Kingdom Hearts III - Pre-Order Now To Unlock The Magic - January 29, 2019!

[Kirin]

Okay. WTF is this shit?

Spoiler: show

9 whatever Disney worlds of irrelevance with Maleficent and Pete doing bugger all looking for the Malaysian Airlines black box. Then suddenly its Inception/FF8/Back to the Future for a whole hour and then the game just ends with a vacation in Greece.

I'm not feeling lacking in the story, and maybe there is more as I clean up for platinum, but man what a buildup over whatever number of titles and the rollercoaster drop is all of 5 feet.

They tied up what they needed to in order to close the arc, but they could have done this much easier.

I kind of feel bad for Nomura. I hope he got closure or catharsis in finishing this game to an extent, and between the whole Verum Rex thing and the FFXV jabs I think he did. But as a creative individual, I know he has to feel a little empty in how the last decade of his life has gone in being shuffled around over 3 unfinished projects without a true magnum opus to show for it.

[6souls]

SE will be replacing Olaf's dub in the JP version, because it was the same dude from the Judge Eyes game that was arrested for drugs

[6souls]

Also, called it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47553857

R.I.P. the Japanese VA for Olaf.

[Elcura]

Damn Japan don't fuck around with drugs lol

[Exoduso]

They need to worry about more important things, like getting that damn Critical mode out and adding data battles.

[Insanecyclone]

[6souls]

Simpsons are now Disney canon

[6souls]

Critical (Difficulty) Mode Teased

During an interview with publication Gamereactor, co-director Tai Yasue revealed some more insight into what the team is working on: “We wanted to do it the right way. It’s not just superficial,” like just increasing enemy HP bars, said Yasue-san. “We added new abilities for Critical Mode.”

https://www.dualshockers.com/kingdom...l-mode-update/
https://www.gamereactor.eu/grtv/4349...sue+Interview/

[Ratatapa]

That’s not a switch announcement

[Gokulo]

Critical mode is being added tomorrow

[IceSylph]

Critical mode is being added tomorrow

Really hoping they changed level 1 playthroughs on this too. Chip damage is such ass, and grinding for food/keyblades to overcome it is the opposite of level 1, in my opinion.

Still hyped for critical in general, hope the changes are good.

[Shenrien]

I hope this fixes a lot of the problems I had with the game.

[Vaspinne]

Are they just adding critical? Or are there other updates being included too?

[Shenrien]

Greetings, it’s been a while since I last posted. Spring is here, and I hope everyone is doing well.

#KingdomHearts III's long-awaited Critical Mode is available as a free update tomorrow (PT).

We’ve changed things up from the previous games, so I hope you enjoy - Nomura

Is the official word, we will have to see.

[Vaspinne]

Innnnteresting. Welp, regardless of whether there are a lot of changes or not, I was waiting for Critical Mode for my first re-play, so that’s exciting

[IceSylph]

https://www.famitsu.com/news/201904/23175294.html

TL;DR:

In critical mode, which will be added tomorrow (4/24), you can enjoy battles that are more tense, with HP and MP dropping in half and the frequency of situational commands and magic decreasing. In addition, there are more actions available from the beginning of the game, including the addition of critical abilities, so even those who have already played can enjoy new ways of playing.

In addition, with this DLC, the takeover function of the key blade is newly added. If there is clear data, it is possible to start the "new game" by taking over the acquired key blade without strengthening it. If you want to enjoy the critical mode with the original difficulty level, you can enjoy a crunchy battle if you play without taking over the key blade. If you want to play with strong enemies and players themselves, it is recommended to take over the key blade and play the critical mode.

Think taking over keyblades and items is kinda crappy, but I don't like new game+ type things, especially on higher difficulties. If they de-level your keyblades though, I'd say that it's fine.

[Shenrien]

Pretty sure its stated that your keyblades will be deleveled right here

If there is clear data, it is possible to start the "new game" by taking over the acquired key blade without strengthening it

Google fish translate didn't do a good job here.

[IceSylph]

Pretty sure its stated that your keyblades will be deleveled right here



Google fish translate didn't do a good job here.

Derp. I missed that, lol.

[Elcura]

Besides can't you just start a fresh critical mode if you don't care?

Interesting though, will definitely take a look when I get home for skills and shit.

[Tyrath]

Somebody start a run and tell me if the changes are worth doing a run of critical mode lol