2009-05-07, 04:49 AM
If your only experience was with the japanese versions, then I can assume that accounts for some of the different angles you are providing with what youre saying.
I am no expert of the From Software version of KF2 and 3, and from what I have been told, the story line in them was a bit more generic. From what I understand the translation to the english version was more of a retelling , using the same names and such, but really taking a much more in depth view of the characters, lore and history...which is one main reason John's translation of KF1 really doesnt make any sense whatsoever when you play through KF2 and 3 in the US.
KF1 (as far as KF2 and 3 are concerned) has literally no ties story wise other than john alfred and the moonlight sword.
The plot and story behind KF1 is pretty horrible, and quite disjointed. On several occassions the king in verdite at that time is referred to as your brother, as your father, as the brother of the dark magician and no relation to you at all.
The forest dragon and the fairy in KF1, though they may be analogous to guyra, are not the same beings. In fact, the story of KF2 all but dismisses the entire creation of the moonlight sword as it was shown in KF1. Its almost as if they liked the concept they introduced in KF1 but not the execution.
In fact, check out kings-field.neocities.org and read the KF history section...it is a snippit from an official Kings Field 3 book that basically rewrites the events of KF1 to make it fit much better with the american telling of 2 and 3. In my personal opinion I am glad they did away with the events of the sword from the KF1 game (again just my opinion) as I feel that game as a whole is rather weak story wise.
If what I am saying is true, and I have a good hunch it is, you would probably benefit greatly from playing the KF2 and KF3 US versions instead of the japanese ones. I believe the folks from ascii (agetec) did a really good job rewriting the world a bit to be more interesting, and more complete.
DD will follow the US concepts, so it may be foreign to you. Hopefully you like it, but I deifinitely urge you to give the US games a try, if for no other reason than to at least see if they are indeed different.
I am no expert of the From Software version of KF2 and 3, and from what I have been told, the story line in them was a bit more generic. From what I understand the translation to the english version was more of a retelling , using the same names and such, but really taking a much more in depth view of the characters, lore and history...which is one main reason John's translation of KF1 really doesnt make any sense whatsoever when you play through KF2 and 3 in the US.
KF1 (as far as KF2 and 3 are concerned) has literally no ties story wise other than john alfred and the moonlight sword.
The plot and story behind KF1 is pretty horrible, and quite disjointed. On several occassions the king in verdite at that time is referred to as your brother, as your father, as the brother of the dark magician and no relation to you at all.
The forest dragon and the fairy in KF1, though they may be analogous to guyra, are not the same beings. In fact, the story of KF2 all but dismisses the entire creation of the moonlight sword as it was shown in KF1. Its almost as if they liked the concept they introduced in KF1 but not the execution.
In fact, check out kings-field.neocities.org and read the KF history section...it is a snippit from an official Kings Field 3 book that basically rewrites the events of KF1 to make it fit much better with the american telling of 2 and 3. In my personal opinion I am glad they did away with the events of the sword from the KF1 game (again just my opinion) as I feel that game as a whole is rather weak story wise.
If what I am saying is true, and I have a good hunch it is, you would probably benefit greatly from playing the KF2 and KF3 US versions instead of the japanese ones. I believe the folks from ascii (agetec) did a really good job rewriting the world a bit to be more interesting, and more complete.
DD will follow the US concepts, so it may be foreign to you. Hopefully you like it, but I deifinitely urge you to give the US games a try, if for no other reason than to at least see if they are indeed different.
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