Kingdom hearts 3 review embargo1/28/2024 The Pirate Ship swings from left to right, the Water Rapids fly all over the screen as do the Tea Cups, and the Blaster Blaze lets you jump behind a gun and fire at all the enemies on screen. They’re all randomised, but each one does damage in different ways, and all are stunning, illuminated, and filled with grandeur that give each battle a unique path to victory. From time to time, a green circle will surround an enemy, and if you manage to strike them before it disappears, you’ll acquire a power-up that lets you call upon one of the many Disneyland attractions to help clear out the Heartless. Each weapon has specific abilities, and you can equip up to three at any one time.Īnother wonderful feature in combat is the Attraction Flow. Continue using it and its final stage will activate, allowing an even stronger assault on your enemies. Activating it sets off a fun little animation, followed by an increase of attack power and some fancy visuals. Using a Keyblade builds its power, and once it reaches its max, a prompt will appear in the bottom left corner of the screen letting you know its power is ready. My favourite is Wheel of Fate – the one from the Pirates of the Caribbean themed world – as it deals huge amounts of damage and has great range when reaching its final form. ![]() Whenever you finish a world, you’ll acquire a themed Keyblade that has a particular focus on Strength or Magic, and when using it in battle you’ll reach three stages (called Form Changing) to get the most use out of it. There’s so much crammed into the controls that it all seems overwhelming at first, but with the wealth of enemies populating the game you pick it up in no time. To call it Hack-and-Slash would be a disservice. The combat is remarkable, and given the amount of options at your disposal, Kingdom Hearts 3 manages to keep the fighting as its strongest asset right up until the final battle. Sora and the Seven Guardians of Light must stop Xehanort once and for all, and to do that you must travel through various Disney worlds and defeat both him, Organisation XIII, and countless enemies in the process. Even as someone who’s followed Sora and Co for years, I couldn’t help but facepalm for the hundredth time when yet another alternate version of a character pops up and tries to detail what is actually happening, or the forced idea of hearts being responsible for every intricate and seemingly nonsensical story beat gets launched at you faster than Baymax’s armoured glove.ĭespite the plot losing its path the further you progress, there’s no denying this is a wonderful game at times. It’s something that, after hours of playing, you try so desperately to cling to when Tetsuya Nomura’s convoluted and downright ridiculous plot continues to fall apart at the seams. ![]() ![]() There are so many moments of purity in Kingdom Hearts 3 – of happiness and beauty, harmonising like a catchy Alan Menkin duet, intent on pulling at your heartstrings or simply allowing you to feel overwhelmingly moved by how special it is.
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