So impressions.
-Definitely the best Kingdom Hearts game, period. The only reason KH1 would seem better to me would be because I were looking at it through nostalgia goggles, which is understandable considering how novel of a concept it was back then.
-The worlds are going by real quick, 8 hours in and already at Radiant Garden. I have to say though I'm not as disappointed with the pacing here like I was with KH2, which I always considered to have piss poor pacing compared to what I considered to be perfection in KH1. Maybe it's because I already know I'm only getting 1/3rd of the story.
-The command board is a great diversion. Makes me want a full fledged Itadaki Street to be published here.
-Slightly more difficult then I expected critical to be, so I am mostly happy on that front. Although I just realized I haven't been abusing my cure, so we'll see how that goes.
-The story is really really interesting to me, I don't know why. I feel like even the Disney worlds are somewhat starting to contribute again.
-Command board is a great idea. Game feels much less button mashy.