2014-04-04, 01:59 AM
In my honest opinion, From Software are geniuses... You always here people talk about how games like Final Fantasy 7 have revolutionary graphics, yet in all honesty they're not that great from a technology perspective. (not that I'm saying it's a bad game...)
King's Field is like the Doom of PS1, when you really break it down you can see why it was such a slow game.
Physics, real time 3D, multiple enemies all with AI... Hell, even though the textures were low quality, they're 128x128, and there's a pretty high tiling count on them.
The engine was rich with features, BSP-Trees; occlusion, frustum and distance culling; level streaming... The gameplay was rich with features too, the lore is deep if you take the time to find it, and that music... Best soundtrack ever.
I fear for From Software though, as money to any cooperation can mess them up. And with the success of Dark Souls...
But in the end, maybe King's Field should stay where it is? As a monument to gaming, it's something good, but modernization I fear would hurt King's Field... Sure I'd love another entry in the series, but I know I'd end up complaining that it's too fast... Hah.
\Rant over. Hehe... Sorry. 
King's Field is like the Doom of PS1, when you really break it down you can see why it was such a slow game.
Physics, real time 3D, multiple enemies all with AI... Hell, even though the textures were low quality, they're 128x128, and there's a pretty high tiling count on them.
The engine was rich with features, BSP-Trees; occlusion, frustum and distance culling; level streaming... The gameplay was rich with features too, the lore is deep if you take the time to find it, and that music... Best soundtrack ever.
I fear for From Software though, as money to any cooperation can mess them up. And with the success of Dark Souls...
But in the end, maybe King's Field should stay where it is? As a monument to gaming, it's something good, but modernization I fear would hurt King's Field... Sure I'd love another entry in the series, but I know I'd end up complaining that it's too fast... Hah.
\Rant over. Hehe... Sorry.