.
Roll your own
Both the action heavy combat and the world you travel through are determined by the games use of cards.Customizabledecks consisting of action cards deals out player moves during combat. An interesting approach at first, but you’ll soon discover, that the combat system is little more than a button masher, where all but the trickiest of bosses can be dealt by beating
