Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory

 PlayStation 4
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7.2

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  2. Mixed: 15 out of 99
  3. Negative: 19 out of 99
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  1. Kingdomhear
    Nov 14, 2020
    10
    Fantastico !! Come ogni capitolo della saga ! Veramente divertente e ben costruito !!
  2. Starlightzz85
    Nov 15, 2020
    10
    This is a really well made rhythm game with a lot of depth to it. I'm a rhythm gamer first, and only mildly enjoy the KH series. World Tour is mediocre at best and contains a recap of the series events leading up to some new scenes exclusive to MoM. It is there mostly to unlock songs for Track Selection, which is MoM's free play mode, but the World Tour, much the same as any rhythm game'sThis is a really well made rhythm game with a lot of depth to it. I'm a rhythm gamer first, and only mildly enjoy the KH series. World Tour is mediocre at best and contains a recap of the series events leading up to some new scenes exclusive to MoM. It is there mostly to unlock songs for Track Selection, which is MoM's free play mode, but the World Tour, much the same as any rhythm game's story or missions, is not where you'll be spending the bulk of your time unless you choose to. Track Selection is the heart of the game, much like any rhythm game's free play. The VS/COM battles, where you can play against other players or AI opponents is really enjoyable due to the trick system. A gauge fills up as you hit notes, and the better your note judgement is the more it fills. Once full you will throw a random trick at your opponent that lasts a limited amount of time. It's random, so you don't choose the tricks, but it keeps things interesting. There's also tons of unlockables, from songs, new teams (only 4 teams total, which each level up separately), to profile cards used in vs, to collection cards that permanently boost various things like EXP earned, item drop rate, defense increases, etc. You can also synthesize some of these through moogle synthesis, as well as usable items. There are also lots of in-game feats, some of which unlock trophies. So even beyond trophies there's a lot more achievements. I highly recommend this game to anyone that enjoys rhythm games. If you're not a rhythm gamer, but only a KH fan, I'm not sure I could recommend it since you can probably look up the exclusive ending scenes on Youtube and listen to the music elsewhere, but that doesn't mean you won't like this. You might.… Expand
  3. Leonmeister
    Nov 15, 2020
    9
    Well made rythm game who can get people who are not into them make them getting the hang of it. I really enjoyed the gameplay itself. There is also a well done recap of the whole series narrated by Kairi, one of the protagonists of Kingdom Hearts. In addition there is some tease about the future of Kingdom Hearts at the end of the game and it's extremely interesting and promising, theWell made rythm game who can get people who are not into them make them getting the hang of it. I really enjoyed the gameplay itself. There is also a well done recap of the whole series narrated by Kairi, one of the protagonists of Kingdom Hearts. In addition there is some tease about the future of Kingdom Hearts at the end of the game and it's extremely interesting and promising, the future is bright.… Expand
  4. Zackasaurus-rex
    Nov 22, 2020
    10
    As an huge Kingdom Hearts fan, I knew this was a must-buy for me. What I didn't yet know is it would be -- by far -- my favorite rhythm game of all time.
  5. Femto90
    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 new story at the end was hype, looking forward to the future of the series.
  6. Mward
    Nov 15, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Super fun rhythm game that showcases the best music from the series. Though the story content is a bit lacking, it sets up for some massive hype for future instalments. This game is well worth playing if you’re a Kingdom Hearts buff or a rhythm game enthusiast.… Expand
  7. Katrosh
    Nov 15, 2020
    0
    Fatto male, non c'è la trama. Questa saga fa sempre più schifo, e costa troppo.
  8. sanddemongaara
    Nov 15, 2020
    1
    Waste of a kingdom hearts game. I can't believe they dared to include story in this, and only 25 minutes at that.
  9. rikaru1858
    Nov 16, 2020
    6
    Poderia ter sido mais bem explorado , jogo tinha potencial e foi perdido! Uma pena
  10. VoiceOfTheNet
    Nov 18, 2020
    1
    Mediocre game full of recicled assets. Confused gameplay only enjoyable in proud mode. 60€ for a game that has no story at all in it. Only in the end, you have a 25 minutes cutscene that tells you pretty much nothing more than a good trailer.
    Guys this game is like paying 60€ for a single episode of Lost, and not a good one like "The Constant", no. A cheep one. A "meanwhile" one.
    This    Mediocre game full of recicled assets. Confused gameplay only enjoyable in proud mode. 60€ for a game that has no story at all in it. Only in the end, you have a 25 minutes cutscene that tells you pretty much nothing more than a good trailer.
    Guys this game is like paying 60€ for a single episode of Lost, and not a good one like "The Constant", no. A cheep one. A "meanwhile" one.
    This sucks so much I'm thinking of throwing my 18 years collection in the garbage.    … Expand
  11. Rebrid
    Nov 20, 2020
    0
    fa schifo! sembra un riciclo totale per fare soldi! square enix molto deludente!
  12. Machin_Gon2
    Nov 27, 2020
    8
    This a rythmn game such as Theatherythmn FF. It summarizes the history of all KH games and also gives us a littke extra after the events of Re:Mind, DLC of KH3. Its gameplay is preety good, not so sofisticated, but really enjoyable. A must for every KH fan.
  13. SweetSoundP0N3
    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 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 perfectAn 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
  14. iMustang
    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 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 atKingdom 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!    … Expand
  15. Mazhi
    Mar 2, 2022
    8
    Sinceramente, lo compré de salida porque soy fan acérrimo de la saga. No tenía muchas esperanzas puestas en él, pero me llevé una grata sorpresa al ver que, si bien no añadía nada a la historia salvo la cinemática del final, es un juego tremendamente divertido.

    La música de Kingdom Heats ha sido una constante en mi vida desde que tenía 5-6 años, por lo que añadir gameplay al apartado    Sinceramente, lo compré de salida porque soy fan acérrimo de la saga. No tenía muchas esperanzas puestas en él, pero me llevé una grata sorpresa al ver que, si bien no añadía nada a la historia salvo la cinemática del final, es un juego tremendamente divertido.

    La música de Kingdom Heats ha sido una constante en mi vida desde que tenía 5-6 años, por lo que añadir gameplay al apartado musical del juego, me ha parecido una experiencia maravillosa.

    Si te gusta la saga, cómpratelo, es divertido. Si te gustan los juegos musicales, cómpralo, es divertido.    … Expand
  16. JimPickens
    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 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 manyFirst 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    … Expand
  17. ckhrist
    Nov 23, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Muy bueno, haciendo un recorrido musical por los 20 años que está por cumplir esta saga, con variadas canciones, y mucho objetivos que completar. Es un regalo para los fans. También da una avanze de los que vendrá en el futuro… Expand
  18. BEEGBOS
    Nov 15, 2020
    10
    This games rythm mechanics are deep and fun. I thought seeing the same characters run across the same line on different backgrounds would get boring super quickly but it didnt. I finshed pretty much every song in world tour (so basically every song in the whole game) saw all the cutscenes explaining stuff i already knew and i even played all the secret songs. Boss battles are a bit shortThis games rythm mechanics are deep and fun. I thought seeing the same characters run across the same line on different backgrounds would get boring super quickly but it didnt. I finshed pretty much every song in world tour (so basically every song in the whole game) saw all the cutscenes explaining stuff i already knew and i even played all the secret songs. Boss battles are a bit short but they add a ton of variety (as well as memory dives) world tour is definitely on the short side (about 12 hours) but its explanation of this franchise's story is well-explained and even cleared up some plot points i didnt understand and the bread crumbs it leaves for the future of the series are interesting (even though there arent that many of them)… Expand
  19. wolfstar95
    Nov 23, 2020
    9
    Square Enix has made something that the long-term fans of the Kingdom Hearts franchise will absolutely adore. It's a very fun and challenging rhythm game with LOTS of tracks from every game in the series (though tracks from the Tarzan, Winnie the Pooh, and Pirates of the Caribbean worlds are not featured). This was obviously not made hastily or with partial-effort, as each difficulty,Square Enix has made something that the long-term fans of the Kingdom Hearts franchise will absolutely adore. It's a very fun and challenging rhythm game with LOTS of tracks from every game in the series (though tracks from the Tarzan, Winnie the Pooh, and Pirates of the Caribbean worlds are not featured). This was obviously not made hastily or with partial-effort, as each difficulty, background environment, and enemy set are tailored for each song. Sure, this game banks on nostalgia and re-uses assets and songs, but what else do the fans want? They want awesome gameplay based on the songs and characters KH fans adore, and Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory delivers.… Expand
  20. Prink34320
    May 1, 2022
    10
    Melody of Memory is a homage to the magical music crafted by Yoko Shimomura, which pays homage to the many beloved Disney and Pixar films that appear across the series. The music is now combined with rhythm-based game-play that is both enjoyable and difficult.

    To a novice in the realm of rhythm games, it was very easy to get into the game-play loop, and simply playing the game felt    Melody of Memory is a homage to the magical music crafted by Yoko Shimomura, which pays homage to the many beloved Disney and Pixar films that appear across the series. The music is now combined with rhythm-based game-play that is both enjoyable and difficult.

    To a novice in the realm of rhythm games, it was very easy to get into the game-play loop, and simply playing the game felt rewarding due to the beautiful soundtrack and imagery that accompanied every level. As a veteran Kingdom Hearts player, I was also hit with frequent feelings of nostalgia, reminding me of my first experience with this amazing franchise.

    This game even features a multiplayer mode, which is rather unpolished compared to typical co-op settings, but provides additional enjoyment after completion of the game. And as with every Kingdom Hearts entry, simply playing the game rewards you with a progression of the narrative, giving us insight of what to expect for the much awaited Kingdom Hearts 4.    … Expand
  21. redoair
    Dec 20, 2020
    9
    Fantastico !! Come ogni capitolo della saga ! Veramente divertente e ben costruito !! ANIMAZIONE TOP
  22. Gokusondbz
    Dec 27, 2020
    8
    Honestly I haven't mixed opinions on this game. But as a long time fan of 18 years I give it a 8 because it's Kingdom Hearts ❤. If you enjoy your Rhythm based games I think you will enjoy this as well
  23. Flounder
    Feb 19, 2023
    8
    Pretty much as good a kingdom hearts rthym game can be, it was incredibly fun but it lacked quite a bit of well effort, all the assets are re-used and I mean all if them, alsothe only story stuff happens at the very last level if the game.
  24. Ichxy
    Jul 8, 2023
    3
    it's ****
    If you're a fan of the series go for it.
    all other players it's not even worth to buy on sale
  25. Denis1717
    Sep 22, 2021
    8
    Este juego es simplemnete un homenaje a la saga para los más fans como yo es impresionante revivir toda su música en este juego, en mi opinión una de las mejores bandas sonoras de la historia si de verdad te gusta la saga tienes que darle una oportunidad a este juego.
  26. Elliegrine
    Dec 31, 2021
    5
    The game lacks too much in visual clarity to be really enjoyable as a rhythm game. Especially on proud difficulty, notes come at you at differing speeds and jumping up and down all from the same direction in one hard to parse mess, and I just spent my time with it wishing I was playing a better rhythm game.
    On the plus side it definitely isn't lacking in songs, though the selection is of    The game lacks too much in visual clarity to be really enjoyable as a rhythm game. Especially on proud difficulty, notes come at you at differing speeds and jumping up and down all from the same direction in one hard to parse mess, and I just spent my time with it wishing I was playing a better rhythm game.
    On the plus side it definitely isn't lacking in songs, though the selection is of varying levels of suitability for a rhythm game as is inevitable when you're bringing back the majority of songs from a non rhythm series.
    Story wise it's a summary of the entire series so far, with a bit of new story by the end of it. But unless you're a big enough fan to play through a mediocre rhythm game while still fresh enough that you want another summary I can't really recommend it. Watch the story part on YouTube or wait for it to be summarised or retold in the next mainline game.    … Expand
  27. LittleSticker
    Aug 26, 2022
    8
    this game is very fun and nostalgic
    way too short tho and there should've been more cutscenes

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 54 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 54
  3. Negative: 1 out of 54
  1. GameOver.gr
    Jan 23, 2021
    80
    A well crafted and quite charming anthology of music with a lot of content from Kingdom Hearts titles that, however, is missing some important songs.
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  2. GameCritics
    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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  3. GameSpace
    Jan 6, 2021
    70
    Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory is a great game for the fans of the series, plunging the player deep into nostalgia to refresh the events and immerse them in the beloved universe. However, it might not be the best game to begin your journey in the Kingdom Hearts franchise. Despite being a strong rhythm action game, the game’s biggest point is reliving memories that already have an emotional impact with its audience.
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