I was personally Team "Use PS2-era Assets for KH3", just because I wanted to keep that uniformity and sentiment within the saga. I'm not complaining we got the new, shiny stuff, but the climax, the storytelling and the characterization will always prevail over any aesthetic value.
Needless to say, it's like coming home seeing these graphics.
I understand the push-pull frustration of course. I feel like KH is having another identity crisis:
- Welcome to Phase 2!
Of the neverending Xehanort Saga!
- It's Kairi's time to shine!
You still can't play Kairi!
Coming from a franchise where interviews and
concerts reveal canon material, it should be
no surprise that a
game with the "Kingdom Hearts" banner does the same. Every game thus far has.
Be quiet, V-Cast.
I know there are a lot of people here justifying the price tag on their behalf (for myriad reasons that have yet to be confirmed), but Square and Disney are monolithic brands, and they don't
need anyone's justification for their prices. People will just buy their products.. just because it's the latest Square / Disney thing. You can walk into retail, find an old Disney film that's been re-released and repackaged countless times and it will still carry the price tag of a new release. It's fine, it's whatever. But we're definitely talking about corporations here, and some of y'all should be paid for the good, quasi-altruistic PR you're coming up with.
That being said, the price doesn't surprise me in the least, and I'm buying this game.. eventually. I fucking love KH music, I do. And this offers a new level of interactivity with these amazing soundtracks. However, I am also fortunate enough to be dealing with a backlog. I haven't even played Re:Mind yet. So, by the time that cache has cleared, this game will likely, conveniently, have gone on some sort of sale, and I will capitalize on that. Honestly, if Square would have given us some sort of Collector's Edition, like a sucker, I would have paid day one for a game I would.. eventually get around to. But the choice has been made for me.