PS4 [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III Announcment

[c]Well, I'm sure everyone knows about this by now but it was announced earlier that the third installment to the series will be release on the new Playstation 4.



So KH fans, what do you think of the news? Is this worth spending the money on the newer system? Are you disappointed that they didn't make it for the PS3? What do you personally expect to be changed with the game in terms of improvement and mechanics based on the previous games? I for one hope the magic mechanic is similar to what they did for Aqua in Birth by Sleep because that was actually fun. In the other KH games, I'd use magic only the first time I received a spell and then never bothered with it afterwords, except for healing. Also some more Anti-Form action would be nice. Personalization of keyblades would be an amazing feature, imagine making your own design and then battling with it in-game. Okay, that last one is a bit of a pipedream but it would be a nice addition, don't you think?[/c]

 

I only heard about the Xbox One when you mentioned it here Almeria, I didn't even know Microsoft was making a new system. I don't usually bother keeping up to date with any video game news unless it's something I'm particularly interested in either. I still haven't looked at the Playstation 4 and what they say it can do, my guess isn't much. I really want these companies to get back to focusing on putting out more games with deep stories and fun gameplay instead of worrying about what kind of features the system can do. All the pretty packaging means nothing to me if the games are terrible or too easy.

Aside from Sora's hair looking like rubber, the video is interesting. I kind of wonder if this sequence will still be in the final game or not, probably just for show only at the moment. If it is left in, what lead up to it and why the return to Twilight Town? Particular to note that they're making the Shadow Heartless able to climb walls, also it seems more aggressive than normal. It could be an interesting challenge to fight them now if they attack in swarms, before being not much of threat and just a simple annoyance. I thought they said for the third that they were going to go with a new lead character for a bit before finishing up Sora's story, or was that going to be a future game?

Graphics wise...well the PS2 was a great machine but I agree, it didn't produce that many great looking games unless it was something kind of simple like the Zone of the Enders series. Actually, Shadow of the Colossus was pretty magnificent. Limitations of the hardware made it difficult to pull off anything heavily impressive but it worked well for the time. Personally I would have loved to see some KH entry on the PS3 but if this means more can be done in this game with better hardware then I'm all for it, same for the Xbox. Now I've said before, that I'm not a huge Final Fantasy fan, but I'm probably one of the only people I know who enjoys VIII and X-2. I've played others but those two are the ones I've enjoyed playing again and again all the way through. I did get XIII for the Xbox but I haven't played it yet. I might take a look at Versus because people are raving about it. As long as Squall gets more than a few cutscenes in this game, then I'll be happy. Also bring in Rinoa for goodness sake!

The KH story isn't too difficult to understand but it is something that can get complicated if you don't play things more than once. Hmm...let's see, the Playstation 3 came out in 2006 for the NA side of the world. I finally got one this past Christmas so...I'd say in about another six years when we're talking about the next Project Diva Game with a holographic Vocaloid dancing on your table if you succeed or shutting your system off if you get one SAFE in a song, I should finally have it in time for the next one to come out and then I'll pull out my hair yelling "Why?!??!"

 

Erm, I meant to say that I hope they appear in KHIII. I know Squall will be in it but I'm hoping Rinoa will finally make an appearance. Sorry, I should have made that more clear when I was writing. What can I say, I'm an idiot XD

Now as the for Xbox One...well like I said, I only focus on something I'm interested in. I have an Xbox 360 and enjoyed the games I bought for it but wasn't too thrilled to keep playing with it after a year, despite saving money for 3 years T~T

Eventually I started using it just as device to run Netflix on. Once I finally got the PS3, I put the Xbox away for storage. So I've not paid one bit of attention to new games or system news for the Xbox. I had literally no knowledge of what either of the newer systems could do or what was going to be offered for them before this thread.

Spoiler

*Don't feel bad for the Xbox, it's in with good company. I imagined the conversation that morning when I opened the closet to put it away.

Wii: "Hey there Trevor, are you going to plug me into the TV now, because you said you'd be back and it's been three years?
Me: "Uh...sure...let me put this other system down and I'll get back to you after lunch okay?"

-Four hours later-

Wii: "He'll be back"
Xbox 360, N64, Gamecube, Playstation & Sega Genesis : "Buddy...we've got something to tell you..."

 

Oh it probably is just rendered for the sake of demonstration but it would be interesting to see if they leave it in the game or not. Perhaps as a cutscene or something.

 

Hmmm...you have a point there, they never said this was going to be a launch title, only that it will be on the PS4. It would be funny if it landed on the Xbox one before it did the PS4 despite the announcement, though I'm sure Sony would want this out as soon as possible seeing as it's one of the games that drew in more public interest for the unit...then again, that would imply that Sony actually listens to the customers XD