The first Kingdom Hearts didn't really have reasons for visiting every bloody planet. Whereas Kingdom Hearts 2 had vague or obvious blown out of proportions reasons for visiting planets. Loved the reaction commands, but I think the story was much too dramatic, Kingdom Hearts 1 focused on the "friendship of Sora, Riku, and Kairi" as well as humor thrown in every other sentence. Kingdom Hearts 2 was like a soap opera but disney friendly with combat & slight humor. I hated the gummi ship designing in 2, it made me think I was going to have a brain lesion (i think i spelled that wrong)