Two stars. And it earned those stars. The art style of these classic films are maintained to the best of the technology's ability, the basic combat is simple but enjoyable, in its own way, and the music is great. Kingdom Hearts should be proud of any victory it can maintain under the weight of the awful writing, unlikeable characters, clunky mechanics, difficulty curve that spikes to disrespectful heights in the last section of the game, and the launch of Tetsuya Nomura's career, which ultimately killed Final Fantasy. I still believe this is the best Kingdom Hearts, though.