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Kingdom Hearts - Re:Fined | A New Beginning
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- Published on Mar 8, 2026
- Throughout the lifespan of the project, there has been many ups and many downs along the way. Now it's time for something much greater.
A new beginning, starting with Kingdom Hearts II!
Download:
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Music:
"oh okay” by bauerklos music
This is pure excellence. Fantastic work!
Hearing this from you means a lot. Glad you like the work!
OG guidemaker is back
This trailer is so simple and clean. The way you're making me feel tonight man....
Thank you for making the option "retry" and " prepare and retry." It is such a great option to add. Also, if I understand this correctly, thank you for making auto save toggleable. It is one of the main features that stop me from using this mod. Not because it is a bad feature but because of my sibling who always uses the last save file.
I will be adding a config option to change the slot at will.
Your sibling could just use the 98th slot instead :^)
@tStevester83that's what I was thinking
@tStevester83that's what I was thinking
@tStevester83that's what I was thinking
The missing SFX was such a huge annoyance for me. The Sephiroth block was so satisfying to hear again, amazing work!
It also fixes Xigbar's shots :3
@TopazTK so his DM doesn't sound pathetic anymore? W
Ye!
@TopazTK I hope Xemnas has some of his grunts in the first fight fixed as well
@MetalFreezer3000 He does.
The sheer quality of this mod and the trailer border on obsessive. I'm so glad the KH modding scene has someone like you. Thank you for all of the hard work you've done!
I am a perfectionist at heart. If y'all won't think Re:Fined features are official features that came straight from Square Enix, something has gone wrong.
@TopazTK Pretty well sums up my feelings on this mod. Nearly every feature is something I wish the game came packaged with from the get-go.
@ If only the graphical modding scene took that more to heart -_-
@TopazTKSo glad to see fans picking up the slack where Square-Enix came up short. You're doing a lot more for these games than simply giving them AI upscaled textures.
You are a goddamned legend!
Look up Legend of the Honkwaker by my pal BigsharkZ if you think THIS is a big scope. Having a modding background, I'd say the guy is just a talented coder and detail oriented.
my god the option to the change to the original soundtrack is gods gift
Props to the editing on the languages where you use worlds that would have that language be the "native" one and then the cut to Mickey in Japanese. Got a good laugh out of that one.
"You can now skip the ending FMV"
Yeah but who would ever do that?
I'd skip the credits if given the option, but definitely not the ending fmv lmao
I mean, if you're trying to get the fastest playthrough upload possible. Or you want to skip immediately after the most essential cutscene because you've played the game halfabajillion times.
Because the FMV is dogshit why do you play a game made for 7 year olds 🤡
@NCainXCI I don't care how many times I've played, the opening and the ending will never be skipped lol
Preboss cutscenes can go fuck themselves though xD
@elpisdynamis1617 The same reason you would come to a video specifically about those games with this bait ass comment lol
Oh, boy. I wonder what this is.🤭
Get up on the hydra's back!
Putting auto save as the first feature shown is a 10/10 way to get immediate downloads. The amount of progress I've lost to game crashes on PC have been pushing me more and more to getting on board with Mr. Clean's "Envelope the worlds in darkness" plan. On top of that, I didn't know how much I needed the PS2 music back until I heard it again. The surge of nostalgia was BIG.
Fun Fact: This whole project started as an autosave mod because I crashed at the Cavern of Remembrance 18 times.
So glad my next LV1 playthrough won't require me to beat Demyx 2 and the following Heartless gauntlet in one go-that shit drove me bonkers in my first run!
@KF-105 I think autosaving works at room changes, I'm unsure if that transition counts, but even if it does it's every 3 rooms so you might want to prepare it lol
@ Doing God's work.
@TopazTK Modern problems require mod-ern solutions. Great work
was already thinking about becoming a patron and that custom keyblade sealed the deal. incredible work here!
Amazing work!!!
This is a really big upgrade to the game with a lot of great quality of life improvements! ❤
Hello man incredible job, are you planning to add this for kh1 / bbs and reCOM?
Good golly gosh dang! I hope you can figure out KH1 to this extent too! This is awesome!
I'm impressed with this mod, fixing some issues like missing audio, having the option for the original OST (something I support for any remaster), a few quality of life improvements, swapping the Heartless color palettes, and an optional skipping prologue feature, being able to skip the last cutscene of KH2, what's not to like? Definitely picking up the PC ports of the games for the mod support.
Admittedly, I'll probably forget about the added extra shortcut menus when playing as I'm used to having only one but that's a me thing when I'm playing, I tend to forget about the extra shortcut menus outside of battle in KH3 (I switch my shortcut menus between battles depending on the sitch) so that's definitely a me thing.
Do not worry, I do too.
*Wipes tears from my eyes* IT'S SO PEAAKK
Wow! These additions clean up kh2 so well!! Especially encounter plus for synth grinding
Thank you for including widescreen support!
Oh, boy. Oh, boy. I was wondering for this long time ago ^^
Refight Sephiroth, guys!
Great work to everyone involved!
The based man likes it, I feel fulfilled!
I have to say, the option to refight sephiroth made me want to buy the kh collection just for this mod, you don't know how much i LOVE his boss fight in this game, way more than the lingering will or any other data fight
This mod looks very promising, keep up the good work
Thank you! The goat CrazyCatz00 made the mod long ago for the PS2, Svenchu and I have ported it over for your pleasure. I hope the other features of Re:Fined also do you fancy!
Just have a extra save slot in room before the fight... When u kill him, save on your main slot..
And when u want to fights again, just load the old slot u saved for this moment kk.. I do this...
I was already sold at the beginning, but then I saw that you put the option to use the original PS2 Spanish dub!! This is the best mod ever!
My Lil bro needed this. But now he needs the English version 😅 to learn.
Time to replay this masterpiece, thank you so much!
I see re:fined news, I click to find out more.
This looks fantastic! Amazing work guys
This is incredible. Thank you all for working on this
Thank you for your service.
You got me on the refight sephiroth ❤
Finally, only one save from now on!
I might pick this up. Thank you.
“I’ve been waiting for this!”
Truly a wonderful project. Thanks for your dedication ❤
absolutely FANTASTIC, this is THE ONE mod even vanilla experience enthusiasts like me MUST have, when the devs can't deliver it's so inspiring to see fans coming up with some of the best ideas and QOL features, thank you very much
So much fun, thank you for this mod its such a refresher🎉
8:11 Don't say it too loud Olette. Mr. Krabs might hear you.
Ak, akakakakak!
Had to share this fire mod on my socials
6:20 heh I do that on KHIII, wish I had an intergrated option like this mod over the hacky workaround I use.
Mod looks super clean, always like to see mods that slot in like they were always there
This is looking really really good! Can definitely tell a lot of work went into it! :)
I do understand that KH2's prolouge is a bit long but lets be honest with ourselves, who really wants to skip dual wielding as Roxas? XP
I just wanna skip Mail Delivery and the Seven Wonders Dx
I'll take dual wielding Roxas for the whole game actually!
@themidnightsnow I typically do the Poster job since it gives you 100 Munny each time you're fast enough, I feel like I've optimized the route and can beat it in roughly 56 to 58 seconds.
@Kn0ck3rWr1ght you should check out project Nobody May Cry
@The物andかねis that really faster than doing mail delivery twice for 8 second runs? If so I'll have to swap for next time
Just downloaded! I have to go to work but cant wait to play when I get back
Damm. Both the effort shown in the mod so far as well as the presentation in this trailer has me both impressed and incredibly nostalgic for KH2.
The original version of Lazy Days just feels right. The Shortcut customization is a godsend.
Thank you for this project.
This is what I expected when the collection was released
Can't wait until I one day get a computer strong enough to play KH. When that day comes (and I've gotten the games on that computer) I'm coming right back here to download this!
For context, I purchased my current laptop back when Obama was President, and it chugs playing Thomas Was Alone
Wow, this is impressive. I can feel the sheer love emanating from this video
At last, the Steam version.
the timing for this couldnt have been any better! i just bought the games on steam and i cant wait to play this mod
Tingus
Good Mod, Topaz
this looks amazing! awesome job
This is super cool!!! Definitely looks like the definitive way to play. Cant wait to try it when i get the PC version.
There’s new stuff coming too like Pirate Sora and Keyblade switching.
That's a lot of great stuff, amazing work
Looking great! Just finished a 100% Critical run of KH2 and a lot of these updates would've made my run that bit smoother (especially the Encounter Plus!).
One thing I'd love to see is being able to set the lock-on functionality as it was in KH1, with swapping between enemies with L2.
I am trying, believe me I am trying.
@TopazTKyou legend
Absolutely beautiful.
This is so amazing to see. Any KH2 fan can take a look at this video and see the dedication/work you put into this. Thanks a ton for your time!
Thank you so much for the QOL changes! ❤
Unfortunately all the recent new ports of that game totally ignore the French version from the original release on PS2.
The French community is extremely saddened by that because they mostly used many original voice actors from the movies that passed away with time and it feels really nostalgic to hear those voices. Even our Sora (Donald Reignoux) said he was extremely disappointed to not be in the cast of KH3, because there is no more French version nowadays and he said he has been really proud to participate to that project with one of his mentors, Jean Pierre Rinaldi (who did Goofy's voice in KH1 & 2) who sadly is sadly no more among us.
Unfortunately Disney doesn't give a shit anymore, i don't know is there is some way to restore this but i think it must be too much work.
Sur PC, tu peux facilement modder les jeux pour restaurer la VF,
Et pour KH3 il y a une VF amateur d'excellente qualité (pour avoir refait le jeu entièrement avec)!
@clementh.5917 Mais j'imagine que passer par des mods fait que ce ne sera pas totalement identique à la version PS2 ? J'avoue ne pas y avoir rejoué depuis longtemps pour m'en souvenir, mais rien que la synchro labial, ça doit donner différement j'imagine?
Pour le mod KH3 vf, ce sont des fans qui donnent leur voix, ou bien ils ont utilisé de l'IA? Dans les cas où ce serait le 1er cas, ça ne dérange pas trop d'entendre des voix VF totalement différentes des précédentes ?
De ce que j'ai joué, ce n'est absolument pas dérangeant, tu retrouves vraiment l'expérience originale,
Pour KH3, j'ai refait le jeu en entier avec cette VF amateur, ce n'est pas de l'IA mais des comédiens, certes pas professionnels mais la qualité est là. Vraiment, je te recommande d'essayer (ou de regarder des extraits sur RUclips).
@clementh.5917 Wow people made a fan dub of the whole KH3 game in French? What dedication!
This is actually so insane thank you for doing this
This is the coolest thing ever. My only 2 slight concerns are the soft reset being R2+L2, i assume this is able to be changed to other combinations with more buttons as it said "by default".The other thing is the crown HUD element, this didn't seem like an optional thing although i'm not sure. I think the best part about this mod project is that most things seem to be optional stuff so i hope you can decide not to use it if you don't want to. Idek what else more you have planned because this is already amazing.
I was just looking to replay kh2 and you upload this like a day later, thanks for the amazing timing!🧡
LETS GOOO
Incredible work!!
Kh2 final final mix
I was looking for a way to play with the original heartless colors for a while. Thanks man
Ngl this mod may actually make me buy the PC version of the collection, I always tried getting into it but the first game in particular is a lil rough around the edges and maybe since this is marked as the beginning I can't wait to see the first game mods (if you make any)
Keep up the good work!
Omg this is amazing thank you so much for your hard work!!!!
I know it's not the point of the video/mod, but the fact that Dodge Slash is the only attack/combat ability in the abilities menu not turned on is hilarious to me.
I’m a real player lol
(I did the footage and edit.)
Agradezco mucho el soporte para el idioma español que creíamos que nadie lo recordaría 🙏
I'm going to be buying the PC version of this game just because of this patch. The ability to skip the Roxas prologue is going to be a God send in and of itself, but the original music too??
Thank you all so much for working on this
Roxas died for your sins the least you can do is give him a week of vacation smh
@whywhysson i actually quite liked my sins and did not need anyone to die for them
anybody who wants to skip Roxas prologue is dead inside 😔✊
@lucs028 correct.
people in the comments losing their mind to this:
Crazy idea but what if the OP already fully played through the prologue and just wants to get to the meat of the game faster on a replay?
sqaure changing the heartless pallete was my biggest gripe with kh final mix, thank u! this is awsom!
COM refined: "I just packaged the GBA rom in here, just play that instead."
Based.
The only good version of it: COM OG.
And
I love the presentation in this video.
is it possible to make it so the kingdom key is shown in cutscenes no matter what keyblade I have equipped? I hate how some keyblades look in cutscenes
-The vanilla game already does this. Drive Forms too.-
@themidnightsnow no it doesn't
@themidnightsnow How do I get the kingdom key to show up if I have decisive pumpkin equipped? I really hate the look of decisive pumpkin and would rather have all cutscenes show the kingdom key instead
Unfortunately, due to how the gane works, it would be a massive undertaking and probably not worth the outcome.
@ Oh! I misread your comment. You're correct.
I thought you meant if the Keyblade you have equipped show up in cutscenes. You meant quite the opposite. Whoops, sorry.
That's hella rad. Great job.
8:18 can you bring back Roxas' ps2 voice grunts?
That's already in!
@TopazTK THANK YOU. The PS2 Roxas voice is so much better than the PS3 version
The amount of work is insane. Respect
Peak
Love the quality of life features
The coloring reversion made me remember something that always kinda bugged me. They always revert back to default game colors when the enemy returns in future games, so why do they even change the color for final mix.
for fun i guess
It was cool as a second playthrough back in the day when you had to buy the whole game again instead of downloading DLC. Kept it fresh.
But as the default and only version available now? Kinda sucks and likely confusing going between games for newer players.
Probably to help differentiate final mix versions from the originals
Incredible work, thank you to everyone who has contributed to this wonderful mod ❤❤
I'm not a KH fan, just someone who played the all entries casually and moved on, but the effort put on this mod deserves praise.
Thank you for all the time and effort, and well done ✨!
Thank you 😭 thank you so much
Perhaps a suggestion: what if you could select what keyblade/keychain Sora is holding visually (for standard and drive forms) while having the stats and abilities of another selected in the menu, similar to Final Fantasy XVI? I see that’s how Retribution works, but I was wondering if this could go for any keyblade.
Not in scope.
This is absolutely insane quality. Congrats on the new beginning!
Does this fix the recent texture replacement glitch that happened when square updated their textures which resulted in characters that dont have talking animations
I did not encounter this. But if I do, I will sure as hell fix it.
@TopazTK maybe I'm just not up to date. When I installed on that fateful day, characters when switching to their low poly model would have no talking animations, but would get the animations back when they switch back to high poly. Maybe this was fixed a while ago then
Amazing, amazing amazing!
Will there be a toggle to Uncensor some of the stuff that got censored between the Original Japanese Release and the international release? Like the Hydra's Blood and Xigbar's Scope?
Yes.
@TopazTK Don't forget the censored panties please! Awesome work by the way.
Ultrawide support was unexpected in middle of video
"Ars Arcanum" is not a correction, though. It literaly is "last" in the Japanese version (it's in English too, but of course written using katakana)
That said, 10 out of 10 mod. The fact that you thought of the other dubs other than the Eng and JP is sweet, man.
Corrected for consistency rather than accuracy to the Japanese.
This is epic! I was debating long-playing this and will with these mods 🙌🏽🙌🏽
I was trying to install this mod on my steam deck last week but the game wouldn't start and I had to restore my files. I remember before on the Discord there was a member who was working on steam deck support but I'm not sure if they're still with the group.
Is the group still planning on adding support for the system? And will the group add a install guide for the mod in general? There wasn't (and currently still isn't) any instructions on how to install re:fined on the github and the other online guides are outdated.
Instructions for the Steam Deck are available on the Discord Server.
this is a beautiful, appreciated passion project. thank you! can't wait to try it out.
Erm, technically, Prepare & Retry was first featured in Re:Coded 🤓
And to make it available on kh2 I am certain that a lot of re:coding happened too!
Whoops, I suppose it was! Been too long since I played. I don’t think it’s in DDD either.
(I’m the editor.)
This is so, so good and cool! I didn't even know how about the journal notes somehow. This showcase trailer is really damn good too.
This is going to be my first time playing Kingdom Hearts, and your work will be part of that experience.
How does it feel to make such an impact?
It feels surreal. I feel honored to be a piece of people's experiences.
I used your KH1 mod for my first playthrough and the changes to mouse controls made a massive difference. Huge thanks
Incredible work, thank ya for it too.
"Huh, they have a patreon. That’s cool…..WAIT THEY HAVE A KEYBLADE THAT CAN DO WHAT?!"
Hehehe.
@ there will be money sent to your current location my friend :)
Good work!!
Following your work has been the definition of r/patientgamers pay off each time. And just when I think you've completely tapped the well of possibilities, you showcase something else I didn't know I wanted for the experience. I look forward to my eventual next playthroughs of the games basically being Vanilla+++
Shit, now that I think about it, should the day come that you can work your magic on that Nobody May Cry mod and that 358/2 Days Final Mix fan remake.. 👌
a man can have a bizarre dream.
Heheh, I thought he was out of new things to add too but he recently announced KH3-styled Pirate Sora/Donald/Goofy and hotswap Keyblade switching :o
Being able to go straight to the Data Boss Fight room with the Gummi Ship is a game changer.
This is really good, this will probably be the definitive way to play Kingdom Hearts II when it releases
It already is out.