Hoping the second portion, the “Limit Cut” episode as it’s labeled, would offer some concrete and fresh character and story moments to satisfy a hunger the year-long wait for this DLC had caused, I was initially thrilled by the inclusion of forgotten Final Fantasy characters. But the quest here is over and done in about 20 to 30 minutes, and while the level is definitely pretty, its emptiness feels like a missed opportunity to imbue something intriguing and unexpected into this world.īy the time Re Mind’s more story focused endeavors ended, I was left questioning why I needed to see that retread at all. Re Mind does add one small quest that let me fully explore one of Kingdom Hearts 3’s coolest original areas, a late-game sprawling citadel that I was left wanting more of in the base game.
I played as these alternate characters because I felt obligated to, not because they were fun. They’re not nearly as powerful as my leveled-up Sora at that point in the adventure, and their move sets aren’t varied enough to substantively change combat in an interesting way. Mechanically, this first half frustratingly reuses boss fights as well – and while they now offer the option to play as characters other than Sora, those characters are one-offs that are just not as fun to play as. I kept waiting for something big to happen that would deepen my understanding of them, but it ultimately lead nowhere revelatory – even worse, sometimes actually raising more questions than it answers.īy the time Re Mind's more story focused endeavors ended, I was left questioning why I needed to see that retread at all. While I liked that originally, these new portions add very little to my enjoyment of sequences I’d essentially seen before. Without spoiling any of the original story (which I quite enjoyed as I mentioned in my original Kingdom Hearts 3 review) or how this new version shifts it, a few new fan service-y moments are introduced into a stretch that already felt like fan service personified. While the DLC starts on a far more interesting note, seemingly set to investigate the tantalizing and lingering mystery of the black box several characters are searching for all throughout KH3’s main story, it instead pivots to offering essentially a director’s cut of Kingdom Hearts 3’s final hours.Īnd it feels… superfluous. Lasting about four to five hours, most of it cutscenes, Re Mind revisits the end of Kingdom Hearts 3’s campaign, offering some further insight into character moments and motivations as it fills in the blanks of some of Sora’s journey.
That first section, which must be completed before you can tackle the latter, is perhaps Re Mind’s biggest misfire. The Re Mind DLC is largely divided into two portions – the first being an underwhelming retread of Kingdom Hearts 3’s climax with miniscule bits of added lore, while the second is a brutal boss gauntlet presented with a disappointing set of Final Fantasy cameos paired with an incredibly in-depth photo mode. As a result, this shoehorned side adventure, while offering some bright spots, lands as an odd and underwhelming coda to Sora’s latest adventure. And even when you have, the Grand Canyon-sized valley between the challenge of its bosses and everything else that comes before them is so wide that they feel entirely out of place.
It’s a pack of weirdly separated content that is simultaneously far less interesting than it could have been story-wise and frustratingly difficult at times combat-wise unless you’ve essentially maxed out Sora’s abilities. While I predicted that Kingdom Hearts 3 DLC would be announced at the Square Enix conference it's good to see it at all.Kingdom Hearts 3’s Re Mind DLC is oddly jumbled. Luxord playfully moves on stating that he'll "play dumb" but Xigbar then questions who Luxord truly is.Īt this point, anything more than what's in the trailer would just be speculation.
While it's revealed to the player at the end of Kingdom Hearts III that Xigbar is the latest incarnation of Luxu it seems that Luxord is also aware that Xigbar isn't what he seems. For those interested in some of the plot threads that were left hanging at the end of the Kingdom Hearts III story the trailer features an interesting conversation between Xigbar and Luxord, two of the Organization XIII members. A new form change for Sora was noticed in the Scala Ad Caelum fight sequence. This was something that fans lamented about in the base game so it should be a crowd pleaser. Some of the key points from the trailer include getting to play as some of the returning Keyblade wielders in the Keyblade Graveyard battles including Riku, Aqua, and Roxas.
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