You'll need to find a better comparison. Square isn't doing things like altering the lighting the way Nintendo is with WW HD. It's literally the original game at a higher resolution.
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[PS3] New Kingdom Hearts HD Screenshots
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You'll need to find a better comparison. Square isn't doing things like altering the lighting the way Nintendo is with WW HD. It's literally the original game at a higher resolution.
It just looks a bit too clean/sterile to me. I dunno maybe it'll end up being cool, just had a negative first impression.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
Yea, I'm not sure why it looks bad? Visually, it's the next step from where they were at before and doesn't change any of the aesthetics.
Then again, we haven't gotten any gameplay screenshots yet, have we?
Then again, we haven't gotten any gameplay screenshots yet, have we?
That's kind of the look Kingdom Hearts has though. Complexions are very smooth.
That Dude John
Member
Man, I'm talkin' like Sephiroth level boss, yo. Xemnas was kinda cool, though.
Tawney Bomb
Member
I never bothered to play the side games, but I will be very excited to play KH again in HD.
That Dude John
Member
Damn, those are some clear screenshots. Thank you, Based Nomura.
Nomura excels at drawing pretty people, for sure.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
Oh damn. That looks awesome. I need to have this game, like, yesterday.
Damn. That looks freaking great.
That Dude John
Member
In HD.
toddhunter
Member
Fuck that whole level. Pretty dumb marketing move to release shots of that. A lot of people had probably forgotten.
badcrumble
Member
Ugh, I hated going back there to grind for the Thunder Gems in the Ultima Weapon synthesis recipe.
Father_Brain
Banned
That's not at all how Disney works, though. Lasseter et al. have been very careful about maintaining separate IP fiefdoms with distinct brand identities, to the point where Pixar characters, seven years after the Disney acquisition, are only now appearing in the same game as Disney characters, and only then in a carefully regulated fashion (all characters rendered in a consistent art style, no crossover allowed in the story mode levels, etc). Disney has only barely started even dabbling in crossing over Disney and Marvel IP (Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel), and that acquisition was a full three years ago.
On the other hand, Tron and PotC were created under the Disney umbrella, not Pixar or Marvel, so there's been little issue with crossing them over.
So if you expect KH3 to fulfill all your wildest Disney/Pixar/Marvel/Star Wars crossover fantasies, you're in all likelihood going to be very disappointed come... 2015 or whenever it ships.
Fimbulvetr
Member
Some of those images have a Reaction Command sitting atop the battle menu. Fuck this shit.
They're not reaction commands like you know them to be in KHII. I think they're just shortcuts to specials attacks.
e.g. If my sloppy Japanese from years ago serves me well, I think in the pic of Sephiroth battle, it's Sonic (??)
Scarlet_Spider
Neo Member
The original fourth command is now used as a reaction commands (Open, Examine, Sonic Blade, Ars Arcanum, etc.) The fourth bar is now for summons.
Ah. Thank you.
WrenchNinja
Member
Wonder if they changed the health bar to match the rest of the series.
Fimbulvetr
Member
This is acceptable.
Andrefpvs
Member
It's great, actually.
Well, there's really not that much crossover with the different worlds of KH, so KH would be ideal for that. They could have a Toy Story world with Toy Story characters and that's that.
donkey show
Member
Are they going to add a link to that Kingdom Hearts google doc?
That would be great. It was so fun to hit sephiroth and his health not go down.
Speaking of sephy, they better replace that horrid KH1 VA with the current guy.
Wikis, the modern form of story-telling in games. Yep, folks.
Paddington Bear
Member
My life... Is complete.
Father_Brain
Banned
You still have Donald/Goofy, not to mention Sora et al. themselves, crossing over.
Pixar IP at least has some chance of being in KHIII, but Marvel or Star Wars? Absolutely not.
Disney Infinity isn't even a story-driven game. They've been very careful to avoid any crossover on a narrative level.
Paddington Bear
Member
I hope not, marvel and Star Wars don't fit into KH thematically imo
Pixar would be interesting in terms of artistic direction. Would they make Sora & co. fit into the Pixar world? Or would they make said world match with Sora & co.'s models? You would most likely have something à la Tron.
badcrumble
Member
An Asgard/Nine Realms thing would fit beautifully, actually.
And I'm pretty sure Star Wars is second only to KH when it comes to jabbering about light and dark. They'd fit each other like a glove.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
I never got into this series. Maybe now is a good time to start.
That would be so great
That would be so great
tiggerkiddo
Member
I always enjoyed the Hundred Acre Wood as some sort of sanctuary to the (at times) dark story of the first and love to go just do random stuff, can't wait to go back there again! Battle on Hook's ship looks great too!
R10Neymarfan
Member
Except with higher textures and polygonal models
Be nice if KH3 was made with SE's Luminous Engine. Then we could have a Pixar world with Pixar-quality graphics? You never know...
H_Prestige
Banned
Skip scene is confirmed, right?
Apparently in Final Mix you still had to watch the scene once before you were allowed to skip. That would be asinine.
Yes
Apparently in Final Mix you still had to watch the scene once before you were allowed to skip. That would be asinine.
Yes
badcrumble
Member
People assume Toy Story for Pixar, and it's reasonably possible, but remember that Toy Story requires licensing (IIRC) for some characters, like Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head.
I would think The Incredibles would be more likely. Or Monsters, Inc.
I would think The Incredibles would be more likely. Or Monsters, Inc.
SniperHunter
Banned
I thought this port suffered from horrendous frame rate problems? Was that fixed?
badcrumble
Member
We haven't seen a new gameplay trailer since the Jump Festa one. Likely, but we don't know yet for sure.
Woody and buzz had 3d models programmed inside kh2's code if that counts for anything.