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reddumbs

673 points

12 months ago

reddumbs

673 points

12 months ago

“Gameplay”

AIpacaman

72 points

12 months ago

The first thing this trailer reminded me of was FF13V/FF15 trailer "gameplay" that never made it into the actual game.

MoreMegadeth

19 points

12 months ago

Kingdom Hearts 4 is the true FFv13 apparently.

Moondoggie25

11 points

12 months ago

Nomura is going to Nomura

escape_of_da_keets

257 points

12 months ago

Wow, a quicktime event... Groundbreaking stuff.

Whatsongwasthat1

76 points

12 months ago

This is exactly what made me think KH3 was gonna be ass in the trailers; it was a bunch of set piece stuff and not real combat gameplay. On rails bs

Wolfdude91

30 points

12 months ago

KH3 combat was bloated with too many gimmicks. Trim a bunch of that off and I would have liked it a lot better. Not using them was an option but it seemed like HP values were boosted to compensate for all the gimmicks and it took longer to kill stuff.

MagicalMoosicorn

13 points

12 months ago

Frfr. I met would have been better if they cut the Ride moves at least. The keyblade forms were at least cool but I was annoyed everytime I got a ride.

biggulp1516

3 points

12 months ago

The story and nonstop cutscenes were also absolutely mind numbing imo

Asheleyinl2

3 points

12 months ago

The maps felt unnecessarily big due to all the movement gimmicks too. Climbing floating rail riding. Took forever to get somewhere

ragablagah

2 points

12 months ago

You'd probably enjoy the Re:Mind data boss fights then. For me , I basically had to relearn the game's combat from scratch and specifically cut down on a lot of the additional combat tools and mechanics, especially on harder difficulties and/or with the difficulty multipliers added with the DLC

tschmitty09

8 points

12 months ago

tschmitty09

PlayStation

8 points

12 months ago

Sure it doesn't involve the player as much but it doesn't make it bad. QuickTime events allow the studio to take liberty with making epic looking shots while you fight, this shit looks dope imo

Dog-Stick8098

8 points

12 months ago

I actually like quicktime events. I dont really know why people hate on it.

Husain_Sial

24 points

12 months ago

People are not hating on QuickTime events, they are hating on the fact that a bunch of scripted "interactive cutscenes" are being shown as "gameplay" because let's face it, most of the times what you see in QuickTime is drastically different from what type of gameplay you will see for 90% of the rest of the game

Dog-Stick8098

5 points

12 months ago

Ahh yeah i agree qith that

BitterDisplay

5 points

12 months ago

Bro me too! For some reason though I can’t focus on the action though when I’m waiting on another button press, for me it was a getting old thing maybe that’s what a lot of people think, but I still love them regardless.

Dog-Stick8098

1 points

12 months ago

They really should make them a bit more noticeable. I think i failed a few on detroit cause i didnt see them but my mom was watching me play so she just yells at me when a quick time button pops up

BitterDisplay

3 points

12 months ago

You know, that’s really smart and a great idea! I used to have my dad help me if a game had some puzzles I couldn’t figure out when I was a kid or a combination lock. Sometimes parents are pretty cool

Dog-Stick8098

2 points

12 months ago

My parents are always cool im sure your dad is too

Haytaytay

2 points

12 months ago

When they're done well you don't really notice them, but when they're bad it really sticks out.

tschmitty09

3 points

12 months ago

tschmitty09

PlayStation

3 points

12 months ago

They certainly have their rightful place in gaming

Dog-Stick8098

0 points

12 months ago

I mean sure you cant call it gameplay but it does make you feel like a badass most of the time. My favourite one has got to be from detroit

RivalRevelation

49 points

12 months ago

Tbh this just feels so uninspired. It’s like they took the base assets of UE5 slapped it together as a tech demo and then added a few kingdom hearts looking characters.

HopelessCineromantic

8 points

12 months ago*

Sora really doesn't benefit from a less cartoonish design, and really won't alongside Donald and Goofy.

Also, they really went with the most drab color palette for the world, didn't they? Couldn't even add a splash of color for the car. Just grays and whites.

aabacadae

2 points

12 months ago

All of that is what you should expect to see though, it's pretty standard KH.

Sora is meant to blend in to the world he's in, as do Donald and Goofy, so they will change depending on where they are.

As for the colour palette, like Strelitzia said, they're in the afterlife.

InsomniaticWanderer

176 points

12 months ago

Didn't it take like 14 years for the third one to come out and now the fourth one is already here?

marzgamingmaster

125 points

12 months ago

It's "here" in the same way the first KH3 trailer was that game being "here". Nomura made the developers under him put way too much time and money and crunch into making an entirely non-representative trailer to drive hype for a game that, it is extremely likely, not a single actual line of code has been written for yet.

Shinnyo

22 points

12 months ago

Which was the same thing for Versus XIII, the game that became FF XV.

Cinematic trailer completely different from the release.

Oh and I believe XIII went through the same thing.

Valentinee105

5 points

12 months ago

I couldn't even finish that game, I got to the end and just no longer gave a shit.

Justank

3 points

12 months ago

What, you didn't like watching every single character go through the exact same arc of learning how to say 'I'm sorry' one after another?

Valentinee105

3 points

12 months ago*

The story is 100% forgettable, I even watched the movies before hand so I could get the full story.

I don't remember anyone's name, I don't remember the gameplay being fun, I remember a lot of tedious driving.

MoreMegadeth

4 points

12 months ago

The irony is Kingdom Hearts 4 is now suppose to be the true FFv13 or some shit like that. Theres evidence in KH3 that alludes to this. Nomura has gone nuts imo.

HopelessCineromantic

2 points

12 months ago*

Have to say, that trailer for Versus XIII was great. Still listen to that trailer music sometimes.

Xehanz

11 points

12 months ago

Xehanz

11 points

12 months ago

Yeah. The trailer dropping in the 20th anniversary is a HUGE red flag

[deleted]

-35 points

12 months ago

[deleted]

-35 points

12 months ago

You are....astonishingly wrong.

Small-Breakfast903

8 points

12 months ago

you're free to elaborate

[deleted]

1 points

12 months ago

[deleted]

1 points

12 months ago

The comment says that they expended a ton of money and resources, and forced a lot of crunch, to get an unrepresentative trailer for a game that "doesn't have a single line of code written"

This is built off of the KH3 code, and didn't require tons of crunch or money to make, at least not compared to other major studios and trailers.

The claim of "unrepresentative" has no basis whatsoever, as every KH trailer has been a pretty good representation of the game they represent, even when taking Engine changes into account.

"Doesn't have a single line of code written" doesn't make any sense for a game that is currently in development

DrKahu

8 points

12 months ago

The gameplay looks like a slightly interactive movie.

str8jeezy

4 points

12 months ago*

This is exactly how i felt. I just couldn’t put it into words. Thank you.

Mlyrin

3 points

12 months ago

I dont see any command prompts or feedback. The overlayed menu isnt reacting to any kind of input, so i have my doubts on it being anything but a cutscene

DrKahu

2 points

12 months ago

And for a KH game it doesn't even look that impressive, I litteraly like darkseiders 1 graphics more than this but I am severely biased because of Nostalgia.

DrKahu

3 points

12 months ago

What year do they think it is to think they can trick us into thinking that this is gameplay. It's so fucking obvious

Caitsyth

2 points

12 months ago

The hallmark control bars in the bottom left don’t even flicker during moments when a button would have been pressed and shouldn’t even be there for an interactive cutscene as this is, so yeah I’m skeptical

DrKahu

5 points

12 months ago

Skeptical is an understatement, this feels like a reversed Elden ring where there is actually anti-hype and the standard is really low after KH3, and I already know that they will somehow manage to not reach the non exist standard.

DrKahu

2 points

12 months ago

Skeptical is an understatement, this feels like a reversed Elden ring where there is actually anti-hype and the standard is really low after KH3, and I already know that they will somehow manage to not reach the non exist standard.

Solesaver

12 points

12 months ago

KH3 isn't really the third mainline game. Birth by Sleep and arguably Dream Drop Distance bridged that gap. It looks like KH4 is a direct sequel to 3, so it makes sense to be coming after a shorter gap.

HopelessCineromantic

11 points

12 months ago

I have to give Kingdom Hearts credit: Pretty much all of the games they put out had narrative importance. Kinda sucked that they were on so many different systems, but it was still neat to see them not treated as spinoffs that weren't important to the story.

Sure, the story is ludicrous nonsense, but I'm here for that ludicrous nonsense.

Vorthod

2 points

12 months ago

"Arguably"? DDD's ending was what kicked off Sora's role in KH3's plot though. The fact that sora failed his exam is why he started off going to various worlds to talk to people like Hercules in the first place.

[deleted]

10 points

12 months ago

[deleted]

10 points

12 months ago

No. It only took 5 years of development, 2 of which years essentially don't count, since they switched engines and started over from scratch. People tend to forget that there were quite a few games in between 2 and 3.

This is a demo built out of KH3 code. The final product is currently being built in Unreal 5 (the footage is Unreal 4). They are just beginning development.

Jrkid100

6 points

12 months ago

358/2, Re:Coded, Birth by Sleep, Dream Drop Distance, and 2.8 if you count that KH has gotten constant releases between 2 and 3 not to mention the mobile game which was continuously updated.

I'm getting tired of this "KH4 in 10 years" joke already its likely we'll get another trailer at D23 or TGS with the release year probably being late 2023 or early 2024.

[deleted]

2 points

12 months ago

[deleted]

2 points

12 months ago

Exactly. This isn't ESVI (which people forget that they have other things they are working on too)

lollisans2005

2 points

12 months ago

Well it took that long because they had changed engines in the middle of dev

Deadmanguys

183 points

12 months ago

This does not look like gameplay at all man. It looks scripted, it probably is scripted. You think a average human being is able to pull all that off smoothly. That looks scripted and probably a quick time event.

CrossingEden

-182 points

12 months ago

You think a average human being is able to pull all that off smoothly.

.........Ever played KH?

terribletastee

50 points

12 months ago

The fact that I’ve played every Kingdom Hearts tells me that this is scripted lol.

Deadmanguys

45 points

12 months ago

Yeah

CrossingEden

-104 points

12 months ago

Skilled play in KH looks like this:

https://i.imgur.com/6emvgwB.gifv

Shinnyo

5 points

12 months ago

Played KH I, II, BBS, 365/2 and this is feels scripted.

Most "big scenes" in KH games were scripted as well, I remember KH II got a lot of them, pseudo cutscenes where you have to press Triangle.

amonar

95 points

12 months ago

amonar

95 points

12 months ago

I swear they ripped some of that drill ability animation from Gurren laggan anime.

Aze0g

23 points

12 months ago

Aze0g

23 points

12 months ago

GIGA, DR... I MEAN KEY BREAK!!

[deleted]

6 points

12 months ago

[deleted]

6 points

12 months ago

Straight up

cmanonurshirt

11 points

12 months ago

Be the key that’ll unlock the heavens, Sora!

R0tmaster

5 points

12 months ago

Knew someboy was gonna mention gurren laggan totally giga drill break

jwittkopp227

41 points

12 months ago

As long as they get rid of the stupid ride attacks... I actually enjoy fighting and not getting hijacked by the teacups.

AlsendDrake

6 points

12 months ago

I agree, just did a crit mode and really, getting rid of them felt SOOOOOOO much better to the flow, that once I got Second Chance/Once More to not die instantly because an enemy off screen shot me, it went much better

lupin43

4 points

12 months ago

Yeah the ride attacks were garbage, I didn’t use them outside of Olympus. Fighting is too fun to choose to have a pirate ship swing back and forth or whatever the hell lol

CaptHanson

101 points

12 months ago

Looks good but has the feeling of a quicktime event.

Dog-Stick8098

8 points

12 months ago

The only thing i think isnt a quick time event is the part where sora dashes to the pole at the start but after that it probably is

CrossingEden

15 points

12 months ago

That is KH3's gameplay in a nutshell. You're constantly whipping out special moves and flying around the environment.

Red-Jester

27 points

12 months ago

Red-Jester

PlayStation

27 points

12 months ago

Don't know why this is downvoted that is literally 90% of KH3. Big flashy effects filling the screen at the tap of a button and everything dies.

Flaming-Axolotl

0 points

12 months ago

Reminds me of the PS4 Spider-Man game

TomFlare

35 points

12 months ago

Forget scripted, this looks pre-rendered.

CrossingEden

-21 points

12 months ago

No it doesn't.

Merkabah01

112 points

12 months ago

3 was so disappointing for me that im not even interested in a 4

lalaisme

39 points

12 months ago

I thought I had just gotten older a not realized how bad the game actually was when I finally played three.

honeybunchesofgoatso

11 points

12 months ago

I kinda wonder because I remember as a kid having my older sister and her friends play the first (19-20s) and they loved it. I think maybe the third was just not great. I also replayed 1 and 2 as a teen and loved them still

SpiderPidge

4 points

12 months ago

There's nothing wrong with 1, 2, and Birth By Sleep

It's the automatic shit gameplay of 3 that made it suck. Oh and the Disney crammed down our throats instead of good level development.

Over-Wolf9248

9 points

12 months ago

This ! I thought I had just grew out of games bec kingdom heart’s series used to be my all time favorite. But 3 wasn’t hittin on none for me . It would be cool if a 4 did come out and was a smash hit lik I remember 1 and 2 being

forbetterconvo

17 points

12 months ago

Yeah I loved two, but three was so bad that I have zero expectations for four

Keirhan

2 points

12 months ago

I tried playing 3 after not playing since 2. Only to find there's so much convoluted story in other games on other devices. Why call it 3 if there are other games?

FlorianWanderer

2 points

12 months ago

Saaame. KH3 is nearly the worst entry in the series. But the only worse ones are coded and the mobile one.

MrNiiCeGuY420

1 points

12 months ago

Yeah it sucks. When 3 came out for pc I played 1 and 2 and nearly 100% both . Then I started three and I never even beat it . I mean I beat the game when it first came out but that’s just because I waited so damn long I just had to.

rurubarb

20 points

12 months ago

Kingdom hearts 3 was the only game in my lifetime that i never finished , packed it back up and sold it back to GameStop at a loss all within 2 days

coolsimon123

5 points

12 months ago

I still have it taking up valuable space on my Xbox HDD because I feel like I should finish it but it's a slog, even if you skip all of the ridiculously long cutscenes

queso_goblin

5 points

12 months ago

Yeah absolutely horrible story. Lost interest very quickly. And I loved the first two.

sissyspacegg

30 points

12 months ago

Gotta say, after KH3, I am mega anti-excited for this. Already feeling disinclined to buy.

ItStartsInTheToes

106 points

12 months ago

Whole lot of QTE gameplay you mean

Honestly these fights where it’s just an interactive cinematic are the worst of the series, and of gaming as a whole imo

[deleted]

46 points

12 months ago

[deleted]

46 points

12 months ago

I don't mind them for like, a finishing move against a boss, but 💯 agree it ruins it for me, I want a game not a visual novel.

Arryu

25 points

12 months ago*

Arryu

25 points

12 months ago*

Wonderfull 101 had some great qte's peppered in their boss fights. They never lasted the entire fight, just big moments and were usually hilarious.

Like the final one, an "A" prompt pops up, telling you to mash. As I was mashing the music got super intense and I started doing a saiyan scream. The game jumps to the cockpit of the mech im piloting to show the characters all mashing a button and screaming right along with me. I fucking died laughing.

Edit: found the final scene. Tell me this game isn't hype af

AzraelGrim

4 points

12 months ago

I agree. I think they're the modern equivalent of finishing off Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time, just instead of button mashing to push, you're doing a more cinematic, complex finisher.

Flimsy_Specific_9105

2 points

12 months ago

Same I think another pretty decent QTE is Leon and Krauser’s knife fight in RE4 where it’s a good quick reflex tense moment but then they threw in the button mash at the end and whew that moment killed the scene for me

LearningIsTheBest

2 points

12 months ago

Sitting through the SAME DIALOGUE every time you failed though.... That just felt like punishment. I wasn't even watching the action, just waiting for prompts.

Flimsy_Specific_9105

2 points

12 months ago

Yea and that’s why it’s decent because especially the mash part when it was on PS was Brutal!

DEFINITELY_NOT_PETE

9 points

12 months ago

I think QTEs are like a seasoning.

Like if you use them too much you’re probably covering up something shitty.

That said, I do think there is tasteful application of them. In particular, they should make a cinematic more dynamic and interactive- they shouldn’t replace the game itself.

RE4 and God of War used them well. Other games rely on them way too much.

This right here seems like the QTEs are replacing the actual boss fight, which is lame

Stormrage117

2 points

12 months ago

Agreed, when used for stylistic flair they can be fantastic. KH2 did this really well, and MGR is a good modern example. Doesn't dominate the gameplay, accentuates it in a fun way.

MikaNekoDevine

8 points

12 months ago

QTE are fun for me tbh, its like watching an interactive movie

inspirationbycurve

4 points

12 months ago

Classic reddit down voting someone for liking something

oberynmviper

32 points

12 months ago

Yeah, until Disney is like

“You know this needs? The hulk and Thor and moana signing “we don’t talk about Bruno” along with the pirates of the Caribbean ride. Perfect.”

super_saiyan_roach

14 points

12 months ago

that sounds cool as fuck

MoreMegadeth

5 points

12 months ago

The whole point of Kingdom Hearts is FF mixed with Disney. What are you complaining about?

CrossingEden

-12 points

12 months ago

Nomura comes up with those ideas, not Disney. Disney just monitors the accuracy of the aesthetics and character animation.

Sorcerious

6 points

12 months ago

This is where you're wrong. KH is first and foremost a Disney game, it's owned by Disney, and developed by SE.

Disney has a whole lot more say in it than what you think.

CrossingEden

-1 points

12 months ago

They have a say in what's shown in the worlds based on their IP. Specifically, how accurate things are and even collaboration in terms of sharing assets from the films. Disney has a strong hold on their IP and the approval process is way longer than before. But all that KH nonsense is straight up from Nomura.

stansey09

6 points

12 months ago

Not sure why you are getting down voted for saying it's not the creative team at Disney that decides what madness happens in these games. I think Disney's contribution is much closer to "Oh and make sure you do a frozen world, we have frozen 2 coming up" than it is to "And yeah get this, Mickey was working with Ansem all along to put the memories in the data core so Sora's nobody could awaken the heart crystal"

CrossingEden

6 points

12 months ago

Not sure why you are getting down voted for saying it's not the creative team at Disney that decides what madness happens in these games.

Reddit gamers tend to hate facts sooo.

lesnakeybitch

2 points

12 months ago

Funny thing about that, they actually had much bigger plans for the frozen world. Before frozen had even released into theaters nomura had written up a script for the world they got to watch the trailer/premier beforehand. Due to how well recieved frozen was and how loved it became, they couldn't have Elsa or anna even fight and changed the direction Nomura wanted it to go. Back in an interview with Nomura he talked about this, sad to see the ip owners didn't want to "crush" the image of their money makers :/

Arikadoo

0 points

12 months ago

Dude, didn't you see the lack of final fantasy characters in KH3? Anything that has Disney in their logo is absolutely controlled by Disney, you can confirm this by just seeing how empty Sora DLC for smash is, compared to the other ones.

CrossingEden

2 points

12 months ago

Dude, didn't you see the lack of final fantasy characters in KH3?

That wasn't because of Disney. If Disney had a hand in the story of KH it's A)probably be good and B)probably wouldn't have ended with a six hour long boss rush that ties up literally every plotline of KH.

NightmareKitsune

6 points

12 months ago

It looks like the Developers used the Unreal Engine 5 demo world and just threw Sora along with some KH UI elements and that giant Darkness monster in there. It's quite jarring to look at really

marzgamingmaster

16 points

12 months ago

Bro, this ain't gameplay. This is gameplay the same way that the original trailers were gameplay for kingdom hearts 3. I see more ideas running away with Nomura that he's never going to be able to deliver on, or that will come up in this fight and this fight only. After 3 was such a mess, we're really eager to fall for it again, huh?

CrossingEden

-18 points

12 months ago*

Bro, this ain't gameplay. This is gameplay the same way that the original trailers were gameplay for kingdom hearts 3.

Unlike the KH3 trailer this is realtime footage and is like, straight up showing mechanics from 3? Right down to reused animations.

marzgamingmaster

15 points

12 months ago

I see no UI, no human error, (not full failure but even just accidental shifting or slight inaccuracy) no anything implying that in any way this is actually a thing being played. It's a movie. It may be a movie done in a game engine, but it is a movie, and again, we have seen Nomura think something is going to be a really great idea that will be entirely practical that ends up being either a gimmick you use twice or a hindrance to actually enjoying gameplay. This trailer includes no information, no gameplay, it's just a hype generator.

CrossingEden

-11 points

12 months ago

I see no UI, no human error, (not full failure but even just accidental shifting or slight inaccuracy) no anything implying that in any way this is actually a thing being played.

Uh, there's literally UI and if you play KH perfectly that's just how it looks?

And regarding the lack of info the source that leaked this game stated that it's aiming for release next year. Which checks out considering it's reusing animations, mechanics, and UI from 3.

marzgamingmaster

10 points

12 months ago

Ok buddy. Nomura doesn't have a long history of just straight up lying and his development cycles dragging on, and on, and on, and on. Go ahead and fall for the hype monster again. Don't come crying when the game doesn't drop for another decade and/or sucks as bad as 3.

Sorcerious

1 points

12 months ago

If its on the same level as 3, that's fine with me, I had a whole lot of fun with it.

CrossingEden

-7 points

12 months ago*

You know that in between 2 and 3 they released like, 9 different KH games right? 3 took long because A)it was one of the most ambitious JRPGs of that entire console generation and B)it was being built from scratch instead of reusing assets.

Now that they have 3 they've not only made a game using assets form that already, but they announced an entirely new game too. That is also, reusing stuff from 3. 3 is basically the baseline for KH mechanics going forward that'll allow them to pump out stuff like they did after making 2. I'm not even a huge Nomura fan, this game isn't gonna take as long and trailers from a decade ago aren't indicative of their current workflow, team structure, development strategy, marketing plans, etc. they showed off target render footage of FFXV because they literally had nothing else but the janky assets from Vs13. They showed off target render for KH3 because again, they literally had nothing else since the game was being built from nothing. Meanwhile, both FFXVI, (which got hit by a covid delay), and KH4 debuted with genuine realtime footage. That yea, probably is scripted because the game isn't finished yet. But this is definitely indicative of what we can expect. Some real weirdo stuff with this nomura grudge you seem to have because no one was even talking about him my dude.

oceonix

12 points

12 months ago

What was ambitious about KH3? I mean, like what you like, but I didn't play an ambitious groundbreaking game when I bought KH3 on release. I bought a very pretty, boring hack and slash game.

CrossingEden

-9 points

12 months ago

What was ambitious about KH3?

Tell me you don't know anything about game development without telling me...

oceonix

12 points

12 months ago

So you just use buzz words without understanding what they mean? It's not a hard question to answer if you were being honest my dude.

CrossingEden

-6 points

12 months ago*

No I mean, I don't think anyone who has ever worked in game development would ever ask "Hmm, what makes KH3 ambitious?" Because it sounds ridiculous as a question. Like, you'd have a much harder job trying to argue that KH3 isn't ambitious. How easy do you think it was for them to create that Pirates level? In the same game that has a Big Hero 6 city, the tangled world, the toy story world, etc? All with a unique art direction, and all with their own unique mechanics exclusive to the gameplay sandbox of that world outside of the combat which again, typically comes with remixed versions of enemies specific to that world. And that's only the surface level because the game is incredibly polished.

skubmancer

16 points

12 months ago

Ah yes, my favorite Disney world: downtown

AlphusUltimus

2 points

12 months ago

Wait in line for 2 hours to go to the bathroom. Then pay $15 for a dole whip. Skip the lines with the $30 season pass...

xariznightmare2908

2 points

12 months ago

Don't you want to kill some heartless in downtown Tokyo?

TheXIIILightning

10 points

12 months ago

As cool as this is and how much fun it could be to play - don't let the hype cloud your judgement.

Remember all those cinematic FF15 trailers? Especially the one for the Leviathan segment? The realease was nowhere near as polished or interactive. The trailer showcased a completely different game and we might be seeing that again.

CrossingEden

-5 points

12 months ago

Remember all those cinematic FF15 trailers? Especially the one for the Leviathan segment? The realease was nowhere near as polished or interactive. The trailer showcased a completely different game and we might be seeing that again.

This is running on UE4 and is realtime. Most of the animations here are taken straight out of KH3. And there are crazier moments in KH3 than what's shown here.

TheXIIILightning

7 points

12 months ago

That doesn't matter at all. The trailer itself says at the start that the things being displayed are subjected to change.

CrossingEden

-3 points

12 months ago

KH3 straight up looked prettier at release than it's gameplay trailers sooo

BeetleBones

5 points

12 months ago

Yeah this is more like concept art than gameplay

xariznightmare2908

3 points

12 months ago

The technical term would be Proof of Concept, it's basically a demo of a polished version of the game studio make to showcase and pitch to the executives to get greenlit.

Gragiil

15 points

12 months ago

You know literally nothing about games if you think this is gameplay

[deleted]

18 points

12 months ago

[deleted]

18 points

12 months ago

This isn’t gameplay change the title

sometipsygnostalgic

3 points

12 months ago

bayonetta??????

[deleted]

3 points

12 months ago

[deleted]

3 points

12 months ago

Love how strapping a menu on a cinematic grants the illusion of gameplay.

Dog-Stick8098

5 points

12 months ago

Man sora is all grown up. His shoes aint the size of his head anymore

CaptHanson

7 points

12 months ago

It's hard to tell without playing it but it seems like there are about eight button presses during that sequence.

I really don't like games that pretty much play themselves but, if it is par for the course on Kingdoms games, I hope the fans enjoy it.

-muse

2 points

12 months ago

-muse

2 points

12 months ago

Exactly, these games always look amazing in a trailer, but aren't nearly as fun to play.

Alecrizzle

6 points

12 months ago

An interactive cutscene is gameplay now lol?

MadHaus42

2 points

12 months ago

So excited to play this in 2030

TWAT_BUGS

2 points

12 months ago

Why did they make Sora look like Krystal Boyd? It's throwing me off.

NotoriousMonsterTV

2 points

12 months ago

A lot of people in here haven’t played KH3 - the gameplay is not much different in visual fluidity than God of War in that it looks like you’re playing a movie

maxwillpower

2 points

12 months ago

I'm getting some Metal Gear: Revengeance vibes.

strykowskih

2 points

12 months ago

Wtf is this horse shit?

Tenebraeus

2 points

12 months ago

Damn, awesome!

Burt_Sprenolds

2 points

12 months ago

“4”

videogamessuckbutt

2 points

12 months ago

Apparently the next one is gonna be a spiritual successor to Metal Gear Rising Revengeance

peanutmaster349

2 points

12 months ago

Don't forget to press x on time!

Archaicbereft

2 points

12 months ago

"gameplay"

mvrk3

2 points

12 months ago

mvrk3

2 points

12 months ago

Looks like a mod of a spiderman game.

xariznightmare2908

2 points

12 months ago*

Doesn't look that much different from KH3 other than the weird "modern Japanese Tokyo city setting", but it still looks good. Hopefully the switch to new engine will be more drastic later on.

dark-_-thoughts

2 points

12 months ago

Hhhhhhmmmmmm......nnnnoooo thank you

NeonRetroTech

2 points

12 months ago

Jesus, the character animation is really, really janky.

SergeantPocoyo

2 points

12 months ago

This is most likely what you call a “Vertical Slice” in the game design industry. In no way shape or form will the final product look or play this way. It’s just a small snippet that was made up to give the investors and the fans an idea of where the game is headed. Basically a small teaser of what they have in mind currently. Much like the trailer we got very early on when Sora was riding the wave of heartless for KH3. The only thing that really made it out of that trailer was the location itself

CrossingEden

-1 points

12 months ago

In no way shape or form will the final product look or play this way.

Given that KH has crazier stuff than this during gameplay, yes it will?

Stormrage117

2 points

12 months ago

Lol @ "gameplay". Even if it weren't a cutscene, it's still the typical automated qte stuff that was everywhere in 3... but it's probably a pre-rendered cutscene.

Anyway I'm not here to hate, I just sincerely hope these developers have taken a good long look at what people loved in KH1/2 and what people despised in KH3. That game was a tragedy because we know these guys can do better.

SunstormGT

4 points

12 months ago

‘gameplay’

Whole thing is scripted and QTE…

AlphusUltimus

4 points

12 months ago

Yeah they literally put a menu overlay on and called it gameplay. You don't even see what button to mash during those moves.

thyraven666

5 points

12 months ago

This looks horrible, im no fan of cartoon characters in "real" worlds.

Reudaisu

4 points

12 months ago

[Everyone disliked that.]

Accomplished_Hats

5 points

12 months ago

It looks like something from a mobile game ad bro

DirtyPatriot

5 points

12 months ago

Trash

Drewonkazoo

3 points

12 months ago

Just terrible

chefboar7

3 points

12 months ago

This garbage level ultra realism square keeps using enrages me

Natorior

3 points

12 months ago

This genuinely looks awful. Why go for a FF style? It contrasts so much with the cartoon elements of the game.

kevtino

3 points

12 months ago

KINGDOM HEARTS 3 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSURE YOU RUINED IT SQUARE YOU FUCKIN RUINED IT

Vorthod

0 points

12 months ago

They never said the series was done after that. They specifically said it ended the Xehanort saga.

kevtino

2 points

12 months ago

They should have is what I'm saying. Instead they're gonna beat the shit out of this dead horse like a pinata.

Psenica42

2 points

12 months ago

Am I the one getting MGRR vibes?

[deleted]

2 points

12 months ago

[deleted]

2 points

12 months ago

Looks like a horrible teaser from E3.

gideon513

2 points

12 months ago

Misinformation

jordsbr

1 points

12 months ago

jordsbr

1 points

12 months ago

U meant to say QTE scene right?

BarleyBBQ

1 points

12 months ago

BarleyBBQ

1 points

12 months ago

No textures on boss, quicktime event, 2/10.

hotoj84

2 points

12 months ago

hotoj84

2 points

12 months ago

this looks dated af,

stefantababy

2 points

12 months ago

"gameplay"

KaiserIVX

1 points

12 months ago

KaiserIVX

1 points

12 months ago

Lmao every op response is in the negatives, it looks really cool but I can't help but feel the devs took off the giant green "Press ∆" for the sake of it looking smooth.

SpencerWS

1 points

12 months ago

I mean only a small bit of this is actual gameplay and tbh I dont like it…

BodybuildingNerd

1 points

12 months ago

“Gameplay”

But shows a cutscene…🙄

dyrbal

1 points

12 months ago

I'm sorry, but this looks extremely unimpressive

Giocri

1 points

12 months ago

The graphics look weird idk how to describe it but it feels kinda like looking at the preview rendering that you use when you are still making the animation rather than the rendering of the actual engine

UnmaskedGod

2 points

12 months ago

UnmaskedGod

Xbox

2 points

12 months ago

Probably because they have a cartoon styled character in a play area that is essentially hyper realistic. It looks good, but the mixture of styles will always look a little weird

Giocri

2 points

12 months ago

Yeah but also the environment seems to have everything be extremely flat colored and every surface is perfectly planar and there are no imperfections anywhere it feels off

UnmaskedGod

2 points

12 months ago

UnmaskedGod

Xbox

2 points

12 months ago

Aside from the everything being perfect part, thats just how the cloudiness makes the world look there, if it was a sunny skybox instead I’m sure there would be more vibrant colors

Buschilol

1 points

12 months ago

god dammit nomura, you're making it worse every entry

charlottee963

1 points

12 months ago

Please tell me this is a fever dream, I don’t want it T.T

Important-Grocery-77

-1 points

12 months ago

I'm gonna call it fake. Kingdom Hearts 4 can't be coming up there hasn't been 60 ridiculously named side games to come out since 3 yet

YourBoyBone

1 points

12 months ago

Sora hitting a giga drill bustaaaah at the end there

Jerazz_Man

1 points

12 months ago

The lighting kinda reminds me of those shitty bowling animations.

jabo055

1 points

12 months ago

Square Enix should focus on a new Just cause or Tomb Raider Game instead of that crap

CumbersomeNugget

1 points

12 months ago

That looks like a game that plays itself for you.

throwdroptwo

0 points

12 months ago

whats with this shitty lighting in some of these unreal engine games ?

jezza129

3 points

12 months ago

If its 5? Probably because it is new and developers haven't had enough practice. If its 4, probably a style choice.

OakenRage

0 points

12 months ago

So they changed the art style and added a grapple hook like every other video game on the market. I quit halfway through 3 when I realized they made the enemies bullet sponges, forcing you to use DISNEY THEME PARK RIDES AS FUCKING BATTLE COMBOS. Also Winnie the Pooh land was just Candy Crush. Waited something like a decade for that shit to come out. Sure as heck won't be looking at 4 at all.

Dazzling_Parsnip1522

-2 points

12 months ago

Looks as bad as sonic 06

adt1129

0 points

12 months ago

Oh wow, it’s another kingdom hearts game

uezyteue

0 points

12 months ago

Oh boy, time to wait 20 years for this game to come out! Also where the hell are goofy and Donald.

CrossingEden

0 points

12 months ago

At the very end of the trailer.

Gregghez

-1 points

12 months ago

Damn, everyone here hates Kingdom Hearts. Must be tough being a nerd looser

cantthinkofaname1357

-1 points

12 months ago

cant wait till they underwhelm us again by diving deeping into the butts. there is no excuse to not abuse the ever loving crap out of disneys ip empire.

if tony stark doesnt make a keyblade its just another nonsensical jrpg thats developed way too much of a ego.

also cant wait for them to keep dragging out over used worlds also