This is pretty much inferior to the final mix version in every sense except for the pacing. Unlike most people, my major gripe with this version is the missing cutscenes. some of the story moments feel less impactful because of it. These aren't minor scenes that are missing either. These are important character interactions that have so much charm to them and it adds a lot to the their characters. But a added benefit of this, is that the game feels faster paced at telling it's story. The total added new cutscene time in the final mix version is only 26 minutes but almost all of them are added to either the begining, the middle or the end, (A.K.A kingdom hearts portion of the story)of the game. So it was very noticable to me when there were missing scenes. Some people probably didn't even notice a difference and i don't know if it's psychological on my part but the game felt faster and straight to the point at telling its kingdom hearts portion of the story because of it. I still like my kingdom hearts games a bit more slow paced but this is still something i noticed that i thought, i point out