Kingdom Hearts 3 is a simple game with very simple gameplay. Pretty much all you need to do is mash the X button and hit triangle every once in a while, even on critical or proud mode the same thing goes albeit with more grinding for those harder difficulties. The fighting and magic remain pretty much the same thing we remember with some new additions like spinning around a pillar to attack multiple enemies at once. Running up walls is new to the series and pleasantly reminded me of Prince of Persia. Apart from the new Gummiship gameplay which was a whole lot of fun for me personally (you fly around wherever you want blasting enemies in space from your ship, collecting treasure, new ship parts, discovering new worlds to travel to, new waypoints and taking pictures of constellations.) Everything else is pretty much old hat, the same formula and the same gameplay in some new worlds, that’s it. This game boasts a lot of new transformations that are kind of unnecessary like changing into a carousel or a huge ship to damage enemies you could also summon Disney characters into battle like Simba for example but I never did, never quite felt that it was necessary.
Graphics:
These are by far the best looking graphics we’ve ever seen for a core KH game. There is really no point comparing KH2 on the PS2 to this one. The lines are clean and crisp in glorious HD. The worlds look great, the snowy world of Arendelle was my favorite by far.
Story:
I feel like telling anything about the story will spoil it so I won’t, I’ll just say this is where things take a steep nosedive in my opinion. You’ve played Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2 right? Great, now you’re playing part 3? Also great but you don’t know the whole story. They expect you to have played all those little side story games across various handhelds to fully grasp the story and yes I know the collection came out with all those games on modern consoles but it’s just to much. I’ve never heard anyone say “I’m going to play these eight or nine games to understand the story for this game.” Yeah they give you some summary movies for you to find out more and get a refresher because this game took so long to come out but it’s just feels like too much to do for this game. Possibly the worst thing is that not one Final Fantasy character makes an appearance because they wanted to focus on their characters and their stories plenty of Disney characters show up though.
Conclusion:
I was so disheartened with this game that I didn’t enjoy it at all. In RPG’s I do practically everything or as much as I can however with KH3 it was just a mad dash for the finish line. I’ve followed the stories of convoluted games like the Metal Gear Solid series for example but KH3 left me scratching my head. After such a long wait of over a decade I feel like they could’ve done more with this one. Guess you could say I’m being a bit “heartless” with this game but personally it really missed the mark for me.
Positive:
+ Some new worlds.
+ Wall running is fun.
+ Gummiship flying was my favorite part of the game.
+ It was nice to see the reunions of some friends.
Negative:
- Boring gameplay. (I feel asleep 3 times in the Toy Story world.)
- Unchallenging
- That big showdown with Organization 13 was lackluster.
Gameplay:
Kingdom Hearts 3 is a simple game with very simple gameplay. Pretty much all you need to do is mash the X button and hit triangle every once in a while, even on critical or proud mode the same thing goes albeit with more grinding for those harder difficulties. The fighting and magic remain pretty much the same thing we remember with some new additions like spinning around a pillar to attack multiple enemies at once. Running up walls is new to the series and pleasantly reminded me of Prince of Persia. Apart from the new Gummiship gameplay which was a whole lot of fun for me personally (you fly around wherever you want blasting enemies in space from your ship, collecting treasure, new ship parts, discovering new worlds to travel to, new waypoints and taking pictures of constellations.) Everything else is pretty much old hat, the same formula and the same gameplay in some new worlds, that’s it. This game boasts a lot of new transformations that are kind of unnecessary like changing into a carousel or a huge ship to damage enemies you could also summon Disney characters into battle like Simba for example but I never did, never quite felt that it was necessary.
Graphics:
These are by far the best looking graphics we’ve ever seen for a core KH game. There is really no point comparing KH2 on the PS2 to this one. The lines are clean and crisp in glorious HD. The worlds look great, the snowy world of Arendelle was my favorite by far.
Story:
I feel like telling anything about the story will spoil it so I won’t, I’ll just say this is where things take a steep nosedive in my opinion. You’ve played Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2 right? Great, now you’re playing part 3? Also great but you don’t know the whole story. They expect you to have played all those little side story games across various handhelds to fully grasp the story and yes I know the collection came out with all those games on modern consoles but it’s just to much. I’ve never heard anyone say “I’m going to play these eight or nine games to understand the story for this game.” Yeah they give you some summary movies for you to find out more and get a refresher because this game took so long to come out but it’s just feels like too much to do for this game. Possibly the worst thing is that not one Final Fantasy character makes an appearance because they wanted to focus on their characters and their stories plenty of Disney characters show up though.
Conclusion:
I was so disheartened with this game that I didn’t enjoy it at all. In RPG’s I do practically everything or as much as I can however with KH3 it was just a mad dash for the finish line. I’ve followed the stories of convoluted games like the Metal Gear Solid series for example but KH3 left me scratching my head. After such a long wait of over a decade I feel like they could’ve done more with this one. Guess you could say I’m being a bit “heartless” with this game but personally it really missed the mark for me.
Positive:
+ Some new worlds.
+ Wall running is fun.
+ Gummiship flying was my favorite part of the game.
+ It was nice to see the reunions of some friends.
Negative:
- Boring gameplay. (I feel asleep 3 times in the Toy Story world.)
- Unchallenging
- That big showdown with Organization 13 was lackluster.
- No Final Fantasy characters.
For A. C. E.
I’m Kevin Betances see you next game.