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KH3 is decent, at least when compared to Osaka team's previous games and their involvement in next gen console forces them to change their mindset of how they are supposed to approach game design in next entries. Limit Cut and Yozora definitely redeem it. It was introduced in 0.2 with Phantom Aqua but people forget that because its Critical Mode is trash in terms of design choice. Like Aqua is established as a mage oriented keyblade wielder in BBS but she can only cast 3 spells before she has to wait 30 seconds before doing anything again is very counterproductive. Sure she's in the realm of darkness for a decade and such for justifications. However, it goes against design philosophy for a gameplay design perspective to cut your resource limit to the point of players decided that one tool isn't worth using because it doesn't scale well with how many enemies you deal at once. As far as combat mechanics goes, it just feels wasted in some degree. KH has always favour players to get creative in expressing themselves through the use of various tool kits Sora has. However, in this game, Sora doesn't have full agency/control on how he wants to use them at will at any point like previous KH games instead of them interrupting mid fight and you accidentally activate them. Sora's the leader and not giving him the right to coordinate the combat flow when needed at crucial moment undermines why the party need to trust his decision. Then, Sora just mounting on his summons to do very high damage instead of these summons being passive helpers that has their own gimmicks depending on what Sora do didn't really click well with how summons work in previous games. Sora has free movement to do combo with magic+physical before using finishers with summons. In general, most people don't like being forced into cinematic flares during gameplay or camera just do its own thing where enemy could hit from your blindspot. It doesn't really felt earned to use most of form change and link finisher/shotlock where it has long wind-up animation to display how cool it is from the front/below of Sora against superbosses that could break free during those moment and caused the attacks to whiff. I could go on but I think that is good enough. When people expressed disappointment, they don't truly hate the game, they love KH as much as we all do and wanted improvement. Heck they even provided suggestions to make it fun and challenging. Critical Mode doesn't have to be a fake difficulty where you take over 10 minutes to deal with mobs or 20 minutes on bosses just because you do less damage to enemies with high healthbar and they can one shot you for no other reason that they can on a whim. Now, lets just hope that Osaka Team have a clear grasp on how to design their future KH games to be fun and challenging at the same time, even without the need for different modes and see it through that not all mechanics they introduced become completely wasted for majority of the fights. If I am being genuine, I really wanted to use every offensive options Sora had against the 13 Data Org and Yozora. Physical combos, magic, shotlock, links and attractions. I want to at least use them but links and attractions having no free movement makes it a high risk, low reward attempt where such ideas constantly failing. In fact even Shotlock just whiffs on good opportunity with practice to unleash them because of the long cinematic animation and the attack execution wasn't as instant as it was in BBS.

The main overarching story is really good, is the individual stories for some planets bad? Yes but it doesn’t take away from the main story as we finally defeat xehanory

For me, KH3 is a great game but still disappointed for taking 13 years for development after KH2, and it is in PS4(which stronger than PS2) and in the end the Adventure and Story is shorter than KH2 + It got less worlds than KH2(KH2 has 15 worlds and KH3 has only 9 worlds). I believe it would be better if they made KH3D and BbS02 a part of KH3 instead of being separated games or at least if they add more worlds like 6 or 7 at least, many people wanted Atlantis Lost Empire, Treasure Planet, Bugs Life, The Great Mouse Detective, Wall.E, The Black Cauldron, Emperor New Groove, Cars, Brave, The Incredibles, Lilo & Stitch.

KH 1, 2, and 3 are definitely top 3.

I definitely agree about Re:COM, easily D+ tier. But, the original COM on GBA is B+ or A- tier because how the GBA version plays better and the combat feels more natural. Also, 358/2 days is easily a B maybe a A- tier because of how repetitive the combat does become and due to some of the bosses being straight up cancer. I am gonna throw DDD is C+ tier since the story is asinine and BBS in B- tier because at least BBS has a better story and better worlds. And, the rhythm game is D- tier, imo. While the top 3 are between KH 1, 2, and 3 - they are all easily S- or S+.

Thank you for showing KH3 some love. It really is a great game. Maybe not a tight knit one like KH2, but great in its own right.

Terra is the only interesting character in birth by sleep

Recoded is B and Birth by Sleep is absolutely D tier.

While I personally think KH3 is the weakest of the big three mainline entries, I still love the game, lol. Despite its faults, I think it was overall a satisfying conclusion to Xehanort's story, and the gameplay is very rich (I definitely still dislike the attraction attacks, though). Thank you for the video. God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)

One of the best videos I’ve ever seen sitting at 1000 likes is wild.

This intro is very bizarre. You disparage people for presenting opinions as facts, but the video is titled "Kingdom Hearts 3 Is Great", and within the first two minutes you literally say "I'm sorry, Kindgom Hearts 3 is not a bad game". Does drawing the line between objectivity and subjectivity only matter when the opinions are negative? Coming right out the gate with a pretty blatant double standard makes it hard to take your opinion seriously.

Ive watched this video like 4 times now lmao

I'll hear you out but KH to me is just 1, com, 2, and 358. I hate terra and ven, I hate old man xehanort. I thought this series was gonna be final fantasy and Disney. It's no ff and barely any Disney now.

IMO, there is a definitive middle. And it is when aqua is saved. From that moment on it’s all build up to the end

Tbh, my only complaint was the story before getting to Aqua, there was no reason we couldn’t start in another mission or as Riku and Mickey to give Sora time to recover

Kingdom Hearts 3 is actually mid, but it actually has some moments.

Terra is peak and here's why, the only part where he's a dunce is when he guards captain hooks chest. Most of the game he makes correct decisions. He trusts Xehanort because master Eraqus introduced him as a fellow trustworthy keyblade master and as said he tells Terra what Terra wants to hear. He questions maleficent about whats going on and gets cursed. He plays the role of the huntsman who agrees to but has no intention to actually kill snow white. In Cinderella world I think he just escorts her and kills a boss. In olympus he fights in a tournament I think for Hades but realizes pretty quickly. He only kills Eraqus to save Ven and he only knew because Xehanort had arranged everything.

The fact is that Kh3 is middling and does deserve the hate it gets. It was over hyped and relatively short and lackluster for that decade+ wait. Graphics were amazing, the voice acting was done right, the sounds weren't off and the gameplay was fun for what it was. But things that held it back and caused it to get negative reviews is the story being a mess and not worth the decade+ wait for that finale, the game play wasn't as fun as kh2 and 3ds, and the length of the game was hella short for what was supposed to end an almost 20 year long story. The game was such a mess story and length wise that they had to make a dlc that was basically a patch to try and pad game time and fill in the story gaps but it wasn't enough and was overpriced for the experience we got from it. The mods basically make the experience now and is what people will remember it for now.

How did we get to the exploration for Scala Ad Caelum in the non dlc section? There isn't any exploration in there base game?

I agree. While KH1 doesn't exactly have the best gameplay in the series, it still fun and still holds up today. And the story is still easily the best in the series, with Chain of Memories being a close second, and KH2 being a close third. Unfortunately the series devolved into an over-convoluted, overcomplicated mess, for the most part. Hopefully with the new saga coming up with KH4, we can get a more concise, tighter story, as was seen in the first KH.

I played kh3 before watching any critic viedeos and it felt MAGICAL to play it. I literally felt like a kid playing kh1 again. No game made me feel this passionate about it in a long while. Then i did watch the long critic essays to see what they mean. Honestly it's just really about what someone values most in a game. For me artistic value is the most important. And it fulfilled me to the max. Most bad opinions come from people that need a specific type of combat to even consider a game playable.

KH1 is mediocre at best. B tier is too high.

This game sucked

Such a good video

DAMN!!! At the end he turned into John Moschitta Jr. He talked really damn fast. Unless it was sped up, which likely isn’t the case since the music stays at the same speed.

Idk i don't mind all the other kingdom hearts games but 3 felt unfinished and sloppy

Everything in this video is pure cope.

How is Aladdin not s tier?

To each their own. If playing the game doesn't hurt and infuriate you and you manage to derive enjoyment from it instead, good on you - I wish I could as well, but the game absolutely failed in every regard for me. Re-Mind's bosses were great though.

Man was fuckin SPITTIN at the end lmao I stopped playing KH3 at the frozen area cos I just wasn’t in the right mindset to play it. This video makes me want to try it again though, KH2 is one of my favorite games from my childhood, and hearing someone speak passionately about KH3 makes me wanna try it again. Though I will be playing in critical so I can get rid of the attractions 🫠

Honestly you’ve gotta watch that waste of effort video if you havent(I haven’t seen your video yet but I am looking forward to your arguments!). It has a hyperbolic title to attract attention but the video is FULL of valid critiques.

29:12 that was him though. He literally wanted to recreate frozen in game engine

I dont hate the game, it was just extremely mid with a few good take adays here and there. REMIND was cool though.

So there’s nothing bad about this game? You glaze every small positive and don’t mention the negatives. Also, yes it’s stupid to expect this game to be perfect. You can’t expect it to be as good as kh2. But can you expect it to even be competent? I did, and it wasn’t.

Ok, I'm curious, let's see were this goes

i love kingdom hearts 3 too :)

Do a Nintendo switch games tier list

Blonde babe should be S-Tier.

The whole video could've just been that rant at the end I'd still be on board.

Thanks for providing perspective. I have watched the 5 hour takedown of KH3, and both that video and yours have points. This video felt like an appeal to just enjoy things that are great and not be cynical, where as the critical essays-often correctly-dissect the details and gameplay system, which WAS borked at launch. Comes down to each persons perspective as enjoyment of media always has. I prefer enjoying games more than not. Even if most of what you pointed out as positives DIDNT exist or redeem the game, someone might still enjoy the hell out of it anyway. You have to acknowledge flaws and blatant mishandling when it happens if you're goal is to review but that doesn't mean anyone's wrong for enjoying the game. I had assumed Disney screwed over the game by insisting on the rides tbh. Seriously I didn't play past Olympus just because the rides were really really annoying. That's all. I didn't let online discourse color my opinion, I didn't engage with it till after I tried the game. Now that I see the common knowledge is to play on critical mode and disabling attractions I'm going to give KH3 another shot. Again, thanks for being willing to defend something you enjoy, its refreshing.

4:35 KEEP MY WIFE NAME OUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH

man I love this game but I'm just sad that the big D didn't let us get a better frozen world like

Lol, this was great. I can’t help but think this is what they would sound like if they were casually discussing Disney movies. My ranking: S: The little mermaid, The lion king, A: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beauty and the Beast B: Tarzan, Aladdin, Hercules, Mulan C: Pocahontas D: The Rescuers Down Under

To this day KH3 story is still aids and base game deserves that ranking. But Remind+Critical Mode fixed so much stuff. It doesn't deserve any lower than B tier

I initially played the game for the freeflow movement, stayed for the story

The only reason it gets as much hate as it does I feel is due to the trailers that came before release. Too much was given away, so people didn’t get much they weren’t ready for, so it fell flat.

Been a KH fan since I was 10 and I love all the games so when I got KH3 and I experienced that beautiful version of dearly beloved for the first time I literally shed tears, this game holds a special place in my heart that can't be replaced.

Kingdom hearts is a damn game. I stand by you on that hill.

OK, there at the end you had me cracking up so damn hard I couldn’t stop laughing for at least 30 minutes

While i do agree with most of the points made in the video, there's a major flaw that made me just want to activate 1.5x speed and just watch the video faster. At the very beginning you start discounting others' work and just go like "Their opinions are wrong, so here's mine." No opinion is ever wrong. Ever. That's the beauty of opinions. They all also make really good points as to why this game floundered a bit on it's potential, you even share a few points with some of them. That's not very cool and not the "Gotcha!" you think it is. It just makes you look like a total asshole.