If director Tetsuya Nomura has a bit of a reputation in RPG circles, it’s because Kingdom Hearts absolutely glories in every Nomura cliche imaginable: nonsensical naming conventions, wild psychodrama, and belts, belts, belts ( and zippers). Excitement because Mickey, Donald, and Goofy in 4K is pretty neat bemused laughter because Kingdom Hearts is just that weird. It’s a release that’s apt to inspire equal parts excitement and bemused laughter among PC fans. It was a period when a company like Square might think, “Disney would gladly let us put their best characters in our games.” Legend has it that started as a literal elevator pitch, with a chance meeting between Square Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto and a Disney executive sowing the seeds for a crossover series that would span two decades and nearly a dozen entries, and next week is coming to PC for the first time. It was conceived in 2000, in what was arguably the apex of the company’s influence. Kingdom Hearts straddles two eras in Square Enix history. There’s no word on when (or if) Kingdom Hearts will eventually come to Steam, but the history of previous Epic Store exclusives offers a rough timeline of how long you should expect to wait.This is The Limit Break, a fortnightly column in which Kat Bailey explores all things RPG.
We’ll see whether Square Enix and Epic Games ultimately decide to lower the prices a bit before these ports are released, but I highly doubt that’s going to happen. It’s certainly not unprecedented for ports of old games to new platforms to suffer through a price hike (it happens on Nintendo Switch pretty often), but the prices for the PC versions of the Kingdom Hearts series certainly feel steep. The only game that’s being sold via Epic Games Store for around the same retail price as it’s going for on consoles is Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory. Kingdom Hearts 3 is being sold for about $45 more than it goes for on PS4. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue is retailing for $59.99 on the Epic Games Store but can be purchased for under $30 for PS4. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX will set you back $49.99 via the Epic Games Store but can be found for about $20 on PS4.
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