RPG Progress Report

[BoneSnapDeez]

So Shadow Tower and Eternal Ring are more-or-less parts of the King's Field series? I assume these are all first-person.

Evergrace and Forever Kingdom are totally separate though? Are these third-person?

I've been meaning to try a bunch of these games for the longest time. I tend to have a liking for crusty old JRPGs that fly under most folks' radar (see The 7th Saga, for instance).

[Exhuminator]

So Shadow Tower and Eternal Ring are more-or-less parts of the King's Field series? I assume these are all first-person.

No, ST and ER are not directly related to King's Field. They're just first person dungeon crawls made by From Software, and play very similarly to KF, although with some distinct differences.

Evergrace and Forever Kingdom are totally separate though? Are these third-person?

They are related, Forever Kingdom is the prequel to Evergrace. Yes they are third person.

I tend to have a liking for crusty old JRPGs that fly under most folks' radar (see The 7th Saga, for instance).

That criteria fits every RPG From Software made until the Souls series took off.

[Xeogred]

bruno tells me Shadow Tower was probably the bigger blueprint for Souls, than King's Field.

[Sarge]

Yeah, I'd forgotten that Forever Kingdom serves as a prequel, but of course, it came after Evergrace. If memory serves, wasn't Evergrace a launch game? It and Dark Cloud really suffered from having the "Zelda-killer" moniker attached to them.

[Exhuminator]

bruno tells me Shadow Tower was probably the bigger blueprint for Souls, than King's Field.

This is true!

If memory serves, wasn't Evergrace a launch game?

This is true!

Don't know about the Zelda influence though. I beat Dark Cloud myself not too long ago, wasn't very Zelda IMO.

[Xeogred]

Yes it was a launch title.

I would highly advise not going into From Software games always expecting quality. Watch out!...

I'd like if Armored Core was still good too. 2 was the last one I really cared about.

[Exhuminator]

So far I've only played one From Software game that I thought was a dud:

It had nice graphics at least.

[Xeogred]

So far I've only played one From Software game that I thought was a dud:

It had nice graphics at least.

But it LOOKS so cool!

All style and no substance I guess.

[Exhuminator]

It's fun for about thirty seconds.

Not From Software's most shining moment.

[ElkinFencer10]

It had nice graphics at least.

It's fun for about thirty seconds.

Also see: Call of Duty