I enjoyed my time with the main campaign here a lot, it built upon the things that made Kingdom Hearts 1 great like its comfy atmosphere, charming characters, and fun setpieces, but by the time I got to the last world I was kind of fed up with the gameplay. I found myself just mashing out the same combos over and over without paying much attention to what was going on, hardly meeting any resistance as I went.
By the time I struck down the optional super boss my opinion had completely flipped on the combat. In fact, now that I've really dug into the myriad of mechanics at play here I think that's actually the best part of the entire game. I actively regret that I didn't do my first playthrough on critical mode, because it no doubt would've led to me enjoyed the combat a lot sooner than I did.
By the time I struck down the optional super boss my opinion had completely flipped on the combat. In fact, now that I've really dug into the myriad of mechanics at play here I think that's actually the best part of the entire game. I actively regret that I didn't do my first playthrough on critical mode, because it no doubt would've led to me enjoyed the combat a lot sooner than I did.