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  • Summary: Experience the music of kingdom hearts like never before. Melody of memory features 20+ characters, 140+ music tracks, and online vs multiplayer mode. Explore the music and memories from the kingdom hearts series! Play as familiar faces from the kingdom hearts series, including Disney guestExperience the music of kingdom hearts like never before. Melody of memory features 20+ characters, 140+ music tracks, and online vs multiplayer mode. Explore the music and memories from the kingdom hearts series! Play as familiar faces from the kingdom hearts series, including Disney guest characters who will appear to Lend you a hand. Enjoy a massive variety of music from both the kingdom hearts series and Disney, with a collection of over 140 songs. Dive into rhythm-action gameplay with memorable tunes in this musical journey. Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 54
  2. Negative: 1 out of 54
  1. Nov 12, 2020
    90
    Melody of Memory is a loving homage to the legacy of Kingdom Hearts, aiming to honour almost two decades of absurd excellence whilst also forging a new path forward. If any franchise is going to make a rhythm game an integral part of its overall plot, it's Kingdom Hearts, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
  2. Nov 12, 2020
    85
    A very good rhythm game, for who love the soundtrack of the KH saga.
  3. Nov 19, 2020
    80
    Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory is exactly what it needs to be: A quality rhythm game experience that lets fans of the series look back on it fondly. Its flaws are minor, and its strengths lay the groundwork for a promising future of bigger and better spin-off titles in the genre. It’s a great first step into the genre and will keep fans of Kingdom Hearts and rhythm games alike engrossed in its different modes for hours on end.
  4. Nov 12, 2020
    75
    To the delight of those who do not love rhythm games, Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory does not pretend to be a mandatory stop, but a delightful detour that, between one note and another, will help fans of the Tetsuya Nomura series to reconstruct eighteen years of often confused and fragmented memories.
  5. Nov 27, 2020
    75
    Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory is exactly what you would like a musical game in the Square Enix saga to be. A simple, direct, accessible and very funny title. It's so simple, the repeatability could take its toll soon, but if you commune with its extraordinary soundtrack, you won't mind too much. Still, it does not innovate anything within the genre and not all melodies offer the same rhythm with each beat.
  6. Nov 17, 2020
    70
    Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory is a nostalgia-heavy reflection of a triumphant but persistently jumbled-up franchise about spell-slinging ducks and Final Fantasy characters living in Disney castles, but it lovingly memorializes its legacy and honors the fans who have grown to love it. While it doesn’t do anything remarkable or exciting with its rhythm gameplay, and it may not be the most alluring for those who don’t have the same understanding and love of Kingdom Hearts, it’s certainly a delightful experience that’s well worth the time spent.
  7. Jan 20, 2021
    40
    I knew Melody of Memory was a rhythm spin-off before I started it, so I kept my expectations fairly low, but it didn’t even clear that bar. The music isn’t awful and the visuals are beautiful, but it gives players almost nothing substantial in the main story. In light of this, I can only recommend it to those who really love rhythm games or the music from Kingdom Hearts.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 27
  2. Negative: 5 out of 27
  1. Nov 14, 2020
    10
    Fantastico !! Come ogni capitolo della saga ! Veramente divertente e ben costruito !!
  2. Nov 18, 2020
    10
    An absolutely incredible side-game within the Kingdom Hearts franchise. Has the best tracks the series has given us so far, tons ofAn absolutely incredible side-game within the Kingdom Hearts franchise. Has the best tracks the series has given us so far, tons of replayability & gamemodes, a perfect progression system, top-notch graphics & it doubles as a recap for the entire series. The gameplay is honestly the best part, both addictive and spot on rhythmically. I know it's too late, but this game would be a perfect contender for GOTY. Can't wait to finish it! Expand
  3. Nov 15, 2020
    10
    Super fun rhythm game, it's definitely aimed at fans of the series. Music is fantastic, controls are tight, multiplayer is fun and the newSuper fun rhythm game, it's definitely aimed at fans of the series. Music is fantastic, controls are tight, multiplayer is fun and the new story at the end was hype, looking forward to the future of the series. Expand
  4. Jun 7, 2021
    8
    Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory is a fantastic love song to the most beloved game franchise to my heart. The team behind TheatrhyhmKingdom Hearts Melody of Memory is a fantastic love song to the most beloved game franchise to my heart. The team behind Theatrhyhm (indieszero) definitely excels at making fast pasted rhythm action that feels as though you're playing a Kingdom Hearts game, but with music instead. Mostly I'm satisfied with the tracks selected in the game, but I do have to wonder if it was in development at the same time as KH3 due to a heavy lack of tracks from that game (and even the ones they have are all interactive cinematics, not battle levels). This is a little saddening as some games like KH2 have an abundance of tracks, but then KH3 has so little. There are notably a lot of missing tracks from older worlds including Deep Jungle (Tarzan), Port Royal (Pirates), and Symphony of Sorcery (Fantasia) which is the most tragic loss. This wouldn't be so bad if not for the fact some worlds like Hallow Bastion are represented multiple times. Really though, this is a minor gripe as there are 150 beautiful and memorable tracks in this game (including some Disney songs they threw in just for fun), a co-op and online versus mode, and so much that provides hours of enjoyment.

    To the casual players out there make no mistake, this is not a silly spinoff. This is a canon, post-KH3 Re:Mind spoiler filled delight of a game. I honestly can't recommend it to a casual player even if you told yourself you were going to skip all the cutscenes. Shoot, some tracks have spoilers in the background of the notes! But if you are a dedicated player, this is definitely the next step after Re:Mind that finally answers a lot of questions I had after 3, and gets me pumped for whatever comes next (which may be 4). Also it's wonderful to see my girl Kairi get the spotlight for a change!
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  5. Aug 26, 2022
    8
    this game is very fun and nostalgic
    way too short tho and there should've been more cutscenes
  6. Jan 14, 2021
    7
    First off, only you can decide the monetary worth of anything, however, to me, no Melody of Memory is not worth full price, it offers far lessFirst off, only you can decide the monetary worth of anything, however, to me, no Melody of Memory is not worth full price, it offers far less story development than most other games, side games included, and the game itself has a lot of issues and would have been far more appropriately priced at £30. Admittedly I'm biased because I love both KH and rhythm games, however this game has many undeniable flaws, first of all, on the Battle Stages, the most common type of stage, it can be very disorienting to play when the enemies are moving about so much, the path curves and bends, making certain obstacles hard to see, and your characters move around a lot too, these can make it incredibly hard to actually hit notes and can make playing certain stages on Hard an absolute nightmare. Another kind of Stage, a boss fight, can be just as bad if not worse, in these fights an in game recreation of a boss fight from a previous game will play out while you hit notes in the foreground, this is made very difficult by the fact the notes come from the left side of the screen and the bar to hit them is at the right leaning centre, meaning you have very little time to read and press the buttons accordingly. Another issue I've found in boss fights is how the battle can feel very random compared to your rating with the notes, for example. during one stage, I hit all the notes most with an Excellent rating, the second highest rating in the game, yet I got hit a number of times and got a "good" rating, whereas the next time, I missed quite a few notes yet didn't get hit at all and received an "excellent" rating, so it seems totally arbitrary whether you do good or bad. The final kind of stage consists of you hitting notes over an FMV, these are the most traditional kind of songs and much more closely resemble something like Guitar Hero, I have found minimal issue with this stage and think it's the best, apart from getting stars, they're the only stages I play.

    The story itself can be beat in less than 10 hours and about 30 minutes of that is dedicated to story development, the other 9 and a half hours is Kairi recapping the series up to this point, ReMind included. As a Kingdom Hearts fan, this is incredibly disappointing, I know the series, I don't need to be retold the series, especially after the ps4 releases, this is unnecessary, it's really one of the only games in KH worth calling a "side game" much like Coded this can be skipped and the cutscene (singular) can be viewed on youtube with nothing of value lost.

    I can only really recommend KHMoM at a discounted price, IF you love KH Music as much as I do, I think this game could really benefit from some DLC, because as it stands, there are very few Disney songs and no Final Fantasy songs, there's also some glaring omissions like Face My Fears and ANY Pirates of The Caribbean song. While disappointing, I still enjoy this game and have 18 hours on it, and I intend to play more, but I do wish I could have at least £20 back
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  7. Nov 20, 2020
    0
    fa schifo! sembra un riciclo totale per fare soldi! square enix molto deludente!

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