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Kingdom Hearts III |OT| Don't Think Twice, Just Face My Fears!
- Thread starter Meelow
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You get more flowmotion abilities as you progress.
Reaction commands were removed.
What do you mean by your last point?
There is annoying shit going on with synthesis. If you make shards and stones they won't be added to your amount until you exit and re-enter the moogle shop. So you're wondering why you can't make your item yet you've made the required amount of materials.
The combat is pretty good but there is too much going on with attractions, team attacks etc. I found out that you can cycle between finish commands with L2, I typically stick to Kingdom Key and use Second Form. It feels most KH2 ish. I think this is the reason you can upgrade any keyblade, you can choose your playstyle and stick with it. I think i'll stick to Kingdom Key for now.
The combat is pretty good but there is too much going on with attractions, team attacks etc. I found out that you can cycle between finish commands with L2, I typically stick to Kingdom Key and use Second Form. It feels most KH2 ish. I think this is the reason you can upgrade any keyblade, you can choose your playstyle and stick with it. I think i'll stick to Kingdom Key for now.
From what I understand you "charge" special abilities by repeating attacks: many Fire attacks unlock Fira, many normal attacks unlock second form, etc. I find this an inferior system to simply unlucking the skill and having to wait for the cooldown. Many times I have like 3 or 4 abilities charged and ready to be mindlessly spammed.
Just did the infamous crab collection I heard about, it's a weird mission but not bad at all. Thought it would be far worse and time consuming
Is there a de facto best/favourite video summary of the entire series' story so far that everyone on here loves? I just can't bring myself to read a massive wiki but I'd like to be caught up on what I missed, as I only played KH1 and the first quarter of KH2. lol
Reaction commands were my favorite part of KH2... do you guys miss them in their absence in KH3?
I'd say go for it, the story is confusing but if you're happy to just ply it for the gameplay and Disney worlds you'll still have a good time!
I've watched (awful) live-streams of Olympus, Toy Box, and Corona and the worlds are large and filled with Disney charm. I imagine Disney exclusive fans can enjoy the game.
Not really, I liked them a lot in 2 due to them being pretty flashy but I feel like 3 has more than enough flashy combat animations to make up for their loss.
I don't understand what the bolded part is from previous KH games.
You still learn new skills along the way, like as you progress the game you learn higher tier magic and new magics, summons, skill, etc.
I could have sworn that the devs said you'd get that world's keyblade when you were still in that world, not after like all other games, am I crazy?
You can definitely do that. This game is praised for the gameplay and the Disney worlds, and they'll be fun regardless of the story.
You'll still unlock those abilities, when you unlock Fira, after repeating it's use you will be able to use Firaga, and so on.
Absolutely, the disney worlds seem to be a joy, and like 70% (?) of the game is spent on exploring those worlds.
Just finished downloading the entire game and update. Thought I'd be able to play the game. :(
I read a theory in KHInsider that perhaps the game won't be out in NA and England because SE has their respective corporate offices there, and they may just wait for the sake of complying with the SE HQ.
I read a theory in KHInsider that perhaps the game won't be out in NA and England because SE has their respective corporate offices there, and they may just wait for the sake of complying with the SE HQ.
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Well, the game officially releases worldwide on the 29th, the pre-load is just so you can play the game when it's unlocked at midnight without having to wait for the game to download.
Cant say I miss them. They were cool in KH2 but nothing essential for me.
A part of a boss in KH3 had me gasp because it felt like I actually was in control of something that could have been a reaction command, that stuff is good.
Yeah. I know. It's just that since the game is officially out in some countries of the EUR region, I thought I'd be surprised, haha.
Or SE/PSN would have slipped and accidentally let us play the game, lol.
Ooof. Although I know I'm shooting myself in the foot but I'm only going to do KH2. I completed Dream Drop Distance and Birth by Sleep back in the day (along with KH1) so I'm going to leave it at that.
Oh you're good then. I'm pretty sure he assumed you didn't play that game although it's an odd order to play them in especially playing DDD before 2. At least BBS takes place before 2
Yeah, I'm feeling kind of down with the combat so far. It's an interesting iteration, don't get me wrong, but the way it basically takes away control from the player is a negative for me. KH3 is different from the others in that regular battles consist of a lot more enemies. 0.2 was already trending towards this, but enemy numbers have been increased a lot for this one. The idea of fighting bigger groups is fine, but the execution is disappointing.
In KH2 for example, you'd focus on specific problematic enemies first and pretty much take down most enemies one by one from there. In KH3 you do some combo's, cast some spells and immediately you get to activate abilities. Most of the abilities are big AoE attacks that allow you to take down multiple enemies at once. It sure looks flashy, but I ended up feeling kind of disconnected from the fights.
The biggest offender for me are the attractions. You get i-frames during startup and while in the attraction, making them ridiculously overpowered. The combat thefore quickly boils down to attacking the heartless that allows you to trigger it and basically wipe the screen with the attack. The attractions themselves are fun once or twice, but they're so overpowered that they rapidly become a bore. There is no skill in using them either, you're just mindlessly wrecking enemies. I guess you could just not use them, but at that point you're handicapping yourself just to try to have fun. It's also not just the attractions, link abilities and some of the other super attacks you trigger feel the same. It should be noted that because of all this the game ends up feeling quite easy on Proud.
To end on a positive note, I do like some of the tweaks. I love that you can use multiple keyblades and that they have their own abilities. I'm also glad they tuned the flowmotion stuff down so that you can't spam that wherever like in DDD. How do you guys feel so far?
In KH2 for example, you'd focus on specific problematic enemies first and pretty much take down most enemies one by one from there. In KH3 you do some combo's, cast some spells and immediately you get to activate abilities. Most of the abilities are big AoE attacks that allow you to take down multiple enemies at once. It sure looks flashy, but I ended up feeling kind of disconnected from the fights.
The biggest offender for me are the attractions. You get i-frames during startup and while in the attraction, making them ridiculously overpowered. The combat thefore quickly boils down to attacking the heartless that allows you to trigger it and basically wipe the screen with the attack. The attractions themselves are fun once or twice, but they're so overpowered that they rapidly become a bore. There is no skill in using them either, you're just mindlessly wrecking enemies. I guess you could just not use them, but at that point you're handicapping yourself just to try to have fun. It's also not just the attractions, link abilities and some of the other super attacks you trigger feel the same. It should be noted that because of all this the game ends up feeling quite easy on Proud.
To end on a positive note, I do like some of the tweaks. I love that you can use multiple keyblades and that they have their own abilities. I'm also glad they tuned the flowmotion stuff down so that you can't spam that wherever like in DDD. How do you guys feel so far?
For the console / handheld entries, I recommend the Game Trailers one. It covers everything up until Dream Drop Distance, and it's pretty thorough, explaining many of the various concepts and character ties of the series: https://youtu.be/xm-NoyqzGkY
Alternatively, there's an official set of recap videos by Square Enix that are included in the game via a patch, but they're heavily condensed and leave out a lot of details. They probably cover just enough to get a basic understanding of the story needed to enjoy KH3, but I only recommend it if you're short on time: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeBcr5Rpp49phVR-_GAIevGt35FUfWxe_
And finally, you'll want to watch a summary of the mobile game, Kingdom Hearts X / Kingdom Hearts Union Cross. Apparently it does have a heavy connection to KH3, even though Nomura has said in the past that it's meant more for setting up what comes after KH3. I'm still getting caught up on this myself, but I've been watching this video by damo279: https://youtu.be/bbkXWBu-RBw
... and its follow-up video, which covers the events added to the game after the first video was put out: https://youtu.be/E5f9XnpqfQI
Still doesn't feel real that's really coming out. I keep saying it won't hit me until I actually pay it.
Holy Fuck this game looks so good. They recreated that 1:1. It's kinda like looking at ultra settings versus medium except it's much better on both sides.
it was kind of surprise, they showed scenes but didn't say it would actually be the full thing.
I do agree with the attraction balancing issue. I think attraction and other party attacks seems a bit too OP at the moment in terms of damage output compared to Sora's regular moves. I do enjoy it because it's fun to do flashy stuff very often and constantly, but I do wish they would balance it out little bit. Like reduce the attraction and party attack's damage output would be nice.
It would also be nice to give option to set which attraction you can turn off from appearing. I know you can choose not to use them but in the heat of battle I accidentally trigger attractions that I don't really want to trigger (like Pirate ship)
But I do enjoy many of the attractions themselves. So far I really like the tea cup, splash ride and merry-go-round.
Something about hearing Donald and Goofy react in this just cracks up.
Considering a ton of tracks were made by Ishimoto, Sekito, and Suzuki, I'm sure one's mileage will vary on how they feel about the OST. The new Shimomura tracks are the standouts.
Yes, I am looking forward to the Shimomura tracks. The rest, however, lack that whimsical and energetic touch that made you go "let's kick some ass".
*sigh* meanwhile I'm waiting on my LE ps4 pro to ship but it's Gamestop.