So I am playing 358/2 Days because I
fucking can.
I love this game. The plot is so, so terrible. Axel and Roxas eat ice cream, but then
Xion, a clone made from Sora's heart that looks exactly like Kairi except with DARK BLUE HAIR so maybe she's more of Zexion and Kairi's demented offspring or something, I don't know, pops up and joins the Organization as an unofficial NUMBER XIV. Roxas and Xion eat ice cream a lot while Axel is off messing around at Castle Oblivion, but then Axel finds out and is JEALOUS so Roxas suggests that they all eat ice cream together sometime. Xion turns evil and tries to kill everyone so Roxas pulls a Riku Replica and then Roxas finds out that it's all Xemnas's fault so he runs off and gets kidnapped. Oops. And then they eat ice cream some more.
On the other hand, I am having quite a lot of fun although I have yet to figure out how to use limit breaks. I've mainly been playing through Mission Mode because so far the Story Mode has been firmly attached to the model of "Roxas goes ... a lot while everyone else talks in his general direction. Occasionally he asks what things are, too, and why he's doing things." Never play as Zexion ever.
From who I've tried, Marluxia and Luxord are easiest to play as, ignoring Roxas because Roxas is the only one that's actually EASY. I've died horribly to a group of Shadows, Possessors, Yellow Operas, and/or Crimson Tangos as Xemnas, Xigbar, Xaldin (though he's really fun to play as), Lexaeus (dude moves like a rock), Zexion (mmm taking damage like its claws are a truck~), Saix (dude moves faster than Lexaeus
but not by much), Axel (he's got higher defense than Zexion! ... but not by much. It must be the hourglass figure...), Demyx (I hope DANCE WATER DANCE is his limit break because I haven't gotten any water clones yet...), and Larxene (she's even weaker than Axel....)
Xemnas doesn't believe in walking.
Getting hit by magic attacks inflicts status ailments as well as damaging. Saix and Luxord are REALLY EASILY lit on fire. It's very sad.
Apparently you get gag weaponry at some point. Saix gets a banana.
By the way, the manga adaptation of this game looks like it'll be what I wanted from it in the first place: stupid Organization hijinks. There're things like
Zexion and Demyx playing Twister! HOW CAN THIS GO WRONG?
I still want an OXIII hjinks TV show. Maybe they could air it on the Disney channel.