Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
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Yes, we’re all getting a little sick of Kingdom Hearts games that aren’t Kingdom Hearts III, especially ones with increasingly complicated names. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue may be a mouthful, but if you’re a fan of the series, it’s definitely worth your time.
This release is a bit of a bundle. It includes an HD remaster of 3D: Dream Drop Distance, which was originally a 3DS exclusive title. It also comes with Kingdom Hearts x Back Cover, a movie version of a mobile Kingdom Hearts game. Both of these titles are mainly rehashes of old KH story, but provide a lot of background to the narrative in case you missed these games on their initial platforms. The real star of the show, however, is the third bundled game: Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage. We apologize deeply for the complexity of its name.
A Fragmentary Passage is totally new Kingdom Hearts content that follows Aqua from Birth by Sleep. It follows additional events of the keyblade war, and is the direct tie between KH II and the upcoming (someday) KH III. It also uses the engine that will power Kingdom Hearts III, so all around, it’s the perfect way to prepare, both in story and in graphical ability, for the anticipated third installment.
