Kingdom Hearts III

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  1. AfroSamorai
    Sep 1, 2023
    5
    Kingdom hearts 2 dropped over 12years ago, square enix must have forgotten we're all grown now, i felt like i was playing a dora the explorer game or blues clues, the combat is atrocious and the dialogue makes 0 sense, one of the worst games i completed
  2. Combatking42
    Aug 5, 2023
    7
    To be truth, I love the art style and the characters. But the game is so confusing to play and the mechanics aren't my type of favorite although I do like this series, there were some wrong things that happened in this game that I honestly wished they were much better. But overall 7/10
  3. nietzfk
    Jul 8, 2023
    7
    It was nice to wander in his fun and colorful world. I went so far as to unlock all the achievements in the game. The combat system was good enough for me. The spaceship controls are weird, but it's over now :) The story is too complicated for me now, but it didn't seem as impressive as the second game. Maybe it's because I'm getting old.
  4. Kostas_Spirou
    Jun 5, 2023
    7
    Kingdom Hearts III feels like an amusement park, it's just a fun where you get to meet some of your beloved childhood heroes and go on a little adventure.

    The plot is indeed very complicated and didn't click with me, so I knew from the get-go that I shouldn't expect a great story. The biggest problem in my opinion, is the fact that the game is not aware that it's full of uninteresting    Kingdom Hearts III feels like an amusement park, it's just a fun where you get to meet some of your beloved childhood heroes and go on a little adventure.

    The plot is indeed very complicated and didn't click with me, so I knew from the get-go that I shouldn't expect a great story.
    The biggest problem in my opinion, is the fact that the game is not aware that it's full of uninteresting plot points, boring villains and overly long cutscenes that don't add anything to the story.

    On the bright side, I absolutely loved the magnificent worlds you visit throughout the game, they look gorgeous and every single one of them feels unique.

    The gameplay is a fairly easy, it doesn't require any strategy but it's enjoyable and there are many abilities you can unlock, making it feel fresh.

    And lastly, there are some surprisingly fun mini-games that add some charm to the game.

    In the end I was left satisfied, but there is some serious wasted potential here.

    Final Rating: "Good" ~ 7/10.    … Expand
  5. Nightscape_
    May 17, 2023
    7
    It is definitely a good game. Not as good as KH2, but still worth playing if able to pick it up for $20 or so.

    I think this has the best fighting mechanics of all the games and like being able to change keyblades on the fly. Everything else is fine, but that is kind of my problem. It doesn't feel grander as they remove some feature for others and the stuff they removed I thought was    It is definitely a good game. Not as good as KH2, but still worth playing if able to pick it up for $20 or so.

    I think this has the best fighting mechanics of all the games and like being able to change keyblades on the fly. Everything else is fine, but that is kind of my problem. It doesn't feel grander as they remove some feature for others and the stuff they removed I thought was better. The content is not bad, just ok.

    How do you remove the colosseum!? That was one of the best parts of the series! And how come there are no Final Fantasy characters? I wanted to see Squall, Cloud, and the others. Also, once you finish a world, there really is no reason to ever go back, unlike in the second game where you were incentivized to see how things have progressed in each world after nearing the end of the game, you don’t have that here. The whole game just feels a bit lacking in comparison to what came before. The stuff that is in KH3 is fine, but I would rather have the coliseum than cooking (which the buffs it provides never really mattered in my hard playthrough).

    I do wish the story had more substance and had a bit of a better ending. Don't get me wrong, it is not bad, just not that amazing. The series is already infamous for the most complicated story in video game history. The devs just assume you played all dozen or so games, spent hours online watching story recaps and summaries, and simply look to finish the ending. I just wish the plot for the third game was more coherent and substantial. There are multiple main characters who do nothing but stand around and talk, such as Kairi, Maleficent, and Pete. I really wanted to see Kairi training and fight alongside Sora in the game; we get neither! The whole thing reminds me of the scene in Avengers End Game where the rat saves Ant-Man, It can be fun a game but the writing is just plain sloppy in places.

    I enjoyed the combat system and the quality of life mechanics they implemented and it is still fun to play alongside favorite movie characters, even better here now that you don’t have to pick and choose between them and Donald and Goofy, all of them are on screen now which is way better. Adding Pixar was great. In fact, I think the Monsters Inc. level is the best they ever made and wished all the worlds felt like a direct sequel to the movies. At the same time, though, I thought the writing for Rapunzel’s world was the worst in the entire series of games and thought the Frozen world was very boring as well. I really didn't enjoy sitting there and listening to the whole Let it Go song. It would have been fine if it had been like in KH2 where you get to play a mini-game with Aerial, but here you just have to watch.

    So, after a decade of waiting for this game was it worth the wait. Eh, I guess. They use pre-woke Disney and Pixar so that is great but do think they fall short of Kingdom Hearts 2. It's a good game and I like most of the content but it felt lacking a bit in all categories.    … Expand
  6. smlvcfncst
    Feb 12, 2023
    5
    In one sentence: Kingdom Hearts III is an uninspired, repetitive game carrying out a non-sensical and mawkish plot. The visuals are nice, indeed, perhaps also the OST, but apart from that, nothing remarkable. The gameplay is nothing but a hallway, where combats become repetitive and uninteresting very fast (also too easy, but this wouldn't be a problem if they were fun). Now about theIn one sentence: Kingdom Hearts III is an uninspired, repetitive game carrying out a non-sensical and mawkish plot. The visuals are nice, indeed, perhaps also the OST, but apart from that, nothing remarkable. The gameplay is nothing but a hallway, where combats become repetitive and uninteresting very fast (also too easy, but this wouldn't be a problem if they were fun). Now about the plot, I don't wanna be a cry baby, but believe when I say the best way to describe is the following: imagine a 13 year-old writing a fan fiction the afternoon after her/his first heart-break. People say the story of the saga is complicated; let me tell you it is not. The story of the saga is quite simple, but they try to make it look complex by adding unrelated ideas extremely bad brought together, as if someone wanted to look smart asking silly questions in the most convoluted, poorly rhetorical way. All in all, it looks like a game whose only virtue is its name; other than that, its an old game, where all the effort has been put in making it pretty, not even being that nice to look at after all.… Expand
  7. TeemoTime
    Feb 1, 2023
    7
    Um, let’s ask the final fantasy characters what they think of KH3...
    Oh wait, the reason I came to the series in the first place, is now an afterthought. Truly one of the Square Enix games of all time.
    Otherwise, game is ok... It has it's moments but the story is a mess, since half the time they are trying to recap all the spinoffs you haven't played that are intergral to the plot. The    Um, let’s ask the final fantasy characters what they think of KH3...
    Oh wait, the reason I came to the series in the first place, is now an afterthought. Truly one of the Square Enix games of all time.
    Otherwise, game is ok... It has it's moments but the story is a mess, since half the time they are trying to recap all the spinoffs you haven't played that are intergral to the plot. The combat is great, but doesn't feel as tight as KH2. The graphical detail is the highlight, and I hope they continue that improvement in graphics into KH4. Otherwise, fix the story and tweak the combat. That's a lot to ask though.    … Expand
  8. aaronnmp96
    Jan 31, 2023
    7
    disappointment, but it is very funny, it can be better, much better but it is not a drama
  9. ZangBang
    Dec 25, 2022
    6
    63/100
    Kingdom Hearts 3 offers players a stunningly wide array of rewarding, heterogeneous combat options taken from many previous installments, keeping the experience extremely fresh throughout, and adds new gamechanging mechanics such as the possibility to defend while airborne or switch Keyblades on the fly, which is a massive revolution allowing for more creative combos and a more    63/100
    Kingdom Hearts 3 offers players a stunningly wide array of rewarding, heterogeneous combat options taken from many previous installments, keeping the experience extremely fresh throughout, and adds new gamechanging mechanics such as the possibility to defend while airborne or switch Keyblades on the fly, which is a massive revolution allowing for more creative combos and a more fluid combat flow. Even after all of this, combat still greatly suffers from a restricted player agency due to the somewhat random and awkwardly time-restricted nature of Situation Commands, instead of the rewarding resource management on which KH2 relied. Nonetheless, just like KH2, KH3 offers a massive set of combat options, and while the main campaign is a little too easy with mostly simplistic bosses, the post-game content provides a wide array of challenging, deeply variegated bossfights with multifaceted movesets and interesting mechanics. Level Design is breathtaking, with huge open spaces developing in different ways in each new area. They lack meaningful platforming or environmental challenges, but they're packed with various collectibles, secrets and most of all minigames. KH3's greatest strength is in fact its gameplay variety and richness: on top of the tremendously upgraded Gummiship section, we find a staggering amount of polished, charming fun minigames and side-activities to enjoy and master, both self-contained and tangential to the core gameplay structure. The game's greatest weakness, on the other hand, is the story, especially as the finale of a saga lasted eight games. Most blatantly a horrible cutscene direction, with awkward silences between lines and stiff, slow action scenes. Most painfully, an unimaginative plot that tries to unravel the massive tangle of storylines built throghout the years in the quickest, simplest ways possible leading to a linear, bland story that disregards many previously established rules thus creating an embarassing amount of plotholes in a series that ironically prides itself on the importance of its story and complexity of its lore.    … Expand
  10. AntonioDS94
    Dec 5, 2022
    6
    Il mio voto corrisponde a Sufficiente non ho trovato nulla di innovativo qualche mondo si che è bello la trama e sempre Sora come negli altri Kingdom Hearts poco originale ed ispirata rispetto ai primi due capitoli. Preferisco Nier Automata e Nier Replicant che hanno più carattere. Non è un gioco molto brillante. Spero che Yoko Taro e Platinum Games rendano il gioco molto Nier in futuroIl mio voto corrisponde a Sufficiente non ho trovato nulla di innovativo qualche mondo si che è bello la trama e sempre Sora come negli altri Kingdom Hearts poco originale ed ispirata rispetto ai primi due capitoli. Preferisco Nier Automata e Nier Replicant che hanno più carattere. Non è un gioco molto brillante. Spero che Yoko Taro e Platinum Games rendano il gioco molto Nier in futuro spettacolare e brillante come Nier Automata.… Expand
  11. Hkeitz323
    Nov 8, 2022
    7
    Pros:
    - Rewards for exploration
    - Controls are fluid, and all types of combat are easy to use and very responsive - The game looks beautiful - Equipping items, abilities, and upgrades is easy - Engaging and challenging boss fights Cons: - Story is very convoluted and poorly paced - Most of the gameplay is over-simplified and too easy - The Disney park attractions add to the    Pros:
    - Rewards for exploration
    - Controls are fluid, and all types of combat are easy to use and very responsive
    - The game looks beautiful
    - Equipping items, abilities, and upgrades is easy
    - Engaging and challenging boss fights

    Cons:
    - Story is very convoluted and poorly paced
    - Most of the gameplay is over-simplified and too easy
    - The Disney park attractions add to the over-simplified game play, and add very little to the game besides spectacle
    - A lot of missions are either boring or frustrating
    - Gummi ship controls are slippery    … Expand
  12. Benattih
    Jul 16, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As animações são muito lindas, lindos gráficos e a trilha sonora é impecável.
    Mas a dificuldade do jogo é extremamente fácil, você não sente dificuldade em nenhum momento do jogo, é possível jogar as batalhas mais difíceis só apertando ''circulo'' porque o Sora se movimenta sozinho em direção aos inimigos para golpear.
    A história também possui muita enrolação e falsa complexidade (um monte e furos que são justificados como ''mistério e história complexa a ser desenrolada em uma sequencia''). Entretanto, analisando individualmente as experiências narrativas de cada mundo, as histórias são bonitas de serem assistidas e com ótimas cenas de animação.
    O jogo é lindo, mas com jogabilidade medíocre por ser um jogo infantil, e não deve ser difícil.
    Um jogo família que deve atender muitos públicos.    … Expand
  13. joel_tdl
    May 25, 2022
    5
    Bien visualmente, Mal jugablemente

    JUGABILIDAD: Independientemente de la bonita narrativa, sí es engorroso que por cada 2 minutos de juego haya 20 de cinemáticas. De verdad es de lo mas anticlimático no poder tener una progresión natural sin que el juego esté mostrando videos (todos entre pantallas de carga, claro) cada menos de 5 minutos. Vamos, que incluso cuando aparecen los grupos    Bien visualmente, Mal jugablemente

    JUGABILIDAD:
    Independientemente de la bonita narrativa, sí es engorroso que por cada 2 minutos de juego haya 20 de cinemáticas. De verdad es de lo mas anticlimático no poder tener una progresión natural sin que el juego esté mostrando videos (todos entre pantallas de carga, claro) cada menos de 5 minutos. Vamos, que incluso cuando aparecen los grupos de enemigos "normales" no lo hacen así sin mas, sino que hay un mini corte cinemático antes dé.

    Lo anterior, aunado a la nula dificultad, han hecho que me sea imposible disfrutar del juego.

    GRÁFICOS Y SONIDO:
    Impecables.
    Visual y sonoramente el juego es perfecto. Buena animación con una buena gama de colores y nivel de detalle caricaturezco, y una gran banda sonora acompañada de un trabajo de voces más que apropiado (lo jugué en inglés).
    Una pena que haya sido desperdiciado al tener una jugabilidad tan pobre y que, por lo menos en mi caso, no me permitió avanzar siquiera a la mitad de la travesía.    … Expand
  14. chibiace
    Apr 28, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. On it's own this was an okay game. Interesting new mechanics and wonderful visuals. However in the grand scheme it pales in comparison to its predecessors of 2,1 and even the hand held BBS. Incredibly easy to beat anything if you play semi well, key characters do not get voice lines, there is little motivation for moving the plot forward and you have little incentive to return to worlds. An okay entry and a decent RPG but not one I'll be reaching for post content any time soon. (Beaten on normal 32Hr not rushing)… Expand
  15. DarkwingSchmuck
    Mar 20, 2022
    7
    After 12 long years since the release of Kingdom Hearts II, the franchise returns with its wildly inconsistent third console installment. Kingdom Hearts III offers just as much fun action-packed gameplay as its predecessors, though its difficulty on normal setting is a joke -- this is by far the easiest game in the series.

    Kingdom Hearts III does have the best designed Disney worlds in    After 12 long years since the release of Kingdom Hearts II, the franchise returns with its wildly inconsistent third console installment. Kingdom Hearts III offers just as much fun action-packed gameplay as its predecessors, though its difficulty on normal setting is a joke -- this is by far the easiest game in the series.

    Kingdom Hearts III does have the best designed Disney worlds in the franchise thus far, with a more open structure that allows for more exploration. However, the story here is a complete mess. It's fine in the first two-thirds of the game when it's focused on the Disney elements, but the narrative becomes a slog in the final act. For a franchise that is known for being convoluted and pretentious, never has it been more apparent than with the nonsensical final third of Kingdom Hearts III.

    Kingdom Hearts III also offers a 30-dollar DLC that is drastically over-priced and lacking in substantial content.    … Expand
  16. Antoniods
    Mar 19, 2022
    6
    Ho trovato il gioco da 6,5 non troppo duraturo rispetto a Kingdom Hearts 2 la trama è sempre la stessa. Non mi sono divertito molto perché troppi minigiochi e il suo DLC ingiocabile. Non è brillante rispetto a Nier Automata e Nier Replicant bruttissimo il DLC è un gioco troppo vecchia scuola. La miglior serie è Nier Automata è più rigiocabile affascinante e rigiocabile. Verdetto un giocoHo trovato il gioco da 6,5 non troppo duraturo rispetto a Kingdom Hearts 2 la trama è sempre la stessa. Non mi sono divertito molto perché troppi minigiochi e il suo DLC ingiocabile. Non è brillante rispetto a Nier Automata e Nier Replicant bruttissimo il DLC è un gioco troppo vecchia scuola. La miglior serie è Nier Automata è più rigiocabile affascinante e rigiocabile. Verdetto un gioco divertente ma troppo vecchio sia in termini di difficoltà e vecchio il combat System non è un gioco spettacolare spero che non esca un Kingdom Hearts deludente in futuro e macchinoso.… Expand
  17. DutchPotato
    Oct 19, 2021
    5
    Better than DDD but that's not saying much. Some great moments for die hard fans but those moments are stretched over an increadibly poorly paced story. Combat is just ok
  18. frederik1478
    Jul 25, 2021
    7
    A good ending for franchise and I hope it will be,
    I love the Kingdom hearts franchise is the closest to my heart but I think this is a good place to just ended ,the Combat is not the best the serious but not the worst is a child of birth by sleep Kingdom hearts 2 body feels more like birth by sleep floaty kind of movement I'm not a fan of the world , I really love the ending and I will    A good ending for franchise and I hope it will be,
    I love the Kingdom hearts franchise is the closest to my heart but I think this is a good place to just ended ,the Combat is not the best the serious but not the worst is a child of birth by sleep Kingdom hearts 2 body feels more like birth by sleep floaty kind of movement I'm not a fan of the world , I really love the ending and I will say this is the third best kingdom hearts game,
    I loved it enough to get a Platinum trophy    … Expand
  19. hinfectos
    May 3, 2021
    5
    Aprobado por los pelos... La verdad, me encantaba esta saga. La primera entraga fue genial, la segunda muy buena, pero esta tercera ya me parece demasiado. A habido demasiados spin off que se necesitan jugar para entender la historia, la cual a veces se hace cuesta arriba.

    Cinemáticas muy largas que te cortan la jugabilidad. Gráficamente es brutal y más en PS4Pro o PS5 pero eso no lo    Aprobado por los pelos... La verdad, me encantaba esta saga. La primera entraga fue genial, la segunda muy buena, pero esta tercera ya me parece demasiado. A habido demasiados spin off que se necesitan jugar para entender la historia, la cual a veces se hace cuesta arriba.

    Cinemáticas muy largas que te cortan la jugabilidad.

    Gráficamente es brutal y más en PS4Pro o PS5 pero eso no lo es todo en un juego, y en mi opinión me resultó tan aburrido que de hecho aún no he podido terminarlo, por que es infumable. Una pena porque las dos primeras entregas me encantaron.

    Además, no entiendo por qué esta vez no los tradujeron al español (sólo subtítulos).    … Expand
  20. MonkiReviews
    Apr 24, 2021
    7
    A fun game, but it isn’t as good as I expected. I don’t know why, but I feel like the game play could be a little better. It is my favorite game in the series, but it isn’t my favorite game. It is fun, the story is good, and the characters are awesome, but it is missing pieces to make it amazing.
  21. DjaySuzi
    Mar 11, 2021
    6
    While the gameplay, combat (aside from the attractions that are so repetitive and unnecessary), graphics, worlds, gummi ship missions, voice acting, and everything I can think of felt MUCH better than 1 and 2, it still wasn't enough to keep me from utter boredom on my way to platinum. I tried my best to pay attention to the cutscenes but they happen so often, and they're so long andWhile the gameplay, combat (aside from the attractions that are so repetitive and unnecessary), graphics, worlds, gummi ship missions, voice acting, and everything I can think of felt MUCH better than 1 and 2, it still wasn't enough to keep me from utter boredom on my way to platinum. I tried my best to pay attention to the cutscenes but they happen so often, and they're so long and uninteresting I was more worried about fighting off the impeding yearning to nap than what threats they faced. They could have all died and I would have been okay with that, and I love disney movies and anime. It's just this doesn't work for me. There's nothing gripping about the story. A lot of it is just rehashed from the movies like 1 and 2 were with bad writing thrown in. I guess this style of game just isn't my cup of tea despite my love for anime and the disney characters that are featured in it.… Expand
  22. neko555
    Mar 1, 2021
    6
    Estoy bastante decepcionado con este juego. No es que no lo esté disfrutando, sino que tenían todos los ingredientes para hacer el mejor juego de la saga y los han tirado a la basura por decisiones absurdas. Hablo principalmente de la jugabilidad, de la historia no me pronuncio puesto que aún no lo he terminado.

    -En primer lugar hablar del sistema de combate. A mi parecer el mejor hasta    Estoy bastante decepcionado con este juego. No es que no lo esté disfrutando, sino que tenían todos los ingredientes para hacer el mejor juego de la saga y los han tirado a la basura por decisiones absurdas. Hablo principalmente de la jugabilidad, de la historia no me pronuncio puesto que aún no lo he terminado.

    -En primer lugar hablar del sistema de combate. A mi parecer el mejor hasta el momento había sido el de Birth by sleep, agregando un gran número de habilidades de final fantasy, haciendo los combates mucho más interesantes, versátiles y con posibilidades de diferentes estrategias. En lugar de seguir esa línea han optado por la de "machaca botones" y elevarlo al cuadrado con los comandos de situación. Ahora los combates son básicamente x,x,x,x,x,x,Δ,x,x,x,Δ...

    -En segundo lugar, es un juego totalmente pasillero. A veces te encuentras un área un poco más amplia, pero no es más que otro pasillo un poco más grande. Al haber hecho los mundos más largos, esta idea de pasillos los hace muy poco rejugables (y un verdadero hastío el buscar todas las marcas mickey, tesoros, etc), uno de los puntos clave en la saga.

    -En tercer lugar algo ya conocido por todos, la dificultad. El juego es ridícula e innecesariamente fácil incluso en nivel experto, más si tenemos en cuenta que no hace falta pasárselo en un nivel concreto para sacar el platino, esto junto al sistema de combate machaca botones no ayuda nada de nada. Para colmo su "solución" que básicamente pretendía acallar a la gente de la formas más rápida y barata, ha sido un completo fiasco, ya que ahora el modo maestro no es dificil, es simplemente frustrante. En lugar de aumentar las habilidades enemigas o la IA simplemente han aumentado una barbaridad el daño recibido. Esto solo consigue frustración, ya que puedes estar 1.5h jugando sin recibir ni un golpe y de repente el enemigo más tonto del juego te mata de un golpe.

    -En cuarto lugar la nave gumi. El sistema que han creado probablemente es el que más me gusta hasta la fecha, pero, una vez más, se lo han cargado con lo absurdamente fácil que es. Como puede ser que ya tenga la mejor nave si no llevo ni la mitad del juego?
    -En quinto lugar, y puede que una de las cosas que más me molesta. Sin ser malos, los gráficos no son ni mucho menos un portento para esta generación, como puede tener input lag (he jugado a 1.5, 2.5 y 2.8 en PS4 y esto no ocurría) y bajadas de FPS tan importantes que genera tirones incluso en los vídeos? Juegos como God of War, que está a años luz en lo que a gráficos se refiere no tiene estos problemas, como puede KH III fallar en ese aspecto incluso con las opciones más optimizadas. Esto creo que es algo imperdonable.

    La mayoría de los puntos que trato probablemente responden a decisiones de los dirigentes para hacer un juego más comercial y más "accesible", como a ellos les gusta decir. Sinceramente, dudo que ganen muchos nuevos fans de la saga con ello y lo único que consiguen es cabrear a los que ya lo éramos.
    Aún hay más errores y problemas, pero creo que estos son los más importantes y que más han mermado la calidad del juego. Si simplemente hubiesen reutilizado sus propias ideas en cuanto a combate y jugabilidad, diseño de niveles, mundos semiabiertos o abiertos con la potencia que les daba esta generación para poder hacerlo...    … Expand
  23. daniel_dbv
    Jan 6, 2021
    6
    Excelentes gráficas , sin embargo la historia del juego es muy plana , se nota que no pudieron enlazar la historia del juego con las películas de Disney las cuales se sienten sobrepuestas y sin vida , creo que la historia se les salió de las manos , solo lo recomiendo a alguien muy fan de la saga , no es un buen juego
  24. Sai_rain
    Nov 25, 2020
    5
    Can't even describe my disappointment, kingdom hearts character are no longer integrated into the story of the worlds so it ended up looking like a giant disney ad.
    Even though the worlds are bigger in area size they feel much smaller than in kh1 and 2 because of the lack in variety of locations in a single world.
    You spend 75% of the game doing NOTHING just for everything that you    Can't even describe my disappointment, kingdom hearts character are no longer integrated into the story of the worlds so it ended up looking like a giant disney ad.
    Even though the worlds are bigger in area size they feel much smaller than in kh1 and 2 because of the lack in variety of locations in a single world.
    You spend 75% of the game doing NOTHING just for everything that you actually came for to be dumped on you in a rushed ending.
    Plus THERE ARE NO FINAL FANTASY CHARACTERS.
    This game kinda killed the series for me.    … Expand
  25. Elite_Soldier
    Nov 21, 2020
    7
    Terrible voice acting and sound direction, the dialogue is very cheesy. Characters in cutscenes behave like robots, most of the game is filler with the final part of the game feeling completely rushed. Combat is a downgrade from KH2.
  26. guiletheguiles
    Nov 16, 2020
    6
    I honestly wish I liked this game more than I did... But I just couldn't!
    Kingdom Hearts 3 may not be a disaster, but it's certainly a disappointment.
    Starting with the good things. The game is astonishingly BEAUTIFUL! I couldn't stop drooling over the graphics. The animations, different skills, sounds, music, the aesthetic and with just how smooth it played, despite a few hiccups    I honestly wish I liked this game more than I did... But I just couldn't!
    Kingdom Hearts 3 may not be a disaster, but it's certainly a disappointment.

    Starting with the good things.
    The game is astonishingly BEAUTIFUL! I couldn't stop drooling over the graphics. The animations, different skills, sounds, music, the aesthetic and with just how smooth it played, despite a few hiccups when the screen got too busy. It's going to be hard to look at the other games after this one. Sometimes it was hard to tell what was CGI and what was in-game! Just WOW!
    Aside from how gorgeous it looks, it's also a JOY to play. The battle system is what kept me going until the very end. The freedom of movement feels pleasant. New additions, like the Keyblade transformations are awesome. You can pull crazy combos with ease and the satisfaction of making Sora and his team stronger is addicting. The gameplay hook keeps you going, even if it's a bit too easy, at times. And it's not only great to slay enemies and fight creative bosses, but it's also great to play the mini-games. Not all of them are good. Some are quite boring, actually. But when they get it right, it'll hook you up.
    It's also nice to see KH finally trying to wrap a few plot holes up (trying, at least). After so much build up, it's good to see characters coming together and things climaxing. I wish Disney worlds felt a bit more important to the overall story, but it was nice to visit some charming new ones, like Toy Box and Monstropolis.

    Sadly, what I liked about the game didn't outweight what I didn't. The story and writing were the true enemies.
    A large chunk of it seemed irrelevant, clumsy and hollow. Worlds were cool to visit, but felt empty and lacked importance. Sora's final objective was supposed to be epic, instead, he spent more than half of the game going with the flow and seeing what happens. It was pointless and it took too long to ACTUALLY get going. By the time I got to the final areas, everything was thrown at the same time. It all happened too fast, while few things bothered to make sense. They even managed to open up more questions, instead of just ending it for good.
    Dialogues were dumb and VERY overexposed, emotional moments were lifeless, villains' goals were convoluted and death mattered not. It failed to grip me with any interest.
    On top of that, KH3 is short, nonsensical, Gummy Ship missions are a mess, the optional boss is a joke, there are NO FF characters and the difficulty is a walk in the park. I mean, DAMN! Mini-games were harder than the final bosses.
    The DLC tried to save the final moments from being an utter disarray of ideas, but rehashed too many things and failed.
    The ending and the Limit Cut Episode were great, though.

    I only recommend this game to huge fans of the franchise, like me. Other than that, you're better off replaying past games.    … Expand
  27. Xeliot
    Nov 12, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is extremely easy, and the player is spoonfed like 90% of the time. Attractions absolutely ruin the flow of combat. Everything in KH3 felt grand-- fighting giant bosses instead of more focused and refined humanoid bosses in KH2. Sora's moveset in this game has a lot of unnecessary recovery on animations. Hence, the floatiness. Just overall bad combat choices by the Osaka team. And to think Drives were replaced by Attractions, which do nothing but be a 'press to win' button. The story at the end is doing some sort of checklist to tie in loose ends with no build up whatsoever. DISAPPOINTED!… Expand
  28. Xemnuz
    Sep 24, 2020
    6
    I cannot explain how much KH1 and 2 means to me, it's one of my most priced memories from when I was younger. Therefore waiting for this game and actually being able to play it was a long time coming(10-12 years?), I almost bought my PS4 solely for this, which I'm now glad I didn't. As I know from other games, nostalgia can have an effect on your mind which is not true, perhaps too strongI cannot explain how much KH1 and 2 means to me, it's one of my most priced memories from when I was younger. Therefore waiting for this game and actually being able to play it was a long time coming(10-12 years?), I almost bought my PS4 solely for this, which I'm now glad I didn't. As I know from other games, nostalgia can have an effect on your mind which is not true, perhaps too strong in the case of this game. To me that magic is gone, what used to be a rollercoaster of emotion, awesome combat, incredible music, nostalgia worlds, very complex story with parts from Final Fantasy and Disney made me want to play those games all day long.

    This however is such an exhausting grind, you could literally not have picked worse worlds, 2-3 of them I have not even heard of before and others were just such boring picks. Luckily the ending really came through with an extremely difficult boss fight (being low level at least) although I actually considered to call it quits midway. KH1-2 are masterworks in sound, visuals and the emotion they pour out, this is not that. Though the cinematics were beautiful and the gameplay pretty smooth. I'm suprised to see the other very positive reviews here but I'm pretty sure most of them are already KH fans and for a KH fan to leave a negative review is pretty difficult.

    I won't even begin with the special abilities, all of them either giving you motionsickness, ruining the atmosphere of the whole fight or being useless to the incredibly bad way it was designed.

    I would say 1st part 6-7/10, mid part 4/10 ending 7-8/10 = 5-6 / 10    … Expand
  29. pharagonesia
    Sep 18, 2020
    5
    Tedious gameplay, abundant and invasive cut scenes, incoherent storyline. Strongest point is excellent tutorials. Unfortunately the tutorials don't leave the player any less lost due to the incomprehensible narrative.
  30. MazinroboX2
    Sep 11, 2020
    7
    As a big fan of the series, this game was not good enough for me. The wait for KH3 was too long, and that made the final result even more disappointing. The story is a mess, and I don't like how slowly it advances for a super rushed ending. The fact that you don't actually fight against certain enemies (don't want to spoil anything) until the very end is very underwhelming. Also, certainAs a big fan of the series, this game was not good enough for me. The wait for KH3 was too long, and that made the final result even more disappointing. The story is a mess, and I don't like how slowly it advances for a super rushed ending. The fact that you don't actually fight against certain enemies (don't want to spoil anything) until the very end is very underwhelming. Also, certain characters appear almost since the beginning of the game to accomplish something, and this something is never resolved and left for the DLC content... And worlds... There is a big difference between some of them. For instances, this game's Hundred Acre Woods is the worst in the series, much worse than the versions in KH 1 and KH 2. I also didn't like Attractions, they felt like very artificial attacks, coming out of nowhere.

    Starting the review like this, you may be wondering, why does he still rate the game with a 7? Well, it's because Kingdom Hearts 3 is not by any means a bad game. The game play is fun, the leveling-up system and the amount of abilities you get is also well made, and while some worlds are not that great, some of the worlds (especially Frozen and Rapunzel's ones) are amazing. Graphics are also quite decent, some of the worlds are very colourful and well designed. And finally, I like the final boss battle a lot, it was what it had to be, at least in my opinion.

    All in all, after such a big wait, the game feels a bit underwhelming. I won't play the next instalment in the series with the same illusion I started this one. That may actually be good, lower expectations might make for a better experience. But still, Kingdom Hearts III is a very good game, I still recommend the series, as it's very easy to play nowadays thanks to the re-releases of previous titles, and I still recommend this game to fans of the series, as it's a good game. It just might not live up to your expectations.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 88 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 88
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 88
  3. Negative: 1 out of 88
  1. TheSixthAxis
    Jan 30, 2020
    80
    Kingdom Hearts III doesn’t go in the direction some RPG fans will no doubt have been hoping for. It’s unashamedly over the top in just about every way, from its barmy story and stunning presentation to its huge cinematic battles. There’s plenty of depth here too, though you’ll need to find your bearings first.
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  2. Gamersky
    May 31, 2019
    85
    There is no doubt that Kingdom Hearts III will make long term fans moved or even cry. As for those new to the franchise, I believe they also can be satisfied because of tons of classic Disney elements and solid combat system, even though they could barely understand the main story.
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  3. Riot Pixels
    Apr 20, 2019
    73
    If you like animated movies from Disney and Pixar, and you want to relieve some of the key moments, welcome to Kingdom Hearts 3.
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