Kingdom Hearts 4 Has To Correct The Franchise's Biggest Flaw
With news of Kingdom Hearts 4's development underway, fans are noticeably nervous about the franchise's future. 2019's Kingdom Hearts 3 brought an end to the 'Dark Seeker Saga', and in the trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4, the game will begin the 'Lost Master Arc' – therefore, a new story in the series will unfold. From the trailer, fans know that this new storyline will still feature Sora as the game's main protagonist, albeit in the Tokyo-like city of Quadratum.
Despite it being a series well-loved by many, the flaws that it carries are plain to see. From bland, underdeveloped side characters to the lack of Final Fantasy characters in recent entries, there are a few facets that the franchise needs to smooth over. However, its biggest flaw is the over-complexity of the entire storyline, and this is something that the story of Kingdom Hearts 4 needs to avoid through its new story arc.
New Kingdom Hearts 4 Story and Gameplay Details Revealed
The biggest tell of how overly complicated the story of Kingdom Hearts' 'Dark Seeker Saga' can be seen from the fact that, despite the upcoming game carrying the number '4,' it will be the fourteenth game in the series. While the games outside the 'main series' essentially fill out the lore of Kingdom Hearts, these spin-offs are still imperative to understand what happens in the main series. Kingdom Hearts 4 has the opportunity to improve this.
Between the first Kingdom Hearts game and Kingdom Hearts 3, there are seven games spread over different platforms. Although games like Chain of Memories and 3D: Dream Drop Distance seemed to be spin-offs and, therefore, unrelated to the events in Kingdom Hearts 2 or 3, fans very quickly found that there were all connected to a singular story and
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