Johnny vs. Kingdom Hearts III

[@SomecallmeJohnny]

I'm curious though. What would you guys like to see in a Final Mix of this game?

[@ThatOneEnder]

A great place to find some ingredients would be nice

[@corey_griffindor7121]

Besides critical mode. Data boss fights against the real organization, some type of coliseum/mirage arena, more original Keyblades like oathkeeper and oblivion, more cutscenes and interactions such as Riku and Terra, links with other characters during the Keyblade war and just balancing the game similar to how 0.2 was.

[@Genindraz]

A bit wishful, but I'd like a Colosseum mode where you can pick a guardian of light and battle Heartless with them and party members of your choice.

[@HatofDiscipline]

I don't understand why we're still doing Final Mix versions of KH. All of the stuff that people were upset about being omitted should be in the base game. Not sold to us via DLC.

[@theangrymoon8269]

Of course we need a FM, that post game is super weak

[@austinevans8842]

So disappointed the Goofy/Donald clip didnt make it in this review. Goofy: "Did you get that!?" Donald: "NO!"

[@BigA207]

Which game is that in, and when does it happen? I can't find it anywhere.

[@lightdragoon88]

@@BigA207 If I recall right: KH1 in Tarzan world.

[@alexmcneill6445]

@@Chad_Eldridge Its from Robot Chicken. The clip comes from the "Darkest Sketch"... Er, sketch.

[@andrewclark3330]

"KERCHA-"

[@MegaRay220]

Kingdom Hearts in a nutshell: HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN

[@Reesej0520]

MegaRay220 Xehanort: I love the young people!

[@buulian2308]

sora: hes gonna kick my butt!!

[@davidmorin2818]

He’s still gonna kick my butt!!!!!

[@superlombax1561]

@@Reesej0520 No wonder he wanted to possess Riku and Terra, the sick old man.

[@pancakesonrage902]

Terra: OUTTA MY WAY, CANT YOU SEE HE'S GONNA TAKE MY BODY!?

[@Acecard-jl2py]

I much prefer Xehanort's original reason to seek out Kingdom Hearts: Curiosity. It shows how much a man would go so far and lose himself just to seek out an answer.

[@HuntertheWraithDragon]

True, this one instead shows what happens when a man is so obsessed with his end goal, that he allows himself too be consumed with apathy, leading him to not care for the lives he ruins in pursuit of his goals.

[@ReneeSitra]

It was never just curiosity Even in the xehanort reports way back in bbs, he mentioned that he wanted to restore balance to the world

[@227someguy]

@@ReneeSitra first of all, he seemed to have clearly lost sight of that during the events of bbs, considering his lack of subtlety. second of all, even his curiosity motivation was stupid; you're saying he wanted to ravage the universe simply b/c he wanted to see what it would look like afterwards? this guy is a wack villain

[@meteornome2556]

227someguy Pretty sure its due to both curiosity and him feeling the lack of balance between the light and darkness were his motivation.

[@227someguy]

@@meteornome2556 he didn't even mention the latter to eraqus when he had the chance

[@TheOverkill999]

Right, so the plot of this game is that Xehanort was Revolver Ocelot the whole time.

[@OnDavidsBrain]

I'm guessing Xehanort was more like Liquid, Luxu/Xigbar is Ocelot; now that the cover job is done he and the B&B Keyblades Corp can move on to their true goal. Which is to revive The Master of Masters, Big Boss.

[@PixelHeroViish]

@Godly_ Ice The Foretellers will take the role of this universe's Patriots lmao

[@PixelHeroViish]

@Godly_ Ice I can't think of anything lol, but there's probably something 😂😂

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

With a hint of Agent Smith

[@xdfeverdream8122]

@Godly_ Ice Big Shell/Arsenal Gear would be the world that never was (Referencing the part of KH2 where Xemnas transformed it into a dragon mech) and shadow moses would be Daybreak Town/Scala ad Caelum because that's where the Keyblade war/Kingdom Hearts (The heart of all worlds moon version) and Liquid Xehanort started and its the first place you hear about M.O.M AKA Major Zero and his Patriots.

[@Whirlwhind1]

The only thing that bothered me in this game was how hard Kairi got shafted. I thought that she would finally get a moment in the spotlight, to stand on even ground with Sora and Riku, but no. Relegated to a plot device once again. She gets completely upstaged by Xion of all people.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

To be honest, I think she kinda deserves to get upstaged when Xion has actually had a fulfilling arc in a single game while Kairi's done almost nothing all series except be a plot device. STILL making her just a plot device, yeah it's annoying, but I don't mind Xion taking her spotlight in a single segment because it doesn't surprise me.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

@@kit76149 If she's written as having little personality, I'm hardly gonna feel bad for said character for contributing fuck all. It should go without saying this extends to real life writers failing to make me give a shit about her.

[@FrozenTundra88]

@@kit76149 Agreed. Pretty awesome character, subpar handling by the writing team. Though I'm not as hard on Kairi in KH3 as some are. (And to be fair, the series isn't over)

[@TrackForField]

In all honesty I personally feel like kingdom hearts 3 was absolutely just sloppily written. It all felt rushed where things were thrown in conveniently just to poorly progress the story.

[@WardenKaz]

TrackForField I think we need to admit that the series as a whole was never really well written. I mean the most of each game is just retelling Of the movies. And whenever it’s not that it’s just the characters saying exposition lines. There are loads of emotional moments absolutely but in terms of good writing, the series was never really good at that

[@SilverHairedFreak25]

*Xehanort:* I am actually a misguided good guy. *Sora:* Who could ever believe-- *Warriors of Light:* O K A Y I B E L I E V E Y O U

[@slobertooth1358]

Sora: ....I am going to kill myself

[@lumaseed6490]

@@slobertooth1358 what did you say?

[@Zayindjejfj]

Sora: ......I said I believe you....

[@SilverHairedFreak25]

@@lumaseed6490 Sora: I said I'm going to go save Kairi.

[@lumaseed6490]

@@SilverHairedFreak25 Okay. *que Don't think Twice*

[@RedRag684]

Hey Jonny fun fact. Donald is actually the most powerful mage in the square enix property. That even includes final fantasy characters.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

Ok I believe you

[@KatsuImagitian]

*ZETTAFLARE!*

[@LOLManArchives]

@@KatsuImagitian "Donald, don't!"

[@maciekx10]

Wouldn't Mickeys Ultima be stronger?

[@KatsuImagitian]

@@maciekx10 Everyone talks about Donald's moment. But that Ultima vs Stopza clash was badass.

[@KHFMcAwesome]

Nomura is a Magic Conch Shell confirmed: Maleficent: Nomura, what should Pete and I do for the entirety of the third game? Nomura: Nothing. Pete: THE SHELL HAS SPOKEN! :P

[@anothergamer112]

"So Maleficent, what are we gonna do this game?" "Absolutely nothing. :D"

[@reallyhimongod]

She only had one good scene and it was the secret ending lol

[@cloudshines812]

Same goes for Namine. She’s on the front box but doesn’t make a SINGLE appearence

[@YeoJJ_]

Roxas “shut up” voice clip can literally go with anything that’s complex and I love it

[@jacktwelve1710]

Xehanot: “I’m actually a mis guided good guy” Sora: “like who believe that” Everyone: “OKAY WE BELIEVE YOU” Sora: “I’m going to kill myself “ Riku: “what “ Sora: “I’m going to save Kari”

[@SuperPlaytendo]

That’s good

[@jacktwelve1710]

QUICK PLAY I was just quoting Just a pancake

[@LinkTahuterasuSpirit]

Rikus "What" should have been like the "WHAT!?" he said when Mickey said Aqua was like Sora

[@Lukeormaybenath]

That's no quotation, my friend. That's just plain ass stealing right there

[@jeffd.683]

You silly billy. This is a Kingdom Hearts game. No one can actually die.

[@FlameOfUdun96]

6:36 So what you’re essentially saying is replicas are to KH what nanomachines are to Metal Gear? *REPLICAS SON!*

[@symphomaniac]

Basically. You want a story about replicas that actually has repercussions for using them? Play Tales of the Abyss

[@FlameOfUdun96]

D-Sav Thanks for the recommendation

[@adamtaurusragnathebloodedg8407]

It's like Kingdom Hearts: The clone Wars

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

@@symphomaniac ...I need to finish that game

[@neroultimate1]

@@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 Dude what!? Finish that shit. The story is fucking great! That goes for any "Tales of" game 👍

[@theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149]

I can't wait for Kingdom Hearts 4 in 2049... not after a hundred side games that you have to play before jumping into it.

[@oguzhangungor9117]

Joke aside, how much do you wanna bet that a lot of fans to this series died while waiting for this game.

[@TimGaukerToons]

On 5 different consoles

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

Jokes aside, I seriously doubt we’ll have loads of side games till kh4. Most likely only 2 in fact. 1. A remake of Union Cross. This is inevitable considering how important it is to the story. 2. Whatever the secret ending of KH3 is hinting at.

[@mel-px7hl]

Wow nice one

[@davidgn40]

@@TimGaukerToons it's all on one console now, except Recoded and 358/2 Days

[@dastanovich2476]

*Johnny Learned a New Emotion* *Johnny Learned* _- Hurt_

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

"I know hurt" After this game came out I know hurt too sora. Edit: it's not bad but it's boring and that's worst then being bad to me.

[@maciekx10]

I know hurt

[@_mango_]

I know much hurt

[@Da_ComputerMonster]

_AND YOU CAN HAAAAAVE IT AAALL...🎵_

[@pedroxruz6032]

i kNow hUrT

[@Fuzon-S]

[after hearing Johnny's explanation of the story] Me: Did you get that? Brain: NO.

[@micstride720]

You put the same comment to the Mickey Mousecapade famicom video

[@mr.kevin1209]

My brain:🤨

[@Krbrx_DCD]

My brain: 😫😤🤯😵

[@Sjono]

I’m disappointed with how much talk of how another Keyblade War would cause unspeakable destruction, at the end of KH3 barely any long lasting effects are felt on the universe at large.

[@timekeeper2538]

Because that wasn't a Keyblade War.... Xehanort was just using the m to recreate the x-Blade.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

He called it a keyblade war.

[@surprisedwoody1025]

Eraqus tried to kill Ventus over _this?_

[@jaioncebollero1168]

Small scale battle if anything. Nothing like the original war obviously..

[@Sjono]

It’s more accurate to call what happened at the end of KH3 a Keyblade Kerfuffle

[@seanking7134]

Why the hell is Darth Vader not a super boss?

[@majortom331]

Sean King he's not traditional disney

[@cinnamonpanda6040]

@@majortom331 But is very fitting as a super boss

[@MisterMelvinheimer]

@@majortom331 either is sephiroth

[@johnlawful2272]

or wolverine

[@weirdguy1495]

Nomura doesn't want to use Star Wars or Marvel characters. ...Yet, anyway.

[@breadcat2990]

The REAL keyblade war was Johnny Vs his ceiling.

[@legoking6165]

Ha ha!

[@ggbhtg]

He literally left his mark on fate.

[@rawrdino7046]

Daddy Meme Master so is johnny gonna time travel?

[@StCerberusEngel]

Wait...13 vs 7? Maybe Nomura really is bitter.

[@EmeraldUltima713]

Damn. Didn't really think about that.

[@Zacman1123]

I just got that.

[@paulollarsabaiii9824]

StCerberusEngel Are you guys surprised? Nomura is petty. Nothin new here

[@jeffreyali3644]

Paul Ollarsaba III with what happened in 13's development, im not surprised

[@paulollarsabaiii9824]

@@jeffreyali3644 PRECISELY! Kingdom Hearts Vs. 3!

[@sirfailalotful]

The problem with the kh3 story is that no one can keep track of it. INCLUDING THE DEVELOPERS.

[@samuelwetz8378]

That’s pretty much every KH game After the first one! 🤣

[@marionsonic1035]

Nice review Johnny... But is it a good place to find some ingredients?

[@Pc_98_Fan]

I think there's a lucky emblem somewhere

[@bizar0]

I’ll help ya find the next one!

[@theomnigamer9177]

Everything looks like Olaf.

[@monkeyzebraproductionsacon4328]

We've finally finished the Kingdom Hearts Mania N-Sane Trillogy Returns Marathon and Knuckles

[@bernebelmont1857]

And Celest from Megaman Evil 2: battle royal

[@anthonyrubel4057]

for now anyways lol

[@jeffd.683]

With new Funky Mode.

[@munchjrgames942]

Bonus Indie Games included

[@ApprenticeNick]

Sick reference bro

[@DefaultGray]

Apparently Disney was really hard to work with this time around, which is why three of the worlds were forced to follow the films. Also the Xion thing: They remade her with no memories, once she came into proximity with Sora (since part of her is in his heart) she regained her memory and sense of self and immediately joins the good guys.

[@DefaultGray]

@Milkyway2099 Yes

[@Dreq458]

@Milkyway2099 the heart transfer was offscreened just like - lingering will's fate - xemnas' interrogation, which went absolutely fucking nowhere - kairi's and lea's training all that being said, xion still should've been norted

[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

To be fair, it's already hard enough to follow At World's End. The world itself is great, it's just too bad the movie it was based off of was bad.

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Disney has always been hard to work with, in terms of how they want their properties to be portrayed. Even then, at least in KH1 and KH2, a lot of the Disney worlds have kind of always been retellings of their respective movies, just with Sora, Donald, and Goofy thrown in there. Not all of them, but quite a few, so it's not like it's a big surprise when the world scenarios play out like the movie.

[@DefaultGray]

@La Maci right here www.ign.com/articles/2019/02/11/kingdom-hearts-3-the-challenges-and-rewards-of-working-with-disney#

[@mupumupu2842]

Honestly this game is the best in the series for the whole “yeetus vanitus” thing

[@paulollarsabaiii9824]

Mupu Mupu YEET THE DARK ONE

[@TrackForField]

No. It was a failure

[@xenobestx8423]

Let’s leave it at 69 likes.

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

Sulley is the true MVP. lol

[@TRG_R17]

Reply 5

[@brettwallace7687]

Maybe everybody forgave Xehanort because he sent them a nice letter.

[@HuntertheWraithDragon]

No one forgave him, that isn't what happened just because Eragus was able to brush everything off doesn't mean everyone else did. Eragus knew this would all happen in advance, that was their whole conversation about the keyblade war told us.

[@DaFro3713]

(In unison) O K A Y I B E L I E V E Y O U!

[@fightingmedialounge519]

No, eraquas didn't, and everyone else seemed pretty ok with him at the end.

[@XemnasKH]

Heartless are named completely incorrectly. They're someone's heart after they've fallen to darkness. Seeker Ansem is Xehanort's heart.

[@paulollarsabaiii9824]

Jurani Yeah for some reason Heartless and nobodies are named completely backwards. Nobodies are the bodies of people who lost their hearts. Heartless is the heart corrupted by darkness

[@nathanenzor2424]

Paul Ollarsaba III And Nobodies can grow replacement hearts over time.

[@wendykelly8332]

@@nathanenzor2424 Yup, also people need to stop saying that DDD ruined things, it's not like in 358/2 days wasn't obvious enough

[@pedroxruz6032]

I think they are called heartless in the sense of it being an evil heart. A "heartless" creature. A play on words.

[@ooffordays566]

And their bodies that are missing hearts are called... nobodies... are we sure this isn’t all one big mistranslation?

[@markmorales7958]

You all know what we liked about Thanos in Infinity War and Endgame right? The “true motivation” Xehanort revealed in the end of the game is a shoehorned version of that character archetype in the most laziest way possible and it’s much worse when you go back to his previous retconned motivation in Birth By Sleep. Thank you Johnny for pointing out just how stupid that moment is...!

[@selder_7]

Kairi does get so badly used in the series, she could’ve at least got killed while fighting back. And yeah Xeanorht having any kind of redemption, particularly with a man he murdered, is quite forced although Xeanorht’s plan is more remake the world because it’s crap rather than anything good intended

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

He wasn’t redeemed though. People seem to be misinterpreting this scene.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

Agreed with Kairi though

[@TheKpa11]

@@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE well more like "Accepted" for doing what he did and it coming to an end which was also insulting. The dialogue certainly made it seem like Xehanort was meant to be sympathized with (Mostly cause we've seen that motive archetype plenty of times) and quite frankly it's still stupid regardless. His motives are meant to be taken from a REAL WORLD perspective cause frankly the KH worlds' only hubris is how isolating they are. A nice enough character motivation would be looking at the "Great" Disney and Pixar worlds that are beloved in the real world by "us" and have some in game KH characters actually resent them. Cause those movies are more so symbolic and metaphoric rather than ones being real. They are made to build stories around to convey messages coupled with neat animation. But to look at them as 3-dimensional people would lead to bitter resentment and childish innocence to shirk and ignore real life struggle. That's how I feel others would see it from an antagonistic standpoint

[@RandomRon005]

They did no justice for Lea & Kairi in this game. Both had been training in Merlin's Hyperbolic Time Forest only to get their asses handed to them & do absolutely nothing. Kairi's the biggest offender to this since they spent so many games trying to build her up as a possible strong ally only to end up a worse version of Sakura Haruno. Kairi's a textbook example of Wasted Potential.

[@zachanikwano]

Random Ron @hyperbolic time forest” lol

[@HandmadeGoose97]

This video has been brought to you by 300 crabs

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

*1700 crabs

[@SlickEvan]

Oh no

[@CyberSurferXD]

Sooo.... what do you know about crabs? (no joke, this is literally how I responded to every character interaction past the Caribbean)

[@ffejpsycho]

Flip them over and attack for MASSIVE DAMAGE!

[@RarefoilB]

Not gonna lie: seeing Mickey's Keyblade and Xenohart's anime ball energy clash in dramatic fashion brought a smile to my heart. It was so ridiculous and somehow completely awesome too.

[@BugsyFoga]

"I BET THERE'S A LUCKY EMBLEM HERE" Me:"OKAY I BELIEVE YOU"

[@artofthepossible7329]

That is quite possibly my least favourite part of KH3. For the life of me the treasure hunting and the lucky emblems could not be found.

[@edgarmorales9950]

That's awesome Goofy! But can you do me a favor and POINT to where it is!

[@user-bk1qc8wy6q]

JUST A PANCAKE REFERENCE

[@aqualitytime]

People say that the original Kingdom Hearts 2 didn't have much post game content as well, but yeah, we have 13 years of game design since then, a more powerful system and development time. The game felt unfinished for me.

[@Zayindjejfj]

5 years*

[@TheBrutalSax]

@@Zayindjejfj I am sure he means in general, 13 years of gaming have passed since KH2, which is a lot of time.

[@star_toast]

João F. Luz They most likely ran out of time like in Kh2.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

Yeah, Vanilla KH2 literally only had Sephiroth. And if you're that desperate, I GUESS the Hades Paradox cups, but neither of which are post-game when you can access them before the end. Final Mix, sure, but I've had people groan at most of it being Org refights. Being straight fights for the Chain of Memories members wasn't enough differentiation for one friend with it. I don't mind personally, but really only because *I never got to play it from my PS3 2.5 copy not working properly.*

[@johnlawful2272]

they didnt play kh2 final mix?

[@keeganstormblade5456]

7:15 Both Riku Replica's you see are actually the same person. The one on Xehanort's side is from the past, and the other is the present day version or what's left of him anyway. 13:29 I don't know why people are trying so hard to justify this moment. Its a blatant retcon that makes Xehanort come off as a hypocrite. All of his preaching about darkness and balance, and it turns out he's a bigger light fanatic than Eraqus? No... Just no...

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

He wanted *balance.* Not light.

[@keeganstormblade5456]

@@UltimaKeyMaster Uh huh, sure.

[@rawrdino7046]

Keegan Stormblade who justifying that moment every comment i seen hated that part

[@ryancarson6962]

UltimaKeyMaster The reason he thinks the world needs to be balanced is because people have darkness in their hearts and thus the realm of light will never be free of the darkness. . . you know said the guy who’s experiments are DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE for the unversed existing via Vanitas and for the Heartless invading the realm of light, for all his talk about “balance” he was the entire reason there wasn’t balance in the first place, kinda makes me wonder why NO ONE points this bull shit out but nope they believe it.

[@Mario9919DX]

And Xehanort is a narcissist, a genocidal manic, and an asshole. The bastard killed Kairi so he could anger Sora so he could do all of this. Fuck him.

[@crazyfire9470]

Remind dlc: I’m about to force this man to do a round 2

[@zoltanszalai218]

13:47 THANK YOU!!! Exactly! Xehanort deserved no sympathy, his death should have been like Voldermort's from the book: dying alone and scared, knowing all his life was for nothing!

[@Nel_Annette]

You guys don't understand! Xehanort was just misunderstood the whole time! -flashback to the old man laughing as he grabs Ven by the head, freezes him, and drops him off a high cliff- Christ, KH3. The game's pretty as can be, but the pacing and character resolutions are absolute garbage. Which is saying a lot for a series that, while I enjoy playing, makes the overarching story worse and worse with each new entry.

[@HuntertheWraithDragon]

Nel_Annette He was never misunderstood, he was consumed and became apathetic and that isn't some tragedy, that is what happens when you are too blinded by an obsession.

[@RandomRon005]

This series is an accurate representation of why Nomura should stay with character designs & away from story telling. It feels like he wrote himself into a corner after KH, you can arguably say KH2, & he was mad libbing his way through the series in hopes it would all make sense when he put them together. Everything about this game feels feels rushed & disjointed from the story & characters to the entire game itself.

[@HuntertheWraithDragon]

@@RandomRon005 I think that is just your interpretation.

[@HuntertheWraithDragon]

@@RandomRon005 I can tell you from just looking at the ansem reports in each game, that Nomura had multiple avenues he could have taken the series from jump street. So you saying he wrote himself into a corner is false.

[@scissorman44]

@@HuntertheWraithDragon So he failed to convey what he was trying to achieve to such a degree even long time fans of the series felt it was bullshit. It makes little of an excuse, the story still lacked impact and was pretty rubish in the end(making sense of a plot point does NOT mean it mends all the problems it carries with it nor will make people sympathize with this character, which is what the framing of the scene was clearly going for).

[@w2krispy138]

They should have made Sora go to different worlds to recruit Disney and Final Fantasy characters for the battle with xehanort WHILE trying to get his powers back. That way going to different worlds would have an actual purpose and the final battle would be more spectacular.

[@HuntertheWraithDragon]

wasn't his purpose to learn?

[@joegreen3802]

@@HuntertheWraithDragon Could do both

[@HuntertheWraithDragon]

@@joegreen3802 But that doesn't work since it was established that seven light keyblade wielders had to face thirteen dark keyblade wielders.

[@joegreen3802]

HuntertheWraithDragon and yet Yen Sid, Donald and Goofy still helped despite not being one of the seven lights

[@HuntertheWraithDragon]

@@joegreen3802 Yin Sid was a keyblade master previously and Donald and Goofy are companions that have been there from jumpstreet. They are exceptions.

[@thekeybladewerehog3766]

Can't wait for Round 2: Johnny Vs. Kingdom Hearts III ReMIND

[@theoriginofsound3437]

Isn't that modern triple A gaming though? "Man do I wish that this game was completed before it was released."

[@Comkill117]

TheOriginOfSound usually anymore, but that doesn’t make it acceptable.

[@theoriginofsound3437]

@@Comkill117 I wholeheartedly agree. I desperately hope the gaming industry doesn't keep getting more and more greedy.

[@cbass8103]

TheOriginOfSound At least the indie developers are fine, but they really don’t have a choice do they?

[@captainmega6310]

No? More making them interactive movies

[@CyberBolt21]

What's this, Square Enix taking 7+ years to release a game that ends up disappointing and lacking in features? Oh boy I've never heard that one before.

[@chillplayer1234]

Cyberbolt21 Only the story is disappointing. Almost everything else is great and fun.

[@lunasperidot8760]

5 years, and one of them pretty much went down the drain because they had to restart using a new engine

[@TrackForField]

In all honesty I personally feel like kingdom hearts 3 was absolutely just sloppily written. It all felt rushed where things were thrown in conveniently just to poorly progress the story.

[@crazyfire9470]

It was supposed to FINISH the story too.

[@Mojo1356]

crazy fire ugh... did you people even do your research? Only the Xehanort saga was to be completed with 3. This was never meant to be the end of the story for the franchise.

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

My real problem with KH is that the plot is so much fluff and style but unfortunatly little substance. People are always talking on the vaguest of terms about dreams and friendship and light and darkness all to give you the impression there's something deep going on, when in reality that's it; the "talk" itself about that stuff is all that there is to it. False rethoric about vague concepts to fool you into thinking something smart is going on there

[@legendarymarston9174]

Finally! Someone that has the same opinion.

[@RandomRon005]

The problem I find with the overall KH plot is that it falls in love with itself. You look at KH & it kept things simple. Boy's home was destroyed & he's now going to different worlds to try & find them while also fighting against the these evil entities known as the Heartless and fighting Disney Legion of Doom. Sure, there were some complicated things. But the overall plot was simple enough to understand. You look at everything after & everything gets so convoluted from thing like Keyblade Wars to Time Travel that you start feeling numb to the entire story at this point.

[@trevoydamon6617]

Y'all say that but KH3 takes multiple shots at itself throughout the game. I mean "Organization Rehash"? Sora quoting almost every org member's actions when they actually enter a Disney world and seem to be doing something of relevance ever since KH2 as "What, you'll just spout some mumbo jumbo and disappear"? I mean come on. KH3 on it's own knows what kind of story it is. The only truly "deep" parts are if you enjoy the characters and what they go through. Granted that leaves a lot to be desired in this game's case but nonetheless I think it succeeds in that department.

[@SmashSSL]

@Chelline R. It's not about understanding the story or not. It surely can be understood easily if you want. The thing is, it isn't INTERESTING enough to even bother trying to. It's just poorly written. You don't waste your time analyzing a bad story just because it's complex (more like, complicated), when it's regardless just bad to begin with.

[@KidSnivy69]

Nomura is so pretentious, feeling the need to try and explain every minute detail. He needs to someone to tell him when enough is enough

[@iamjohnporter67]

Man.......it hurts me as a fan that everyone is divided on KH3 and to be honest I understand their criticisms and I to wish the game was a lot better. Maybe because we are so used to the final mix versions of KH1 and Kh2 thats what many people were expecting but never happened. Here is the thing, for me personally, I thought the game was great but I will admit it does have flaws. Like the worlds feel too big and leaves you lost trying to figure out what you need to do next, the pacing is really bad because a lot of is just "Sora you need to get the power awaking" and then at the end its like "Oh lets go save all the characters that we were suppose to save", and the game feels too easy even on Proud Mode I never once died in this game. I feel like a lot of these issues can be addressed in a Final Mix version or if the director wants to make a DLC for it. Not to mention there was no Final Fantasy character game at all. Most of it was more Disney focused and I saw that many people had issues with that and I can see where they are coming from. The story while for the most part tried its best to answer a lot of the biggest questions that the past KH games had it still wasn't good at the end where the Pacing was all over the place and left us with even more questions than answers. I get they tried to keep us interested for the next KH game but at this point it just doesn't feel good where you want to feel like you got what you wanted out the story but then the game just leaves you confused and wondering what the hell is going on. If I were to rate this game it would be a 7/10 I know thats harsh but I had to be honest because after beating the game I just felt disappointed. Past KH games had their Final Mix so I wouldn't be surprised if KH3 get its own which will be a good thing but I hope they don't make us spend another $60 for a more updated game.

[@RandomRon005]

The problem with the game is it felt like people had their own ideas without consulting the others & they tried to mesh them together only for it to feel like a disjointed mess. Nothing really happens for like the first 2/3 of the game and the last 1/3 just feels like a checklist just to tie up loose ends before they move on to the next saga. -Save Aqua? Check! -Save Ventus? Check! -Lingering Will? Check! -Xion & Roxas come back? Check! -Terra's saved? Check! The game felt everything about the pacing feels like they were rushing the development of this game. I'd give this game a 6/10 at best & I feel bad that I paid full price for the Deluxe Edition.

[@mattkugelman4369]

Random Ron are I had to pay plus tax with this and all I have left two bucks now I don’t regret getting the game cause i actually like it despite the flaws but price wise is the one thing I actually regret

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

I feel like one of the only people who doesn't think almost any of this was an issue to be honest. I think the combat is the best in the series (people say it's easy because it actually WORKS in its entirety), there's far less filler in Disney worlds even if the movie rehashes stick out more than ever and I don't mind Final Fantasy taking a 100% backseat. KH has enough world building that it doesn't NEED Final Fantasy essentially acting like awkward OC's in a single world anymore. Really, I'm kinda shocked FF is so missed as a complaint in this game, the only negative part about the lack of it is lacking an ending to Cloud and Sephiroth's arc from 2. Otherwise...what, more shallow fanservice just hanging around Radiant Garden not even being a playable world?

[@steffyjolin]

@@RandomRon005 I totally understand what you're saying about the pacing but think about it this way. if they saved aqua early in the game, she immediately would have went to wake up ven. then they have the 7 lights at that point. what else would have kept them from going immediately into battle with the 13 darknesses?

[@pokemax93]

@@UltimaKeyMaster no, the game is literally too easy. they throw attractions, transformations and grand magic and limit attacks at you every 3 seconds that dont use up MP and just tear through every enemy. they dont require you to think or plan out your moves, you dont even have to block or dodge roll in this game at all, hell you dont even need to use cure.

[@lonelywolf5659]

My favorite part is that he killed kairi and the man doesn't even apologize to you he just leaves. Hell Terra should have punched him in the face at least once. But seriously this dude is a giant a****** he should not get a happy ending nor should anyone forgive him for what he did.

[@sword_of_dusk]

Nobody forgave his ass. Eraqus convinced him to finally give up, but none of the heroes actually forgave him for a damn thing, and especially not Sora.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Except they kind of did, no one really showed any strong resentment towards him at the end and he even got to go off with they guy he killed.

[@sword_of_dusk]

Things were over, and there was still a job to do. The scene does not imply that Xehanort was forgiven by anyone other than Eraqus.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

@@sword_of_dusk Except it does, or at the very least that they let go of their anger. Xeahnort deserved the same ending as his other counterparts.

[@sword_of_dusk]

But the game never implies this. At all. The group just moves on to what they had to do next. With Eraqus appearing, it seems clear that they let him handle things. The telling part is how Sora interacted with all of the other Organization members. He did not exhibit the same actions with MX.

[@bloodcountess81]

Death seems kinda meaningless. There's no stakes here when you can resurrect people over and over again.

[@AniGaAG]

Hi, DBZ!

[@philithegamer8265]

@@AniGaAG DBZ initially wasn't too bad with this back when Piccolo dying equalling his other half Kami dying equalling the Dragonballs turn into useless stone equalling everyone is fucked, and you could only be wished back once with only each of the sets of Dragonballs. That shit goes out the window when Dende now takes hold of Earth's Dragonballs and apparently characters can be resurrected without then anyway. Even worse when it's revealed Whis can just reverse back time incase the Z fighters fuck up.

[@AniGaAG]

@@philithegamer8265 In general, DB(Z) (and whatever all its spin-offs are called) is a show I've _seriously_ grown out of over the years. As a kid I loved it... but when I tried to rewatch it as an adult, I didn't even make it through the Freeza Saga before I was bored and annoyed out of my mind.

[@philithegamer8265]

@@AniGaAG LOL Whatever, even as a kid I knew DBZ is the most overhyped ass anime of all time.

[@AniGaAG]

@@philithegamer8265 Haha. Yeah, I was just one of those really hype-susceptible kids. And DBZ has nothing if not lots of hype covering up nearly zero substance, so it was right up young me's alley. xD

[@keitea2812]

I'm looking forward to Kingdom Hearts 3.14 Temporary Light Fracturing Prologue One Final Mix ver 2.0 director's cut cash grab edition. IOS exclusive

[@brandonwilliams6119]

Kei Tea Does it come with Pie because 3.14 = Pi

[@JIreland1992]

The reveal of Xehanort being a good guy was dumb. Not necessarily in idea but in execution.

[@HuntertheWraithDragon]

He was never revealed to be a good guy, he is chaotic neutral, willing to sacrifice for the greater balance and completely apathetic.

[@TrackForField]

In all honesty I personally feel like kingdom hearts 3 was absolutely just sloppily written. It all felt rushed where things were thrown in conveniently just to poorly progress the story.

[@JIreland1992]

TrackForField let’s be honest, with how convoluted this series is, the final game feeling rushed was gonna be inevitable.

[@TrackForField]

kirbyboy92 but the are ways they could have executed it better instead of just making things just happen for convenience. Especially Xehanort’s reasoning, or the power of waking, or just the fake hey lets just happen to have replicas readily available for everything.

[@JIreland1992]

TrackForField yeah but this series was built on things happening because of convenience. It’s what happens when you try to tell an epic story with no real plan.

[@Scsigs]

Well then. Here we are, Johnny. Where will this take us?

[@radicallaruby]

Further than Sora and Riku's raft.

[@Scsigs]

Shut the fuck up.

[@viewtifulgold4223]

This thread made laugh for the first time all day lmao.

[@Scsigs]

Oh, I really WAS telling the other person to shut the fuck up. I wasn't laughing. That was a shitty joke.

[@radicallaruby]

@@Scsigs No.

[@Kira1Lawliet]

Kingdom Hearts III from how I see it: Pros -Great music -Great visuals -Beautifully handled resolutions for the characters (well, most of them) -Fantastic exploration -Really good dialogue (for this series) -Best Gummi ship -Decently fun minigames Cons -Pretty awful plot (both generally and for certain Disney worlds) -Overstuffed combat -Too easy* -Kairi -Unresolved mysteries* -Maleficent and Pete being useless as ffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck -Lack of post-game content* -No Final Fantasy characters* -Hardly any original worlds (Twilight Town, Keyblade Graveyard, The Final World, The Dark World, and Scala ad Caelum were all a fraction of the size of the Disney worlds)* * = I expect these to be fixed in DLC

[@paulollarsabaiii9824]

For some of these cons -Kingdom Hearts 2 was also waaay overstuffed. In fact, KH3 is a bit more streamlined. You either mash X, use magic and maybe an occasional triangle or Limit. -Maleficent and Pete were NEVER useful. ESPECIALLY Pete. Maleficent could be argued because of the first game but her boss fights were pretty easy there. -Kingdom Hearts 1 only had Destiny Islands, Hollow Bastion, and End of the World. Kingdom Hearts 2 had Keyblade Graveyard, Twilight Town, World That Never Was, and Hollow Bastion. KH3 has Final World, Keyblade Graveyard, Scala Ad Caelum, Twilight Town, Destiny Islands (technically, but I don’t count it), the Realm of Darkness, The Land of Departure and Hollow Bastion (technically, but I don’t count it). Kingdom Hearts 3 actually had the second most original worlds in the series. -On top of that, KH3’s world’s are MASSIVE.

[@ribottostudio]

I agree Kairi was fucking useless here lol

[@chillplayer1234]

@@paulollarsabaiii9824 Maleficent was not easy in KH1 and also Pete & her might be useful next saga.

[@Hidden_lvl]

@@paulollarsabaiii9824 The problem is that the realm of darkness isn't really a world just a small section of the game which you can't return to, twilight town is extremely nerfed in size, radiant garden only appears in cinematic, and scala isn't even explorable.

[@Kira1Lawliet]

Upon returning to this comment, Critical mode has successfully fixed the "too easy" con. Now we just wait to see what ReMIND can do to clean up the other stuff.

[@ismaelreyna5399]

Xehanort slices Kairi through the back for Lolz and gets a redemption arc 10 mins later. What is character consistency? .-.

[@onerandomdude4015]

This series is just self insert fanfiction

[@philithegamer8265]

It took you that long to notice?

[@thencsmaster4343]

And so the story concludes.....What do you mean it’s not over?!?!

[@zincarnate5827]

no, there gonna be 2 more games to explain the ending

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

Nomura did confirm this wasn’t the last game Year’s ago. In fact, it was the day KH3 was first announced when he said this.

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

XigbarDetectiveBobbyFulbright TheSpiritofJUSTICE Nope he said that years ago mate

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

@kata He said it multiple times actually. KH3’s first announcement back in 2013 being the first.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

@shurryy Other than a secret boss hinting towards the next game, I seriously doubt we'll Get any story through dlc.

[@TheAdventGamer]

On the Terra scenario. If I remember right someone made the comparison that the Guardian was Terra's heartless and Lingering Will was effectively Terra's Nobody. Ansem and Xemnas were Xehanort's heart which hijacked Terra's body. Anyway the reveal with the Guardian and how he effectively stole the scene was one of my favorites.

[@JustAdam123]

If this review isn't 30 minutes of saying "darkness", "Sora, Donald, GOOFY!" and "This might be a good spot to find some ingredients" in a dying Donald voice I'll sue.

[@IamaPERSON]

Ok, I believe you

[@tetragaming6332]

You can't forget the bs philosophy

[@_mango_]

Gawrsh

[@smoothSnake23]

Anything else u wanna add?

[@DillonSolos]

Sup Adam You got your lawyers on the phone?

[@FalcomTreya]

Thank you for addressing all the issues and strengths of this game. Kingdom Hearts 3 from the plot, easy gameplay, lack of FF chatacters, and superbosses made it seem like nomura kinda came up with this ending in like 6 months. The game still has its strengths but this was not the game I was waiting for when I finished kingdom hearts 2 back in the day (although seeing the sea salt gang back together was rather nice).

[@HuntertheWraithDragon]

I don't thing FF is really that important to the overall plot though. I mean they were definitely a main stay, but never plot important and they should never crossover to be apart of the main plot, because this isn't dissidia.

[@johnpantag472]

It does suck. Also I hate the engine. Kh3 feels so much different than the other kh games

[@mattnazario7235]

Terra: master eraqus, am I️ a good keyblade Warrior yet Master eraqus: *NO PASS*

[@SShaBazzz]

Well Terra is already named a Keyblade master so screw eraquis.

[@ChristopherMoom]

Kingdom Hearts is complicated, like, who's Mickey Mouse? Never heard of him.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

Ok I believe you

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

Also hello fellow Justin Y. Impersonator. :)

[@slobertooth1358]

Stop fucking posting this on every kh video.

[@domoru5264]

Honesty would’ve scrapped the frozen world and replaced it with Halloween Town

[@jadenkarpoff9158]

Eh Xion was alright because the organization needed a final member to replace Sora and Xion without memories was the best they could do. Their only other option would have been to use Vexen or Demyx, and they were both weak cowards so that wouldn't have worked out. Xion basically being a clone of Sora made her a great replacement for him as well. I will agree that the game did a terrible job of explaining that though, and I'll admit I view Xion in a more favorable light than some because she, Roxas, and Axel are the only group of friends that are actually shown being friends together, so they have the most believable friendship (as far as KH characters go at least). Also it seems unclear as to whether she was actually a vessel for Xehanort or not, because we never see her with yellow eyes.

[@focusfireno.1099]

Well according to the game she's not a seeker, because she didn't die for the clashes, otherwise Kairi wouldn't have gotten killed.

[@jadenkarpoff9158]

FocusFire No.10 The wiki says she was supposed to replace Sora though. I don’t know if that’s in a journal entry or what but that seems to be why she was brought back, even though she doesn’t seems to have any xehanort in her. Probably a classic Nomura plot hole.

[@focusfireno.1099]

@@jadenkarpoff9158 Maybe, maybe not will have to wait until what information Nomura shares in the Ultimaina interview on the 28th in Japan.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

No, they could have just made a frehsh replica or just found someone epse since they clearly don't need them to ne to powerful.

[@lShadow426l]

I feel like some context and better explanations should be added here 1. Pretty sure Yen sid stated that xehanorts attempt at taking Sora's body locked the power of waking away, they had to go around the worlds trying to figure out how to unlock it (but they still spend the majority of the time not really doing that still) 2. Ansem's research lead him to keep his heart and Terra's when he went to become a heartless by unnatural methods unlike how sora became a heartless, although his guardian not being a pure heartless despite obviously being a pure heartless is a retcon likely because Terra wasn't a thought until halfway into making the story for kh2, I put that together during terranorts bossfight in bbs 3. Xion was likely taken when Sora was captured, there is a bit of missing time in DDD and because she was trapped inside Sora's heart at the end of 358/2 days she was likely removed as a contingency when Xehanort failed to get Sora. 4. Not context but im almost certain it was Disney fuckery that made Xehanort a twist good guy because him killing Kairi was just evil and unnecessary ontop of killing Eraqus, and literally billions of people to even get to that poin. This story was forced to change so many times because Disney kept saying no and it caused an extra 3 year delay, i get the feeling the only reason Sora is now in the Quadratum is so Disney can't butt in with the story when none of their IPs are getting used.

[@alphabluu]

_This looks like a good place to find some ingredients!_

[@SShaBazzz]

And the food looks delicious.

[@KeroKaminaX]

12:03 i was confused about this too until someone told me that the lingering will was the remnants of Terra's anger and refusal to give up while the guardian was terra himself. which makes more sense to me

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

Lingering Will is Tera’s mind. The Guardian is Terra’s heart.

[@BoulderPunchPodcast1]

XigbarDetectiveBobbyFulbright TheSpiritofJUSTICE ... WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?! Heart, soul, mind, they all seem to just blend together in this series.

[@Dreq458]

@@BoulderPunchPodcast1 at least soul and mind do

[@theundeadgentleman4998]

@@BoulderPunchPodcast1 Hearts are basically an equivalent to the soul, which, much like other fantasy settings, are distinct from the body and mind.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

@@theundeadgentleman4998 Except kingdom hearts makes it clear that the heart and soul are two diffrent things.

[@RhyperiorRanger]

Terra was always Ansem’s guardian. It was implied in Dream Drop Distance after Riku’s boss fight against him.

[@jrpludacrous]

I thought it was implied in BBS, when Terra started fighting Xehanort from within, Terranort stabbed himself and released Terra's darkness, which became the guardian

[@RhyperiorRanger]

jrpludacrous I’d say his light went to lingering will, his darkness became the guardian and the body... yeah I don’t feel like typing that explanation. I’m sure you already know it.

[@ultraspinalki11]

@@jrpludacrous that doesn't explain why the guardian showed up BEFORE terranort stabbed himself with the keyblade. He shows up in the middle of Terranort's fight against Aqua.

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

Paulo Penado The guardian would be the equivalent to Terra’s heartless while Lingering Will would be the equivalent of his nobody .

[@fightingmedialounge519]

@@BlackangelKatakuri that doesn't really apply.

[@EpicOdysseus]

I think the big thing regarding post-game content is that none of the original Japanese versions of 1, 2, or BBS had them either. The games launched in Japan first, then months later would come out in the West with additional content like superbosses and other optional post-game challenges. This is the first game that was released in Japan and the West simultaneously though, so what might be a standard KH affair for Japan feels a lot more empty to us, since we're used to these bonuses already in exchange for waiting longer. I suspect we'll be getting more stuff as DLC, though.

[@Aryxina]

The AVGN thing got me too!! I heard that and I'm like "BRUHHHHHH"

[@pokevideuz]

KH2's Final Boss Fight > KH3's Final Boss Fight I didn't really feel anything in the fight in Master Xehanort aside from being tired. It wasn't exciting, and definitely nothing memorable within the fight itself. Xemnas on the other hand had four phases, each one with its own memorable set piece: -Skyscraper Slicing and superjumps -The Dragon (The design was cool, but the fight itself was boring I will admit) -Big Dragon with more Skyscraper Slicing -2v1, dodging through the air, thousands of lasers (Still think this is one of the best attacks I've seen done by a final boss) KH3 just couldn't outdo KH2's scale of crazy. I wanted to like the fight, I really do, but it was just a mess to me. Also that underwater section of his fight can kiss my ass. Music-wise, Master Xehanort's theme sounds good but I felt cheated because it was just another remix and mashup. I was looking for something more original to the character. Probably just me, but maybe KH3 needed more set pieces like the reaction commands. It made KH2 easy, but you can't deny it made the game look absolutely stylish and make you feel like a badass, and even helped make the fights more memorable.

[@PseudoUematsu]

I 100% agree. I went back to KH2 after KH3 just to make sure my nostalgia goggles weren't on too tight, and man the reaction commands just made each fight feel really unique and memorable. In KH3 you get a bunch of unnecessary fluff in battle (the rides are the worst; I just refused to use them) that makes KH3 even easier, but it's the same crap every battle. This makes every battle kinda blur together.

[@pokevideuz]

​ Stark Raven Recently binged KH2FM and if there's something KH3 fails at (right now), it's game balance You can blow through the game by spamming Firaza (which you can get very early on, wtf?), the rides get in the way, situation commands have NO COST (this is a big problem), Links aren't viable because it drains ALL YOUR MP AND FOCUS, and why use those when Firaza can do the same job for cheaper, and even better? Physical combos don't feel as responsive as KH2's; this game really wants you to spam magic all the way through. I honestly wish the Sorcerer (The red cube Nobody that's immune to magic) was seen more often just to remind players you can't spam your way through with magic alone.

[@roiitzkovich4545]

But reaction commands only look cool. They don't add anything to gameplay. I want to always be in control, being able to actually cut through the skyscrapers instead of pressing tringle and see Sora does it with no actual player input. For the first playthrough it's fine but in repeated playthroughs all I want is just to get to the actual fight with Final Xemnas (and the fight itself is kinda stupid because you suddenly play as Riku for some reason and reflect lasers, which, again, is just for style and no actual gameplay). In Xehanort's fights there aren't cool set pieces but you are always in actual control and fighting. The only legitimate fair criticizm for KH3 is that it's mechanically broken and Sora's combat tools need some limitations.

[@pokevideuz]

​@@roiitzkovich4545 I like to be in control in a fight too. KH2's flashy reaction commands still made me feel more in control than KH3's Attraction Flows and lack of Cost Management with the situation commands. It feels as mindless as the command deck from BBS. You can skip the Riku part in Final Xemnas's fight if you use reflect. Thing is, KH2 gives you A LOT of options to work with that I ended up considering the Reaction Commands as a sweet bonus that made the boss fights truly alive. They just look cool, sure, but I don't mind when the game gives me some eye-candy when I can already kick some ass. If they give me an advantage in the fight, they're part of the gameplay in the end. Like I said, the Xehanort fights at Scala ended up boring me because there wasn't flair and it couldn't outdo KH2's scale. Osaka team still can't get out of that Command Deck buzz and it's really disappointing. Here's hoping that KH3 DLC will somehow dethrone KH2FM. edit: I should have specified KH2FM in the first place

[@roiitzkovich4545]

@@pokevideuz Screw scale. You seems to enjoy pazzaz more than gameplay. At least with the attractions you are actually in control. You will go nowhere if you won't move the tea cups or the splash run unlike reaction commands, where it's like "please video game, may you give me the reaction command so I can finally win?" and when they do pop up you just watch the game plays itself. The only thing that is out of your control in KH3 are the team-up attacks (appearing just whenever they want to) but they aren't for pazzaz and just for added damage, making them a necessary battle tool, and unlike reaction commands the team-up attacks require a player input, much like limits (you aren't watching stuff happening in KH3, you are DOING stuff). And BTW Xehanort is harder than Ansem or Xemnas on proud each (at least I died to Xehanort twice unlike Ansem, where I died once, or Xemnas, where I didn't die). I agree KH3 is too easy but it has more gameplay than any other game in the series (and don't forget that vanilla KH2 was also very easy until they listened to fans's issues and fixed the difficulty in Final Mix).

[@LagrimaArdiente]

"Fucking hell, poor Kairi. A means to an end 'til the last breath. What an utter, _utter_ waste of potential!" Tell me about it... 😞

[@FlameOfUdun96]

I already posted my thoughts on the Caddicarus video, but they’re still relevant so whatever (wall of text inbound): I know the whole “press triangle to win” joke has been beaten into the dirt ever since Vanilla KH2, but this game REALLY pushes it. A lot of the mechanics like Attraction Flow and flowmotion (which was really nerfed in this game btw) feel superfluous to the experience, and as a result the gameplay feels unfocused. Not to mention that the feeling of risk vs reward from previous installments is practically nonexistent here, as the game actively encourages you to effortlessly spam commands with little to no consequences. As you can imagine, this renders the game absurdly easy to play through, even on Proud mode. A popular counter argument I’ve been hearing is that I could just play the whole game with Zero XP on and without equipping certain abilities, but I think the people who make this argument are missing the point. I shouldn’t have to gimp myself to give myself a proper challenge; I didn’t have to do that in KH2FM (a game that’s over a decade old and STILL has 10x more post game content than this big budget 2019 title btw), so why should I have to do that here? My main gripes with the narrative are the atrocious pacing (everything important is crammed in the last couple of hours for some inexplicable reason), the unnecessary retconning of Xehanort’s motivation (I really feel you on this one) and awkward pauses during dialogue, but the more pressing issues with this game stem from the gameplay. This is something I really didn’t expect. I did think the game was fun overall, but man is it heavily flawed. I really hope that rumored Critical Mode DLC is a thing. Oh yeah, and fuck Hundred Acre Wood...why did they even bother

[@darklink2nd]

Still not as bad as DDD or BBS when it comes to "triangle to win"

[@FlameOfUdun96]

Realm of Darkness I mean at least in those games (despite how flawed they are) there is a much more prevalent sense of risk vs reward, given how most commands have cooldown timers

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

You don’t need to do it all

[@FlameOfUdun96]

Katakuri Fan Pardon?

[@okagron]

@@BlackangelKatakuri So? Just because we don't need to use it doesn't make it not a problem. They could have added a much bigger risk/reward with these but because there's hardly any of that, it becomes boring to use them.

[@Kyle-ii4fp]

18:48 I knew I heard the Avgn theme as well!😁

[@zachanikwano]

11:42 “Internet band of sh*tposters” 10/10

[@Anonfaulty]

Personally I automatically cancelled out the attractions instantly. Not because I wanted more challenge, but because I didn’t think they were fun.

[@andrepsomas8200]

I may never understand Kingdom Hearts plot as a whole, but one things for sure is that Johnny always delivers with a damn good ass review!

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

To be fair, every game always ends with unanswered questions so it is literally impossible to understand EVERYTHING because of that. KH3 is no different lol.

[@selder_7]

Time travel and replicas are just an excuse to bring old characters back, sorta feels like Nomura suddenly remembered that replicas are a thing in this game 😂 somethings you just need to accept at face value

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

I wouldn’t call it an excuse. It’s a pretty clever way to bring back past characters, at least in my opinion.

[@imperfect_dan7519]

@@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE not really, it's common nowadays to bring back characters

[@ojutay8375]

Scott Elder he has the attention span of a squirrel on speed what do we expect

[@KidSnivy69]

Nomura need an editor to tell him when his story has unnessicary full, even if that means losing half of the non numbered KH games.

[@iggnifyre6333]

KH3 shows that these plot point were never meant to be tied up so they just went "uuuhhh.. TIME TRAVEL"

[@DZlegend]

I love this game but have some of the same gripes that you do. Needs more meat on it after game, easy no matter the difficulty setting, Kairi's potential was wasted but on the bright side I can see her redeeming herself if she feels bad for Sora disappearing and goes to get him back. While the Final Fantasy characters were never my reason for playing I did expect to see some sort of conclusion to Cloud vs Sephiroth cause I thought they were just gonna wait till numbered titles to continue FF plot. Also I really wish we would have gotten massive original Kingdom Hearts worlds like radiant garden or Scala ad Calem being a massive final world like TWTNW was in KH2. We could have easily fought all of the armored seekers in 1v1s in that world since each of them used one of the 13s weapons.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

Same. It was still great regardless though.

[@DZlegend]

@@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE yea I definitely loved it

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Don't count on a kairi redemption.

[@ryancarson6962]

DZ The Legendary One I think for Kairi to get better as a character she needs to actually do something and build meaningful relationships with other characters without Sora being involved. At this point Kairi is pretty much going on route to being one of those characters who only exist to be a love interest for another character. I mean she’s supposedly good friends with Riku but it barely feels like that anymore and most of her scenes revolve around her relationship with Sora, hopefully after Sora died she can do something that isn’t Sora related but with this series track record so far I’m not holding my breath.

[@Weretoons]

It took until Kingdom Hearts 3 for Disney/Pixar worlds to have original stories instead of recreating their movies?

[@victorhugocosta1127]

Some worlds in KH1 and KH2 had original stories

[@MANJYOMETHUNDER111]

Johnny, the Heartless aren't LITERALLY heartless, they are disembodied hearts whose darkness has formed a sort of body around them.

[@twinkiesmaster69]

this just makes the name even worse

[@zyxluz4645]

@@twinkiesmaster69 let me help you. HeartLESS are the darkness of people's hearts. NObodies are the bodies left behind.

[@Cailan_Mors]

@@twinkiesmaster69 I think it's supposed to be more philosophical than literal

[@atpyro7920]

'And his internet band of shitposters' As someone who plays Union X and is a shitposter, I laughed a lung out at that line.

[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

Tangled is a really good movie. You should go watch it.

[@Bluedino152]

Wow I woke up literally just in time, nice! BUZZ LIGHTYEAR The gun bumper car is an actual thing in Disney land/world. And it’s for BUZZ LIGHTYEAR

[@calamaty2007]

Yep, I've ridden on it. Really fun. Basically a rail shooter.

[@lagforce7473]

Xehanort wasn’t redeemed He was defeated and accepted his death There’s no hell in kh anyway every heart is just returned to kingdom hearts so no matter what he was gonna go with eraqus

[@umbra8414]

GerryTheDualblasting HERO finally someone who know that not have someone burning in hell means the worlds forgives them

[@lagforce7473]

Jordan Harris I mean did you see their expressions they didn’t care that he was laughing with eraqus They looked pretty pissed tbh lol

[@fightingmedialounge519]

No they didn't. They were indifferent at best and game still clearly wanted you to sympathize with him. So it's still terrible.

[@umbra8414]

Kye Dysarthria how were they trying to sympathize him? By telling us that his motivation wasn’t just “I’m gonna take over the world just because!”

[@surprisedwoody1025]

@@umbra8414 But don't you see? He was just trying to get rid of the darkness in peoples' hearts! Y'know, the same Xehanort who relished in the pain of the wayfinder trio, the one who had millions of innocents from many worlds murdered by the Heartless and Nobodies, the one who laughed while being engulfed by darkness, the one who relished in Sora's future demise, and on and on. Xehanort loves darkness. Why would he ever want to get rid if it? Tetsuya Nomura needs to learn that plot twists don't work if it completely contradicts everything before it.

[@apollorock3r244]

2:14 Nothing compared to BUZZ LIGHTYEAR! The world’s greatest superhero! Now the world’s greatest toy! I laughed so hard on that. XD 08:02 I was eating Denny’s while watching this. XD

[@THEJOHNNYFLASH]

My favorite game reviewer! :) I remember watching this channel back when I was a kid! Ahh good times. Nice to see that he's still got it!

[@_mango_]

Next game: Kingdom Hearts π (& Knuckles)

[@shadow64dd]

AND KNUCKLES INTENSIFIES

[@KyanbuXM]

Featuring Noctis and Noctis from the FFXV series.

[@Mr3DLC]

Mmmmmm....pieeeeee....

[@sophiakon6293]

I've seen this comment somewhere else too. Just out of curiosity why are you using the greek letter π ?

[@_mango_]

Sophia Kon isn’t that Pi (as is 3.1415 etc.)? I’m making a joke about the arbitrary numbering and titles on the KH games

[@larrypoppins6273]

Woody telling off zehanort is easily my favorite moment of the series. And Mike and sully taking out veritas was pretty great too.

[@michaelwhovian3963]

The Theme Song has matured man. WOW. Johnny, as someone who is trying to get started into the Kingdom Hearts series, your videos on them have really helped me at least hang over while I ponder the decision. This game looks FANTASTIC.

[@reapers_scyth3181]

22:53 "Everything just started melting" *Gameplay of the Frozen world on screen* H a h

[@brandonontama2415]

I dislike how the nerfed Riku and all the other characters just to put Sora over.

[@KidSnivy69]

Especially when he was apparently starting from square 1

[@mattkugelman4369]

Riku I can get behind, the rest don’t really feel like they add to anything in terms of gameplay content

[@brandonontama2415]

@@mattkugelman4369 I'm interested, what do you mean?

[@mattkugelman4369]

Brandon Ontama I mean like adding more Riki’s story by giving more dark world and giving him radiant garden in his story would help the pacing more but giving everyone else a playable moment feel more unnecessary especially Kairi considering how it ended for her

[@brandonontama2415]

@@mattkugelman4369 True, I may be the only who thinks this but I think Riku should of been the one to save Aqua.

[@BugsyFoga]

This might be a good spot to find some KH3 Reviews .Also who else here wanted to see a Treasure Planet and Atlantis world😄👌

[@221b]

If you want Treasure Planet as an action/RPG then you should play Rogue Galaxy.

[@KanasanDX]

A Johnny Upload? You know it's a good day.

[@theroleplayinggamer837]

7:55 Kingdom of Corona? Guess they’re under constant quarantine! 😜

[@Aphelion87]

I've always said there are two types of good villains to me. The emotional sympathetic villains, and the ones who are just super crazy evil that you just love to hate. It's sort of like comparing Prince Zuko to Judge Frolo. Zuko is a likeable, emotional, sympathetic character that you can understand and relate to so him doing the right thing in the end and helping the hero feels satisfying while Judge Frolo is just so despicable and constantly find excuses to go further in his atrocities in the name of God he's also a compelling character. The worst villains are the ones who try to be both and end up accomplishing neither. Xehanort unfortunately falls into that last category. I'm sorry but I just cant get invested in his character when you build him up as this big bad powerful manipulative man who will be the final fight and then try to make him out as this misunderstood hero. They should have picked one way to portray him and stuck with it. If you want him as this maniacal intimidating figure, let him be that. If you want him as a misunderstood hero truly trying to do what he thinks is right but ends up going too far, then let him be that. Dont try to do both, it just ruins the potential of his character.

[@scissorman44]

That's a bit of an oversimplification(specially since the entire point of Zuko is to redeem himself), but it makes for a good starting point to dissect what the hell is wrong with Xehanort

[@ForrestFox626]

Sometimes I'd prefer pure evil

[@dnob98]

2:40 the best comeback you can come up with for anything

[@DiddyKongVsLuigi]

18:47 Who else is picturing James inside that ship screaming, “ASS!” 😂

[@jkrunch2166]

The gameplay is reflective of the story - so overbloated with filler and nonsense that if often feels hollow, lacking actual substance in favor of fan service. The strategy and care of Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 is gone, replaced with an overdose of flashiness and fanfare. Honestly, I think the franchise peaked, in story and gameplay, with Kh2 and birth by sleep and has gone off the rails since.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

I disagree. The story has gotten more confusing sure, but it’s still pretty engaging. That’s just my opinion though. :)

[@KidSnivy69]

@@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE KH is not confusing, it is over explained and up its ass.

[@star_toast]

J Krunch “The story and gameplay peaked with birth by sleep” LMAO

[@ProxyDoug]

I wouldn't include BBS in that peak.

[@iggnifyre6333]

@@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE You call it engaging, I call it laughable.

[@supersaiyanmikito]

So to explain Xion and to a degree the multiple Rikus... Xehanort was always fascinated by Sora and his unusual connection to everybody so he knew he had to have him as a vessel at all costs. Once Vexen rejoined with his leftover data from the Riku Replica and the "Replica crafted from Sora's memories", he decided to forget about using Sora entirely and had Vexen just make another Riku and Sora replica. The Riku Replica was simply that, a Replica. They made him believe he was KH1 Riku since Xehanort could time travel but it was just another lie to another Replica. The original Riku Replica didn't die in CoM, he was lost to the Realm of Darkness where Riku found him while looking for Aqua and merged with him. For Xion, when they created the Sora Replica, it resulted in the exact same "faceless puppet" Xion was at the beginning of Days which they made into the 13th Xehanort. Once Roxas' voice said Xion's name in front of the Replica, Xion's heart inside Sora woke up and took over the new body, erasing the Xion-Xehanort from existence. In a way, Xion pulled a reverse Xehanort and used her heart to possess one of Xehanort's bodies like when Xehanort took over Terra.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

So basically vexen is a bad scientist.

[@victorhugocosta1127]

Makes sense, but this is only assumption. The game doesn't convey that at all, it doesn't set up her reveal, it just kinda happens in the last minute

[@Jay-kx4jf]

9:24 exactly. i think all diseny stuff going forward should be used like how mickey and gang (and also the ff characters) are used. they are separate from their original stories and are able to fit within the og plot better.

[@josephgravley3603]

One idea I have to fix Xehanort's motivation other than flat out remove it. It's for to say that there's too much light disrupting the balance, as he himself said in Birth by Sleep, that light and darkness are to be in harmony.

[@PhysicalMedia3]

26:55: There is Re:Mind, I think it's time for a round 2 on this game.

[@tylersmith566]

Darkness within darkness awaits us.

[@FunnyMonkey781]

Okay, I believe you.

[@TheSegaKoolaid]

Xion’s return is in the character files, it’s said she’s brought back as sort of a temporary member until they could find another darkness. Could’ve been explained better though.

[@oxin8753]

The heart ansem has is Terras heart. The heart held captive is the heart Xehanort did Sodoku with