Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX

Developers
	Square Enix
Engines
	Axa
Release dates
Windows	March 30, 2021
Reception
OpenCritic	83
IGDB	85
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG, JRPG
Art styles	Anime, Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts
Subseries of Disney
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX	2021
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue	2021
Kingdom Hearts III	2021
Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory	2021

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX is a collection of RPG games developed and published by Square Enix. It is part of the Kingdom Hearts series.

Originally released individually as Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix on PlayStation 3 in 2013 to 2014 and later released as a single compilation title on PlayStation 4 in 2017, HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX is a compilation containing Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix, and cinematic remakes of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts Re:coded.

The game was released on Epic Games Store on March 30, 2021 following an announcement on February 11, 2021 during a livestream. This is the first time the Kingdom Hearts series has made its way to PC.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store

All versions require an internet connection to launch the game and switch games. Losing an internet connection in the middle of a game will periodically bring up a warning message that can be dismissed.

Essential improvements

Kingdom Hearts Re:Fined

This mod aims to fix problems, crashes, and bugs that are present within the PC Ports of all legacy-class Kingdom Hearts games, as well as introduce quality-of-life features to the games.

At the moment, only releases for Kingdom Hearts I and II are available.

Copyright Screen Skip

The copyright screen may seem annoyingly long for many. This mod skips it.

Installation

Download LuaBackend Hook Follow LuaBackend Hook's setup instructions Download the appropriate version of the mod for your desired game: Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix Quicker Copyright Screen can be used for KH2 instead. Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix 4. Extract Title Screen Logo Skip.lua into %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX\scripts\kh1\ (or \kh2, \khbbs or \khrecom according to your game)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Epic Games Launcher	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX\Epic Games Store\<user-id>\

Save game data location

System	Location
Epic Games Launcher	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX\Epic Games Store\<user-id>\

Save game data is locked to your Epic Games Account by default. See Re:Fined for a fix.

A savefile editor exists.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.

Video

Display settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Any non-16:9 aspect ratios are letterboxed or pillarboxed. See Ultra-widescreen for a fix.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Gameplay is pillarboxed to a 16:9 aspect ratio. See Ultra-widescreen for a fix. .
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Exclusive Fullscreen also available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		4x AF
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Unknown type of AA used.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Refresh rate option refers to vsync.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Cutscenes are locked to 30 FPS; use Re:Fined to change the limit to 60 FPS. Increasing the limit further breaks the cutscenes. Limit options of 30, 60, 120, and unlimited. Higher framerates are interpolated/have frame ordering issues.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		Protanopia, Deuteranopia, and Tritanopia filters are available. A strength slider is also available and can be set in intervals of 1, from 1 to 10.

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  Color blind options

Ultra-widescreen

Using Re:Fined
Install Re:Fined. Open the game at least once for the config to appear. Change adjustRatio to true. Notes Might change with release, these instructions are as of v4.00 pre-release for KH2.

Using Dynamic Ultrawide Support

Download LuaBackend Hook Follow LuaBackend Hook's setup instructions Download the appropriate version of the mod for your desired game: Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix 4. Extract ultrawide.lua into %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX\scripts\kh1\ (or \kh2, \khbbs or \khrecom according to your game) Notes The mod will remove letterboxing/pillarboxing for any resolution, so it can be used even for 4:3 and 3:2 resolutions - however, UI won't be corrected.

Input

Input settings (exemplary for all four titles)

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		QWERTY, AZERTY and QWERTZ layouts available. Bindings can be set independently for all four titles.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		A slider is available and can be set in intervals of 0.1, from 1.0 to 5.0.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		All four games also have X-axis inversion.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Rebinding the menu Confirm/Cancel buttons also affects the Attack/Jump bindings.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		All four games also have X-axis inversion.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Set Button Icons to Type 1 in Gamepad settings. On by default. Xbox Reaction Command for KH2 can be used to replace the triangle reaction prompt to Y in-game.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts		Set Button Icons to Type 2 in Gamepad settings.
Light bar support		Static blue.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	, Wired

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		Set Button Icons to Type 3 in Gamepad settings. Generic gamepad prompts without any letters or numbers on the face buttons.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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  Keybind settings (exemplary for all four titles)

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  Additional input settings

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for Master, BGM, Sound Effects, and Voices. Setting them to 0 doesn't mute the sound - use Re:Fined to fix.
Surround sound		Plays up to 5.1 for KH1, KH2 and Birth by Sleep, 4.1 for Re:Chain of Memories, and 2.1 for the 358/2 Days and Re:coded movies.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Several Remastered tracks are copyrighted. MIDI soundtrack present on the PS2 version is royalty-free, however - you can toggle it with Re:Fined or install Classic Soundtrack mod for KH2.

Localizations

Game language is defined by that of Epic Games Launcher.

Re:Fined supports switching voiceovers in-game. The v3.20 release has support for Japanese Dual-Audio.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Audio can be replaced with a mod: Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix
German				Audio can be replaced with a mod: Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (Voices) Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (FMV's) Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix
Italian
Japanese				Only available when purchased from Japan region. Dual-Audio support can be added with Re:Fined for KH2 and BBS. Audio can be replaced with a mod: Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation is available for Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix.
Spanish				Audio can be replaced with a mod: Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix

Issues unresolved

Game crashes randomly

The games may crash in random locations during gameplay.

Use Re:Fined

Limit the framerate to 60 FPS
Crashes are less likely to occur at lower framerates. This means 30 is the most stable.

Enable "Refresh Rate"

Blue checkerboard/green planes/broken shadows on some textures

Illustration of a blue checkerboard issue seen in Kingdom Hearts 1 using a 30 or 40-series NVIDIA GPU.

Some 30 and 40 series NVIDIA GPUs are experiencing corrupted textures. The cause is unknown.

Game outright refuses to work on AMD RX 7000 GPU's

The cause is unknown.

Constant Stuttering on High Refresh Rate

The games don't handle Vsync and framerates over 60Hz well.

Proper 60 FPS cap - NVIDIA GPUs

Set your screen's Refresh Rate to 60Hz Set ingame "Framerate" option to 60 Set ingame "Refresh Rate" option to ON Open Nvidia Control Panel. Navigate to Manage 3D settings > Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX. Set Vertical Sync to Force ON, Monitor Technology to Fixed Refresh and Preferred Refresh Rate to Let The Application Decide. Click Apply to save the changes. Notes (This method will give the smoothest results. Cutscenes Framerate still capped at 30FPS).

For Kingdom Hearts 2 - 60Hz Cap - NVIDIA GPUs

Use Unlocked Framerate Behavior Fix Set your screen's Refresh Rate to 60Hz Set ingame "Framerate" option to 60 Set ingame "Refresh Rate" option to ON Open Nvidia Control Panel. Navigate to Manage 3D settings > Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX. Set Vertical Sync to Force ON, Monitor Technology to Fixed Refresh and Preferred Refresh Rate to Let The Application Decide. Click Apply to save the changes. Notes (This method will give the smoothest results. Cutscenes Framerate unlocked to 60FPS).

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

Modifications

• OpenKH has a Mod Manager capable of patching the game, with a Mod Loader (Panacea) allowing to apply mods without re-patching, aswell as installing mods hosted on GitHub.
• KHPCPatchManager can be used to patch the .kh(x)pcpatch mods instead.
• Some mods may require LuaBackend Hook. Setup instructions.

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix

Critical Mix

A full overhaul with a fast KH2-style combat system. Revamps Sora's combos, keyblades, accessories, abilities, and much more.

Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories

Final Mix Heartless Colors

Replaces Heartless colors to match with the Final Mix releases the rest of the collection has.

Remastered Soundtrack

Replaces soundtrack to match with the remastered versions the rest of the collection has.

Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix

HD Textures

Not recommended on a 1080p or lower screen - the fonts get too high resolution, resulting in them looking worse instead.

HD Models

Uses textures from the HD Textures mod.

May result in corrupted models in some cases.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix

Ultimate Mix

Huge overhaul mod for the PC version of Birth by Sleep.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10 (1909)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3210 AMD A8-7600
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	60 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 730 AMD Radeon R7 240 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

The game OS requirement can be lowered to Windows 7 with the DXVK and VKD3D wrappers and a patch (cutscenes won't work).