[4K] Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 HD Remix - The Ultimate Version on PS4 Pro?

To mark the 15 years since its first release, we pit the original PS2 version of Kingdom Hearts (rendering at 512x384, and then upscaled to 512x418) against the latest 4K remaster on PS4 Pro. Unfair? Absolutely, but it's a mark of just how far we've come. The stats bear mention: PS4 Pro renders 42x the number of pixels compared to PS2 - and yet, despite this huge vault in image quality, it still runs at a smooth 60fps on Sony's latest machine. Tom and RIch talk over the ins and outs of an impressive compilation that gears us up for an eventual Kingdom Hearts 3.

[skzcgki]

This is how the games looked to me as a child :)

[HuGiv]

We've come a long way since 2003 for sure wow

4K is amazing!

[FenderUsa]

"I didn't expect it to be honest, It's rare that we see that combination of 4k and 60fps"

It's a fucking PS2 game! A bloody good one at that though.

[rexthesheep]

It's amazing how well these games hold up even today! The art style is so timeless!

[OrangeLightning]

You make it sound like Re:Chain of Memories was a DS game but it wasn't. It was a PS2 remake of a GBA game.

[mister_leggmon]

This game makes me feel like a child again.And the music is so relaxing.

[GeekdomCentral]

Pretty sure Chain of Memories was GBA, not DS... other than that, great video guys!! It's been so great playing through the games again, the nostalgia is unbelievable. It's an absolute steal at $50

[batmangovno]

KH has an excellent and very scalable artstyle, this game looks good even though it's essentially an upresed 2002 and 2005 games. Fantastic job, Square Enix, much respect.

[shanebluesky]

anyone else get goosebumps hearing that hikari music box?
suddenly feels like the little me fighting a war against nobodies and heartless.

[brendancook]

Came on here literally to say this, but it's awesome seeing (or hearing) Rich approach Tom with significantly more respect and not trying to talk over him constantly. I have so much respect for this channel and everyone who's in the DF team, but at times it was getting annoying having Rich completely talk over and interrupt Tom, where as this was great.

And I may be the one to have to buy a PS4 Pro jus for this game. Really interesting about them having to recode a lot of the games assets and code from scratch. Shoulda used OneDrive SquareSoft.

[PanaMacSpana]

Damn...time to replay KH1 and 2 for the 10th time.

[omegazio]

Kingdom Hearts was always a beautiful game but im glad PS4 Pro doing it justice.

[pauljjeppson]

The particle effects and some of the animations in both Kingdom Hearts 1 and Kingdom Hearts 2 animate at 30 fps. Particular areas of issue with this are in the 1000 Heartless battle and the first Shadow Heartless battle in Kingdom Hearts 2. Just in this video you can see the particle effects animating at 30 fps at 1:56 through 2:29. When Sora hits the boss character the purple explosion is at 30 fps as well as the spark that comes off the keyblade. Also later in the game the Fat Bandit Heartless' fire breath attack is noticeably at 30 fps. This is as of the latest 1.2 patch.

[onikenuk]

I'm playing KH1 fully patched and don't notice any issues. Didn't even know there were any. Even on a 1080p display it looks super crisp too.

[Hrdcre]

Now give me the PS2 Silent Hill games on PS4 on the PS2 remaster catalog.

[TmuchFDchannel]

Great work. I love the kingdom hearts series so this was great to watch

[vileplume]

My eyes just really love watching things at 60fps. So

[imranleo]

I just can't understand how people look down on the ps2 graphics. It was in 2.5times in it's frame rate otherwise it is still a piece of work. And in 60fps it is only even better in a fan perspective. You get to explore the games in a manner that is truly remastered. It opens a gateway of possibly many more remastered games. It gives it a good street cred

[jovialvibes]

looks gorgeous on PS2 still. our eyes are used to seeing better now but given the context, this looks amazing on PS2

[CancunMimosa]

The graphics for these editions look incredible. I was on the fence about picking up the complete collection that is on sale now but the 4K/60fps has me sold. Was not aware until this single video. Awesome breakdown!