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It's been 84 years...
Did I really not say anything here about Kingdom Hearts 3 finally being a real thing that I will actually be able to play soon? Wow, I really am out of the habit of posting.
Anyway, after literal years of teasing the upcoming game, I didn't learn that there was a release date until quite recently. Maybe in November? That release date is January 29th, i.e. less than two weeks away, and I'm getting pretty darn excited. After some waffling about which edition to get, I pre-ordered the regular edition from Amazon a few days ago. As long as I was there, I also picked up Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far, which includes the HD remasters of KH, KH 2, and almost all the other games in the series. I've only played the two main titles, and I never picked up the earlier remaster collections -- all I had were the original PlayStation 2 discs, and since we said goodbye to our PS2 some years ago, it only made sense to own versions that I could actually play.
Speaking of playing: now I need to figure out which, if any, games I want to get through before starting KH 3. The disc arrived last night, and I was already overwhelmed with potential choices. Careful readers will notice that I played Kingdom Hearts 2 without having ever played Chain of Memories. After I played, I went back to catch up on what I'd missed -- I read through a script and some plot summaries, and at some point I watched a movie of all the cutscenes strung together -- but I went into the new game cold. For the most part it was fine, but there's been a LOT more between-game content this time, and I'd like to see about catching up on at least some of it.
On the other hand, that's a lot of content to consume between now and a week from Tuesday. So I'll probably need to triage, at least a bit. In a perfect world, I would've bought this collection three months ago and embarked on an epic complete replay, but obviously that is not going to happen in ten days. So KH and KH 2 are off the table for now, and I also don't feel the need to play Chain of Memories. Another thing that helps is that some of the "games" are not full games, just an HD remaster of all the cutscenes with text to connect them together. So I can just sit back and watch KH 358/2 Days, KH re:Coded, and KH X. That leaves me with three actual games to play: Birth By Sleep, Birth By Sleep 0.2, and Dream Drop Distance. Last night, T and I decided to give Birth By Sleep a try, since it's a prequel and can presumably be played any time. (We started with Terra and got three worlds into his story -- good so far, and I appreciate the opportunity to get used to KH-style gameplay again.) And today, I watched an hour or so of 358/2 Days, because it's the Roxas backstory, which I find interesting. So we'll continue with both of those for now. I suppose my only real question is this: will I be missing out on anything vital if I wait until after KH 3 to watch the others and play Dream Drop? Any thoughts and recommendations are welcome.
I still remember the day so many years ago, when the first KH3 teaser trailer dropped at E3, and my Tumblr timeline went berserk. I hadn't realized I followed so many big KH fans-- heck, I didn't realize that I myself was that big of a KH fan! We've been waiting, and now it's really going to happen. I kind of still can't believe it's real. Maybe I won't until I hold the game in my hands.
Anyway, after literal years of teasing the upcoming game, I didn't learn that there was a release date until quite recently. Maybe in November? That release date is January 29th, i.e. less than two weeks away, and I'm getting pretty darn excited. After some waffling about which edition to get, I pre-ordered the regular edition from Amazon a few days ago. As long as I was there, I also picked up Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far, which includes the HD remasters of KH, KH 2, and almost all the other games in the series. I've only played the two main titles, and I never picked up the earlier remaster collections -- all I had were the original PlayStation 2 discs, and since we said goodbye to our PS2 some years ago, it only made sense to own versions that I could actually play.
Speaking of playing: now I need to figure out which, if any, games I want to get through before starting KH 3. The disc arrived last night, and I was already overwhelmed with potential choices. Careful readers will notice that I played Kingdom Hearts 2 without having ever played Chain of Memories. After I played, I went back to catch up on what I'd missed -- I read through a script and some plot summaries, and at some point I watched a movie of all the cutscenes strung together -- but I went into the new game cold. For the most part it was fine, but there's been a LOT more between-game content this time, and I'd like to see about catching up on at least some of it.
On the other hand, that's a lot of content to consume between now and a week from Tuesday. So I'll probably need to triage, at least a bit. In a perfect world, I would've bought this collection three months ago and embarked on an epic complete replay, but obviously that is not going to happen in ten days. So KH and KH 2 are off the table for now, and I also don't feel the need to play Chain of Memories. Another thing that helps is that some of the "games" are not full games, just an HD remaster of all the cutscenes with text to connect them together. So I can just sit back and watch KH 358/2 Days, KH re:Coded, and KH X. That leaves me with three actual games to play: Birth By Sleep, Birth By Sleep 0.2, and Dream Drop Distance. Last night, T and I decided to give Birth By Sleep a try, since it's a prequel and can presumably be played any time. (We started with Terra and got three worlds into his story -- good so far, and I appreciate the opportunity to get used to KH-style gameplay again.) And today, I watched an hour or so of 358/2 Days, because it's the Roxas backstory, which I find interesting. So we'll continue with both of those for now. I suppose my only real question is this: will I be missing out on anything vital if I wait until after KH 3 to watch the others and play Dream Drop? Any thoughts and recommendations are welcome.
I still remember the day so many years ago, when the first KH3 teaser trailer dropped at E3, and my Tumblr timeline went berserk. I hadn't realized I followed so many big KH fans-- heck, I didn't realize that I myself was that big of a KH fan! We've been waiting, and now it's really going to happen. I kind of still can't believe it's real. Maybe I won't until I hold the game in my hands.
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I saw gameplay of KH3 in London Comic Con where players were at the Toy Story world. I couldn’t really believe that it was actually real until I saw the actual gameplay and it looked very sleek and fun.
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