Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-226878-20150620044214/@comment-4010415-20150628014907

And you don't necessarily have to play them in order of the timeline, but it probably helps to, I guess. Basically, I've gone like this so far...


 * Played and beat KH1. Of course, I read all the Ansem Reports.


 * KH2 came out, and I read a basic summary of what happened in Chain of Memories, then started KH2. But I dropped it for several months, forgot what was going on, started over, played most of it again, dropped it for several months, rinse and repeat until I finally got off my lazy ass and beat it this year. Of course, I read all the Secret Ansem Reports.


 * Looked up a video with all the important scenes of Re: Chain of Memories and watched that. Finally got a better grasp of what went on between KH1 and KH2. Were there reports in CoM?


 * Looked up the "Theater Mode" video of 358/2 Days, from KH1.5 Final Mix, watched that. Got a better understanding of Roxas and Axel. I read Roxas' Diary and the Secret Reports. The Kingdom Hearts wikia kindly labels who wrote each Secret Report. You get a better understanding of what the hell was up with Xion (and that "hood on, hood off" bit that people thought was a glitch, but was actually intentional) from reading the Secret Reports. They're basically like journal entries from various Organization members, including Xemnas and Axel. Also, apparently, Chain of Memories takes place during 358/2 Days. When Axel says he's being sent to Castle Oblivion? Yeah, that's Chain of Memories starting up.


 * Started playing Birth By Sleep, starting with Ventus, and I fully intend on reading every report and report-like text that I find because these report things are treasure troves of information in every game. If you don't read them, you're missing out and can more easily get confused.


 * I plan on watching all the stuff from Dream Drop Distance (I think there's a good version in KH2.5 FInal Mix) and reading whatever reports are in that.


 * On the fence about Re: Coded. Apparently that game isn't important?