Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX has a new demo at Tokyo Game Show 2014 (+ demo impressions)

Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD was playable at the show floor at Tokyo Game Show 2014.

 

I attended the show and played through the game for 20 minutes.

 

As the game first loads, you’re presented with a menu that features the games Cover Art and choice of selecting Kingdom Hearts 2, Birth by Sleep or Coded.

 

The first two were available to try in the demo.

 

First up I tried by Birth By Sleep.

 

Overall the game looks stunning in HD, in particular the 3D Character Models and surrounding scenery – I played as Terra in Cinderella’s castle.

 

The character models look like they are much higher in resolution than their PSP originals and particularly shine during the cutscenes.

 

Although, the option menu’s in the game look a little pixelated on the big screen, perhaps the original art files were lost during development – but this is just a small detail in what is a game that should of arrived in console format years ago, as it plays great.

 

The controls are fairly similar to earlier Kingdom Hearts games on the Playstation and you’ll be spending a lot of time manually changing the camera angle using the R3 Analog Stick as the camera is as troublesome as ever.

 

Next up was Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix in which I tried the Space Paranoids / Tron level briefly before demo time was up.

 

Again the in-game character models look great, but haven’t aged as well as Birth By Sleep.

 

Noticeably the ‘Human’ characters look a little bit out of place in full HD when they blended quite well into the original game, perhaps because the character models were really impressive at the time (in 2005!).

 

Other than that, it’s simply a nice HD upgrade of what is now an iconic game.