Kingdom Hearts
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Kingdom Hearts is an adventure developed by Square Product Development Division 1, released 17 September 2002 on PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 34.6 hrs to finish.
What Kingdom Hearts is
Kingdom Hearts is an adventure game developed by Square Product Development Division 1 and released in 2002. It was published by Disney Interactive Studios. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
When his world is destroyed and his friends mysteriously disappear, a young boy named Sora is thrust into a quest to find his missing friends and prevent the armies of darkness from destroying many other worlds. During his quest, he meets many characters from classic Disney films and a handful from the Final Fantasy video game series.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Kingdom Hearts series
Kingdom Hearts is the second of 63 entries we hold in the Kingdom Hearts series. The next entry was Kingdom Hearts Final Mix: Platinum Limited Edition in 2002. Its critic score of 80 is almost exactly the series average of 80. The highest-rated entry is Kingdom Hearts II at 90.
How it was received
Kingdom Hearts holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 584 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 34.6 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 69.5 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Kingdom Hearts launched on 17 September 2002, within three weeks of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Battlefield 1942, Mafia and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Battlefield 1942, Mafia, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Kingdom Hearts yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Characters
All 30
Dlc
Quick answers
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