Yeah, let's ignore that in order to try 0.2 for 3 hours at best, you have to pay 60$. Let's treat it like some gift they handled by surprise to the community to openly show how the development of 3 is progressing, instead of paid content. Guess that's not a problem for some dickriders...
They're making you pay in order to get a taste of what's to come (And to try to justify 2.8's value).
Stop treating that like a favor when it's another milking business decision by SE. If that game was free and available to anyone, then we could agree it's kinda marketing towards KH3. But it's not. The amount of people that hasn't seen sustancial things from 0.2 and are interested in 3 it's notorious. I have friends awaiting KH3 that thought 2.8 was just KHII remake. They know better now, but they also know it didn't worth the money SE asked for if you have player 3D already and don't care about an HD version of it.
BTW, I'm pretty positive even those areas on the game (If not the entire game) were scratched parts from BBS and weren't made from 0. Let's not forget that 0.5 secret movie that had footage now included in 0.2... So not even a good mesure of what's the real scope of KHIII if I'm right...
0.2 it's as necessary as the ending in Coded. It's to give context in the universe. That tech demo didn't tell us anything new:
- Before the game we knew Aqua was in the realm of darkness and that they'll need to save her.
- We knew Master Xehanort regain control over Terra.
- We knew Ven was still sleeping.
- We knew Mickey went to the real of darkness during KH1 events.
Only purpose of that tech demo it's to fill unnecessary gaps like:
- Hey, now it's clear they know there are different Kingom Hearts.
- Hey, now we know why Mickey hasn't try to save Aqua in 10 years.
- Hey, now we know where Mickey found the keyblade from the first game.
- Hey, now we know why Mickey was shirtless at the first game.
- Hey, now we know Aqua knows who Sora is and his objective... Despite creating the umpteenth hole in the plot
https://youtu.be/zYNnogO-DJI?t=213
I like context, but please, let's not try to make those events some crucial info we need it in order to not be lost when KH3 comes...