Kingdom Hearts III |OT| Don't Think Twice, Just Face My Fears!

[Meelow]

Title - Kingdom Hearts III
Genre - Action RPG
Platforms - PlayStation 4/PlayStation 4 Pro, Xbox One/Xbox One X
Engine - Unreal Engine 4
Developers - Square Enix Business Division 3
Composers - Yoko Shimomura
Rating - E10+/PEGI 12
Price - $59.99(US), $79.99 (CAD), £79.99

Japan Release Date - January 25th, 2019
Worldwide Release - January 29th, 2019

Q: Where does this fall in the timeline?
A: It's after every game in the series.

Q: Can I play this game without playing any other game in the series?
A: You can...You just won't understand anything that's going on, I recommend buying the All In One Edition for PS4 to 'understand' the story or watch a story explained on YouTube.

Or you can read this summary: https://landofodd.net/kingdom-hearts-story-summary-in-chronological-order

KINGDOM HEARTS III tells the story of the power of friendship as Sora and his friends embark on a perilous adventure. Set in a vast array of Disney and Pixar worlds, KINGDOM HEARTS follows the journey of Sora, a young boy and unknowing heir to a spectacular power. Sora is joined by Donald Duck and Goofy to stop an evil force known as the Heartless from invading and overtaking the universe.

Through the power of friendship, Sora, Donald and Goofy unite with iconic Disney-Pixar characters old and new to overcome tremendous challenges and persevere against the darkness threatening their worlds.

Gameplay in Kingdom Hearts III is similar to its predecessors, with hack and slash combat, which director Tetsuya Nomura stated would be along the lines of the system seen in Kingdom Hearts II, with an evolution similar to what was seen from Kingdom Hearts to Kingdom Hearts II, and closely tied to the gameplay in Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance, however, it is a lot flashier this time and you have the ability to summon "attraction flow" which is based off Disney rides.

Mini-games are back with a new set of mini-games called 'Classic Kingdom', Classic Kingdom is over 20 LCD like mini-games that are spread around the worlds to collect, play and earn rewards! Play Kingdom Hearts Union Cross now to play five of these mini-games to earn a special Keyblade! And of course, there are the more traditional mini-games that we are used to!

Note: Not every world is on here.

Brand new music by Utada Hikaru! In the opening theme she and Skrillex team up for an epic rendition of "Face My Fears"



In the ending theme "Don't Think Twice" Utada Hikaru sings by herself!

Opencritic: 88 (19 reviews)
Metacritic: 88 (22 reviews)

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[Deleted member 42105]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Amazing OT Meelow. Been a long ass time coming.

 

[Chaserjoey]

Damn, was hoping for that "so you've come this far and still you understand nothing" title.

Great job Meelow!

 

[Dark Knight]

Man. I can't believe it's finally almost here.

 

[Xenosaga]

fantastic OP!

 

[Zerokingx]

YOOOOOOOOO IM HYPE

 

[clockstrikes]

meelow pls we voted for "so you've come this far and still you understand nothing" unanimously

good job tho

 

[gogojira]

When does the embargo drop?

 

[BigBluePig]

I just gotta get through 2 more work days.

So close and yet so far. 13 years of waiting is about to finally pay off

 

[Deleted member 43077]

Its actually happening....ITS ACTUALLY FUCKING HAPPENING

 

[Meelow]

Damn, was hoping for that "so you've come this far and still you understand nothing" title.

Great job Meelow!

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I really wanted to represent Utada Hikaru, if we need to make an OT2 than I promise you that will be the name.

 

[Angie]

Awesome OT. Congratulations.

 

[Chaserjoey]

When does the embargo drop?

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I don't think review copies have actually been handed out. Open critic is counting down to an hour before KH3 is out in Japan though, but this is the first a lot of us in the know have heard anything about reviews.

 

[Papertoonz]

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almost there

 

[srtrestre]

I'm more excited to see the reviews for this than for RE2 (tho that thread was still fun.)

 

[diakyu]

Posting in a thread some people thought would ever happen. KINGDOM HEARTS 3 BAYBEE! Can't wait to get my copy.

 

[The Last Laugh]

The unmentionable things that I would do for that PS4. I waited and waited since it was announced and they went on sale at the worst possible time.
Anyway HYYYYYPE!!!

 

[Orion]

My heart is ready.

 

[Much]

So close now... can't wait. We've waited for this title for so damn long now, and the wait is almost over. I expect an even more epic finale than KH2's.

Gonna try to gif this one as well.

 

[Shahadan]

Totally expecting to be disappointed and the game being underwhelming, but bought nonetheless. I've come too far to quit now.

 

[gogojira]

I don't think review copies have actually been handed out. Open critic is counting down to an hour before KH3 is out in Japan though, but this is the first a lot of us in the know have heard anything about reviews.

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Thanks! I'm desperately trying to get through KH2 right now to at least have the mainline games before playing KH3 so I guess it's irrelevant to me anyways, lol. I think for all the other ones I'll just read a story summary or something!

 

[Cess007]

I am not saying I took my vacations to match with the release of this game, but it was just a happy coincidence :P

 

[AzureFlame]

13 years of waiting for this.

 

[diakyu]

Guess I need to stop by my local gamestop to see if they're doing a midnight release.

 

[Deleted member 42105]

A nice little trip down memory lane.

 

[Jadentheman]

A nice little trip down memory lane.

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Speaking of the US/EU commercial is lame. The music shouldn't be this generic "epic" music but should be blasting "Face My Fears" in keeping in tradition. Here's hoping there will be another version in the wild.

At least Japan got it right

 

[Twiz]

Posting in a legendary thread.
Just finished KH 0.2 and I'm excited as the lifelong fans are to see how this series ends.

 

[mujun]

Getting this on Friday. It's my first KH and I can't wait!

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Let's goooooooo Terra redemption!!

These aren't spoilers, just my personal hopes lol

 

[Anas]

reviews date?

 

[Deleted member 34881]

I can't wait! I have been waiting for this game for forever.

 

[RockmanBN]

Darn, thought "So you have come this far, and still you understand nothing" would have been used.

 

[Mercenary09]

So reviews will be out Thursday then? That's a lot sooner than I thought they'd be.

 

[RJAlpha]

Delurking to join in the hype.

Just finished a huge ol' series crawl. A month ago I was thinking "Yeah Kingdom Hearts is cool I guess" having only played 1 and 2. After a month of 1.5+2.5 and 2.8, I'm more along the lines of "This is probably the most hype game for the first half of the year for me."

 

[Sandfox]

So reviews will be out Thursday then? That's a lot sooner than I thought they'd be.

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People will have the game on Friday Japan time so there's no reason to wait until Monday.

 

[VegiHam]

It's finally here, huh? Man it's been so long. Feel like I owe it to teenaged me to see where this goes though. Hope the game is good.

 

[The Last Laugh]

First thing to do when I get to work tomorrow is put in for some vacation time to dive in, though I may have to hold off for a couple of weeks. That will hopefully give me time to finish up current HD play through.

 

[hydruxo]

Hype!!!

 

[dragonflys545]

Damn!!! So close gotta finish my playthroughs.

 

[Strings]

I am not saying I took my vacations to match with the release of this game, but it was just a happy coincidence :P

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Lol, well I am. Pushed through a ton of work so that I can veg out for at least one absolutely disgusting week.

 

[Milennia]

Ive been hiding from the internet because of this game, i cant believe its actually happening

 

[Byakura]

I'm still working my way through the KH games so unfortunately I won't be joining in on the fun right away, but hopefully I'll be playing this soon enough.

 

[Deleted member 864]

One more week!

God I can't wait...

 

[mrmickfran]

Wow, an actual Kingdom Hearts III OT

Holy shit...

 

[Deleted member 864]

Also great OT!

 

[Rellyrell28]

The seven year wait is almost over. Yes I said seven year wait cause I played DDD

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

So close now, just gotta hope my Amazon copy comes on time.

 

[shotopunx]

So, I've been replaying 2.5 on my ps4 and I'm beyond hyped. Was really excited to grab it on my way home from work on Friday and play all weekend. Now, I see it doesn't actually release until Tuesday! I could cry.....

Nice OT all the same.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

We're finally here.

 

[diakyu]

Man buying a PS2 one summer as a young teenager with KH1, COM, KH2 and playing them all In that span of two months. Borrowing my friends PSP to play BBS. Finishing Days as the fire roared while the power was out in the house my family was working on that we would soon move into. Finishing Re:coded the winter I moved away from my childhood town. Watching DDD leak through the internet on the computers my high school let me use. Coming home on that fateful night thinking I missed all the good stuff in the Sony conference only to see the reveal trailer for KH3. It all feels so vivid to me still. I know this won't be the last KH game, but I genuinely feel like I've been building up to this the good majority of my life. I am hyped to say the least lmao