i still like KH2 combat best, it's just the right amount of high flying but KH3 still has great shit in it.
so, tiny baby analysis for what would make a neat combat system with KH as the base:
Sora moves with every attack.
Either he can slide around while casting spells, or he just swoops onto enemies with his melee attacks.
I think I would prefer KH2's magic rooting you to the ground, say if you're rocking any keyblade that's NOT like say, Aqua's style, but attaching movement to every attack RULES.
maybe even just make the basic movement also have a little ding attached to it.
Then, if against dingus enemies, every move will push the enemy.
In the current project, I have a neat formula for that!
All damage MUST be even, because it relies on division.
All attacks push the enemy an amount of spaces equal to half the damage they inflict.
So, an attack that deals 2 will push 1. 6 will push 3, and so on.
I think, for nice and dynamic combat, initiative is I GO -> YOU GO in that, after every player turn, an enemy acts BUT with a bit more structure. In that, for the enemies, they'd go like
Dinguses go first, then Elites, then Bosses.
So lil shitbirds just will disrupt unless you deal with them, which means that the Elites, and/or Bosses, will get their bullshit off.
Campaign structure.
Every World has the following:
- A big background problem that you can't solve
- A specific problem that you CAN solve with your special coolsword, because you're a coolperson.
- An Ally who will guide you through.
- An Enemy who's involved in every step of the way to hinder you.
damn near episodic formula type shit.
You will most often need to
- Get to a place to do your cool cleansing ritual
- Forcefully cleanse someone or something that drank too much eviljuice.
- Hunt down a guy in Evil Robes who's distributing eviljuice.
Then, every time you clear a World, DA BIG PROGRESS BAR ticks up.
DA BIG PROGRESS BAR is like, your big Event thing. not-Organization XIII comes to one of your old worlds to fuck it up. Super board-gamey.
Then like, eventually, you can take the fight to not-Organization XIII.