The non numbered titles are NOT spin-offs. The sooner people realize that the better.

Part of the issue for me with tangled and frozen is square wasn't allowed to alter the story. So we got basically carbon movie copies, and also i might be in the minority on this idk but i hate the attractions. Its so disruptive

Wish they would go back to KH1 type of story, love how they mixed the disney characters with the overall story

Calling the other games spinoffs makes me know exactly how this is gonna go lol

The Final Fantasy side falling by the wayside is the biggest bummer for me. That was my favorite part of the collab in the original few games.

They added mechanics to lessens the attractions and more difficulty in the free post launch updates. One of which is Critical Mode. This was even before the harder content that RE:Mind added.

I think KH4 would benefit greatly with a "Active Time Lore" feature like what FF16 had. It could help with the accessibility for newcomers trying to understand the story.

Whoaaa hold on! You’ve played through the Roxas prologue in KH2 and you think the Olympus sequence in KH3 is slow?? They get right into the action! That’s what I appreciated most about it. You get a lot of mechanics right away.

I think that the normal difficulty of KH3 is probably really good for kids, game reviewers, and other casuals, but critical is the difficulty level that gamers are really going to be want to be playing as. Hope you really get a chance to dig your teeth into the combat system in the Remind DLC!

I was one of those mad headed players that jumped in while i didn't know much of the story (i only dabbled in the series with the first one a bit and didn't play any of the others) it was really enjoyable for me, i loved seeing worlds like Monster's Inc, loved that growing up and Toy Story, i loved that too and i honestly had a blast with the game

We needed those final fantasy moments and Maleficent!! The first game was so good because there was such a vibe having the Disney villains all working together.

I would really love a video of a second playthrough of FFX. I just rewatched your older video, and I feel like if you replay it with some key things in mind that you'll learn that it's a masterpiece. The world of Spira helped me escape my rather traumatic childhood. I'm 30, and It still does that for me in difficult times. The music makes me weep. The characters, their personalities, the way they all interact with each other, it's perfection embodied into a 22 year old video game.

I genuinely like kh3. In fairness i have played most of them apart from mobile games, but i did enjoy the overall experience.

I had high expectations for it and they didn’t meet them, but I liked KH3 a lot more than when I played it the first couple of times. I’m not a fan of the way they told the story. But it was good.

I think I was too harsh to this game when it first come out... Now I experienced many other AAA games and they rarely reach the level of details and worldbuild of Kingdom hearts 3. When I was playing it 3 years ago I was expecting a great conclusion to the 20 years journey but I was let down. Now that Kingdom heart 4 is in development I becomes more accepting with Kingdom hearts 3 and excitedly waiting again.

I loved the first 2 games, and was so hyped for when this finally arrived at my door. But once I noticed that special attacks were based on Disney Rides, there was no longer any Final Fantasy characters, and then a no stakes storyline altogether, I was left very, very sad.

To me, KH2FM Critical Mode is my favorite action RPG. For KH3, I am happy to know that someone else deems the combat as "Musuo" style because in proud mode, I felt like I steam-rolled through all the enemies. I am super curious on how you think of the re-mind gameplay because I enjoyed those boss fights more heavily and the Osaka team did fine-tune the gameplay.

Playing KH3 for like the 6th time RN. Probly my fav game ever.

I finally played KH3 last year and loved it. I find a lot of these games age well. Like I hated FF13 when it came out but loved it now.

Wow. Wasn’t expecting this video until KH4 was closer to release tbh. Remind DLC (specifically Limit Cut and Secret Episode) was pretty awesome. Still play it every now and then.

World of Final Fantasy Maxima is great. It’s like Pokémon but better than a lot of them imo lol

All “Kingdom Hearts 3” did for me was make me wish we could get a “Verum Rex” game with Tetsuya Nomura’s original vision for “FF13 Versus”…

KH3 remind is so good, the boss rush is the best one in a game ever imo. The yozora fight is a masterclass of boss design. But KH3 launch experience was a much different game. The patches helped a lot with the new abilities and the addition of critical mode. Also at the time, the secret ending and the epilouge were a patch. You just had to be there at the launch of KH3, fans had waited since KH2 for KH3. KH3 also leaked a month and a half early so many people had to abandon social media. It was a wild time, I never had felt a launch experience like KH3 for any other game.

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I had too much hype and was dissapointed with some parts. The Re Mind DLC was really good at fixing some of my complaints. Over time I have grown to forgive the game and just be happy they somehow didn't give up on making a third game after writing so many characters into the story.

I just finished this game. I am 100% convinced that much of the sour public opinion on this game is due to two factors. One is nostalgia. The other is overhype.

This was a series I always had trouble getting into. In any case, looking forward to your next videos. Gotta wonder if you’ll do Pikmin and FNaF retrospectives what with the new game and movie coming out

All in all, I enjoyed Kingdom Hearts 3 but man did it have some inexcusable omissions. I'm also tired of scrapping power systems that worked so freaking well. Bring back the forms, wisdom, valor, limit from the remix, master, final and anti form. The first time I activated anti form I flipped my shit. Being able to dual wield as Sora was fucking awesome.

You lost me when you said Olympus was a bad world

I loved the first few hours of KH3. Olympus and the remodeled Twilight Town were FANTASTIC. And getting a feel for the new features was so much fun. Toy Story was a joy ride too but everything after just fell completely flat. Story was average, I had a little more mileage on the gameplay than others but still inferior to previous titles

Something I’ve learned to consider when comes to game development is the internal changing of hands from one dev to another. Cuz the team behind KH3 were the team that developed BBS and DDD (the Osaka Team btw), while KH2’s team were scattered about working on other games. Doesn’t give the base of 3 a pass for not feeling as tight, just provides context for those who weren’t watching the game’s development closely. I’m personally hopeful for KH4, because Re:Mind with its new combo modifiers and bosses, showed how the Osaka Team is improving and responding to feedback. Not an ideal situation overall, but I’ll take willingness to improve over stubbornly staying the course any day. Also it’s unfortunate that you’re not interested in 3’s Critical mode, as it adds an ability that turns off Attraction Flow (among others). If you do decide to give it a try, the challenge declines as you level, so most of the difficulty will spike early on but diminish the further you progress.

I miss the proper Disney villain boss fights, it helped me better immerse myself in the worlds. I need to play reMind but traded in my ps4 with my completed save data and thinking of having to beat all these boss fights again feels like it’s not worth my time

KH2 is still the peak. KH3 had so much hype behind it, and it ended up really disappointing me. The main plot shoved aside for 90% of the game until the very end left a very sour taste in my mouth

If people think KH is complicated I'd hate to hear their reaction to something like guilty gear. I do think you playing the game on proud mode and calling for a little more difficulty is unfair. Especially when you're clearly not playing with the pro-codes which allow you to make your own difficulty. I also find this review completely unfair to 3 because your reviews for 1 and 2 are based on the final mix version. Re:Mind is the final mix version that's included in most major releases of the game now. It'd be like reviewing the original Japanese versions of 1 and 2 and ignoring the content added in the international+final mix release.

I just got the DLC and having a pretty fun time. Don’t think I’ll be able to compete the data battles though. So I started a NG+ on critical and turned on some easy codes. Mostly the ones that recharge things like magic and the focus gauge. It really feels like a more balanced challenge now.

Whats the name of the theme song 0:00

I played the series by release. The not numbered titles are not spinoffs, they are direct continuations to the overarching story. Yes they aren’t direct continuations to the timeline, but they are directly connecting the information given from one to the next. If you follow that (which is how they were created I’m guessing), then the narrative is relatively easy to follow. Go into it without other’s forcing their expectations on you and you’ll have a blast with the story. If you pay attention to the story, it’s overall a very simple story. Sure it can’t be summed up in a couple sentences but it is by no means that convoluted as so many people claim. The only “spinoff” KH title (which still isn’t a spinoff as it is relevant in 3 in a major way) is the one on mobile that is actually a set-up for KH4. Dark Seeker saga titles have no spinoff titles. Glad you enjoyed the games Matty! I know KH3 didn’t live up to the hype but it couldn’t possibly after over a decade worth of waiting. Hope you keep enjoying KH as it goes off into it’s next saga!

I started the kh games in 2005 when I was 12 years old. I was 25 when kh3 came out. I’m happy I played kh3 and finished the arc I started that honestly impacted my life, especially in the younger days. Was it the greatest game I ever played? Nah. Not even close. No kh game will ever impact me the way kh2 did but I’m happy I got a happy ending I wanted for Roxas and Axel as their story was always my favorite. I also wonder if I didn’t enjoy kh3 as much bc I am older now and the child like wonder for the world of kh isn’t quite there the way it used to be but I just replayed all the kh games this year and kh2 is still so freaking good and makes me feel a type of way lol I’ll play kh4 someday I’m sure but I really just don’t think any future game will be as good as 2. Biggest complaint tho, where tf were the final fantasy characters!!!! Bring them back Nomura!!

never would've imagined that a single entry could make me lose interest in a series ive been a lifelong fan of, but here we are

I honestly love this game, but man when you need to watch a 45 minute video to understand everything that is happening in 3, it’s a little out of hand. Thanks for the great content Matty God bless!!

The problem i have with this series is that i love the numbered entries however the spin offs (or not spinoffs) are completely different styles of games that i dont enjoy playing, so im punished as a fan because i miss a lot of the crazy plot simply because i dont want to drag myself through games i dont like to understand the ones that i do. I still enjoyed KH3, however the plot was all over the place for me. I hope they do a soft reboot and keep numbered entries and side game plots seperate.

When he made this video. Critical mode was available.

Ive played multiple times of the ganes since ps2 new kingdin hearts, and ive had no problem understanding the story , it wasnt confusing one bit

Great video

Why do people still act that there was nothing between the release of KH2 and the release of KH3? We got gams that continued the story from where KH2 left off, they're NOT spin-offs, they're all mainline entries, they just aren't numbered beacuse of the style of game they are. Sure, the wait for a numbered entry was pretty long but it's not like people had to wait 13 for a continuation.

For me, Kingdom Hearts 3 was the near-pinnacle of the franchise. I absolutely loved it, and played through its entirety twice so far. It lived up to and, in some ways, passed my expectations.) If it weren't for my backlog that I have, and am making my way through, I'd have played it a few more times already. Definitely going to play through it again (the whole series, actually) after the *Kingdom Hearts 4* release date announcement. (I replay the entire series before every new entry comes out. Kingdom Hearts is one of my most favorite franchises of all time.)

Man,I wish this franchise was easy to get into. The premise of running around the worlds sounds so cool and should be a slam dunk instead of incredibly niche.

Story was too childish and felt way too "Disney" instead of "FF with Disney characters" which is what most of us loved about 1/2. Gameplay was super fun and the story was still good(its KH), but they toned down the seriousness and grim feel that the others had sometimes. They def realized their mistake and KH4 looks to be the opposite of 3 in terms of story. All they have to do is basically make KH2 with 3s combat and its a 10/10.

As someone who has kept up with every single real ease in order, KH3 is really rewarding. My only gripe with it is that it spends more time on set up than wrapping up the current saga but i am satisfied with the product we got, even before Remind. I will admit that the series itself is awful at catching newcomers on. If you’re new, look up the release order, and experience it that way, even if its in video form. Even the HD remixes puts 358/2 Days before KH2 which is inaccurate lol

As a long time KH fan (got into it with KH2 and have gone through all of the collections since) and KH3 is probably my third favorite game (1st being KH2 and 2nd being BBS). I really loved the combat, it felt like a culmination of so many systems from previous games and gave you so many fun options to just cool shit happen like Keyblade transformations, strengthened spells, team up attacks, and the Attractions. And most of the worlds are bangers. While it's disappointing that quite a few worlds are just the movie, a lot of worlds gave unique narratives like Toy Box, Monsters Inc, and San Fransokyo. But my favorite part of these worlds are just how large and lived in they all are, it's no longer just a series of boxed off rooms connected together, now you have Black Flag as a single world. It was just so much fun to go through these worlds (except Frozen's world, that was a miserable experience the whole way through). But, as fun as KH3 IS, it's far from perfect when it comes to pacing and especially narrative. I really wish they could incorporated more of the main storyline throughout the Disney worlds (like KH2 did with the attack on Hollow Bastion). Instead we get Sora and co. messing around in a Disney World, a cut scene happens teasing the plot, Sora needs to gain the power of waking, and off to a new Disney World. Rinse repeat for 8 WORLDS. Then the plot finally happens for two more worlds and credits. In this way, base KH3 is very unsatisfying when it comes to it's end game and finale. All these storylines and characters that have been built up for over a decade and it kind of ends with a confusing wet fart. Though I don't know how much of that comes down to my lack of knowledge when it comes to the mobile games side of the narrative. But that said, the Re:MIND DLC fixes most of my issues from the base game climax (with my biggest criticism being that you are basically playing the climax 3-4 times thanks to all of the time shenanigans) and I hope that whenever the KH3 remaster comes out that the Re:MIND ending will be incorporated into the base finale. That said, I can't really comment on the other parts of the DLC as the Organization XIII boss fights kicked my poor Lv 50 ass so I didn't get to experience it outside of watching the cutscenes on KZfaq. In summation, KH3 is a flawed but super fun game to play and explore, with a lot of spectacle to keep you glued to the screen. Kingdom Hearts 3 is a game that should be every self respecting KH fan. But that's just my long winded take.

For me I felt slapped in the face by lack of FF. My grandma introduced me to FF, final fantasy was my Disney when I was a child

As someone who was there since 2002-2004 I will say upon initial release I was rather disappointed. I remember finishing the game next to my gf at time and she saw the look on my face as the credits rolled and i told her I just felt nothing after beating that game that I had been waiting for for yearrrrrrs. It just felt like so much was left on table and the gameplay at time didn’t wow me how I thought. The DlC came out and it helped the overall experience and I think it’s the best thing to happen for that game but I can’t come back to play this one fondly like I did the others. I feel like even now there needed to be more. Hopefully we’ll get that w/ kh4 w/ new setting and being in “reality” but I don’t think I will have that same glow during the wait.

Man KH3 is my favorite in this franchise. I love the massive worlds(toy story is my favorite), the awesome combat, the gummy ship, the key-blade war, and the cooking mini game(I always make Ratatouille 😂). I give this game a 9/10.

"I tried playing a game two years after it came out." I know it's been more than two years, but come on.

Ngl, it honestly took me nearly two years to get around to playing KH3. I wanted to play the whole series from the very beginning, but I also didn't want to end up getting fatigue from playing the series back to back to back. So i also played other games in between each title to spread it out a bit. Bare in mind that I got the game at launch, and it still took me a while to eventually get to the end of the Dark Seeker saga

Rented KH1 with my cousin from Blockbuster when it first released. Fell in love. Purchased a $500 PS3 back when those first released just so I could play KH2. Blew me away. Waited a decade for the perfected trifecta of a game series to release it's 3rd crowning jewel, and well.... pissed me off. lol. Way over hyped for what it was. The worlds and graphics were cool sure yeah, but story-wise they fumbled and made it too weird and complex. My childhood favorite memories end with KH2. Good review.

I honestly didn't even finish KH3. The story was just so confusing that by the time I got to the Frozen world I kinda gave up. The entire point of RPG's, for me at least, is to immerse myself in the world and it's impossible to do that if i keep trying to figure out wtf is going on

I bought this game at launch and completely fell off at the frozen level. I'm thinking of going back and replaying the series.

narrative is easy to understand if you played them in release order, if you didn't do that intially then well your likely gonna be stuck in the confused camp

Only played 1 and 2 and only just got this, i lived the first 2 so looking forward to playing this

I actually enjoyed kingdom hearts 3, completed it.

I just think overall the game is disappointing. Before they added different combat animations Sora had really boring combat/combos. Post launch support wasn’t that good either and they didn’t add any extra cool key blades besides two that should’ve already been in the game to begin with. The final world isn’t explorable like the others going through waves of hard enemies to get to the final boss. The worlds do not have enough difference from their movie counterparts making them extremely boring. No original worlds besides traverse town and the very last one and it’s not even explorable!!! They bring back the colosseum but no tournaments? It really sucks man I was so excited and it has so much missed potential. They also dumbed down the combat too taking out reaction commands, and the game is extremely easy too. It was also a missed opportunity where in 0.2 with Aqua you could actually customize her some and her clothing. Why was that not in kingdom hearts 3? It would’ve been awesome to be able to change the main casts look. They could’ve leaned more into the rpg elements too and added more like certain equipment pieces giving you different moves for combat and stuff like that.

yeah I also thought the mini games here were so fun that it felt weird lol

I also missed the Hundred Acre Woods mini games.

It's sad that it took an entire console generation just to get a legit sequel to kingdom hearts 2 but got an ass ton of spin offs instead and not having any ff characters in 3 was an attrocity

As someone who has never gotten into KH, and has played pretty much all of them in the last 6 months, I think 3 might be the best one. Granted, I'm plaing on Critical, and I have switched the attraction for form changes, and even still I wish the game was a harder (I'm on the Caribbean level, and the harderst part was the beginning right at the Toy box because I just didn't have any health). But all in all, Ithink this one has had the best Disney worlds and overall plot pacing (This might be the biggest hot take here). In general I think disney worlds in every game feel like filler between the plot, and in general this one also does, but they made most of them at the very least interesting to play (except Frozen, got I hate that world). Oh, and gameplay-wise I think form changes are the most genius Idea the series has ever had ever since shotlocks

Think you can do a video about the Max Payne series?

I love Kingdom Hearts 3 it's my first game I beat completely on critical mode just to unlock Oblivion keyblade. Boy oh boy was Xehanort hard on critical mode. Even the keyblade Graveyard fights to. I remember staying up all night just to beat Xehanort on critical only to go to an appointment the same morning I stayed up till. I'll never forget how hard I pushed myself and how much fun it was to beat Xehanort on Critical mode just to unlock the keyblade I wanted which was Oblivion. Boy was I out of it in that appointment the next morning lol.

I still love this game regardless of how people feel about it the combat is great smooth and you have a ton of options

KH3 was such a treat after the long wait, not even since 2. The title had been teased as early as 2012 with DDD, and for a while we only had the remasters to hold us over, even if they were appreciated. Like you said, it's fairly easy, but I very much appreciate that like you said, it's more a problem with the game giving you access to so many tools, even if some of them aren't as balanced. I personally would prefer a game offer me options and be easy to exploit than a game be tough but have little to offer in terms of strategy. The Final Fantasy aspect is definitely a contentious one for a lot, but I think I didn't mind it, in hindsight a lot of the plot important stuff can be easily pushed towards the original cast (which to people unfamiliar with their games, the ff might as well be original to be fair. Was this issue a problem when we got TWEWY cameos in DDD instead of the usual FF when that came out?). The FF really is at it's best to me when they really integrate it into the Disney, which is to me why the Olympus stuff tends to be the best example of it, with Cloud, Auron, and Zack all explicitly interacting with the characters around besides Sora, Donald and Goofy. And for all the FF characters' worth, KH3 was the first and only game to have a cactuar appear outside of a gummi ship easter egg and the signature victory jingle. The gummi ship itself also has a really cool bonus boss, and I appreciate that, like Julius in DDD, it's an out-there pull, being the Schwartzgeist from Einhander, a PS1 era shooter Square made. Apparently some of the staff actually worked on that game so they snuck it in 3, and I really gotta admire the creativity and uniqueness of it all. It was a pretty hot topic for a good few people, but I don't think I could ever call KH3 a bad game. Like you said, it mostly had some absurdly large expectations, but I do think the title doesn't help either. As much as it was satisfying to finally get that title out, it kind of does do a disservice to the importance of the rest of the games without numbers. It's crazy to think how much stock people are willing to put into a game having a number in the title, imagine if Castlevania fans were waiting for Castlevania 5 when there were so many titles out there like Symphony of the Night or Aria of Sorrow not using a number. Or how Crash had several games, including some that even stuck closer to its original formula (albeit with varying levels of success), but the newest just said "nah, I'm Crash 4." It's just really interesting food for thought, I guess.

I really want to play this for myself.

Wow now I'll never not be sad about Zurg not being in toybox 😢😢😢😢😢

Kh3 for me is like a basic kh1 if it was made today it’s fine but there are other kh games that are better.

As excited as I was for Kingdom Hearts 3, there was also part of me that kind of felt like it was a bit of an obligation more than anything. Loved the first two games and really didn't dive into any of the spin offs outside of Chain of Memories on the GBA. I do think it's a very strong entry in the series. A lot of the worlds still feel claustrophobic with running through corridors but the worlds where it does open up like Toy Story or Big Hero 6 are amazing. I mean Pirates of the Caribbean is basically AC: Black Flag lite and I love it for that. That said, not sure I would continue on with the series. Not sure I care where the story goes from here and there's a limit in the type of worlds I would want to see going forward. Even Star Wars doesn't really get me excited cause I would prefer seeing Sora and co team up with something like the Rebels crew. Kind of like how Big Hero 6 is Marvel adjacent but not the MCU. Don't need to see Donald get in a argument with Han Solo. I just don't.

Is KH3 retro now?

Oh wow wow wow wow. Wow. Clicking on this was so easy, barely an inconvenience.

What ruined it for me about KH3 was what they cut out of the game. One thing that sealed the deal for me was this one cutscene in Hercules world where Xigbar is talking to someone and legit, it just randomly cuts out in the middle of the scene. The dialog and music just cuts out, not even fades out. I remember I got the deluxe edition of this game at launch and thought that was a bug. I found out later that it was intentional and meant to be that way. And there are other scenes that just get cut in the middle just to be completed in a DLC.

Ever since the original kingdom hearts came out and I seen the special ending I've been making theories of where the game would go. I actually used to love that...talk wit my friends about this in depth story and reading fan theories was exciting. The way 3 dropped the ball with the story it zapped all the love I had for the series away. When 4 come out I will cop but I've already been disappointed wit the story so I'm not really invested anymore. For as long as I've been waiting for all these answers to all these questions I had for almost 20 years it was possibly the greatest let down in gaming to me personally. I realized I don't even game as much because of it.thats a LONG time to wait for a conclusion only to be given some bs story in the last 2 hours of the game. Christ I even played union x for the full 5 years it was out... union x had a better conclusion than 3. That hurt my soul... Didn't expect my comment to be this long... lol

The greatest review. Everything you’ve said in this what I’ve been preaching to people that say the game was the best, or even up there in Kh List. When it’s not

played it last month. amazing still.

KH3 is a game that got better with time. I wish the difficulty was tuned better (Proud is way too easy, and critical feels way too difficult early on) BUT after Remind I have high hopes for KH4 as 3 was this studios first time making a console exclusive KH game. I just hope it doesnt take a decade for 4 to come out 😅

It is too easy, and the pacing is flat out bad IMO, but I still really really have a soft spot for 3. Graphically it’s beautiful, I love the worlds (Toy Story and Tangled are my favorites) and it has enough zany and heartfelt moments for longtime fans. The endgame reunions are tearjerkers and make me so happy after being with this series since it started. Overall I think 2 is the better game, but 3 is great in its own way.

Utter honesty, I hated this game. After having gone through every game and soaked in as much of the story as was humanly possible, just to be presented with THIS? Absolutely despised it after the 20-ish hour mark (up until that point I was really enjoying it. Then it fell off a cliff and cratered through the earth's crust).

Yeah the attractions were a bit too much, ended up finding myself barely using them towards the latter

Fingers crossed they go back to the more grounded and deep combat system of KH2. IMO, still the best of the series without question. All the different combos, drive forms, the keyblade combinations, and really finding a great middle ground between the Disney worlds and the Final Fantasy elements. Also, Sora just looked the best in that game with his outfit (and the drive form transformations) and his longer hair (have never been a fan of his shorter cut like in KH3, makes him look younger than in 2) 🤷🏻‍♀️ same with Kairi and even Riku to an extent. Dunno why, just was not a fan of any of their looks in 3.

Kh2 is my favorite kingdom hearts game but kingdom hearts 3 has become one of my favs now I love the characters, boss fights, Disney ride attractions and keyblade combat, didn't really mind that there wasn't any ff characters involved cause remind dlc really explained some story parts for me also the mini games and the ending really has me on edge to what happens next in kh4 enjoyed the game so far

The worst disappointing fact about Kingdom Hearts 3 is a change of the motivations of xehanort'

I just beat the game yesterday. They pirates of the Caribbeans keyblade is by far the best weapon to use

I love Kingdom Hearts 3. To me, it's a 9 out of 10. My issue is we should have gone back to the Disney Worlds twice like in KH2; Toybox should made you explore Andy’s house, more Final Fantasy characters besides Restoration Committee, and at least two-three more Disney worlds ( and not put it in the trailer but leave it as a surprise ), and Pirates should have been the last world Sora goes to at the end instead of Quatradtum. Quatradtum should have been for KH5.

Kingdom Hearts has never disappointed me unlike FF in recent years 👍

Aside from the two instances of the train, I really wish there was a way to completely disable attractions. The constant having to cycle down past them to get to the reaction commands I ACTUALLY wanted was frustrating. And more as a personal note, I was used to the movement from KH2. Compared to that, KH3 combat and movement felt super choppy and stiff.

It’s crazy cause I know nostalgia is there, but the nostalgia is there for the visuals and how cinematic things were the core gameplay elements really are deteriorating as time goes on and people submiss to these companies by buying full price, I do too, but man we gotta talk about it more, I’m in my 25

You skipped most of the games

I love KH3, but I really feel like they held back, especially on the Disney worlds. You mentioned the Toy Box fight that had the Zorg color palette, there's also the Arendelle boss that was clearly designed to be Elsa but for some reason was switched to Hans. I wonder how much Disney meddled with the game development, and what we could've had if it didn't.

One of my hopes for KH 4 is that none of the Disney worlds rehash the plot of their respective films. Bring us an original plot!

The gummi ship always annoyed me in between worlds I think I had more fun grinding materials in space than I did off enemies that’s when I knew something was terribly wrong

I think it’s unfair to leave out the re:mind changes to the base game. Especially years after the fact. It’s essentially the final mix version which is what I’m sure are the versions of 1 and 2 you played for this retrospective series.

People really need to STOP calling the non numbered games spin offs, it confuses new comers. They are NOT spin-offs. Every single KH game is canon and important. If you do not play these you will be very confused, especially for KH3.

I do not have a soft spot for KHIII, but i did enjoy my time with it. I got the platinum, and I'm probably good with the game for a very long time. I have the platinum trophies for 1.5 and 2.5 on both the PS3 and the PS4, and I still replay KH2 sometimes. The biggest let down for me in KHIII is something you mentioned. The Disney story arcs in the worlds were the same as the movies, but now Sora is there, just as you said. I think KH2 did the disney worlds perfectly insofar as you participated in an altered version of the story, THEN YOU RETURNED LATER and dealt with a major heartless. I feel like the lack of disney villians was a symptom of not wanting to "revisit the worlds all over again to inflate gameplay time," or some-such nonsense. Revisiting the worlds with a new perspective and a new objective was excellent, and I feel like it was missed in KHIII. I also really hated the attraction commands (which you can turn off in the menus), and overall the combat just felt hollow. In KH2 the combat flowed really well, and was very fast-paced, but still felt weighty. In KHIII it felt much more flashy and much less impactful. It looked nice, but didn't feel great. Finally, I really enjoyed the gummi ship this time around. It also felt strange to me that the gummi missions were fun, but the combat was so lackluster (but flashy). So, now that they've finally got the gummi ship parts of the game correct, why would you celebrate it being removed?? It's fun now! Keep it in!

2:27..and then there's Naminé who is alone 🤣