Was it Good? - King's Field

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  • @Synthes788
    @Synthes788 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3693

    Next video will be "Was it Good? King's Field" as Josh mistakenly played king's field instead of king's field so the footage of king's field doesn't go to waste.

    • @frostad8jones995
      @frostad8jones995 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +116

      Ngl this would go hard

    • @VaporeonEnjoyer1
      @VaporeonEnjoyer1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      Nah since Josh can not go any video without Dark Souls, he should go with the strange "Demon's Souls is a sequel to this game if you squint hard enough" classic, Lost Kingdom for the Gamecube.

    • @marcun666
      @marcun666 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      This makes more sense than I'd like to admit.

    • @Melsharpe95
      @Melsharpe95 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      "Yo dawg, he heard you like King's Field..."
      [Laughs in Xzibit]

    • @Bay-Raker
      @Bay-Raker 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Omg. I thought the same thing lol. He's gotta do it.

  • @FingerPuppetSarcasm
    @FingerPuppetSarcasm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

    Can't help but smile at the idea of a dad and daughter mapping out the whole game together.

  • @jacobodell5231
    @jacobodell5231 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +823

    Your explanation of the titles at 2:40 just gave me flashbacks of trying to figure out the Final Fantasy titles when I was a kid. Thanks, Josh.

    • @majorkhajiit
      @majorkhajiit 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      You think that's bad, look into the titles of Kingdom Hearts!

    • @hi-i-am-atan
      @hi-i-am-atan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

      @@majorkhajiit kh's titles are weird, but they have absolutely none of the problems of final fantasy or king's field

    • @Biouke
      @Biouke 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      We didn't have this problem in Europe 😎
      Because we didn't get any FF before VII 😢

    • @marcushenderson5971
      @marcushenderson5971 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Mystic quest?

    • @breloopharos1919
      @breloopharos1919 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Dude to this DAY its stupid. I spent an hour straight trying to play FF6 and i kept downloading the japanese version or FF3. For those who dont know, the U.S. got FF6 instead of 3, but was still called ff3 because i guess it was still the U.S.'s third game idk. So to some americans who werent aware, the ff3 game they played was actually ff6.

  • @stevenrodan5160
    @stevenrodan5160 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +215

    Fun fact: King's Field was named after the Director's favorite Golf Club.

  • @coreyrachar9694
    @coreyrachar9694 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1687

    my god.... an entire field of kings....

    • @GriffinPilgrim
      @GriffinPilgrim 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +138

      You have to be careful when growing kings, one revolution and you can lose the whole crop...

    • @Tarso333
      @Tarso333 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      I wonder if each of these kings has a throne of their own. If so, that means theres a Thronesfield out there somewhere

    • @RandallMiller-eh6wm
      @RandallMiller-eh6wm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      ​@Tarso333 do the kings bloom from them like flowers

    • @GriffinPilgrim
      @GriffinPilgrim 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@RandallMiller-eh6wm Wouldn't crowns be the flowers?

    • @operator8014
      @operator8014 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Shockingly, there are no fields until KF3.

  • @sk8fuze
    @sk8fuze 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    I saw this title and went:
    "Oh wow I remember King's Field! This should be great!"
    Then I realised that I hadn't actually played King's Field, for this was in fact King's Field, and not King's Field.

  • @Sorahx1
    @Sorahx1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1496

    The PlayStation can produce mind-boggling effects.

    • @renmcmanus
      @renmcmanus 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

      It has always been more about the quality and creativity of the developer over the actual hardware.

    • @nickoliekeyov746
      @nickoliekeyov746 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

      @renmcmanus
      It's a meme, you dip

    • @renmcmanus
      @renmcmanus 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      @nickoliekeyov746 sorry I'm not brain rotted. Wait... I'm not sorry. Sorry not sorry.

    • @jayhayhay5124
      @jayhayhay5124 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

      I've never seen such realistic skeletons since.

    • @pinkorcyanbutlong5651
      @pinkorcyanbutlong5651 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      can confirm, my mind was boggled

  • @JohnsonLobster
    @JohnsonLobster 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    If you want to play this today on a modern PC, get "Sword of Moonlight: King's Field Making Tool" (from the Internet Archive, for instance).
    It's a dungeon creation program that From Software published in 2000, and it includes a recreation of King's Field in that new engine. It's vastly superior to the Playstation version, while staying completely true to the original, and you can play it right now on a modern Windows PC with a controller without any difficulty.

  • @cybercop0083
    @cybercop0083 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1286

    I can‘t wait for the follow-up „Was it good? - King‘s Field“

    • @urbanberndtsson
      @urbanberndtsson 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      "No not that one"

    • @minecreeper98
      @minecreeper98 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      But... I thought this one was King's Field... o_O

    • @fulnaz3164
      @fulnaz3164 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      ​@@minecreeper98 nah, this was King's Field, not King's Field

    • @minecreeper98
      @minecreeper98 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@fulnaz3164 Ah ok, thanks for clarifying ^^

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ta-da! He made it lol.

  • @gamithemighty5932
    @gamithemighty5932 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    "the furtive pygmy so easily forgottten"
    oh man I just got chills..

  • @jennifermckay5585
    @jennifermckay5585 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +949

    Majuular does a great 3hr video on this game series. I'd never heard of it before and it was an interesting watch.

    • @krykry606
      @krykry606 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

      I was like "Again, josh? I'm sure I heard Josh review this..." and check'd history, and it was Majuular, to my surprise.

    • @pseudosanct5253
      @pseudosanct5253 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      I love Maj's ultima series

    • @ggg-ng3tm
      @ggg-ng3tm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      ​@@pseudosanct5253Yes same. He said Ultima 6 video will likely be out around mid september !

    • @danielpintogouveia5862
      @danielpintogouveia5862 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Majuular is the man. So is ofc our josh ❤

    • @dasaggropop1244
      @dasaggropop1244 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@pseudosanct5253 my favourite are his darkseed videos. the way his style of humor and commenting vibes with that goofball protagonist is just chefs kiss

  • @spencernauman1524
    @spencernauman1524 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +185

    "He is Dead" appearing right when you say "Let's be real, he's probably dead" was really good lol

    • @Barnesofthenorth
      @Barnesofthenorth 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Was about to say how excellent that was.

  • @MauricioOsuna-et8et
    @MauricioOsuna-et8et 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +271

    "So behold, combat!
    - Strife, Josh

    • @KonoschABC
      @KonoschABC 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      i would buy such a shirt

  • @Felsmukk
    @Felsmukk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    From Softwares first software made was for agriculture. It was used to calculate feed for pigs.

  • @LucasBernardesRosa
    @LucasBernardesRosa 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +782

    Oh god the aspect ratio of this video is hiding his health bar. I wonder if Josh is just doing this to fill the video up with as much screen as possible or he's just protesting 3:4...

    • @AJarOfYams
      @AJarOfYams 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

      I hope he notices how it looks for viewers

    • @bradfndare5371
      @bradfndare5371 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +188

      He's hiding his invulnerability😁

    • @dromendus
      @dromendus 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

      yeah the weird zoom-in is driving me insane lmao

    • @lolmanor
      @lolmanor 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      Yea i noticed this too and it was driving me crazy!!!

    • @ThatReplyGuy
      @ThatReplyGuy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      He's doing it just to mess with us.

  • @ruddyreyes2015
    @ruddyreyes2015 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +292

    45:25 "They wanted to make Elden Ring, so they started with King's Field and slowly improved." This is genuinely inspirational and goes to show that you gotta start somewhere, anywhere, if you want to eventually make your masterpiece.

    • @louieberg2942
      @louieberg2942 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Hidetaka Miyazaki has said he is not quite done. He still has ideas to make, in his opinion, the ultimate RPG.

    • @SethonanGaming
      @SethonanGaming 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      What Josh didnt say, or doesnt kmow is that FROM was making offimatic programs just before this.
      Whatever demon possessed a respectful software company to shift gears and start making games is unknown.
      But Sony basically asked them to showcase they could finish a game before granting them a license.
      This is them HALFASSING EVERYTHING.

    • @tcg2717
      @tcg2717 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@louieberg2942 Let the man cook.

    • @OCTO358
      @OCTO358 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ​@@louieberg2942 Hidetaka Miyazaki didn't join From when they made this series.

    • @Bardock7132
      @Bardock7132 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      True. He used the evolution of King’s field’s/shadow tower’s gameplay and expanded upon it more with the souls series. But the original games had nothing to do with him.

  • @MauricioOsuna-et8et
    @MauricioOsuna-et8et 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +348

    What intrigues me, in seeing the very first King's Field having nearly all the hallmark characteristics of its successors... Is that THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE.
    Players will happily name Miyazaki. All the time. Like Miyazaki made any of this. No. This is FromSoftware at its core in its entirety. Miyazaki comes much, much later.
    Yes, he refined everything into Demons' Souls, a much superior product, but he isn't the brains of the operation that we make him to be. He keeps giving it better directions, but the soul itself has always been there.

    • @khankhomrad8855
      @khankhomrad8855 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

      That's the power or narratives for you. The guy was enshrined as the sole responsible for Demon Souls and later Dark souls.

    • @DibsAtraiyu
      @DibsAtraiyu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      Ya. That's why I always say.miyazaki is a wild story crafter... But it's the devs themselves that have crafted the frame it's built on.

    • @Epistolary8
      @Epistolary8 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      My first From game was Lost Kingdoms. You can also see proto-elements of Demon’s Souls in there as well, since the plot is all about an evil mist flooding a kingdom and causing monsters to appear, with a wicked king being the one responsible for the whole mess.

    • @Omega77232
      @Omega77232 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Nah they almost forgot it during ninja blade but thank god Miyazaki is also making demon souls at that time.

    • @mementomori771
      @mementomori771 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Hes like a really good filter

  • @IAM_UDON
    @IAM_UDON 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I think you're the first reviewer I've seen really encapsulate what makes this game special in a succinct and palatable way. The conclusion of the video really sums things up well. I enjoyed this a lot was very well done

  • @Wentr-z
    @Wentr-z 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +119

    wow i hope martin and his daughter are doing ok today. that map is seriously awesome!

    • @tenyokensekia8088
      @tenyokensekia8088 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Me too, what a legend for making that map!

  • @Pacalakin
    @Pacalakin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +361

    1:32 "The Playstation can produce mind-boggling graphics"

    • @FumblsTheSniper
      @FumblsTheSniper 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I have fever dreams about PS1 games like the army guy helicopter game and there was one with a pirate ship stuck in rivers that gave me PTSD.

    • @fredalejandro9932
      @fredalejandro9932 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It did

    • @arciks11
      @arciks11 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@FumblsTheSniper Army Men Air Attack?

    • @FumblsTheSniper
      @FumblsTheSniper 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@arciks11 yeah that one was a good time. The final boss was my crucible.

  • @ronaldlatosinski4066
    @ronaldlatosinski4066 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Forgot i played and beat this game back when it came out on the playstation. This video held my hand as i took a little walk down memory lane.

    • @disturbownzall
      @disturbownzall 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Thinking about beating this game without a guide, like a TON of other games at the time, seems impossible.

    • @mykal4779
      @mykal4779 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      in japanese?!

    • @ronaldlatosinski4066
      @ronaldlatosinski4066 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@disturbownzall took me & my friend like 500 hours to figure it out & beat it.

  • @SteamyWonder
    @SteamyWonder 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +161

    not gonna lie that skeleton looks pretty cool

    • @morsintus8323
      @morsintus8323 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      the ps1 was capable of producing mind boggling effects after all

    • @KingLich451
      @KingLich451 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      ​@@morsintus8323😂

    • @tenyokensekia8088
      @tenyokensekia8088 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kinda looks like a undead version of Zan from Monster Rancher. Its the back wing claws that make me think of it.

    • @curseddeity6379
      @curseddeity6379 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for not lying

  • @normanred9212
    @normanred9212 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ultima Underworld 1992 is most likely the first full 3D world RPG and immersive sim. You can tell the Kingsfield devs absolutely played Ultima Underworld

  • @cyh6092
    @cyh6092 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +161

    Seeing the mic in a cup gets me everytime.

    • @AC-hj9tv
      @AC-hj9tv 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Lol yea I love it

    • @ForumArcade
      @ForumArcade 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      But it really is very pragmatic if you're going to do a standing setup.

  • @jess648
    @jess648 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    the kings field games are spooky as hell even in ways that are probably unitentional, i love it

  • @yamaddie
    @yamaddie 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    the idea that kings field was what they improved on to make the souls series makes a lot of sense when you know that miyazaki joined from later and his sole reason for joining was that he loved the kings field series

  • @Chamomileable
    @Chamomileable 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    King's Field 4 is the true masterpiece in my opinion. One thing you left out is that there's a full remake of the original King's Field with new graphics included with Fromsoft's official "King's Field maker" called Sword of Moonlight. Meaning that there are actually 4 different King's Fields (OG, english retitled KF2, rerelease, remake on SoM). Should note also that Martin Ramirez likely wasn't Martin's real name, as an NPC in KF4 is named Ramirez Martin.

  • @Astroniimous
    @Astroniimous 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    king's field is my favorite fromsoft creation, thanks for covering this.

  • @cuddlequeen3225
    @cuddlequeen3225 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    HECK YEAH. I love seeing an in depth review of FromSoft's origins. And there's still King's Field-likes coming out to this dsy.

  • @RaggedyGreg
    @RaggedyGreg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    45:15 this speech right here, if I ever needed something to feel inspired and start working on my plans for the future, this right here is what would’ve started that, kudos

  • @zackgabel6802
    @zackgabel6802 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    the skeleton labeled "he is dead" is the most fromsoft thing in the game

    • @_Tzer
      @_Tzer 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      RIGHT WITHIN LIIKE WHAT THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE GAME.

  • @NearEDGE
    @NearEDGE 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

    One thing that was very apparent to me is that most all of the enemies I see you fighting in Kings Field exist in some form in Dark Souls. It's actually quite remarkable. Heck, the skeleton you encounter in the first secret are the exact skeletons in visual concept that you see at Firelink Shrine. The lizard man with the single armor piece is a staple of Sen's Fortress and became the magic shooting ones and the big sword boys. The big slow moving skeleton with the knife arms resembles the ghosts in New Londo, which hey! This game has the ghosts minus the knife hands. The plant creatures arguably got split into at least two enemies. The plant dudes in Darkroot Garden, the weird crystal clam things in the Duke's Archives, there's a linear progression from King's Field to Dark Souls in almost every conceivable way.

    • @SerDerpish
      @SerDerpish 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      And don’t forget that the final boss is pretty much The Bed of Chaos

    • @sandflamingo1000
      @sandflamingo1000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The one eyed dragon as well being inspo for kalameet is so cool!

    • @xantishayde-walker4593
      @xantishayde-walker4593 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The "Ice" Golems becoming the Crystal Golems too.

    • @Fedorchik1536
      @Fedorchik1536 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I just want to remind that skeletons with swords and small shields are a cinema classic from Jason and Argonauts

    • @xantishayde-walker4593
      @xantishayde-walker4593 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Fedorchik1536 Hell yeah! I remember seeing that as a kid (it was old then) and being fascinated with the stop motion animation. That cemented my love for all things fantasy.

  • @jm7533
    @jm7533 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +388

    Oh thank God, Brazil keeps running for another day.

    • @nemesissombria
      @nemesissombria 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      At least for 46 minutes more

    • @iagofranca7702
      @iagofranca7702 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      kkkkkkkkkkkkk koéééé

    • @S0ulGh0st
      @S0ulGh0st 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Quê??

    • @thecompanioncube4211
      @thecompanioncube4211 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Brazil mentioned 🎉🎉

    • @visionaeon
      @visionaeon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@S0ulGh0st It's a joke about a Brazilian Computer Server being only able to function if it doesn't turn off, so the responsible for it marathons Josh's channel to keep it on.

  • @sl840
    @sl840 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Kings field as a series was an important part of my gaming growing up, I loved trying to puzzle together the world in each of the games. The third game introduced a really cool mechanic with the Excellector, a crystal sword that grew as you used it. A lot of nostalgia here.

  • @FireStar345
    @FireStar345 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    It should be said that Dragon Fruit's aren't the only way to continue after dying. Those golden crosses you see on the wall are save points, and dying without reviving will restart you there, instead of at the start of the game.
    You can also load these saves from the games pause menu, where you can change your equipment and use items. Under "System" you can press load, and see your 3 save slots. This is also where you can quit the game without turning your console off, aside from the credits screen. You are actually stuck there as far as I know.

  • @claytonparfumorse3101
    @claytonparfumorse3101 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    30:40 hey josh... you know what might be the best example of a game using negitive space in this series of videos? tomb raiders dive into the water temple. nothing around you, untill the giant creature shaped statues loom out of the gloom... wonderful. and scary as hell.

  • @hartantoanggoro
    @hartantoanggoro 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +153

    Backlogs once covered the entire king's field series and his words still remain in my mind
    Welcome to Demon Souls, Prepare to die
    Welcome to Dark Souls, Prepare to die
    Welcome to King's Field, **** You

    • @old_scaly
      @old_scaly 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Is this video deleted? Can’t seem to find it.

    • @SpecShadow
      @SpecShadow 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      that challenges channel? He did one? Might be one of those deleted reviews on my saved playlist...

    • @SolarSAG
      @SolarSAG 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Wasn't that mr. Iron Pineapple who did the video you mentioned? More specifically the video about King's Field: The Ancient City.

    • @TheKrangled
      @TheKrangled 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@SolarSAG This is correct. It was Iron Pineapple, not Lemon.

    • @ChaosFox36
      @ChaosFox36 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@TheKrangled aww man I wanted to watch lemon suffer... I mean play this

  • @gingerale1447
    @gingerale1447 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I absolutely love your game reviews, and I literally count the days until you upload again. Keep up the great work man!

  • @VBrancoPT
    @VBrancoPT 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    King's Field, Armored Core, Eternal Ring, Dark Souls, Elden Ring, Echo Night... And then there's The Adventures of Cookie & Cream. A very colorful and charming puzzle/platformer game. A bit quite the oposite of what their other games are. lol Great video as always, Josh. Kudos!

    • @THEPELADOMASTER
      @THEPELADOMASTER 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      And also Ninja Blade, a shitty and absolutely ridiculous ninja game.

    • @historicflame972
      @historicflame972 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      My only memory of that is some dude harassing me on the dark souls wiki to force me to become an admin on his cookie wiki, annoying me to the point I used my unconsensually given admin powers to ban him from his own wiki

    • @VBrancoPT
      @VBrancoPT 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@THEPELADOMASTER I mean, video game companies aren't perfect. Not every single game they make is gonna be great.

    • @VBrancoPT
      @VBrancoPT 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@historicflame972 That serves him right, hopefully.

    • @cacaodemon5220
      @cacaodemon5220 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Don't forget about Thousand Land, an RTS featuring 🌰s as your soldiers

  • @evalirova
    @evalirova 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That outro, my lord, you just won over every literal FromSoft fan that will watch this, i subbed just from that outro alone. Amazing video and loved the thoughtful hindsight approach on all these design choices that grew into what we're so amazed by today.

  • @ShrapnelStars
    @ShrapnelStars 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    The Mind-Boggling Effects were the adorable low-poly enemies we befriended along the way.
    This makes me wish there was some kind of elaborate mod to turn all of Elden Ring's graphics into these low poly ones.

    • @existenceisrelative
      @existenceisrelative 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I want that mod for a _lot_ of modern games.
      I would honestly rather look a duplo with legs and _imagine_ how horrifying the monster is, than have a 500mb jpg of "pale guy with big mouth and tentacles #3407".

  • @99soup
    @99soup 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the bit at the end about fromsoft starting from this to eventually make Elden Ring really made me feel empowered for some reason

  • @calemr
    @calemr 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +277

    For those interested in a modern Kings Field: Lunacid was heavily inspired by KF and Shadow Tower, and made by the people who did Lost in Vivo.

    • @mcwurzn8194
      @mcwurzn8194 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      lunacid was amazing!

    • @Potentacidpanda
      @Potentacidpanda 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Love it!!

    • @ArakDBlade
      @ArakDBlade 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      I will second this. Grew up loving King's Field. Lunacid is it's own beast but theres enough KF inspiration to give me the happy chemicals.

    • @sirrealism7300
      @sirrealism7300 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Love lunacid but the final boss is super dissapointing.

    • @kailevil3444
      @kailevil3444 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@@sirrealism7300 The Secret Boss is very difficult.

  • @joshvanduke5519
    @joshvanduke5519 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was such a great review. I enjoy your recognition of what they wanted to make, and all the games, lessons, and routes they took to get there.

  • @Thingsyourollup
    @Thingsyourollup 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    When you talk about the harp and map design, is when I realized this game had the potential to be a 3D Symphony of the Night

    • @321cheeseman
      @321cheeseman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We're practically there as soon as he talks about the sequel.

  • @glb1993
    @glb1993 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That windows 95 Screensaver brought out some nostalgia I'd almost forgot about, thank you good sir for the blast from the past there lol.

  • @Bladist1
    @Bladist1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The maps were made based off the 2006 English patch, you say?
    Sgt. Foley: "Ramirez! Map out the entirety of King's Field!"

  • @TheFishwhisperer295
    @TheFishwhisperer295 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Damn shawty wasn't lying, the playstation really can produce mind boggling effects

  • @polishenglish8356
    @polishenglish8356 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I just finished watching Josh's Morrowind playthrough and I am in love with his narration and humor :) more Josh is always good :)

  • @Swagkitten1234
    @Swagkitten1234 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i played and beat the first kings field a few years ago and was absolutely blown away by practically everything, the atmosphere and design was absolutely fantastic and to this day i have it easily in my top list of games of all time. it made me try 4 and that was a whole journey i adored

  • @sunsetman22
    @sunsetman22 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +142

    before Dark Souls, before Armored Core, there was... King's Field

    • @DibsAtraiyu
      @DibsAtraiyu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Not to be confused with king's field

    • @n8doggy733
      @n8doggy733 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      or more affectionately called, King's Field. ❤

    • @InfinityZwei
      @InfinityZwei 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      King's Field is a hard look at what happens when business software development staff slowly comes into their own as a game developer, with an enormous batch of creative ideas coming through in an overall unrefined experience. SirTech (of Wizardry) and (if my understanding of events is correct) Squaresoft were similar success stories. From Software arguably had it worse, because they had to hit the ground running in an industry where established veteran companies at the time were themselves spinning their wheels to figure out this whole 3D console game thing.

    • @Chinothebad
      @Chinothebad 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Everything the Souls gamds had from snake people and the moonlight sword to a stamina bar and all, traced back to King's Field.

    • @sunsetman22
      @sunsetman22 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Chinothebad I myself have just become a fan by way of Armored Core, and seeing the rich history this developer team has is just... wow. massive respect to these guys. I see why people love their games to death now. I've played the Armored Core series from Gen 1 thru to Gen 4. what can I say, I'm addicted!

  • @EverTM
    @EverTM 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The conclusion actually gave me goosebumps.
    Well done.

  • @mbekmbek7214
    @mbekmbek7214 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    I tried King's Field, though I never got to the end because I got lost, but I've played King's Field and finished that game.

  • @Wonky_irl
    @Wonky_irl 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was such a great video, gotta join your patreon man, really resonated with me! The bit about having hidden doors that are literally vital for progressing the story, insane.

  • @jinxhijinx1768
    @jinxhijinx1768 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    32:26 i dont know is this was an accident in the editing but thats way too funny having the game respond to josh like that

    • @mykal4779
      @mykal4779 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      that was almost certainly intentional

  • @skyrunner14
    @skyrunner14 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You have no idea how fast I clicked when I saw you'd made a video on King's Field. I really hope you'll follow up with the rest of the series! Also, one minor correction: you can actually full heal using the dragon fountain on the first floor, so the one on the third floor isn't the ONLY heal spot.

  • @Fazeshyft
    @Fazeshyft 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    "Emboldened by the flame of ambition" out of 10.
    God, I love this channel.

  • @Robbo511
    @Robbo511 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Josh should totally do a WIAG of Ultima Underworld I The Stygian Abyss. You can find a whole load of themes and ideas that would find their way into pretty mich every fantasy game since

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Second that, he's always pointing out design choices and it's interesting what was already working in Ultima Underworld and what wasn't.

  • @DarksteelHeart
    @DarksteelHeart 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +174

    Believe it or not, the Moonlight Greatsword is also in Sekiro.
    It's the weapon used by the Divine Dragon. Same color, same blade beam attacks, and the sword he uses is in the shape of a legendary godlike weapon known as the seven ponged sword.

    • @historicflame972
      @historicflame972 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Does that really count?

    • @garadak7.
      @garadak7. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      except its not
      that's a reference to the seven branched sword it has nothing to do with MLS

    • @discombobulationstation5399
      @discombobulationstation5399 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@garadak7.two things can be right at the same time lil bro

    • @ИванВанёк-л5б
      @ИванВанёк-л5б 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@garadak7. exept it is, the Sakura Dragon is a form of King's Field Seath, and his seven-branch blue sword shoots Moonlight magic

    • @Chilli_Tea
      @Chilli_Tea 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Moronic take.

  • @jamescomeau
    @jamescomeau 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    5:15 There was a way to run: I noticed when pressing interact to look for hidden walls and secrets in barrels that it would prevent my stamina from recharging. Eventually, I connected the dots and realized that holding down the interact button would deplete stamina and allow you to move faster, essentially being a sprint button.

    • @arciks11
      @arciks11 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That's in King's Field 2.

    • @jamescomeau
      @jamescomeau 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@arciks11 I just relaunched both of them to check, and I believe that you're right on that. I probably conflated the two.

  • @OrdoMallius
    @OrdoMallius 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    Dark Souls 2 is basically King's Field remake. Has similar zones and enemies if you pay close attention to those golems and spider skeletons are from DS2.

    • @1991jiub
      @1991jiub 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Naotoshi Zin (From founder) was lead game designer on DS2 which was why I’m a DS2 stan and understood it instantly, his fingerprints are all over.

    • @chromasus9983
      @chromasus9983 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Dark Souls 2 is great for just how deep some of its RPG elements go. Plethora of items, spells, abilities and special gimmicks. It is kind of unfortunate that after Bloodborne (a fantastic game) FromSoft has began to do away with these mechanics to focus instead on pure combat. Elden Ring has more depth than DS3 for sure, but perhaps they might still make something akin to their older games again. :)

    • @MichaelGottloib
      @MichaelGottloib 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@chromasus9983 i really hope they do. the older titles, specifically demon's souls and ds1, have such an amazing magical atmosphere that just doest exist in any other games. honestly? demon's souls might be my favourite fantasy game ever. its so simple yet so effective, and perfectly matches what i had imagined i looked like whenever i picked up a stick to use as a sword and wore cardboard boxes as armor as a small kid. its so increadbly nostalgic yet so somber, truly a masterpiece in every aspect. remake kinda sucks tho.

    • @demonwind5030
      @demonwind5030 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@MichaelK_ How does the remake "suck", exactly?

    • @MichaelGottloib
      @MichaelGottloib 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@demonwind5030 completely ignoring the original art direction in favor of fancy graphics that recontextualize the story that is told through the environment. Take for example the first archstone, canonically Boletaria has been in ruin for a couple of years so in the original, there are just some stray weeds growing here and there, the streets and living quarters are a bit messy but you really feel like the citizens are grasping at straws, trying to cling on and preserve what is left.
      In the remake, however, literally every building is covered in moss and vines, the streets are absolute chaos, living quarters are filthy and messy. Does it look amazing? Absolutely. Its a gorgeous game, one of the best looking games to have ever been released. But the story it tells through the environment is vastly different, and makes no sense in the context of the game. So it’s an amazing game, and a bad remake.

  • @gabbycotto4024
    @gabbycotto4024 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Funniest part is how Josh either never registered the “random dying dude” blocking the save cross is the PC’s dad, or did a bit of comedic sociopathy.

  • @deicide7216
    @deicide7216 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    What the hell? I've been playing King's Field IV recently and wished that Josh did a video on the series. And here we are, thanks for this.

    • @Nammjahtan
      @Nammjahtan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I still hope he eventually does a video on 4/The Ancient City. The sound design alone in that game was great for setting the mood for each environment.

  • @dreadziarz
    @dreadziarz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This series is my favourite on TH-cam - love it!❤

  • @freakz0ntour
    @freakz0ntour 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    New Video this quick?? I love this Friday already :o

  • @lukacsaba
    @lukacsaba 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The ending monologue really got me. Thank Josh, great video!

  • @tiruil
    @tiruil 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    10:35 So that's where Fromsoftware got their inspiration from for Irina's questline in Elden Ring

  • @MattHatter360
    @MattHatter360 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've been watching the main channel for a long time and I only recently found out about this one. I love essays about old/obscure videogames so it's like a goldmine! I'm binging all the videos ahahah

  • @09lonedrone
    @09lonedrone 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    They probably put more effort into the early monsters because they knew most people wouldn't get very far.

    • @SockMalone
      @SockMalone 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The plant ones remind me of OOT plants sticks monster. Crazy.

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SockMalone Both are inspired by the venus fly trap plant of real life.

    • @SuperSecretAgentNein
      @SuperSecretAgentNein 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      To be fair most games are made in an odd (but understandable) order where the first level is one of the last actually designed in order for a game to put its best foot forward.

    • @SethonanGaming
      @SethonanGaming 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, this game was a test to prove to Sony that they could actually FINISH a game. Before this FROM was making office software.
      Sony was impressed enough that King's Field was published as a launch title for the PS1.
      Kings field 2 was their actual first game game and is basically a remake of this one, and then they made Armored Core.
      Armored Core was one of the first "greatest hits" titles, back when selling a million copies was an actual feat.

  • @unnrthefool
    @unnrthefool 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Moonlight Sword is also in that forgotten Fromsoft published classic, 3D Dot Game Heroes.

  • @mentalshatter
    @mentalshatter 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The field is right there. 43:00

  • @hackcubit9663
    @hackcubit9663 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a beautiful review! Those of us who never played (or even heard of) this game are better for having your lovely review to show us what we missed out on.

  • @JomasterTheSecond
    @JomasterTheSecond 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Holy fuck, those skeleton effects are mind-boggling.

    • @BlinJe
      @BlinJe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I see you

  • @EdibleKnife
    @EdibleKnife 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ahhh Kings Field my beloved. i may have stumbled on you entirely by mistake after falling into the souls rabbit hole around when Dark Souls 1 came out but my god you are still amazing. you and Shadow Tower

  • @LybertyZ
    @LybertyZ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The actual title of this video should have been "Was it good? King's Field 0 (1994)"

  • @Tinyflower1
    @Tinyflower1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am going to take my time here and say thank you for making awesome videos whenever you find the time to do so. You are appreciated

  • @LupusRexXIII
    @LupusRexXIII 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Nothing like spam watching a bunch of someone's videos and having a shiny new one drop! Brilliant video as always, can't wait to see if we get to see the second game!

  • @Bluebirbofhappiness
    @Bluebirbofhappiness 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm happy to finally learn what exactly King's Field is. This video has helped me appreciate the Souls series even more.

  • @ThwipThwipBoom
    @ThwipThwipBoom 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    Men will really watch Josh play King's Field rather than go to therapy

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Therapy is for therapists, duh.

    • @aiodensghost8645
      @aiodensghost8645 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      His voice IS therapy

    • @kiriyukazuma
      @kiriyukazuma 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Im just waiting for the king's field IV video

  • @themuffinprincesa21
    @themuffinprincesa21 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "The music is funky!" :D
    "The walls are made of flesh" D:

  • @jussi81
    @jussi81 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss came in 1992 for PC, the same year when Wolfenstein 3D, but it was much better looking with height differences. It was unbelievable at the time. Seems like this game was also very good at the 90's.

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Those were both 2D sprites using trickery to look and feel 3D. King's Field has everything rendered in engine as 3D.

    • @jussi81
      @jussi81 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@cattysplat True! I didn't remember that.

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@cattysplatah yes, RPGs used sprites for very long after the first fully 3D role playing games most people played was either Morrowind or Neverwinter Nights, both almost a decade later... Or MMOs, I think World of Warcraft popularized actually drawing everything with polygons instead of pre-rendering either sprites or Bg.

  • @TheMadAfrican1
    @TheMadAfrican1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Watching Josh's first combat experience in this game as someone who's played it and read up on it is hilarious. And an accurate portrayal of what new players go through.

  • @Animaniac-vd5st
    @Animaniac-vd5st 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I would argue that the first 3D RPG (i know of) would be Alternate Reality (1985).
    Totally blew my mind when i saw that "run" on a C64 back then.
    Not sure if it would be worth a video checking that out.

    • @resetsurvivor
      @resetsurvivor 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wizardry was 1981 on the Apple II, but true 3D would be Ultima Underworld in 1992.

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@resetsurvivordidn't they all use 2D sprite enemies? Full 3D is Morrowind or NWN, or earlier games with Quake graphics not Doom but with swords.

  • @marafolse8347
    @marafolse8347 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There's really nothing I love more than a youtube video about Kings Field. that sounds specific, but ive watched em all

  • @ZombieKitty321
    @ZombieKitty321 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Lets go! I love looking into kings field playthroughs and stuff. Glad your covering it!

  • @justintuesday8483
    @justintuesday8483 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The rating at the end landed really well. Great video.

  • @benjaminsuazo6157
    @benjaminsuazo6157 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Shadow tower abyss next!

  • @seandixon5737
    @seandixon5737 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You always put out such great videos. Fantastic job!

  • @jakecorvus1451
    @jakecorvus1451 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I listened to this while painting my bathroom. You got me through the blocking in! Thanks, man.

  • @romain3135
    @romain3135 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i loved your conclusion. Thanks for sharpening my critical skills and perception through game analysis

  • @jimmybirkhoff5707
    @jimmybirkhoff5707 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    That ending was one of the most brilliantly written pieces of youtube content i've ever seen!

    • @stolensentience
      @stolensentience 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      except it falls flat when it’s silly to say Elden Ring is “the game they were always trying to make” as ds1 and bloodborne execute the formula better.

    • @percher4824
      @percher4824 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@stolensentience Elden Ring was a bit too ambitious, a bit too big, and as a result there are holes in the design. Reused bosses, dead space, terrible run-backs... there's still space to improve, and I have every reason to believe that there will be another take on open world Dark Souls.
      There's always room to climb higher.

  • @nikivarvar
    @nikivarvar 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    very good video! finding it very enjoying when someone looks into these very thoroughly
    one small detail that i'm just finding out that is easy to miss if you don't read the booklet guide that comes with the game (it's also filled with very useful tips to make the experience go easier) - there is actually another place in the game that refills your hp and mana for free - it's the fountain at the start of the game, once you get it flowing. just interact with it.
    thought it could be especially useful for people that are meaning to try the game :)

  • @S_t_r_e_s_s
    @S_t_r_e_s_s 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    The funny part is, I've played most of FromSoft's games when I was younger.
    I could not speak English at all and did not notice the logos until way later.
    And then I put in 14k hours in Dark Souls.

    • @andrewnicon
      @andrewnicon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Dude that is a year and a half of your life.

    • @S_t_r_e_s_s
      @S_t_r_e_s_s 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@andrewnicon I regret nothing

    • @Podzhagitel
      @Podzhagitel 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      “Beating the Asylum Demon for the 49,772nd time never gets old. Ahhhh.” 🤔🤔🤔

    • @Kyouko1269
      @Kyouko1269 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      With all due respect, I have to ask, do you work for a living? How did you find the time!?

  • @13lueBomber
    @13lueBomber 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    *Josh* was *not* lying, the music *got* _FuNkY._ 🤘🏼👹
    _@_ 35:07
    _The original PlayStation was such a masterpiece. So many awesome titles and memories that thing brought/holds. I always appreciate your work, thank you._ 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽
    “What a game!” 🗿
    Your commentary is what truly makes your content top notch. 👨🏻‍🍳🤌🏼

  • @Gholian-g3i
    @Gholian-g3i 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This man is responsible for many well slept nights in my home. Thank you for your work and your patreons.

  • @jcbailey1112
    @jcbailey1112 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    King's Field has the best skeletons

    • @percher4824
      @percher4824 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      they're mind boggling

    • @SuperSecretAgentNein
      @SuperSecretAgentNein 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      KF2 skeletons were the first Fromsoft Mimic traps!

  • @EXrez0
    @EXrez0 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This and Kingsfield were so different than everything else back in the day. Now to have their own wanted genres "souls like" they stand on the top of gamings' greatest.
    Awesome review and glad you went back to see the awesome power of the moonlight greatsword!

  • @thecrakp0t
    @thecrakp0t 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    25:15 i wish fromsoft would go back to contextualizing the lore dumps like this. They did it with dark souls 1, whereby all of the lore you know was picked up from the stories you heard in the prison you were rotting in. So when you pick up a Glove Of Dudebro, you know from the prison a fleeting piece of lore about where he came from and what his story was. Every other game has simply relied on the trope of delivering the story through item descriptions, so the perspective of the lore descriptions is suddenly just The Narrator.

    • @SuperSecretAgentNein
      @SuperSecretAgentNein 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Honest question, it’s not that I don’t believe you but where is that particular bit of info from? I haven’t heard that explanation for the item descriptions before.

  • @Solanaar
    @Solanaar 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have to once again reiterate how ingenious the decision was to put all the patreon names on one single screen. And one might say "oh but what about the people they can't even read their name." But I assure you it must feel amazing to see how large of a group you are a part of. It's actually much harder to imagine that from a text crawl

  • @omegaXjammur
    @omegaXjammur 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    We never got a western release of King's Field 1 (KF2 was called KF1 in the west) so it's interesting to look back on a game that not many people have nostalgia for, and would also be the game that forms one half of FromSoftware's identity.

    • @iamravenous_
      @iamravenous_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You're right, Armored Core is pretty damn good but I think it's unfair to leave out the entire Soulsborne saga when talking about FromSoft

    • @Nammjahtan
      @Nammjahtan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@iamravenous_ If we're just talking game formula then I don't think they're separate at all. In each series it's the same formula but in Armored Core's case the formula just looks different due to faster overall gameplay (at least for many of the AC titles).

    • @chromasus9983
      @chromasus9983 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is funny how common that was, to use different titles and numbers. Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy had the same treatment all over, with strange numberings and all. Like it made sense, but certainly became confusing later on.