A Dark Journey Through King's Field | Series Retrospective

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King's Field has earned distant respect from many FromSoftware fans - a series that the studio cut their teeth on. Yet, due to it's chunky polygonal graphics and esoteric gameplay systems, many find the games unapproachable. What stories can be unearthed in these Stygian worlds? And just how did one man on (and off) a motorcycle result in the phenomenon that is the "Soulslike" subgenre?
Join me as we dig deep into the history of FromSoftware, and examine each game in their King's Field series. How do they differ? What makes them special? How have they influenced the games we play today?
Special Thanks to Jon Turcotte for making the thumbnail!
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
6:53 - King's Field I
47:14 - King's Field II
1:33:51 - King's Field III
2:19:39 - FromSoftware Expands
2:24:14 - King's Field IV
3:09:12 - A Post-King's Field World
3:13:28 - Conclusion
3:18:07 - Credits
Music Used:
Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall OST - Various Tracks
Dark Souls OST - Souls of Fire
Dark Souls II OST - Majula
ActRaiser OST - Birth of the People
Demon's Souls OST - Souls of Mist
Lost Odyssey OST - Saman, Town of Merchants
Eye of the Beholder (SNES) OST - Various Tracks
Vagrant Story OST - Remembrance
Sword of the Berserk OST - Menu Theme
King's Field I - IV - Various Tracks
King's Field Additional - Various Tracks
PSP 3D Model by Ilya Ostrovsky
Moonlight Greatsword 3D Model by Christopher . campos

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@Mephil 2 месяца назад

I don't know why, but whenever I just let youtube play on its own, I always end up here. RU-vid must think I have to learn about the history of kingsfield over and over again

@Ricekrispy10 10 дней назад

No, it wants you to play King's Field

@Spookybluelights 7 дней назад

No, it wants you to fall in love with Majuular.

@Snigglegros 9 месяцев назад

placing enemies haphazardly at the end in Lost Izalith was actually another reference to Kings Field, masterfully played Fromsoft

@scottjones845 9 месяцев назад

Always wondered what was up with that in that particular area! Good to know it was referenced and not just some random weird decision they made to make it more unique.

@SneedFeedAndSeed 9 месяцев назад

bravo nolan

@j.2512 9 месяцев назад

That area is what ruined souls for me. Every time i-ve replayed the game i have fun until i remember how awful Izalith and the duke archives are and drop it there.

@Snigglegros 9 месяцев назад

@@j.2512 i still love it cause its funny. all those dudes are just standing it it rules. They should have kept the lava bright as the sun in the remastered version.

@Q-yure 9 месяцев назад

@@scottjones8450:17 0:18 😅

@oleole3753 7 месяцев назад

I really appreciate the narrator in Kingsfield 3 just randomly belting out black metal vocals mid narration.

@concreteman03 Месяц назад

II narrator

@GeorgeL909 8 месяцев назад

I legit feel like my dreams are rendered in the kings field 1 engine

@MacIsWacky 4 месяца назад

Perfect comment.

@spooky.boogiez 4 месяца назад

I accidently wacthed the video while being 90 percent asleep, let just say it was a trip.

@ferer57 Месяц назад

@@MacIsWackyll

@ferer57 Месяц назад

😮😮

@ferer57 Месяц назад

@@MacIsWacky😮😮😮😮😮

@danielgilbert8338 9 месяцев назад

Amazing that Tommy Tallarico made all the sound effects for kings field and became best friends with hidetaka miyazaki

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

I'm sure his mother is very proud!

@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 8 месяцев назад

@@Majuular This is never going to not be funny for me.

@LILAC_CHAOS 8 месяцев назад

Dude Tommy carried so many games with his sound design

@UnlimitedBlakeWorks 8 месяцев назад

ahh, a fellow hbomb fan?

@lutherheggs451 8 месяцев назад

Well he was the first American to work along with Miyamoto, just ask him. They're probably best friends too.

@ultimatthias 9 месяцев назад

I always get Kings Field mixed up with Kings Quest - where one is a dark medieval dungeon crawler that's tough as nails, the other has you ride a unicycle

@lilwyvern4 9 месяцев назад

It's an easy mistake to make. Both series want you brutally killed.

@jerglow 9 месяцев назад

As long as you don't confuse it with Chex Quest your good

@ericv00 9 месяцев назад

@@jerglow Surely, nothing can be confused with that masterpiece.

@Aluranae 9 месяцев назад

I mean, sometimes King's Field feels like it's asking you to ride a unicycle while playing it.

@Icebitten 9 месяцев назад

And yet both are essentially pioneers of their genre and excellent series.

@eglspl425 5 месяцев назад

A Majuular bingo sheet but every square says "atmosphere"

@latewizard301 3 месяца назад

Take a shot for each time.

@VengefulNonsense 5 месяцев назад

I've never seen someone so accurately describe what makes me love King's Field 4. Sometimes I still get chills when I think about my time in the ancient city. It's a perfect example of a game that made me want to rip my hair out while also trapping me with its immersive goodness.

@Alurkerdood 9 месяцев назад

The pomeus armor in King’s Field 3 makes you immune to physical attacks. It makes exploring the trap laden palace of death a little easier.

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

Oh, that's interesting! Thanks for information. Would have indeed made the Palace of Death a little less... death-esque.

@st.haborym 8 месяцев назад

@@Majuular You have to be wearing the full set though. But if you slap that and two silver rings on, the Passage of Death becomes a complete cakewalk.

@gustavovm491 6 месяцев назад

@@st.haborym An alternate take, once you have the Ichrius Key use it to teleport to the big cemetery area (prayer hill), then you can enter the passage of death from behind and deactivate many of the traps to loot the area easier.

@Thameness 6 месяцев назад

@@gustavovm491 I feel like an idiot now, because I always take the challenge head on.

@rhyskandoll9472 6 месяцев назад

@@Majuular ❤ i 😊

@theoppositeistrue 9 месяцев назад

Your writing is so clear that I can listen to these videos while working, without watching, and follow along the entire time. Tone of voice, speaking speed, the levels of the audio, they’re all so good

@CliffJaded 7 месяцев назад

Same here. Put it on while doing work but i can still follow.

@alexanderrahl7034 6 месяцев назад

As someone who seeks out long-form content for listening at work, this comment alone sells me on this guy. Thank you. I have 176 books on audible and I've heard all of them you've saved me for today lol

@hansjuker8296 6 месяцев назад

Get on disabilitee

@natecw4164 6 месяцев назад

Having written and edited quite a few documentaries in my younger year, I have to agree. Well written, spoken, audio balanced and just all around great editing.

@SpaceNick__ 3 месяца назад

I do this too 😂

@MetaSieg 9 месяцев назад

It's no small feat to get me to sit down and not only watch a 3 and a half hour long video, but also make me think "where did the time go?". Very well done.

@JT-nk3sh 7 месяцев назад

you dont need feet to sit, whether big or small

@eldonhill4840 7 месяцев назад

Don't say "small feet", you'll lure out Miyazaki

@certainlynotmalo1.0.06 7 месяцев назад

@@eldonhill4840 Thanks, i'll propably never get that picture out of my head again. Imagine a mousetrap with (very, very) small feet as lure, and Miyazaki crawling around the corner with a mad smile on his face, just to get caught in it. I even have the picture of how this ends in my head, and it's pretty awful. What have you done to me?

@user-lx8gk2lu2x 6 месяцев назад

IT'S "FEAT", GOD DAMNIT!

@Lerdavian 5 месяцев назад

Ive found i enjoy video essay's as they're great to have on while i'm working and glance over to them. They're easy to pick up and put down and its always interesting to listen to things about games i haven't played or wouldn't normally play. That said, Majuular has some good content. Ty for the upload.

@JarlFrank 8 месяцев назад

As a PC gamer I only learned about King's Field after Dark Souls made From Software popular. As a big fan of Ultima Underworld, Arx Fatalis, and games of their ilk, I wanted to try KF myself... and found a PC version called Sword of Moonlight which even included a level editor! There are plenty of fan-made King's Field games out there now, a really small but fascinating microcosm of oldschool game design. Diadem of Maunstraut, Return to Melanat, Fall of Verdite...

@joearnold6881 7 месяцев назад

Lunacid, indie dev rather than just a fan made

@DieEineMieze 5 месяцев назад

Arx Fatalis was so ahead of it's time. Like Planescape torment, which is still the best written and most philosophical game. And that's why they failed at release. They only had a niche fan base, but people started to appreciate these games today.

@egoalter1276 5 месяцев назад

Arx Fatalis, Soul Reaver and Gothic are like 80% of the DNA of modern character action games.

@mrbungle3310 5 месяцев назад

Kings field walked so every fps 3D game now could run....also if you compare it to dark souls the ideas are there from 1994...its just better presented

@childofcascadia 5 месяцев назад

@DieEineMieze Back when it came out, Arx Fatalis blew my mind. I still play it every few years. As I write this I hear " Aam Yok" in my head. If youre a fan, def check out Arx Libertatis. Its an open source port/overlay of the main game that modernizes it and cleans it up quite a bit. Arkane is a pretty epic dev. Their game Prey from 2017 is probably one of my fav games of all time - its basically system shocks spiritual successor.

@CptManboobs 9 месяцев назад

King's Field II having a Mtn Dew fountain at the center of the island was very ahead of its time.

@nashburton7466 8 месяцев назад

I thought it was beer

@TheCreativeKobold 9 месяцев назад

In KF2, the reason why there's a daylight skybox in some very specific areas of the game, when there's the night skybox everywhere else, is an actual story point that is explained in game: Necron literally controls who gets to see daylight, and who don't. And only those whom work for him gets daylight. (Plus one exception.) Of course, as with so much else of the story and lore of these games, it's easy to miss.

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

This is very cool, thanks for the information!

@AngraMainiiu 8 месяцев назад

Not to mention that Dias Bagill (Necron) is protecting his sister, Nola Bagill...

@Shenaldrac 8 месяцев назад

@@AngraMainiiu Those are some Star Wars-ass names right there.

@kingalphawerewolf 8 месяцев назад

neeed civvie17's dumb star wars name count. lol@@Shenaldrac

@HQ_Default 7 месяцев назад

Well that explains why it's always night for most of the island, but that doesn't really explain why those few particular spots are not subject to Necron's influence.

@IFinishedAVideoGame 8 месяцев назад

Goddamn this video is a masterpiece. Took me a little while longer to get back to it but I ended up watching it in two sitting as I captured footage and it was quite literally the perfect accompaniment. It's hard to know what to add as my own experience with the series is pretty limited but it was nice to see more of King's Field IV. That's the only one I've spent any considerable time with but I didn't get that far mainly due to taking it on at the wrong time. I kinda feel like that's the player relationship with Kings Field - you're not always in the mood for it (and that may well never come) but when you are, there isn't really anything else like it. Now I shall begin my pathetic begging for a Majuular Shadow Tower video. It just makes too much sense!

@Majuular 8 месяцев назад

Thank you my man, glad you enjoyed the video 🙏 Your mood assessment is right on the money, not exactly pick-up-and-play games are they? Shadow Tower WILL be coming... after a few videos. But it'll be here!

@sinisterwombat3128 7 месяцев назад

Colab incoming

@Blisterdude123 6 месяцев назад

@@sinisterwombat3128 The dream is real.

@Lunchbox224 Месяц назад

King's Field 1 looking like the fake games that people would be playing in movies and TV shows in the 2000s.

@GTSN38 8 дней назад

Kings field was the worst game I ever played on ps1. It looks horrible, but even FF7 looked like crap. I recently tried playing FF7 again and I can't. I don't know how the hell I beat that eyesore of a game. Super Nintendo looks way better, but it couldn't do what the Playstation did.

@jordanforbes149 5 дней назад

@@GTSN38I think early 3D games like that are charming. They look like little origami paper sculptures walking around on a painting

@glorbojibbins2485 2 дня назад

Lol damn son ur right

@_zoinks2554 2 дня назад

Shut your dirty mouths you fools! All KF games are great. First one was a little raw but still a lot of fun.

@tonys_write День назад

@GTSN38 Gotta realize these games were designed for CRTs not LCDa

@thatguybehindtheglass 9 месяцев назад

King's Field always makes me think about my brother James. He always loved the first King's Field and after years I introduced him to emulation and he was finally able to play King's Field 2 in english. He loved that tough as nails janky mess.

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

Cheers to James.

@TheCreativeKobold 9 месяцев назад

Figured I'd share a couple more pieces of information about KF2 and KF3: Both have one player choice that has a very tiny impact on the story of the former, and a larger impact on the story of the latter! In KF2, Leon forges the Dark Slayer sword for you from the Dark Crystal. It's basically the Moonlight Sword's opposite, blessed by Seath. If you give the Dark Crystal to Leon, then kill Necron, you can return to Leon to get the sword. However, if you level up once, then return to Leon, he'll instead tell you that he finished the sword, but Necron stole it. When you go to fight Necron, it hangs in the air in the middle of the Colosseum, and you'll receive it after the fight. (It's also possible to not get the sword at all by not talking enough with Leon.) In KF3, you can skip the the Royal Cemetary and go straight into the castle for the fight against the king. Without the power of the restored Moonlight Sword however, you don't see the king's spirit free, and subsequently not learn about Seath's puppetmastering. This leads to a different, bad ending in which you just replace the old king as the puppet on the throne. (Also note that in the fight against King Alfred, he's actually wielding the Dark Slayer!)

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

That's really interesting, thanks for sharing the info!

@CrusaderCrunch 8 месяцев назад

Honestly I think it would be amazing for From to make a First person rpg game again or even a sequel for kings field with the capabilities we have now and their skills as game developers.

@arciks11 4 месяца назад

He's not only wielding the Dark Slayer, he's using exact same sword magic Alexander can use in KF2.

@nojuanatall3281 9 месяцев назад

I dig your chill style and relaxing voice. You definitely hold your own in the video game essay genre.

@nightearth7668 5 месяцев назад

Klingon is a invite and you look tired like people in 😊like lol lol lol you have been trying pretty good for

@Yixdy 5 месяцев назад

RU-vid stop recommending this video to me 😭😭😭 majuular has eaten DAYS of my life. DAMN YOU KINGS FIELD

@spookyfrogs1874 2 месяца назад

OH MY GOD IT'S NOT JUST ME???

@LiroRaeriyo Месяц назад

i have replayed this video over 150 times, that is NOT hyperbole that is infact underselling my exact number. best fucking video to fall asleep to man, its like clockwork, conked out in 10 minutes, wake up with about 15 minutes left to take a piss and go right back to sleep letting the last bit run its course.

@BusterDrew 9 месяцев назад

Another Majuular video, life is good.

@ehrenloudermilk1053 9 месяцев назад

Cheers

@WBWare 9 месяцев назад

To the 100k subscriber mark with this man!

@MelvinWillikers 9 месяцев назад

😢It's a short one.

@TheCateon 9 месяцев назад

Careful with that phrase "Life is good" you might give him 3DO PTSD.

@rafaszewera9983 9 месяцев назад

I see your profile pic and instantly hear Paladin quotes lol

@kahir8642 9 месяцев назад

Teleporter cube mazes are inherently lame but I was relieved by how quickly I was able to get through KF2's. I might be too used to being tortured by SMT dungeons. By the way, since I don't think this esoteric knowledge was mentioned in the video: Although the Moonlight Sword is only obtained in the final cutscene if you fight Guyra normally, if you kind of...jankily rub yourself up against him in the right way, you can clip behind him and pick up the sword as a real, usable weapon. Then you can teleport out and use it for just about nothing because you're at the end of the game.

@ssj2_snake 9 месяцев назад

I dunno about end of the game, because when I beat the game and got to the credits, it shows a montage of a bunch of spells I didn't have from a bunch of places I had never seen. I couldn't believe I got to the end having missed so much.

@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 8 месяцев назад

Ah, frottage as a mechanic. That tracks with the industry lol.

@ssj2_snake 8 месяцев назад

@@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 can you expand on this?

@AvalancheReviews 6 месяцев назад

I hope youtube never offers you tools to find out how many times I've watched this video.

@Majuular 6 месяцев назад

Shucks, thanks Avalanche. That's an incredibly kind thing to say. I promise I won't be creeped out unless it's in the thousands, in which case you need to take a shower and stop neglecting your significant other.

@ThatDangBee 9 месяцев назад

I played through King's Field II (III technically) on the ps1 when I was a young teenager, it stuck with me all these years and I still adore it.

@ogto 9 месяцев назад

shout-out to Kevin VanOrd, who now writes at Larian (THAT Larian). doubt GameSpot would've given Demon's Souls GOTY in '09 without him

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

His initial thoughts on the Souls series took a lot of foresight. He really saw something special in those games (and I love to see him creating fantastic worlds of his own nowadays).

@ogto 9 месяцев назад

@@Majuular i used to listen to him on the old old gamespot podcast "the hotspot", always seemed like a kind and insightful individual. between him and Greg Kasavin, GameSpot alumni doing some amazing work

@JuliusCaesar103 8 месяцев назад

Him being so positive on Demon's Souls made me give Demon's Souls a shot, and it changed my taste in gaming forever. What a cool dude

@ChristmasLore 7 месяцев назад

@@ogto, are there several Larian in the gaming industry? I don't think so. And they've been around just as long as FromSoft

@Facepalm9 9 месяцев назад

Someone linked me to your Shadow Hearts Covenant retrospective and I instantly subbed. It's one of my favorite all-time JRPG series. Now you're discussing a series that I've been in love with for almost 30 years? Best channel ever. As an ancient FromSoft fan, acknowledgement for this series warms my cold, dead heart. If you did a Shadow Tower and Shadow Tower: Abyss retrospective I think I could die happy. I love Souls and I'm glad that it gets as much attention as it does, but these forgotten games that started it all need some respect put on their names for laying the groundwork for games that everyone enjoys today.

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

You're too kind! And yes, you'd best believe I'm getting around to Shadow Tower & Abyss sometime soon...

@tsg5787 9 месяцев назад

Abyss was okay but fuck me how much I love the original shadow tower

@efuuu 9 месяцев назад

@@Majuular Did you use a PS3 to capture King's Field IV's gameplay? Because the "warping texture" effect looks like shimmering to me, caused by bad scaling. If this is the case, the PS3 is the culprit, since it always forces a minimum horizontal resolution of 720, and since the game runs at 640x448... You see what i mean

@anwvererere 9 месяцев назад

ohhhh shadow hearts and its sequel (not 3 :D) were 2 of my most beloved games in my life! As well as team ICO etc.

@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084 9 месяцев назад

ooh okay subbed@@Majuular

@jonturcotte2856 7 месяцев назад

SO CLOSE TO A MILLION VIEWS!! That's absolutely incredible and 100% deserves it 🎉 it's insane how much your channel has grown ❤

@Fwufikins 5 месяцев назад

I mean Flamberge, Flammard, and Flammenschwert all more or less translate to "Flame Sword" or "Flame Blade", so FromSoft just calling it Flame Sword is actually pretty accurate still lol

@andrewkos5560 9 месяцев назад

B-Mask and Majuular uploading 2.5 Hour + videos on the same day is a dream.

@ryanwitt1993 9 месяцев назад

xmas come early

@everythingpony 9 месяцев назад

Who's bmask

@paulocesar_PC 9 месяцев назад

@@everythingpony www.youtube.com/@BMask/featured

@RumblesBettr 9 месяцев назад

@@everythingponysame no idea who that is

@vibe1337 9 месяцев назад

Grimm beard just dropped a 2 and 1/2 hour video out too. It's a lovely day

@IFinishedAVideoGame 9 месяцев назад

I'm currently in bed suffering with a touch of COVID. This couldn't have arrived at a better time. I'll be sure to leave a proper comment when I'm done but please know you're saving my life right now

@JasonFahringer 9 месяцев назад

I know! His content gets me through the work week! Even after watching them after the 400th time. He had me on the Xenogears retrospective…. So good! Feel better! I wish you a fast recovery!

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

Oh man, sorry to hear that. Hope this video takes your mind off the misery for a little while. 3 hour long RU-vid videos about games cure what ails ya.

@Alex-ip1dn 9 месяцев назад

Hang in there you beautiful rascal

@gabby3036 9 месяцев назад

@@JasonFahringerSame here! I've watched the Xenogears video so many times I eventually noticed the portraits of the characters with eye patches (Bart and Sigurd) on their text boxes correctly place the eye patches depending on their facing. Lawl.

@kingrobotnik6950 2 месяца назад

I used to play Kings Field 2(Kings Field 3) with my dad growing up. We had the manual and everything. We’d find random hidden places and upgrading the Excellector. When we got to the final boss, I was so excited. Feels nice coming full circle and picking up where he left off with the Souls series, BB, Sekiro, and of course ER. 😄

@plugcore1522 7 месяцев назад

Love this retrospective, watched it a third time now, and sent it around to people who might enjoy it, great job!

@joshuafane7324 9 месяцев назад

I swear, not TWO DAYS ago I was thinking about how nice it would be to get a deep dive into these games since I know next to nothing about them. To not only get it, but from exactly the guy I would want to deliver it, has really made my day. Gonna save this for the morning so I have something to make my work day easy -- it feels weird to actually be looking forward to a Thursday

@Vscustomprinting 8 месяцев назад

Weird to think its all over

@voxanguis6981 9 месяцев назад

A game series I grew up with as a kid, this video was a gift, thank you Majuular

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

Thank YOU! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, hope it brought back some nostalgia.

@voxanguis6981 9 месяцев назад

@@Majuular You absolutely did, I played every one of them, and fondly remember Ancient City trying to find all the pieces to that super Ancient set armor, I don't remember it being that slow, but I just booted it up to check and wow, modern games have spoiled us lol

@Unpopular50 4 месяца назад

What an achievement of a video. Not a minute wasted, worth watching in its entirety. Thank you for the hard work for maybe the best long form game discussion I've ever seen.

@ddanger1 7 месяцев назад

For about a month before i knew this video existed, i was having flashbacks of a mysterious game that i couldn't place: in particular, a hauntingly large poisonous mushroom against an eerily black sky, backdropped by music that sounded more like a funeral dirge than a video game. It was maddening, as it felt like i was being low-key haunted by a memory of a formative game that i desperstely wanted to remember more of and couldn't. Then, almost like a summons, your video arrived in my feed, and i couldn't be more relieved. Thank you so much for making this. I think i somehow needed to remember this game, as it guided my fascination of all things suspenseful and sorrowful. Your calm voice and exceptional script writing made this a pleasure to go through as well.

@riley349 9 месяцев назад

your videos are so deeply calming, they evoke a similar feeling to your friend just sort of infodumping about a piece of art they are fascinated by, and somehow every single video captures it perfectly. this channel is something special

@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 8 месяцев назад

I have a handful of friends from Regina, Winnipeg/Brandon, Saskatoon, Grande Prairie, Kamloops, Medicine Hat, & other mid-Prairie cities-that-feel-like-small-towns. & there's something about Majuular that reminds me of all those dudes who wore hoodies + a flannel in -30 C, would've drank stubbies if they were still being made (note to boutique breweries: bring back stubbies for nostalgia, please include cider + low/non-alcohol options), & were completely safe to randomly walk up to + mumble that you were having trouble getting home, no matter the time or how messy you were, & they'd meet you at the door of any house party within 10 minutes to accompany you home safely. If you were cold, he'd give you his flannel to wear along the way. My unhealthy parasocial relationship with Macular relies on THAT. My nostalgia for THAT GUY. He reminds me so much of THAT GUY. & those guys got me home safe + warm from so many Canadian winter house parties over the years that getting my retro video game content in a smart, witty, deep way from someone who reminds me so much of them is such an intoxicatingly nostalgic mix I have to remind myself he's a guy on the internet whose videos I love. So I stay logical about it but I can't help the extra glow of ambient good house party memories.

@riley349 8 месяцев назад

@@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 LOL i try to ward off parasociality as much as i can but it really does kind of evoke that feeling, as someone who comes from small town midwest usa

@ProsperoCh 9 месяцев назад

Majuular coming in hot to murder my free time, and I'm here for it.

@stormlord1984 3 месяца назад

Spend 3++ hours watching a retrospective on a game series I had no idea about. Excellent quality!!!

@Lionbug 9 месяцев назад

Dude this video is consistently interesting and funny for it's entire runtime, you should be proud

@LordSephleon 9 месяцев назад

Oh hell yeah... Majuular talking about the series that introduced me to From Software (and bleak, dark fantasy video game settings and gameplay). I'm here for the whole ride. Thanks in advance!

@marionmorrison2854 9 месяцев назад

Armored Core built that company. Also, Evergrace is a game everyone forgets about in the lineage of the Souls stuff. Which is funny because it's more like a Souls game than any other. You should play it. It's got some of the weirdest music that sticks with you.

@brotbrotsen1100 9 месяцев назад

I never had a ps2 as a kid and finally bought one in 2013 in a retro store, together with 4 games. Star ocean 3, dmc3, dragon ball bt3 and evergrace. Evergrace became my first ever ps 2 game lol, I'll never forget it, was quite the experience and a bit obscure at times.

@morkmunkum 8 месяцев назад

it was also a launch title for the PS2, surprised it wasn't brought up with Eternal Ring and Armored Core 2

@WhinyB 7 месяцев назад

I am currently stuck in that game lmao. I stopped playing cause it really did feel like a Souls game and I am terrible at those. I will be finishing it…one day.

@Comkill117 3 месяца назад

Evergrace had a really interesting equipment system too since you never leveled up. All your stats were based on gear you obtained. It sure didn’t hold your hand though and had no problem trapping and killing you with no warning with the last save nearly an hour back.

@naemissa7849 8 месяцев назад

holy shit, watching this unlocked a core memory. I thought I had never played these games but seeing the intro cutscene of King's Field IV made me feel like I'd seen it before, particularly the part with the bloody handprint on the door, and I realized that I actually played it at a friend's house during a sleepover, but we got bored pretty quick because we had no idea what we were doing (we were probably like 10). I guess the game was her older brother's or something. that was so wild, especially since you talk about these games being the kind of game you vaguely remember having played once, wow.

@ScorpionC1 8 месяцев назад

I hope you are proud of yourself. I got through parts 1-3 within a week and am just now getting down to part 4.... This series is amazing

@yungoldman2823 9 месяцев назад

By god this is a massive amount of maj for me to slowly but surely consume, you love to see it.

@Rukabuk 9 месяцев назад

MAJUULARRRR! @3:11:00 IT WAS ME. I AM THAT ONE PERSON WHO JUMPED FOR JOY AT THE DQ SWORDS REFERENCE. I mean I wouldn't call it "jumping for joy" but was more so surprised at anyone mentioning that game. Let alone in a giant King's Field video. I LOVED THAT GAME! THANKS FOR CALLING ME OUT BRO!

@shufflekidz1 5 месяцев назад

X OG i9 has the😅ko) I guess roR😢

@nathangillmore5064 8 месяцев назад

This was absolutely amazing,thanks so much for making it!

@collinvalentin6470 9 месяцев назад

You got me with that subtle Primus joke

@boobalooba5786 9 месяцев назад

I love this series. Hope this is the next game series that FromSoft is working on right now, a new first person dungeon crawler is all I want right now.

@moogleboy 9 месяцев назад

Might I recommend Lunacid? It even features music by ThorHighHeels.

@ArakDBlade 9 месяцев назад

@@moogleboywhoa, I had not heard of this game but I see they just announced their 1.0 release date yesterday (Halloween, if anyone is curious). I'll probably wait for that but definitely wishlisting to check out later.

@ryanvandoren1519 8 месяцев назад

@ArakDBlade you'll love it dude. Literally just a modernized kings field with its own style.

@ArakDBlade 8 месяцев назад

@@ryanvandoren1519 I went ahead and snagged it and played for a couple of hours. It's different but its scratching the itch. I'll wait for full release to play the rest but first impression was solid

@ryanvandoren1519 8 месяцев назад

@ArakDBlade hell yeah dude!! 🤙

@JohnDoe-uf3lj 9 месяцев назад

This will be perfect for picking pears and canning! 🤩

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

If anyone asks how best to consume my content, whilst picking & canning pears will now be my default answer.

@ChristmasLore 7 месяцев назад

It should be the best choice, for obvious reasons. Here, it would be cherries, but it's not the season. Walnuts though, pretty soon🌿 (There's also Pear's trees, but they're still young, the fruit not numerous and still small in size- edible though)

@mastergame1311 7 месяцев назад

Man, such a well-made and interesting video. It also warms my heart when someone acknowledges faults of Dark Souls 2 without outright hating the game. I had not clue DS2 and KF3 have so many similarities, it's so cool to see.

@jayoftheabyss3197 8 месяцев назад

Fantastic video! Your commentary on and just overall way of representing the games faithfully was insightful, comprehensive, and most importantly, loving towards these strange and beautiful games.

@DemonKingCozar 9 месяцев назад

Is it just me or does these games hold up graphically. Like I love the looks of these games

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

They really carved out a niche with the 3D-simplicity. I think it still holds a unique appeal!

@djandjb1 8 месяцев назад

There is something about a lot of the cold aesthetics of 90’s games that we will never see again. The combination of bad audio, low resolution, vast, blocky, desolate spaces, etc.

@gravesidepoet5405 7 месяцев назад

I’m not sure that’s what “holds up” means, but sure, it can be appealing.

@libertyprime7911 7 месяцев назад

King's Field "2" looked beautiful on a Sony CRT television.

@Alex-ip1dn 9 месяцев назад

Taking it back to those moonlit roots. Thanks Maj. You're the man!

@jamesf4423 4 месяца назад

Fantastic video, I can’t believe I actually watched the entire thing. The humor definitely brought it up a few notches. Keep doing what you’re doing!

@Awakiia 7 месяцев назад

I have seriously listened to this video like 8 times in the past 3 months. such a good voice. i love the long videos.

@quillarmike6947 9 месяцев назад

Hello, I am the one guy who jumped for joy at the mention of DQ: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors.

@earthwormjim420 8 месяцев назад

thank you for taking the time to make this video, was a great watch

@TheDenofWonders 8 месяцев назад

Very awesome video man, I’m glad you played them cause I wanted to see what it looked like.

@matthewvc85 9 месяцев назад

I cannot wait until you play the shadow tower series. I have played them through multiple times. Had to learn how to play them on my own. The first shadow tower really was a challenge to the point where it was almost saying “come on try and beat me” if I can only give 1 tip is to always increase strength as nothing else matters.

@JasonFahringer 9 месяцев назад

Listen, man. I just want to say that I LIVE on your content. You have THE BEST content, in my opinion, on the whole damn platform. I’m BEYOND excited to watch this tonight.

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

Damn, that's some high praise. Thank you, and I hope you enjoy it!

@JasonFahringer 9 месяцев назад

Yeah I’m serious. I’m about to hit you hard with the patreon when I get paid next week. Thank you for what you do.

@vibe1337 9 месяцев назад

Agreed ❤

@sirbizzzle1 5 месяцев назад

Beautiful and eloquently done!! A thunderous standing ovation from all of us KingsField fans. I commend your commitment to this retrospective and for am so impressed by how well you did it. Also it was funny af. My sincere thanks.

@mhoey321 8 месяцев назад

Very cool. Cannot believe I didn't know about this. Had to break it into chunks, but worth the 3 hours. Had some audible chuckles. Keep up the great work!

@Mrbingles9 9 месяцев назад

This was amazing; wow. I forgot why I subscribed to you, but then I realized you also made that Xenogears Retrospective. You have an incredible talent, don't stop making videos. Again, just so densely satisfying -- thank you for creating this.

@Bellomancer 9 месяцев назад

the absolute girth of this video. im ready for absolute kino as usual

@sephist 7 месяцев назад

You are one of my favorite RU-vidrs. I’m always so excited when I see you have a new upload. You have inspired me in the past to go outside of my normal strength content and make some gaming content. Keep up the amazing work my bro

@Majuular 7 месяцев назад

That's awesome to hear Sephist. Thank you so much for the kind words & super thanks, it's really appreciated. May you continue to draw inspiration from unexpected sources!

@josedorsaith5261 5 месяцев назад

Appreciate the work you put into this. You have a skill for highlighting the charm in these old games

@nicolass155 9 месяцев назад

Hearing the maj jingle after clicking the notification by accident was such a treat.

@finnlass2565 9 месяцев назад

I bought a ps2 and a copy of kings field for my 17th birthday. Blew my mind. One of the most brutal and fulfilling games I’ve ever had the pleasure of struggling through. I’ll never forget.

@HighPriestFuneral 9 месяцев назад

I wanted to thank you for creating this retrospective. I just played through Kingsfield 1 (Japan) inspired by how well you were able to convey the game, looking forward to going through the others in order as well. I found the game to be much more engrossing than I thought it would be, I found the combat to be pretty good, at first, but then by the time you get healing magic and Triple Fang, it does tend towards being too easy. I did love the exploration, the backtracking, the unique aspects of certain things, it was certainly a great first foray!

@MattVyle 5 месяцев назад

Congrats on hitting 100k subs man! Well deserved with the quality content you provide 👍

@Sirfortune881 9 месяцев назад

Now this is content love the kings field games and shadow tower

@kaniodon 9 месяцев назад

Nice, I just eat up everything related to the Kingsfield series, it is so good to fall asleep to in the best way possible.

@Galgamos 8 месяцев назад

This was a very nice and thorough video. Thank you very much for making it! :)

@NTSTS0 4 месяца назад

I really, really, really enjoy your style of presentation and video editing. I love the tone of your narration and I am immensely enjoying this video as a result. Thank you for making it.

@LadyPriestess 9 месяцев назад

The amount of excitement I get over seeing Majuular post yet another lengthy retrospective is rather calming. This one is over 3 hours? What an absolute treat. Thank you. 🖤

@Ky-Nas 9 месяцев назад

Man your videos are always so enjoyable in a way I find hard to describe, so seeing you not only cover a series that's heavily captured my interest over the past couple years, but also realizing that you covered entries I didn't know existed- -this video was hype as fuck for me, _thank you._

@krome4284 8 месяцев назад

I subbed, not because the video (which was good), but because you actually listed music used in the description. I love you.

@Mattev2309 7 месяцев назад

Love finding channels like this, what a video!

@therudegentleman4928 9 месяцев назад

King's Field holds a very near and dear place in my heart. I had King's Field 1/JP 2 on the PS1 and just loved the vibe from a young age. When Dark Souls came out I was glad that there was another game that had a similar vibe to the point I did a school project based on my favourite games on King's Field and Dark Souls. I didn't even know they were made by the same company until later. Weird how things work out like that sometimes.

@RandomGamingDouchebag 9 месяцев назад

Perfect timing for this because I've been replaying Dark Souls and been wanting to dig more into their backlog of releases. Also, Ultima Underworld's PS1 port got translated which was something I wasn't even aware of because the comparisons to King's Field are more apparent since the PS1 version uses polygons to render the environments and enemies.

@Gatorade69 9 месяцев назад

I didn't even know Ultima Underworld had a PS1 port.

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

I was introduced to the UU PSX port while working on this video. I was totally fascinated by it so that translation couldn't come at a better time. I'm planning on digging into the Ultima games very soon so I'm going to be giving that one a look!

@sapropel4 8 месяцев назад

Cool, just don't fall into the spoony pit @@Majuular

@AdventureSpence 5 месяцев назад

This video practically inspired my new let’s play channel, I’ve never been so nostalgic for a game I never played. Amazing video Maj

@DashZeonhart 6 месяцев назад

This is a fantastic video, quickly becoming one of my favorite youtubers. Perfect blend of comedy, feels, and information.

@chrispalumbo5556 9 месяцев назад

I love deep dives like this. I imagine this was a ton of work though Props to you, Majuular, and great work!

@sevi7874 9 месяцев назад

Had the most stressful double shift at work come home to a majular video All is well

@Tigerbro6 7 месяцев назад

youtube REALLY wants me to rewatch this video after i watch anything else

@johneverett4133 8 месяцев назад

Man, I really hope you keep at this whole RU-vid thing. I can really picture your channel taking off in a big way, you have a style all your own that I really enjoy. I periodically keep checking your channel for new vids (Because RU-vid sucks at notifying you) and am always looking forward to your next one. Thanks for the awesome content and all the work you do!

@dragonslayer1629 9 месяцев назад

Another great video , LET'S GOOO !!!!

@ryanladuke9399 9 месяцев назад

Amazing job as always Majuular, still amazed at how fast you pump these out.

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

Thank you! I'm working on some aspect of these videos pretty much every day, so I've built up some solid momentum :)

@TylerPlantaTree 9 месяцев назад

I have no idea how you're able to keep up with your upload pace. Your videos are lengthy but never long-winded. So happy I found you months ago. Keep it up mate :)

@HeavenlyKnight96 8 месяцев назад

You're videos make me have better sleep. Because of that I have seen them multiple times. They are also very well done.

@GoofyCascade 9 месяцев назад

Another masterpiece as always, my man!! :)

@FilmmakerJ 9 месяцев назад

So thank you, thank you so much for making this Retrospective. Having this and Aesir Aesthetics' videos to re-watch over and over again is a real joy.

@DiGiTyDarKMaN Месяц назад

Your videos are honestly so damn amazing. I have never even played these games. Yet, watching this makes me feel like they were part of my childhood. I'm going to have to collect them all now. Thank you for all your hard work on these.

@Kramdaddy 6 месяцев назад

I still have my copy of King's Field 2. Something to mention is that game was a memory card hog. It took up pretty much a whole card. Same with Diablo, if I remember this correctly. As an indie dev, I would _love_ to make a King's Field-like one day. The few attempts I have encountered tend to lean more into procedurally generated dungeon crawling, which is a shame because the map is a huge part of the genre. Always fun to see people visit these games.

@lillyclarity9699 9 месяцев назад

there's so many things in this video that remind me why you're definitely one of my favorite youtubers, up there with the greats like mandalore and grimbeard and thorhighheels. But just for example, the way you referred to Seath's walk cycle in KF3 as "swiggety-swooting or whatever he's doing here" literally gave me side splits from laughing so hard. thanks bro pls keep making these videos longer and longer, I *live* for this kind of content

@vimbert 9 месяцев назад

"Teleporter cube maze" stopped sounding like an understandable English phrase during the KF2 section. Thanks Maj, helped get me through a sick day.

@Khardankov 7 месяцев назад

Yeah, I've decided you're my favourite longform-videogame-reviewer on RU-vid, no matter which game you're talking... aboote. The medals go to the videos for Legend of Dragoon, Kudelka etc. and 3DO RPGs (which was the first one I came across) but this one even got me playing Kings Field 1. Carry on, mate.

@MasDouc 5 месяцев назад

This was such an interesting watch. I cant imagine how much work this must have taken but man did it pay off.

@rtkizzle5512 9 месяцев назад

Bro I seriously love your videos. Out of all the retrospectives that I watch while at work or sleeping, yours are my favorite. Your style and your humor is I’d say is the most appealing part of your content over others. Hope this one anecdotal piece of information helps you in some way.

@Majuular 9 месяцев назад

Every bit of feedback is a little sonar bloop that helps influence me. Really appreciate the feedback!

@rtkizzle5512 8 месяцев назад

@@Majuular well here's to hopefully many many bloops to come your way in the future... maybe even some bleeps ((but we won't talk about those). Lol, hope thing's have been good in your corner of the multiverse.