Kingdom Hearts III

Kingdom Hearts III

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Kingdom Hearts III is a RPG videogame produced by Square Enix for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is the sequel to the 2002 video game Kingdom Hearts and its 2005 sequel Kingdom Hearts II and the final chapter of the Dark Seeker saga. It was released on January 25, 2019.

Summary

The game, like its predecessors, features elements from many Disney movies, and includes a "world" based on Pirates of the Caribbean called "The Caribbean", previously known as "Port Royal" in Kingdom Hearts II. The protagonist Sora and his allies, classic Disney characters Donald Duck and Goofy, visit the world and team up with Captain Jack Sparrow, who is trapped inside Davy Jones' Locker and is ready to escape from that estate of purgatory for a great battle. The game adapts part of the story of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, while its predecessor adapted part of The Curse of the Black Pearl. The story also includes elements unique to the plot of the Kingdom Hearts series, such as an infestation of "Heartless" monsters, and the return of Luxord, a member of the game's antagonistic Organization XIII, who seeks out the Master of Masters's Black Box believed to be hidden in the world. Additionally, in the game's version of the film, the Kraken is still alive and plays a role in the game's version of the Battle of Calypso's maelstrom.

Gallery

Trailer

KINGDOM HEARTS III – E3 2018 Pirates of the Caribbean Trailer-1

E3 2018 Pirates of the Caribbean Trailer

Cutscenes

Sora wearing a pirate outfit

Jack Sparrow rendered with the Unreal Engine.

The Black Pearl in Davy Jones' Locker

Will with Barbossa rendered with Unreal Engine.

Luxord returns.

Davy Jones

Sora, Donald Duck & Goofy Attacking Davy Jones

Cutler Beckett

Sora, Donald Duck & Goofy in at world's end

Sora in Up is Down

Released the Leviathan

Selfie with Jack Sparrow

Sora, Donald duck & Goofy witness Jack Sparrow Dissolved into the Thousands Crabs

The Fight for Pirates, It's the Fight for us

William Turner Killing Davy Jones in Kingdom Hearts III

Davy Jones falls into the maelstrom.

Hector Barbossa without his pet

Elizabeth Swann with Sora, Donald Duck and Goofy

Sinking the HMS Endeavour

Jack Sparrow Bad breath to Luxord

Luxord falls into the Maeltrom

Sora punches Davy Jones

Gameplay

Sora battling a Heartless.

Sora performs barrel roll at Port Royal

Renders

Reception

Kingdom Hearts III received "generally favorable" reviews on Metacritic getting a metascore of 83/100 on PS4 based on 88 critic reviews and 80/100 on Xbox One based on 23 critic reviews.

Behind the scenes

On why the the game chose to adapt the story of the 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End over the one of the 2006 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest to represent the Pirates of the Caribbean world, director Tetsuya Nomura explained that Dead Man's Chest essentially serves as the set-up to At World's End, so had they gone for second film, they would have ended the story in a cliffhanger, so they opted to adapt the third film due to including more dynamic action and fitting better from that perspective, plus his wishes to include the Battle of Calypso's maelstrom.

External links

• Kingdom Hearts III on Wikipedia

• Kingdom Hearts III on The Keyhole (Kingdom Hearts Wiki)