Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix

I got the original game on PS2 twelve years ago (with a voucher from my late great grandad) and never got the hang of the game. All I knew was Disney, and that was pretty much it. The battles never made sense to me and I didn't know what an RPG meant or what you did in one. Eventually, I traded all my PS2 games and my PS2 in for an Xbox 360 in 2006 (something which I've regretted to an extent), however in recent years I've been rebuilding my PS2 collection by getting a pre-owned PS2 and the games I missed playing. I was considering shelling out $30 for a second-hand copy of the original game on PS2.Thankfully, I saw this existed and decided to shell out the lesser money to be able to play it on my PS3. Arrived today and I've spent almost two hours playing it, and it's felt much shorter. The music, the graphics, the battles, everything took me back those twelve years; even the menu! I pressed the Start button and sat there for about thirty seconds soaking the menu up and "ooh"ing and "ahh"ing, memories flooding back to me.I believe I've seen one aspect of the "Final Mix" aspect of the game, as there was a cutscene I didn't remember, but my memory is also not that great, so it might just be my faulty memory. I got this mainly to play the original for nostalgia's sake, which is what's going on, but now as an adult I'm also looking at it through different eyes as a pure game and experience, other than "Disney and pretty colours".As I mentioned, I really only got it for the first game, but a sequel and cutscenes of another game are included, which I look forward to playing, especially with Kingdom Hearts II.5 HD Remix coming this December.Great game, great franchise, great memories.

This game was released in order to get a new generation of gamers familiar with the "Kingdom Hearts" franchise which originally released in 2002. During development, the creators realized they had lost the assets to the original game (Source: IGN - http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/27/original-kingdom-hearts-assets-lost). The game had to be largely re-created from scratch after pulling from a retail copy of the game instead.This collection features 2 playable games from the PlayStation 2, "Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix" and "Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories". A third game, "Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days", from the Nintendo DS is also included however it consists only of the games cut scenes edited into a 2 hour 50 minute movie. All three games have been remastered in high definition widescreen and include PlayStation trophy support. Also, instead of using the PS2's built in tone generator, 66 tracks across all three games were re-recorded for this collection.While all of the games do show their age to some extent, the story and core gameplay stand out as some of the best games released in the 2000's and is a collection well worth the price of admission.

**Before I start my review, I'd like to note that I have not played Re:Chain of Memories yet. This review is primarily about the Final Mix and the few videos I've seen of 358/2 Days.**It's been a few years since I played the original Kingdom Hearts on my now broken PS2, so I was over the moon when I heard the original Kingdom Hearts was going to be re-released for PS3. I'll admit, though, I was afraid the game was going to be a flop. I had heard a lot of people saying the remastering was superficial at best and that Square Enix was simply throwing this together to keep its base of fans from totally losing hope in one of Square Enix's best-selling franchises. However, I am happy to say that I have not been disappointed yet.The graphics are really good. The characters and game design are sharp and crisp, yet do not stray far from the look and feel of the original version. The addition of the Final Mix cut-scenes also work seamlessly with the game and show crucial scenes foreshadowing KH2.The switch from L2/R2 camera control to right analog control makes exploring the map much more intuitive, and the special command feature (triangle button) really helps predicting the right moment to use moves like ars arcanum and strike.The gummi ship has also been updated into a more prominent feature. The gummi menu and ship designing are more or less the same, but traveling between worlds on normal drive now involves missions. It's essentially KH meets KH2. You get points for shooting heartless gummi ships and for collecting items like blueprints and gummi blocks. There are three missions for each world. To complete all of them, you have to earn a certain amount of points or attach certain blocks to your ship and run the gauntlet without taking damage. New gummi blocks are also available for greater customization.The diversity of heartless is also really impressive. You'll run into all of the original foes like "shadow", "soldier" and "large body", but you'll also encounter some new ones that originally appeared in the Japanese KH Final Mix. (SPOILER ALERT) One of the new ones is simply an enlarged version of "shadow", but it's a lot creepier having one of them bearing down on you. (ANOTHER SPOILER ALERT) There is another heartless that is a spin-off of the "bouncywild" called the sniperwild. It's name is pretty self-explanatory, but it's one of the more interesting new heartless that I've seen so far. There are new bosses as well. Each of them appear after you've accomplished sealing a keyhole at a specific world.The list of items you can find is longer now. Stones are now available to us in item synthesizing. They can only be collected by defeating the new enemy types. The only other new synthesis item is dark matter, which is only found by opening chests, winning mini-games and, ironically, item synthesizing. There are two new keyblades you can obtain in KHFM. You must defeat certain Coliseum enemies to unlock them. (I have not unlocked them yet.)I'm not really sure what to think about the 358/2 Days cinematic. I never actually played the real game since I was more interested in a true followup to KH2. It's nice to see the cutscenes for it, though. It saved me the time of actually playing the game. I enjoyed the story to it, but it mostly foreshadows the events in KH2. If you already own the game, it won't do much for you, but if you don't already have the game, you might want to go for KH 1.5, watch 358/2 Days, and find out if you like the story enough to buy it. Of course, you could be more frugal and watch the walk-through on Youtube.The number of cool new features is pretty long, and I have not listed all of them, but I feel like Kingdom Hearts Final Mix has lived up to the original game's standards. The graphics are clean, the controls and in-game menu are easy to follow, and the amount of new features and items is enough to satisfy the desires of people who grew up on the original game. If you have not played any of the Kingdom Hearts games before or if you wish to relive the experience, I recommend you buy this game. Kingdom Hearts 2.5 will also be hitting the store shelves sometime in future, so keep an eye out for it. Check up on my review from time to time. I will continue to make updates as I make my way through the game.

I’m excited that my favourite game has an extended version, and now I own it

El juego incluye KH1, KH Re:Chain of memories, y 358/2 Days, tres juego con los que empieza la saga de Kingdom Hearts.Kingdom Hearts es una de las mejores series de videojuegos, una combinación experimental entre RPG y juego de acción en tercera persona que a su vez combina Final Fantasy y películas de Dinsey. Aunque suena como poner en la licuadora demasiados ingredientes, el resultado es increible, memorable, divertido, y otra de esas historias llenas de momentos sentimentales. Se recomiendo a cualquier persona que sea fan de cualquiera de esas cosas.Nota que en el futuro este juego y la colección de los siguientes (Kingdom Hearts 2.5) estará disponible en PS4, por lo que puede valer la pena esperar si tienes un PS4.

Okay game

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はじめてのゲームでしたが、子供もなんとなく興味をもっており購入してよかったです。北米版はリージョンコードを気にしなくていいのでいいですね。日本語字幕はありません。