I've never played Kingdom Hearts, whats the best way in 2026? PC port? PS2 hardware/emulation? PS4 remasters?
>>737825680Don't start, it's cringe and gay
You don't play it at all, every game is worse than the last and the last two are genuine crimes against humanity.>b-b-but 1 and 2 are goodNO, play a Falcom game instead they're better.
>>737825680Prepare for a Spaghetti of Lore.
Play 1 and pretend the rest didn't happen. Also it's one of the few cases where the remaster is an improvement over the original.
>>737825680I recommend emulating the originals on PCSX2 and then playing the rest either on emulator or real hardware. The remaster is good, too, but I prefer just playing them as they looked and PS2 emulation is great right now.
>>737827189>>737827260Don't listen to these posts OP, do something productive with your time, like playing literally anything else.
PC because KH3 has a few mods that make the gameplay feel better like faster keyblade switching.Dont listen to the anons here yeah you wont have the best story telling but amazing bossfights in 2 and 3.3 has in my opinion the best bossfights a action game can and the secret one is easily in the top 3-5 in action games.If you care about the story i would say you should play all if you only care about the gameplay only 1, 2 and 3 maybe Re: chain of memories but people are split 50/50 on the gameplay.
>>737825680PC/PS5 port unless you want to mod, then PS2 emulation. All the best mods are for PS2. Some got ported to PC but not many.
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PC ports are the best. Play them in release order
>>737825680PC with undub mod or CFW PS4 with undub mod. Ignore anyone telling you otherwise because they grew up with dogshit voice acting and writing and feel nostalgic about it, it's dogshit.
>>737825680PC Steam version with Japanese voices. I bought it with a VPN on EGS but I don't think it's region locked on Steam.
>>737832926 (me)If you do decide to play on PC, use this mod for KH 3 too:https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomhearts3/mods/1Essentially the DLC for KH 3 revamps the moveset to make it more responsive and less floaty, it's overall an objective improvement, but I guess to not admit they fucked up the base game, instead of giving you this moveset in the base game, it unlocks after you beat it, so you only have the improved moveset for the post game content. The mod changes that and incorporates the new abilities as part of the natural progression.
>>737832926>>737833050How about you don't play a dogshit game like KH3 instead? Fucking waste of time.
>>737825735FPBP.Are you a Disney adult, Anon? Because if not you're in for a bad time.
You have to have been there at the time.Just play the main numbered entries in order of release, skip everything else.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6xlBknrXHY
Op you'll be a massive loser if you play this shit.
>>737832926>dogshit voice actingNigger, are you taking the piss? KH is one of the few Japanese series with a decent dub since it uses actual professional voice actors from television and film.
>>737835001It's dogshit.
>>737825680I guess, what I'd do if I were you, is get the collection on either PC or whatever your preferred console is. Doesn't really matter, but obviously PC has the possibility for mods, and that might improve your experience on some games like KH3. ButThe first game emulates well, and I prefer the original PS2 version over the Final Mix version in the collection. There are slight changes to the visuals and the controls that make the Final Mix a slightly different experience. For KH2, Final Mix is the better version, and you get it in 60fps in the collection over the original 30fps. Order of the series:KH1Chain of Memories (in the collection it's Re: Chain of Memories which is a 3D remake of the original)KH2358/2 Days (this only exists as a recap movie in the collection which is censored and has odd script changes - emulating is your only option for actually playing it)Re: Coded (again, a recap movie in the collection)Birth By Sleep (collection version is superior to emulating)Dream Drop Distance (collection version arguably superior to emulating - 60fps, and a bigger screen size than the 3DS original)2.8 "Final Chapter Prologue" (essentially a brief demo of KH3 gameplay starring a character from Birth By Sleep)KHX recap movieKH3The bare minimum necessary to understand the current story is arguablyKH1KH2Birth By SleepDream Drop DistanceKH3
>>737835207The whole series is dogshit.
>>737835207Fukken no way dude. There are lots of arguments to be had about the quality of Kingdom Hearts, but the gameplay, production values, and the voice acting are all undeniably good.
>>737835439The english acting and writing are genuine garbage, and a chunk (but not all) of the story-related things people mock the series for are either exclusive to or made worse in the english version.
>>737835691You're a complete worm if you think anything about this dogshit series is good go fuck yourself.>muh jap writing and story is gudNo, it's dogshit. Fuck you.
>>737835207To each his own
>>737835772Low IQ rage
Japanese writing is better than Western
>>737835772I will never understand the impotent rage this franchise causes. Autistic rage maybe.
