See here's the thing, it doesn't matter how mechanically deep either one is because they aren't competing with each other.
This is really the big thing. She's trying to conflate these two games based on the most shallow aspects of their mechanics just so she can feel superior about liking Kingdom Hearts and not liking Dark Souls.
As I said before, I think it's just part of her self-made martyr complex. Since there's more discussion about Soulslike games than there is about Kingdom Hearts in the normie circles, this must mean that nobody likes Kingdom Hearts, and that's because people are not only wrong but also probably fascists.
I know she's always liked KH but I suspect that part of this also got tuned up when KH3 came out and it was met with a resounding "uhh?!?" from a fanbase that had been starved of content for
seven years. I know there are people out there who really like KH3 but it looks like the broad response trends toward the negative-- I see a LOT of people who have basically written off the series after KH3 dropped the ball so hard with its villain. But of course Lily came forward saying "You guys just don't GET Kingdom Hearts, it's super simple, it's just about a smol bean of a boy beating up a bad guy."
I can't even be upset about her bad takes anymore. Now that I realize how profound her ignorance is, it wraps right back around to pure comedy.
Probably should've guessed that with how incompetent she is with something as simple as Pokemon (I mean, Pokemon is actually hella complex under the hood, but her not realizing that the Psychic-type with tissue paper defenses gets shredded by super effective physical attacks is gold), but to realize the actual depths of her stupidity on this is just... a thing of beauty, really.
Forgive me for missing the announcement (or maybe misunderstanding an earlier post) but what's the actual KH video about? Raw gameplay comparisons and why it's totally the first Soulslike and better than Dark Souls? Kind of old news but that's going to very funny to see her try and explain Kingdom Hearts mechanically, if she ever gets around it it instead of just shitting on games she thinks people shouldn't like. I
unironically want to see a video of her explaining what she enjoys about KH's story.
KH Spreg here too. Agree, pro-KH players are a breed of their own since they are the top of the food chain in terms of how much they pull off. If you want to know how much you can get away with if your understanding of the game is high, watch them, and study them.
This is honestly a major strength of Kingdom Hearts, especially 2. It's very easy to pick up and play, so if you just want a fun romp through some Disney nostalgia you're covered, but you can also make it harder and really engage with the system and do some awesome things with it.
And it's actually not all that hard to execute, you just have to be willing to learn. I really enjoyed my first go through KH2 back when it released, but I did a replay some years back after having watched a few speedruns in the interim and it was a whole new experience with that knowledge in my back pocket. I'll make fun of KH until the cows come home but 2 is still just a delight to play.