Developer : Square Enix
Release date : January 24, 2017
Synopsis :
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue is a compilation of games from the Kingdom Hearts series, developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios. A successor to the Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix game compilation, the new title was announced in September 2015 and released on January 24, 2017 on PlayStation 4, on February 18, 2020 on Xbox One, on March 30, 2021 on Microsoft Windows, and a cloud version of the game for Nintendo Switch was released on February 10, 2022.
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue includes a high-definition remaster of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. This title covers how protagonists Sora and Riku prepared for the return of the antagonist Master Xehanort. The collection also includes two new pieces of content set in the Kingdom Hearts series. The first, Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover, is a “cinematic” film based on the game Kingdom Hearts χ. It includes events not shown in that game regarding the earliest parts of the series’ story. The other title, Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage, is an original game that takes place after the events of Dream Drop Distance. This title revealed what happened to the protagonist Aqua during her time lost in the Realm of Darkness. To avoid having too much backstory in Kingdom Hearts III, series director Tetsuya Nomura chose to place this story he long desired to tell in this collection. Back Cover and A Fragmentary Passage were the tenth and eleventh installments in the Kingdom Hearts series.
Critics had varied opinions on the value of the game compilation. Most praised the quality of the graphics, utilizing technology then being developed for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts III. Some also praised the role of the collection in filling story gaps in the very complicated storyline of the Kingdom Hearts series. Some, however, criticized the release of the compilation as merely another teaser for the long-anticipated game Kingdom Hearts III.
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