At least among critics, it initially seemed that Kingdom Hearts III had been well-received. Kingdom Hearts III Was Too Ambitious For Its Own GoodKingdom Hearts III had a lot of elements to pay off, ranging from the character arcs to the mysteries that were only deepened by spin-off games that came out between Kingdom Hearts II and III. The biggest problem with Kingdom Hearts III, especially when it was released, was that it suffered from high expectations. Kingdom Hearts III is fine, even if it fails to reach the heights of the earlier hits. Even if it deserved some genuine criticism for the ways it overcommitted to some of the franchise’s more established weaknesses, Kingdom Hearts III didn’t necessarily deserve all the hate it got at release and in the years since.