So you have come this far…

If you had asked me a few months ago what I thought of Kingdom Hearts, I’d have said “It’s alright. Haven’t played any games other than I and II, and I know I’m missing a lot. Kingdom Hearts III looks kinda cool. Maybe I should play the other games?” At least, that’s how I responded when I asked myself that very question. And then I grabbed the PS4 collections that I’d picked up a while back and started playing.

My initial plan was to play the series start to finish, getting as far as I could before Kingdom Hearts III arrived. Once III came out, I would switch to it, play to completion, and then go back to finish the rest of the story. I figured that there was a lot to get through, and didn’t expect to be able to finish.

I finished this week.

Going in, I wasn’t expecting a whole lot. I had some fond memories that I chalked up to nostalgia, but I was expecting some convoluted, opaque story as has often been alluded to. I also had some not so fond memories of the level design in Kingdom Hearts II, even if it had some fun combat mechanics.

Now on the other end of the journey, ready for Kingdom Hearts III, not only has my opinion of the series as a whole been raised substantially, I don’t even think it’s all that complicated.

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