KH2 expands on the relatively simple battle system of KH1 and makes it WAYYY more complicated, to the point where you could spend another thirty hours leveling up all the forms and doing all the bosses and getting all the different weapons and accessories and whatnot. This game is DENSE.

As for what I DID play, I really enjoyed it. The combat feels smooth and fair, the majority of the bosses are fun and well-designed and unique, the lore is REALLY cool if you can piece it all together, and the story is surprisingly coherent for how much is going on. Sora isn't the most interesting protagonist in the world, but the characters that they surround him with are GREAT.

I didn't play 358/2 Days yet but I'm probably going to play it after this, considering it's supposed to be a bit of a prequel to KH2 and a sequel to the trainwreck that was Chain of Memories, and all of the main characters in 358/2 have huge implications on the storyline of KH2 (for obvious reasons)

Really fun game, gets you in your feels while also throwing 8 bosses at you in the final three hours, one of which was so challenging and demanding yet well-designed that it is now one of my favorite boss fights that I've experienced in the past year (and I played Elden Ring!). I'm not going to say what fight it is, but you will know when you play it. Holy shit.

I guess I'm a Kingdom Hearts fan now.

I am not a Gran Turismo fanatic or a sim racing game fanatic in general: for the longest time, my experience with racing games was growing up on the arcade NASCAR games, Mario Kart Wii, and the worst game I think I've ever seriously tried to play in M&M's Kart Racing. Realistic racing games have never been my thing, but I LOVE this game.

Gran Turismo blends a sort of high-art charm with beautiful graphics and a smooth UI system that perfectly balances the art of the video game with the precision of handling quality motor vehicles. The amount of customization you can do in this game is simply unparalleled in any game I've seen. I downloaded a Lightning McQueen skin and used it for a good third of my gameplay. The soundtrack is smooth and relaxing, the tracks are fun and diverse, and the cars are wonderful. Being able to drive vehicles that I would only hope to one day experience in real life and even get a semblance of that thrill and enjoyment is a wonderful experience.

The online play isn't great (especially when you are solely playing on controller) and the cafe progression system gets a little boring, but this game is jam-packed with content and things to do, and even though racing is racing, I feel like this game would take a long time to get old for anyone, let alone someone who has grown up with a unique interest between racing, automobile history, high art, and creative design. Gran Turismo takes all of these and makes a wonderful product, and definitively one of the most realistic-looking and beautiful games I've ever played.