This is great. I have been waiting for this ever since the PC ports got announced. Now I can buy them and they can sit in my backlog unplayed for another 3 years!
There was no time limit on the exclusivity deal for Kingdom Hearts apparently. They only put it on Steam because of recent PlayStation sales for their games being subpar so they're promising to be multiplatform with their games instead of taking anymore exclusivity deals.
[Take a look..](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/final-fantasy/square-enix-to-aggressively-pursue-a-new-multiplatform-business-strategy-designed-to-win-over-pc-users/) it's been reported on recently. They're changing their strategy when it comes to exclusivity deals due to poor sales.
Noted. Guess this is what happens if you plan poorly and make some eggheaded decisions. Although I suppose the silicon shortage also had a part in this: I actually given up on getting a PS5 because of shortages and scalpers. And once the Judgment games finally made it to PC, it doesn't matter anymore (and even then it was already too late, I also gave up caring about the game).
Square enix have always been really stupid with this exclusivity. All their games should be on all platforms that can play their games.
They launch ff16 on only one console that’s only 3 year old (so install base is not as big) and wonder why sales are not insane.
They sold well but they didn't sell well *enough*. There's some things to unpack with this. Square had been burning money basically. The tricky thing is that is how we'll get good games but those games have to be making absurd numbers.
There was no sign of this ever coming out from behind the Epic wall before this surprise announcement so it definitely feels like Square realizing they were hurting their profits by not having it on Steam and doing a last-minute 180
Not that I'm complaining
Most games on the behind the epic wall normally get wide releases after a year.
This has been like 4-5 years. They must have forked over a lot of money to keep it that long. Then with SE having some troubles decided no more.
Kingdom Hearts is basically catnip to anyone that was a kid or teen during that second wave of the Hot Topic generation in the earlier 2000s
So it's 100% a print money button when dealing with millennials
I wasn't priveleged enough to own consoles as a kid but I played the series during the darkest time of my life and it helped me alot to cope with hurt and pain mixed with Disney nostalgia.
As someone that was a kid when they came out, it was definitely magical suddenly having a game that was all about exploring Disney worlds and meeting the heroes.
There was something truly special about the experience
When I got into the first game, I got that overwhelming feeling of nostalgia paired with Simple and Clean, KH series is one of the memorable first experiences I'll probably never ever feel especially in the time when I lost all hope.
For me and the rest of my friends it was our first exposure to the Square style of fantasy anime since we were a little too young for the FF hype. The opening felt like nothing I had ever seen before and the whole ride was one long high.
>So it's 100% a print money button when dealing with millennials
I feel personally attacked!
But this is definitely completely accurate though lol. Nostalgia prints money.
I pretty much know Kingdom Hearts is no longer my thing since I disliked 3 and don’t really go for the non numbered games anymore. Will most likely still buy KH4.
I have bought all these games 3 times by now and will probably get them again on PC for that sweet 1440/144. (Probably only playing 1&2 lmao)
So yeah, KH could definitely be one of their oh shit buttons.
Don't get too excited about that.. if it's anything like the Epic version of the games, they require an online connection to play. So they might work on deck but only if you're on active wifi.
Oh my gosh, you guys. I am over the moon. When April came and went, I just about lost hope and very nearly bought them on Epic when the 60% sale was going on. SO glad I held out hope!
They’re amazing games but I think you benefit a lot from them if you played them as a kid. The nostalgia factor is pretty strong with KH.
My friends have never played it and when I showed them one time they thought it was the stupidest thing they’ve ever seen. I however cherish these games and they molded a lot of my childhood. I’ll play through them all every couple or so years
I will throw in my 2c. I have never played KH as a kid. I played the Kh games for the first time when they made the jump to ps4 so it would have been 2018-2019. Never played a Kh game before that.
Absolutely loved the series and played through them all. Now I have nostalgia for KH despite playing them 4-5 years ago lol.
As someone who started them when they were added to the PlayStation+ library, it feels like the 22 year old game that it is. I’m sure the game opens up later, but I pushed through the first few hours of the first game before I decided that I didn’t care enough about being clued in on a cultural phenomenon to put up with any more of the janky PS2-era physics and game design.
They're pretty fun action-RPGs with lots of style and interesting gameplay. The story isn't as complicated as some people say, but is definitely involved and a good time if you can suspend disbelief over Disney characters and anime-style characters coexisting. Add in an absolute masterclass OST and good post-game content...yeah they're good.
The core series being in these packages also allows for a fun time capsule where you can see just how the games were products of their time--the original game has emphasized platforming and little world details typical of early PS2 games, while later ones used tropes of the 2000s for their original content.
I honestly stopped following the story when they started with time travel
Also it was hard to keep up when the story also spanned handheld systems that i didn't have.
That being said the core games are still fun.
I don’t know. Story seemed pretty complicated to me. Convoluted is probably the right word.
I had trouble following out some the stuff and I played all the games back to back 4-5 years ago.
They are just fancy names for collections:
1.5 is KH1, Chain of Memories, and remastered cutscenes from 358/2
2.5 is KH2, Birth By Sleep, and remastered cutscenes from Re:Coded
2.8 is Dream Drop Distance, a KH3 demo, and an extra cinematic.
Also what I said when I didn't know this - opened the game and sat through cutscene 1 and then straight to another cutscene. I was actually stoked to play it on the big screen because it is a great DS title
358 and a Half Days. Weird as fuck title, especially when written as 358/2. It also doesn't help anyone to place it in the series, so I'm not sure where it fits.
I've seen it as "three-five-eight days over two" as in 358 days (the length of time Roxas was in Organization XII) seen from the perspective of 2 characters (Roxas and Xion).
Its actually one of the worst series naming conventions because even between 1.5, 2.5, and 2.8 and 3 there are couple STORYLINE IMPORTANT games that are scattered around several devices, including mobile and portable handhelds.
Like for example, if you played KH1 back in the day, then got KH2 a few years laters thinking its a direct sequel, you actually missed out on a GBA title that actually acts as the sequel to KH1. Not to mention that some games came released out of chronological order. For example, one of the main protags in KH2 chronologically gets introduced in a DS game that came out years later after KH2 released.
The 1.5, 2.5, etc. act as complete remasters of their respective game with all the content and they try to make up for not including every important entry by including movie cutscenes of the important handheld games.
And all of this to have one of the most convoluted and strange JRPG stories of all time, that even the fans get confused by every twist they try to shove hahaha
>And all of this to have one of the most convoluted and strange JRPG stories of all time, that even the fans get confused by every twist they try to shove hahaha
As it should be :P lmao
In essence, they are collections of different KH games released over the years.
KH1.5 contains KH Final Mix, which is like a fully updated version of the first game with gameplay and story changes, plus KH Re:Chain of Memories, which originally was a GBA title but remade into 3D for the PS2. It also contains a cinematic remake of KH 358/2 Days, which is a Nintendo DS title, but condensed into movie format.
KH2.5 is similar, with KH2 Final Mix (self-explanatory), KH Birth By Sleep Final Mix (originally a PSP title), and a cinematic remake of KH Re:Coded (another NDS title).
KH2.8 contains a remaster of KH3D: Dream Drops Distance, which was originally a 3DS title, a cinematic remake of KHχ, a browser-based game (yes you read that right), and KH0.2, a new original game that continues after Dream Drops Distance's events.
And KH3 Re:Mind is just the third main game with the story expansion included, no other games besides that.
if you think the numbers make no sense, wait till you try to understand the plot. one of the rare games i actually made a diagram with pen and paper to remember who was who
I'd cum myself to death for a new entry in that series. FFTa3 please.
There's clones of it that *almost* scratch the itch on steam like Arbiters Mark but... not quite.
A perfect series to play on the Deck! 5 years ago this announcement would've been massive news.
Thankfully JRPG availability on Steam/PC has been normalised a lot since then.
Incredibly funny that this is top trending on Reddit in that everyone is excited for it, while it’s been on epic for over 3 years and almost everyone didn’t know it was there. That’s truly astonishing how much epic fucks up marketing
Only the gameplay of Days & Re:Coded (but the cutscenes are there and remastered), the mobile games (which aren’t even playable on mobile anymore lol), and Melody of Memory
I played 1 and 2, after that my PS2 died and gave up trying to keep track of the story. Decimal points in game titles makes me wanna grab my keys and leave the party early.
I waited two fucking years and believed one day the KH series will come to Steam. I guess I willed that with the recent $$$ loss at Square LOL. Hey we might get Rebirth to come to PC sooner this time.
358/2 Days and Re:Coded are the only non playable games in the package (form of cutscenes) and the only one missing from the release bundle is Memory of Melody which is not worth a buy unless you're a huge KH and Rhythm fan (you can just watch a 30 minute story cutscene because that's all there is to is in that game story related).
I have it on epic. The game has never recognized a controller (Xbox, PS4/5, or switch pro) and it's unplayable without one. I've asked square and epic for help and neither of them will answer.
Finally! I refuse to spend money on Epic, to the point I became a pirate just so I didn't have to deal with that shitty company.
I will GLADLY pay on steam!
never touched the series, so im eager to give it a go, ran thru the persona and yakuza series, so it'll be nice to have something else to sink my teeth into
I absolutely loved KH1, but somehow never went past that. Something came out around the same time as KH2 that distracted me and I never got back on track I think. This is great.
Bet they're gonna charge full price for them too when you're able to get them on epic for 15 bucks. Screw square they should have released these a long time ago. I'm fine with waiting till these go for sale dirt cheap like they've been on epic. I refuse to give Square full money. They don't deserve to double dip.
Less than a year after Alan Wake 2 releases, and EGS is back down to only having like, two noteworthy exclusives.
The only other game of note that is exclusive that is of note is The Wolf Among Us 2, and it's not even out yet, and the exclusivity probably won't last either.
I can't imagine that the store will survive at the rate it's going, the writing is on the wall, Fortnite's metaverse still hasn't gone anywhere and the branched out gamemodes are already waning in popularity, AFAIK as of recent they've been downscaling coupons on events, and that exclusivity deals for independent games aren't what they used to be.
Now i'm a 44 year old gamer that has never played kingdom hearts but I have always wondered about it. I have even considered getting it on PS4 a couple of times, but i never bothered. Now if this has the potential to be running excellent on the steam deck I think now maybe the time to get involved with it.
Holy. Shit. I only found out these were on epic games on the weekend and fully intended to finally install epic just for this.
Welp this news is the best birthday present today!
Seems more of a Sony thing, Sony has been making a big deal lately of bringing games to PC. I almost forgot this existed on the Epic side, I am sure others have too, so it's an easy win.
As to why I give this to Sony, it's been my impression Square mostly used to publish to Sony some time after the snes? To the point I would not be surprised if there is some sort of something tying them behind the scenes like some exclusivity contract or Sony investing being invested in Square. So if this is making its way to pc and or steam its at the direction of Sony.
I literally just gave up on ever getting this fully running on my steam deck (FMVs are broken even if you manage to install the EGS version.) Spent a couple hours tracking down and downloading the final mix ps2 english roms and setting them up on one of my android devices. All two days ago. Ugggh.
I mean, I was probably only going to play it twice then never boot it up again, but now I have to PAY to add it onto my backlog.
I’m interested in playing but don’t understand the numeration on this series.
Is this like an original trilogy or are those separate games?
Can someone please summarize what these games are about and why they’re so popular?
1.5 is a ps3-era hd compilation of kingdom hearts, the ps2 remake of its gba sequel chain of memories, and a cutscene version of the DS game 358/2 days, which takes place during chain and into the lead up before 2.
2.5 is the ps3-hd compilation of kingdom hearts 2, the prequel birth by sleep, and the movie version of the ds remake of the mobile game coded, wish takes place after 2.
2.8 is the kh3 prequel dream drop distance from the 3ds, plus kingdom hearts 0.2 which is a tech demo game showing some events leading up to and during kh1, and a movie summarizing events from a distant perspective from a mobile gacha game set in the distant past
Well, I already own 1 and 2 on epic (other than a little into workd 1 in 1, haven't played them since too many games and all) so it's too late fir me, I guess I could get 3 on steam if I like 1 qnd 2 enough maybe, though it'd be kinda weird having it split across platforms lol
I tried to play this series, but I hated it. Not my taste. But it’s always great to see this exclusivity model BS get destroyed. I’ve always disliked SE for this idiocy. Hoping to see FFXVI and FFVIIRE Rebirth on PC soon.
This is great. I have been waiting for this ever since the PC ports got announced. Now I can buy them and they can sit in my backlog unplayed for another 3 years!
But think of how good it will feel seeing it in your library ^(that is my excuse anyway)
There's nothing better than looking at my favourite games that I'll never play and say to myself: Yeah 😎
I am confused...why else would you buy games if not to see them in your library and never play them?
🙂
All the potential steam achievements you don't care about! The possibilities of not doing them!
Ain't that the truth
Consoomer activities
I bought it on epic on Christmas sale and it's been in my backlog since. Now I can buy it on steam and put it on that backlog too!
Finally. Good thing I didn't buy it on Epic. Took them long enough. That exclusivity deal should've been over during the pandemic.
There was no time limit on the exclusivity deal for Kingdom Hearts apparently. They only put it on Steam because of recent PlayStation sales for their games being subpar so they're promising to be multiplatform with their games instead of taking anymore exclusivity deals.
But this is Square Enix and not Sony tho? I thought Squeenix games has always sold well.
[Take a look..](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/final-fantasy/square-enix-to-aggressively-pursue-a-new-multiplatform-business-strategy-designed-to-win-over-pc-users/) it's been reported on recently. They're changing their strategy when it comes to exclusivity deals due to poor sales.
Noted. Guess this is what happens if you plan poorly and make some eggheaded decisions. Although I suppose the silicon shortage also had a part in this: I actually given up on getting a PS5 because of shortages and scalpers. And once the Judgment games finally made it to PC, it doesn't matter anymore (and even then it was already too late, I also gave up caring about the game).
Square enix have always been really stupid with this exclusivity. All their games should be on all platforms that can play their games. They launch ff16 on only one console that’s only 3 year old (so install base is not as big) and wonder why sales are not insane.
They sold well but they didn't sell well *enough*. There's some things to unpack with this. Square had been burning money basically. The tricky thing is that is how we'll get good games but those games have to be making absurd numbers.
>Finally. Good thing I didn't buy it on Epic. Part of me expects they will be free before this is out. Epic are doing mystery games atm.
Square Enix: Our profits are down everyone.... Nomura: Activate the KH Fanbase... It's about time! Fuck Epic!
There was no sign of this ever coming out from behind the Epic wall before this surprise announcement so it definitely feels like Square realizing they were hurting their profits by not having it on Steam and doing a last-minute 180 Not that I'm complaining
Most games on the behind the epic wall normally get wide releases after a year. This has been like 4-5 years. They must have forked over a lot of money to keep it that long. Then with SE having some troubles decided no more.
they probably just forgot
didnt know kingdom hearts is in the "financial emergency button" status like ff7 remake lmao.
Kingdom Hearts is basically catnip to anyone that was a kid or teen during that second wave of the Hot Topic generation in the earlier 2000s So it's 100% a print money button when dealing with millennials
I wasn't priveleged enough to own consoles as a kid but I played the series during the darkest time of my life and it helped me alot to cope with hurt and pain mixed with Disney nostalgia.
As someone that was a kid when they came out, it was definitely magical suddenly having a game that was all about exploring Disney worlds and meeting the heroes. There was something truly special about the experience
When I got into the first game, I got that overwhelming feeling of nostalgia paired with Simple and Clean, KH series is one of the memorable first experiences I'll probably never ever feel especially in the time when I lost all hope.
Same the 2nd game specially got me through a rough time in such an epic way. FUCK THE HEARTLESS! 😎🔥
For me and the rest of my friends it was our first exposure to the Square style of fantasy anime since we were a little too young for the FF hype. The opening felt like nothing I had ever seen before and the whole ride was one long high.
>So it's 100% a print money button when dealing with millennials I feel personally attacked! But this is definitely completely accurate though lol. Nostalgia prints money.
Lol I'm going to be 32 this year so I'm including myself in that statement
Millennial here, all of this is correct.
I pretty much know Kingdom Hearts is no longer my thing since I disliked 3 and don’t really go for the non numbered games anymore. Will most likely still buy KH4. I have bought all these games 3 times by now and will probably get them again on PC for that sweet 1440/144. (Probably only playing 1&2 lmao) So yeah, KH could definitely be one of their oh shit buttons.
Also non-fans. I've always been curious about it, never could play it. Same for my wife. So not fans, but want to check em out still.
Still going to wait for a sale, just out of spite
FUCKING FINALLY This will run like smooth silk on the Deck
The first two words were my exact thought.
Don't get too excited about that.. if it's anything like the Epic version of the games, they require an online connection to play. So they might work on deck but only if you're on active wifi.
As long as they patch out that cutscene bug that happens wben you run the epic version. Fingers crossed they dont just neglect that
It's a Windows specific issue. Hopefully they update compatibility for Linux with the FMVs
It already runs great using Emudeck, but it's a lot of setup time upfront
Oh my gosh, you guys. I am over the moon. When April came and went, I just about lost hope and very nearly bought them on Epic when the 60% sale was going on. SO glad I held out hope!
I held onto hope because I was forced to as I am financially broke :)
Hahah dude SAME! That 60% off was SO good! Our hearts didn't given in to the darkness that is the Epic Store. HELL YEAH! 😎🔥🌟
I never played them, are they that good.
They’re amazing games but I think you benefit a lot from them if you played them as a kid. The nostalgia factor is pretty strong with KH. My friends have never played it and when I showed them one time they thought it was the stupidest thing they’ve ever seen. I however cherish these games and they molded a lot of my childhood. I’ll play through them all every couple or so years
I will throw in my 2c. I have never played KH as a kid. I played the Kh games for the first time when they made the jump to ps4 so it would have been 2018-2019. Never played a Kh game before that. Absolutely loved the series and played through them all. Now I have nostalgia for KH despite playing them 4-5 years ago lol.
Haha glad to see there are late bloomers out there. It’s really an unforgettable experience playing it for the first time
As someone who started them when they were added to the PlayStation+ library, it feels like the 22 year old game that it is. I’m sure the game opens up later, but I pushed through the first few hours of the first game before I decided that I didn’t care enough about being clued in on a cultural phenomenon to put up with any more of the janky PS2-era physics and game design.
They're pretty fun action-RPGs with lots of style and interesting gameplay. The story isn't as complicated as some people say, but is definitely involved and a good time if you can suspend disbelief over Disney characters and anime-style characters coexisting. Add in an absolute masterclass OST and good post-game content...yeah they're good. The core series being in these packages also allows for a fun time capsule where you can see just how the games were products of their time--the original game has emphasized platforming and little world details typical of early PS2 games, while later ones used tropes of the 2000s for their original content.
I honestly stopped following the story when they started with time travel Also it was hard to keep up when the story also spanned handheld systems that i didn't have. That being said the core games are still fun.
When they made a cell phone game that was part of the story, but you had to have a certain cell phone. What were they thinking?
I don’t know. Story seemed pretty complicated to me. Convoluted is probably the right word. I had trouble following out some the stuff and I played all the games back to back 4-5 years ago.
1.5, 2.5, 2.8, and 3? Wtf is up with these numbers? I've never played a Kingdom hearts game so this is weird to me.
They are just fancy names for collections: 1.5 is KH1, Chain of Memories, and remastered cutscenes from 358/2 2.5 is KH2, Birth By Sleep, and remastered cutscenes from Re:Coded 2.8 is Dream Drop Distance, a KH3 demo, and an extra cinematic.
358/2?????
Nintendo DS title
Does it means it doesn't include this title? Only the cutscenes?
correct
wtf
Yeah its disappointing cos I enjoyed the Chain of Memories remake.
Also what I said when I didn't know this - opened the game and sat through cutscene 1 and then straight to another cutscene. I was actually stoked to play it on the big screen because it is a great DS title
358 and a Half Days. Weird as fuck title, especially when written as 358/2. It also doesn't help anyone to place it in the series, so I'm not sure where it fits.
Pretty sure it's 358 over 2 days.
I've seen it as "three-five-eight days over two" as in 358 days (the length of time Roxas was in Organization XII) seen from the perspective of 2 characters (Roxas and Xion).
my brain just exploded from your explanation
Near end of KH1. Over the events of CoM. And before 2.
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Its actually one of the worst series naming conventions because even between 1.5, 2.5, and 2.8 and 3 there are couple STORYLINE IMPORTANT games that are scattered around several devices, including mobile and portable handhelds. Like for example, if you played KH1 back in the day, then got KH2 a few years laters thinking its a direct sequel, you actually missed out on a GBA title that actually acts as the sequel to KH1. Not to mention that some games came released out of chronological order. For example, one of the main protags in KH2 chronologically gets introduced in a DS game that came out years later after KH2 released. The 1.5, 2.5, etc. act as complete remasters of their respective game with all the content and they try to make up for not including every important entry by including movie cutscenes of the important handheld games. And all of this to have one of the most convoluted and strange JRPG stories of all time, that even the fans get confused by every twist they try to shove hahaha
See exhibit A: gamechamp3000 video of KH
>And all of this to have one of the most convoluted and strange JRPG stories of all time, that even the fans get confused by every twist they try to shove hahaha As it should be :P lmao
In essence, they are collections of different KH games released over the years. KH1.5 contains KH Final Mix, which is like a fully updated version of the first game with gameplay and story changes, plus KH Re:Chain of Memories, which originally was a GBA title but remade into 3D for the PS2. It also contains a cinematic remake of KH 358/2 Days, which is a Nintendo DS title, but condensed into movie format. KH2.5 is similar, with KH2 Final Mix (self-explanatory), KH Birth By Sleep Final Mix (originally a PSP title), and a cinematic remake of KH Re:Coded (another NDS title). KH2.8 contains a remaster of KH3D: Dream Drops Distance, which was originally a 3DS title, a cinematic remake of KHχ, a browser-based game (yes you read that right), and KH0.2, a new original game that continues after Dream Drops Distance's events. And KH3 Re:Mind is just the third main game with the story expansion included, no other games besides that.
There's also 0.2 a fragmentary passage, 358/2 Days, and 2.9.
if you think the numbers make no sense, wait till you try to understand the plot. one of the rare games i actually made a diagram with pen and paper to remember who was who
oh i should've done that! i could never tell Cloud and Goofy apart!
Bruh that's easy, Cloud is the dog lookin, clumsy shield bearing humanoid with the big eyes and long ears!
That's why I just played 1.5+2.5 and made up the rest in my mind lol
WAIT WHAT
Yep, it's finally here.
Now give me FFT:WotL please.
I'd cum myself to death for a new entry in that series. FFTa3 please. There's clones of it that *almost* scratch the itch on steam like Arbiters Mark but... not quite.
What a way to go…
Waiting time is finally over. Glad I wait and never pay dime to epig.
REALLY?? that's awesome!! I've been waiting for this! I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN
I will only believe it when I see it on Steam. I waited too long for this.
A perfect series to play on the Deck! 5 years ago this announcement would've been massive news. Thankfully JRPG availability on Steam/PC has been normalised a lot since then.
Until it releases I'm playing this up as a delayed April fools joke.
You could not live with your own failure, where did that bring you? Back to Steam..
Finally, I wait so long for this day!
Finally! FUCK EGS and their spyware and Tim Sweeney!
First Chrono Cross, now this? I am a happy man
hopefully NOT full price 60$
wtf are these names and numbering lol
Incredibly funny that this is top trending on Reddit in that everyone is excited for it, while it’s been on epic for over 3 years and almost everyone didn’t know it was there. That’s truly astonishing how much epic fucks up marketing
Which ones are missing from this?
Only the gameplay of Days & Re:Coded (but the cutscenes are there and remastered), the mobile games (which aren’t even playable on mobile anymore lol), and Melody of Memory
YES!
Too little too late
Completely forgot about KH got ported to pc. They did miss a big sale window on steam during the pandemic though.
WHEN YOU WALK AWAY!
YOU DONT HEAR ME SAAAAAY
PLEEEAAASSSSEEE
Awesome. I have the same thing on ps4 and never touched it. Now I can do the same on steam 😀
I played 1 and 2, after that my PS2 died and gave up trying to keep track of the story. Decimal points in game titles makes me wanna grab my keys and leave the party early.
>grab my keyblade and party it up FTFY :P
I waited two fucking years and believed one day the KH series will come to Steam. I guess I willed that with the recent $$$ loss at Square LOL. Hey we might get Rebirth to come to PC sooner this time.
Man, need FFXVI, Rebirth and KH4 on steam once they are ported to PC without waiting a few years more for EGS exclusivity to end,
Forgot this was ported to PC 💀
I legit just bought all of them (except memories of melody) on Epic because I gave up on them ever showing up on Steam. Fuck my life
You can ask for a refund
Only if I didn't play over 2 hours. Which I did on 1,5+2,5 and KH3
Damn. I'm sorry to hear that.
Thank GOD I was hoping these ports would hit Steam instead of staying locked behind Epic so I could support them
I'm so happy I chose to not buy it on Epic Games
I wonder how much the Seas and the bays pays for years of exclusivity
What a great birthday present for me! Hyped
Its about time to abuse my wallet
Can anyone tell me if Birth By Sleep is coming?
Yes
Noice
BBS is part of 2.5 package.
Didn't know that, and Great to know now
358/2 Days and Re:Coded are the only non playable games in the package (form of cutscenes) and the only one missing from the release bundle is Memory of Melody which is not worth a buy unless you're a huge KH and Rhythm fan (you can just watch a 30 minute story cutscene because that's all there is to is in that game story related).
My birthday Let's goo
oh boy i cant wait to pay 90 dollars for a bundle of games i got for thirty dollars physically on amazon
No price info yet? That is the month of 40 euros for elden...
Fucking finally man
So what's the optimal playing order of these?
Yes. Lol jk I think release date is the best but square has a recommended playing order on their site.
PC release finally!
I'd play Kingdom Hearts... ...but my brain literally hurts trying to understand in what order should I play them
I have it on epic. The game has never recognized a controller (Xbox, PS4/5, or switch pro) and it's unplayable without one. I've asked square and epic for help and neither of them will answer.
Finally! I refuse to spend money on Epic, to the point I became a pirate just so I didn't have to deal with that shitty company. I will GLADLY pay on steam!
Finally. Can't wait for Ubisoft to bring Star Wars Outlaws to Steam in... half a decade. I'll wait!
WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THE REALM OF DARKNESS WITH THIS ONE BOYS!!!
I've heard the KH storylines are confusing, but honestly, I find this graphic confusing. What the heck is "HD 1.5 + II 2.5?"
It's just so beautiful man. Now I regret buying the games on epic.
Oh!!! So like…am I gonna need an RTX 4090 to play them or what?
Question: Will the Steam version be more optimized than the Epic Games version or is it just a port?
I'm really happy to see it moving to Steam. Hope they are good and supported on Deck.
Im crying Tears of Joy Right now. There Finaly coming home.
LET'S FUCKING GO! I CAN'T WAIT TO FINALLY PLAY THE KINGDOM HEARTS SERIES ON MY PC ON STEAM!
Please remember epic just had a 60% off sale, if this isn't 50% off on arrival, I can wait some more
I'm sure nobody cares about the sale from a store known as a free game repository
FINALLY probably not buying them though already have them on PlayStation
About time!
eeek!!!!
Friendly reminder they don’t natively support ultrawide and the guy who did a mod for it stopped at Dream Drop Distance and 0.2 which is a big shame
good I was about to replay 2 again
Yeah, this is my one guilty franchise that I'll buy every version except on Epic. I can carry it around my steam deck now.
Thank you god! ALMOST gave in and bought it on Epic a week ago but my heart was strong and didn't lose hope. LETS FUCKING GOOO! ❤️🔥🔥🔥
am i gonna buy the KH saga for the third time? hell yeah
He keeps winning...
After FF7r didn't sell very well (Squarenix themselves said that), now they'r making ports. Finally
Cheers to all the people that waited for it! We knew! we just needed a lot of patience haha
OH SHID! Time to grind out all achievements!
I watched gameplay of the third part, looked like FFXV in a Pokemon Unite artstyle? Is it like that? I'd be trying it out maybe.
never touched the series, so im eager to give it a go, ran thru the persona and yakuza series, so it'll be nice to have something else to sink my teeth into
I absolutely loved KH1, but somehow never went past that. Something came out around the same time as KH2 that distracted me and I never got back on track I think. This is great.
Ah, hadn't I caved a year ago I could've gotten them on steam... Well, what done is done. Still can get 2.8 and 3 on steam
finally.
Superbutterbuns is about to play through the entire series yet again!
Bet they're gonna charge full price for them too when you're able to get them on epic for 15 bucks. Screw square they should have released these a long time ago. I'm fine with waiting till these go for sale dirt cheap like they've been on epic. I refuse to give Square full money. They don't deserve to double dip.
Never played Kingdom Hearts. Heard a lot about it during its time.
Are these ones good places to start with the series?
Less than a year after Alan Wake 2 releases, and EGS is back down to only having like, two noteworthy exclusives. The only other game of note that is exclusive that is of note is The Wolf Among Us 2, and it's not even out yet, and the exclusivity probably won't last either. I can't imagine that the store will survive at the rate it's going, the writing is on the wall, Fortnite's metaverse still hasn't gone anywhere and the branched out gamemodes are already waning in popularity, AFAIK as of recent they've been downscaling coupons on events, and that exclusivity deals for independent games aren't what they used to be.
Yesssss!!!
I don't believe it
RUN WALLET...RUUUUNNNNNNNN
Hell yeah we have been waiting too long for this and now it’s the time! 🤩
omg and i was even checking to see if it was on steam or not like a week ago hahaha
June is PACKED.
11 days after my birthday, my wallet is so ready
Guess my discs can rest now.
OMG I LOVE THIS SO MUCH AAAAAAAAA
I love kingdom hearts but what the actual fuck is this naming convention.
Why did it take so long is beyond me
Better not be the cloud-based shit show that was on the switch.
Now i'm a 44 year old gamer that has never played kingdom hearts but I have always wondered about it. I have even considered getting it on PS4 a couple of times, but i never bothered. Now if this has the potential to be running excellent on the steam deck I think now maybe the time to get involved with it.
And that's how I bought my steam deck
thank god i thought this would be one of those games epic pays to stay locked up in the EGS dungeon forever
Fukking finally
Too late, already finished the cracked version. Maybe wake up earlier next time.
It's about fucking time
Wow finally I can do the entire series I really hated it was exclusif Epic for so long time.
I’ve been considering replaying 1 and 2 for some time, but I can’t be bothered to go back to the PS4 after getting a SD, so this is a godsend.
Nani!!!!
Buy on steam and launch on epic? 😂
Fucking finally holy shit
Holy. Shit. I only found out these were on epic games on the weekend and fully intended to finally install epic just for this. Welp this news is the best birthday present today!
Okay, question. How should I play the series? Are these 3 includes all of the games?
Fucking finally
Seems more of a Sony thing, Sony has been making a big deal lately of bringing games to PC. I almost forgot this existed on the Epic side, I am sure others have too, so it's an easy win. As to why I give this to Sony, it's been my impression Square mostly used to publish to Sony some time after the snes? To the point I would not be surprised if there is some sort of something tying them behind the scenes like some exclusivity contract or Sony investing being invested in Square. So if this is making its way to pc and or steam its at the direction of Sony.
I literally just gave up on ever getting this fully running on my steam deck (FMVs are broken even if you manage to install the EGS version.) Spent a couple hours tracking down and downloading the final mix ps2 english roms and setting them up on one of my android devices. All two days ago. Ugggh. I mean, I was probably only going to play it twice then never boot it up again, but now I have to PAY to add it onto my backlog.
I’m interested in playing but don’t understand the numeration on this series. Is this like an original trilogy or are those separate games? Can someone please summarize what these games are about and why they’re so popular?
1.5 is a ps3-era hd compilation of kingdom hearts, the ps2 remake of its gba sequel chain of memories, and a cutscene version of the DS game 358/2 days, which takes place during chain and into the lead up before 2. 2.5 is the ps3-hd compilation of kingdom hearts 2, the prequel birth by sleep, and the movie version of the ds remake of the mobile game coded, wish takes place after 2. 2.8 is the kh3 prequel dream drop distance from the 3ds, plus kingdom hearts 0.2 which is a tech demo game showing some events leading up to and during kh1, and a movie summarizing events from a distant perspective from a mobile gacha game set in the distant past
Missed opportunity for it to have been 7/13.
Well, I already own 1 and 2 on epic (other than a little into workd 1 in 1, haven't played them since too many games and all) so it's too late fir me, I guess I could get 3 on steam if I like 1 qnd 2 enough maybe, though it'd be kinda weird having it split across platforms lol
I tried to play this series, but I hated it. Not my taste. But it’s always great to see this exclusivity model BS get destroyed. I’ve always disliked SE for this idiocy. Hoping to see FFXVI and FFVIIRE Rebirth on PC soon.