I'll admit I was a little more pessimistic for this game than I was for the others, because oftentimes games with such a long development cycle have an unfortunate habit of being disappointing. But eventually, being a die-hard Kingdom Hearts fan, I eventually caved in after about 6 months and got it. And I've got to say, the only thing I regret about this game is waiting so long to get it.
It had everything I loved about Kingdom Hearts, the story was amazing, most of the worlds were better than ever, the gameplay was fun as ever, and I think it's probably the most emotionally intense Kingdom Hearts game yet. Not to mention, the voice acting is as great as ever, it's amazing that Haley Joel Osment returned to reprise his role after all these years, and you can still hear the heart (no pun intended) that he puts in his performance.
This game did have a few shortcomings though, namely the scaled down version of Twilight Town and Hundred Acre Wood, in addition to there not being and second episodes to the worlds like in KH2. Honestly though, with the latter, the worlds had pretty long single episodes anyway, and with the former, there was still plenty to do and the worlds, both new and old, were much more lively. A lot of fans criticized the lack of Final Fantasy characters (except the moogles), but I didn't mind all that much.
Honestly, any shortcomings it has by comparison to the previous ones are easily forgiveable to me because the rest of the game is so amazing. I'm already waiting for the next sequel because of the sort of cliffhanger in this games ending. Even though I think the series could've ended by KH2, at the same time, I'm glad it didn't, otherwise we wouldn't have gotten this magnificent addition to the series. It might not exactly reach the level of amazingness of the first two, but it does get pretty darn close. I don't regret the time I spent with this game.
It had everything I loved about Kingdom Hearts, the story was amazing, most of the worlds were better than ever, the gameplay was fun as ever, and I think it's probably the most emotionally intense Kingdom Hearts game yet. Not to mention, the voice acting is as great as ever, it's amazing that Haley Joel Osment returned to reprise his role after all these years, and you can still hear the heart (no pun intended) that he puts in his performance.
This game did have a few shortcomings though, namely the scaled down version of Twilight Town and Hundred Acre Wood, in addition to there not being and second episodes to the worlds like in KH2. Honestly though, with the latter, the worlds had pretty long single episodes anyway, and with the former, there was still plenty to do and the worlds, both new and old, were much more lively. A lot of fans criticized the lack of Final Fantasy characters (except the moogles), but I didn't mind all that much.
Honestly, any shortcomings it has by comparison to the previous ones are easily forgiveable to me because the rest of the game is so amazing. I'm already waiting for the next sequel because of the sort of cliffhanger in this games ending. Even though I think the series could've ended by KH2, at the same time, I'm glad it didn't, otherwise we wouldn't have gotten this magnificent addition to the series. It might not exactly reach the level of amazingness of the first two, but it does get pretty darn close. I don't regret the time I spent with this game.