Kingdom Hearts Collection I~III Review: Great Value for Newcomers, Less So for Veterans

Kingdom Hearts Collection I~III lands on PS5 as a near-complete package spanning the entire series — from the original 2002 PS2 classic all the way through Kingdom Hearts III, the most recent mainline entry.

The collection bundles every mainline and spin-off title in between, making it a genuinely comprehensive entry point into Square Enix and Disney's notoriously dense action RPG universe. The one notable omission is Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, the rhythm spin-off that ties up some story threads relevant to the upcoming Kingdom Hearts IV — its absence leaves a small but meaningful gap in the narrative picture.

Kingdom Hearts as a series has always been a strange beast: Disney worlds and characters wrapped around a deeply convoluted original mythology, with entries spread across PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PSP, and mobile platforms over two decades. Getting everything in one place has historically been a headache, so a single-box collection has obvious appeal.

For newcomers, this is an easy recommendation — the value proposition is hard to argue with. For longtime fans, though, the lack of any meaningful PS5 enhancements makes it a tougher sell. If you've already played through the series, there's little here to pull you back in.