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This game was not a masterpiece. Not in the slightest. I'm not saying it's a terrible game. there are quite a few places where this game shines and surprises. But there are far too many problems with it for it to be a masterpiece. It's not even a matter of high expectations, the game simply falls short in places where a masterpiece wouldn't. The main problem I found was the story. I could write paragraphs about the problems with the story. The pacing of the game was bad, the story didn't actually move in any direction until after all of the Disney worlds were complete, there were a lot of inconsistencies, logic problems, and unanswered questions. Some DLC scenes could hopefully at least try to help these problems a little, but it would not in any way be able to fix everything. Also more specific to the story is the handling of the characters and their story resolutions. There were just too many character arcs that needed to be concluded and instead of making the game mainly about that, the Disney worlds seemed to be the main focus and the characters arcs all shoved together at the end of the game with the rest of the actual story leaving me and I'm sure some others dissatisfied with the lack of time spent on these characters and their resolutions. The combat was the best of the Osaka games thus far but was still a bit too floaty. It's one thing to really like the game and enjoy it but to call it a masterpiece is to ignore its problems. Not everyone is going to agree with my opinion sure, but let's save the term masterpiece for titles that really deserve them. It wasn't KH3 this time, hopefully in the future the series will be able to snag that label in games to come.

It didn't show anything! That's 24 seconds of my life I'm never going to get back.

To be honest, I've had similar worries. Many long time fans, myself included, want the game to play similarly to KH2FM. But from what I've seen, the Osaka team has given this game similar combat problems to the other entries in the series they've done. The same stuff they're known for. I'm also worried about the story. Parts of the story have gone through several retcons over the years and as more games get released the more dissatisfied I've become. I've been waiting for this game since '05 and so of course the hype is big. At the same time however I know this game won't live up to my huge expectations. The sad thing is, even knowing that, I don't think it will live up to much more reasonable expectations either.

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I really appreciate this comment. It's really refreshing to see people understand others viewpoints instead of rejecting them even if it only is about a video game. I've seen that alot on this site and it's great to see.

I think we have enough trios already and it's nice to have characters stand on there own without needing a trio (like Namine). Characters like Namine and Repliku work better on there own. Namine has always had this air of not belonging anywhere which she seems to believe despite wanting friendships. It really adds to her character that she has that tragedy. I of course want her to eventually realize that she can belong, but she doesn't necessarily need a trip to do that. Repliku on the other hand while similar, I always felt he would either never be relevant again, or just end up being some boss battle who ends up fading into darkness.

That really makes me worry about this game.

To be honest I never unserstood Lea's popularity. I thought his death in Kh2 was a great end to his character. His resurrection via fan love actually made me dislike him quite a bit since I didn't think he had any place in the story following Kh2. My biggest problem with Lea was him getting a keyblade. He didn't need one, his chakrams were already cool, and he didn't really need to be more special. I don't know what it is about him that people like so much. He's alright, but that's pretty much the extent of the feelings I can muster for him.

Unfortunately Namine has always been a small character in terms of the story. While I was hoping for a bigger role for her, after seeing the opening I doubt it. I don't think it's a shipping thing at all to be honest as I doubt Roxas is ever going to be anything than just a friend to Xion or Namine. Her lack of appearance could also be due to the nature of the opening. It was attempting to recap important moments involving Xehanort. Namine hasn't really had any interaction with any of the Xehanorts in the series. In the DDD opening which was just trying to recap the series in general, she only apparead for a second or so. She's just the kind of character that is either forced to do things by others (Re:Com) or does things behind the scenes (KH2). She really isn't a character in the forefront nor is she a fighter.

I'm not really surprised to be honest. This is what I was expecting.

Yeah be wary when pre-ordering from gamestop! I pre-ordered 1.5 + 2.5 when is came out for the ps4 pro. I was out of town when it came out and couldn't get someone to pick it up for me until 3 - 4 days later. They didn't have it. Why? Since I didn't pick it up for a few days they sold it to someone else.

I'll have to go over all the details again to be sure. You may be right and I'm just overcomplicating things.

Sora's keyblade was originally special because it was the keyblade from the realm of light and it chooses its wielder. That and the kingdom Key D which needed to be found in the realm of darkness. But birth by sleep and DDD and UX have changed the rules. It hasn't really been established since whether or not Sora's keyblade is still special or if its just like everyone else's. I mean kh1 implies there are only 2 keyblades in existence and that they're legendary weapons which is why they're so special. But then bbs said, "oh you just have to have a strong heart and go through an inheritance ceremony to get a keyblade". Then DDD said "oh anyone with a strong heart who trains can get one".

It would be interesting, but I don't know about Isa attacking Xemnas. Out of every organization member he always came across as the one with the most loyalty to Xehanort. I think Lea hopes Isa is still in there somewhere but I just get the feeling he's long gone and if anything the scene is more of a representation of how little of Isa there is left.

I'm happy. The opening is the one thing I wanted to see leaked. Gotta see those sweet sweet visuals. I've been hoping to see the full thing ever since they released the opening trailer showing part of it. Plus the openings mainly recap things anyway so I doubt there's any real spoilers. Though I do understand why people would want to wait.

As far as I'm aware there isn't an explanation for where the Kingdom Key D came from. Similar to Sora's keyblade being special and not knowing where it came from. Though I wonder if that's still even Canon considering the rules of people getting keyblades seems to change every few years.

It's not the rules of time travel that are complicated. It's the things time travel allows that makes things complicated.

Absolutely not, no. I would really hate for them to obtain keyblades. Why does everyone need to have a keyblade? The Keyblade as a weapon has lost almost all of its appeal since they've become a dime a dozen. I'm still not over the fact that Lea has one.

Exactly! DDD is one of my least favorite games in the series because it introduced all of these overly difficult concepts that have huge loopholes. So I really hope Nomura limits the use of it for future games.

Yeah if they ever did port over KHUX to console, they better cut out all the filler and leave the story. Every time I try and play that game it's the same thing over and over again. It feels like you have to go on a million missions just to see one actual story scene. No idea if it's even possible for me to complete it before KH3 releases.

I'm honestly surprised that we haven't seen Hans or gotten a render of him. Makes me wonder if he'll appear at all. It could always end up that Larxene is the big bad of Arendelle and takes Hans' place in manipulating Anna and Elsa against one another. I could actually see that quite easily. Appearing to Anna after her heart's been blasted by Elsa's ice and saying something like "See? I told you she was dangerous." and also convincing Elsa that Anna bringing Kristoff, Sven, Sora, Donald, Goofy along is Anna's attempt to get rid of Elsa for having her ice powers.

I certainly hope we find out what Kingdom Hearts is! It's the namesake of the series yet no matter how many times we encounter it, it continues to remain an enigma. It's time to discover what it's all about!

It's nice to think he's hitting all the concepts but I really don't think that's the case. I think it's more a matter of Nomura has ideas he wants to implement in the series. Some of these include characters that aren't around for one reason or another and he's using whatever methods possible to include these concepts even if they don't make sense or make the in game universe/storyline unnecessarily complicated. It also opens a Pandora's box of possible loopholes. I don't think alternate dimensions are going to be included. Unless you mean the Realm of Darkness, Realm of Light, etc. Since we already have different worlds each with different rules and visual styles the concept of dimensions seems meaningless since the alternate worlds sort of covers that already. Not to mention the fact it complicates things. Definitely not as much as time travel does though.

Yeah the time travel concept was a huge mistake that shouldn't have been introduced to the series. It's too OP of a power and there's a million ways it can complicate things. I get why they introduced it, but they should have come up with another method to explain why Xemnas ans Ansem can exist at the same time as MX. Maybe something like, MX is so powerful he can sustain their existences with his power. Or maybe since he's been separated before they are separate existences that exist inside him that he just re separated from himself. But that's just me spit balling.

It's a really unlucky book?