Finished a replay of KH1 using the steam version with mods

Having played KH1 many times on the ps2 version, and once with the final mix version when it came to ps3, the hype for KH4 had me wanting to replay the series. I opted for the steam version to use some mods for hd textures and a slightly tweaked progression system. Overall I still adore the original KH, though I've always been a bit mixed on final mix. The extra abilities often feel out of place, with large chunks of the game not feeling balanced around them. I'm also not a fan of the FM recolors (mods to the rescue). I also hate most of the new heartless tied to new synth materials which are just a slog to grind. Still any version of KH1 is a blast to play, and it was nice to finally knock Mysterious Figure out of my backlog of super bosses I still needed to beat.

My only real issue with the steam version is it crashed every couple of hours. The recommendations I found helped reduce how often the game crashed, but I saved every 5 minutes just in case, and quit out of the Hades cup every 10 rounds to save progress (closed the game completely before the timed challenge). Hopefully this isn't an issue going forward with RE:CoM which I plan to start in a few days. I may also try the Critical Mix Plus mod which looks really cool, but my goal with this modded replay was to keep things as vanilla feeling as possible.