The History of FromSoftware

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FromSoftware has a lengthy & overwhelming history that starts long before Demon's Souls. Some people may be aware of King's Field, Echo Night, or some of their other early obscure titles, but in this video we delve into EVERY From Soft game that released both in the West & Japan in an attempt to summarize the legacy and design philosophies of this prolific company.
Note that all or most dates are the original Japanese release date, and I had to generalize when talking about some franchises like Armored Core that I don't have much personal experience in, also with many of the obscure titles that have little to no information about them online; I was trying to be concise as possible to not make an absurdly boring and lengthy video, so I didn't deep dive into many titles which might be something I can do in the future.
An entire month of work was poured into this video, even though I don't go in-depth on every game, that was to make this video as concise as possible, and for the sake of my sanity.
If you enjoyed it, or this helped you understand From Soft easier, please show your support by leaving a like, comment, or sharing the video (I do want to make more historian content in the future as well). It helps with youtube recommending this type of content to people, since it seems like all of my essays & 200+ hour projects don't reach out to the right people.
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The credits/sources are too long to fit in the description, you can find theme here: pastebin.com/aJYDmBTk
The Wikipedia page has most games and more information, but is missing some things like the mobile ports or the Tenchu games which you can find on the FromSoftware website.
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But I do still want to separately thank ‪@thorhighheels‬ ‪@IronPineapple‬ AesirAesthetics, ‪@VaatiVidya‬ & ‪@SuperDaveControl‬/DaveControl for their helpful videos, this project wouldn't be possible without all of them
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:14 - King's Field
3:38 - Armored Core
4:42 - Shadow Tower
6:14 - Echo Night
7:17 - Spriggan, & Frame Gride
8:04 - Eternal Ring, & Music
8:53 - Evergrace
9:58 - Adventures of Cookie & Cream
10:51 - Lost Kingdoms
12:00 - Otogi, Design Philosophy, & More Music
13:48 - Murakumo, & Thousand Land
15:04 - Kuon, & Ambience
16:03 - Metal Wolf Chaos, & Yoshi-sune Eiyuden
17:00 - Another Century's Episode
17:45 - Enchanted Arms
18:51 - Chromehounds, Gundam Unicorn, & Steel Battalion
20:19 - King's Field Additional I & II
20:59 - The REAL Insanity Zone
23:03 - Brief Intermission :)
23:19 - Alright back to hell
24:12 - Mobile Games
25:28 - Tenchu
26:18 - Ninja Blade, the antithesis of From Software
27:06 - Demon's Souls, how FromSoft has always been
29:55 - Deracine
31:15 - Outro, & Credits
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@apictureoffunction 2 года назад

Watching this while I take a breather from Elden Ring, it's fascinating to see how various aspects of the Soulsborne genre have been present from as far back as King's Field

@tacticalmattress Год назад

*Rougelike, soulsborne is not a genre -_-

@peterfowler4723 Год назад

@@tacticalmattress there’s definitely a certain DNA throughout soulsborne games that’s aren’t found in other roguelikes

@JohnDeereJD42inZ3CompletBagger Год назад

@@tacticalmattress soulslike is a genre, i think thats what they meant

@tacticalmattress Год назад

@@JohnDeereJD42inZ3CompletBagger No, it's not. First it was SoulsBorne and then people started using "Souls like". The genre is called "Roguelike"

@tacticalmattress Год назад

@@peterfowler4723 Almost all different games of the same genre, have aspects in which make them unique. It's still a "Roguelike".

@yintii2427 2 года назад

Damn I had no idea the moonlight greatsword had been around for this long

@Butt_sects Месяц назад

They even made a game engine named after it from made in 2000

@roswell3875 2 года назад

Armored Core is underrated though despite how many games there are. It's like Fromsoftware refuses it's acknowledgement of it's existence... Edit: I do also agree that Fromsoftware should go back and look at the older IPs I'm generally interested in them but trying to get them is really difficult.

@lilramennoodle8056 Год назад

WAS, lets go ac6 babyyyyy

@Atomikkrab Год назад

@@lilramennoodle8056 Right, From Soft was just waiting, polishing, getting its mindset on for the next AC

@KABLAMMATS Год назад

@@Atomikkrab they let soulsborne walk ahead so ac series can run now

@zeiccia Год назад

this comment is so funny nowadays, i hope you're excited about it

@shavenger0 2 года назад

I love Armored core, and armored core, and armored core, and armored core, and armored core, and armored core, and armored core, and armored core

@o0096 2 года назад

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@flakey6988 2 года назад

Huh? I must have missed that part

@smileyjojo4913 2 года назад

From software fans when to hardware shows up:

@DrDDoS-no2vn 2 года назад

Great video, your humor is reminiscent of Max0r and you kept my attention the whole video despite the fact that I knew nothing about 95% of the games you covered. From might have been the most difficult company to pick for this video because of the massive disparity in popularity between their most known titles, which have been picked clean of any new insight over the last ten years, and their abundance of obscure titles, which are known so little that you were given the responsibility to convey the values behind each and every game. I hope you do end up doing another video of this style on another company because I would definitely watch it.

@53luxornanaelcamio17 2 года назад

This was excellent! I applaud you. Very professionally executed and entertaining. Great job on an epic subject.

@Cryveil 2 года назад

Thank you :)

@EliteFetishist 7 месяцев назад

Cookie & Cream hold an interesting concept. It's not only a cooperative only game. In fact controls are set for one player to move the two characters at once, each stick controlling each character. So at the beginning, you move the first character, continue with him until you cannot move anymore then switch to character 2 who have to open the door for him, etc. But soon you'll be challenged to move the two at the same time, doing different action, enter different directions, paths, etc... between screen 1 and screen 2. It can be challenging as you must have a very good coordination of your fingers AND are forced to a "split your brain in two" gymnastic. Worth a try

@spineappletea 2 года назад

i'm actually fucking angry that i didn't find this video and channel sooner.

@arokhun 2 года назад

Really enjoyed the video! I recently started to explore From's history myself, starting with the King's Field series which is so much fun, even today. I'm glad that they got so popular without losing their identity or inspiration to try out new things. Thank you for putting together their obscure and beautiful history. Earned yourself a new sub! ^^

@rippleschipsaregood 2 года назад

Amazing video cant believe you’re not a lot bigger, essay style videos are hard to pull off but I was glued the whole time

@mostlyjoe 2 года назад

Armored Core on the way! But I'd love more weird Shadow Tower with guns.

@queenvictoriann 2 года назад

Haha, this was a great video dude! I feel enlightened now. It’s crazy to see how From Software was so active back in the day, but their games weren’t quite garnering an extensive audience. Then suddenly Myazaki shows up and everything explodes. But I like From’s other obscure titles, specifically Deracine and Kingsfield. Btw, I hear you about hoping this video gets shared because of the time you put into it. I’ll try to spread it around.

@Cryveil 2 года назад

FromSoft had WAY more games than I had anticipated but I think a lot of them are pretty interesting, mainly anything outside of the insanity zone or not Ninja Blade

@VPS_Reports Год назад

Stumbled onto your video while watching old Armored Core videos and I'm so happy I did! What a rich history! The company really gets distilled down to two or three IPs all the time but I appreciate your holistic overview and understanding of the nature of their growing and changing design philosophies! Amazing video, I love to subscribe to content like this.

@tiniestbean7246 2 года назад

Heckin rad my guy, absolutely adore the amount of work you put into this all

@uba754 Год назад

3D Dot game heroes is a fun Zelda style title where you can customize the sprite of your character and upgrade sword attacks to be screen filling.

@cassiushellsin6243 Год назад

Looked up " Fromsoft games" and found this absolute Gem of a video. I'm shocked it doesn't have the views it deserves, you're humor is great and so is your editing.

@alexghost7276 2 года назад

it seems From is making a new Armored Core + a new game and elden ring, i wonder what this new game would be seeing that we already have plenty of Miyazaki's ARPG and Naotoshi Zin probably don't want to make a new King's Field. I hope that it's a more Horror type of game like Kuon (Kuon is cool af).

@alexghost7276 2 года назад

Nice video by the way, found this gem while searching about old From Software concept artists/ designers.

@Cryveil 2 года назад

I haven't heard anything about the new unnamed game, is there info on it online?

@alexghost7276 2 года назад

@@Cryveil pretty sure Miyazaki said in a interview that they were making 3 games, 1 being elden ring and the other probably AC, but we know nothing about the third one.

@jakel4316 2 года назад

Really tragic how few views this video has. This is an engaging video that explores an interesting developer’s history and it genuinely made me laugh multiple times. Great stuff!

@Melchizidek777 Год назад

Excellent documentary, this is the most in depth From Soft History Timeline ive ever seen.

@Gabriellima-me4yt 2 года назад

man this video is amazing for real !!!! good work man u deserve much more visibility, i was SHOCKED to see that this video dont have nearly 10k views!!

@arkitekst 9 месяцев назад

have been looking for something that was exactly this for a while, thanks for making this it was a very informative watch

@Jayden-wn9rz 2 года назад

The only From Software games I've played so far are Sekiro and Bloodborne, in that order. I had no idea they experimented so much, especially in the earlier days of the company. Great work on this informative yet entertaining video!

@CptSourcebird Год назад

Damn amazing video, one thing I would say now when you said something about From Software needing to revisit their older IPs, it's exactly why I am willing to support their journey in going back to Armored Core this year. As someone who joined the Soulsborne party back at very late 2020, I am very, very willing to see FS come back to their older stuff with their current day wisdom, and from what Zullie the Witch has documented in terms of which game designers put an influential part of their game design into the later Soulsborne games, I want to see Miyazaki let other people in his team cook, so the torch can be passed on further and further!

@VisComicaV 9 месяцев назад

Yo algo, come over here and boost this! The information density of this vid is crazy, there is so much to cover and you highlighted a lot of fascinating things. Keep up the good work :)

@phreegus5494 2 года назад

Amazing video bro ‼️ love all your work

@mynameisporto9646 2 года назад

Awesome video dude. Glad to have stumbled across your channel!

@flakey6988 2 года назад

Thank you for the history lesson Professor Cryveil! There's some really cool games that I really wanna check out now. Kuron and Echo Night look badass. I'm gonna dream of mechs now

@spetsu1 Год назад

Just came across your channel and noticed how hard you worked on the video, I just wanted to say you did a great job on it and to keep up the good work. If you love making videos it shouldn't matter how many views you get so long as you love making them.

@stryker5055 2 года назад

Absolutely excellent video bro, very well researched and laid out.

@paladin06309 2 года назад

Hey just found this after watching a history of final fantasy and I got curious about from soft. I had no idea their titles were so diverse. Thank you for taking the time to dig for them. This video was so well done and I’ve subscribed and hit the bell for more because your edits were also fantastic. Well done, keep up the good work.

@m.ubaidaadam Год назад

holy this was well put together, informative and entertaining! guess I'll have to like, share and all that now. what a gem!

@dylannyoung1913 Год назад

Great content man! Shared as much as could brother. 🤙🏼

@sunlighthavoc8425 2 года назад

Did a great job Matt. I refer you to my buddies and whoever I can whenever it comes up. Ill do my part friendo you just keep doing what you love.

@S3nSimilia 2 года назад

I enjoyed this as much as you enjoyed making this video, thanks for the history!

@S3nSimilia 2 года назад

I also subbed my dude! Good work, thats the style content I like!

@williamcronqvist6154 Год назад

Amazing video! When it comes to the tenchu games, from software only developed shadow assault and either co-developed ports or published the others which would be why the aren't listed on wikipedia.

@TrueKivan Год назад

Expected 10x more likes, very enlightning video, I expected maybe 20 big games, not freaking 200+ lol. Amazing job mate, it puts their newer games into a perspective!

@sweetiepie6268 2 года назад

Excellent video, i think if you keep making these kind of high quality videos, you will eventually blow up :), just keep doing what you love

@DangericeDreams Год назад

You, sir, have earned my subscription. Great video!

@abyss0void 10 месяцев назад

Amazing video man. Subbed.

@risto-ito1673 2 года назад

11/10 From Software

@GrievyRZ 11 месяцев назад

This video is peak youtube. Thank you so much for making this. Edit: No, seriously. This is some of the best content I've seen on RU-vid, I really really do hope you get the proper recognition you deserve.

@S_raB Год назад

I do not give thumbs up on RU-vid, but for this retrospective deep dive you've gotten one. Very well done sir. Eternal Ring btw looks very reminiscent of a certain Hoonter game. Now I'm inspired to complete my own Bloodborne video

@zombiefriend 2 года назад

Really nice video. I was looking through your other videos to see if there was anything else I'd want to watch and was really surprised to see the Silent Hill ambient playlist. I've been listening to that on and off for the past year and this just happens to be by the same channel.

@krystiandrzazga1950 2 года назад

what a great video i hope you will get bigger soon.

@ColtonGamingTV Год назад

It is funny how I never heard of From Software until souls. I didn't realize they have quite the catalogue of games and I am currently playing through the Armored Core games and have lots of fun. Might reference this video in future when want to play more of their games.

@THEKHAYYYAM Год назад

best from soft video history by far

@strykerking 2 года назад

Amazing vid, great information

@TselisoCampbellPK 2 года назад

Just saw this, you did an amazing job!

@jashloseher578 Год назад

For the longest time, it felt like I was one of the few people that actually played the original Shadow Tower. I loved it, and still do. The monster designs were so diverse and intriguing. In ways, after later experiencing the souls games, they felt more Shadow Tower than King's Field to me. When I later got to play a patched localization of ST2, it felt that way all the more so. The stat screen for your character by itself had that feeling, right down to even featuring an early take on a poise mechanic, equipment durability, items and etc. Several of the armour sets, weapons and shields were visually reproduced in Demon's Souls and the first two dark souls games, which was just another one of those fun, but not overboard callbacks Fromsoft is known for. Also yes, I did know about Spriggan. Love its soundtrack. The attract mode demo for Shadow Tower's title screen sounded very similar to Spriggan's OST, down to the same choices in digital samples.

@kyledavison8505 Год назад

Great job man! Thanks! I really want to play some of these games! I completely agree, I would love to see from do survival horror

@nobodyyouknow1065 2 года назад

I really liked this. You have a good voice, informal style, and you made me realize I’ve been a fan of From for longer than I actively realized. Which is what made it so difficult on me to hit that Unsubscribe button.

@Cryveil 2 года назад

Despite all of your efforts and unsubscribing, where did it bring you? Back to me

@nobodyyouknow1065 2 года назад

@@Cryveil touche, Goblin Boy.

@benjaminrichards6334 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the history lesson prof

@kevinheraud1945 Год назад

Well done man

@Tuxedosnake00 Год назад

Great video!

@danielwade7664 29 дней назад

Excellent video 👌

@annoying_wendigo2122 2 года назад

This was cool! 💕

@hainghiasonnguyen4957 2 года назад

this video deserve more views

@blen983 8 месяцев назад

Cool video. Berry nice. Thumbs up.

@edwardtan1354 2 года назад

also the reason why most from soft titles have some very "experimental" music is credited to their head sound guy Kota Hoshino who plays music not from theory but by ear so why its "different" if it vibes good its good enough the mad lad doesnt even write music sheets

@bjf9304 9 месяцев назад

Great video. A labor of love. I picked up Ninja Blade a couple of years ago and I do not think it sucks. It's a pretty fun but standard hack-and-slash with tight controls and an over-the-top presentation. Obviously, the PS3 won out by getting Demons Souls but if anyone is curious and likes From Software, Ninja Blade is a good get for your collection.

@freebased_boomer709 4 дня назад

Great job ❤

@wagonet Год назад

Amazing video

@prisonbread 4 месяца назад

Really appreciate this deep dive. I was 14 and got King's Field (KF2 in Japan) as one of my first Playstation games. Back in the days when you played the shit out of a game regardless of how unforgiving or clunky it was because getting new games was rare. I had also just discovered the band TOOL and have such fond memories of playing that mindfuck of a game while listening to that mindfuck of an album, ænima. Hugely formative time for me. Still playing Elden Ring and it's just so amazing to think how much Fromsoftware has improved since then and how little has changed with their atmosphere because they knew they nailed it the first time. They refused to change to please American audiences and eventually our tastes got sophisticated enough to appreciate the Kingsfield/Souls atmosphere. Also... just think of the balls it takes to still be using the serif and italicized fonts in the UI. NOBODY else can get away with that because it looks dorky and not modern, but when Fromsoftware does it - it just lands somehow.

@cookiepwee 2 года назад

Huge W.

@Cryveil 2 года назад

EPIC WIN

@HangGrenade01 2 года назад

Need a new Another Century's Episode game, those were badass. I still load up the previous ones every so often

@Y0y0Jester 29 дней назад

Jesus Christ, just how many games did these guys push out the door? Holy shit

@Smoothe88 Год назад

Good video. I grew up with the shadow tower, armored core, tenchu, late PSX to early PS2 years but I do respect the Souls and Bloodborne era. I have yet to play them but I do want to dive in cause they look fun

@KaylaHall-bb2zf 2 года назад

I just recently started playing these games which started with Bloodborne and I loved it. Overtime I quickly became a fan playing ds3 then ds1 plus all dlc but I was kinda weary of Sekiro at first but once I purchased it I loved it as well. I respect this company and cannot wait for Elden Ring!!!

@Yobolight 2 года назад

Good video!

@dralakba-dusk31 2 года назад

I need more cookie and Cream! Give me MORE!

@mannyomega713 2 года назад

awesome video

@jawmehs 3 месяца назад

Lmao bruhh what's with the Atlus soundtrack over your dialogue, I'm here for it. 😂😂

@christophertatofski1008 5 месяцев назад

Great video

@raer5373 2 года назад

Look Matt I get it, you want a Ninja Blade sequel since the first one is a instant classic for you, but honestly that's not a god direction for FS to go imo.

@SweetToothKane8052 Год назад

Tenchu 1,2 and 3 were the best ten chu games needs an HD remastered collection

@Orinslayer Год назад

'FrameGride' is basically 'The Vision of Escaflowne' but with more guns.

@o0096 2 года назад

Nice vid

@Cryveil 2 года назад

I hoped you enjoyed the armored core, not murakumo, armored core but fantasy, not murakumo, kinect armored core, chromehounds, cookie & cream

@Ruderalus 2 года назад

Nice documentary. Some AC vibes were lost along the way, but still great content. Def underrated.

@Cryveil 2 года назад

It was tough to grasp the entire AC series or other mech games since I never played them and they spanned such a long time, thank you though!

@StiffAftermath Год назад

Too bad you didn't mention the 2008 North American version of 3D Dot Game Heroes. True hidden gem there. At least you showed the Japanese version. 😅

@SpecShadow Год назад

I still wish that some day FROM made another RPG in FPP... These days RPGs with both FPP and TPP camera are really rare.

@twelvevoltage Год назад

Listen to Magic Laborator in Eternal Ring, that one song made me so immersed

@dowmein Год назад

Can't wait for the long awaited sequel of Murakumo Renegade Mech Pursuit

@RavensEagle 2 года назад

Great Video havent heard of some of these like those mobile games. could you post a list of all the games sorted by date in a list perhaps in description or comment. because the timeline with the images is nice but its honestly especially when you jump back and forth between franchises that.

@Cryveil 2 года назад

I probably should, I think I forgot to put the sources I've used in the description but there's a Wikipedia page for FromSoft (that's missing games) and then Fromsoftwares own website that should have the entire list, and I'll update the description if those are missing

@olivierdols5556 9 месяцев назад

even the Company has lore

@shon254 2 года назад

I subscribed because of this video! I can't imagine doing this research On from software

@chillstoneblakeblast3172 4 месяца назад

The only Fromsoftware series I have played is Lost Kingdoms and I love those 2 games (The first one more than the second). Lost Kingdoms (Rune in Japan) is extremely underrated and when people talk about classic Fromsoftware, I tell them about Lost Kingdoms and they are consufed because they think of Dark Souls/ OG Demon souls. Maybe one Day, FromSoftware will give a second chance to some of their old series...

@soulstarved4116 Год назад

That's something I really want to do is go back and play Fromsoft old games. I remember picking up this old dot knight game and was like this feels familiar, surprisingly fun, and it was made by Fromsoft.

@joesaiditstrue Год назад

I recommend playing Kings Field at least once for anyone who might've had a PS1 but never played it, it felt so ground breaking at the time (think of playing an 3D open world/dungeon crawler before that type of game was even popular) the controls are pretty bad but it's a very charming game series (especially Kings Field: The Ancient City on PS2) I don't recommend playing these games if you grew up on PS2 and later though, the controls will make you rage quit pretty hard 😂 I personally like Shadow Tower more than KF but KF is an easier game to play

@wormskull2454 Год назад

What song is that @4:50 when you talk about Shadow Tower?? I know that song & it’s driving me crazy! Is it from Demon’s Souls??

@Cryveil Год назад

It's Dark Reality from King's Field IV

@charliewebster7726 2 года назад

So glad I have a copy of Kuon. So atmospheric...I'll be playing it again later in the year, when the days are shorter, darker...and more suited to Kuon ;)

@bjf9304 9 месяцев назад

I'll trade you a copy of Xbox Music Maker for it

@Nineball459 Год назад

I really hope From makes another Armored Core. The mecha genre has been dead for like a decade now, AC and Chromehounds were my childhood long before I ever played the souls series.

@adgeifc 6 месяцев назад

Fromsoftware rabbit hole where myth dies and insanity prevail

@jsolorio07 Год назад

Otogi games helped me immensely during my teenage years. 😌

@jasonck9635 Год назад

Tenchu was my favorite game series of all time , I had every American copy plus many Japanese copies , but I can honestly say fromsoft acquired the rights , the original makers were a company called ( acquire ) to this day I always hoped for a modern tenchu , but I will say that fromsoft surprised me with one of my favorite games of the modern age ( sekiro )

@MaleniaGoddessofRot Год назад

The first time I ever stepped foot on a Souls Game was Dark Souls 1, it was so fun, I had no idea where the fuck I was going, I struggled with most parts of the game but I got through it, and yet to this day I still have the disc from 2012... One hell of a ride.

@Tuxedosnake00 Год назад

I would love it so much if from software would revive some of their older or more niche games like kuon,echo nights,shadow tower and make a modern adaptation of them done right. They have some of the biggest and diverse gaming catalog in the industry. I would be even happy if they announce a new armored core and bring the action mech genre back to his glory

@Azure9577 Год назад

They did

@zephalion7386 Год назад

Colkies and cream is such an amazing game, it doesn’t really matter what the studio made before, it’s not like they’re only allowed to create dark fantasy