Recently, at the 20th anniversary of "Kingdom Hearts", SE officially announced "Kingdom Hearts 4", and the release date and landing platform have not been made public. The official also released a trailer, showing the picture effect. According to people familiar with the matter, the trailer is based on the version of Unreal Engine, due to the low cost of migration, the official has decided that the follow-up development will be turned to Unreal Engine 5 to achieve a more stunning realistic style.
Japanese media Famitsu said: "The entire game will be developed using Unreal Engine 5, the lighting and detail quality will be improved by several levels, and interestingly, the trailer for the game seems to use Unreal Engine rendering." ”
Kingdom Hearts 4 is set in the world quadratum of Kingdom Hearts 3, the "other side of reality", where the world is outside of darkness and light. The ARPG elements of the previous game seem to have been further enhanced in Kingdom Hearts 4, and while the picture quality is leaping, it will also bring players a more enjoyable combat experience of the next generation.
Now there are more and more games developed with Unreal Engine, New Tomb Raider, New Wizard, Ark 2, etc., after Dragon Quest 12 also announced that it will use Unreal Engine development, the screen of these new works is bound to go to a higher level.