Their choices are baffling then. I thought KH2 caught shit for having to play as Roxas for two hours instead of Sora, I quite liked exploring around twilight town and Destiny Islands compared to what this one did, it just felt wrong and they stamped a KH 2.9 title for that piss poor effort as if that was a proper prologue. Maybe rushed was the wrong word, but poorly managed.
It was not two hours. I'm sure playtime's very but I remember when kh2 came out people felt like they were playing as Roxas for an entire games length and even after things didn't really move until you got to Hollow Bastion.
The kh2.9 was a joke...once again, superior self awareness.