Kingdom Hearts III - Review on PlayStation

Written by - on 31 January 2019. Posted in PlayStation

BASIC INFORMATION ON THE GAME

PLATFORM : Playstation 4
RELEASE DATE : 2019
GENRE : Action RPG / JRPG / Anime
DEVELOPER : Square Enix
Publisher : Square Enix

Kingdom Hearts III is the third full-fledged part of the popular JRPG game series, which began in 2002 on the PlayStation 2. The game is a kind of crossover that combines two universes into one fantasy world, Walt Disney cartoons with the Final Fantasy game series. The characters in this part are familiar to the players from the previous parts of the series: Sora, Riku and Kairi, as well as characters such as Miki, Donald or Goofy.

During the game, we are witnesses to the final clash between light and darkness, personified by a new organization called XIII, led by the resurrected master Xenarot. Despite the clearly improved graphic design, Kingdom Hearts III uses the mechanics and combat system from previous hits in the series. We watch the action from a third person's jn point of view, while during real-time clashes we can count on the support of two allies with their own skill set.

GAME ENGINE

Kingdom Hearts III is powered by the Unreal Engine, developed and maintained by Epic Games.

Thanks to his work, each playthrough of the game is unique and inimitable, which increases the replayability of the game. The first game created on the engine - Unreal - appeared in 1998. Since then, various versions of this game engine have been used in over a hundred games, including Deus Ex, Dishonored, Lineage II, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Postal 2, the Brothers in Arms series, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, as well as in the well-known game series Unreal and Unreal Tournament from Epic Games themselves. Being adapted primarily for first-person shooters, the engine was also used to create games of other genres.

Written in the high-level C++ language, Unreal Engine 4 allows you to create games for most operating systems and platforms: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Mac OS X, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Wii, Dreamcast and Nintendo GameCube. In December, Mark Rein demonstrated Unreal Engine 3 on the iPod Touch and iPhone 3GS. In March 2010, the engine was demonstrated on the Palm Pre communicator based on the webOS mobile platform.

To simplify porting, the engine uses a modular system of dependent components: supports various rendering systems (Direct3D, OpenGL, Pixomatic; previously supported Glide API, S3 Metal, PowerVR SGL), sound playback (EAX, OpenAL, DirectSound3D; previously supported A3D), voice playback tools text, speech recognition (only for Xbox360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Windows, also planned for Linux and Mac), modules for networking and support for various input devices.

For online play, Windows Live, Xbox Live, and GameSpy technologies are supported, including up to 64 players (clients) at the same time. Despite the fact that the development tools do not officially include support for a large number of clients on a single server, the engine has been used to create MMORPG games. One of the most famous representatives of the genre, Lineage II, uses the Unreal Engine.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Kingdom Hearts III occupies 40 gigabytes on the hard drive of the console.

The content size of the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro versions is identical.

CONTROL AND INTERFACE

The control settings in the game are quite enough for fine-tuning to any of your wishes.

All settings for both control and graphics are located in one submenu.

SETTINGS

As in the settings of the PlayStation 4, so the PlayStation 4 Pro, we have absolutely identical graphical menus. There are no HDR settings and its inclusion in the game.

The game has a default graphics setting and is optimal - this option does not bring visible visual improvements.

COMPARISON PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro

In this case, we are comparing the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 4 Pro:

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Of course, the graphics on the PlayStation 4 Pro are better and the standard PlayStation 4 remains only slightly from it, having a slightly lower resolution. Below is our comparison video review directly in the gameplay:

OVERALL VISUAL GAME EXPERIENCE

Kingdom Hearts III, of course, does not shine with ultra-realistic graphics, but the visual style in the game itself is at the highest level, so the picture is very pleasant and beautiful.