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''WARNING: the following may become scary and also depressing, please read under this risk.''
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''WARNING: The following may become scary and also depressing, please read under this risk.''
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The following is based on a real event that happened to me a few days ago. No one should have to play what I did, but I should tell my story to anyone who wants to know about Kingdom Hearts. I'd gone to a local game store that sold new and second-hand PlayStation 2 games which was good, seeing as I wanted to stock up on some old classics I sold years ago. I found many games including both the Kingdom Hearts games for the console. I bought both games and got back home. I checked on the two disks, considering they were used, both games were fine but then I noticed something with Kingdom Hearts II, drawn on it was a oval which I guessed represented the number "0" under the title and also there was no instruction booklet. I just considered that the shop owner marked the disk to show it was pre-owned as I'd seen this before.
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The following is based on a real event that happened to me a few days ago. No one should have to play what I did, but I should tell my story to anyone who wants to know about Kingdom Hearts. I'd gone to a local game store that sold new and second-hand PlayStation 2 games which was good. Seeing as I wanted to stock up on some old classics I sold years ago. I found many games including both the Kingdom Hearts games for the console. I bought both games and got back home.
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I checked on the two disks, considering they were used. Both games were fine but then I noticed something with Kingdom Hearts II, drawn on it was a oval which I guessed represented the number "0" under the title and also there was no instruction booklet. I just considered that the shop owner marked the disk to show it was pre-owned as I'd seen this before.
I started up the game and everything looked normal and I played the game like normal until I reached the first time I could save. As I pressed save game I notice slot 4 had a file in it. The game had been played for 2 hours yet already was at The World that Never was with no munny and level 99. This was strange considering I do not have a Kingdom Hearts II saved game on my memory card. I tried to save over it but the game wouldn't let me so I just saved in slot 1.
I started up the game and everything looked normal and I played the game like normal until I reached the first time I could save. As I pressed save game I notice slot 4 had a file in it. The game had been played for 2 hours yet already was at The World that Never was with no munny and level 99. This was strange considering I do not have a Kingdom Hearts II saved game on my memory card. I tried to save over it but the game wouldn't let me so I just saved in slot 1.
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At first I was confused but then I considered that this was just a glitch in the disk, I didn't take any notice to it since the game still ran smoothly with no hiccups. I continued on with my game but every time I saw the save or load menu I could always see that strange save file staring back at me, like it wanted me to play it, and my curiosity was growing every time I saw it.
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At first I was confused but then I considered that this was just a glitch in the disk. I didn't take any notice to it since the game still ran smoothly with no hiccups. I continued on with my game but every time I saw the save or load menu I could always see that strange save file staring back at me, like it wanted me to play it, and my curiosity was growing every time I saw it.
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Eventually a few days ago I finished Kingdom Hearts II and, usually that'll be that, I'd put the game down for a while before thinking about going back to play it. However, I was still interested in that file. It never appeared on my memory card, it was just there.
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Eventually a few days ago I finished Kingdom Hearts II and, usually that'll be that, I'd put the game down for a while before thinking about going back to play it. However, I was still interested in that file. It never appeared on my memory card, it was just there, finally I gave in I decided to finally see if it was just a glitch, however, it turned out to be a saved game. At this point I was completely baffled, isn't the same supposed to be saved on the memory stick? I should of just turned off the PS2 and gone back to the store to check but I felt that as I was here I'd press on anyway, I wish I didn't.
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Finally I gave in I decided to finally see if it was just a glitch, however, it turned out to be a saved game. At this point I was completely baffled, isn't the same supposed to be saved on the memory stick? I should of just turned off the PS2 and gone back to the store to check but I felt that as I was here I'd press on anyway, I wish I didn't.
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I appeared at the start of The World that never was, everything was normal, I had Goofy and Donald in my party and of course I pressed on battling foes that I encountered, seemed pretty normal as I played through until I reached Roxas.
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I appeared at the start of The World that never was, everything was normal. I had Goofy and Donald in my party and of course I pressed on battling foes that I encountered, seemed pretty normal as I played through until I reached Roxas.
As soon as the cut-scene showed Roxas the game started glitching up, the screen would shake or black out for a millisecond. Then came the fight. Everything was normal, except the music, which played backwards, which again I thought was another glitch.
As soon as the cut-scene showed Roxas the game started glitching up, the screen would shake or black out for a millisecond. Then came the fight. Everything was normal, except the music, which played backwards, which again I thought was another glitch.
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I stared at the blank screen waiting for something to happen for a minute or two until some text appeared telling me to restart the console, I hesitated for a while unsure about what was going on, I could have just stopped and forgot about playing but I wanted to continue onwards, so I did what the game told me.
I stared at the blank screen waiting for something to happen for a minute or two until some text appeared telling me to restart the console, I hesitated for a while unsure about what was going on, I could have just stopped and forgot about playing but I wanted to continue onwards, so I did what the game told me.
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When the menu came to the screen the background was black, Sora was nowhere to be seen and there was only one option, "Play." Now this was there I was thinking to myself that this was a hacked disk, what normal person would do would be to take the game back to the store and ask for a refund or replacement however for some reason I wanted to see an ending, I felt I was going to get an answer if I reached the end, I pressed play and the screen cut to black.
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When the menu came to the screen the background was black, Sora was nowhere to be seen and there was only one option, "Play."
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Now this was there I was thinking to myself that this was a hacked disk, what normal person would do would be to take the game back to the store and ask for a refund or replacement however for some reason I wanted to see an ending, I felt I was going to get an answer if I reached the end, I pressed play and the screen cut to black.
When it came back I was back at the start of The World that Never Was, the music still playing backwards and Donald and Goofy weren't in my party, when I checked I had only one item in my inventory, the Keyblade.
When it came back I was back at the start of The World that Never Was, the music still playing backwards and Donald and Goofy weren't in my party, when I checked I had only one item in my inventory, the Keyblade.
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I continued onwards playing through the level, no encounters from anything, no heartless, nobodies or even Roxas. As I reached the castle the bride was already formed leading to the castle, I headed towards the castle, but I arrived somewhere completely different.
I continued onwards playing through the level, no encounters from anything, no heartless, nobodies or even Roxas. As I reached the castle the bride was already formed leading to the castle, I headed towards the castle, but I arrived somewhere completely different.
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I entered into a hallway; I could only see the thin pavement, Sora, and a path going on and on with no end in sight, disappearing into the darkness. There was no music, no HP/MP bars, and no commands. Just pitch blackness with only the path and Sora on the screen, I couldn't turn back either as I'd just end up running on the spot I had to progress forward, I continued onwards and onwards just to see if this would end.
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I entered into a hallway; I could only see the thin pavement, Sora, and a path going on and on with no end in sight, disappearing into the darkness. There was no music, no HP/MP bars, and no commands. Just pitch blackness with only the path and Sora on the screen. I couldn't turn back either as I'd just end up running on the spot I had to progress forward, I continued onwards and onwards just to see if this would end.
After what felt like an eternity of Sora running forward I began to notice I was coming towards something. I couldn't tell what it was at first but the closer it came to the screen the more I could see it, or should I say them.
After what felt like an eternity of Sora running forward I began to notice I was coming towards something. I couldn't tell what it was at first but the closer it came to the screen the more I could see it, or should I say them.
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I just left Sora standing there looking at the two Disney character's floating in mid-air and thought to myself, I guess by what it meant that I was too late to heal them before they were knocked out, but then why wasn't there any stars above them? Before I could finish with my thought Sora then suddenly just flung back in slow motion like when he dose in hp before the screen cut to black.
I just left Sora standing there looking at the two Disney character's floating in mid-air and thought to myself, I guess by what it meant that I was too late to heal them before they were knocked out, but then why wasn't there any stars above them? Before I could finish with my thought Sora then suddenly just flung back in slow motion like when he dose in hp before the screen cut to black.
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I looked at the black screen shocked over what I had happened, I'd only put the controller down for a few minutes and then I'd be killed, or at least knocked out, the screen stayed black for a few seconds until I was sent to the continue scene where a heart floats over Sora with the option "continue" only showing, I knew this game was hacked but I didn't want to stop, I wanted to know if there was an end to this, so I pressed continue.
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I looked at the black screen shocked over what I had happened, I'd only put the controller down for a few minutes and then I'd be killed, or at least knocked out. The screen stayed black for a few seconds until I was sent to the continue scene where a heart floats over Sora with the option "continue" only showing. I knew this game was hacked but I didn't want to stop, I wanted to know if there was an end to this; so I pressed continue.
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I was transported to where the player first gets to control Roxas only this time I was Sora, standing in front of me was another Sora only he looked like a heartless with red, demon like eyes, there was no music, only a speech bubble that appeared.
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I was transported to where the player first gets to control Roxas only this time I was Sora, standing in front of me was another Sora only he looked like a heartless with red; demon like eyes. There was no music, only a speech bubble that appeared.
"You cannot escape the fact that one day everyone will die, no matter how much you try to hide you will too, there is no reward after you've served your time, we will all fall into darkness."
"You cannot escape the fact that one day everyone will die, no matter how much you try to hide you will too, there is no reward after you've served your time, we will all fall into darkness."
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Then we went straight into a battle, the music sounded like a collection of the soundtrack all playing at once making a demented song. Demon Sora had a lot of HP and his attacks were devestating, luckily they were easy to dodge and I had the Cura spell.
Then we went straight into a battle, the music sounded like a collection of the soundtrack all playing at once making a demented song. Demon Sora had a lot of HP and his attacks were devestating, luckily they were easy to dodge and I had the Cura spell.
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While battling him, the image would cut away to a black screen showing bits of the text shown before the battle, taunting me as I played. I was shaken up by what was going on but still I wanted this to give me an ending. I noticed the more HP I took away from my opponent, parts of his body flew off and bit by bit I was cutting away at him, like my Keyblade was a sword.
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While battling him, the image would cut away to a black screen showing bits of the text shown before the battle, taunting me as I played. I was shaken up by what was going on but still I wanted this to give me an ending. I noticed the more HP I took away from my opponent, parts of his body flew off and bit by bit I was cutting away at him; like my Keyblade was a sword.
It was taking forever for me to finish off all the hp, the screen still glitching out with the text still taunting me, now I was determined to end this. At last I had drained his entire HP, the screen slowed down and I waited for the cut scene, but then the screen went black for a second and returned to how we were before the battle, only now the Heartless Sora was just a head.
It was taking forever for me to finish off all the hp, the screen still glitching out with the text still taunting me, now I was determined to end this. At last I had drained his entire HP, the screen slowed down and I waited for the cut scene, but then the screen went black for a second and returned to how we were before the battle, only now the Heartless Sora was just a head.
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Nothing happened, I couldn't move, there was no music and no text, I was also in Sora's point of view and I couldn't change back to third person, for 5 whole minutes nothing happened, I was just staring at the floating heartless head.
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Nothing happened, I couldn't move, there was no music and no text. I was also in Sora's point of view and I couldn't change back to third person, for 5 whole minutes nothing happened. I was just staring at the floating heartless head.
Then just as I was about to turn off the game, the heartless head charged to the screen and the last thing I saw was those red eyes until the screen cut to black, I felt my whole body freeze up in terror as I stared at the black screen on my TV, then a selection appeared.
Then just as I was about to turn off the game, the heartless head charged to the screen and the last thing I saw was those red eyes until the screen cut to black, I felt my whole body freeze up in terror as I stared at the black screen on my TV, then a selection appeared.
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The heartless Sora faded into view, staring at me. I was given control of him but I had nowhere to go, I was just in a completely dark room and I couldn't bring up the menu, the only thing I was able to see was Sora. There was no music, only the sound of crying which I guess was supposed to be Sora.
The heartless Sora faded into view, staring at me. I was given control of him but I had nowhere to go, I was just in a completely dark room and I couldn't bring up the menu, the only thing I was able to see was Sora. There was no music, only the sound of crying which I guess was supposed to be Sora.
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For 10 minutes I wondered around trying to find a way out or anything, but nothing happened, only the sound of Sora crying, then Sora faded away and text appeared on the screen.
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For 10 minutes I wondered around trying to find a way out or anything, but nothing happened. Only the sound of Sora crying, then Sora faded away and text appeared on the screen.
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"You cannot escape the fact that one day everyone will die, no matter how much you try to hide you will too, there is no reward after you've served your time, we will all fall into darkness."
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"You cannot escape the fact that one day everyone will die, no matter how much you try to hide you will too. There is no reward after you've served your time, we will all fall into darkness."
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Then I was taking back to the menu, everything was normal again, I went to the load to find all slots were cleared including mine, it was like I'd just bought the game.
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Then I was taking back to the menu, everything was normal again. I went to the load to find all slots were cleared including mine, it was like I'd just bought the game.
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I just stared at the screen, I'd played the file for 2 hours, I didn't know what to think but I knew I felt saddened by what had happened, it was like the game was not talking to Sora, but to me, it was taunting me only to break me and I felt empty inside.
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I just stared at the screen, I'd played the file for 2 hours. I didn't know what to think but I knew I felt saddened by what had happened, it was like the game was not talking to Sora, but to me. It was taunting me only to break me and I felt empty inside.
I went to the shop the next to ask about it, the guy behind the counter said that he didn't remember who brought the game in he just sold them.
I went to the shop the next to ask about it, the guy behind the counter said that he didn't remember who brought the game in he just sold them.
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