Reviews Franchise / Kingdom Hearts

A story about The Chosen One now focuses on Fansservice

My current gripe with the Kingdom Hearts games, more than the numerous Retcons and ridiculously complex plot, is the fact that Organization XIII was suppose to be an awesome group of Villains is reduced to a group of crybabies that needed their reasons justified. Now, I understand giving them a motivation. Hell, a sympathetic one at that. But the very nature of their existence is a shell of their former selves. Yet the Fandom praises Axel and Demyx for being these Draco in Leather Pants. Now, this I don't mind. Fans tend to have their preferences and their personal reasons. I like Xaldin for reasons of being Badass and That One Boss status difficulty. I hate that Nomura is on level with the fans love of Axel, and rewrote the canon to specifically allow him to play a bigger part of the overall Myth Arc.

However, I will give the credit where credit is due. The Games are indeed fun, the story, as convoluted and unnecessarily complex as they are, keeps you interested. The main character is interesting individual and it's fun to run around the disney worlds battling evil. The music is spectacular, leaving you in awe and wonderment long after you've turned off the game.

Overall, while the overbearing amount of fanservice, retcons, and copious amount of Axel love can be intense for most people and annoying to others, the games are fun and definitely worth checking out.