I thought it was a pleasant diversion, but a half baked one. If I were to rank them from most favorite to less favorite:Įternal Ring gets a bad rap, but it's a bit like if you mixed King's Field with Jewel Master, this is what you'd get. The Ultima Underworld games come close, but they still aren't as distilled in the atmosphere department. The feelings of immersion, isolation, and forlorn survival in these games are just unbeatable. What Sacibengala says about the atmosphere is exactly right, the key reason that I loved all these dungeon crawlers. I wrote an in-depth review for it a few years ago: Sure the game is crusty, but it can still be very exciting and surprising. The experience is one that can often feel challenging as a result of its control mechanics, rather than as a result of its fair challenge.I beat the original PS1 version of King's Field, using this translation patch:Īnd yes, KF1 was worth the trouble to play. Players move slowly and are able to be killed rather quickly by enemies that often move twice as fast. Players who don't like the speed of games like Demon's Souls would hate the speed of progression found in King's Field. The series as a whole garnered some majorly polarized reviews during its run. The King's Field series consisted of four games that released between 19.

Players are tasked with discovering hidden prizes, solving puzzles, and not being cut down by hordes of creatures. The game consists mostly of battling strange monsters through five distinct mazes.

The plot follows Jean Alfred Forrester as he searches for his lost father through a series of dungeons. The original title was only released in Japan, but was so successful that its sequel was released in the US. King's Field was a first-person fantasy RPG created by FromSoftware in 1994.

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