a critical mode playthrough gave me a better appreciation for a game that gets overly hated. leaves me wanting more from the worlds, but hopefully that can be remedied in kh4. the music is also amazing and i slept on the ost on my initial playthrough. some of the plot contextualized by the mobile game works very well and leaves me hella excited for the future.
...but holy shit these super bosses were incredible. all fourteen of the data fights were superb, even if a few felt unfair. and yozora oh god he was so cool. 791 deaths later, these fights leave me itching for kh4.