#A Fragmentary Passage

[xiiiwayfinders]

A Fragmentary Passage is the saddest dress-up game I've ever played

[dreamsy990]

SPONTANEOUS MINI REVIEW BECAUSE I REALIZED THAT I HAVENT FUCKING TALKED ABOUT FRAGMENTARY PASSAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok so. i actually really liked this one!

so uh. if you witnessed that incredibly long thread i made yelling about kh3 you will know that i. am not a fan of the look of modern kh. i think its kind of uninteresting compared to the delightfully cartoony style and just generally i dont like more realistic looks to games that already had a unique visual identity.

so im here to say that i think it works for 0.2! im a good way through kh3 and i dont think it works well there and ill get to that when i eventually review that game but. in 0.2 i think the new style fits the more dark tone very nicely, and the enviornments are absolutely gorgeous. like i came out of ddd thinking absolutely nothing could top symphony of sorcery in terms of world design and was proven wrong. the realm of darkness is my new favorite kh "world". for my mutuals who havent played kh, look at this!!! its absolutely gorgeous

and the environments are actually my favorite thing about this game. besides being beautiful, theyre also delightfully trippy and unsettling. theres a section where you have to climb up a seemingly never ending staircase, and every time you reach what you think is the top you hear aquas worst thoughts. a lot of the areas are twisted, destroyed versions of worlds seen in bbs. its very dark (fitting, for the realm of darkness) and honestly its a treat to just walk around admiring the view. the visual storytelling is as good as kh ever gets.

i briefly mentioned aquas thoughts a minute ago so ill bring them up again, her commentary adds a lot to the desolate atmosphere, and this game really feels like a character study. it shows her desperation, her worst thoughts, her hope despite everything, and its just genuinely good. i havent been able to say that about khs character writing since like. days. its GOOD.

i am. not a fan of bbs' writing. i think its got a good underlying concept with absolutely terrible execution, and it makes me wonder at times if the things i like about it were intentional or not. but this game takes the best written character of bbs and gives her more depth than they ever could before. i can say with confidence that aqua is one of the best characters in the series, and a lot of it is because of this game.

the tone here is very gloomy, but thats not really a complaint because the game is so short. the depressing atmosphere isnt too much to bear because youre barely in it for more than 2 hours. and i think that run time is EXACTLY long enough. it goes for exactly as long as it needs to tell the story and still give a moment to breathe.

as for gameplay. im not the biggest fan of the updated system. i like to think im open to change with kh's combat. i think the command deck has potential and the card system in com was fun and i actually liked days' panel system. but something about the way this new version of the system feels to play is just. unsatisfying. hits dont feel like they have any weight to me, and spells feel inconsequential despite being more grandiose than ever. its just not as good as it was before, and like its a sort of half assed replacement of reaction commands. the way they incorporated style changes into it was okay, but again its not as satisfying as it was in bbs. but maybe it was just satisfying in bbs because the rest of the combat there sucked

tldr, the things i care about in a game (writing and visuals) were fucking spectacular, but the gameplay definitely had room to improve. also if i ever have to fight a darkside again ill throw up and cry! 8/10, though im tempted to raise it to a 9 for the environments alone

[artisanscarecrow]

Taking a bit of a breather from Tron content today-- back to Kingdom Hearts!

...Would you believe that my favorite character from Birth By Sleep is actually Ventus? XD

I think all these drawings I've done of Terra and Aqua recently are making up for how much I drew Ven as a youngster.

Terra and Aqua reuniting briefly in Fragmentary Passage was Very Sad. I did this based on Terra commenting that he "couldn't see" Aqua or Ven in that scene.

Drawn using Procreate.

[xekutozoren]

Sephiroth's secret cameo in A Fragmentary Passage ( •̀ ω •́ )✧

Does anyone remember that scene in KH 2.8 where Aqua blacks out after finally catching up to her friends and being attacked... and then it pans to her just floating/sinking in the darkness until Mickey finds her?

I'm talking about this:

Arghhhh, this moment is so painful, my poor queen ; A ;

Go Terra!!! \(゜ロ゜\)

So, like, how did she go from being in a giant Heartless fist to just floating down in the middle of nowhere?

Been thinking about this little gap as an opportunity and came up with a scenario where Sephiroth was observing her for a while.

When Terra manages to get Xehanort and the large Heartless to disappear in that burst of light and Aqua collapses on the floor, it doesn't take long for the smaller Heartless to sense her light and come to feed on her heart. Sephiroth jumps out, quickly vanquishes them and picks her up. o(*￣︶￣*)o

But at that point they hadn't established a proper relationship yet, he's just fascinated by her light and how she isn't broken yet. He senses Mickey's presence and sees him searching for her, so he goes and softly lets her float towards the Disney copyright. ( ﾉ ￣ｰ￣)ﾉ

Ref from おいも

[tapioca-puddingg]

Yo! I just finished another KH discussion video! This time it's about Aqua. It's unlisted for now, but I'll make it public soon. Had some audio issues, so I do apologize about that. If it ain't one thing, it's another lol. Would love to hear y'all's thoughts and opinions as well

[jellyrat-9203]

My sibling, playing KHBBS: A Fragmentary Passage without knowing what happened in BBS: what's going on with Terra???

Me, joking: He's being taken over by Richard Epcar.

My sibling: What?

Me, still joking: I mean he's turning into Daisuke Jigen from the 50+ year old anime, Lupin the 3rd

My sibling: WHAAAT????

[kitkat-the-muffin]

I was bored and decided to ruin the tone of the Fragmentary Passage intro by putting On My Own from Teen Beach 2 behind it

I thought it would be cool but it does just take all the angst out of most of it 😅

[starlightwayfinder]

[nebuvoid]

While we are on me digging through minor details. I know that this is likely just the Evil Queen or Snow White as a child but god I want this mystery painting in AFP to be some fun original KH stuff hint so bad

Cheese Crown

[valentein-voyager]

a fragmentary passage playlist feat. silent playthrough

[soggystyrofoam]

aqua 0.2 sprite redraws

[xiiiwayfinders]

I love that A Fragmentary Passage is basically just Depression: The Video Game featuring Mickey Mouse

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage

[inexplicably-spookified]

aqua kingdomhearts

[smigglesss]

she’s being microwaved nice and toasty

[sugarwyns]

yes i own kingdom hearts on multiple platforms already. yes i bought it again when it came out on steam. and yes i still cry over aquas story