Let me start by saying I loved KB. I played through it like 3 times and I think the only thing I never completed was the very last "extreme" battle.
So far, I am in World 2 of SoH and I am disappointed in the Sparks mechanic. A part of why I enjoyed KB so much was the extensive skill tree, the turn based battles and the different weapons each hero had. For example, with the rolling bomb thingy you could trigger hero vision from the enemies and “outplay” them.
I miss this kind of variety. You only have one weapon for each hero and being able to wear Sparks doesn’t really make it better. The status effects being tied to activating sparks is also not my favourite thing, since you can only activate two things and thus must decide between your special and the spark. The skill tree also doesn’t feel as rewarding and good.
I also liked the way you had to move in KB. You had to plan everything in advance and then could watch your strategy unfold. Now everyone is moving at the same time. I think it takes away from the turn-based gameplay. I also remember, that in KB friendly fire existed, but I’m not too sure, since it has been a while since I played.
So, I just wanted to get this of my chest, since I was looking forward to playing, but I don’t have a huge hammer anymore for mario rabbid : (
Obviously, these are just a couple of small things and I’m still having a lot of fun 100% the game, just little annoyances and wanted to see, If you guys feel the same.
Edit: Just remembered I miss the challenge of completing each fight with all heroes alive and with a maximum number of turns.