Screenshot showing the game's first-person interface and combat system.
The game takes place on the island of Melanat. The player takes the role of Granitiki prince Aleph (アレフ・ガルーシャ・レグナス) (alternatively named Alef/Alexander), who has taken it upon himself, as one of the king of Verdite's closest friends, to retrieve the holy sword known as the Moonlight Sword, and return it to King Alfred of the kingdom of Verdite. Aleph is washed up on the coast of Melanat, as the sole survivor after the ship he came with sank into the ocean. To find the Moonlight Sword, Aleph must press ever forward and uncover the secrets the dark island of Melanat holds.
On release, the Japanese gaming magazine Famicom Tsūshin scored the game a 35 out of 40.[2] One of Electronic Gaming Monthly's four reviewers remarked, "This title has all the great aspects of a true RPG, including items to pick up and equip, but also has an adventure feel to it because of the strategy used in doing battle with the enemies." Though one of the reviewers complained about the player character's slow movement, another two felt it added to the realism.[4] A GamePro reviewer took the negative side on the issue, arguing that "Chasing monsters is one thing, but chasing them in slow motion while they speed up to kill you is a different matter." He also criticized the slowly charging weapon bar and the graphical similarity of the levels and monsters, and compared the game unfavorably to DeathKeep, another first-person dungeon crawling RPG which was released for the 3DO at around the same time.[6] A Next Generation critic complained that the battles "are slow and meticulous, and ... lack a lot of the strategy involved in most RPG battles", but gave the game a strong overall recommendation. He complimented the graphics, sound, and RPG elements, but found the game's best aspect as the ability to freely look around and explore every corner of the massive 3D world with no load times.[5]
^Scary Larry (April 1996). "ProReview: King's Field II[Sic - The review variously refers to the game as "King's Field" and "King's Field II", presumably due to confusion over the differing titles in Japan and North America.]". GamePro. No. 91. IDG. p. 98.
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king, field, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2015, l. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources King s Field II news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article is about the second King s Field game released in Japan For the second game released in the West see King s Field III King s Field II キングスフィールドII is an action role playing video game developed by FromSoftware for the PlayStation 2 It was released in Japan by FromSoftware in 1995 in North America by ASCII Entertainment and in Europe by Sony Computer Entertainment in 1996 2 It is the second entry in the King s Field series and the first one released internationally Since the original King s Field was released only in Japan the English language version of King s Field II was retitled King s Field King s Field IIJapanese box artDeveloper s FromSoftwarePublisher s JP FromSoftwareNA ASCII EntertainmentEU Sony Computer EntertainmentProducer s Naotoshi ZinProgrammer s Eiichi HasegawaWriter s Toshiya KimuraShinichiro NishidaComposer s Koji EndoKaoru KonoSeriesKing s FieldPlatform s PlayStationReleaseJP July 21 1995NA February 14 1996 1 EU December 1996Genre s Action role playingMode s Single player Contents 1 Story 2 Reception 3 References 4 External linksStory Edit Screenshot showing the game s first person interface and combat system The game takes place on the island of Melanat The player takes the role of Granitiki prince Aleph アレフ ガルーシャ レグナス alternatively named Alef Alexander who has taken it upon himself as one of the king of Verdite s closest friends to retrieve the holy sword known as the Moonlight Sword and return it to King Alfred of the kingdom of Verdite Aleph is washed up on the coast of Melanat as the sole survivor after the ship he came with sank into the ocean To find the Moonlight Sword Aleph must press ever forward and uncover the secrets the dark island of Melanat holds Reception EditReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreGameRankings82 3 Review scoresPublicationScoreElectronic Gaming Monthly8 375 10 4 Famitsu35 40 2 Next Generation 5 On release the Japanese gaming magazine Famicom Tsushin scored the game a 35 out of 40 2 One of Electronic Gaming Monthly s four reviewers remarked This title has all the great aspects of a true RPG including items to pick up and equip but also has an adventure feel to it because of the strategy used in doing battle with the enemies Though one of the reviewers complained about the player character s slow movement another two felt it added to the realism 4 A GamePro reviewer took the negative side on the issue arguing that Chasing monsters is one thing but chasing them in slow motion while they speed up to kill you is a different matter He also criticized the slowly charging weapon bar and the graphical similarity of the levels and monsters and compared the game unfavorably to DeathKeep another first person dungeon crawling RPG which was released for the 3DO at around the same time 6 A Next Generation critic complained that the battles are slow and meticulous and lack a lot of the strategy involved in most RPG battles but gave the game a strong overall recommendation He complimented the graphics sound and RPG elements but found the game s best aspect as the ability to freely look around and explore every corner of the massive 3D world with no load times 5 References Edit ASCII Entertainment 1996 02 13 King s Field Feb 14 Release Date Newsgroup rec games video marketplace Retrieved 2015 05 06 a b c d NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW KING s FIELD II Weekly Famicom Tsushin 345 32 28 July 1995 King s Field for PlayStation GameRankings CBS Interactive Archived from the original on December 5 2019 Retrieved 2019 05 22 a b Review Crew King s Field PDF Electronic Gaming Monthly No 79 Sendai Publishing February 1996 p 32 a b King s Field Next Generation No 16 Imagine Media April 1996 p 85 Scary Larry April 1996 ProReview King s Field II Sic The review variously refers to the game as King s Field and King s Field II presumably due to confusion over the differing titles in Japan and North America GamePro No 91 IDG p 98 External links EditAgetec King s Field U S listing Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title King 27s Field II amp oldid 1126567025, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
