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Can I burn through Kingdom Hearts 3 first then the other titles?
- Thread starter Ethifury
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Nothing is stopping you. If you don't care about the story at all and you never will, go ahead.
You're not going to know what's going on and the story for the previous games are going to be spoiled.
But if you only care about Disney, gameplay and visuals then go ahead. You're going to have a great time.
You're not going to know what's going on and the story for the previous games are going to be spoiled.
But if you only care about Disney, gameplay and visuals then go ahead. You're going to have a great time.
If you do, you will not undestand the story.
If you dont, you will not undrstand the story.
Just do it.
If you dont, you will not undrstand the story.
Just do it.
Gameplay wise and based on experience its gonna be sooooo hard playing kh1 after 3.
If you wanna get a feeling of what i mean get 2.5 and 2.8 and play fragmentary passage first then play kh1 and see how night and day the controls are
If you wanna get a feeling of what i mean get 2.5 and 2.8 and play fragmentary passage first then play kh1 and see how night and day the controls are
I don't know how long you think these games are, but I assure you they aren't that long.
I did a game a month got caught up in 5 months. No rushing. Mind you I didn't actually play through 358/2 Days and Re:Coded, I just watched the videos that were on the 1.5 and 2.5 discs.
No need to go and spoil the whole series just because you have FOMO.
Watch a complete story summary with sections for each game on Youtube. Then go for 3.
I only played 1 and Chain of Memories GBA but jumping in on 3. Youtube summaries really helped me follow what the hell was going on in these trailers and understand the story better.
I only played 1 and Chain of Memories GBA but jumping in on 3. Youtube summaries really helped me follow what the hell was going on in these trailers and understand the story better.
Do you expect KH3 to be a worse game than the preceding games and then move on to better places? People get all sorts of ideas with these long running series. I'd wait on getting into KH3 until all the version updates and dlc is done but some people are really into being in the zeitgeist of the launch i guess.
Gonna be rough playing KH1 and CoM.
Precisely.
Also, publishers want new blood. They're not just making their projections on KH die hards only. That's ridiculous.
But muh zeitgeist FOMO
Actually I am playing COM right now so I can't talk.
KH3 was built for the current generation console and looks rather striking. Much, much better than the prequels.
Yes, the collection of the prequels are on PS4, but they don't look as good. Plus the new worlds and such.
Many reasons why people would go straight for KH3. I honestly think there are way too many KH diehards here because even begging the question seems sacrilegious to many lol.
And we're saying this after SE said there would be some catch up movie and the ubiquity of YT as well.
Bizarre.
Very bad idea.
The gameplay is really shitty in KH2.
So many hack and slash sequence...and doing that for 50+hrs. Geezus.
And that is just one game.
The gameplay is really shitty in KH2.
So many hack and slash sequence...and doing that for 50+hrs. Geezus.
And that is just one game.
Should be fine. I'd recommend not reading any summaries for the previous games either. Kingdom Hearts 3 will offer a very strong, compelling narrative regardless of if you've played the previous games or not.
Sounds like a good idea, this series isn't built upon insane plot twists or anything
xehanort "who will you save ventus or roxas"
entremet "erm thats the same person, is the game bugged or s/t"
Kairi "hey axel, want a ice cream?"
Lea "Sure"
Kairi "Here you go Lea"
entremet "wtf is this guys name"
Hes gonna be so compelled
Because i would never get the time to play 5 Kingdom Heart games? It's gonna take me probably 2 months just to beat KH3. Also, why do you care? I already know the story, i don't need to play them.
or they could watch the cutscenes on youtube if they are so inclined to jump into a series that is on its 7th entry.
there are multiple ways you can jump in without being absolutely blind to the whole series going into three.
but seriously, calling kh a clusterfuck in its plotting is like calling any young adult book series, long running movie franchise, or even a shounen manga a clusterfuck.
If you consume it in order its not hard to figure out whats happening b/c the new information comes at you as you progress rather than all at once.
Seriously if i tried to explain fucking Naruto, Harry Potter, or some other stuff in their entirety to someone they would also get frusterated and pissy b/c they its hard to wrap your mind around a decade+ franchise with progressing and interwoven plots in the span of a few minutes.
People often give shit about stuff like the Ansem SoD vs Ansem the wise vs Xehanort vs Xemnas shiz, but as the games progress that information comes in such a way that it actually isn't confusing.
Seriously, if a person does not have the time, they can still consume the story.
"who has the time to figure out the plotting of a 15+ year franchise when they only wanna experience the new hotness".
you kidding?
you haven't played the version on ps3 or ps4 have you? b/c this is a bad take mate
also, how did it take you that long to beat kh2? I replayed it a year and a bit ago on ps3 (with the shit load times and long transformations), i grinded out the drives and did the cavern of rememberance and beat the final boss and I was only at 38 hours.
Like no one takes 50+ hours just to beat kh.
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I am playing through KH1 right now on PS4 and it totally holds up fine today despite being a PS2 port. Apparently it's not overly long either.
Just know that the "3" can be deceiving. You're actually jumping into the tenth entry of the series.
Pretty much. Outside of the time travel bs, the overall story of the series isn't that hard to follow.
There has been plenty of time to get into the series in preparation for KH3 and the games aren't that long unless you're trying to complete everything.
I did.
And I did half of it during the fall where I was also playing a lot of the new releases, all while having a 40 hour a week job. It's not the monumental task that some of you are making it out to be. KH2 took the most time at about 20ish hours on Critical, but all the other ones I had beat in less time than that on Standard.
If you're fine with playing solely for Disney and game play, sure. You will not understand the overarching plot at all. You should probably skip all the non-Disney cut scenes though as they won't make sense. It'll also completely spoil the story of past games too, so you'd be playing past games only for Disney and game play as well.
BBS is 100% necessary. The cutscenes from DDD's final world are as well.
KH2's gameplay is the furthest thing from shitty. What are you on about.
Hell naw, I just recently preordered the all in one bundle soley to play through the entire series back to back before even attempting to play through KHIII. No way am i jumping into it without experiencing the previous titles first and recap videos aren't anywhere near as effective at immersing yourself into the lore, story, and characters and don't offer same impact and knowledge that actually playing the games do. Not going to knock anyone who doesn't have the time or money to play through previous titles but i damn well sure ain't gonna take their opinion seriously when it comes to any story critiques.
Some people love the story, and some people hate it.
I love it. I love diving deep into the lore and background of characters, I love the twists and surprises. The mystery of what is going to happen next. Each game builds on the previous, and it is really really fun going for the ride.
Honestly OP, maybe you'll be one of those people.
But I will say this, if you start with 3, you will absolutely destroy all sense of mystery and discovery. Everything is just laid bare, right there from the get go. Going back and playing the games with the knowledge from KH3 will strip all the magic from the story of those games.
So just know that going in.
I love it. I love diving deep into the lore and background of characters, I love the twists and surprises. The mystery of what is going to happen next. Each game builds on the previous, and it is really really fun going for the ride.
Honestly OP, maybe you'll be one of those people.
But I will say this, if you start with 3, you will absolutely destroy all sense of mystery and discovery. Everything is just laid bare, right there from the get go. Going back and playing the games with the knowledge from KH3 will strip all the magic from the story of those games.
So just know that going in.
You can if you want though plot points and characters might not resonate with you as they would for players who have played the other games through the years. Atleast watch a recap video of the series before hand as whatever SE puts out isn't Guaranteed to actually explain anything at all other than cutscenes and such. There's some solid videos on YouTube which go through it all for those who haven't played the other games. It's going to be helluv confusing so be prepared for that.
Agreed. Just go for it. Honestly the story is a mess anyway. Overly simplistic with lots of useless meandering typical to anime storytelling. A five minute recap vid and you'll be ready to go.
Going in order from newest to oldest almost always results in 1 of 2 things as far as I've experienced. As you go back, you either begin to hate the gameplay of the newer releases and prefer the gameplay of the older ones, thus souring you on the newer stuff (and what may come after). Or you slowly begin to hate the gameplay of the older stuff, resulting in either not finishing your journey back around or just outright dropping the series entirely. I always, always, always play games in release order for that reason. Gameplay doesn't always get better, but at least you have the story to drive you forward at that point.
