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Ehhhhhhh I mean the game is well-made which is why it’s rated so high the production values are immaculate but it feels like such a step down from 2 I gotta be honest. The worlds themselves I like how open they are this time and the fact they filled them with PEOPLE but the selection is boring as shit everything outside of Hercules has had something made in like the past six years since the game’s release. Game is also fuck easy, thankfully playing on Critical mode has made that a lot more bearable but like if you’ve played ANY of the previous games you will immediately notice that the game’s difficulty is significantly easier than it’s predecessors. I’m also not a fan of how certain narrative elements were handled. First off pacing is absolutely garbage and it feels like the story has very little time to breathe. Second, Kairi and Axel’s development happens off-screen and, oops, turns out it didn’t really matter to begin with cause Kairi is easily defeated by Xehenort anyways and Axel’s keyblade is destroyed so he just uses his disks he had when he was a nobody. And what is this whole thing about a black box? I dunno how I feel about Xion coming back either I feel like it mitigates her sacrifice. Also, no characters from other SquareSoft games? Why not? I’ve been very negative but I don’t hate the game or anything, it’s very well-made and it has a lot of really satisfying moments for longtime fans (the keyblade graveyard sequence was just masterful) but I have to say I’m kinda disappointed with the final product as a longtime fan. I really hope KH4 address a lot of these issues that I have with the game.

Reviewed on Sep 27, 2023


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