Introduction
Xero Key
Flying high, spinning webs!
Hello Sufficient Velocity! So some of you might know me as an avid fan of Kingdom Hearts, spending quite a bit of my time recently on Spacebattles threads dedicated to the franchise and being "General Knower of Things" involving its lore. Well I'm here to show off one of my personal favorites, the Kingdom Hearts MMO: Ux.
'But Xero' you may be asking 'What does that mean? I've never heard of an MMORPG for Kingdom Hearts?' Well fear not my faithful friends, this isn't a fake or a fan-game. Ux started as X (pronounced Key, based on the Greek letter 'chi'), a browser game only for Japan. Eventually it was made into a mobile app known as Unchained X, where the story deviates from the original browser game a little. Later it was updated to Union X [Cross], the current title, and added a multiplayer function.
So now you may be asking, what is Ux? Put simply: The Keyblade War. That mythical event talked about in Birth By Sleep, a War between armies of Keyblade Wielders fighting each other over the power of Light. A War so devastating that the world fractured into a multiverse. ...However I may not get to experience this. See, when Ux deviated from X it seemed to also change the story. Though I will experience much of the prelude to the War itself, certain changes have happened that suggest I will not have the opportunity to actually fight in the Keyblade War despite the Player Character canonically doing so.
As such, I will be roleplaying this as the Player well as giving the hints and tricks I've found most useful. But first, the basics of the game:
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UX is a turn-based RPG where you equip Medals to enhance your Keyblade. Each medal represents characters in Kingdom Hearts and have special attacks.
Your first Keyblade, Starlight (seen here at Tier 3) will give you three Medal slots out of five at Tier 1 and most missions allow an extra from another player, bringing your total at the time of this image to six. The Special Meter underneath the Health bar is saying how many special moves I can use. HD Aqua (the first Medal) costs 1 bar, while the Sora & Roxas below cost 0. The top of the screen shows the amount of Items you've collected (shown as Gold and Silver), the Munny, and the Lux. Lux is both your Experience and how the rankings work. More Lux means higher rankings. The Option Tab allows you to look at your bonus objectives and Give Up.
Below that is the Nova Symbol. At a certain point you will be able to combine Medals of the same name to have extra abilities such as bonus Health and hgiher Special attack Damage. Nova levels up as well and is a one shot per Quest Area of Effect attack. Save it for Target Enemies! At the bottom corner you can see a triangle of icons. Red is Power, Blue is Magic, and Green is Speed. They work in a Roshambo (Rock-Paper-Scissors) order; Power beats Speed, Speed beats Magic, Magic beats Power. Certain slots on a Keyblade boost specific types and some Keyblades only work their best with a single type.
This is the Clear screen for the very first Quest, showing which Bonus Objectives you completed (yes, I am level 164. Level cap is 300). The Hidden Mickeys will fill up when you complete them, and some are very difficult.
This is the Quest Select screen. Here you can choose which available mission you want, including replaying old ones for the Bonus Objectives. AP is Action Points, during normal times each quest will cost you a certain amount to play, but at the time of this posting every Quest is currently 0. The 370 there is my Jewels, this is the in game currency you earn just by starting up the game each day or by buying them with actual money. Jewels also can revive you with continues but it costs 100 each time. Proud Mode is harder restrictions on Quests, with the first quest being level 200. Beating them gives you a few good Keyblades... but I'm not there yet. The little film strips indicate which ones have story in them.
Gold Medals have heroes on them and are called Upright, while Purple/Black have villains and are called Reversed. Roxas has one of each and all Organization members are Reversed, including Xion and Lea. Some Keyblades have both Purple and Gold slots, meaning you get an extra boost for putting the proper coloration there.
Now that you understand the gameplay basics, let's get down to story....
'But Xero' you may be asking 'What does that mean? I've never heard of an MMORPG for Kingdom Hearts?' Well fear not my faithful friends, this isn't a fake or a fan-game. Ux started as X (pronounced Key, based on the Greek letter 'chi'), a browser game only for Japan. Eventually it was made into a mobile app known as Unchained X, where the story deviates from the original browser game a little. Later it was updated to Union X [Cross], the current title, and added a multiplayer function.
So now you may be asking, what is Ux? Put simply: The Keyblade War. That mythical event talked about in Birth By Sleep, a War between armies of Keyblade Wielders fighting each other over the power of Light. A War so devastating that the world fractured into a multiverse. ...However I may not get to experience this. See, when Ux deviated from X it seemed to also change the story. Though I will experience much of the prelude to the War itself, certain changes have happened that suggest I will not have the opportunity to actually fight in the Keyblade War despite the Player Character canonically doing so.
As such, I will be roleplaying this as the Player well as giving the hints and tricks I've found most useful. But first, the basics of the game:
========================
UX is a turn-based RPG where you equip Medals to enhance your Keyblade. Each medal represents characters in Kingdom Hearts and have special attacks.
Your first Keyblade, Starlight (seen here at Tier 3) will give you three Medal slots out of five at Tier 1 and most missions allow an extra from another player, bringing your total at the time of this image to six. The Special Meter underneath the Health bar is saying how many special moves I can use. HD Aqua (the first Medal) costs 1 bar, while the Sora & Roxas below cost 0. The top of the screen shows the amount of Items you've collected (shown as Gold and Silver), the Munny, and the Lux. Lux is both your Experience and how the rankings work. More Lux means higher rankings. The Option Tab allows you to look at your bonus objectives and Give Up.
Below that is the Nova Symbol. At a certain point you will be able to combine Medals of the same name to have extra abilities such as bonus Health and hgiher Special attack Damage. Nova levels up as well and is a one shot per Quest Area of Effect attack. Save it for Target Enemies! At the bottom corner you can see a triangle of icons. Red is Power, Blue is Magic, and Green is Speed. They work in a Roshambo (Rock-Paper-Scissors) order; Power beats Speed, Speed beats Magic, Magic beats Power. Certain slots on a Keyblade boost specific types and some Keyblades only work their best with a single type.
This is the Clear screen for the very first Quest, showing which Bonus Objectives you completed (yes, I am level 164. Level cap is 300). The Hidden Mickeys will fill up when you complete them, and some are very difficult.
This is the Quest Select screen. Here you can choose which available mission you want, including replaying old ones for the Bonus Objectives. AP is Action Points, during normal times each quest will cost you a certain amount to play, but at the time of this posting every Quest is currently 0. The 370 there is my Jewels, this is the in game currency you earn just by starting up the game each day or by buying them with actual money. Jewels also can revive you with continues but it costs 100 each time. Proud Mode is harder restrictions on Quests, with the first quest being level 200. Beating them gives you a few good Keyblades... but I'm not there yet. The little film strips indicate which ones have story in them.
Gold Medals have heroes on them and are called Upright, while Purple/Black have villains and are called Reversed. Roxas has one of each and all Organization members are Reversed, including Xion and Lea. Some Keyblades have both Purple and Gold slots, meaning you get an extra boost for putting the proper coloration there.
Now that you understand the gameplay basics, let's get down to story....
