You've Got To Dress To Depress.
My quest to introduce Tem to the Kingdom Hearts series is almost at an end; we've made it to Kingdom Hearts III!
It's weird that these games think there always has to be a plot reason for characters to change clothes. Riku can't just decide he's in the mood to wear gingham; he's required to put on special gingham clothes that protect him against darkness.
The Toy Story world opens with a fake advertisement for a game called Verum Rex. It doesn't match Kingdom Hearts either visually or tonally, and it is incredibly disconcerting. 'What is happening??' Tem demanded. 'Riona, stop laughing and answer me!'
When I first played Kingdom Hearts III, I genuinely thought for a moment that Square had decided to stick an advertisement for another game in the middle of it. I wouldn't put it past them!
When the Toy Story world kicked off, I ran around Andy's room, testing what I could play with. Could I move the balls? Yes. Could I ride on the skateboard? No. But, hey, I could push these letter blocks around! The physics were a bit awkward and it would take some finesse, but maybe I could spell something out with them?
Proud of my work, I took an in-game photograph and sent it to RD over the PlayStation chat function. 'RD won't like this,' I commented aloud. 'Toy Story is her most beloved childhood film.'
'I like that you just sent it with no explanation,' Tem said, 'particularly as the last message in your chat was from 2022.'
(I don't think RD has seen the message yet, alas, so I can't report on her reaction! That or she's decided to respond with stony silence, which would be extremely fair.)
Having spent a good ten minutes rearranging the blocks, I finally embarked on the actual plot.
Riona: Okay! Let's help these toys find their missing loved ones.
Tem: Imagine if someone came to our house, and we went, 'Oh, thank God you're here; Rei has been kidnapped,' and they went, 'Don't worry, I'm here to help.' And then they spent two hours spelling out rude words with our fridge magnets and giggling.
Riona: Taking photos to send to their friends, with us in the background.
Tem absolutely lost it laughing when 'Let It Go' started up in the Frozen world. Elsa singing passionately over visuals of Donald Duck and Goofy trudging through the snow.
Sora comes across as weirdly in love with Elsa. I suppose that might just be a consequence of him doing his 'hi! we're friends now!' thing to someone who isn't receptive to it at all. Usually, the Disney characters he meets goes 'yep, we're friends!' and then they hang out. It feels very different when he goes 'we're friends now!' and Elsa goes 'no, I need everyone to stay away from me' and then Sora spends several hours worrying about her from afar.
It must be very weird for Kristoff to have Donald Duck and Goofy shipping him with Anna. 'If Donald Duck showed up and started shipping me and Rei,' Tem commented, 'I think we'd have to break up immediately.'
It's weird that these games think there always has to be a plot reason for characters to change clothes. Riku can't just decide he's in the mood to wear gingham; he's required to put on special gingham clothes that protect him against darkness.
The Toy Story world opens with a fake advertisement for a game called Verum Rex. It doesn't match Kingdom Hearts either visually or tonally, and it is incredibly disconcerting. 'What is happening??' Tem demanded. 'Riona, stop laughing and answer me!'
When I first played Kingdom Hearts III, I genuinely thought for a moment that Square had decided to stick an advertisement for another game in the middle of it. I wouldn't put it past them!
When the Toy Story world kicked off, I ran around Andy's room, testing what I could play with. Could I move the balls? Yes. Could I ride on the skateboard? No. But, hey, I could push these letter blocks around! The physics were a bit awkward and it would take some finesse, but maybe I could spell something out with them?
Proud of my work, I took an in-game photograph and sent it to RD over the PlayStation chat function. 'RD won't like this,' I commented aloud. 'Toy Story is her most beloved childhood film.'
'I like that you just sent it with no explanation,' Tem said, 'particularly as the last message in your chat was from 2022.'
(I don't think RD has seen the message yet, alas, so I can't report on her reaction! That or she's decided to respond with stony silence, which would be extremely fair.)
Having spent a good ten minutes rearranging the blocks, I finally embarked on the actual plot.
Riona: Okay! Let's help these toys find their missing loved ones.
Tem: Imagine if someone came to our house, and we went, 'Oh, thank God you're here; Rei has been kidnapped,' and they went, 'Don't worry, I'm here to help.' And then they spent two hours spelling out rude words with our fridge magnets and giggling.
Riona: Taking photos to send to their friends, with us in the background.
Tem absolutely lost it laughing when 'Let It Go' started up in the Frozen world. Elsa singing passionately over visuals of Donald Duck and Goofy trudging through the snow.
Sora comes across as weirdly in love with Elsa. I suppose that might just be a consequence of him doing his 'hi! we're friends now!' thing to someone who isn't receptive to it at all. Usually, the Disney characters he meets goes 'yep, we're friends!' and then they hang out. It feels very different when he goes 'we're friends now!' and Elsa goes 'no, I need everyone to stay away from me' and then Sora spends several hours worrying about her from afar.
It must be very weird for Kristoff to have Donald Duck and Goofy shipping him with Anna. 'If Donald Duck showed up and started shipping me and Rei,' Tem commented, 'I think we'd have to break up immediately.'