Le debut d'une grande aventure, loin d'etre le meilleur de la licence pour moi
That was pretty good. I sure hope this series doesn't turn into the most needlessly convoluted, illogical, cringey and fucking stupid story ever made.
Yeah that would be dumb.
Yeah that would be dumb.
the Disney worlds in this game were created with more artistic integrity than their live action remakes
Heck yeah! Now this is fun :)
I loved this game more than i should, when i first gave it a try i dropped it because i didn't like the combat, yes, i know that was a very stupid reason to drop a game but consider that that was 2 years ago, my mind has changed a lot since then, and after i played the rest of the series i decided to give it a try again, and oh boy, What a amazing game, the soundtrack itself is not better than 2's but it's still amazing and i can notice why a lot of people love it, the combat is not the best on the early game but it catches on way later, a amazing experience better than a lot of games nowadays, that's for sure.
Is this a perfect game no but god dam it is it a great first entry, the character are fun and the gameplay is good but not perfect, the best part is the story that is really good highly recommend
This is a game series I never expected to like but as dated as it is games aight Halloween town and Hollow Bastion are the best worlds and if you disagree you are a bad person
i love a lil guy with a key sword that kills the darkness
Goofy is useless, but I love him
Do not play this on the Nintendo Switch. I love Kingdom Hearts but goddamn is it impossible to play this game with input delay from the required internet collection from the cloud version of the game. I got this for free and I still want a refund lmao.
I did however 100% this version of the game out of sheer willpower and masochism and I will forever hold that as a trophy over those who doubt me.
I did however 100% this version of the game out of sheer willpower and masochism and I will forever hold that as a trophy over those who doubt me.
A better expanded version of a classic but still clunky in some areas. This is definitely the coziest KH game.
meio zoado mas não consigo odiar, muito mágico
Game holds up well, but its flaws are more apparent nowadays. KH2 is legendary, though.
This game honestly was an excellent opener to the franchise but...
I really think I dodged a bullet playing on the standard mode, because it felt incredibly inconsistent in terms of the difficulty for me, from one moment a boss would be easy to destroy and the next I'd be overwhelmed out of nowhere. It was hard to strike a balance, and I'm still glad I could beat the game without having to farm hefty amounts of exp.
Donald pls stop dying
The overall plot of the game though, was actually really nice. Going into it I was really cautious because I always heard its a convoluted mess and I can happily say that the first game at least isn't and pretty easy to follow.
But yeah I just think some of the worlds are a mess and especially in some of them in terms of navigation, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out where to go a lot of the time because it was not very clear that kind of came as a slog
Overall: I am happy with this opener to the franchise and looking forward to the next one.
I really think I dodged a bullet playing on the standard mode, because it felt incredibly inconsistent in terms of the difficulty for me, from one moment a boss would be easy to destroy and the next I'd be overwhelmed out of nowhere. It was hard to strike a balance, and I'm still glad I could beat the game without having to farm hefty amounts of exp.
Donald pls stop dying
The overall plot of the game though, was actually really nice. Going into it I was really cautious because I always heard its a convoluted mess and I can happily say that the first game at least isn't and pretty easy to follow.
But yeah I just think some of the worlds are a mess and especially in some of them in terms of navigation, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out where to go a lot of the time because it was not very clear that kind of came as a slog
Overall: I am happy with this opener to the franchise and looking forward to the next one.
This review contains spoilers
Kingdom Hearts, as a concept, is an interesting one.
A three-way combo of Disney, Final Fantasy and an original touch to round off the direction has loads of potential, some of which is realised in a good way, some not.
The Final Mix version of Kingdom Hearts improves on some mechanics and adds features that were missing in the original, however, it doesn't escape the balancing issues and bad design that the game is plagued with throughout its runtime.
Sometimes the game will feel fine to play albeit a bit clunky, other times, you'll feel as though you're fighting the game itself rather than the enemies or boss you're up against.
The enemies can gang up on you and overwhelm you because they're able to attack off-screen and invincibility frames can be finicky.
This is especially notorious and obnoxious in the final stretch of the game, where you'll be surrounded by tanky enemies with annoying attacks and ability to deflect your own attacks, all while being stuck in a tiny room with like 8 of them at once.
Kingdom Hearts 1 also has one of the most unnecessarily drawn out and frustrating final bosses I've had the displeasure to fight against in any video game I've ever played.
It has like around 8 phases, felt like it would never end, is super frustrating, and I think it would've been better off being limited to AT MOST 3 phases.
Speaking of bosses, this game has atrocious bosses that, in terms of the fight itself, are either boring, generic, annoying and at times, borderline unfair.
[SPOILERS]
The Ursula boss in Atlantica is one of the most horrible bosses I've ever had to fight in a video game; no openings, no downtime, constant attack spamming and horrible "swimming" controls to boot, so you don't even have the dodge roll to help you.
And this is just one of them, the rest are a little less frustrating but barely any of them are any fun or have anything interesting to offer.
There are secret/bonus boss fights in this game, but I didn't bother with them because I could just marginally muster the will to actually complete the game once I got to the final area.
The writing ranges from good, to ok, to barely serviceable to at times, just straight up cringe-inducing.
"My friends are my power!" is A REAL LINE OF DIALOGUE in this game.
Besides the subpar dialogue, some of the parts of the story and how it was written don't make sense or seem forced, for example [SPOILERS] Riku finds Sora after they were separated and Sora explains to him that he was looking for him and Kairi together with Goofy and Donald and he makes that very clear, but instead Riku decides to ignore that and takes it as an insult because he sees Goofy and Donald as Sora's "replacement" for his friends, even though Sora never said or did anything to imply that he doesn't care about Riku and/or Kairi anymore.
Riku is not a likeable character at all from start to finish (at least in this game), Kairi is barely existent and besides the main trio (Sora, Donald, Goofy), there aren't many characters who get enough screentime to make you feel attached to them unless you've seen the movies, in which case, you won't get much out of these familiar characters that you haven't seen from them already in the movies.
With all this being said, I feel KH1 being massively brought down by its technical side of things is a massive shame, especially since the aesthetics and presentation are very good!
The game's appearance still holds up well enough today thanks to its generous use of colour and vivid environment design, all of the worlds from the Disney properties have been recreated faithfully, and the soundtrack is excellent in capturing the feel and personality of each of the worlds that you explore.
I really enjoyed what the worlds had to offer artistically in terms of how the source material was translated into a video game format, and the selection of worlds is good.
One other thing I thought was neat is that you get different keyblade designs throughout the game based on the worlds you visit, which is a good aspect because they could've easily made the default keyblade the only one you could use and just raised stats so it'd have more power.
But instead, they made various keyblades of various ranges and buffs, such as extending your MP or crit chance.
I can see why people found this game appealing when it first came out, but nowadays, it feels like a frustrating mess with some redeeming qualities but plagued by bad design and clunky controls that do nothing but make it feel outdated.
A remake could save this game, but for now, is better served as a cornerstone of the series to be experienced from afar, but seldom played.
A three-way combo of Disney, Final Fantasy and an original touch to round off the direction has loads of potential, some of which is realised in a good way, some not.
The Final Mix version of Kingdom Hearts improves on some mechanics and adds features that were missing in the original, however, it doesn't escape the balancing issues and bad design that the game is plagued with throughout its runtime.
Sometimes the game will feel fine to play albeit a bit clunky, other times, you'll feel as though you're fighting the game itself rather than the enemies or boss you're up against.
The enemies can gang up on you and overwhelm you because they're able to attack off-screen and invincibility frames can be finicky.
This is especially notorious and obnoxious in the final stretch of the game, where you'll be surrounded by tanky enemies with annoying attacks and ability to deflect your own attacks, all while being stuck in a tiny room with like 8 of them at once.
Kingdom Hearts 1 also has one of the most unnecessarily drawn out and frustrating final bosses I've had the displeasure to fight against in any video game I've ever played.
It has like around 8 phases, felt like it would never end, is super frustrating, and I think it would've been better off being limited to AT MOST 3 phases.
Speaking of bosses, this game has atrocious bosses that, in terms of the fight itself, are either boring, generic, annoying and at times, borderline unfair.
[SPOILERS]
The Ursula boss in Atlantica is one of the most horrible bosses I've ever had to fight in a video game; no openings, no downtime, constant attack spamming and horrible "swimming" controls to boot, so you don't even have the dodge roll to help you.
And this is just one of them, the rest are a little less frustrating but barely any of them are any fun or have anything interesting to offer.
There are secret/bonus boss fights in this game, but I didn't bother with them because I could just marginally muster the will to actually complete the game once I got to the final area.
The writing ranges from good, to ok, to barely serviceable to at times, just straight up cringe-inducing.
"My friends are my power!" is A REAL LINE OF DIALOGUE in this game.
Besides the subpar dialogue, some of the parts of the story and how it was written don't make sense or seem forced, for example [SPOILERS] Riku finds Sora after they were separated and Sora explains to him that he was looking for him and Kairi together with Goofy and Donald and he makes that very clear, but instead Riku decides to ignore that and takes it as an insult because he sees Goofy and Donald as Sora's "replacement" for his friends, even though Sora never said or did anything to imply that he doesn't care about Riku and/or Kairi anymore.
Riku is not a likeable character at all from start to finish (at least in this game), Kairi is barely existent and besides the main trio (Sora, Donald, Goofy), there aren't many characters who get enough screentime to make you feel attached to them unless you've seen the movies, in which case, you won't get much out of these familiar characters that you haven't seen from them already in the movies.
With all this being said, I feel KH1 being massively brought down by its technical side of things is a massive shame, especially since the aesthetics and presentation are very good!
The game's appearance still holds up well enough today thanks to its generous use of colour and vivid environment design, all of the worlds from the Disney properties have been recreated faithfully, and the soundtrack is excellent in capturing the feel and personality of each of the worlds that you explore.
I really enjoyed what the worlds had to offer artistically in terms of how the source material was translated into a video game format, and the selection of worlds is good.
One other thing I thought was neat is that you get different keyblade designs throughout the game based on the worlds you visit, which is a good aspect because they could've easily made the default keyblade the only one you could use and just raised stats so it'd have more power.
But instead, they made various keyblades of various ranges and buffs, such as extending your MP or crit chance.
I can see why people found this game appealing when it first came out, but nowadays, it feels like a frustrating mess with some redeeming qualities but plagued by bad design and clunky controls that do nothing but make it feel outdated.
A remake could save this game, but for now, is better served as a cornerstone of the series to be experienced from afar, but seldom played.
It’s a very fun garbage. Donald is my best friend, is too anime, the menu in combat feels weird and I hang out with my other Disney friends.
Before starting, I'll mention that this review is based on my most recent playthrough in April 2023, but comes from someone who has enjoyed the series since I was a little kid. My latest playthrough is the first time I ever committed to doing the optional content in the game, and does heavily affect the rating.
For starters, this is one of my favorite RPG games due to how much life it has put into it. A lot of people consider the storyline of the Kingdom Hearts series to be wacky and convoluted, but I have always found that to be what makes it unique and creative. Sora is a pretty plain protagonist all things considered, and yet I find it hard to actually dislike him at all due to how it actually fits the story well. The inclusion of your partners, while questionably useless at times as these things go, really makes the game feel like a true "journey with the bros" which is an integral part of the experience to me. And of course, there are all the various tie-ins from stuff like Final Fantasy or Disney, which in some instances are barebones but others are pretty neat. Probably the best part though is the world itself, the concept of Heartless and Kingdom Hearts is fairly neat and to me has always been interesting to see built upon. Music is another great factor too, I think Kingdom Hearts has one of the most memorable and best soundtracks of any series.
Gameplay-wise, this has some good days and bad days. A lot of the features from later games are missing from this one, making Sora have way fewer capabilities than he would have in the future. Some of the combat especially feels a bit sluggish, such as the dodge roll barely making much distance, or the guard being not very reactive. A lot of the magic also feels rather useless in comparison to Thunder or Aero, the Stop spell especially feels a bit tedious since enemies won't die until it ends. This being said a lot of the fights are actually pretty fun, mostly the bosses. A lot of the end-game content is pretty exciting to fight, the secret bosses themselves are all spectacular and the last secret one is quite a climatic final showdown that serves as a perfect teaser for KH2. I know some people have a lot of grievances with the Gummi Ship, but I actually found this part of the game to be mostly fun (I did not do every mission but I obtained all related trophies).
Now as for my grievance: Synthesis. This is a good system conceptually that allows you to use enemy item drops to form equipment and weapons you can use. If you've played 2 or 3, you know that for the most part, it's fairly simple to do too since you can get items from mobs that are easy to grind out and then can take them to the local Moogle to use. Kingdom Hearts 1 however has these two aspects reversed, you can only synthesize in Traverse Town and you cannot grind out some items from just normal mobs. Part of the Synthesis item list are these things called "Stones", and they only drop from rare enemies that are rather obnoxious to get to spawn. Sometimes you can leave and re-enter a room over and over again, sometimes you have to leave the world itself and re-enter via the Gummi, and for one set I even had to back out to the title screen and rejoin to get them to respawn again. The grind for the final reward here was over 15 hours and that's with using a very detailed guide (KHGuides.com), I believe it would truly be unreasonable to expect people to do such without one, and did not find it very fun with it either.
Overall, I think Kingdom Hearts is a very solid success in making an RPG series that's unique and memorable. Given the simplicity of the combat and the inclusion of all the Disney worlds, it would probably be one of the best starting points for kids to get into, and even as an adult it still feels incredibly fun to play and finally do all the harder content in the game.
For starters, this is one of my favorite RPG games due to how much life it has put into it. A lot of people consider the storyline of the Kingdom Hearts series to be wacky and convoluted, but I have always found that to be what makes it unique and creative. Sora is a pretty plain protagonist all things considered, and yet I find it hard to actually dislike him at all due to how it actually fits the story well. The inclusion of your partners, while questionably useless at times as these things go, really makes the game feel like a true "journey with the bros" which is an integral part of the experience to me. And of course, there are all the various tie-ins from stuff like Final Fantasy or Disney, which in some instances are barebones but others are pretty neat. Probably the best part though is the world itself, the concept of Heartless and Kingdom Hearts is fairly neat and to me has always been interesting to see built upon. Music is another great factor too, I think Kingdom Hearts has one of the most memorable and best soundtracks of any series.
Gameplay-wise, this has some good days and bad days. A lot of the features from later games are missing from this one, making Sora have way fewer capabilities than he would have in the future. Some of the combat especially feels a bit sluggish, such as the dodge roll barely making much distance, or the guard being not very reactive. A lot of the magic also feels rather useless in comparison to Thunder or Aero, the Stop spell especially feels a bit tedious since enemies won't die until it ends. This being said a lot of the fights are actually pretty fun, mostly the bosses. A lot of the end-game content is pretty exciting to fight, the secret bosses themselves are all spectacular and the last secret one is quite a climatic final showdown that serves as a perfect teaser for KH2. I know some people have a lot of grievances with the Gummi Ship, but I actually found this part of the game to be mostly fun (I did not do every mission but I obtained all related trophies).
Now as for my grievance: Synthesis. This is a good system conceptually that allows you to use enemy item drops to form equipment and weapons you can use. If you've played 2 or 3, you know that for the most part, it's fairly simple to do too since you can get items from mobs that are easy to grind out and then can take them to the local Moogle to use. Kingdom Hearts 1 however has these two aspects reversed, you can only synthesize in Traverse Town and you cannot grind out some items from just normal mobs. Part of the Synthesis item list are these things called "Stones", and they only drop from rare enemies that are rather obnoxious to get to spawn. Sometimes you can leave and re-enter a room over and over again, sometimes you have to leave the world itself and re-enter via the Gummi, and for one set I even had to back out to the title screen and rejoin to get them to respawn again. The grind for the final reward here was over 15 hours and that's with using a very detailed guide (KHGuides.com), I believe it would truly be unreasonable to expect people to do such without one, and did not find it very fun with it either.
Overall, I think Kingdom Hearts is a very solid success in making an RPG series that's unique and memorable. Given the simplicity of the combat and the inclusion of all the Disney worlds, it would probably be one of the best starting points for kids to get into, and even as an adult it still feels incredibly fun to play and finally do all the harder content in the game.
Uma franquia extremamente inconsistente tem um início sólido o bastante, e sucede em criar mundos e personagens charmosos, acompanhados de uma bela trilha sonora, mas com gameplay simples e repetitiva, bosses questionáveis, e design de fases frustrante. Ainda assim, eu possuo um carinho pelo jogo que me fez comprar meu PlayStation 2, e até mesmo fiz uma playthrough completando-o no nível 1, mas admito suas falhas.
É o primeiro né, tem muita experimentação, o que faz o combate ser meio maluco. E a história é meio chatinha e sem personagens marcantes.
Great game. I shouldn't have played on proud+ mode. Fun gameplay and music with disney stuff.... Weird game.
The game that started this fantastic series and I love it for that. It's not my favorite game in the series but its the one I have the most nostalgia for and Sora is such a great protagonist don't care what people say.
Um dos melhores jogos que já abençoaram meu ano. Uma chuva incessante de falhas, e uma muito maior de acertos que cobrem todas elas. O RPG perfeito.
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the disney part was cool but i didnt like the gameplay and the lore was so basic it made me lose interest quick. DONT GET MY STARTED ON THE LEVEL DESIGN. W trio tho. Donald goated.
As a first timer with this series, I felt a lot of this game was quite clunky and often left me dissatisfied, though I still managed to find decent enjoyment out of the combat.
Un des meilleurs jeux de tous les temps mélangeant deux des plus grandes franchises Disney et Final Fantasy. Une perfection !!
Excellent opener to the KH series with a bunch of additional expanded content. Not the most well-rounded as far as combat and balance go, but really fun and comfy nonetheless. I recommend modding this to restore the original music tracks and Heartless colorations.
I dodged two of Ansem's "Submit" attacks in a row during the second fight. I feel like Himothy
i used to not like this game anywhere near as much as 2 and now (after doing an ultima run) i like it maybe more?
It took me my entire life to finally complete this game xd
Game is pretty solid .w.
Though you probably shouldn't play on the hardest difficulty, because the difficulty curve is funny. It starts off hard, then becomes easier with each boss and then all of a sudden you get practically one-shot by literally anything xd
Game is pretty solid .w.
Though you probably shouldn't play on the hardest difficulty, because the difficulty curve is funny. It starts off hard, then becomes easier with each boss and then all of a sudden you get practically one-shot by literally anything xd
Probably the best paced Kingdom Hearts game. Some mediocre level design but reasonably fun combat carries the game just fine. Story is at its most simple but the characters are all pretty annoying. Sora is just like actively horrible to follow.