King's Field (1994) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

King's Field

King's Field is a first-person 3D RPG which takes place in the underground tomb of the kingdom of Verdite. The player takes the role of Jean who explores 3D dungeons all alone in this dark fantasy-world with…

75 16 December 1994

What King's Field is

King's Field is an adventure game developed by FromSoftware and released in 1994. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

There was a small country called Verdite surrounded by a deep forest, encircled by fog and whirling winds. In ancient days, when a great battle was fought and many were dying, Verdite was saved by a person who then disappeared into the forest. Only the forest's drifting fog knew who this person was... The citizens called their savior the Forest Dragon and built a sanctuary and honored this person there. Eventually, only a legend remained and the Sanctuary was changed into the Royal Graveyard and all was silent. But, the legend says, "Someday the Dragon of the Forest shall return, bearing Magical Artifacts." However, the time has not yet come and the Sanctuary sleeps deeply...

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

King's Field holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1994 averaged 72, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What it launched against

King's Field launched on 16 December 1994, within three weeks of Tekken, Umihara Kawase, Breath of Fire II and WWF Raw. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Tekken, Umihara Kawase, Breath of Fire II, WWF Raw.

Cheats and codes

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