Kingdom Hearts II Platinum on Critical Mode WAS BRUTAL!

[@GawdlikeMatt]

If you guys liked this video I also made one for Birth by Sleep, here's the link for that if you're interested! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJa6k5yVl8aCnc0&ab_channel=GawdlikeMatt

[@yourcollegedebt8384]

The funny thing is, you didn't have to complete the songs a second time in Atlantica. You just had to start them, and immediately leave, and it'd count for journal completion

[@erickbuchert2830]

You do need a high score for another part of those entries

[@cashbanucita0025]

Ugh reminding me that I have to do this still was bad enough the 1st time

[@dragon_defeyes]

saved me another about a hour of earrape

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Man I wish I'd known that earlier

[@thestarwarsdude66]

23:29 “Perish now” Sora:”Okay!” *Dies*

[@borknagar5454]

For those of us who played the OG on ps2 we didn't get to experience the roxas fight. That fight, backstory, and music are some of the best in gaming history. I'm so glad I was able to experience it on this collection since it was Japan only.

[@OrbitalAnnihilatorRagnarok]

thats not true. you can totally experience the fight on the final mix ps2. the only version of the game where you cant fight him is, as you said is the OG ps2 version. it was never japan exclusive.

[@economichero1544]

@@OrbitalAnnihilatorRagnarok the final mix ps2 version was only released in Japan! So if you wanted to play it you’d have to buy a Japanese ps2 console with the ps2 KH2FM. So he is correct actually! We didn’t get a North American release of kh2 final mix until the ps3 hd collection!

[@OrbitalAnnihilatorRagnarok]

@@economichero1544 huh, didnt know! tought there was a separate version of kh2 fm on ps2 nationally. weird how an entire console doesnt have the main character fight himself gameplay wise but the others do. 😂 why add a fighting cutscene but dont make you play the fight. IN AN ACTION GAME.

[@MesserMusic]

@@OrbitalAnnihilatorRagnarok the original kingdom hearts two did not even have music for the Christmas town area either. It just reuses the Halloween town music.

[@zzodysseuszz]

Anytime someone says “best in gaming history” they are ALWAYS wrong

[@macromadstyle5664]

You've put a lot of work into this one, I can tell by the amazing editing. Just letting you know your efforts do not go unnoticed.

[@GawdlikeMatt]

thank you sir, you are a gentlemen and a scholar

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

@@GawdlikeMattyour sentiments about berserkers are shared. Especially since saix is essentially just a blueberry flavored one who has the capability to be a dick

[@Noidontupload]

You made this 1hour fly by so fast with how fun it was to watch and watching you go through all that was quite a throwback lingering will on critical mode took me a week before I finally got the win.

[@GawdlikeMatt]

that's so nice of you to say! I'm glad you thought so. And yeah LW was ROUGH dood.

[@Noidontupload]

@@GawdlikeMatt and zexion was my arch nemesis I went from almost beating him on the first attempt to it taking 4 days, it was diabolical how hard he was for me, he made my fight with sephiroth look like a relaxing sparring partner during my playthrough.

[@Videogamenerd30]

this was so fun to watch! even when your will was lingering the most, you came out gawdlike

[@GawdlikeMatt]

i see what you did there

[@jarederickson4715]

23:28 Sephiroth:"Perish now." Sora: "Okay!" *cue screaming and death noises*

[@justdiji254]

i just recently started trying for platinum trophies, and this channel has been really enjoyable to watch! seeing how other people react to grinding these games is quite entertaining. thanks for the content bro, looking forward to seeing what’s next.

[@GawdlikeMatt]

very happy to hear than man, means a lot and best of luck on your own ventures!

[@kalby6772]

For the trophy 13 anti form, you can also equip the keyblade you have after beating Roxas, and the passive for that keyblade give you 50% chance to transform in final form and 50% anti form (when you don't have already final form) and 100% chance for anti form if you have already final form

[@thecasualcanuck4590]

So yeah. This is one of my proudest platinum trophies I've ever earned. Because I did it one run on critical. My fuck, the game was a challenge. That being said, the first half of the game was a walk in the park. It was the Roxas fight that really changed me, as a human. I learned how import reflect was. But I'd argue, THIS IS HOW YOU DO A HARD MODE. The game makes you hit like an absolute tank, but so do your enemies. Really great high skill ceiling. Keep up the good work brother, I fucking love yoir videos

[@GawdlikeMatt]

thank you sir, and congrats on your own accomplishment

[@texasred120]

hell yeah another Gawdlike vid lets goooo

[@nasu_Is_Goated]

Ikr W

[@nekonoe1958]

Main Question still remains though: What is Cloud doing? Congrats on the plat, not sure I could have the patience for doing it.

[@TetsuRiken]

Other then fucking Terra (and maybe the JJ for the Pardox Cups) Crit KH2 ain't that bad to Plat I did it twice

[@realxtraki11er]

Kh2 ain't bad for plat. For me bbs and and recom are the worst ones

[@panduvandal]

Kh 2 is actually fairly easy to get the plat especially since crit has too many bonus abilities that helps lessen the grinds

[@Cloud16338]

Chillin

[@hunterdoesgames3659]

26:36 Matt is starting to enter his villain era

[@NamekianG]

All could have been avoided if he realized that Peter Pan was just as good as stitch, but doesn't take an hour

[@noahcennerilli7975]

This game looks amazing for the PS2, Congrats on the plat!

[@abyssofsorrowanddespair2936]

The sheer rage you felt having to summon stitch killed me and gave me flashbacks lol 😂

[@MICHEALKARLIS]

Really enjoyed this! That damn singing level though ha-ha. Loved the length of the video too, loved having this on in the background. Congrats on the Plat Matt, terrific game! ✨

[@vbbrothers]

Ive bought the KH 1.5/2.5 bundle on epic 2 days ago. After watching longplays and others play it for so long I decided it was finally time to play it myself. It was also an honor to be in the stream when you beated LW.

[@GawdlikeMatt]

haha it was hard earned for sure, happy you were there dood

[@benyeah4239]

When that ish coming to steam ain’t no way I’m buying it on epic games

[@bi7630]

After 2.5 get KH3. People talk a lot of crap about it but its an incredible game

[@ElJosher]

@@benyeah4239this

[@gabbyj16]

It is always fun watching the videos and streams. Congrats on 27k subs!

[@GawdlikeMatt]

thank you so much!

[@TrippleBPlays]

Yeah, I definitely am not great at the mini games in the Kingdom Hearts series. Jimminy's Journal took me a while in this game. Props to you for doing everything on Critical. I beat the story on Critical, but did everything else basically on Beginner. I still never thought I would beat the Lingering Will. He took me a while.

[@thedanplats]

Grats on the Plat Matt, watching you fight the lingering will on stream was insane glad you pulled it off, you showed those doubters!!

[@GawdlikeMatt]

[@guicruzrib]

Hey Matt, só deixando uma mensagem aqui pra você, obrigado pelo conteúdo tão completo e feito com carinho, conheci o canal pelo vídeo sobre Silent Hill 2 e tenho acompanhado sempre. Nos piores momentos, eu venho aqui e assisto algum vídeo que não tinha assistido ainda e tudo melhora e me deixa feliz novamento, muito obrigado por isso, você salvou a minha vida. Um abraço do Brasil ❤️

[@TheRustedKnight-lw2sh]

What is Cloud doing?

[@nordinreecendo512]

Beats me.

[@Jaaz7]

My man! Good job, never give up! That's a shiny plat right there.

[@MarsW13]

You playing on the musical part was one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen you do on this channel!

[@Arcana_zero_studios]

For that 13 anti-form changes, you could've used the 2 become 1 keyblade that you get from Roxas. It makes it so when you transform you either get final or anti-form, but when you unlock final form, it only gives you anti-form when you don't select final form.

[@outlaw451]

I've been working on the KH2FM plat on and off. I'm working on it again and the thumbnail reminded me I still have to defeat the lingering will.

[@CLUMSY101]

26:10 the PAIN is REAL 😂

[@jackofalltrades7728]

36:53 is the exact moment i entered yer stream XD, congratulations are in order, wear that crown with pride.

[@Kryors]

Apparently the game has a hidden Anti-form counter that goes up each time you use a drive form. Activating anti-form subtracts a little from the counter. Transforming into final form however subtracts a lotfrom the hidden counter. You will never transform into anti-form if you use final form. I dont remember the threshold number at which you transform. But knowing this information will allow you to sort of predict when you will transform. Edit: so i just looked online it goes: Counter goes 0-4: a 0% chance of activation Counter goes 5-9: a 10% chance of activation Counter goes 10+: a 25% chance of activation Using Valor, Wisdom, Master, or Limit adds 1 Using Anti-form subtracts 5 in the final mix (the version he is playing) and 4 in the original Using Final form subracts 10 Gaining a new form except final form resets the counter to 0 Using a drive form when a party member is forced/not present/unconscious adds 0 There are certain points in the game that are multipliers for the percent chance you activate anti-form. These are as follows: Mission battles (where your command box is outlined red) are x2 Pete, Hydra, Barbossa and Hades boss battles are x0 Battles involving non party allies (I.E. Hercules) are x0 The Organization XIII boss battles are x5 And the first Amored Xemnas boss is x10 Information: kingdomhearts.fandom.com/wiki/Anti_Form

[@largo87]

amazing video, I laughed so hard at some of the bs you experienced. I am currently going through trying to get the platinum, I just need to finish the story on Critical mode. The data fights weren't too bad for me, Xaldin I beat on my 2nd or 3rd attempt, my kryptonite was Vexen lol

[@bdhuffman42]

Roxas was the hardest fight for me. Idk why, but grinding in crit mode let me button mash the whole game up to that point. It was the first time that I had to use any kind of strategy.

[@GawdlikeMatt]

That was exactly how his boss fight was for me, definitely the biggest difficulty spike in story mode

[@josephbuchanan2319]

The whole time I watched the Lingering Will fight I was thinking “Is anyone gonna tell him to quick run through the cannon orb?”

[@justarandomsonicoc8740]

5:30 the same laugh courage would do every time he got folded by whatever monster he had to deal with 😂

[@sorterwoodsteel]

I remember asking you in chat if you were going to make a video on this and you sounded like you weren't planning to, thank god you did. It's a tough plat if you're doing everything in one run on critical!

[@GawdlikeMatt]

it certainly was dood.

[@Flutterdark_]

sorry i know way too much about kh2 so here things for anyone watching this to improve your own plat hunt -12:25 i see this footage and he should just have equipped two become one to force anti form easier (thanks final mix) -about the leveling, the smarter way would have been to hunt the synthesis log BEFORE the leveling, as all the enemy killing gives you exp -doing atlantica and 100 acre wood before beating the game means you dont gotta beat the game a 2nd time also NEVER PAUSE IN ATLANTICA its an instant fail if you do -the "perform again" goals can be cleared by starting and quitting the song -For the titan cup goals if you are in low hp stitch also plays the ukulele, so you dont have to spam it yourself, a bit risky but usable. -regarding anti form and demyx, go in final form before trying to challenge him. entering final form reduces your anti points so you have less of a chance to get anti at all if you are in final you can also fuck up the demnyx clones -magic also counts as a finisher for purposes of boss killing, people often forget that and while it isnt something i see missing in the video i still want to bring it up as a tip for lingering will and bosses in general. bosses have a thing called revengevalue. that revenge value is for bosses to, under normal circumstances, not be infinitely comboed. without getting into details its just "if you do the same combos, the boss breaks out at the same time" so keep that in mind.

[@stupidcat7396]

13:00 actually, if you equip the keyblade with the ability "light & darkness" that you get from the roxas fight it will force anti form as long as you don't attempt to enter final form

[@deathssyn4278]

many of those mini games seem explicitly designed to be done as you progress through the story...So for the hill climb and the hades challenge doing them at a lower level with access to less skills would make them easier...usually the case when side content gets more difficult when done not in progression order.

[@AidanDownes_KH]

One of my favourite platinums I’ve gotten both that I did it on both PS3 and PS4.

[@Arcana_zero_studios]

The fist herc uses doesn't auto-eliminate you, there's a point counter that goes down when you get hit, if it hits 0 you lose, it's right next to the score counter in the top left in every arena match that uses the gimmick.

[@trevorwarbritton757]

You are the only person I have seen fight Lingering Will straight up man to man. I commend you sir. Well. Done! I subbed because of that fight. Plz continue to impress me sir.

[@BigPapaSam96]

It's fun being a part of the stream. I love it when they call me Big Papa

[@ChaoticD3sTroYeR]

Watched your silent hill 2, outlast, SF5, this one and DMC 5. Really enjoying your content, I gotta make it to one of your livestreams, you got that charisma and you're enjoyable to watch. Gave me quite a few laughs, hopefully the upcoming days when I'm off work I can make it to one. Keep up the great content, kinda wanna get back into trophy hunting again cause of you, but then I remember the rage inducing moments I would have that caused my mom to curse at me. So maybe not lol. Take my sub.

[@NineTailedNaruto98]

52:40 the reason you couldn't break out of his book form is because you had too many combo pluses and the reason you couldn't break out during the finsiher is because he was in the middle of his desperation move (DM) but once his DM was over the first hit you gave him caused the finisher to register allowing you to break out of the book world. EDIT: After watching more into the video its definitely jank wtf I played through KH2 more times than I care to count and have dozens of videos of me doing the org fights and never seemed to have had this much trouble with Zexion that's just weird :O

[@PlanetaryPhoenix]

Actually, it’s not inconsistent at all. During that specific meteor attack, you cannot break out, however the game will still count any finisher you do during that time. Either way, a single reflect would have broken him out of all of this without any hassle whatsoever.

[@PlanetaryPhoenix]

Mind you, that doesn’t make Zexion not any less annoying at times with certain moves such as repeat meteors.

[@MrBrink182]

This video earned a sub and like. No question. Looking forward to further videos.

[@abyssofsorrowanddespair2936]

The trick to leveling wisdom form is do it after defeating Roxas before entering the castle. Unlock final form in memory’s skyscraper by just going back and forth to brink of despair to get your gauges back. Once u get final the room where a ton of shadows spawn will still spawn a ton of shadows. Makes leveling wisdom stupid easy. Valor and final are the most grind intensive for sure

[@foxthebeast22vods]

Props to you I just recently got the platinum myself and lingering was such a pain but in the end any challenge can be overcomed by anyone willing enough to try it

[@AkzoPainter]

The commentary in these streams have me dying 😂 keep up the hard work brother 👍🏼

[@GawdlikeMatt]

thank you sir, that's the plan

[@Amby3060]

Awesome job! Was Nice to follow the streams!

[@johnathonlawhorne7210]

If you want rage inducing platinum bbs.. three characters 3 stories and you have to fight the super bosses and complete things including ice cream beats (beat rhythm minigames that is fast paced and one trophy is getting a perfect score on all songs with one character) , stickers, rubble racing (kingdom hearts Mario kart), the many command boards (ripoff monopoly with rage inducing of itself mechanics and support members you roll by chance that can either help you or make you go from first to last place), and the mirage arena (area where you have to recomplete all command boards and rumble races along with challenges and secret bosses of their own). Also did I forget to mention that each character has there own journal that you need to complete for a trophy per character meaning you have to complete the all rumble races and command boards 2 times per character. You also have dlinks you have to max out with each character and constructing ice cream. This was a grind but worth getting it. If you wanna try this then just get ready to rage and good luck.

[@Furiora]

To quickly explain what happened with Demyx; Org13 fights actually have a 4x multiplier on the chance of going into anti-form. Only really becomes a problem against Demyx in the data battles because he's the only one we really use a form other then Final, which actually lowers the anti-form counter rather then rasing it like the other forms.

[@GawdlikeMatt]

yeah I was playing blind for the most part so I only got a partial sense of why it was such an issue but you explained it well.

[@HuckleBerryVA]

I witnessed you finally getting the platinum man! Applause to you my friend! 🏆

[@aaron8328]

Goofy’s chuckles had me dying 😂

[@OrbitalAnnihilatorRagnarok]

as a kingdom hearts veteran. THIS HURTS TO WATCH. HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD HE BEAT YOZORA. I NEED TO SEE. i dont care if its part of a dlc without a plat (the dlc is the best dlc ever conceived by mankind)

[@zzodysseuszz]

Almost none of the praise of this game is even remotely accurate. Just fanboy dickriding

[@wwalton]

There's just so many things I want to tell him to HELP and I can't, FORM CHANGE PLEASE, USE CURE, REFLECCCTTT!!! PLEEAASSSEE!!!!!

[@OrbitalAnnihilatorRagnarok]

@@wwalton same lol, he seems like a begginner, i guess we all start as noobs right?

[@wwalton]

@@OrbitalAnnihilatorRagnarok now tbf I knew about the hype of KH2 a little before I played it butttt still missed a ton of stuff the first time around, I didn't even get Final Form and I think I enjoyed it even more the 2nd time i played it

[@LunaticKD1991]

🤣 The fact that you thought you could tank a punch by Hercules is hysterical.

[@Lambwarrior]

Another one of my favorites! Im just revisiting a lot of your content again Matt lol!

[@retrobros.7460]

You are fun to watch, loved this and laughed so hard, keep up the good work man!

[@maeakin94]

You can get anti form by equipping two become one which only allows anti firm and final form

[@noblewolf6265]

it was not that bad (for me anyway) all it took was to learn the attacks and taking big risks but i did have to use a "cheese strat" against lingering will but you beat him without using one!? woah, that is some dedication, congratulations 🎉

[@pr1ncessyapper]

The fact that you admitted to not being sober while fighting oogie cracked me up

[@GawdlikeMatt]

I had to be honest

[@bluestar_kun]

26:33 wow that hurts to see. Seems like he forgot that he can also die to running out of points, which Herc seems to just find anything less than maximum as a small and cute amount for himm to yoink 38:15 oof your Anti points were too high and you didn't reset them by running into a random fight and transforming there in order to reset the points. The only problem but also upside to Anti points is that as long as you transform outside a battle (or in other words if your menu is blue) the points don't matter and you won't ever turn Anti. That's how I grind out Wisdom in TR, enter Mickey's house, transform without moving, then enter combat

[@MrShaquifa]

By the way. Herc isn’t a one-shot kill. Your point counter in the upper left during that tournament is counting down how many times total you can get hit. You died because the hit counter went from 16 to 0.

[@fabuloussuperstar]

Dunno how yours wasn't deleted but mines was. This guy is so salty and rude, holy fuck.

[@SonicX-qi2se]

52:27 might have something to do with when your dealing with the meteor attack, in that realm you can’t get it even if you’re comboing after the fact it won’t show, you probably needed to wait to attack when in the original dimension…at least for a few instances. 52:54 Things like this (this is a theory) you hit a multi hit move when it was at low health and if you’re still comboing it doesn’t register. So you needed to pause again. 54:29 …might be a case of you need combo starters? 55:26 you got me here… 56:01 yeah that can miss…:/

[@GawdlikeMatt]

A comment like this just makes me feel so vindicated.

[@SonicX-qi2se]

Fine to have frustrations. I’m just baffled. Attempting to understand why it wasn’t working with what knowledge I have. Also agreed that Xaldin is difficult.

[@revolution91156]

For future reference for getting into Ani sora just equip the 2 become one keyblade

[@chrisreid6695]

Im just doing my crit playthrough now and Oogie Boogie gave me many game overs today too 😂😂

[@jokesonyou5629]

Look, I love this game but I don't understand how people think this game is better than the first one.

[@DegmoGrandfather]

I wish that the timer on how long you played would still go even after a game over. Would love to know how long I spent exactly on him. I spent months (with breaks) until I beat him.

[@jamescameron-stuart2625]

Good stuff, great game. IMO you really should've leveled the drive forms as you were playing. Their abilities are so helpful in fights

[@jamescameron-stuart2625]

After watching much more of it, you could've got the platinum much quicker and a little easier had you just multi tasked and picked up or worked on specific trophies as you went through the game. And its not hindsight, after playing the game a lot growing up I knew how to best handle the list when I saw it. Just gotta apply some critical thinking skills

[@Xeralaze]

I know im a month late but a tip for getting antiform 13 times for anyone trying to do it, if you go into the timeless river and go into the room where the black whole swallows furniture, you're actually guaranteed anti form EVERY time you transform

[@M01st_Nu6g3t]

Xaldin is specifically hard cause he's almost impossible to guard or reflect, his air shield if close enough with trigger the guard or reflect just for him to throw out his spears and kill you instantly, along with the jump command putting you right in his air shield if you don't use it on the specifically correct attack for it.

[@GawdlikeMatt]

I appreciate the constructive criticism unlike the roasting I've seen in this comment section

[@M01st_Nu6g3t]

@@GawdlikeMatt It's a great video, I can understand your frustration with Xaldin cause hes the only one I've beaten in the story, just haven't gotten far in the remixes or whatever their called. but like you said, he's a boss that makes you play with his rules and it's frustrating.

[@consolplyrsrpoor2459]

I beat this game in level 1 crit and every ounce of anger an frustration thats expressed… i feel to the soul brother… i felt it in this video. Great video 🫡

[@TrippleBPlays]

Kingdom Hearts 2 is one of my favorite games. I have played it so many times. I was really happy to make it my 200th Platinum trophy in March 2022.

[@thenobody7509]

Dude, lingering will is amazing. The fact we later find out it's terra's armor is just great

[@dragonfire151blazer4]

I loved how hr was mad at zexion but you can only get the reaction command when you do a finisher on him

[@shroudshift9969]

"What the Cloud doing?"

[@nightwintertooth9502]

You should do death sounds for violent video games. Like...generic NPC dies 45.wav. Because I am now subscribed to the voice of pain.

[@etisbt4674]

If you are going to plat this, there is an easier way to be antiform 13 times. Just equip 2 become 1 on base sora. Then before going into castle, go back to area before, transform, then go back to before castle and repeat

[@TheJaseDawg]

This was epic as mate!! Smashed it!! 💪😎🔥

[@nigeljefferson7096]

5:33 got that gorillas feel good inc laugh

[@tawa112]

Are you going to platinum the other kingdom hearts games? Also great vid, goated as always!

[@GawdlikeMatt]

I plan to do them all eventually

[@GangstaMartinez]

The rage in this one was exceptional Well worth losing my hearing 👍

[@alexanderli8566]

26:13 I think he thought of the ukulele too much he ignore the limited hp mechanic

[@xileys9307]

Bro has the exact same reaction I do when a random small hesrtless does half my health in one hit

[@bubblt3a]

3:17 that hades chase killed me on critical eight. times. thats eight times too many

[@ilmanfarizki6912]

you gonna like kh3 data battle and secret boss for sure... go for it my fellow keyblade master

[@RZALetsPlay]

that's simple to understand if Zexion has you in his book you can't kill him, you have to release yourself first and then use a Finsicher it's not that hard and definitely not a change in the Rules other bosses have this as well ( Barbossa )

[@garypurdy4982]

Love these vids man keep doing them 🤘

[@GawdlikeMatt]

that's the plan my dood

[@awildkuribohappears5834]

Watching you play through some of this hurt, ive been speedrunning level 1 crit for a long ass time on different consoles. Seeing you brutally push through some of those data orgs while im screaming about using limits or final form fire is hilarious. congrats on the plat tho!

[@ipacklunches]

As a long time fan of KH that usually played them on normal. Playing them on crit really changed my perspective, especially with KH3.

[@icemankilla24]

Funny, I'm drinking and trophy hunting right now. Berserk and the Band of the Hawk

[@socoolsora901]

fun fact for lingering will just use fenrier with negative combo and duck flare and have all combo boost and combo stuff off as well

[@PotatoELF]

He wanted to do the fight legit. Thats a Cheese mechanic

[@runalagrimwood3047]

Lesss goooo another great vid!! Your heart was your guiding key

[@draggo1510]

13:02 ....he does know about light and darkness the ability of the keyblade you get after beating roxas right?

[@awaremms]

56:00 Sees game literally refuse to release the spell “Ah memories…”

[@Ratsapolis]

you drunk fighting oogie boogie is hilarious. kh crit mixed with alcohol has humbled me aswell

[@Sam-if2mf]

Matts facial expressions on 1:56 😂 

[@Sam-if2mf]

W vid

[@glquam07]

26:18 wait was he playing live and no one told him he took too many hits which led to his loss?

[@Wing0fSilver]

You had second chance on but kept using retaliating slash. If you waited until you hit the ground and could act, second chance remains active keeping you from dying and allows you to cure or throw a potion

[@sacb0y]

I always wondered what a first play through on critical would look like.

[@joelyjowell3]

“Winnie the shit “ 😂