Spriggan (PS1) by From Software

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Not I, but I did just pick up a game called Lost Kingdoms for the Game Cube that is From Software, going to try that out soon and let you guys know if its any good.

Lost Kingdoms 2 was the first From Software game I owned. Naturally, this led me to acquire the first Lost Kingdoms.

The Lost Kingdoms games are set in a fantasy universe that while separate from King's Field, share certain thematic similarities that are expected given the shared patronage. The bestiary, for example, would be at home in a King's field entry as it is in its home game.

Unlike King's Field, Lost Kingdoms is a card-based game. The player controlled avatar possesses no attacks of her own, and must rely on invocations of creatures bound within cards, the power to do so given by her "runestone," artifacts of divine origin givens to the various sovereigns. The monsters sealed within the cards can either be invoked as summoned creatures that are given independent movement to engage foes ‎  or support the player at will, or are blinked-in at the moment of attack much like weapons, with more elaborate summoning sequences for stronger creatures. Lost Kingdoms 2 adds a few cards that transform the player into the visage of the imprisoned creature, to use their powers as their own.

Overall, I had plenty of fun even without being a FromSoft groupie. The story is sparse, there are a few gaps in the execution, but both the setting and the creatures that inhabit it are interesting, with the side-bonus of a card-collecting game as you can capture wild creatures into cards, either existing(first game,) or blank(second game,) cards, as well as copy and evolve cards that gain experience as you use them effectively.