Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX

One of the most beautiful games in terms of the story and the way to play and even drawings to Jaya Disney, but I congratulate Square and Disney on this project

Just as a preface, I played the version on the 1.5 + 2.5 PS4 version, so keep that in mind I suppose. I played Kingdom Hearts to its completion, and I have to say that I was stunned. Hearing about how busted and insane these games were, I was pleasantly surprised by a touching, yet slightly dumb and confusing at times, story, and combat that, while being slightly button-mashy and esoteric at times, was overall very enjoyable. So why is this a 7? Chain of Memories. I couldn't get through a whole hour of it before I had to turn it off. Boring and stale in every sense of the word with stale charm reused from the first game, not to mention a jarring voice actor change for Sora (it being the VA from 2 and beyond). The story is useless and it is a better experience just to watch all the cutscenes online. Plus I've heard that it's better in its original form on the GBA, which is saying something. As for 358/2 Days, it's a shame this wasn't remade as well, after playing through most of it on its original hardware, as it had a lot of potential, I think. That being said, knowing at least what the gameplay was like before watching, for what it is, the "version" presented is very nice to look at visually, and can be fine if you already have an idea of what's going on (as opposed to screens of text just telling you what you WOULD HAVE done, had you played the game). Chain of Memories drags the package down, but the greatness of the Original is enough to keep it above average. Worth it, especially if it's on sale.

La historia es regular, mientras el traslado a ps3 en el apartado gráfico lo ha renovado, pero pudieron haber corregido errores que traía desde la PS2 como es la mala cámara que tiene y mejoras un poco el gameplay para poder usar mas fácil la magias o los artículos, de todas formas es un buen juego con una buena dificultad.

Some aspects of Kingdom Hearts have aged well, including visually, the humour, story telling, and music. Some aspects haven't aged well, including some voice acting performances, and the precise platforming. It does run very well, with minimal performance issues, and does appeal to a lot of nostalgia with levels based on classic Disney films. But the game does suffer with a few issues, including a wonky camera, and a very unbalanced endgame with a crazy annoying end boss gauntlet. I'm sure if I played Kingdom Hearts when it was just starting off as a franchise, I'd probably wax more poetically about how much **** it is. The game was a solid 7 out of 10 until that point, but that infuriating end gauntlet made it impossible to progress further, and it killed my interest in the franchise going forward.

Coming into this series as a new player. I was rather disappointed. While the game's use of Disney characters and themes is charming, everything else feels really dated and obsolete. Gameplay wise you have a bad camera, awkward movement, terrible platforming sections, a completely boring travel mini-game and uninspired combat. Equipping basic items is a chore, there is no way to compare weapons when you purchase them and many in game decisions are made without any context. I find myself running away from the awful combat a lot because of all the back and forth between level sections caused by the game's inherent lack of direction or guidance. The levels themselves are very small and feel cramped; especially when you're constantly being jumped by a ton of small enemies. Story wise, I'm sad to say that the Disney characters completely outshine the Square Enix characters. The protagonist is boring, there are plenty of plotholes, and the game's pacing seems really off. The voice acting is superb for the Disney characters but again, terrible for the Square Enix ones. The music is really jarring and repetitive, which is a shame when you consider that Disney has this huge library of musical scores from all these different franchises to fall back on. Graphically, the game is a mix of good and bad. Most character models look really nicely done, but when the camera zooms in on faces and the blur comes into play you can really tell it's an old game. While the enemy models look really polished,a lot of the backgrounds and items in the background seem to have low resolution textures. All in all, I think this game relies way too much on nostalgia, as is evident by the majority of reviews on metacritic. This is a mediocre game at best, and the fact that Square Enix wants $40 for what seems like a rather minor graphical update makes me feel a little bit sad.