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[GrayChild]

... with this little Japan-only gem:

King's Field was released on December 16, 1994, only thirteen days after the PlayStation console's Japanese release.

And the rest is history:



Happy anniversary, you amazing beasts!

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

And earned their place as one of the greatest consistent devs of all time. Deserved.

 

[SweetTooth]

One hell of a developer, massive win for Sony if deal closes.

 

[lh032]

hopefully soon ,they will enter the playstation family .

 

[Cakeboxer]

That organic growth will be huge for Sony.

 

[Mister Wolf]

That's cool. Congratulations and all. Maybe spend some of that money you gained from the millions of copies you've sold to update that dated game engine.

 

[od-chan]

I still find the early history of FromSoft so interesting. King's Field itself is clearly "inspired" by the likes of Ultima, but they accomplished quite a feat there with having a game like that this early in the life cycle of the PS1 itself finished. The next couple of iterations were obviously much better and the AC games had (arguably even more) a huge following as well.

So, what did these guys first cook up with Demon's Souls, which they had to scrap, gave up and let Miyazaki take over because the project didn't really took off yet. How different was it from the Demon's Souls we know, how much King's Field (or Shadow Tower) was maybe still in it? They probably didn't scrap the Art Team overnight, so I'm thinking there were some overlaps in designs or something at least. Obviously Miyazaki himself was hugely influential, but he himself had to be influenced by the already talented people working there himself when he got hired with basically zero gamedev knowledge. It's interesting to think about what kind of an enviroment this had to have been for something like Demon's Souls to emerge from.

 

[Fahdis]

One hell of a developer, massive win for Sony if deal closes.

That organic growth will be huge for Sony.

What's the obsession with being bought by any large publisher? Sony is by far one of the worst choices due to their woke push. Soon enough your Knights in Armours will have purple hair or be bald, dildos for swords and a "strong and independent" personality with the ugliest women in gaming to date. I hope they stay independent.

 

[Cakeboxer]

What's the obsession with being bought by any large publisher? Sony is by far one of the worst choices due to their woke push. Soon enough your Knights in Armours will have purple hair or be bald, dildos for swords and a "strong and independent" personality with the ugliest women in gaming to date. I hope they stay independent.

Where do you read obsession in my post? Just making fun of Sony's organic growth statement. I'm not a fan of publishers being bought, that's a console warrior/fanboy fetish.

 

[SJRB]

A god-tier developer with an impeccable track record. Their influence and importance in the industry cannot be overstated.

I'd love current Fromsoft's take on a new King's Field.

 

[pqueue]

 

[Wolves hunt in packs]

Sad day.

 

[Bungie]

hopefully soon ,they will enter the microsoft family .

 

[nemiroff]

The most atmospheric game ever, loved the f out of it at the time. ..It was also the clunkiest game ever, but let's not speak about that, it's not important..

 

[SweetTooth]

What's the obsession with being bought by any large publisher? Sony is by far one of the worst choices due to their woke push. Soon enough your Knights in Armours will have purple hair or be bald, dildos for swords and a "strong and independent" personality with the ugliest women in gaming to date. I hope they stay independent.

I said its a massive win for Sony. I disagree with you on them being one of the worst choices. I think the opposite actually.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

No one cared who they were until Miyazaki showed up. Let's not cap.

 

[MasterDerico]

...And created the most boring ass sub-genre: "Souls Like".

 

[nial]

It's funny that the first game developed by SIE was also released that day.

 

[Reficul]

...And created the most BAD ass sub-genre: "Souls Like".

Fixed that for you. Git good.

 

[MonkD]

I miss Tenchu

 

[TheMan]

And earned their place as one of the greatest consistent devs of all time. Deserved.

Eventually yeah. But until dark souls I think they were considered pretty hit or miss

 

[Esppiral]

Their best work to this day is Otogi, come at me.

 

[MagnesD3]

The best dev besides nintendo currently, I hope they continue their reign of dominance in quality.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

I doubt that a lot of people played their games before Demon Souls. My personal favourite From title is Enchanted Arms.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Everyone tripping as if they knew about FROM before Demon Souls lol. Most of you didnt even hear about them until 2009 if even then, stop the cap.

 

[JimboJones]

...And created the most boring ass sub-genre: "Souls Like".

Yeah, bought Dark Souls back on 360. Haven't gone near their games after that or anything advertised as souls like.

Edit: actually bought Star wars: fallen order on sale, noped out of it after about 5 hours.

 

[Kings Field]

Been a fan since Kings Field

 

[bundylove]

Most of you never played or even heard of kings field.

All i remember it was way harder than any souls game i played.

 

[MasterDerico]

Fixed that for you. Git good.

You fixed nothing for me, maybe for you.
Btw, 3x hits, roll, moonwalk => repeat

 

[Ribi]

And they've been reusing those assets ever since

 

[larrybrady]

Even that game had a stamina based system too I see….and a completely different director,,didn’t know that..

 

[Dacvak]

I’d like to know why they named themselves “FROM”. It’s a weird name.