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I genuinely do not understand how people like Kingdom Hearts. I’ve tried to play the first game at least 3 times and I just do not get the appeal at all.

The dialogue is horribly stilted, the combat is clunky and floaty. I don’t even have the normal complaint of “ohhh it’s just SOOO complicated” it’s just not that interesting story wise. I like esoteric bullshit.

From the beginning you get the impression this is like a neverland island situation where they’re all kids and then suddenly there’s a cutscene with Sora in his house with his parents there and they’re just genuinely never mentioned again??

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The furthest I’ve gotten is the Aladdin world where Homer Simpson shows up as the Genie and I was like “okay I’m genuinely just not having any fun” and stopped. I have had people I know IN REAL LIFE say to me “nahh man kingdom hearts TWO is where it gets good” and like bro come on now.

I don’t mean this as like a hate post if you like kingdom hearts I just genuinely don’t understand it. I’ve been able to play games before for a few hours without finishing it and go away from it like “oh yeah I can see why people like this” but I cannot do that here and I don’t get it at all lol

When I was 18yo, I played the first two games basically back-to-back right when KH2 was coming out, and I’ll admit I was charmed. It was novel to explore these weird mish-mash of FF and Disney. But like you I genuinely cannot understand how the series still holds so much sway in 2026.