King's Field: The Ancient City (PlayStation 2, 2002)

Release Date: Mar 26, 2002
What King's Field: The Ancient City Is About:
A demonic idol responsible for the destruction of an ancient race has re-emerged and threatens to destroy mankind...
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Platform: PlayStation 2

Genre: Role-Playing, RPG

ESRB Rating:
"King's Field: The Ancient City" is rated Teen, for Animated Violence

King's Field: The Ancient City Special Features:

An intriguing new stroyline in the Kings Field world.

3-D terrain with an awesome gothic atmosphere.

More than 40 areas of first-per-son exploration.

Discover tons of weapons, armor and magical rings.

Use your discoveries to enhance your battle strength and increase your magical skills.

Over 100 unique monsters and villains ready to claim their next victim.

Credits:
• Developer: Agetec, Inc.
• Publisher: Agetec, Inc.
• Distributor: Ingram Entertainment, Fillpoint, AEC

This is not for eveyone, and it doesn't try to be. But for the target audience, it is a gaming gold mine!!!
King's Field is just one of those niche games. It's slow, unintuitive, hard, and the controls will seem muddy in comparison to other games, but for the fans of the series (There were 3 games before this one, on PS1) or just fans of hard core RPGs, especially first-person RPGs, this is an incredible game. Oblivion this is not, but it never tried to be an uber-RPG. It is what it is.

The graphics here are great. Not "God of War great", but they're smoothly done and easy on the eye. Fantastic level design too, with no transitions between areas, and no loading times either!

The story is simple, yet superbly done and unique in it's own way.

The controls work excellently once you get used to them. Yeah, dual thumbstick controls would have made more sense, but this was before their time, and they would not really have made the game any easier to play.

It is difficult, which is great for someone who is sick of easy-ass RPG games. Get;s a lot easier once you really get the controls down and figure out how not to die as much.

Delightful soundtrack.

The environments in this game really take the cake. The city really does feel ancient, as do it's cultures and legends.

BOTTOM LINE: If you are truly willing to give King's Field a chance after reading this, this game is definitely for you.

Thid game is a great first person RPG. I had the first two games and was anxious to try this when it came out. The graphics were improved and play had become smoother, with an overall effect of making this one of my favorite first person RPG's ever! I hope they make another one.

Item was in better condition than described...especially for a Gamer who likes his cases and discs without flaws. Would buy from again.

I love the kings field series and this is another great installment to the series. If you love first person and RPG then you will love the way ascii combines the two here. Thi is the third installment to the series. A great addition to your collection