10 Video Game Openings That Pissed Everyone Off
6. Where's Sora? - Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts’ fusion of familiar Final Fantasy elements and classic Disney worlds was an absolute slam dunk. Even better was that many who bought it for these things were subsequently drawn into the story of keyblade warrior Sora and his friends. When the first game ended with a cliff-hanger, fans had to wait three years for the follow-up.
Before they could get back on track however, Kingdom Hearts II severely slowed players’ roll with an intro that confused and infuriated a great number of people. Suddenly, Sora was nowhere to be seen and instead we were playing as a light-haired stand-in by the name of Roxas who didn’t have a whole lot to do.
Sitting around and eating ice cream all day, players were left to wonder why this kid was dreaming of Sora and why they weren’t playing the game they had looked forward to for so long.
It wouldn’t be so bad if it was a quick tutorial, but this opening act drags out for around three hours. Over two hours of that is just cutscenes that ultimately mean very little, even when we do get the revelation later that Roxas is Sora’s “nobody” - created when Sora lost his heart in the first game.
Just hurry up and let me go hang out with Mulan, please!