Hey Newgrounds, the review below was for a discord I am in but it exceeded the character cap. So it's just for you guys!
It's a quick, negatively biased (is that a term, negatively biased?) experience of Kingdom Hearts 3; I've been marathoning the series since Sora was announced for Smash, so you can say I'm a bit burned out on the series at this point.
There's content spoilers but nothing too in-depth.
Enjoy or don't!
oKay I beat as mucH of 3 I'm willing to play. Here's the official Surge generalized review (I'll try to keep it short hoo-wee).
Critical mode was added in a patch after launch so that's why the game doesn't feel balanced for it, it made for an overall miserable experience (apparently proud mode is easy idk). I didn't care for any of the Disney levels except for the Pirates one because it's baby AC Black Flag. Summons, now branded Links, are as inconsequential as ever and there's no point in wasting magic on them.
I'm honestly sick of the Disney aspect besides the reoccurring characters, either put the characters in unique situations or fuck off, I don't want to watch a worse version of Tangled or w/e. They hardly offer anything to the characters' growth so why bother?
Sora was meant to get the 'power of waking' in this game's journey only to have had it all along, he just needed Ventus to tell him. There's a shitload of open threads by the end, and the finale for Xehanort's story felt like there's no real resolution; it felt like beating Ansem in KH 1, except with less interesting fights and the feeling of "boy, can't wait to watch this shit keep dragging on."
Base game gets a Wowie I'm glad I stopped following this series after KH2 holy fuck/10
Re: Mind[ing you once more that Friends are my Power teehee lol] is a waste of money, just watch a competent person LP it on 2x speed and slow down when you see new shit. You get to play as other keybladers (deal with that lol) as you go through the same boss fights from the base game, playing as them is the "hard" mode for the dlc because a level 50 Sora can nuke every boss no problem.
There is some unique stuff after the Xehanort trio fight: it's pretty short but sufficient, basic but cool, and "O SHIT LET'S GOO-- never mind I don't care anymore, kill this man, Sora," in that order.
It solves story issues but it's overpriced and pretty unnecessary. Until you realize there's more to this dlc.
Limit Cut is just the boss rush thing from KH2 FM but for this game's Org.13, they're all super bosses I guess. You kill them and Riku talks about the Secret ending, which leads into Kingdom Hearts More. It's just a teaser to give you more questions about the future, it also comes with a final super boss that's the hardest in the series from the looks of it.
I'm not grinding for level 99 or the fuckin Ultima weapon anytime soon so Nomura can fuck himself with Limit Cut and More LMAO
Kingdom Hearts 3 The End SIKE LOL gets a
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