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Kingdom Hearts 3 - Opening Movie Trailer
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Yeah, not sure how I feel about that. Some people believe that it indicates that someone has been controlling him the whole time.
It's the most appropriate song for KH. All the intros thus far have been different forms of EDM remixes.
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The characters look better than ever before. Not sure what's supposed to be wrong with the intro (besides the music)...
If you want I put up the version I had before I edited it to sound like death.
I'll see what I can do
Yeah, I don't care. He is :p
Kingdom Hearts is without a doubt the franchise that reuses scenes and places so much like no other game
How did this random YouTube account manage to get their hands on the full track? 🤔
Cheap and rushed? lol. You have no idea what you're talking about. This is a game that is the culmination of over 2 decades of build-up, of course the intro will reference past important scenes. And stuff like Sora (& other characters) falling through the skies is a staple of KH intros at this point. Plus this is only, like, half of the intro for all we know. There could be a lot more to it than just these scenes referencing old ones, which they just don't want to spoil before release.
You are all missing the point and the point is that the CGI (which that scene is not) is bad in places. 3D's opening had better CGI for two Days trio scene and that was in 2012.
I really believe that specific part is in-engine. It's incredibly bad for KH3.
Honestly I think they are just bringing some consistency between the game graphics and the CG.
After watching the opening I feel bad for anyone who only played the mainline games. You'd be asking "who is that" more than an old person watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
I've been listening to the new track all day, it's so damn good to me. I guess the only nitpick I have is that it doesn't seem to fit the opening exactly right but I'll wait for the full video before passing judgement.
Not sure what you mean, it looks great with some "iconic" scenes, and they are obviously using the game engine for the opening this time around.
Not sure what you mean, it looks great with some "iconic" scenes, and they are obviously using the game engine for the opening this time around.
none of them are in-engine. It's just different lighting/style they are using in this opening compared to previous ones. Same style as the one we saw at E3 trailer (Kairi/Axel scene)
I can only assume people were kids when they played the original, so the opening songs didn't stand out at them as this one does?
That song was awesome in the beginning. But damn the last 15 seconds or so just sound like they don't fit the song or the video. I overall still like it though.
I kind of see what you mean. The cutaway at the beginning of the tweet you linked to from Xion to the group is jarring, and definitely just looks a lot closer to what we've seen in-game.
I don't think it's bad, but it is a bit weird.
I'm seeing neither poor lighting nor poor character models. Maybe a couple of them don't look as good but not as good != poor. It's still a good looking intro.
I played just the mainline and 358/2 days plus beginning of KH BBS. I felt like I recognized everyone except Xelhort at places if you catch my drift
Did I miss anyone else? I think I knew everyone except Xel
but ignorance is a scary thing. I wouldn't know if I missed someone unless told :)
How can you say the opening sound cheap and rushed after watching the trailer? And thats ignoring the whole 2:30 minutes missing from the full thing.
Don't understand this post.
Rewatch the KH2 opening then come back to this one.
I don't know maybe they out-sourced this opening or something, it just doesn't look right.
some material detail changes from DDD opening to KH3 opening for Sora.
Yeah, we can clearly see how they went with more detailed materials in KH III opening.
The CG in this looks so much better than in KH II's CG. It's not even funny.
It's highly subjective and this is going no where, so let's just agree to disagree.
it's certainly different style from KH2 opening where it had a lot of soft light and bloom-looking feel. I feel it's stylistic change to make it feel similar to the actual game look as well. Visual Works is actually working closely with KH3 development so that could be a factor.
I don't think so. That scene looked like in-engine but pre-rendered, like Back Cover.
Kinda like a polished version of Back Cover's visuals. Looks good but it loses a lot of its charm.
KH2, KH1, BbS, DDD, look worse than this current iteration of CGI mostly because their lighting feels (and is) much harsher and flatter. Obviously the models, the further back you go, look less and less detailed and with a plastic-y finish to them as well.
Of course, one can prefer that sort of look, that's fine, but objectively not only do these models have much more detail (just the materials alone look much better) but the lighting is actually properly rendered and works much better. The shadowing is also improved.
it's easy to tell by the detail of the coat. in-engine ones have much less detail/movement of the fabric and you can really tell by the polygons on the sleeve.
the coat on the KH3 opening is incredibly detailed compared to any in-engine stuff in KH3.
The lighting and the style is very different from previous KH openings so it looks closer to in-engine stuff in terms of face and overall feel. That's why some people thought the Kairi/Axel scene from E3 trailer was no CG, when it clearly was.
