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Kingdom Hearts 3 PC Requirements

Square Enix has revealed the official PC system requirements for Kingdom Hearts 3.

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MadLad1162d ago

Damn, Square Enix are really scalping PC gamers here. Asking almost $250 for a bunch of fairly old titles of you want to play the entire series.
I got the entire series for $35 on PS4 over a year ago. And, let's be real, Kingdom Hearts 3 didn't really blow too many away.

Then to make the games another EPIC store exclusive deal ...
All I can say is, don't be surprised if these bomb on the PC.

phoenixwing1161d ago

I think the reason it would bomb would be the high asking price not that it's on epic store. they usually sell okay at the epic store regardless of Steam supporters

MadLad1161d ago (Edited 1161d ago )

That's part of my point though. That's why I brought up the fact I got the collection, over a year ago, for $35.
It can actually be had for $25 now.

You know what PC gamers are going to do when they see this for $25, go to check it out and realize Square wants, literally, 10x the price?
Emulation.
If anything, they'll grab 3 down the road if they got hooked on the earlier entries.

The EPIC store deal is just the rotten cherry on top. These Eastern JRPGs have been doing well since they started bringing them to the Western PC market.
Pretty sure this one is dead in the water.

Snookies121161d ago

KH3 was a great game, longer than any of the others. It has some disjointed pieces, and the pacing was odd packing most of the story stuff at the end. But it certainly deserves the full price tag. On the other hand, the 1.5 and 2.5 should have at least been bundled. 2.8 should have been like $30-40 at most.

rayford151161d ago

"Kingdom Hearts 3 didn't really blow too many away" lol

IanTH1161d ago (Edited 1161d ago )

While I agree that this is pretty overpriced - especially from the standpoing of someone who has already bought these things on PS2/3/4 already - the total price on Epic would "only" be $170. It'd only be $230 if you included Melody of Memory, which isn't all that old & still has a $60 MSRP on other platforms.

Wish it was cheaper, as I'd like to play everything again in high res/high refresh, but I guess it just means I'll have to wait awhile. They'll get there eventually, and I'm well seasoned at waiting prices out lol.

Vits1161d ago

The issue with waiting for prices to drop, is that SE have a history of never going below the 50% off for their main games. So unless PC get the Collection that is currently on consoles, is very likely that the cheaper it will ever be is $85. And that is for the US makert, other places also have to deal with the terrible SE regional pricing policy.

Vits1161d ago

Pretty much. But as it's a EGS exclusive, SE don't need to care with the games do well or not. They already got their money. And given that some no-names like Phoenix Point got a estimated $2M for the exclusivity. Is fair to say that the amount SE receive for this, should be enough to not only cover the cost of the ports but also given then a big chunk of revenue.

The only issue with their strategy is that unless they bring it as a collection to Steam one year from now. I doubt that we will see Satisfactory, RDR2 or HADES levels of sales.

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Final Fantasy XVI Has Finally Given Donald Duck A Worthy Opponent

For a long time, it's been widely accepted amongst Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts fans that Donald Duck is the most powerful mage ever to exist, mainly due to his use of the stupidly powerful Zettaflare spell towards the end of Kingdom Hearts 3. This spell is one step up from Teraflare, a spell which was used in Final Fantasy XIV that was so powerful that it completely wiped out the base game, giving the developers a canonical reason to let them bin everything and start again from scratch.

Now you're armed with this information, you can see how it was pretty surprising for Donald Duck of all characters to bust out Zettaflare and establish himself as the most powerful character in Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts lore. However, now that Final Fantasy XVI has arrived and delivered a whole new cast of characters, a new challenger has arrived to provide Donald with some much needed competition.

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Final Fantasy's Strongest Canonical Magic User Is... Donald Duck?

Final Fantasy features many strong characters, but an unlikely character from Kingdom Hearts is able to cast ​the most powerful spell ever seen

gold_drake354d ago

that was pretty amazing, not gonna lie, i might have shed a tear or too, just cause of pure awesomeness.

he was already my favourite disney character and one of my favs from KH and then to see that amazing spell too. aah so good xD

FGHFGHFGH354d ago

Final Fantasy's strongest magic user is Donald Duck, who never appears in a final fantasy game.

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This Kingdom Hearts Boss' Unpredictability Gave Me Sekiro Vibes

Kingdom Hearts is filled with otherworldly boss battles, but only one stands out like a phoenix dancing with ethereal grace across the night sky. Before we embark upon a discussion concerning Kingdom Hearts' exceptional boss battles, it may be prudent to first reflect on the evolution of the criteria for appraising video game bosses. This criterion has undergone a major metamorphosis over the past decade; one that owes much to the profound influence of From Software and its iconic Souls series.

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-Gespenst-366d ago

"Yozora is much more than a grueling secret encounter; he is a reflection of what Kingdom Hearts' bosses should be"

No thank you. If every boss in Kingdom Hearts was like Yozora, the series would be unplayable. That's not to say that they shouldn't include such challenges, but making them fundamental to the game would be too much. And don't say that this is what the From Software games are, because Yozora is absolutely harder than most of the bosses in those games. He is waaay faster, has a ludicrous number of abilities (and does them in random order AND can chain most of them together), and punishes you severely if you make a mistake. On top of that, you have to survive this onslaught for a really long time because of how much health he has. It's borderline too much - for me at least. Still, it's a stunning battle.

OMNlPOTENT365d ago

I agree, while I do really enjoy the Yozora fight, I think it's far too difficult to be anything more than an optional boss. However, I do believe that there should be more bosses that are in the same weight and size class as Sora, as the majority of those in KH3 were the best fights. The giant heartless bosses just aren't as enjoyable.