FromSoftware's King's Field Series Explained

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Over the last decade or so, FromSoftware has become one of the most popular developers in the industry. Though Demon's Souls managed to find a group of avid fans, FromSoftware's Dark Souls series is where the developer really made its mark on the video game landscape. With the release of Sekiro, and the developer's first Game of the Year win, FromSoftware was turning more heads than ever. Now, less than a week away from Elden Ring, it seems as though FromSoftware couldn't be more popular.

This fairly sudden rise in popularity only makes FromSoftware's beginnings all the more humbling. Though the developer was founded in 1986, it wouldn't be until 1994 that FromSoftware would release its first video game. Titled King's Field, this medieval fantasy RPG may not look like FromSoftware's modern-day offerings, but its mechanics, atmosphere, and world design are certainly still reminiscent of everything FromSoftware does now.

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Dropping onto the original PlayStation in 1994, King's Field followed the tale of John Alfred Forester and his search for his lost father. In keeping with the developer's love for Dragons, the world of Verdite was said to be infested by an ancient evil that only a Dragon could stop. Though the visuals obviously aren't a spot on modern FromSoftware titles, King's Field's world of Verdite still manages to look and feel suitably dark and foreboding, in true FromSoftware fashion.

Although King's Field uses a first-person perspective, a few classic FromSoftware mechanics are present in the game. The first of which is a stamina meter that gets drained with every swing of a sword or cast of a magic spell, forcing the player to manage their