[T.]

http://www.swordofmoonlight.com/

a fully functioning windows based and translated kf editor for which there are already a handful of finished games and a community still making new ones

holy damn!!

apparently the games/mods "dark destiny" and "diadem of maunstraut" are quite good. i'm going to try them out very soon

here's a quote from the maunstraut page

[Tulpa]

So which King's Field should I start with?
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[T.]

king's field iii. because the first three are nearly identical (and it is the most advanced of them graphically/functionally) and the fourth is, while very pretty, so sluggish feeling that even i can't bear it (no atmosphere would have been lost by increasing the movement speed this much aggh)

but if you can play import ps2 games, then ignore the above and play shadow tower: abyss first. it's as pretty as iv but just enough quicker
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[T.]

in some parallel universe diadem of maunstraut is the title of a mid-90s black metal release demo cassette
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[Tulpa]

in this same alternate universe, also the name of a quake mission pack inspired by the demo cassette.
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[Swimmy]

I think the polygonal graphics of the first two games are a major turn-on.
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[T.]

step into a realm in which...

WEB 2.0 NEVER HAPPENED!!!!

http://www.fallenbytheway.com/MenuNEWS.htm
http://www.swordofmoonlight.com/Trismegistus/main.htm
http://www.kings-field.com/som/dom/main.htm



OPEN AT YOUR OWN... PERIL
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[zombieman000]

King's Field I is included if I remember right but wasn't translated ;_;
Don't feel like tracking down the PSX ones.

[T.]

[v84j3gs2uc7ns4]

[zombieman000]

King's Field came first around '95. But maybe it appeared in an earlier game. I know nothing of From's pre-32-bit days.

That's cool but for some reason I didn't get English text when I ran it. Don't know what I did wrong.

[T.]

http://agetec.yuku.com/topic/2413

a listing of the known/released japanese som games
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[ccg]

I gave a gameshark with codes for a king's field game on it, should I play the one I have gameshark codes for?

[starblood]

I'm not hardcore enough to exist around that game

[secret character]

Oh god this sounds amazing. I'll have to try this sometime soon.

[Tulpa]

king's field 3 is a bit overwhelming. I'm still in the beginning of the game and I can't really figure out the rhythm to fighting skeletons.
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[T.]

well, combat is really just memorizing how soon enemies become vulnerable again after attacking. it only takes a few plays/deaths before you get the hang of that one enemy (and then proceed to die at the next)
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[Tulpa]

my first encounter with the skeleton is in a room that has two ghosts and a flower that spits poison so I kind of have to weave around those while trying to get hits in on the skeleton and it is tricky with how slow I turn.
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[Teflon]

I had this vague notion of doing a blind Let's Play King's Field IV but FRAPS just murders the emulator I was hoping to use instead of going out and investing actual money in a capture device.

I've got literal stacks of shitty old PCI TV cards with composite inputs but the signal quality on those is just disgusting, and I can't fit one into my PC without blocking off GPU cooling altogether.

[ionustron]

Moonlight Sword was definitly in KF first, since the games started in '94.

Actually, the translated PSX port of the very first King's Field is on Sword of Moonlight fansite. It's frighting because the game itself, though it was on a playstation disk, is only like 30 megs. I juuuust started playing it yesterday and I'm kinda wondering if I even like it better than the sequels. I'm not even playing the remake, I'm finding the original to be absolutely fantastic.

Like, ever game from 2 on had a run system where you doubled your movement speed but it sapped you of your power and casting bars extremely quick, so you had to do a run strafe wait then slash thing on most encounters. In KF1, running speed is your default speed. Also since the layout is more cramped and sparse, fights go much faster and it's tougher and great love it love it!

[starblood]

[ionustron]

[secret character]

Can't get SoM to work quite right. A few things are going wrong: talking to people/checking signs yields no text, have to mash the button to confirm that I want to pick up an item, and I keep getting poison damage even after it has supposedly worn off. As cool an idea as this program is, maybe I'll just stick with emulating.

[T.]

could someone move this to kop? i think it's informative enough to warrant it (and it could be a general king's field/shadow tower thread)
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[starblood]

[Wall of Beef]

I began KF: Ancient City (ps2) a month or so back and got a few hours in and was loving it. I've been waiting for a break in things(life) so I can dive back in. I don't have time to devote full evenings to video games, and thats what you need to do for these games me thinks. You need to settle into a groove and ride it for hours.
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[Teflon]

[Lance Boyle]

This sounds weird and interesting and as part of my staying up 24 hours to reset my (severely fucked) internal sleep clock as the new school year is imminently approaching I'll look into getting the translated port of King's Field running on this thing. Thanks.

EDIT: I have no idea what I'm getting into and that makes it all the more better!

[Teflon]

And then I learned how to shoot fireballs.

Which cost more than half my entire MP stock a piece.

And the dungeon this grants me access to is terrifying.

And the game made the healing water stop flowing for no apparent reason.

[apfEID]

I dabbled with a couple years ago, but I'm now a few hours into seriously playing King's Field (USA), and it's pretty much fantastic... once you get your head wrapped around the pre-analog FPS controls.

The best moment thus far was when I jumped down a well and found a save spot. I made sure to save in a new slot as I had no idea when I'd be able to get back to the previous level. I left the cave I was in and It turned out I had already saved at this spot several times before; I had uncovered a short cut. The map has been delightfully rich with these so far.

I have found a couple pits that lead nowhere and had to revert my save, so I'm glad I'm being very cautious with my saves. One of them had a locked chest, so that implies there's a warping ability that I don't know about yet, or a secret door that I couldn't find just by x'ing the walls.

I'm not entirely comfortable with combat yet, but I think I'm getting up to speed. It sucks when the halberd knights get to attack three times in a row with no cool down, when I'm stuck waiting to swing again, but it rules when I manage to trick one into always turning the wrong way and kill him cleanly in three hits....
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