Hi, Im Kaci. I play too much Kingdom Hearts. If you've got questions, I've got answers.

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The only Kingdom Hearts game I've played though is KH2 (multiple times), and I've played a bit of the original Kingdom Hearts and Re: Chain of Memories, but didn't really get into them. After seeing the latest trailer for Kingdom Hearts 3, I've gotten reeeeeally hyped for the series again. I'm going to start a playthrough of all the content as outlined in your Beginners' Gude, and I'm wondering: About how many hours of play/watchtime can I expect to get though everything before KH3 comes out?

Ohhhhh what a question.  Um… assuming you haven’t played the games before or you remember very little of them:

KH1: ~24 hours, ~30 with all Reports, totally doable
CoM: ~20 hours, ~12 hours for Riku’s story
KH2: ~28 hours, ~50 with all optional bosses, very hard
358: ~24 hours for the game or 3 hours for the movie.  1.5+2.5 updated the 358 movie to include a final battle cutscene (which is awesome!) and it makes the movie version a lot more substantial than it was before.  Alternatively I am reading the manga right now and it is glorious.  ~3 hours for the manga, 5 books
BBS: ~15 hours per character (x3), ~4 hours for Final and Secret episode, and anywhere from 2-20 hours to unlock Secret episode.  This is the huge time commitment one, IMO
Coded: 3 hours, watch the movie
DDD: ~24 hours
KHUx: Ongoing, but my Theater Mode, which focuses only on relevant plot, is currently at about 2 hours
0.2: ~3 hours

Total: ~170 hours, or just over a week of straight gameplay

Difficulty settings will drastically change this, but it sort of balances out.  If you’re trying to do optional bosses, they will be much easier on Beginner, but if you’re trying to unlock secret endings, they will be much easier on Proud or Critical.  If you’re following my guide and you’re willing to watch videos on YouTube, this is about right! ^_^

I know 170 hours sounds daunting, but it’s really not.  A lot of people put twice that into Skyrim.  I’ve put ten times that into the KH franchise over the past fifteen years. >///< But even if KH3 comes out one year from today (oh God please let that be the case), then you’re only looking at three hours a week, or less than half an hour a day!

It’s an amazing series, start to finish.  A bit of a wild ride at times.  But I honestly don’t think anyone can get more out of a video game than they can get out of Kingdom Hearts.

Have fun!!  And thank you for the question!!

<3 KCM

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