Kingdom Hearts III Pre-Release Spoiler Discussion Thread

[Squood!]

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So Sora literally gets killed by way of his heart and body getting destroyed and the cloud world is where he has to put himself back together.

Also holy mother of sushi badger Terranort is a freaking beast look at him go

 

[alexis.anagram]

If you have been following this series for any lengthy period of time, you'd know that writing isn't exactly this series' strong suit. It's good with character to character moments but other than that this series has been lukewarm at best, middle schooler's fanfic at worst with its writing. If DDD was anything to go by, these writers have not been getting good at all, they have been progressively getting worse. I've been a big fan of this series since 2005 and even I gotta say, expecting good writing from this series is a bit too much. I came in with the expectation that KH3 was going to be Infinity War Square Enix Edition because it was blatantly obvious it was just going to be that.

And it's precisely those character to character moments which this game is not sufficiently rewarding, for reasons I've already outlined.

If the best argument you can provide is, "I don't care about the writing and I accept that it sucks," OK. It's your right to approach the game with that expectation in mind, but I'm not going to stop faulting it for failing at its basic purpose, which is to tell an effective story. Again, if you disagree with the specific examples and inferences I've made, I'm happy to entertain a discussion with you about them, but other than that it just seems like you're trying to shut down the conversation because you don't find a value in it. In which case, you have a right not to participate in it and talk about the aspects of the game which do have value to you.

Just cancel your preorder and shut the hell up. You've been nothing but complaining for probably the last 100 pages - do you not see how obnoxious that is? Don't bother typing an essay in response, I will not entertain it. It's just a JRPG, get a grip.

I mean, you had to go out of your way to highlight those spoiler tags and formulate a response, when you could simply elect not to. This is a discussion forum, you have no right to tell anyone to "shut the hell up," but it's nice of you to try.

 

[XAROS]

Geeze, you are an especially annoying poster. You’ve been complaining since the advent of this thread it seems like.

 

[Lovesponge]

Yes. And we will / can delete and infract if people don’t.

I get that. But what's the point actually of spoiler tagging when no one knows the subject they are talking about until you actually click on it? Almost nobody reveals what subject the spoilers are about.

So as long as nobody does that, spoiler tagging is useless IMO. Because if you only want spoilers about certain subjects you have to guess, so why would you even enter this thread then?

 

[Twilight Lumiair]

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I love how they purposefully kept Aqua from fighting Terranort cause they knew she could beat him. Not even trying to hide it, lmao

Good on Donald and Goofy though. They actually faired the best against him by far.

 

[Squood!]

Everybody died wtffffffffffffff lol

First off, spoiler tag.

Secondly, AQUA LITERALLY BEGAN TO HAVE DEMON TIDE PTSD

 

[Kirankrt]

So far...seems like Nomura lied to us abiut the “Mature” Sora thing.

 

[Muke]

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What the hell is up with Aqua in this game lmao. She keeps failing and it's always in the stupidest way possible. The way she got turned Anti is stupid, the reason she lost against Vanitas is hilariously stupid (use your barrier instead of welcoming the balls of flames with open arms!?). Ven gets hit and she LITERALLY stares holes into the air for like 5 seconds before reacting. She hardly even puts up a fight. "We'll stand together", proceeds to do nothing at all. It just makes me sad.

 

[palizinhas]

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How in the world did Disney let them do that to Mickey.

 

[rokudamia2]

Aqua took one look at that super saiyan demon tide and said F this lol. Donald putting in work with a kamehameha laser wave. Axel got bopped easily as did Ventus. Sad.. And how do i spoiler tag?

Mark your spoilers holy crap.

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Very interested to see where this goes.

 

[Perkilator]

My god, this forum’s getting toxic. I should’ve just stayed off here. Wish me luck to the 29th!

 

[I_Need_ThemLeaks]

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testinggggggggggggggg

. Hopefully I did it right. If not I've asked multiple times about how.

 

[rac7d]

OMG that was some BS

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After seeing what the did with the KH2 and KH1 secret ending we know they can animate a dynamic fight but instead the heros are all petrified and do nothing. Absolutely nothing. Kairi go home, I thought ventus was the fast one. Aqua gonna get her master card revoked. Donald Duck is the only one putting in work what is this madness.

 

[Absent]

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im so disappointed. What are they doing with Aqua? Like is this the same girl from BBS, 0.2 and Blank Points?
Why is everybody idle? I can see why the leaker didn’t like parts of the ending.

 

[*TwilightNight*]

Opinions thus far...

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- They're really pushing Sora/Kairi here now that she can be around more often. I don't mind. But those who wanted Kairi to come into her own by herself before the romance seeped in (which was discussed in a thread in this forum) may be disappointed. Of course, we haven't seen everything.
- The slapstick comedy. The villains being presented as a joke is something that I'm not fond of :/. Disney villains, I understand, but it coming into original villains like The Organization and Vanitas? (as funny as it was) Eh. They should have done so in the first place, instead of changing it around with this game. Now it feels...off. I love Larxene to death, but they've made her more of a caricature this time. I fear for Naminé at this rate.
- The emotional pull between characters. This is the first we've witnessed a reunion scene among many to come I'm sure, and it fell short. "Good morning", pat on the head. That's it? No tears? No hug? It doesn't help that Willa is sounding monotone. If this is an example of what's to come, those who wanted a big, emotional, beautiful gathering of each trio are going to be thrown in for a loop. Then again, the game can't be at fault for how fans' imaginations run wild.

Now onwards to the Keyblade Graveyard.

 

[rac7d]

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So Sora literally gets killed by way of his heart and body getting destroyed and the cloud world is where he has to put himself back together.

Also holy mother of sushi badger Terranort is a freaking beast look at him go

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Well its easy to look cool when your oppenets have a 10 second delay. Like the nerf is real. In what world is Donald faster then ventus.

 

[Twilight Lumiair]

OMG that was some BS

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After seeing what the did with the KH2 and KH1 secret ending we know they can animate a dynamic fight but instead the heros are all petrified and do nothing. Absolutely nothing. Kairi go home, I thought ventus was the fast one. Aqua gonna get her master card revoked. Donald Duck is the only one putting in work what is this madness.

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They had to make Aqua petrefied. Otherwise she would've solo'd Terranort (again) on her own while everyone else litterally does nothing.

Just like they had to make her stop effectively using her magic so she wouldn't put Vanitas at death's door like she almost did in BBS.
Edit: it's gutt-bustingly halarious that they've been forced to bog down this character THREE TIMES just to give the antagonist a chance. Imao

 

[Smithee]

Unfortunately, the writing (no spoilers here) seems to be confirming my fear that KH3 will be where I finally jump ship altogether.

 

[Absent]

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@Aqua

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[doublerainbow]

Ugh.That was so hard to watch. I can see the OG leaker was being truthful now. This is the part that was "meh" and then it redeemed itself later somewhat.