Summary
The second closed beta test forKingdom Hearts: Missing Linkis finally live and it brings with it several new cutscenes that give us our best idea yet of what the game is actually about.
Although the wait for Kingdom Hearts 4 news has felt like an incredibly long one, it’s arguably been slower-going for anyone who was looking forward to Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link, the next big mobile game in the series.Announced at the same time as KH4, Missing Link was said to have a closed beta test in 2022, something that didn’t end up happening.
After that,Missing Link was basically missing in action until later into 2023when itfinally reemerged with a closed beta test for iOS users. That first test was very minimal, though, and only had a few cutscenes, a character creator, and a glimpse into some of the gameplay systems like being able to roam the Astral Dimension to fight Heartless.
Missing Link’s Second Closed Beta Goes All In On Story
When it was revealed thatMissing Link would be getting a second closed beta test this month, many fans wondered if it would have anything new or if it’d just be the same content repeated. I managed to get access to both closed tests and can confirm that there’s a whole lot of new content in the latest beta, especially when it comes to the story.
Things are mostly the same in the first few missions of the test, with your protagonist waking up on the shore and running into Remus, a red-haired character who introduces you to the world. After you defeat Darkside, though, there are several new cutscenes that give a good idea of what Missing Link is all about.
The first cutscene has you and Remus walking through Scala Ad Caelum, where you see a statue of Ephemer and seem to remember him, furthering the idea that your protagonist has the heart of the one you played as in Union X. After that, we see scientists in a lab studying anomalies, who also seem to have a problem with Scala’s Baroque Society, which is the one that Remus belongs to.
As the player and Remus go to the society’s HQ to talk to its leader, two guards approach and try to arrest us for being involved in an assault at the beach. That is until Nept (presumably short for Neptune),the leader of the Baroque Society, introduces himselfand reveals the guards were being mind-controlled by two black feathers, which seem to have been placed by two figures standing on a nearby rooftop.
No, the black feathers probablydon’thave anything to do with Sephiroth. I will admit, though, the same thought crossed my mind…
Finally, inside the Baroque HQ, we get introduced to another new character, Freya, who runs the administration for the society and explains more of the world to us. Our protagonist then joins the Baroque Society and sets out to explore the Astral Dimension, but not before Freya teases something called “Warp Worlds” which seems to be how Disney worlds are going to be incorporated.
That’s where the closed beta test stops the story content, but it’s enough to give a good idea of what we’re going to be doing in Missing Link and how the world works. It’s also a big hint that the game is coming along well and shouldn’t be all that far from release.
