1. Kingdom Hearts III

KINGDOM HEARTS III – E3 2018 Pirates of the Caribbean Trailer

The game that started off as a goofy collaboration between two unlikely partners blossomed into the Kingdom Hearts franchise we know and love, and it just keeps getting better. Along with the complex stories and beautiful graphics that we’ve come to expect from Square Enix is the lighthearted cartoon silliness of Disney, and the two merge together into something wonderful. The familiar worlds of movies and games you know are made new as you travel between them, wielding the mysterious Keyblade and accompanied by Donald Duck and Goofy. The enemies are both cute and a little creepy, never quite getting too dark for the overall tone of the game.

Kingdom Hearts III isn’t just expanding on the worlds we can visit—it will feature the final showdown between Sora and Xenahort, marking the resolution of the first major story arc of Kingdom Hearts. If you haven’t played the first two games already, now would be a good time to catch up--Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 Remix include both of the first two main games with some added content, and are available for the PS4. And let’s face it—bashing the forces of darkness with a giant key is just so satisfying.

Some of these worlds are so well made it’s hard to tell them from the original movies!

Would it be safer to fly around the spinning satellites of death? Nah.

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