Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix | |
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Developer(s) | Square Enix 1st Production Department |
Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
Distributor(s) | Disney Interactive Studios |
Director(s) |
Tetsuya Nomura Tai Yasue |
Producer(s) | Rie Nishi |
Designer(s) | Tetsuya Nomura |
Writer(s) |
Kazushige Nojima Daisuke Watanabe Masaru Oka |
Composer(s) | Yoko Shimomura |
Series | Kingdom Hearts |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 |
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Genre(s) | Action-role playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Aggregate score | |
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Aggregator | Score |
Metacritic | 82/100 |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
EGM | 8.0/10 |
Game Informer | 9/10 |
GameTrailers | 8.7/10 |
IGN | 8.4/10 |
Hardcore Gamer | 4/5 |
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix is an HD remastered collection of three games in Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts series: Kingdom Hearts II, Birth by Sleep, and Re:coded. A successor to the series' HD 1.5 Remix collection, it was released as a PlayStation 3 exclusive in Japan on October 2014 and internationally two months later.
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix includes Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix in high definition and with trophy support. Additionally, the collection features a cinematic remake of Kingdom Hearts Re:coded that features remastered cutscenes from the original game as well as new content. A third collection, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, was released in 2017. 2.5 Remix will be re-released along with 1.5 Remix on the PlayStation 4 in March 2017.
In the credits of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix, clips of the games featured in the collection were shown, hinting at the collection. Additionally, when IGN interviewed Shinji Hashimoto about Kingdom Hearts III, he stated that the studio would consider another HD collection if the reaction to the first one was positive enough. The collection was announced on October 14, 2013, exclusively for the PlayStation 3. As with HD 1.5 Remix, the collection was developed mainly by the Square Enix 1st Production Department in Osaka, along with some help from Square Enix's Tokyo team.