Kingdom Hearts III

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  1. Greyking
    Oct 14, 2019
    7
    One Xbox One X KH3 is a beauty to behold. The fighting mechanics are amazing. However, the story is an utter mess.
  2. artardmoshea
    Apr 22, 2019
    7
    I wanted this game to be a simple hack and slash game with cool boss fights and a fun story, that was what the original Kingdom Hearts was to me and I loved it.

    This game really misses the mark on all points: If you play it as a hack and slash type game, it's just boring and doesn't play very well, you really have to dig into the systems and figure out all the moves and magic, once I    I wanted this game to be a simple hack and slash game with cool boss fights and a fun story, that was what the original Kingdom Hearts was to me and I loved it.

    This game really misses the mark on all points:

    If you play it as a hack and slash type game, it's just boring and doesn't play very well, you really have to dig into the systems and figure out all the moves and magic, once I did, things became much more interesting, I really wish the game was a bit harder at the start to force me to get to know it better at the start, I really didn't discover how deep the combat could be until the end of the game.

    The boss fights were really too easy right up until the end and the camera is not very good especially in the boss fights and the game really suffers for it.

    The story is completely incomprehensible, I watched all the backstory movies but there is just too much going on to follow anything. The Disney worlds and characters are well done, I found Mickey's voice a little off at the start but I got used to it quickly.

    There is a good game here, but it's buried pretty deep and I'm not sure it's worth the effort unless you are already deeply invested in this series.    … Expand
  3. XGrlGamerX
    Feb 1, 2019
    7
    As an avid gamer, and a HUGE Kingdom Hearts fan from back in the day I think people need to be a little more honest with their reviews in terms of the wholeness of the game. Yes, we waited 13 years, but come-on, it's not on par with some of the best games from last year.

    Pros: True to KH fashion, things that made you love the first game are still in the third installment. It FEELS like    As an avid gamer, and a HUGE Kingdom Hearts fan from back in the day I think people need to be a little more honest with their reviews in terms of the wholeness of the game. Yes, we waited 13 years, but come-on, it's not on par with some of the best games from last year.

    Pros: True to KH fashion, things that made you love the first game are still in the third installment. It FEELS like a KH game, which to be honest, I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing considering it is now 2019, and the last game on a major console was 2006. Part of me was kind of wishing for more game mechanics that are a part of this decade, but it's not unbearable and I'll just chalk it up to this being a KH game.

    -The story, for all it's mess did make an improvement from the abyss it had fallen into, although it was super repetitive at times and the voice acting was awful, it did surface from the grave.

    Some of the combat was nice when it came to editing your skills and equipment, but other than that it was a major con.

    All in all it's a decent game, but not to the cons...

    Cons:
    It's like they changed what was good about the previous games and made it worse.

    - The WORLDS! Whatever happen to open worlds?! Each world has become too linear for my liking. A game that came out in 2002 shouldn't have more world to explore than a game that comes out in 2019. Sometimes I felt that the world were just stepping stones for the sake of time and never really added to the story, and with no real exploration in each world it easily became boring.

    Combat - The 2nd game had the best combat by far - these weird Disney ride commands made some of the combat unbearable. While there were some pros, like being able to switch your keyblade, I found the combat with the camera angles at times unbearable.

    Overall it was an OKAY game in terms of it being a game. If you are a fan of the series you will most likely like this game. I am a bit disappointed in some part of the game considering it is now 2019 and I have seen some amazing things done in games that I wished KH would have adopted.    … Expand
  4. Trunks252
    Feb 13, 2019
    7
    Kingdom Hearts III is a good game. I can't say it's great or even satisfying, though.

    In my eyes, the first game is almost perfect. It had a simple story, strategic combat, and was a stunning crossover effort that worked against all odds. KH II and BBS were a step down, but still great games. Everything else...well, let's just say they lost touch with what worked so well in the first    Kingdom Hearts III is a good game. I can't say it's great or even satisfying, though.

    In my eyes, the first game is almost perfect. It had a simple story, strategic combat, and was a stunning crossover effort that worked against all odds. KH II and BBS were a step down, but still great games. Everything else...well, let's just say they lost touch with what worked so well in the first game.

    I actually have a lot of praise to throw at this game; most notably the beautiful visuals. Stunning is a good description, and one I would have used often. The game also ran amazingly well and felt very smooth. Basically every technical aspect of this game was very well done. Music and sound is top notch, as always.

    The gameplay was mostly fun, although combat had issues. Calling it a 'button-masher' would be too harsh, I think. But I got that vibe. The forms and keyblade designs from the main worlds were rather disappointing, too. I miss the Valor, Wisdom, Master type transformations from the second game. I also had issues with the Frozen and Monsters Inc. worlds, which were underdeveloped and a little boring. I will soon be starting the end-game content, which looks promising.

    The story, as convoluted and weird as it was, actually came to a mostly-complete conclusion. Every character received their moment, and all sub-plots I could remember were wrapped up in a neat bow. Unfortunately, these moments all happened within a couple of hours and weren't given enough time to gel, so the impact on me was minimal. In fact, the entire end portion of the game felt rushed and often focused on pointless sections instead of giving me more neat battles or plot-payoff. Basically what I want from future games is a much simpler plot. These characters are great...just do something less convoluted with them. I mean, this is Disney. What would be wrong with going back to a classic good vs. evil plot?

    Also, I want Star Wars, Marvel, and Square worlds in the next one. I can dream, I guess.

    To sum up, I think this game is good. Definitely worth playing. But...not completely satisfying for a final installment in a story-arc. Final Fantasy is missing altogether, as are several game modes or side quests I thought were obvious (arena or Sephiroth battle?). Overall though, I would recommend this game. Just keep the expectations in check.    … Expand
  5. RobertoStrife
    Feb 9, 2019
    7
    I've pretty much played all the Kingdom Hearts games and I was fairly underwhelmed with KH3. Storywise, a lot of plot points are just left up in the air.

    No Final Fantasy characters and a few of the big bads are just in cutscenes. I thought this would be a satisfying conclusion to the Dark Seeker-saga, but was left with a severe feeling of 'Is this really it?' It was still a good    I've pretty much played all the Kingdom Hearts games and I was fairly underwhelmed with KH3. Storywise, a lot of plot points are just left up in the air.

    No Final Fantasy characters and a few of the big bads are just in cutscenes. I thought this would be a satisfying conclusion to the Dark Seeker-saga, but was left with a severe feeling of 'Is this really it?'

    It was still a good game, fun combat, but way too easy. I suck at gaming and Kh1 and 2 on proud-mode are almost an impossible task for me unless I grind a lot. Here I finished the game on level 47 without all too much effort and didn't grind at all, only 100% found everything in the first 5 worlds as well.

    Mashing X combat was never true for me in the previous games, but in this game, you can quite comfortably just mash x all the way through and get pretty far, I beat the game and I still don't know how to block properly.

    I love the series, enjoyed the game, but a bit disappointed in the lack of resolution and challenge.    … Expand
  6. DouglLas
    Feb 26, 2019
    7
    After playing through the game 3 times, one of these being a level 1 run on proud, I think I can attempt to make a review of this game, I'll try to be quick, not writing an essay here!

    Overall the game is very good, and most of it's problem are in the writing and some decisions around it. Graphics are great, OST great, everything runs fine. Seriously, for the absurd of things hapenning    After playing through the game 3 times, one of these being a level 1 run on proud, I think I can attempt to make a review of this game, I'll try to be quick, not writing an essay here!

    Overall the game is very good, and most of it's problem are in the writing and some decisions around it. Graphics are great, OST great, everything runs fine. Seriously, for the absurd of things hapenning on the screen this game holds pretty well.

    There are two overall problems
    1. As a KH game it is great, as an ending to the Dark Seeker Saga, that's going on for years and years, is terrible.
    This game spend so much time setting up the next installment instead on properly finishing this story. Characters have minimum screen time, and even when they do, it is spend setting up things for the future, like for exemple the short scene with Aqua and Ventus in Yen Sid tower, where they finally have a moment to rest and talk. Instead of they having some emotional talk after all they've been trough, Ven's dialogue lines are spend in explainning kind how he ended up in KHX ¬¬
    You'll have this feeling that the game is not interessted in it's own story, the next thing (game) is what's important.
    The characters, except for Roxas (OP as hell xD) and Sora (thanks to the power of potagonism), are dumb down versions of themselves, is sad seeing what they have become, after playing with them in the other games.

    2. The second overall problem, is that the game doesn't really knows it's audience. There are no FF characters so now what we have is disney and KH, stuff. OK, fine, but the majority of the game is focused on the disney side. And again, if this was just another game, this wouldn't be a problem, that's how it has always being. But the game had a long story with ton of characters to conclude, doing so only in the very end of the game, therefore all the complaints about the desastrous pacing of this game. In the end, the fans of the series will rush to the end game, 'cuz thats where things happen, while the fisrt time players will fall asleep during the cutscenes, that try so hard to give expositions on things that the fans alreday know, in the end it doesn't work for both!

    The disney worlds (where you'll spend almost the whole game) are very good, probably the best till now, with exception of one or two. In terms of story I think BH6 is the best, because it merged very well and in a believable way the disney stuff with KH stuff.
    The gameplay is brain-dead easy, there is no management of resources, no risk reward, Sora has so many options that cost nothing or barely nothing while the enemies will be very limited in their moves. You can tank so many hits before dying. Level 1 run, can be quite difficulty specially for how long the boss fights are gonna be, since you'll be doing chip damage. The game has very few combo modifiers and are not even good ones. The basic combos do not have a clear division line of ground combos X aerial combos, the game wants you in the air, as most as possible!
    Now, there are some very good abilities like reprisal. Keyblade transformation and being able to upgrade them are really cool, the links are useful, specially level 1 run. Boss fights, even the last ones, are a joke, unoriginal and very basic (you know, take a monster, make it big, and there it is!)

    This game needs DLC, implement things that the other titles had, and make use of so much empty space that are useless in the game, like the whole Port Royal, or Olympus for exemples.    … Expand
  7. Fubuism
    Feb 8, 2020
    7
    Battles are great, but kinda on the short side compared to the first 2 and the story get more complex, a must for fans.
  8. Artimecion
    May 9, 2019
    7
    This is a gorgeous looking game, but one that continues Square Enix’s ‘Style over substance’ approach.

    The story is problematic at its best and terrible at its worst. This isn’t a continuation of the Kingdom Hearts we started with - this is a self indulgent mess that makes zero sense and fails to bring the Sora/Xemnas story to a satisfactory close. Not many of the characters get the    This is a gorgeous looking game, but one that continues Square Enix’s ‘Style over substance’ approach.

    The story is problematic at its best and terrible at its worst. This isn’t a continuation of the Kingdom Hearts we started with - this is a self indulgent mess that makes zero sense and fails to bring the Sora/Xemnas story to a satisfactory close. Not many of the characters get the screen time they deserve and others get too much. It’s just a mess in every sense. A beautiful, graphically stunning mess.

    Some of the Disney worlds are the poorest in the series (Frozen & pirates) and yet others are way up there as the best (monsters & toy story). Reducing 100 Acre wood to a bejeweled clone is inexcusable. It’s a really schizophrenic mix.

    Overall, I’m not sure I had fun with the game, but can appreciate its relative strengths. As a longtime kingdom hearts fan, I can’t help but be disappointed.    … Expand
  9. ElAlex742
    Feb 3, 2019
    7
    La parte intermedia y en general los mundos de Disney son imperdonables (salvaría solo el de Big Hero y el de Enredados) de lo mal diseñado que están (el arte de todo el juego es impecable eso sí, aunque la música en los mundos de Disney se repite que parece un juego de NES). La parte final intenta solucionar todo lo malo del juego, y depende de para quién funciona o no. Es puroLa parte intermedia y en general los mundos de Disney son imperdonables (salvaría solo el de Big Hero y el de Enredados) de lo mal diseñado que están (el arte de todo el juego es impecable eso sí, aunque la música en los mundos de Disney se repite que parece un juego de NES). La parte final intenta solucionar todo lo malo del juego, y depende de para quién funciona o no. Es puro fanservice, así que allá cada cual. Para mí lo ha salvado de la decepción absoluta. De un 7 no le saco. Le pondría un 8 teniendo muchísimo en cuenta el fanservice - recta final muy buena.

    Ha salvado la decepción en el minuto 93. Pero vamos, siendo sinceros, es un buen juego para los fans, y un mal juego para los demás, incluyendo aquí a los fans de Disney/Pixar. Y a los fans de...    … Expand
  10. EmilyMonster
    Feb 1, 2019
    7
    Combat/ gameplay is among the best KH has ever had. Story is the worst the story has ever had. Disappointing end to what was suppose to be the grand finale of The Dark Seeker Saga
  11. RedLOL
    Jul 14, 2019
    7
    Kingdom Hearts III is a beautiful and fun game to play.
    Maps are bigger than ever, the cutscenes look amazing and the combat is outstanding.
    But when compared to the previous main titles, it clearly lacks heart. It lacks moments that make you feel related to any character at all. This review will talk about three main topics: - The gameplay. - The audiovisual aspects. - The story. -    Kingdom Hearts III is a beautiful and fun game to play.
    Maps are bigger than ever, the cutscenes look amazing and the combat is outstanding.
    But when compared to the previous main titles, it clearly lacks heart. It lacks moments that make you feel related to any character at all.
    This review will talk about three main topics:
    - The gameplay.
    - The audiovisual aspects.
    - The story.
    - The game design.

    -- Gameplay --
    Kingdom Hearts III's gameplay is basically one of its brightest spot, in my opinion. However, it still presents critical flaws. The main flaw is that the combat is way too fast paced to be considered enjoyable. The game experience is about button mashing and doesn't take any strategy at all. Critical mode came up to help by bringing difficulty to the game (proud was way too easy), but it feels like every victory is pretty much random, that I got lucky I didn't get hit by any of the speed-o-light attacks.

    -- The audiovisual aspects --
    Utada Hikaru did another outstanding, wonderful job once more. Delightfully satisfied with their performance on songs. Graphics seems good, but not so good considering today's (and maybe all-time Square's) standard. But what bothered me the most is that Sora's voice actor, Haley Joel Osment, sounds younger than he did in Kingdom Hearts II.

    -- The story --
    Kingdom Hearts III's story is the second worst aspect of the game, according to this review. Most of the game seems hollow. Important characters's complex stories are solved in plain 20 minutes of cutscenes and 5 of gameplay. The only good things about the story is the end of the game, which is not really that good considering 10+ years of story comes down to 1 hour of solution; and that Donald and Goofy are way more participating this time, joining Sora in every moment, be it critical or not, along the story.

    -- The game design --
    And we've just arrived at the worst aspect of the game. Twilight Town, once a super important world that showed up in Kingdom Hearts II, is now a mere short, quick place you don't get to interact much with. Actually, there's a lot of places you don't get to interact much with in Kingdom Hearts III. For example, you have a huge Port Royal in this game. The whole town is in the game, and it looks amazing! But all you have to do there is to collect some crabs. Seriously, I wanted to do way more than collecting crabs.
    In Kingdom Hearts III, you have no sense of growth at all. Sora starts overpowered, jumping and spinning around like a Dark Souls III boss, and, at the end of the game, Sora is still overpowered with some few really new stuff. I got myself thinking that Sora would do just fine to go to the end of the game just the way he was in the beginning of the game. Kingdom Hearts II starts with a simple and slow 3-hit combo and finishes with combos that makes you think "Hey, I grew up from this game!", but this feeling is completely absent on this game.

    -- Verdict --
    Kingdom Hearts III is a good game, but a huge letdown for long dated fans of the series. It seems good and it feels average to play, but it can't touch hearts. It's not a game I'd feel joy to play through it again.
    7.4/10.    … 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. The_BlueRose
    Sep 14, 2019
    7
    Tras años de espera por fín llega KH3 con una gran expectación por parte de todos.

    Un apartado técnico apabullante y la promesa de terminar una saga acaban ofreciendo una experiencia agridulce en su apartado jugable y narrativo. La historia se desvía totalmente de lo acostumbrado y relega a los miembros de la Organización XIII a meros espectadores de lo que está sucediendo. Creando    Tras años de espera por fín llega KH3 con una gran expectación por parte de todos.

    Un apartado técnico apabullante y la promesa de terminar una saga acaban ofreciendo una experiencia agridulce en su apartado jugable y narrativo.

    La historia se desvía totalmente de lo acostumbrado y relega a los miembros de la Organización XIII a meros espectadores de lo que está sucediendo. Creando una historia vaga centrada principalmente en la exploración de los nuevos mundos por parte de Sora y compañía con ningún objetivo claro en estos, salvo el conseguir el Poder del Despertar.

    La baja dificultad y un mayor numero de enemigos hacen que la camara, ya de por si no muy buena, se haga peor. Quedándonos con lo BONITO que es el mundo y los efectos de luces y partículas.
    Los mundos por lo general son más grandes, pero algunos de ellos como San Fransokyo o Arendelle son bastantes planos y con una clara falta de variedad.

    El final de la historia tampoco llega a culminar una saga que, tras jugar a esta entrega, sabemos que continuará con una nueva historia. En un combate final plagado de cinemáticas sin sentido y una falta de personalidad por parte de los villanos. Dando a entender que por muy malo que seas siempre hay una luz en tu interior.    … Expand
  14. 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
  15. thefabbening
    Feb 17, 2019
    7
    As a long time, day 1 Kingdom Hearts fan, and having done almost everything the game has to offer (close to platinum), I can safely say that this game is one big disappointment.

    The game is beautiful to look at on the outside, but hollow and empty on the inside. -Game is TOO EASY (way easier than the last numbered titles) -1st 20+ hours of the game is essentially filler and the story    As a long time, day 1 Kingdom Hearts fan, and having done almost everything the game has to offer (close to platinum), I can safely say that this game is one big disappointment.

    The game is beautiful to look at on the outside, but hollow and empty on the inside.
    -Game is TOO EASY (way easier than the last numbered titles)
    -1st 20+ hours of the game is essentially filler and the story is rushed at the end (Wtf?)
    -A bunch of game mechanics are just there for no reason and aren't even explained on why Sora has them (Attraction flows & keyblade transformations)
    -Writing and pacing is HORRIBLE
    -Disney Worlds are essentially large corridors that are actually empty. Besides a few collectibles, there's no point going back
    -Legacy worlds are either unplayable OR small af (TWILIGHT TOWN REALLY??)
    -Utter lack of postgame content (No Coliseum, replayable boss battles, only 1 superboss which is easy compared to Sepiroth of KH1&2)
    -Lack of non-disney keyblades (and the disney keyblades are ugly)
    -NO FF CHARACTERS (SQUALL, CLOUD, SEPIROTH ARE GONE WITH NO REFERENCE ON WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM)

    I'm thoroughly disappointed at Square Enix on how they handled this game. After FFXV I was skeptical but damn this was the last straw. No longer buying their games brand new.

    Its funny to see how most of the positive reviews are mostly 10 because they're either fanboys who are blindly praising what Nomura shoves up our a** or haven't even played the game yet but give it a 10 to increase the user average. The 10 reviews came out on the day of release or a day later lmao.    … Expand
  16. carlilelance
    Feb 19, 2019
    7
    Pixar and Disney have been heavily involved in this game in a very good way. There is enough cut-scene content to make movies in each of the worlds, so if you are a fan of the movies, this is a must have. It is the same hack-and-slash combat you'd come to expect from Kingdom Hearts, with some interesting dynamics where you use old school rides from the Disney theme parks as attack combos.Pixar and Disney have been heavily involved in this game in a very good way. There is enough cut-scene content to make movies in each of the worlds, so if you are a fan of the movies, this is a must have. It is the same hack-and-slash combat you'd come to expect from Kingdom Hearts, with some interesting dynamics where you use old school rides from the Disney theme parks as attack combos. The first level is disappointing because they get Hercules' girlfriend Meg completely wrong from her original characters, but all of the other worlds are pretty spot on. The Final Fantasy story line is almost completely un-followable, keeping with the flavor of the newer cyber-punk Final Fantasy existential crisis themes, but there is enough Disney/Pixar content that you can just shut off your brain during the Square/Enix parts and enjoy the nice visuals. In easy mode, this game will definitely sit well with any 6+ year-old Disney fans.… Expand
  17. SOLIDSNAKEN64
    Feb 4, 2019
    7
    This is a hard one for me to review, I have been a fan since the 1st KH came out and have been patiently waiting for 13 years for KH3. There are a lot of things that KH3 gets right but also alot of things that haven't been updated since KH2. I haven't finished the game yet but have put enough time in with KH3 to give my review. I'm about 18 hours in and about a little over halfwayThis is a hard one for me to review, I have been a fan since the 1st KH came out and have been patiently waiting for 13 years for KH3. There are a lot of things that KH3 gets right but also alot of things that haven't been updated since KH2. I haven't finished the game yet but have put enough time in with KH3 to give my review. I'm about 18 hours in and about a little over halfway through the game. First I want to point out that the graphics look amazing, hands down the best visually looking KH. I feel like nothing has changed from how the worlds are laid out. Everything is funneled through corridors, the environments are beautiful at times and then also empty hallways that you just keep running through. Gameplay is great, smooth and easy to use. The theme park summons are awesome to look at but eventually get repetitive as they are easy to summon every battle. I'm playing on the hardest difficulty - proud mode and I feel like I'm playing on easy, there is not much of a challenge even for boss fights. I really want to enjoy the story and there is some entertaining parts, but its definitely cheesy and cringey sometimes, also the story just seems to get more convoluted then it already was. The damn gummi ship is something they could get rid of and I wouldn't even bat an eye, it's such a **** filler mechanic that's not needed or even better since KH2. Is KH3 fun? Yes it definitely is if you've played the series before. veterans need to take of their nostalgia glasses you'll see that there are alot of things that could have been much better especially after waiting 13 years. New comers to the series I believe will be asking them self's what the f is this game made for little kids. KH3 is an ok addition to the franchise but it definitely felt like the dev's rushed this game out.… Expand
  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. kelonne
    Aug 27, 2019
    7
    Kingdom hearts iii is so so. I have played every title in the series.
    Kingdom hearts Iii story is somewhat boring, predictable. Story is a summary of many snap shots of the original movie/ story point jumps here and there (you probably wont understand if you haven't watch the movie before). Kingdom hearts iii explained and connect the gap between the series before.
    Story related game    Kingdom hearts iii is so so. I have played every title in the series.
    Kingdom hearts Iii story is somewhat boring, predictable. Story is a summary of many snap shots of the original movie/ story point jumps here and there (you probably wont understand if you haven't watch the movie before). Kingdom hearts iii explained and connect the gap between the series before.
    Story related game mechanics is interesting and new (robot riding in toy story, ship fight in pirate of the Caribbean) but very limited.
    There are a lot of mini games (optional), too many.
    There is not even many character from final fantasy series (compared to before, Cloud, Leon and so). I had this strong feeling this is a Disney only game.
    No arena and the fight with the must have legendary enemy Sephiroth is no more.
    Play till a point that I have to force myself to at least complete the story. Re-play value is low.
    Kingdom Hearts iii definitely doesn't worthy of 10/10 however it has many strengths and good improvement, definitely more than 5/10. My score is yellow region 7/10.    … 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. SavageReviews1
    Feb 4, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have played every Kingdom Hearts game and i have been a fan since i was 11. After finishing the game i feel very conflicted. Every Pro i can think of has a Negative attached (I guess you can't have light without it casting a shadow).

    +Combat is frantic, varied, fun and flashy.
    -All the combat options makes the game way to easy on proud mode, enemies become punching bags.

    +The Disney worlds are mostly fun and introduce different mechanics.
    -The Disney worlds feel more tacked on in this game than In previous entries. Why is Sora even visiting these worlds? They feel less crucial to Sora's development and they don't really move the main conflict forward. The pacing in this game is off.

    +The final conflict was full of action and it was great seeing all the characters working together.
    -The final conflict also felt rushed, underdeveloped and introduced a ton of questions and plot holes. For example, the Final World did not make any since to me and the time travel elements were equally confusing.

    + The ending had all of our characters happy and reunited!
    -Sora and Kairi return but Sora pulls a Luke Skywalker without any explanation and it ripped the rug right from underneath me. It was discouraging to spend over a decade with this series and these characters just to have Sora not get a happy ending.

    This is where the darkness prevails...

    -Kairi and Axel had barely any development.
    -Cut scenes were way too long and the amount of exposition dumps were ridiculous.
    -No real surprises in the story (Besides the ending which felt more cheap than interesting).
    -Too much time wasted setting up a future for the franchise instead of developing the current story. (Ex: Maleficent and Pete searching for the Box)
    -The final Boss was super easy and anticlimactic.

    I had a lot of fun playing this game but the story was a mess and didn't resonate with me like the other games did. Raised more questions than it answered and the Disney to Square ratio felt uneven and poorly paced.    … Expand
  22. Ellessar
    Feb 24, 2019
    7
    It’s a fun game, but I could see how new players would find this hard to jump into. The story could have been done a bit better and they could have done a better job brining new players up to speed on the story. Overall a fun game with enjoyable combat and a decent story.
  23. FelleBanan_ygsr
    Oct 24, 2019
    7
    Pretty good game, but a major dissapointment. The story pacing is awful and the combat is either way too easy or way too hard. Still pretty fun to smash heartless and other enemies though.
  24. Connorcox1997
    Feb 22, 2019
    7
    Its been a long time coming, but its finally here for the mega-hype for KH3. But do you think it lived up to the hype? Because, in my opinion, the hype surrounding the game, was much bigger and better than the actual game that we got. Now don't get me wrong I don't think the game is terrible, in fact, its still a good game but is it that exciting I mean the gameplay is excellent as inIts been a long time coming, but its finally here for the mega-hype for KH3. But do you think it lived up to the hype? Because, in my opinion, the hype surrounding the game, was much bigger and better than the actual game that we got. Now don't get me wrong I don't think the game is terrible, in fact, its still a good game but is it that exciting I mean the gameplay is excellent as in previous KH game, the worlds are fascinating at, and the story is alright. But the story is where the real problem is; it feels very rushed with the story for the first few hours, side mission in the middle, and going back to the story for the final hours of the game. The proud mode which is supposed to be the hardest mode in the game, but instead it's too easy. The game was letdown man; the game feels it was rushed out the door so that was we can get our hands on the game already. The game is also way too easy, and I understand it, its a Disney game with FF mixed in, but we're all adults here and ever since we played the first ever KH game, we expect the game to be a challenging man. And there are like six worlds instead of like ten world from the previous KH game, but they're going to be DLC in the future, so I'm expecting other worlds to explore. It's still a good game, and if you loved the game that's fine, but I think this game could have been a lot better. 7/10… Expand
  25. AlvaroK95
    Jan 2, 2020
    7
    Después de tantos años esperando, la culminación de la historia de Sora no satisface aunque no es mal juego en general.
  26. somebody123
    May 24, 2019
    7
    The game is pretty good but Kingdom Hearts 2 was more challenging in my opinion. I always play these games on Proud Mode and KH3 was the most easy in my opinion. Sora is extremely over-powered in this one, most of my losses in the game were due to Mini-Games. The difficulty is a bit disappointing in my opinion.

    But I felt like game brought out the most of what I like about the series,    The game is pretty good but Kingdom Hearts 2 was more challenging in my opinion. I always play these games on Proud Mode and KH3 was the most easy in my opinion. Sora is extremely over-powered in this one, most of my losses in the game were due to Mini-Games. The difficulty is a bit disappointing in my opinion.

    But I felt like game brought out the most of what I like about the series, which was the crazyiness of the battles, it really feels like a cartoon or something.
    The thing that impressed me most was the graphics and cutscenes though, a lot of them feel exactly like the movie, it might be the best graphics i've seen, at least in terms of cutscenes.

    Its a good game but not the best in the series in my opinion.    … Expand
  27. Naedeslus
    Feb 18, 2019
    7
    Kingdom Hearts III has a strong opening, Sora is supposed to be weaker and while if you never played any game outside of KHI and KH II you will be a bit on the ‘lost’ side but the story so far didn’t feel overly complicated. It felt like it was taking it very safe as if they wanted it to be open to new players rather then giving those who have been a part of the Dark Seeker Saga since theKingdom Hearts III has a strong opening, Sora is supposed to be weaker and while if you never played any game outside of KHI and KH II you will be a bit on the ‘lost’ side but the story so far didn’t feel overly complicated. It felt like it was taking it very safe as if they wanted it to be open to new players rather then giving those who have been a part of the Dark Seeker Saga since the beginning.

    This isn’t overly a bad thing at first, the overall plot remains the same but there are noticeable pacing issues with the story. After the first two worlds, one being a very good world and a fan favorite and the other feeling too stilted and cut back from its inception in Kingdom Hearts II, the story takes a serious backseat. No longer are they really worried about taking out the main antagonist, instead Disney takes over. It’s obvious Disney probably paid Square Enix a lot to keep to the source material.

    It’s a shame because the other games didn’t really have this issue. Sure they usually followed the plot but they always worked in the overall theme of the games into the plot. The stakes were high, here it doesn’t even really matter that much. Don’t get me wrong, the Disney worlds are fun but a lot of them felt like filler.

    The other games, while having this issue to an extent made them quicker. You could do them pretty fast and get on with the story, sure you had to return to them but by then, you don’t’ feel like they’re overstaying their welcome. Their pacing was perfect, especially in the second game. The story does pick up at the last act but by then it feels like a lore dump. Here is where new players would feel the most lost because it waits to the actual last 4 hours or so to get good and it gets really good. The problem is, it should’ve built these moments up. The middle section of KHIII feels like a huge missed opportunity and I’m still wondering what Nomura was thinking. To be honest though, the last 4 hours are fantastic and well worth trudging through 18 hours to get there.

    So the pacing is pretty bad but how is the rest of it? The voice acting is top notch and so is the music. While I did miss the theme of the series, Simple and Clean, the new theme songs are actually not bad! They’re not as memorable as Simple and Clean or Sanctuary but they’re enjoyable. The remixes of previous games are great as well.

    The gameplay is fun but there are some issues. Sora is supposed to be weaker. You’d think that normal difficulty would present some sort of challenge, but it doesn’t. I didn’t grind at all, just fought enemies as I saw them, and it wasn’t hard at all. I died maybe 2-3 times and that was at the final bosses. I usually don’t mind easier games and tend to play them on easy mode if I find they’re too much of a struggle but here Normal felt like an Easy mode. I’d hate to see how easy Beginner mode really is. Even if you’re bad at games, Normal probably is the way to go since it gives you so many tools to win.

    There are these summons called attractions. While at first, they seem fine enough but there just isn’t enough of them and sometimes they feel like immersion breakers. I avoided them after a few times. They made the combat too easy and there really should be an update that lets you turn them off for the entire game. The combat is fun but I found the combat in KH2 better, mostly for reaction commands. Here it’s flashy but it didn’t have the great moves the second did. It does have super moves you can use but it could’ve used more. After using the same ones for most of the game it got a bit old. It would’ve been nice to have more to use. Still, not a bad combat system and I did like it.

    The worlds are a bit too big as I stated before. It would’ve been nice to have them cut off about an hour of content in the worlds. Some of them felt too open for their own good and the pacing hurt because of it. While this is a weird request but I feel if they had done this they could’ve expanded on the worlds that actually were too short.

    All and all, the pacing is pretty bad, the combat is easy but is it worth it? Yeah. It’s fun. That’s what’s important. It’s a good game, it’s just not the best in the series. If you’re a fan, play it. If you’re not, this won’t change your mind. If you never played a KH game before? I’d recommend playing a few and then checking this one out.

    All and all, it’s in a weird place review wise. It’s closer to a 7.5 than an actual 7 but still, it could’ve been better, but I don’t’ regret my purchase. I did enjoy it despite its flaws.    … Expand
  28. TheFirm34
    Feb 5, 2019
    7
    The visuals, the worlds, the characters and the combat make this game a 8/10. The convoluted story and awkwardly music-less cut-scenes here and there make this look and feel kinda dated and overly "Japanese". By Japanese I mean; those moments in Square Enix games where charatcers are on screen staring at each other and saying "Huh?", "Whaa!?" and "Ohh..."

    If you can live with some of    The visuals, the worlds, the characters and the combat make this game a 8/10. The convoluted story and awkwardly music-less cut-scenes here and there make this look and feel kinda dated and overly "Japanese". By Japanese I mean; those moments in Square Enix games where charatcers are on screen staring at each other and saying "Huh?", "Whaa!?" and "Ohh..."

    If you can live with some of the small faults, it's a super fun game. Just don't expect God of War or Last of Us level of storytelling and presentation.    … Expand
  29. steven310250
    Feb 3, 2019
    7
    Honestly, I expected more interaction with the characters reuniting. Nope, we don't get much interaction out of Xion, Roxas, Axel, Aqua, Ventus, Terra.

    They built up Kairi to be this bad ass keyblade wielder, promising to protect Sora this time, became the damsel in distress for the **** 3rd time. Story wise is ok, isn't the greatest story they're hyping it to be. Sora journeying his    Honestly, I expected more interaction with the characters reuniting. Nope, we don't get much interaction out of Xion, Roxas, Axel, Aqua, Ventus, Terra.

    They built up Kairi to be this bad ass keyblade wielder, promising to protect Sora this time, became the damsel in distress for the **** 3rd time.

    Story wise is ok, isn't the greatest story they're hyping it to be. Sora journeying his way to find the power of waking....only to not find it, but after saving Aqua and her fighting with Vanitas. Sora gets a call from Ventus from within telling him it's been inside him all this time.......You mean to tell me I went through all that **** and it's been in me all along?! When I could've been with Riku and Mickey saving Aqua as fast as possible instead of wasting my time saving a bunch of Disney movie characters....Just what the **** man.

    Xehanort doesn't even interact with the characters that much but instead his stupid butt ugly heartless, unverse, nobody minions and weeaboo cronies are doing the medling with Sora and his gang.

    Nomura then pulls a Naruto Shippuden and reveals Xigbar to be the "real" puppet master pulling the strings all along.

    Anyway, the story is just a complete 180 turn for the worst. It's not great, it's just a giant convoluted mess. Not enough character interaction, it tries to be about building characters and their story, but Normura just doesn't give enough time to flesh out these characters. After saving them, they're just "ok what ever, nobody cares for you anymore" type of ordeal.

    Well they're setting up for the next Kingdom Hearts game and I really want to see more interaction with the wayfinder trio, nobody trios interact with one another.

    Now story aside, the gameplay is fun, easy, hack and slash. Much easier than the other games. All of the bosses are an embarrassment to the other kingdom hearts titles. Wtf was that Scala Ad Caelum boss fight with the 13 darknesses. That hide and seek **** was stupid as hell.

    The game is very short compare to Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2. I felt that this game was rushed. I finished it very quickly compare to the other titles.

    Oh and some of the lines felt very off to me especially Hiro in Big Hero Six world. The acting direction for him, just what happen to him? As I recall from watching the film, I don't remember him being way over the top. Speaking of which, there's barely interaction with the disney characters and Sora. Especially Frozen's world.

    Gummiship, hell no. I hated that part of the game.

    I had fun with the game, but the story, lack of character interaction, and ridiculous cheesy plot twists just sometimes put me off of the game. The gummiship too, it's just not fun anymore.

    Would I replay it again? Sure, but not for a VERY,VERY, VERY LONG TIME. I might come back in 8 years. When Nomura eventually gives up on convoluting this damn franchise and give it a proper ending. Then sure, I'd come back.    … Expand
  30. Mancin_D_Lucas
    Feb 14, 2020
    7
    the game is very pleasant, the disney worlds are finally full of details, the fights are pleasant, shame about the plot set aside until the end and then all in a hurry.
    Ridiculous level of difficulty.
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  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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