Vod of going over my old KH3 review/analysis vids on stream. Was interesting to review if my concerns were avoided or justified, or what fixes were done after my review vids. Twitch: / bizkit047 Twitter: / bizkit047
If the reason there's no KH3 (and no KH4) demo is fear of datamining, then there's a HUGE communication problem with the marketing team. Because if there was a KH3 demo, who cares if it was datamined, their trailers literally revealed everything anyway.
2:42:40 I still found it wild some people were trashing on Takeharu Ishimoto just because he wasn’t Yoko Shimomura. Don’t get me wrong she’s the first thing people think when it comes to KH’s identity but Ishimoto does good music too even outside of KH. It seemed like it took NTWEWY (and to a lesser extent Crisis Core Reunion) for people to remember how good his songs are.
@@Bizkit047yeah I think that’s fair. He does seem to shine more in FF and TWEWY but he does some decent KH ones too like Caribbean’s battle theme and Vanitas’ themes. Regardless, I think KH fans were being way too harsh on him for one reason or another.
Honestly kinda like how some diehard Final Fantasy purists hate every composer after 9 (and 10 to some degree) because they weren't uematsu I mean yeah like for so many longtime fans uematsu's style has become distinctive since he was the sole composer for the first 9 FF games but other composer's are good in their own way despite them having VERY different styles to uematsu
@@poleon2003 kinda ironic how you commented on this recently when the new Bleach video game announced that Ishimoto would be composing the OST and the majority of the comments were positive mainly because they recognized him from TWEWY. I did see some saying it should have been the anime composer, Shirō Sagisu (don’t quote me as I’m admittedly not a big Bleach fan lol) but nowhere near as harsh as what I saw KH fans say about him when KH3 was fresh
Or the extremely long walks between each area in the store in toybox, and some bosses get melted by blizzards, but like 99% of the time Fire or Thunder spam is better
I found a fix for bad damage scaling in KH3 LV1 playthroughs. Rather than No EXP, I activate the 0 defense PRO Code. Allowing myself to gain levels gives Sora new abilities and solid strength/magic stats to deal good damage, but with the 0 defense PRO Code I still have to play very carefully and study bosses like how I do on LV1. I know it's not really LV1 this way, but what's here is a LV1 like challenge with better damage dealing.
Holy hell I think I should try that. I've given up on my LV1 playthrought at around San Fransokyo because the experience was getting absolutely miserable. And from what I've seen the Keyblade Graveyard fights are even worse. I'd rather do most Data Org with All Pro Codes on again than deal with Skoll at level 1. Did you put any other Pro Codes on? I think I'd probably try to also not put on any ability gained through level ups, just to simulate "actual" level 1 a bit closer
I tried a Critical Level 1 All Pro Codes run, and while I was able to beat Angelic Amber I think I'll disable the Pro Codes since it just requires playing perfectly and without the fun tools like your keyblade transforms. Removing EXP 0 at least gives you the safety net of Second Chance and Withstand Combo. Beginner All Pro Codes was a fun and different challenge from Level 1 since you could still take damage but it was much harder to heal.
@@TFSned APC runs are basically "only physical attacks and spells, with a very limited abilities list". Not impossible, but P boring when you don't have much to experiment with. Formchanges are the meat and potatoes of the combat, and without them it's far less interesting. I think the devs didn't want you to use all of the PRO Codes for typical playthroughs. You are meant to use the PRO Codes to create your ideal KH3 playthrough, which means activating only SOME OF THEM. Only when going for the merit points it seems necessary to activate as many PRO Codes as possible to reach A rank. My ideal KH3 playthrough, which I've done many times by now, is normal critical (no LV1) while activating 5 PRO Codes: 0 defense, no attractions, no shotlock, no links and no kupo coin. The 0 defense code gives me the illusion of LV1 playthroughs, except with decent stats to deal good damage, while the other codes remove the OP tools from usage. This creates a fairly balanced KH3 playthrough where I have to learn mobs and bosses carefully to beat them. Plus, I get to keep my formchanges because I don't activate the no formchanges/grand magic code. Also worth noting that you can get Second Chance and Withstand Combo even on LV1 if you play the Verum Rex and slide mini games and get certain medal accessories.
@@GregTheFree Besides 0 defense, I activate 4 other PRO Codes: no attractions, no shotlocks, no links and no kupo coin. I stick to physical attacks, spells, formchanges and airstep only. It may sound like not much, but with so many formchanges to choose from I promise it's enough.
You can thank the KH2 dick riders and their inability to detach their lips from KH2 speedrunner's asses. KH3 does have flaws, absolutely(especially in the story department), but *a lot* of that hate isn't even focused on the flaws, it's focused on the fact that it's not KH2 and fans not understanding what "floaty" even means. Casual/First time players are genuinely way more enjoyable to watch/discuss the series with because they and the chat(usually) aren't sheep and form genuine opinions. It's so refreshing to see people have different opinions even if I don't necessarily agree. One of the "first time playing" RU-vidrs said BBS is their favorite game. I think BBS is one of the worst but the fact that someone can genuinely enjoy that game without an entire fanbase up their ass trying to convince them their opinion is wrong is so refreshing.
bro i havent seen kingdom hearts content in so long and I get blessed with a 4 hour video from my favorite content creator/speed runner for kingdom hearts, THANK YOU
4:29:08 No it was not. ReMind came out in January 2020, right before lockdowns, and recording likely was wrapped months before then. The sound/acting mistakes are 100% just negligence on Square's part, but judging by other Square games that came out after, this should HOPEFULLY not be an issue when KH4 rolls around.
@@Bizkit047it wasn’t a rush job they just had to make the voice acting for the $30 dlc be on par with the base game so that it wouldn’t feel out of place /s
I really hope they improve the negative points in 4. They listening to criticism a lot so I think we will have good changes, the fact that the reaction command returns and the apparent removal of the shotlock already makes me happy
2:06:48 Only 2 and BbS the story also happening in the middle point but the rest don't, the rest is front and end, hints through the worlds, but nothing substantial, i can tell you how this pattern happens on every game, it's not new, it's the norm.
On your point of Combo Modifiers via Circle or Square possibly being hard to implement, it is possible, very possible. The ReMember mod adds 15 different finishers that can all be accessed via L1 + Circle, Square, X, and Triangle after you hit a certain point in your combo right before your finisher. I would say this is my favorite form of combo modifier, as it gives my left index finger something to do outside of magic spam
Mostly correct, would just add that the downside is against the superbosses it's way safer to be grounded, but in the main game it tends to work out fine.
I think KH3’s true best aspect of combat is how responsive it feels 90% of the time. Being able to dodge or guard out of any part of your combo feels great and I honestly found it hard to go back to KH2. The air combat is generally well done as well outside of Superbosses who will juggle you until you die if you’re in the air
Also i still wanna point out that Lunp of Horrors was fucking unbearable on Crit cause he kept killing me through Econd Chance and i have no idea how to this day
youre writing is so well focused on insights its very fun to follow along; i thought you were going to cringe to this video or something due to many things that changed since then but it seems to be more like "dang, i was on point with everything with even a bit of experience with the game"
Magic Lancer made me think of Sora pulling up in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo attraction flow and running down all the enemies lmao I also ADORED the clam section, weirdly enough. I ended up finding every single clam on the island, coming through and admiring every artistic detail. The scale of it was absolutely mind-blowing, and the adventure felt fun!! … from a speedrun/repeat playthrough perspective I can see why it could be a bit of a drag, *but* for a first time the sense of exploration and satisfaction I got from it was second to none!~
Hey Biz i had a question for you. I don't remember the specific video but it was one of the several where you discuss game balance and you had mentioned Balloon spam being OP and how the common defense of "just dont use it then" being a very poor one at that. So my question is, if a game had an obvious OP move like Balloonra, BUT, the entire rest of the kit was still very well balanced and you still had good options, would something like Ballonra still be as bad? And would the defense of "just dont use it" be more valid when you still have good options without it? I fell that most of the times when conversations about overpowered options like this exist they usually are only happening because the overpowered move stands out more than it otherwise would because it's one of the only good options in the game
If it's still the best thing to load up your deck with yea, it's still bad. Command Deck allows you to just throw in the best stuff, so if a single thing is better than everything else, there's no reason not to load it up on only that.
@@Bizkit047 I mean if it's a smaller margin where you wouldn't immediately notice it's better without needing to test it/something that's only better after you learn about some unique properties. Like how Decisive Pumpkin ends up being one of the best keyblades in KH2 outside of a few edge cases. Obviously it's still gonna be better and there's not going to be any reason not to use it because it's "the best option". The command deck itself is fundamentally flawed because none of the other options are as spammable or good so of course you're gonna rely on just the command deck. And then at that, most the abilities are trash and then there's a few really OP ones. In a game where there are more options that are actually viable, would it be as bad if it's only a little bit more optimal to spam it. Like, I play FF14 and technically speaking there's an optimal party composition that would clear the fight the fastest. But due to the classes being mostly balanced and in line with each other it's not a huge margin so we still clear in roughly the same time given the same level of skill. That's what I mean. If something is kinda OP or stronger than the other options, but the other options are still viable/good, is the strongest option still as bad and would the argument of "If you don't like how strong this option is, don't use it" be fine if it wasn't literally the only option?
Combos feel like they lack weight, contextual movement breaks the game regarding RV and once more, status effects are very annoying and for the most part only exist for you, duplicate magic between blizzard, water and fire, flowmotion attacks are very hit or miss and you will most likely turn them off when you try to do data fights. Majority of DLC is redoing content you've done before while adding little context to the point to where I feel like it wasn't needed although the explorable scala was great. San Fransokyo and Arendelle were not very good worlds IMO. Pretty sure guard fails can still happen against Xion. Worst of all, no reaction commands.
I agree! But for like, the whole series. I can play KH2 and 3 back to back, but man, I'm never watching those cutscenes again! I've been a KH fan since 2008. But nowadays I'm just keeping up with the lore. I care about the story, but I don't enjoy the story writing
Kh3 story is by far the best. Kh1 and 2 you are doing the same thing as 3. Following worlds and following the villains of the story until you reach the final world. Nothing changed in the core but people love to just hate on kh3 for some reason. It closed up every protagonist the trilogy gave us. It gave us an ending to the xehanort saga and now we are in a new saga
@@Erikthedoodit’s more that they tried to compare Battlegates to Olympus cups, which is not a good comparison at all, with Olympus cups being much more robust and interesting in terms of challenges, while Battle Gates is like 14 things with mostly super easy mob fights that give meh rewards. The cups at least had interesting gimmicks and made you fight wave after wave
I'm really happy with KHIII after the changes introduced with Re:Mind, but I wish links required the focus gauge instead of MP. In KHII there wasn't an item you could use to restore your drive gauge during battle so you couldn't abuse drives or summons. KHIII speedruns just aren't as interesting to watch when the fastest and safest strategy is to use a link, use some ethers, then repeat.
The one thing I hope the devs would do is that players have full control over the mechanics by allowing Sora do combos normally before using a finisher. Because links, attractions and teamwork in kh3 pretty much just press buttons with timing and you nuke the screen and have no control of Sora for the movement.
KH3 was a pretty good game, I didnt play it because I heard so much hate and I regret not playing it earlier. Amazing game and pretty good end to the dark seekers saga.
You're so hard yourself with the older unscripted content, but that's the content that got me watching your videos in the first place. Don't be so hard on yourself!
Honestly I went hard on this game at first and then after playing it sort of loved it but I think I'd end up saying it's like a 7/10, it looks good, it mostly plays good, it's got some satisfying story beats but I still just feel it was lacking. They clearly pumped development into FF15 and FF7R without implementing all of what they wanted to do for this game.
The changes introduced with Re:Mind bump it up to a 9/10 for me. However, if you aren't playing NG+ you don't get access to the much better combo finishers and the game really needed some boss fights that aren't giant monsters earlier in the game. There's Anti-Aqua, Vanitas and Davy Jones, but they should have had simplified versions of the Data battles added to give some variety.
I dunno man I fucking love all those replayed songs, I do not fucking mind at all, I actually prefer those quicker peppy song than the overly shitty orchestrated tunes dudes and a lot of it is just remixes of the older songs anyways. All of what was new was pretty sick overall
If KH3 had a better story and some better mechanics surround base combos and attraction flow then I'd have very few complaints in general. Game started out as like a 7/10 but with all the updates and dlc's it brought it up to an 8.5/10 imo.
Playing the base game KH3 (not Remind) at level 1 basically tells you everything wrong with the game. KH3 for me is only fun for the super bosses and the Xehanort final boss as Kairi in the DLC. In KH2 for example I have just as much fun doing a level 1 main story playthrough than doing all the super bosses. There is nothing that would make me want to go through the misery again that is KH3 main story at level 1. There is still no damage scaling for the main story either. The thing I still dislike even in Remind is the floaty combat, the game literally pushes you into the air for no reason constantly when you don't want to and you still can't air combo a grounded enemy. I just want my character to feel like he has gravity and not float around all the time. KH1 and 2 did this so much better.
KH3 main game has a few boss fights that are actually pretty good to fight against with All Pro Codes such as Xigbar even though his desperation move is slightly bugged. If you get too close to the edge of the arena or too high after you pass through those purple arrows, Xigbar's desperation move can still one shot you for no reason. But agreed that the main game of KH3 is a train wreck overall with All Pro Codes (Sköll is the absolute worst especially if you add in extra restrictions like no magic), but also agreed that the KH3RM Data Battles were designed to do with All Pro Codes. If Block fails and lag time to Block and dodge out of specific combo modifiers except for finishers like Last Charge, a lot of the fights in the main game would be less grueling to fight with All Pro Codes. KH3 definitely has the most potential out of all the KH games and definitely has good things going for it. We'll see what Square Enix does with KH4.
@@ShyRanger Quite frankly, I don't even need to. I've stated my more critical opinions many times over which is just beating a dead horse with a stick at this point. I'm just done trying to get the KH3 fans on the same page to make the game better. Not everyone is going to agree with me. If you want to know all of my opinions on KH3, just go to my channel.
@@ShyRanger I gave you my answer. What more do you want? If you're expecting me to respond negatively to your trolling, you're talking to the wrong guy. Have a nice day.
@@KurayamiRyu I"m just saying that a phrase like "I'm done trying to get KH fans on the same page" and "i don't need to" comes off a bit elitist. If that came off as trolling I apologize, that wasn't the intention. I was just kinda joking based on the other comment you post. But Idk if your attitude is "I"m tired of giving my opinion on a video game that others disagree with and I'm now above trying" That just seems wrong to me.
As a stand-alone game, it’s like 7/10. As the end of the KH trilogy with the story, it’s prob like 4/10 so my overall score would be 5.5/10 I heard remind made it better, but that doesn’t really fix the story problems nor does it fix the base game, which had problems on release. It’s normal for games to come out with problems, and I still judge them based on that
Do you do the same for 2, or is your opinion based on 2FM? If it's the former, fair enough on the consistency. But if it's the latter, this is hypocritical
@@HarrySachz-sb1y well, I have played the game on Critical Mode since the moment I bought the game (got it on Epic store when it released so it already had all the remind stuff) and did a couple of lvl 1 runs where I have beaten everything, including the datas and Yozora, multiple times before putting in mods like improved movility, bigger FoV, light and darkness overhaul, custom combo modifiers, lvl 99 enemies and playable Ven My total playtime of the game is around 300-350 hours total (modded runs included) so yeah I have a clue of what I am talking about when I say this game is a 7 that becomes an 8 when modded to let you have a smidge of control and fluidity with the combat
the thing that was still intresting on why the FF chars wernt in the main game was because nomura though everyone hated them and started to write them out and only found out that it wasnt the case at all with the bitching about no FF chars in KH3
There was hate but it's been so long that those OG FF fans complaints have died out because of the games focus on the other characters. They played a minor role as the series kept going but that's why everyone stopped complaining. The initial complaints were their lack of involvement in major moments and how they don't even have the same backstories or personalities of their respective games. But because they weren't like a huge focus those complaints have long since been forgotten though 100% valid
@@DkKobaADV honestly i've replayed it more than any other kh game other than 2fm, pro codes have added a lot of replayability for me. not to mention ng+
I remember complaining about Dark Inferno's attack where he disappears being bullshit cause sometimes the orbs hit you from behind and theres no consistent way to deal with it outside of having a form with an omnidirectional guard and that was the exact excuse one of my friends tried to argue. I told him it's bad design yo have an attack that requires such a specific thing, especially cause theres no way to guarantee that youll have a form available at that time, especially on Critical when its basically impossible to get into forms in some points on harder bosses
@@Bizkit047 Kind of? I seem to recall that you have to dodge it in a very specific direction (forward-left), because otherwise you _will_ get hit. _That_ I would argue is bad design because there's no way to tell that that's what you're supposed to do. It's guesswork.
for me it is a solid 7/10. Game was mostly fun, story was ok, but as a conclusion to the Dark Seeker sage it lacks in many ways. With KH4 and a new storyline they can fix main KH issue - plot coherence and complication
KH3 to me is the perfect example of "it gets good after 20 hours". Starts off pretty bad and meanders on for a long while, but end game has some good bosses, and the dlc has fantastic action game bosses that make it a worthwhile investment to get through those boring first 20 hours or so.
Meh does it ever get good though I liked like 3 worlds Aqua fights and that’s mostly it dlc bosses are better than the story but that’s just because they actually deal damage
@@thegamewin100 Even though the data fights only take a like an hour at best to fight them all. And that's for the DATA BOSSES, never mind the normal versions.
This was a fun and funny trip back down memory lane. Kh3 took some steps backward and some steps forward, and I think it’s disingenuous to say it’s a bad entry or a bad game. The strongest grudge I hold against it is the way it spoiled practically everything in its trailers and it’s pretty god awful storytelling. Youve always helped me learn about all the games and get a wider perspective. and I look forward to your commentary in the future 🐌👍🏼
when i was showing a friend me playing against some of the dlc bosses with all pro codes on i still told him it's probably not worth getting to this point. as a long time fan since kh1 na release i was dedicated enough to keep up and buy the dlc of a base game i found to be disappointing at best. still amazing dlc bosses but man it's hard to recommend kh3 at all
What did your friend say in response to your gameplay and comments? It's one thing to tell them something, but another for them to form their own opinion. Well unless they are just not a gamer that is.
@EdgardoJCruz-dk5kv he equated it to dark souls gameplay lmao. i haven't played them personally but the way you have to know the fights almost 100% or you die in one hit is what he thought was cool. i had to say it's only like this because i made it this way, but i did tell him to play it casually from kh1 or 2 if he actually did want to try the games
@@mikaelcrucibleas someone who plays a lot of dark souls, i firmly believe the hardest of kh fights are way more punishing and difficult than any from soft boss. If you level enough you can tank anything, but kh there's a limit and then it's a skill check
I do think KH3 is highly underrated nowadays. While I do ultimately prefer post game KH2’s combat, I do think KH3’s combat is super consistent, whereas KH2 picks up its steam in the later half of the game.
Despite how much people defend this game and want to say it's not bad, it's a fact that this game made people quit out on kingdom hearts entirely. It made me quit, it made bloodybizkitz leave, alpharad never bothered finishing it, and every creator that stayed just went back to making kh2 content. Gdq just had ninten playing kh2 because why would anyone in their right mind want to play kh3? I'm ranting at this point but yeah, kh3 sucks
@paweave9562 the new combat is much faster than the base game combo's and feels better imo and I may be wrong but I don't think you need dlc I think it was just added in a update you just got to beat the game or load a save file with clear data again I may be wrong
@@paweave9562 I believe you get the Combo modifiers and Keyblades with an Update without needing to buy Re:Mind itself, they make the game less terrible to play but not THAT great. As for Re:Mind on its own, the Story beats are nice and you get to play as other characters that are worse than Sora except for one very specific one at the VERY END and the Data Battles are much worse than the KH2 ones in pretty much every way except amount of attacks
@@paweave9562 Unfortunately so, cuz playing as that one specific character and the final boss of Re:Mind are a great conclusion to what's otherwise "less good KH2" and Limitcut Episode (the data battles) and the "Secret Episode" (literally just one fight) are just pisswasser
I find it interesting how revisionist people can be about kh3. Like reading some of these comments saying "remind makes this game amazing" really doesn’t make vanilla better. 2fm is just a better version of og 2, but og 2 wasn't nearly as broken ss early vanilla kh3
If I remember correctly the reason why they didn't make keyblade switching better is because they're claiming that the item canceling thing was intentional so they're expecting you to do that
The flaw in this argument is that mid-combo keyblade switching and Item Cancelling are two very different mechanics that provide completely different benefits. Item Cancelling allows for a faster keyblade switch in the middle of a combo but it resets your combo to the beginning, making it so you have to start your combo over again from scratch, whereas mid-combo keyblade switching allows you to continue/finish the combo if successful, with the added benefit of having a certain grace period (around a second, though that's probably not the most accurate measurement) to perform certain other actions like a jump before performing the next part of the combo. This basically means that you could, say, perform all of your ground combo attacks on one Formchange that has three combo finishers aside from the final finisher, switch to Second Form, jump into the air and then use Magnet Burst. I think the reason there's so much delay for mid-combo keyblade switching is because it would admittedly be pretty overpowered to be able to seamlessly switch keyblades into a more ideal combo finisher, so the delay adds an element of risk/reward where you have to actually read the situation and choose the best option at the right time, but the problem is that there's a bit too much delay, which has the effect of making it too risky sometimes. I wouldn't see this delay removed, but definitely somewhat reduced to make it a more viable option.
@@BeeboySR nah cause you can use the item cancelling to switch keyblades much more smoothly than if you just tried to do it normally. It does reset your combo but it's like the closest thing you can get.
Ugh, please don't say KH3's been out for years. Seriously until you said that it was just "that new game from one maybe 2 years ago" and... no.... time sucks.
2:06:27 But what everyone forget, you had no context, or idea of how it was going to play, i have seen so many people complaining about them showing end game stuff but saying stupid stuff about what they were showing story wise... So in the end does it matter? Visual only gets you so far, just like the flashy stuff on a combat can only get you so far, it's the content that matters. For gameplay is a balancing and well design. For a trailer, is about gaining interest through giving little to none context, Nomura did this perfectly because no one knew what the heck was going on. They assume stuff, but they didn't know crap. That means he did a good job, so stop complaining about stupid stuff.
Terrible take. Doesn't matter if full context is shown or not, showing endgame content in your trailers is stupid. Ruining the Anti-Aqua twist was already bad, and then showcasing something terrible happening in Keyblade Graveyard was even worse. Don't defend trailer spoilers. Insane to think it's okay because you don't know 100% how the scene plays out. It's like Star Wars spoiling in a trailer Vader telling Luke he's his father and then someone going "Well you don't have context, who knows what happens after that or how this scene fully plays out." Here's an example of a game that did a better job of not showing end game content in their trailers: FFXVI.
@@Bizkit047 Okay let me put it like this so it can be more clear what im going for, is a story worth while paying attention if it loses all it's strength because you already know the plotwist? If the answer is yes, then it wasn't worth while, if the answer is no and you can keep enjoying it multiple times, then it was. Same principal applies here, if the value of a story is lost because of spoiler then it wasn't a good story to begin with. You can disagree if you don't agree with my mentality and i have not play XVI nor i plan to play it until it comes out on PC, and to be honest i have been burn so many times by FF after X came out that, i don't pay it anymore attention. So i can't speak for XVI
@@iceclkeyheart3060 Is it? I think that everyone is entail to their opinion, you may like it or not. I have my views which i made clear on this threat of comments of why i don't care about spoiler, to sum it up, if spoiler ruin a story for you, then the story wasn't worth the wait, because it means the twist was all it had, that's my opinion regarding story telling and spoilers in general. In fact, i was plenty spoil about KH3 outside of the trailers, i knew about the freaking secret endings, i still was really satisfy with what i saw, it wasn't amazing but it was very good in my opinion. Including the secret endings, especially with all the context that i gain through the story.
@@ultimateshadeofwar that is such a weird weird weird way of looking at things spoilers don't ruin the story because you already know the twist or the twist is all this thing had its because your first experience with any moment of it is ruined because it's not during the actual experience. regardless of how good it was
@@soku330I did not like ff7 remake that much it’s like trying to combine both gameplay styles together action rpg and turned based I though the original was batter just because it’s longer and it’s not mostly filler still a fun game but man is it overrated Simple’s because it’s FF7 remake it looks really good but I like playing games not movies I did enjoy FF16 a lot funnily enough
The game sucks 🤷♂️. The worlds are bigger but somehow feel more dull and lifeless than previous titles. The combat is slow and glitchy and requires almost 0 skill. The story has 0 heart and feels like the plot points were being made up on the spot as they went along. The Disney worlds are literally just shot for shot remakes of the movies, like how fucking lazy is that. Probably the worst voice acting in the series. The final stage and boss fights were so obviously rushed and thrown together last minute it’s insulting. The fact that THIS was the product that was given to the fans after all that time was down right a disgrace. You can clearly tell that Nomura was barely involved during production seeing as how square Enix has him work on 40 projects at once. I have picked up EVERY single title previous to 3 atleast twice after completion. I have not even looked at this game once. You couldn’t pay me enough money to sit through this drull of a story again. I have literally 0 faith in w/e KH4 turns out to be so long as the same team is behind it.
Your opinions and all, and valid, although I'd argue most of hte points pretty much are other KH games as well. Plot points being made up as they go is like the most obvious in almost every past game. The one that sticks with me in Chain of Memories, how they were making KH2, then Square told them to make a quicker game in between cause it was taking so long, so that had to be figured out fast. The whole "just the Disney plot" thing has basically been in since KH2 onward, and that's probably because of Disney meddling. They saw KH1 as a whatever product and now that it got popular, meddle when they can. So you say lazy writing, I say corporate meddling, you gotta admit which is more likely. The whole "Nomura was barely involved" is... eh. I personally hate the worship some main directors/producers get, as if they somehow are flawless. But I mean maybe if he did more it could've helped. Then again he did a lot on 3rd Birthday, one of the worst Square things ever so again, crap-shoot there.
@@ShyRangerwhich is why KH1 will always be the goat to me. Cohesive story, Disney worlds mattered, amazing voice acting young sora>, worlds felt massive and rich even though they were “small” and linear, combat was good enough and was punishing if you sucked, and being a key blade wielder felt special. Up until they started handing key blades out like metro cards you felt like Sora was special. You could also tell it was Nomuras baby and he gave it his all.
@@Italian_Rican And... how could you tell it was Nomura's baby. How does ONE guy who doens't even dev, voice direct, and not the only writer make it obvious it's him. What about the employees who ONLY worked on KH1 and never anything else in the series? And again, Nomura has talked even more about other Square titles he's shown he's worked on so much, and they suck sometimes. Sorry to harp on this, but I just find this point kind of interesting. Most people when they hear Nomura is on a project, they immediately lambast it cause "Oh it's never gonna come out." In fact taht was something I heard a lot for THIS game. It's BS obviously cause people don't know how much Square forces on him (and everyone), but I just think it's weird to have EITHER so much praise OR so much hate on one single person. Especially nowadays when we're learning how much shit devs go through for shit that's not their fault.
