Kingdom Hearts: 1.5 + 2.5


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About the Game

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 is the third bundle of the series as Square Enix were doing their best to put all the games into one platform. The bundle was once again developed by Square Enix and it was released in 2017 for the playstation 4 which is where it stayed. The game was heavily praised for combinning the 2 older bundles and making them look even better than before with reduced loading times and overall polished gameplay . The Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 bundle was released in other bundles such as Kingdom hearts: The story so far (1.5,2.5 +2.8) and it was also inlcuded in the Kingdom hearts All in one bundle (a bundle which also included Kh3). The all in one bundle was released for the rest consoles such as Xbox,Pc and switch as cloud. The game's ps2-ps3-ps4 version have graphical changes and better loading screens.

Whats is Kingdom Hearts?(no spoilers)

Kingdom Hearts is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix. It is a collaboration between Square Enix and Disney and is under the direction of Tetsuya Nomura, a longtime Square Enix employee who is known for working on final fantasy vii. Kingdom Hearts is a crossover between Square Enix and Disney based in a fictional universe. The main character Sora, and his friends Donald Duck and Goofy journey around various Disney , Pixar and originally designed worlds.They battle the heartless and various creatures of darkness in order to save the world from the darkness. Throughout their Journey they make new friends along the way, characters from the disney world they visit and various final fantasy heroes. The series consists of thirteen games , and with the release of Kingdom hearts III in 2019 and The Remind DLC 2020, the game finaly concluded it's first saga known as the Xehanort Dark arc. After the events of the Remind DLC (2020), the game released Kingdom hearts Melody of memory which prepared th stage for the next game. In 2022 Kingdom hearts 4 was revealed alongside a new app game . The series are well received from the public although sometimes its beeing critisize for its bizzare story telling. The main issue of the series was the fact that all the games add to one story, however they re split to multiple platoforms such as Ps2,psp,ps4,Android,gba and the Ds. Square Enix though realised the mess they made and the remastered the games and released them as collections for ps4 and xbox. A wide variety of related merchandise has been released along with the games, including Cds with the soundtracks of the series,multiple figurines,plushies,clothing ,companion books(guides,artbooks), light novels, a collectible card game, manga series(by Akira Amano) and potentially an upcoming TV series.

What is the 1.5 +2.5 Bundle

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 is a bundle that was released in 2017 and combined 6 different games.

  1. Kingdom Hearts: 1 Final Mix
  2. Kingdom Hearts: Rechain Of Memories
  3. Kingdom Hearts: 358/2
  4. Kingdom Hearts: 2 Final Mix
  5. Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep
  6. Kingdom Hearts: Re:Coded
Six games that were previously released in four different platforms such as Ps2,,Game boy Advance, Psp and the Nintendo Ds. The bundles made a fantastic job in bringing all the games of the series into a single platform, for everyone (who had a ps4 at the time) to enjoy. The Bundle includes four games, Kingdom Hearts I + II Final Mix, Rechained of memories and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep that the player can play and two movies Re:coded and 358/2 Days. To elaborate the games Recodedand 358/2 Days had their cutscenes remastered with additional new scenes in order to fill in the playable sections.

The games were reviewed as individuals and thus the game will direct the viewers to each game individually.
The reviews go as follow:

Final Thoughts

Overall Kingdom hearts 1.5+2.5 was a bundle that came up with possitive reviews and manage to combine both the remaster Bundles into one. The six games were succesfully and officially into 1 remaster. Overall this bundle includes four games where all last approximately 30+ hours each and two 3 hours movies. As mentioned above the same bundle can obtain in all the other platforms in the form of a different bundle which itself included other games and other remaster bundles.
if this bundle is in your interest, it is highly recomended to purchase the All in one bundle or the story so far, which includes many other Kingdom hearts games unless the reason of purchase is for personal collection!

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