Really, if it weren’t for the different introduction movies, dialogue and dungeon layouts, this looks practically identical to the first game. So off you trot merrily into that most dangerous of places again, to find the truth. The leader dies, you rush back to their son to inform him of the event, only to be met with disbelief and probably some nasty words. A party is sent in to ensure that the Pillage King has not re-awakened.
The second game takes place 10 years on, earthquakes near the town open new parts of the dungeon. After waking from a year-long coma (funny how it’s always an oddly specific length of time), you naturally set out to find out what happened to your unit. The first game portrays you as a member of a unit of knights, whom having previously visited the local dungeon (as you do, particularly on Thursdays), were decimated in a particularly deadly battle. Or even a particularly good Wizardry cop-off.
They seem hastily designed, there is practically no animation nor even smoothed movement between map tiles, and the solid artwork can’t make up for the fact that both games simply do not play like a King’s Field game. This first King’s Field was unquestionably a groundbreaker for the Playstation system and even for gaming in general - using such innovations as quick travel teleportation points, easy left-right strafing, and a leveling system where the skills used the most are those that become the most powerful.The two King’s Field Additional titles on the PSP are both strictly old-school 90-degree-grid-movement first person RPGs. Most people who have become fans, played through their initial frustration and learned to savor the quest to thrive in a decidedly hostile world, cut off from all support, where you must utilize everything available to you, just to survive. Items and NPCs are few and far between, but every one of them is hard earned and of great value to your character. Strangely, these are some of the very things that appeal to King’s Field fans. Critics cite reasons such as slow character movement, hard game play- rife with ways to die, and minimal NPC interaction.
The whole King’s Field series is one of those game franchises that people seem to either love or hate. King’s Field is a 3D, first person RPG similar to the Elder Scrolls series, but unlike the massive overwhelming worlds of an Elder Scrolls game, King’s Field focuses on exploring and mastering a few areas.
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