A viral tweet about the first Kingdom Hearts being “harder than Elden Ring” has kickstarted a debate about the series’ surprising difficulty.
If you’re a veteran Kingdom Hearts fan like me, then you’re well aware that the series is hiding some truly challenging moments underneath its colourful Disney facade. Dragon Maleficent, Demyx, Lingering Will, Young Xehanort, and Yozora are some of the most notable examples of the series’ toughest boss battles, and there are so many more I could mention.
Don’t even get me started on doing it all on Critical difficulty…
While Kingdom Hearts fans have been getting beaten up by Kurt Ziza for nearly 25 years now, there are plenty of people who don’t know just how hard things can get. The series’ recent resurgence in popularity seems to have made that much clearer, though, and some players are even comparing it to Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Over the past few months, Kingdom Hearts has risen from its four-year nap and finally brought the series back into the spotlight. That, coupled with a recent Steam sale, has made the series more popular than ever and encouraged a bunch of new players to jump into the wild world...
