


I don’t envy anyone who had to actually review this game. I think the same goes for Kingdom Hearts III. So, as fun as the story and interactions were, the combat was a bit of a drag, because it wasn’t engaging and I just wanted to get on to the next world. But I have never been a fan of the floaty, loose combat in games like Kingdom Hearts, Devil May Cry, and NieR: Automata. Don’t get me wrong, it was thrilling and super fun exploring each new Disney world, seeing Mickey, Aladdin, Simba, and more in the same game as Cloud, Squall, and Moogles. Having said that, I don’t think I loved the original two games as much as so many others seemed to. Now, one of the biggest video game developers in the world was going to have license to create stories that bring some of the most famous Disney characters together and have them interact with characters from some of my favorite video games? Uh, yes. As a fan of most Disney movies and Final Fantasy games, I couldn’t believe characters from both universes would be in the same game, made only more incredible by the fact that Disney’s track record with video games was spotty, at best. Like many, I remember when Square Enix announced the original Kingdom Hearts, and it sounded like a game that was too good to be true. I feel like some of these games, like Kingdom Hearts III, deserve a lot more attention, but I want to do an E3 post soon, and I’m currently in the middle of working on my dissertation prospectus, so a few thoughts will have to do. I started getting antsy after the third year, so I moved on before getting the trophy, but I will just say that I married Leah this time around, because that’s important, right?Īnywho. I’ll skip my return to Stardew Valley, but I did spend a whole crapload of time with a new farm, attempting to work toward the platinum trophy on PS4. So this will be a catch-up blog, where I share just a few thoughts about the games I’ve played over the last few months. I made time to continue playing games, but that didn’t leave time for much else.

I let the semester overwhelm me again, so I ended up not writing about the games I was playing between grading, lesson plans, and research.
