Kingdom Hearts III
"Kingdom Hearts III" was released worldwide in January 2019. Upon release, the game was met with generally positive reviews from critics.
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
"Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep" has received positive reviews from gaming reviewers. The game's average score is of 82 out of 100 on Metacritic, becoming the third highest ranking "Kingdom Hearts" game behind "Kingdom Hearts" and "Kingdom Hearts II". The game has been highly praised by Japanese gaming magazine, "Famitsu", whose four reviewers gave scores of 10/9/9/9, for a total of 37/40, the third-highest rated game in the "Kingdom Hearts" series behind "Dream Drop Distance" and "Kingdom Hearts II". They praised the game's graphics and music, calling them "superb", as well as praising the wide variety of customization available to the players due to the three unique playable characters. It also praised the design of boss battles, calling them "lively and exciting". English websites have also given praise to the game with GameZone calling it "amazing title that every KH fan must play", finding it the best portable game from the series. RPGamer praised the "evolution" from the gameplay ever since the series' start. "" ("PSM") agreed calling the fighting system "one of the deepest, most rewarding" ones from the PSP. IGN called its battle system "unique", labeling it as the best one from all the series and having a campaign story. 1UP praised the differences between the protagonists' fighting styles with "PSN" comparing them with different classes of RPG characters. A common complaint has been the game's loading times, which tended to be very long depending on the PlayStation Portable's memory. Reviewers also called the game's worlds "hollow due to the lack of interaction, and also criticized the game's camera which sometimes made fights confusing. Visuals were also well received for being similar to the ones from PlayStation 2's games with praise on the design of the worlds, although a lack of details was also noted.