Kingdom Hearts III

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  1. kamirtaman
    Apr 27, 2019
    9
    Most of unfair critics toward KH by people who called themselves fans are just absurd. This game is not perfect, but it also doesn't deserve 0 score. Mob mentality at its worst tbh. The story is decent, the graphics is excellent, only the gameplay imo need some fixing.
  2. Tarmayana
    Mar 16, 2019
    9
    Kingdom Hearts can be confusing but it's actually pretty simple when you pay close attention to details. It immediately pick up the story from KH DDD and it managed to close loose ends from the previous games in a satisfactorily. The characters are charming, kinda relatable. Although the characterization are not so deep, you can really see how each character is different from each otherKingdom Hearts can be confusing but it's actually pretty simple when you pay close attention to details. It immediately pick up the story from KH DDD and it managed to close loose ends from the previous games in a satisfactorily. The characters are charming, kinda relatable. Although the characterization are not so deep, you can really see how each character is different from each other through their gestures, interaction, etc. The combat is fun but need some adjustment to increase the difficulty so each battle you go through would feel more rewarding. The combat has very solid base, but not so solid balancing. I get it that the main complaint toward this game relates to the story pacing, but tbh with Nomura saying he decided to keep the story as simple as possible I couldn't think of other way to progress the story other what this game has done. Some fans might find it disappointing, but often what's best for the game might not necessarily what fans think is the best for the game and I think KH3 fits this definition. KH3 is definitely a great game. It just need more content, some adjustment toward the gameplay/combat and add more exposition to the story.… Expand
  3. YunusKat
    Mar 25, 2019
    9
    This game was what we were all waiting for. Spectacular graphics and the typical KH storyline. I've seen that a lot of players found the game too easy but is that a bad thing? Do we need to challenge ourselves all the time?

    For the Disney freaks (including myself) this is a feast for your eyes. The sparkling colours and all integrated Disney characters make you feel all childlike. The    This game was what we were all waiting for. Spectacular graphics and the typical KH storyline. I've seen that a lot of players found the game too easy but is that a bad thing? Do we need to challenge ourselves all the time?

    For the Disney freaks (including myself) this is a feast for your eyes. The sparkling colours and all integrated Disney characters make you feel all childlike. The combat system is good and so are the new attractions and shape-shifting of keyblades.    … Expand
  4. greatermare
    Mar 28, 2019
    9
    Wonderful game. Although it's a bit too easy, it's easily the most customizable and the most complete vanilla KH game to date. Worth the money and time. I'm excited about the update and DLC they've announced
  5. granteryin
    Mar 29, 2019
    9
    One of the best game in the series. Interesting story, good conclusion, great gameplay and combat, wonderful music, absolutely beautiful graphics. Worth it.
  6. Fncruz
    Apr 10, 2019
    9
    Para empezar debo decir que llevo 30 horas de juego, asi que yo creo que ya vi lo suficiente para poder dar una opinion clara. Y sere directo, es muy positiva. Y no, no me estan pagando, y si, soy un gran fan de los anteriores kingdom hearts, de hecho creo que solo me falto jugar los de celular y el chains of memories, asi que no se dejen guiar por esos viejos amargados que esperaban unPara empezar debo decir que llevo 30 horas de juego, asi que yo creo que ya vi lo suficiente para poder dar una opinion clara. Y sere directo, es muy positiva. Y no, no me estan pagando, y si, soy un gran fan de los anteriores kingdom hearts, de hecho creo que solo me falto jugar los de celular y el chains of memories, asi que no se dejen guiar por esos viejos amargados que esperaban un nuevo mesias de juego, porque si bien no lo es, sigue siendo una experiencia fascinante.

    Para empezar los estetico claramente es lo que mas resalta, pero para mi sorpresa esta vez los mundos si se sentian vivos. Me sorprendio ver que colocaran ciudadanos y personas en los mundos para darles mas vida, algo que no tenian los otros KH y admito que me molestaba. De hecho me sorprendio mas que colocaran personajes de las peliculas muy secundarios pero que al menos le daban sentido a la trama como otros dioses del olimpo, la tripulacion de Jack Sparrow, los compañeros de Big Hero 6, etc. Ese nivel de inmersion me dejo con una gran sonrisa visitando los mundos.

    Ahora lo que es la trama, admito que mas de una vez bosteze con algunas, pero eso es algo que pasaba en otros kingdom hearts, ya que la trama no es mala pero es cursi, pero eso es lo que hace kingdom hearts. Ya saben, el poder del amor, de la amistad, todo tiene sentido en ese mundo aunque a veces saque un par de bostezos por no ser un tema muy impactante jaja, pero bueno es kingdom hearts. Asi que la escencia para mi, sigue siendo la misma.

    Si encontre que quizas deberian haberle dado mas enfasis a algunos villanos como en el primer KH donde todos estaban juntos como una especie de liga de la maldad, ya que vencer a David Jones la verdad lo senti algo de relleno. Me hubiera gustado que algunos villanos tuvieran mas interaccion con Sora para que a la hora de los discursos de amistad estos tuvieran mas fuerza.

    Aun asi entiendo que los principales villanos con los que interactuar son los de la organizacion XIII y sus despedidas finales me mantuvieron bien atento e interesado.

    El sistema de combate es muy bueno, rapido, entretenido, y fuera de lo que algunos dicen, no es tan FACIL como creen. Me da risa que algunos videos que hablan mal del juego tachandolo de facil solo colocan grabaciones de los monstruos en el primer nivel que es el de hercules. O sea es como obvio que esos no seran tan agresivos como el resto, pero en mas de una ocasion estuve a punto de morir en los mundos mas avanzados. Y eso que juego en normal y tengo mucha experiencia a mis espaldas. Obviamente no es una dificultad abrumadura pero creo que es suficientemente aceptable.

    Personalmente viajar entre mundos me entretiene ya que puedo pasar un buen rato armando mi nave gummy y tratando de desarrollar mis combos y habilidades en las que no soy tan bueno como al bloquear.

    En fin, para no alargarme mas, Kingom Hearts es un gran juego que para mi se vale todo el dinero que le inverti, (version normal, yo no compro deluxes ni cosas) y hasta ahora llevo un gran rato jugandolo.    … Expand
  7. UltraChaseman
    Nov 4, 2019
    9
    I’ve been waiting for this game for a years and it’s everything I’ve wanted and more
  8. Luahanseng
    Aug 12, 2020
    9
    The game is a masterpiece except the story unfortunately is just so convoluted. And i hope they let disney characters involve more to the main story in the future. If you remove all disney characters, the main story will still go on its own. Like indiana jones
  9. ExtraMayo
    May 3, 2020
    9
    Never really understood why people considered this game was a disappointment I thought it was pretty good overall and it gets amazing towards the end if you haven't played yet definitely pick it up.
  10. MatthewDavisMed
    Aug 7, 2020
    9
    Was it worth the wait? Absolutely. Is it the best one in the series? I wouldn't say that. Nut it is the best looking out of them all. It's great to see brand new worlds to explore and new combat mechanics to this fun adventure. Though it kinda left me questioning the ending. There is still lots to love about this one.
  11. Daeny
    Nov 12, 2019
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fantastico, bella scelta dei mondi Disney, peccato la poca possibilità di esplorazione di twilight town e l’assenza delle isole del destino.… Expand
  12. CM_Mod69
    Dec 7, 2019
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's beautiful, I fell in love with the finale where Sora just disappear but you don't know where he is. I really enjoyed different things in this game like the end of Xehanort, the awakening of Ventus, Terra that battles and defeats his darkness (I mean Terra-Xehanort) thanks to Sora too, Aqua that comebacks to the realm of light after a very beautiful boss fight between Sora and Riku against her and then, one of the thing that I appreciated the most, when Lea(or Axel if you want), Roxas and Xion reunite after a while, it was very emotional.… Expand
  13. ShinishiKudo
    Aug 4, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Stole my Heart again
    Visually its breathtaking, Gameplay wise its fun, story wise it contiunes the saga that was build up over all older titles. In term of an final conclusion it is not fully forfilling. This story changes some of the fates of previous characters wich take a bit of the deph of and sad moments from other games away mostly Birth by Sleep. The ending ´makes me rly emotinal but is also not rly an ending. But the small critisim away its still a fantastic game.    … Expand
  14. PrinceWulf
    Jul 19, 2020
    9
    Soundtracks, dialogue, gameplay and character interaction is spot on, especially for those that cleared Re:Mind content. My score does reflect Kingdom Hearts 3 without Re:Mind content. Counting Re:Mind, I would've most likely given 10.
    Now that that is out of the way, new gameplay mechanics made the game very enjoyable. World exploration surpasses every previous title in this series.    Soundtracks, dialogue, gameplay and character interaction is spot on, especially for those that cleared Re:Mind content. My score does reflect Kingdom Hearts 3 without Re:Mind content. Counting Re:Mind, I would've most likely given 10.
    Now that that is out of the way, new gameplay mechanics made the game very enjoyable. World exploration surpasses every previous title in this series. Mostly because world size is easily double, if not triple larger. You would think high def graphics would ruin such game but it turns out it still fit the genre. Story as usually great with some amount of confusion every now and then. Can't go without that.
    Reason it's not 10 out of 10 lies in some story elements, but nothing major.    … Expand
  15. karay123
    Jun 20, 2020
    9
    Waiting so many yeras for that title, excellent battle system and combos, fascinating story to the very end.
  16. RaphaelNc
    Jul 1, 2020
    9
    Acompanho KH desde o PS2 e posso dizer que foi um final digno para saga xeharnot. Apesar de sua gameplay não ter me agradado como no segundo jogo, no geral foi um ótimo jogo ! Obrigado Square enix, vcs me fizeram lembrar dos meus tempos de garoto quando ficava horas e horas jogando os primeiros jogos da série
  17. guimalves
    Aug 4, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good game but not ez for newcomers bit lady long fana it Will be great ending for xehanort saga… Expand
  18. Fhaheenk
    Feb 21, 2022
    9
    Half the time I had no idea what's going on.

    That didn't stop me from having a blast with the combat and getting slightly obsessed with understanding the lore. I remember playing KH1 and KH2 back in school and no convoluted story will ever get me to dislike this series. KH3 is an awesome game with interesting characters and an exciting journey concluding. I really hope they soon    Half the time I had no idea what's going on.

    That didn't stop me from having a blast with the combat and getting slightly obsessed with understanding the lore. I remember playing KH1 and KH2 back in school and no convoluted story will ever get me to dislike this series.

    KH3 is an awesome game with interesting characters and an exciting journey concluding. I really hope they soon announce a KH4    … Expand
  19. Davvee
    Mar 17, 2022
    9
    KH3 concludes an arc started with 358/2, days, Recoded, and Birth by sleep where everything finaly comes together for the final battle against Xehanort. If your looking for setup it happens in those games, KH3 is the last piece in the Dark Seeker saga and return to full action combat first, rpg second formula, and osaka's (non numbered titles developers) first mainline KH game so they doKH3 concludes an arc started with 358/2, days, Recoded, and Birth by sleep where everything finaly comes together for the final battle against Xehanort. If your looking for setup it happens in those games, KH3 is the last piece in the Dark Seeker saga and return to full action combat first, rpg second formula, and osaka's (non numbered titles developers) first mainline KH game so they do stumble here and there, but nothing game breaking unlesss all you want is the same combat from Kh2FM

    These games are made with love and honesty, but also require alot of dedication as there is alot to do. KH3 is not much different in that regard not counting a few elements from the last numbered titles. These games are not for everyone but if it hits you it hits you. If you never played KH before try it. You might like it.    … Expand
  20. drseven
    Jul 8, 2023
    9
    Game with the magic that characterizes the saga. History has reached a point where it makes no sense. For the rest, the game is superfine to play and on a difficult level +. The DLC combats are where the combat really shines and they make it a great game
  21. Amrah
    Jul 25, 2023
    9
    Kingdom Hearts 3 es una mágica aventura que te lleva a través del multiverso de Disney con algunas de sus mas iconicas recientes películas. Mejora notablemente la jugabilidad con respecto a pasadas entregas añadiendo nuevas mecánicas que abren muchas posibilidades.

    Artisticamente es una delicia la cual y visualmente queda muy cerca de las producciones de Pixar en calidad. Acompañado de    Kingdom Hearts 3 es una mágica aventura que te lleva a través del multiverso de Disney con algunas de sus mas iconicas recientes películas. Mejora notablemente la jugabilidad con respecto a pasadas entregas añadiendo nuevas mecánicas que abren muchas posibilidades.

    Artisticamente es una delicia la cual y visualmente queda muy cerca de las producciones de Pixar en calidad. Acompañado de unos gráficos espectaculares, detallados y muy brillantes que hacen uso de una serie de efectos llenos de partículas que muestran un buen uso del Unreal Engine 4.
    La música es emotiva con temas clásicos de las películas así como de la saga en sí que enfatizan la acción.

    Definitivamente es un juego para toda la familia y que pueden contemplar los niños sin problemas de que vean cosas inapropiadas como suele suceder hoy en día.    … Expand
  22. GrumpyReviewer
    Feb 19, 2019
    8
    I'm a long time fan of the series, played almost all the games at launch - and played everything once more with the collections. So I was pretty hyped and anxious to play KH3.

    It's not that I did not like it as much as | thought I would. I really did. But I could not help feeling a sense of disconnection to the series - maybe because it's been so many years since I played KH2 on the    I'm a long time fan of the series, played almost all the games at launch - and played everything once more with the collections. So I was pretty hyped and anxious to play KH3.

    It's not that I did not like it as much as | thought I would. I really did. But I could not help feeling a sense of disconnection to the series - maybe because it's been so many years since I played KH2 on the PS2. I felt distant to this game I love with all my heart; it was a bittersweet experience, I suppose.

    Another 'issue' with the game is that it feels... kind of rushed? I feel bad to pick problems, I really wish I could say KH3 is perfect; but it's not. The story is confusing as always (but this is nothing new); the problem is it felt even more confusing and the pace of the game does not help at all. It's like they threw a bunch of disney worlds at us, without a proper narrative between them; just go from planet to planet while piecing out (our trying to) the very confusing and weird story they are telling.

    But all the rest is pure eye candy. The characters, the gameplay, the special attacks, the funny banter. It's pure KH we all know and love.

    Maybe all this sense of 'weirdness' is due to the long time this game is being developed. That's how I feel, at least. Kingdom Hearts 3 is a beautiful, amazing, product of love. It's just not THE Kingdom Hearts 3 I was expecting.    … Expand
  23. kuehnau
    Feb 4, 2019
    8
    Fans of the franchise have been waiting almost two decades for Kingdom Hearts 3, so now that it's finally here, how well does it stand up against it's memory with an aging fan base?

    For all intents and purposes it's a Kingdom Hearts game through and through. It still has the same spirit and soul that the previous entires in the game have. The combat mechanics have been refined fairly    Fans of the franchise have been waiting almost two decades for Kingdom Hearts 3, so now that it's finally here, how well does it stand up against it's memory with an aging fan base?

    For all intents and purposes it's a Kingdom Hearts game through and through. It still has the same spirit and soul that the previous entires in the game have. The combat mechanics have been refined fairly well, without straying too far from the path. The game looks about as good as it ever did.

    With that being said, there are some flaws in this diamond.

    To begin with, there is a technical aspect to the game that can sometimes be borderline disappointing. When the Xbox One and Playstation 4 Pro made their debuts, both companies made a point to hammer in the fact that all games would work across all consoles, games wouldn't suffer on the older hardware, but instead, users could expect a better, more premium experience with the newer, updated models of hardware.

    Unfortunately, that doesn't appear to be the case with Kingdom Hearts 3. Playing on the original PS4 or the Slimline models, players are going to be faced with slightly muddier colors, jagged textures and a frames issue that can bounce anywhere from 60FPS, to 30FPS and in some cases, down into the low twenties. It's 2019, this game has been in development for 15 years, this kind of technical performance and occasional slow down isn't accetable anymore and I am surprised Square thought htis would be okay.

    While the graphics look great on the Playstation 4, many of the character models have a tendency to lack emotions in their faces. A lot of the times, they look like pieces of clay that are talking. This tends to lead to a lot of weird, uncanny valley moments where the dialog being spoken isn't being properly displayed on faces.

    The dialog and writing is another aspect really aren't up to standard. A lot of the English voice acting sounds off, not a lot, but enough for people to question what's going on. How characters talk and the inflection of their voices aren't always great and a lot of the dialog can come off as overly cheesy.

    One of the most early surprises in the game for many people familiar with the franchise is a complete lack of dialog from Phil. A character that is usually overly chatty and sarcastic is completely silent in the game, giving them an almost errie feeling. This was a terrible decision from Square and it's one of the most obvious glairing flaws early on in the game.

    Finally, for a game franchise that started off with quite a bit of darker undertones, more often than not, the game feels way too overly cheery and feels like Disney had a much larger impact on the development of the game, going as far as having special movies, skills and spells that actually mimic some of their well known attraction park rides. The game, writing and dialog feels overly optimistic to the point that it negatively impacts the game.

    At the end of the day, it's a great game with some flaws that I feel like, personally, could have been buffed out if Square simply had paid a bit closer attention to details.    … Expand
  24. DreamCore
    Feb 14, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Really good game. Improve's on everything the previous games does. Best graphics in the series. Best combat system. Much much bigger worlds and better story in general.

    Anyone voting 0 on this game has either not played a Kingdom Hearts game before or are simply here for the sake of trolling. Just ignore them. If you like Kingdom Hearts, know that this is the best game in the series and you won't be disappointed.

    Edit: Having finished the game, I have to adjust my score from a 10 to an 8. Why?

    There are way too few worlds. Only 9 with one (100 Acre Woods) just being a mini game is way too little. Also Twilight Town is super small and leaves out many areas from previous games.

    There is also way too many lengthy cutscenes. At times you can watch cutscenes for as long as 30 minutes between play segments.

    The game is too short too. Waiting 13 years for a game that can be completed in less than 25 hours is just meh.

    People who wanted more Kingdom Hearts story and less Disney will be disappointed as pretty much 80% of the game is pure Disney and most Kingdom Hearts story is told in the beginning and end of the game.

    Don't get me wrong. The game is good. I just had higher expectations than this.    … Expand
  25. FreedomFighters
    Aug 3, 2019
    8
    I’ll be honest for a second, the wait for this game wasn’t quite as excruciating for me. That sounds bizarre, I know, and I’m not trying to invalidate those who did have to wait long for this, but for me, I hardly knew about this series until this particular game was announced in 2013. And yes, the wait between announcement and release was definitely long, but consider this: I only firstI’ll be honest for a second, the wait for this game wasn’t quite as excruciating for me. That sounds bizarre, I know, and I’m not trying to invalidate those who did have to wait long for this, but for me, I hardly knew about this series until this particular game was announced in 2013. And yes, the wait between announcement and release was definitely long, but consider this: I only first played a “Kingdom Hearts” game in 2014, and I didn’t properly get into the series (or, for that matter, beat a “Kingdom Hearts” game) until 2017, only two years ago. By the time I’d set my hype-thrusters to max, not only was the game relatively close to release, but I still had several games left to play in the series. By the time the game even came out, I still wasn’t even done “Birth by Sleep!” But now, about six months after it’s release, I’ve finally gotten through the game…and in the time I spent away from the Internet beating it, I came back to find the game’s been a bit polarizing. Not precisely bad, but it seems there’s some rather mixed opinions on it. So, what did I think? Was I satisfied after the long wait for the game? Well, for the most part, sure!
    “Kingdom Hearts III,” as one may expect from this series’s first totally new venture on PlayStation 4, looks absolutely marvelous. It’s vibrant, it’s colorful, the character models and animations are sharp, and the visual design of the Disney worlds are lovingly-created wonders to behold. The gameplay is also fine-tuned and polished to near-perfection: the combat is rock solid, the new Attraction Flow and upgrades to Keyblades help make things even more slick, the improvements to the Gummi Ship are much-appreciated, and many of the changes to platforming and controls are very welcome, too. Per usual, the music is incredible, the voice acting is solid, and while the story in “Kingdom Hearts” is usually a mess to interpret, I appreciate how things wrap up here and how said wrap-up leaves the door open for potential new entries, even if this story is the end of the “Dark Seeker Saga.”
    That said, there are some things holding this game back from living up to the standards of the other two numbered entries. For starters, I feel like, while the Disney worlds are visual marvelous, a few of them are actually quite monotonous, and don’t have the same memorability or wondrous gameplay design as previous worlds in the series (my two “lowlights” in particular are the Kingdom of Corona from “Tangled” and Arendelle from “Frozen”). Furthermore, I’m not quite sure what was going on with the bosses in this game. One minute, I’m fighting a rather difficult boss that takes me more than a few tries to complete, but then the next boss ends up being a cakewalk. It feels like the game didn’t really have any idea how to balance the difficulty out, and instead it chose to radically shift the difficulty sliders between the two furthest ends of the spectrum at free will.
    Even so, despite not being the “Game of the Century” that we may have hoped for, “Kingdom Hearts III” is another worthwhile entry to the franchise, and it’s definitely a rock-solid conclusion to the “Dark Seeker Saga” of this series. Here’s hoping the wait for “Kingdom Hearts IV” (or whatever the next game is gonna be called) doesn’t last until 2032.
    Final rating: 8 out of 10 “Great”    … Expand
  26. ShutupandJive
    Jan 29, 2019
    8
    Early impressions have been very good, although for a game released in 2019 I had noticed some issues I thought were worth mentioning. I've noticed that the english voices have been done kind of lazily and I understand that a lot of work is involved in doing it perfectly, but this game has been in development for a LONG time and I guess I was just expecting 2019 level of voice matching andEarly impressions have been very good, although for a game released in 2019 I had noticed some issues I thought were worth mentioning. I've noticed that the english voices have been done kind of lazily and I understand that a lot of work is involved in doing it perfectly, but this game has been in development for a LONG time and I guess I was just expecting 2019 level of voice matching and seamless conversations. Other issue I had was with movement still getting bugged out on uneven surfaces in the Environment.

    There are too small issues I have had but the game has been exceptional besides those and is continuing to exceed my expectations in terms of character/story depth, graphics and combat.    … Expand
  27. Ibanez89
    Feb 5, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a long time fan of this series, I have to admit it and say this is not one of my favourites in the franchise. In saying that, I really enjoyed the story and the progression. The combat feels incredible and the story hit me right in the feels. Basically up until the nearing end of the game I was having the time of my life.
    Something shifted towards the end. It just seemed to go downhill from this point on a gameplay perspective. For a starters, the boss fight itself just felt very uninspired and lazy. The landscape shifts were clever, but they were nothing much more than cosmetic changes to the fight and served as a slight distraction. That isn't even the biggest disappointment for me.
    The things that upset me the most were:
    A) noticing that so many worlds could have either been added or simply made bigger. Twilight Town is so tiny and has practically nothing in it after the main story, no Traverse Town at all and 100 Acre Wood is literally ONE area with 3 mini games.
    B) There are barely any optional Ultra Bosses. To my understanding, theres only the dark inferno and the gummi ship boss.
    C) No critical mode and Proud mode was quite easy. I'm not exaggerating here, I beat the entire game at level 38 :
    D) My final and biggest complaint, boring end game. Most of the time, I was exploring these worlds knowing what I had to do, but with no drive to do them. I literally said to myself "I don't know if I want to do this". Unless you are going towards the ultima weapon and trying to platinum the game, there is basically no incentive or reason to do all the things that are optional. Compare it to KH1 & 2, everything you did gave you a sense of satisfaction and reward towards the next thing. Here, you tediously grind the same things in massive worlds and try looking for treasures which take far too long than they should. There is certainly stuff to do, but I dont think they are fun. The battle gates are decent and challenging, but thats the best you're going to get from my experience. Its just a shame and plenty of missed opportunities. Its as if so many things were scraped in development.

    Ok enough of the negativity. With all those things out of the way, I can still recommend this game to anybody whether you're new to the series or a long time fan like myself. Just like any other KH game, the core gameplay is fun as hell and always will be. Combat is great (apart from the situation command stacking), the emotions kick in hard, the music makes every battle feel so epic, the story telling while complicated is also very well written and heart felt. I think it started and ended nicely for the Xehanort Saga and I was extremely satisfied with the game progression.

    In a nutshell, buy this game. It is worth your time and it is worth your money.
    So much love has been crafted into the game and I'm sure there will be things you really like. Just don't get your hopes up on the end game. There's not much going for it there which is very sad to say.    … Expand
  28. TsukasaHiiragi
    Mar 2, 2019
    8
    Whilst some are claiming this is a masterpiece, I wouldn't go as far as saying that...but its certainly quite good whilst having a few minor issues and bugs, mostly related to targeting and a few bosses either being too annoying or too easy. One of the absolute main issues is that fact this suffers from its franchise heritage so any new players will be completely lost storywise, it hasWhilst some are claiming this is a masterpiece, I wouldn't go as far as saying that...but its certainly quite good whilst having a few minor issues and bugs, mostly related to targeting and a few bosses either being too annoying or too easy. One of the absolute main issues is that fact this suffers from its franchise heritage so any new players will be completely lost storywise, it has useful flashbacks and explains partly some of the events that lead up to KH3 but really does require you to have played some of the previous games to really appreciate this game.

    I liked the overall improvements to the gummi ship section, giving the player full freedom of movement and to explore finding power-ups, fighting bosses and waves of enemies is a fun distraction, the downside is that it can get a bit tedious after a while especially when your short of money and this is pretty much the only way to farm.

    The voice acting is essentially, although Donalds voice occasionally sounds way off especially when talking about resources nearby, sounds like the poor VA has strep-throat or something =P

    Overall, its a pretty great game, well above average but a few minor issues hold it back.    … Expand
  29. Zalabar22
    Oct 16, 2019
    8
    I was hoping for more of a finality on the series but the ending left me feeling like we'll see another game in about 10 years or so... I loved what I played but I feel like the series needs to come to a close. 8/10, will be buying the next game on the PS6 I guess.
  30. geo333
    May 8, 2023
    8
    Great Video Game, very fun and enjoyable to listen to, and has amazing graphics

    Update: after playing the whole game series from 1 and portable games; this game is like Arkham Knight where the main story is just the conclusion of it, and in that regard, it's a great game however is not best as i think the second game is the best of the series.
  31. Prrgangsta
    Jan 31, 2019
    8
    This is a game I and many others have been waiting over 10 years to play and it is still as fun as past entries. The combat is fun and has responsive controls. The story still has me hooked to this day, it may be all over the place but it is enjoyable as long as you paid attention to the other games.

    The only thing that disappoints me is that while some worlds have big maps, others are    This is a game I and many others have been waiting over 10 years to play and it is still as fun as past entries. The combat is fun and has responsive controls. The story still has me hooked to this day, it may be all over the place but it is enjoyable as long as you paid attention to the other games.

    The only thing that disappoints me is that while some worlds have big maps, others are too small. Twilight Town is only 2 areas and 100 acre wood is literally only Rabbit's house where you play the same mini game 3 times. Another disappointment was the FF characters (Squall, Cid, Cloud, etc.) were all taken out for some reason. Great game but it feels like it is missing important characters for what is the final game in the Xehanort saga.    … Expand
  32. DemixJames
    Nov 25, 2020
    8
    When it comes to its technical aspects KH3 is TOP. But, story wise is pitiful at best. Nomura needs to let FF13Versus go, otherwise Remind would have been even better. Also, I have to add that the game is an 8 now that it has Remind, I probably give the game alone a 6 or so.
  33. VirgonoShaka
    Aug 13, 2019
    8
    So after a long, long time waiting we finally get the next big installment in the KH series? So does it live up to the lofty expectations? ... Yes and no. The good parts: the gameplay is fantastic. It takes all the good parts of the spin offs and adds it to KH2, with a couple new mechanics even and makes the best combat in KH's long history. The new worlds are for the most part ver good,So after a long, long time waiting we finally get the next big installment in the KH series? So does it live up to the lofty expectations? ... Yes and no. The good parts: the gameplay is fantastic. It takes all the good parts of the spin offs and adds it to KH2, with a couple new mechanics even and makes the best combat in KH's long history. The new worlds are for the most part ver good, with beautiful graphics, voice acting, and feeling of their original materials. Parts of the story work well, with some well deserved fan favorite moments. Now, the not so good: The story misses more than a few moments, with some aspects like playable characters or bosses fights lacking or missing at all. It doesn't take the risks that I expected after all this time waiting, nor it truly gives us something totally new or original or really spectacular. The finale of the saga doesn't live up to the lofty expectations, but for fans, it is a ver solid and enjoying experience. Hopefully with DLC it can reach at least one more point.… Expand
  34. Drawnimo
    Jan 30, 2019
    8
    Kingdom Hearts 3 is a game I've been waiting for for well over five years. With my mountainous expectations, it is an honest surprise how Square has managed to not only reach them, but exceed them immensely.

    Graphics are visually stunning, and my gen 1 standard PS4 was able to run it at 60fps. Gameplay, while not as fluid and challenging as Kingdom Hearts 2, is absolutely stellar in    Kingdom Hearts 3 is a game I've been waiting for for well over five years. With my mountainous expectations, it is an honest surprise how Square has managed to not only reach them, but exceed them immensely.

    Graphics are visually stunning, and my gen 1 standard PS4 was able to run it at 60fps. Gameplay, while not as fluid and challenging as Kingdom Hearts 2, is absolutely stellar in almost every regard. Music, as expected, is also top notch with all new remixes and reorchestrations, although I was a little disappointed by how much they reused from KH2.5. The story is also one of the most accessible in the series since KH2 - people complaining about the story being complicated probably just heard it from somewhere else and said "Yes, this is my opinion now." If you pay attention, you'll be able to grasp the story quite easily. While you won't understand everything and you can be confused sometimes, it is still a pleasant thing to experience.

    Disney worlds are also very, very beautiful. Sometimes, they look just like if not better than the movies they're based on. They're vast, so it's a shame that invisible walls are so frequent, but I can understand why they're there from a game design standpoint. Another issue I have is with attraction flow, as it can be a little too powerful, even on the higher difficulties.

    Please, if you're on the fence on this, whether you're a KH fan or not, do yourself the favor and buy this game. I seriously doubt that you'll be disappointed. :)    … Expand
  35. abekdd
    Feb 28, 2019
    8
    El desenlace perfecto para la saga de Xehanort. Kingdom Hearts, a fin de cuentas, es una franquicia con unos pros y contras muy marcados, una balanza definida que ha provocado que el público lo ame o lo odie en función de sus gustos. Tras años (lustros, décadas) de espera, todo ha desembocado en esta tercera entrega que cumple con creces pero no se convierte en un título excelente,El desenlace perfecto para la saga de Xehanort. Kingdom Hearts, a fin de cuentas, es una franquicia con unos pros y contras muy marcados, una balanza definida que ha provocado que el público lo ame o lo odie en función de sus gustos. Tras años (lustros, décadas) de espera, todo ha desembocado en esta tercera entrega que cumple con creces pero no se convierte en un título excelente, siguiendo así la senda marcada por el resto de obras de la saga. Su impecable jugabilidad, su magnífica banda sonora y su impresionante aspecto visual vuelven a convertirse en lo más reseñable de un juego que, aún con varios puntos negativos, apunta a ser de lo mejor que veremos este año.… Expand
  36. Diegochocho
    Aug 22, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kingdom Hearts 3 mejora en muchos aspectos con respecto a sus anteriores entregas.
    Una de las cosas positivas son lo gráficos, los fps, los mundos, la música, la nave gumi y el sistema de combate.
    Pero como todo tiene sus cosas negativas, como la dificultad, ya que me aprecio muy fácil incluso en modo experto (no probé el maestro todavía), la cantidad de relleno que hay en el medio de la historia es impresionante, literalmente lo tocho es el final, cuando en el Kingdom Hearts 2 había mas contenido con respecto a este tema, tambien el tema del reciclaje con los villanos y musica pero se lo deja pasar por lo que pasa en el juego, y el mayor problema del juego SON LA CANTIDAD DE PERSONAJES JUGABLES, no me podes poner a Sora el 90%, Riku 8% y Aqua 2%, cuando hay mas personajes jugables con sus respectivos villanos que aparecen en el juego.
    Aun así con todos estos defecto la saga cierra satisfactoriamente y un poco confuso con respecto a los nuevos villanos que aparecerán en algún futuro juego.    … Expand
  37. jrdnnn
    Feb 18, 2019
    8
    Most definitely worth the 13 year wait, Kingdom Hearts 3 rounds off the main series in signature, if a little unsurprising, style. The story is of course beyond convoluted by this stage and in all honestly this entry only makes things worse, but if you were a fan of any of the previous installments, the enduring appeal is still there. Perhaps it's because I'm older now, but the story andMost definitely worth the 13 year wait, Kingdom Hearts 3 rounds off the main series in signature, if a little unsurprising, style. The story is of course beyond convoluted by this stage and in all honestly this entry only makes things worse, but if you were a fan of any of the previous installments, the enduring appeal is still there. Perhaps it's because I'm older now, but the story and dialogue are so apparent as this game's downfall now. However, the OVERALL story momentum, visuals, music and outstanding gameplay really make up for this.

    The standard hack-and-slash gameplay has been refined and redrafted to near-perfection this time round. Variety stems from the keyblades themselves this time; unlike other entries where keyblades are essentially just stat and visual upgrades, keyblades each have their own transformation style which completely changes your entire attack pattern. Without spoiling the worlds that give you each, the keyblades turn into guns, spears, yo-yos, gauntlets, staffs and more, achieved by hitting combos in succession and triggered with the 'situation command' button. These situation commands also include team attacks, summons and form-changes and makes combat more dynamic than ever before. Add to this Sora's wonderful jumping, gliding, dashing and dodging abilities, the gameplay is at the absolute peak of the series and as fluid as ever.

    Each world visited is a treat to behold. Exploring these Disney worlds is a joy for anyone familiar with them and while the stories' links to the main narrative is questionable, I honestly didn't care due to the immense fun I was having. The music and visuals are top notch and reflective of each world. The story's end sees one of the most breathtaking environments and accompanying score I've seen through the games, and if you can get by the jargon, awkward voicing and cheese of the stuff going on, the ending is definitely a nice end to the main series.

    Finally, the mini-game and side game variety on offer is up there with Nier Automata (which has definitely inspired a lot of design choices in KH3). Each world has countless things to be getting on with between beating up Heartless from sledging to cooking to photography to playing videogames (inside a videogame). A special shoutout to the gummi ship sections in this game - these are vastly improved and are endlessly fun with space-invader style battles, galactic exploration and the opportunity to build your ship exactly how you want it, including as a dog on a skateboard (?)

    The overall experience was immense fun, never dull and an emotional/nostalgic thrill above all else. Hampered by its tired plot, confusing characters, and endless light/darkness-themed dialogue, this is far from the best game in the series (as a whole). But what it does succeed in is providing a diverse, enjoyable, exciting and visually stunning slice of cartoon action with tight controls and surprising depth to each facet of its gameplay. As a fan since 2002, I'm definitely satisfied with the ending to a series instrumental to my childhood, although I fear the story-based flaws will be the nail in its coffin in the coming years, if there are plans for more...    … Expand
  38. Seekersilver
    Feb 18, 2019
    8
    I gave KH1 10/10 & KH2 8/10.

    KH3 is very different than KH1 in technicalities, and in spirit. Amongst the differences are: - Plot is becoming even more complicated. I thought Tetsuya was going to stop, but noooooo - he loves making a story more convoluted. - Combat are now button-mashing. Gone are the strategy and the rewards of skillful gameplay. (e.g. in KH1, you gain exp when    I gave KH1 10/10 & KH2 8/10.

    KH3 is very different than KH1 in technicalities, and in spirit.
    Amongst the differences are:

    - Plot is becoming even more complicated. I thought Tetsuya was going to stop, but noooooo - he loves making a story more convoluted.
    - Combat are now button-mashing. Gone are the strategy and the rewards of skillful gameplay. (e.g. in KH1, you gain exp when deflecting enemy projectiles, while in KH3 there are too many prompts for flashy moves)
    - Gameplay areas can feel livelier than in the original, since current technology can support more NPCs.
    - World are more expansive, though they are not really re-explorable (as you get more abilities that can access restricted places) like in KH1.
    - Pixar worlds' here! Unfortunately all the Final Fantasy characters are absent. It's just Disney (& Pixar) now.

    KH3 is by no means bad, but it did not succeed in the spirit of the predecessor, so that is a disappointment for many fans, including myself. I wish they make a remake of KH1 with today's advanced technology (and fix the stories for the sequels ffs) since it has been almost two decades since.    … Expand
  39. peamkei
    Feb 22, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. KH3 is a nice game overall and it is worth buying even for new players that have not play any other KH games in the series. (But new players might want to go through some plots/summaries on youtube before diving in). But I must say I am a bit disappointed after completing the game. By completing, I mean getting all trophies. I am still craving for more contents. At the end, I still think it is a step down from KH2.

    Pros:
    - nice graphics ( Imo, this isn't necessary for a great game but surely add points )
    - great OST
    - easy and fluid combat for everyone at different age to enjoy the story
    - story progression ( Xehanort line done, I guess )
    - lots of mini games, ( diversity of gameplay?, good for a change of pace/mood )
    - space exploration for gummy ship , creative gummy ship editing
    - less grinding than before, easy money, easy xp, easy ultima weapon. (hardest part was to grind ingredients for synthesizing all stuff)
    - got to be the captain of the Black Pearl and sail in open sea

    Cons:
    - less worlds in total, worlds are small as in areas
    - easy combat even in proud mode
    - mini games are not that interesting, if not for getting Ultima weapon, I wouldn't bother to play a second time
    - Sora is like a bystander in most of the worlds, without much interactions with local characters and without involving in the original stories
    - no FF characters
    - unsatisfying last boss fight. not cool, not grand, not exciting, feels like a drag-on cut scene. Xehanort doen't look like a last boss, his attacks/skills doesn't match his power, pretty easy to dodge/guard. Got a feeling of "that's it?" after beating him. Actually waiting for his "3rd" form/fight at the first time but all I got was an ending. Can't compare to the epic boss fight in KH2. The laser blocking was tense as hell.
    - rubbish "secret" boss. It is not secret at all. It is not even strong. All 3 phases are basically the same animations and skills. Finish the fight even quicker than Xehanort. Give me back my Sephiroth in KH2.
    - Hearts-ception. hearts , hearts every where. hearts within hearts within hearts.

    Let me elaborate more on my points.

    Combat:
    I feel like it is concentrated on visual effects and fast pace rather than on the feeling of "hitting something" or "hitting hard". Sure, the attack animations are fluid, fast, flashy, colourful, massive aoe when doing pole dance. Most of the time, Sora's motion is unaffected/unhindered by how heavy the monsters are. It feels like going into a group of monsters hitting nothing but air. Not to mention the knock backs on both enemies and Sora are still fake af with them kind of floating backwards at a slow speed.
    The situational commands (ie triangle) are alright i guess. The form change? Nice to be powered up and have a different combo and finisher. The grand magics? I love them. They are kinda cool. The "rides"? If the cut scenes can be skipped, that would be nice. They are nice to look for a few times but they got annoying real quick. And you sometimes take damage from monsters in the rides. So I either don't use them at all, or quickly trigger the finisher right after I started them.
    The combat is just so easy (no lv lock of course)that you can keep pressing X through the whole game without problem. I am not asking for some dark souls level combat with stamina bar and recovery time management. But there is almost no technique involve in fights. I don't know, maybe some monsters can only be damage by counter attack? or magic? maybe can only be killed if Sora bait out some move? I know there are big fat guys with shield belly which can only be X at the back but that's about it. I can X X X X through everything else. Overall feels like a over simplify Disney version of devil may cry.

    Maps:
    There are like 9 worlds? too little man, just too little. Most of the worlds are too small in size as well. The representative must be winnie the pooh world. Basically 3 mini games in a room. Winnie the pooh story is also coming out of nowhere and also finish very suddenly. The big hero 6 world is like a garage base and a big empty city. You have nothing to do on streets during main story. There is nothing to really interact, NPCs are doing NPCs stuff without giving a single fk about you. If I am not going treasure hunting, I will not have the chance to appreciate the work they have put into the city buildings. The twilight town is small. I love Jack Sparrow's world tho. And if you have watched them Disney films before, correct me if I am wrong, Sora have no effects on the stories whatsoever.

    Story:
    Mostly "I have friends, our hearts are connected together. You lonely loser, fk you." The conspiracy from Xehanort, which should kind of linking up all KH series so far, turns out to be a really simple one. "The world is tainted, I want a reset." - Xehanort. What an unexciting explanation.    … Expand
  40. Alvz9
    Jul 20, 2020
    8
    A nivel jugable no innova mucho respecto a sus entregas numeradas principales; donde si destaca es a nivel técnico, donde se ha hecho un trabajo tremendo para volver "naturales" las apariciones de los protagonistas en las distintas sagas de Disney. Un punto realmente destacable, a nivel gráfico y artístico, es el mundo de Toy Story.
    En tanto, la compleja narrativa no logra dar una    A nivel jugable no innova mucho respecto a sus entregas numeradas principales; donde si destaca es a nivel técnico, donde se ha hecho un trabajo tremendo para volver "naturales" las apariciones de los protagonistas en las distintas sagas de Disney. Un punto realmente destacable, a nivel gráfico y artístico, es el mundo de Toy Story.
    En tanto, la compleja narrativa no logra dar una respuesta satisfactoria al final del juego; deja más preguntas abiertas que cerradas, y ademas deja puertas abiertas a una nueva secuela. En parte, esto deja una sensación de "engaño" ya que esta tercera parte no es el "cierre" que muchos estábamos esperando, pero si es genial entrega, de esta querida saga, para la actual generación de consolas.    … Expand
  41. Sjoerdt9
    Feb 6, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Contains SPOILERS.
    Game is fun. Lots of gameplay elements, worlds are varied.
    Long time KH fan here, but:
    - game is way too easy, even on Proud mode. One of the major reasons is the attractions which give you an invulnerability frame.
    - I feel the story could've been handled better. Spoiler warning: for example, they spend some time thinking on how they can bring Roxas back, they want to reconstruct his heart with the data in data Twilight Town. They also need a vessel to put it in though. When arriving at the final world, Roxas just returns out of nothing. So basically all that building up was for nothing. Ansem/Xemnas imply they have put Sora on a path again, but nothing of the sort is revealed. Lingering Will appears out of nothing without any real reason for him suddenly appearing. Several organization members helping Xehanort without having any motivation to do so (they even explicitly state so themselves), Xion reappears without any justification on how. Same with like the KH mobile game 'players' appearing to help Sora & co without any reason why that would happen.
    Xehanort does an entire 180 personality wise at the end, which is weird.
    Protagonists are about as dangerous as butter knives during cutscenes, which makes no sense whe you look at them in past games. They get knocked out right away at some points. Then, a few minutes later in the story they can suddenly hold out against multiple of the same bad guys again (while being outnumbered).
    - Story pacing isn't too good. You get a bit of 'real' story at the start, then you have to go through several 'filler' Disney worlds, get another tiny amount of 'real KH story', another few hours of random Disney worlds, then the ending. I like the Dinsey worlds in KH games, but the KH series could do with some more time being dedicated to its own story.    … Expand
  42. AestheticReview
    Feb 20, 2019
    8
    This game need dual Japanese and English audio. honestly, English dub is too cheesy
  43. Onask
    Feb 16, 2019
    8
    14 años. Es el tiempo que tendría que decirle a mi yo pequeño que iba a tener que esperar para jugar el desenlace de Sora, Donald y Goofy.

    Kingdom Hearts III me llenó de hype cuando fue anunciado pero de eso hace también demasiado tiempo, así que he cogido el juego con no muchas ganas, sinceramente. Ya se habían desvelado todos los mundos por parte de Nomura y el factor sorpresa no    14 años. Es el tiempo que tendría que decirle a mi yo pequeño que iba a tener que esperar para jugar el desenlace de Sora, Donald y Goofy.

    Kingdom Hearts III me llenó de hype cuando fue anunciado pero de eso hace también demasiado tiempo, así que he cogido el juego con no muchas ganas, sinceramente. Ya se habían desvelado todos los mundos por parte de Nomura y el factor sorpresa no estaba presente. Sin duda, el juego tiene algunos de los mejores mundos de toda la saga, como El Olimpo (Hércules), la Caja de Juguetes (Toy Story), Corona (Enredados) y sin duda alguna El Caribe (Piratas del Caribe): posiblemente el mejor mundo de cualquier entrega de la saga. Tan vasto, detallado, mimado y trabajado que podría ser un juego en sí mismo.

    Por otro lado, encontramos unos cuantos mundos bastante desaprovechados. Aquí mencionaría en primer lugar Villa Crepúsculo, que si bien está muy trabajado, cuidado, y me ha transmitido las mismas sensaciones que en Kingdom Hearts II, me he quedado con unas ganas tremendas de ver la ciudad entera y no solo una parte de ella. Una verdadera lástima. En segundo lugar, Monstruópolis (Monstruos S.A.). Tienes la faceta de que en la película las puertas conectan a las habitaciones de niños en otros lugares, pero no la aprovechas y me enseñas una fábrica vacía, que ni siquiera tiene relevancia en la trama o en la película y que se hace extremadamente repetitiva. Por último, el mundo de San Fransokyo (Big Hero 6). Sin duda el peor del título con diferencia. Puedes basarte en la película original y dejar al jugador visitar lugares emblemáticos de la misma como la misma universidad de los chicos, pero en vez de ello, haces que la única zona jugable sea el garaje de Hiro y una ciudad completamente vacía, muerta y apagada con cuatro NPCs durante el día y 0 durante la noche. La trama podría haber sido mucho mejor llevada de lo visto y sin duda podrían haberse esforzado muchísimo más en transmitir la atmósfera de la película. Una total decepción.

    A nivel de gameplay supera con creces al resto de títulos de la saga, teniendo una inmensa variedad de combos, magias, armas, atracciones, hechizos e invocaciones. Si bien es cierto que se me hace un poco sucio que haya armas que compartan transformaciones entre si camufladas bajo otra skin y diferentes partículas, pero siendo los combos y ataques exactamente iguales.

    Visualmente es espectacular en todos sus posibles apartados técnicos, y la verdad es que en una PlayStation 4 Slim se mueve muy bien aunque con bajadas de frame-rate evidentes. Los efectos de partículas y animaciones de combate son de elogio aunque sus cinemáticas dejan algo que desear: se sienten muy estáticas, artificiales y hechas un poco deprisa y corriendo, aunque habiendo tantísimo metraje de este tipo de escenas puede llegar a ser comprensible, pero no para un título que lleva tantísimo tiempo en desarrollo.

    En cuanto a la historia, cierra perfectamente el arco de Xehanort y apunta la dirección de los próximos títulos de la saga, que la verdad, ha debido de sorprender a muchos de los jugadores, entre los que me incluyo. Todos los personajes que llevábamos viendo tanto tiempo tienen su propio final y su propósito, así que ningún fan de ningún personaje debería quedar decepcionado.

    En cuanto a contenido secundario cuenta con coleccionables como los clásicos cofres y emblemas de la suerte, se ha añadido una nueva herramienta en el menú más fresca y reciente relacionada con el Diario de Pepito y cuenta con recetas de comida que nos darán bonuses para el combate y cierto contenido post-game (muy limitado). Recalcar también que la dificultad es absurdamente fácil (completado en Experto), las nuevas herramientas de combate están muy desbalanceadas y puedes tumbar a los enemigos sin despeinarte.

    En resumen, Kingdom Hearts III ha valido la pena, especialmente a nivel de historia y jugabilidad. Escuece ver cosas tan desaprovechadas como las citadas previamente en alguno de sus mundos y es una delicia visual. Está lejos de ser perfecto, pero es que quizás las expectativas estaban demasiado altas.

    Recomendado, pero sólo si se conoce perfectamente la historia hasta este punto, si no literalmente el jugador no se va a enterar absolutamente de nada. En caso negativo, el juego cuenta con unos breves resumenes de los eventos hasta este punto.    … Expand
  44. leetl1
    Mar 4, 2019
    8
    Kingdom Hearts 3 is not perfect but it is still pretty good. (Why did I give it a 10 though? I must have been blinded by the hype.)
  45. Steezyeet
    Mar 21, 2019
    8
    I'm a huge fan of the KH series and i played every single title of the game and have to say that Kingdom Hearts 3 is simply just a great game. The Story is really good and it doesnt feel dragged out at all. The combat is really smooth and makes a lot of fun, it's just really unbalanced in terms of Special abilities since they are available much too often. Also the proud mode is prettyI'm a huge fan of the KH series and i played every single title of the game and have to say that Kingdom Hearts 3 is simply just a great game. The Story is really good and it doesnt feel dragged out at all. The combat is really smooth and makes a lot of fun, it's just really unbalanced in terms of Special abilities since they are available much too often. Also the proud mode is pretty disappointing sadly since its way too easy compared to kh 1 or kh 2.

    but over all i really enjoyed this game and it was a lot of fun to play through :)    … Expand
  46. Camzillasmom
    Jan 29, 2019
    8
    Kingdom Hearts 3 is a solid RPG. The hack-n-slash game play is very enjoyable and I really liked taking some time off from the story by just wander and explore the world, finding collectibles and treasure chests. For me, the story is a bit complex, since I didn't follow or remember what happened in the titles before. Unfortunately, the time gap 14 years since Kingdom Hearts 2 was releasedKingdom Hearts 3 is a solid RPG. The hack-n-slash game play is very enjoyable and I really liked taking some time off from the story by just wander and explore the world, finding collectibles and treasure chests. For me, the story is a bit complex, since I didn't follow or remember what happened in the titles before. Unfortunately, the time gap 14 years since Kingdom Hearts 2 was released is a bit too big. Nevertheless the story is gripping and diving into the various worlds with their typical graphic styles is very refreshing.
    The only bit that, to me, was annoying that there is no seperate sound setting for sound / music volume. There is only the setting for Master Volume which means, you can't get a break from the background music.
    All in all a great successor! Would buy again!    … Expand
  47. MikeRuiger
    Jan 29, 2019
    8
    Without going into much detail. This is a great next step in the franchise, a few missed opportunities. All in all it’s a game worth your money but not necessarily worth the wait.
  48. EvolvedMagic
    Feb 4, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The long-awaited Kingdom Hearts 3 has finally been released. And in my opinion, it has once again been released with an astonishing key blade swinging combat system, Truly beautiful and enticing Storyline. And an amazing view of what the best of Unreal Engine 4 has to offer for action role playing games for years to come. But while this game in my opinion truly being I believe to be one of the best action role playing games to have ever been released in the 21st century. It can not be excused from its flaws. Which it does have. Without further a do allow me to embark on my In depth review of Kingdom Hearts 3 although I am confident that I can type for days about this game I am going to break down this review into 5 simple categories 1. Gameplay 2. Graphics 3. Storyline 4. Emotional impact 5. Execution of emotional Impact. The gameplay in Kingdom Hearts 3 is truly phenomenal instead of your standard keyblade swinging infused with a casual magic move, block and dodge for the combat system like we have seen in previous kingdom hearts games. Kingdom Hearts 3 takes it to a completely different level by adding everything we love from the previous game while also giving new and amazing features like keyblade transformations, shot lock, flow motion dashes to close in on enemies never be foreseen extensions to combos and to top it all off we get to see all of this in an amazing the best unreal engine 4 has to offer experience which leads me to the graphics section of this review. Graphicly this game is truly breath taking and although graphics alone certainly does not define an amazing video game it certainly does wonders to immerse the gamer deeper into the experience and the world of a game it allows the video game to come to life while also making the gamer feel like he or she is not only a playing this game but truly inside of it. Whether it’s the chain of Sora’s Kingdom Key keyblade swaying back and forth, the lining on the seams of Riku’s clothing, or the beautiful and sometimes sentimental sunset of Twilight Town this game graphicly is breathtaking. The storyline of Kingdom Hearts 3 bring the finale of the Xehanort saga to an astonishing conclusion exploring Sora’s powers and the Nobody’s he has within him while also tying once again the malevolent intentions of Organization 13, Xehanort and a plot to truly slay the guardians of light once and for all and bring to life his dream of Kingdom Hearts and darkness conquering all is truly interesting and will keep your eyes glued to the screen. However, there are certain aspects of the world’s inside of Kingdom Hearts that could have done a better job with interacting with the characters inside of them. This does not apply to all of them. For example Monsters Inc. has plenty of interaction with the characters of that world same with Toy Story and Tangled but I feel like the world of Frozen specifically had very little to no interaction with Elsa besides seeing her in cutscenes we were not able to battle alongside her and although I do see how this was important to how they portrayed that story when Sora, Donald and goofy got there I do believe it is essential to at least fight alongside the main characters of that world in a couple fights it was modestly disheartening to not fight alongside her most of the time is spent saving her from her own powers instead of eventually having her learn how to use them and together taking down a final boss but it was not done that way. Besides this and other inconsistencies like lack of important worlds lion king, Incredibles, Final Fantasy or even Sora’s maturity as a character the storyline is the best we have seen in the series. Now for the emotional impact some of you might be wondering why this is important. In my opinion this is extremely crucial to any video game but even more so to a storyline like the kingdom hearts series. Emotional impact is not only the emotions the characters of a video game express but how real and impactful those emotions feel to the gamer this leads me to the execution of emotional impact. It is normal to feel a certain emotion arise inside of you when your favorite character of a movie or anime dies. The same applies to video games they create this impactfulness by voice acting, storyline and the movement of the characters. While the movement and storyline in my opinion being astoundingly impressive I feel like the voice acting of kingdom hearts 3 for the English dub in crucial moments lacked greatly what the Japanese dub had to offer this deeply affected the emotional impact of the game so much so that it questioned whether or not Sora truly was sad of full of rage in certain scenes. In comparison to the Japanese dub where the voice actor displayed a truly beautiful harmony between rage, disbelief with small hints of profound sadness in a scene where Sora had lost everything. In conclusion despite this do not think twice about getting this game it will be worth every penny.… Expand
  49. CaptainSk0r
    Feb 5, 2019
    8
    Waited a long time for this one so I wasnt about to savor it, so i devoured it in a few days. WARNING: Even if you have played past games, its not a bad idea to watch a refresher video on youtube before picking this up. I personally didnt play any of the DS games and if youve only played 1 and 2, youre going to need it! I do have a few gripes. Ill do the bad stuff first and finish strong!Waited a long time for this one so I wasnt about to savor it, so i devoured it in a few days. WARNING: Even if you have played past games, its not a bad idea to watch a refresher video on youtube before picking this up. I personally didnt play any of the DS games and if youve only played 1 and 2, youre going to need it! I do have a few gripes. Ill do the bad stuff first and finish strong!

    1. The voice acting was awful. I know its not their fault and they're just following a script, but it felt like it was chopped and pasted all over the place. There were unnecessary pauses after quick sentences and it just didnt flow well.

    2. THE SHEER AMOUNT OF CUTSCENES. The toy story world was the most notorious for this. You take five steps and youre back in a 2 minute long cutscene. Unless you're a huge fan of toy story, chances are you just wanna continue with the story. The problem is, while they do give you the option to skip, the way the kingdom hearts story is so complex that you cannot afford to miss any information if you want to understand whats going on.

    3. The lack of Square Enix characters. Im not saying I want Cloud front and center, but none of the previous characters from square made appearances. I liked Kingdom Hearts not for Disney, but for the crossover and how silly it was. This along with the constant barrage of park themed rides just felt like someone was taking Disney in a fist and shoving it down my throat. (I know im part of a minority in this and im not hating on Disney, there was just no balance.

    Now for the good.

    1. The worlds felt great. Surprisingly the standout for me was the Tangled world. It was well built and had good flow. The Caribbean was refreshing and felt great, almost like playing AC4 Black Flag but on a scaled down version which was awesome. The sheer amount of map in a single world, I could have spent hours upon hours searching for treasure.

    2. The Keyblade upgrade system and number of Keyblades. KH has always had plenty of options in this department, but being able to upgrade them and have different focus abilities depending on your playstyle was awesome. I found myself using mainly the kingdom key throughout the game because I like the finishers and its not super fancy.

    3. The amount of side missions and mini games. Though some of them can be quite frustrating especially if youre going for all of the trophies, theres no shortage of things to do even after youve completed the game.

    4. The Ending. (NO SPOILERS) It was pretty much everything I could have wanted and more. It felt very satisfying, kind of on the level of playing through Final Fantasy 7 and having your showdown with Sephiroth at the end. It wasnt drawn out, there was no huge heartless star ship crap like in 1 and 2, but yeah. It was great. All the feels.

    TL;DR/ I loved it, it has its flaws, a couple that made me a little upset but overall it made me happy to have stuck around and wait.    … Expand
  50. ad11111
    Feb 5, 2019
    8
    As a huge fan of the series, I have enjoyed most entries. In fact, the second game is my favourite game of all time. Kingdom Hearts III is no different here. It's an enjoyable and fantastic rollercoaster of a journey that shows just how much the series has grown while still remaining true to itself. This end to the Xehanort saga was an end that did not disappoint in the slightest.
  51. adambay
    Feb 12, 2019
    8
    I have been a fan of KH since KH2. I played almost all the numbered titles and the handheld games. KH3 is a very KH-ish game yet there is something fresh in it just like every game in the series. I found the game very enjoyable. I was ready to be disappointed by this game since some fans seems to dislike it for some reasons. After I played it, tbh I found it very good and found manyI have been a fan of KH since KH2. I played almost all the numbered titles and the handheld games. KH3 is a very KH-ish game yet there is something fresh in it just like every game in the series. I found the game very enjoyable. I was ready to be disappointed by this game since some fans seems to dislike it for some reasons. After I played it, tbh I found it very good and found many critiques toward the game are just exaggerating. I was mostly impressed by the amount of details put into every world. It just felt alive. Yoko Shimomura did it again with the ost and I just love seeing Sora and the gang having fun in the game. The only disappointment I have toward the game is how the story felt rushed at the end and how the combat is a bit too easy for my liking. Overall though, the positives outweigh the negatives. Definitely worth buying… Expand
  52. wellingw
    Feb 15, 2019
    8
    I've been a KH fan since when it first released in ps2 and have played most of the games in the series. I just want to say the amount of effort they put into the game is just pretty amazing if you know how game development works. Every KH game always tried to shake its core a bit, so it is unavoidable that some will get disappointed, but tbh the complaints I have seen toward this game areI've been a KH fan since when it first released in ps2 and have played most of the games in the series. I just want to say the amount of effort they put into the game is just pretty amazing if you know how game development works. Every KH game always tried to shake its core a bit, so it is unavoidable that some will get disappointed, but tbh the complaints I have seen toward this game are just outrageous and unfair. Some fans sets very high rigid expectation of how they prefer KH3 to be and ended up disappointed, when arguably it's their own fault for setting unreasonable expectations. Personally, despite all its flaws I still enjoy the game very much. Despite felt a bit short and sometimes lacks explanation, the story still works and delivered a satisfying end to Xehanort Saga. The dialogue is better than ever, the interaction between the Trinity trio is just fun to watch. Graphics and ost are amazing. 8/10 0verall… Expand
  53. NinTanDao64
    Feb 25, 2019
    8
    In terms of audio and aesthetics, this installment blows all of its predecessors out of the water. The visuals are straight out of a fully rendered Pixar movie, and as always, Square never fails to deliver when it comes to KH music.

    The story on the other hand, was poorly paced unfortunately. The high bar that was set as a result of all of the games in between KH2 and KH3 left the    In terms of audio and aesthetics, this installment blows all of its predecessors out of the water. The visuals are straight out of a fully rendered Pixar movie, and as always, Square never fails to deliver when it comes to KH music.

    The story on the other hand, was poorly paced unfortunately. The high bar that was set as a result of all of the games in between KH2 and KH3 left the audience expecting a fantastic finale to the Xehanort arc, but the meaty portions of the story weren't covered until the final 6-8 hours of the game. There were a plethora of characters that we expected closure for by the end of the game, but all of their plots were tackled back to back which made the delivery feel slightly rushed. All of the stories in the Disney worlds felt like an abbreviated retelling of their standalone films, with Sora and friends watching from the sidelines when it should've been the other way around. The closure was there, but the delivery could've been done better simply by having the story progress slowly throughout the game rather than having it all back loaded.

    The combat is very satisfying and flashy, however Sora now has access to so many overwhelmingly strong options that it feels like the enemies don't stand a chance. There are periods where so many Situation Commands are present, and each one is so gamebreaking that the enemies don't survive long enough for you to go down the list. Because of this, it never felt like there was a 'wrong' decision when it came to choosing which command and in which order.

    Overall, the game is still very good. If it weren't for the pacing of the story and easy difficult it could easily be an instant classic.    … Expand
  54. tanmaya
    Mar 2, 2019
    8
    Kingdom Hearts 3 is a well-made game with a lot of gimmicks that makes it enjoyable to play . It has some issues mainly with the combat and lack of exposition story-wise. But overall the weakness doesn't really ruin the experience and I can surely say while it's not a masterpiece, KH3 is a great game that satisfy my expectations.
  55. changrab
    Mar 3, 2019
    8
    Some people are way too harsh toward this game. They set a rigid expectations of what a perfect game should be in their perspective while forgetting that many of their expectations are just unreasonable and often childish.

    Let me get this straight, KH3 is not perfect. It suffers mainly from carrying the burden of the narrative of the previous entries. Story exposition feels lacking    Some people are way too harsh toward this game. They set a rigid expectations of what a perfect game should be in their perspective while forgetting that many of their expectations are just unreasonable and often childish.

    Let me get this straight, KH3 is not perfect. It suffers mainly from carrying the burden of the narrative of the previous entries. Story exposition feels lacking because of this. It also does not spoon-feed the details of the plot, likely because they chose to focus on resolving the saga. But this isn't really something new for the series, especially the part where KH likes to leave some details of the plot a bit vague to nurture discussion among the fans and to build anticipation toward the continuation of the story. Yet people acts like this is a problem exclusive only to KH3. It's not.

    Gameplay-wise KH3 has some significant issues mainly related to the game being too easy compared to previous games. I agree with this, but tbh I have high hopes for this issue to be resolved through release of the critical mode in near future. The developers at least has shown some commitment to make adjustment to make the game 'hard fun'. Aside from it being too easy, the game imo actually has strong base. With some tweakings I'm sure the gameplay will be a lot better.

    Aside from these two weaknesses, the game is almost perfect in other aspects. People should stop saying that they are waiting fro 13 years for this game and use that argument as a base to exaggerated demand for more content. the game has only been in development for 4-5 years at most and for the time they've used in making the game, KH3 satisfy a definition of a great game    … Expand
  56. temapenerang
    Mar 7, 2019
    8
    This game has high potential, but for some reason it falls a bit short of that potential. It has beautiful graphics, memorable music, very fun combat base, charming characters and interesting story. Imo, what hinders this game is the narrative burden from previous entries and lack of challenges and rewards relating to the gameplay. Still a great game overall, but with more content andThis game has high potential, but for some reason it falls a bit short of that potential. It has beautiful graphics, memorable music, very fun combat base, charming characters and interesting story. Imo, what hinders this game is the narrative burden from previous entries and lack of challenges and rewards relating to the gameplay. Still a great game overall, but with more content and tweakings through updates and DLC I believe this game could be better… Expand
  57. tamerlaner
    Mar 14, 2019
    8
    KH always been an experimental game, the same goes with KH3. I have to say there are several things that are disappointing, but overall the game is a KH game at its heart. Full of fun, confusing yet intriguing story, charming characters, cheesy lines (in a good way), etc.
  58. taminamira
    Mar 29, 2019
    8
    KH3 is a perfectly fine game with some issues that makes it seen as worse than what it is actually. First, the difficulty might bit too easy for some people liking, but if player would like a harder difficulty they can actually use the level 1 and proud option and turn off abilities. Second, the story feel a bit too simple but also a bit confusing at the same time. But actually if you payKH3 is a perfectly fine game with some issues that makes it seen as worse than what it is actually. First, the difficulty might bit too easy for some people liking, but if player would like a harder difficulty they can actually use the level 1 and proud option and turn off abilities. Second, the story feel a bit too simple but also a bit confusing at the same time. But actually if you pay close attention to details in the game, you will find that most of those confusion can be answered and the story is not as simple as it look. Third there is no final fantasy character, but if you have followed the game and its interview for a long time, you would've known that the director have warned about the decision not to include FF characters because they are not necessary to the story. Basically, it's a perfectly fine game just a little bit misunderstood. Overall I like the game… Expand
  59. tobim91
    Apr 19, 2019
    8
    I really like how many Disney Chars are in that Game. Also I have to say it looks really good but not perfect. More like a late PS3 early PS4 Game but still very nice. But there is another thing. This game is not very hard so maybe you won't like it if you want a cute Dark Souls.
  60. JOG_Riptide
    Apr 17, 2019
    8
    This game is really divided into 2 halfs. The first half is classic kingdom hearts fun going from one disney world to another. Some are great like Monsters Inc and some are just ok like Tangled. Big Hero 6 and Pirates are both open world levels which can be fun. The 2nd half of the game starts as soon as the last disney world is completed and after that you will not be able to put thisThis game is really divided into 2 halfs. The first half is classic kingdom hearts fun going from one disney world to another. Some are great like Monsters Inc and some are just ok like Tangled. Big Hero 6 and Pirates are both open world levels which can be fun. The 2nd half of the game starts as soon as the last disney world is completed and after that you will not be able to put this down. It's an intense final few hours taking on the organization, saving friends and heart wrenching moments. The ending was not what I was expecting but beautiful.… Expand
  61. Kostas101
    Nov 21, 2021
    8
    Traveling to different Worlds and making new friends, this is pretty much how I see Kingdom Hearts. It's worth to mention that this was my first Kingdom Hearts game, but I did read a summary of the lore and the previous games, and I can safely say that I understood the story... or some of it, but unfortunately the story is indeed overly complicated and it didn't click with me, so I knewTraveling to different Worlds and making new friends, this is pretty much how I see Kingdom Hearts. It's worth to mention that this was my first Kingdom Hearts game, but I did read a summary of the lore and the previous games, and I can safely say that I understood the story... or some of it, but unfortunately the story is indeed overly complicated and it didn't click with me, so I knew from the get-go that I shouldn't expect great story writing. The best things about the game are the magnificent worlds, gorgeous visuals, spectacular music and enjoyable gameplay mechanics. In the end I was left satisfied, but there is some wasted potential here.… Expand
  62. gteryui
    Apr 28, 2019
    8
    A perfectly fine game with fun gameplay, beautiful world and likeable cast of characters which falls a bit short from it potential. It is the least immersive game of the series due to the story structure and some questionable combat mechanics and balancing. Overall, still a great game to play if you want something fun adn charming.
  63. kyzaghan
    May 19, 2019
    8
    The combols are very well made, great variety. Disney worlds are very nostalgic. (if you are not old of course :D) Animation quality visuals impressed me. Gameplay is a lot of fun. BUT Gummi Ship Parts :(((,
    Some dialogue and cutscenes are boring. AS A RESULT, If you like JRPG genre or Disney movies, the game has all the features you can imagine. But if you're not familiar with this    The combols are very well made, great variety. Disney worlds are very nostalgic. (if you are not old of course :D) Animation quality visuals impressed me. Gameplay is a lot of fun. BUT Gummi Ship Parts :(((,
    Some dialogue and cutscenes are boring. AS A RESULT, If you like JRPG genre or Disney movies, the game has all the features you can imagine. But if you're not familiar with this genre, or if you're too far from the series, Kingdom hearts 3 may disappoint you.    … Expand
  64. Toska123
    Oct 17, 2021
    8
    Out of all the Kingdom Hearts games I have played (1, 2, the DS one with the fraction of days), I think this one had the least amount of Heart, ironically. The gameplay was very smooth and solid, but it was a bit on the easy side, and the Disneyland rides felt out of place and incredibly OP--to the point where I was avoiding using them in order to make fights harder and more fun. Overall,Out of all the Kingdom Hearts games I have played (1, 2, the DS one with the fraction of days), I think this one had the least amount of Heart, ironically. The gameplay was very smooth and solid, but it was a bit on the easy side, and the Disneyland rides felt out of place and incredibly OP--to the point where I was avoiding using them in order to make fights harder and more fun. Overall, it was a fun game and a so-so kingdom hearts game still deserves at least an 8, and I think that that says something about the series, regardless of how convoluted the story is.… Expand
  65. skads7
    Nov 8, 2019
    8
    Kingdom hearts III, o mejor dicho, una dedicatoria a los fans de toda la vida.

    Sobre este juego puedo decir que ha sido una experiencia, más que una partida sin más. Comprendo que haya gente sin gusto o sin idea, que diga que el juego es una puta basura comparada con KH2FM, que estoy seguro que jugaron en su día, de salida, en japonés, todos aquellos que se quejan. Para todos aquellos,    Kingdom hearts III, o mejor dicho, una dedicatoria a los fans de toda la vida.

    Sobre este juego puedo decir que ha sido una experiencia, más que una partida sin más. Comprendo que haya gente sin gusto o sin idea, que diga que el juego es una puta basura comparada con KH2FM, que estoy seguro que jugaron en su día, de salida, en japonés, todos aquellos que se quejan.
    Para todos aquellos, puedo decirles que se vayan a tomar por culo. KH3, dentro de sus fallos y errores, creo que es una magnífica entrega, lleno de momentos super épicos, con una jugabilidad super divertida y un tramo final que te dejará pegado en la silla con el culo apretado.
    No sé a los demás, pero para mi, mereció la pena la espera.    … Expand
  66. WakingDawn96
    Nov 27, 2019
    8
    Kingdom Hearts is my favorite video game series of all time alongside Pokemon, and as such I hold each KH game in a special place in my heart. This game is no different. While I do have problems with the game and I can see it’s flaws, I feel like the good of the game outweighs the bad for me enough to be considered my fourth favorite Kingdom Hearts game in the series. It’s not perfect, butKingdom Hearts is my favorite video game series of all time alongside Pokemon, and as such I hold each KH game in a special place in my heart. This game is no different. While I do have problems with the game and I can see it’s flaws, I feel like the good of the game outweighs the bad for me enough to be considered my fourth favorite Kingdom Hearts game in the series. It’s not perfect, but it’s also not horrible, it just has problems, but the strengths are enough for me to recommend it after you play all the other games in the series first.… Expand
  67. GabFire
    Aug 9, 2020
    8
    Apesar de ser bom, cheguei na conclusão que é o pior da franquia, mas recomendo muito quem nunca jogou a desfrutar desse belo jogo.
  68. GianIraD
    Feb 14, 2020
    8
    Lo esperé por años, y es hermoso pero no puedo darle más puntuación.
    Amo la saga kingdom hearts, de echo es mi favorita, pero éste no supera a su antesesor.
    Tengo un gran problema con lo que respecta a comandos de apoyo, te salen por no hacer nada y las que más se repiten son las atracciónes (no lo veía necesario), facilita demasiado el combate cosa que ya de por sí es algo fácil. Se hizo    Lo esperé por años, y es hermoso pero no puedo darle más puntuación.
    Amo la saga kingdom hearts, de echo es mi favorita, pero éste no supera a su antesesor.
    Tengo un gran problema con lo que respecta a comandos de apoyo, te salen por no hacer nada y las que más se repiten son las atracciónes (no lo veía necesario), facilita demasiado el combate cosa que ya de por sí es algo fácil. Se hizo un increíble trabajo con los mundos de disney y sus personajes, y los soundtrack son espectaculares, ame poder ver alfin el reencuentro con algunos personajes de anteriores kingdom hearts. El final me dejó algo preocupado, parecía haber quedado abierto para un futuro kingdom hearts 4,pero con la salida del dlc re-mind tiene toda la pinta de ser el verdadero final de este juego pero de paga..    … Expand
  69. marvsfontanilla
    Mar 31, 2021
    8
    Story: 7
    Graphics: 8
    Sound: 8
    Gameplay: 7
    Game Time: 30 Hours (Main Stlory)
  70. GhostGaming400
    Jul 8, 2020
    8
    Great game but needs work once I’ve gotten into the KH series and bought a PS4 just to play it the Kingdom of Corona and Arandelle felt like a movie world and Twilight Town didn’t felt like a world at all mostly and 100 acres felt it didn’t exist the gameplay is fun, the music is great, the graphics are awesome, story needs work

    Pros: Great Gameplay Cool Keyblade Transformation Fabulous    Great game but needs work once I’ve gotten into the KH series and bought a PS4 just to play it the Kingdom of Corona and Arandelle felt like a movie world and Twilight Town didn’t felt like a world at all mostly and 100 acres felt it didn’t exist the gameplay is fun, the music is great, the graphics are awesome, story needs work

    Pros:
    Great Gameplay
    Cool Keyblade Transformation
    Fabulous music
    Good Graphics

    Cons:
    Game too short
    Story was meh
    Worlds are kinda short
    The Bosses in some worlds needs to be better

    The conclusion here is it’s a great game not the best or terrible game and not the conclusion we all hoped for    … Expand
  71. HRChan
    Aug 2, 2020
    8
    I was not really a fan of the series, I only ever played KH:BBS on the PSP before, I had to watch a youtube video on what the story so far in KH knowing KH3 will be the last in the Xehanort Saga I just had to play it. Hikaru Utada really nailed the songs in this game so much, as for the story I may have not understood it by the end I still enjoyed it, gameplay was fun had a little learningI was not really a fan of the series, I only ever played KH:BBS on the PSP before, I had to watch a youtube video on what the story so far in KH knowing KH3 will be the last in the Xehanort Saga I just had to play it. Hikaru Utada really nailed the songs in this game so much, as for the story I may have not understood it by the end I still enjoyed it, gameplay was fun had a little learning curve with X being the select option and O as jump haha, The game looks beautiful especially in some places, like Rapunzel's place and Frozen's world. Only problem with it really was with the ending, I just don't know what's happening, then there's the secret ending and stuff. Overall great game but confusing story.… Expand
  72. SWFan523
    Jun 21, 2020
    8
    Really enjoyed this game. Tons of fun moments in Disney's best worlds while also bringing the Xehanort Saga to a satisfying end.
  73. EdgarMttz
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    Kingdom Hearts 3 sigue deleitando mundos y atracciones a pesar de una variedad de mundos de disney y atracciones que son demasiado sin amor. Incluso si el juego no necesariamente está a la espera detrás de la larga espera, los fans de la serie obtienen una conclusión digna y el título al menos todavía ofrece una sólida experiencia RPG de acción para los participantes laterales.
  74. Shenic
    Jun 24, 2020
    8
    The graphics are stunning, the soundtrack is amazing and the gameplay is fun and dynamic. The story is good, but some Disney worlds feel like just marketing, they lead nowhere. The lack of Final Fantasy characters is also disappointing. Nonetheless, very fun to play.
  75. MyGaMe1
    Jun 25, 2020
    8
    Beautiful graphics , fast game play , i loved how they managed to capture the spirit of the worlds that we were visiting and use the exact same visual style as the movies themselves. For example Toy story world looks so realistic and detailed , just like the movie does , when you start at Olimpus , you have the same art style as you can see in Hercules from 1997. I loved that. Its hard forBeautiful graphics , fast game play , i loved how they managed to capture the spirit of the worlds that we were visiting and use the exact same visual style as the movies themselves. For example Toy story world looks so realistic and detailed , just like the movie does , when you start at Olimpus , you have the same art style as you can see in Hercules from 1997. I loved that. Its hard for me to say anything about the story. I didnt get it. I finished the previous games , but i had the same problem there as well. So i just found my self skipping every cinematic , just because even after i watched them , i was really confused what was the actual story and what are we doing. But at the end of it , i didnt even care , i was just enjoying the worlds and the game play , the two strong points for me.… Expand
  76. Vaeu
    Jul 9, 2020
    8
    First KH game and III was a lot of fun. The gameplay is aesthetically pleasing and diverse, the fabricated storylines are interesting and overall it was fun exploring the different worlds Disney-Pixar have created.
  77. Sus1216
    Jul 11, 2020
    8
    Muchos años esperando esta tercera parte. Muy disfrutable de principio a fin con un sistema de combate parecido al 2 añadiendo nuevas técnicas y combos. Los mundos son mucho más verticales y grandes que nunca y muy coloridos. Los nuevos mundos con Frozen o Toy Story están muy chulos y se ven mejor que las propias películas. La banda sonora sigue estando a un nivel altísimo como en todosMuchos años esperando esta tercera parte. Muy disfrutable de principio a fin con un sistema de combate parecido al 2 añadiendo nuevas técnicas y combos. Los mundos son mucho más verticales y grandes que nunca y muy coloridos. Los nuevos mundos con Frozen o Toy Story están muy chulos y se ven mejor que las propias películas. La banda sonora sigue estando a un nivel altísimo como en todos los juegos de la saga. En cuanto a la trama, que ya lleva siendo una fumada desde la segunda parte y que se ha ido liando cada vez más, creo que hasta antes de la parte final está todo bastante correcto, pero en el clímax todo se acelera junto con combates caóticos (pero chulos) contra dos personajes a la vez. Y lo que va pasando no se explica bien o directamente no se explica, es todo muy porque sí. Aun así, no quita que me emocionará con el final del juego y soltara un par de lágrimas. Muy recomendable si eres fan de la saga.… Expand
  78. kevon24
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    Kingdom Hearts III is SUPER good on some aspects, and pretty bad in others. Graphics, OST, Gameplay and animations are EASILY 10/10. Not even ONE critic. Re:Mind adds a lot to all of these aspects too.

    However, the story and the pacing of the game is plain terrible. Specially if we take into account the fact it was a "conclusion" of sorts. Re:Mind fixed some of this and explained a few    Kingdom Hearts III is SUPER good on some aspects, and pretty bad in others. Graphics, OST, Gameplay and animations are EASILY 10/10. Not even ONE critic. Re:Mind adds a lot to all of these aspects too.

    However, the story and the pacing of the game is plain terrible. Specially if we take into account the fact it was a "conclusion" of sorts. Re:Mind fixed some of this and explained a few other things, but it's still a mess. KH plot after KH2 is super weird, and KH3 is no better.    … Expand
  79. AleGemini
    Aug 6, 2020
    8
    Un buon gioco, bellissimo gameplay e molto fluido, solo la storia un pó meh, Nomura dovrebbe smettere di menarselo troppo.
  80. hector_bcn98
    Nov 16, 2022
    8
    Cómo no hablar de decepción con esta entrega si es uno de los juegos con menor dificultad que he jugado en mi vida, casi tratandote como un niño de 5 años, sin incluir ningun personaje de Final Fantasy y narrando una historia inentendible por culpa de tantos y tantos años de enrevesarla con doscientas entregas en ochenta y cuatro plataformas diferentes. Y para colmo, el final te lo cuentanCómo no hablar de decepción con esta entrega si es uno de los juegos con menor dificultad que he jugado en mi vida, casi tratandote como un niño de 5 años, sin incluir ningun personaje de Final Fantasy y narrando una historia inentendible por culpa de tantos y tantos años de enrevesarla con doscientas entregas en ochenta y cuatro plataformas diferentes. Y para colmo, el final te lo cuentan en un DLC. Jugablemente posiblemente sea el mejor, claro, pero es que faltaría más, joder.… Expand
  81. Ostarina
    Feb 6, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is awesome for kingdom hearts fans but in the final sora sacrifices himself i **** play 6 games for this sorry my bad english… Expand
  82. Flounder
    Apr 29, 2023
    8
    An absolutly fantastic finale to kingdom hearts full of nothing but pay offs for everything the series has done, even pays off the mobile games in a satisfying way. The only major issue is its difficulty and by that I mean the complete lack of it, the game at times is laughably easy.
  83. YannySp101
    Oct 30, 2021
    8
    Before diving to the heart (pun intended) of my review, I think it's worth mentioning that Kingdom Hearts III is not a sequel to Kingdom Hearts II, but it's the conclusion of the entire series, including the spin-offs.
    Fortunately for newcomers like me, Kingdom Hearts III does re-cap parts of the story from the previous Kingdom Hearts games in different ways, making Kingdom Hearts III's    Before diving to the heart (pun intended) of my review, I think it's worth mentioning that Kingdom Hearts III is not a sequel to Kingdom Hearts II, but it's the conclusion of the entire series, including the spin-offs.
    Fortunately for newcomers like me, Kingdom Hearts III does re-cap parts of the story from the previous Kingdom Hearts games in different ways, making Kingdom Hearts III's story easier to follow. However, just like in the previous Kingdom Hearts games, Kingdom Hearts III's story is convoluted and the writing is weak for the most part... but I didn't hate it, even though some cutscenes are overly long and the pacing has issues.
    The gameplay is great though despite being very easy, and it's extremely diverse; there are so many different things to do, it's actually impressive.
    The characters - including the Disney characters - are pretty good too.
    The visuals are stunning and the music is really good.
    Also, the Disney worlds represented in Kingdom Hearts III are the highlight of the game by far; they're absolutely wonderful!
    The new outfits, Keyblades and U.I. changes are cool as well.
    Now, I don't know if it's an unpopular opinion, but honestly, I don't like how some Disney characters are major party members in this game because it ruins the immersion for me; I'd prefer if all of the Disney characters in this game were side-characters in different Disney worlds, but it's not a big deal at all.

    Pros:
    + Intriguing premise
    + Charming characters
    + Exciting gameplay
    + Impressive Disney worlds
    + Gorgeous visuals and music

    Cons:
    - Poor writing
    - Long cutscenes & pacing issues
    - Too easy

    Narrative: 4/10
    Gameplay: 8/10
    Content: 7/10
    Characters: 7/10
    Music: 8/10
    Art Style: 10/10

    Final Rating: 8/10
    - Great -
    Despite its fair amount of flaws, Kingdom Hearts III made me feel like a kid again at times and that's one of the sweetest compliments I can give to a videogame.

    Do I recommend it?:
    For newcomers, I'd recommend reading a summary of the stories in the previous Kingdom Hearts games or play Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far before playing Kingdom Hearts III.
    Fans of the series must play this game.    … Expand
  84. 1ntersect
    May 21, 2022
    8
    I've never been more contradicted about any game. I want to love this game, I do. But there are few things that bug me too much. I love the worlds and the Kingdom Hearts franchise in general, but this is definitely my biggest disappointment yet. (until the Re Mind dlc)
    All and all, the Disney worlds look amazing, game is fun to play but all the carousels whatsoever bring the experience a    I've never been more contradicted about any game. I want to love this game, I do. But there are few things that bug me too much. I love the worlds and the Kingdom Hearts franchise in general, but this is definitely my biggest disappointment yet. (until the Re Mind dlc)
    All and all, the Disney worlds look amazing, game is fun to play but all the carousels whatsoever bring the experience a bit down. Also, I think the story isn't as captivating as its predecessors.    … Expand
  85. 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.
  86. 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
  87. 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
  88. 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
  89. 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
  90. 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
  91. 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.
  92. 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
  93. 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
  94. 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
  95. 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
  96. 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
  97. 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
  98. 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
  99. 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
  100. 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
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Awards & Rankings

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#23 Best PS4 Game of 2019
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#11 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2019
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#89 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2019

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Metascore
83

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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