Kingdom Hearts

I don't feel like writing about Guitar Hero. Instead I'll talk about one of the like ten console games I played religiously: Kingdom Hearts.

How did I hear about Kingdom Hearts? I think my brother introduced it to me, saying how I'd like it because it incorporates Walt Disney into the video games; and don't judge I love Disney =P But to me, this game is basically like Legend of Zelda + Mickey Mouse. Of course I'd love it.

So when I got that, I was in high school, and depending on my mood I'd either play Kingdom Hearts, Guitar Hero, or Mortal Kombat on PS2. Kingdom Hearts mostly, of course. I got into it right away: I obviously loved the Disney characters and that whole sub-plot with the Disney movies representing different worlds but I also loved the Final Fantasy characters (even though I never played the game before) and fighting and the whole adventure sequence. Oh, but I hated the Gummi Ship. Most retarded thing ever, EVER created. Then they tried to jazz it up in KH II, no it's still just as stupid. I could never sit there for hours & customize the Gummi Ship, which I only get through to go to the different worlds then warp to the different world right after that. Ugh.

But I digress...

I'll never forget, one day my brother and I are playing the game, I think we were trying to get one of the trophies from , and we're having fun and my mother comes in, and scoffs at the TV and says that we need to "stop playing violent video games" and come in to eat dinner. And I'm like -__- what. This is Disney. It's not a violent video game. You let me watch Disney ever since I was a kid, and there is a certain degree of violence and violent themes in the movies, but it's Walt Disney. Everything has a happy ending. The guy gets the girl, the kid becomes king or whatever, and the bad guy dies. In Kingdom Hearts, Sora is in love with this girl, then goes on a quest to find and save her, runs around with Donald & Goofy and "fight" bad enemies, called "Heartless" and perform magic on them to kill them, and when the Heartless die, Sora doesn't get showered in their bloodshed, no he gets like orbs for health or exp. points or whatever. It's not a violent video game; I don't think it's affecting my psyche or toleration of violence.

It annoyed me because she gets annoyed that I like watching the Saw movies & I need to stop watching violent things. How can she classify Kingdom Hearts as something violent??

It's just a thought I had. I don't think Kingdom Hearts should be classified as something violent, but I think the rating says it has mild violence. The game appeals to teenagers; I think I'm able to handle playing the game at age seventeen.