Can you Beat King's Field Using Only Magic?

#KingsField #FromSoftware #ChallengeRun
I might've gone nuts.
I use my 200IQ mage build in a game without builds, that wasn't designed to be played like this o_0
Please share with any From Soft/ Soulsborne fan who might be interested in this. I know you're all a bunch of crazy bastards and I love ya.
(this is the 2nd game, released as King's Field in the West)
00:00 Intro
1:15 Part 1 - MP Source
5:26 Part 2 - Completing the Fountain
11:40 Part 3 - To the East Coast
14:25 Part 4 - Big Mine
18:58 Part 5 - Into the Ice Caves
23:17 Part 6 - Necron's Coliseum
27:57 Part 7 Final Boss

[@Klatrymadon]

Really enjoyed this, Blinge. Glad you went through with it! The commentary on your learning process and strategy etc was fascinating too - almost feel like trying the run myself! KF4 for your next magic-only project would be some undertaking. I cleared it for the first time a few months ago and genuinely couldn't say if it's possible. Think you have to whack the last boss three times with your sword, at least, but maybe there are other methods...

[@BlinJe]

Getting through the mines in order to get the first spell in KF4.. i think i've done it without hitting anything before when attempting to learn speed strats but my memory is foggy. Thanks man.

[@jashloseher578]

Even in the age of ancients, Fromsoft made sure you can skip a major aspect of the combat and still pull through!

[@kraosdadafusfus8034]

A fun fact about King's Field 2 is that you can obtain the Moonlight Sword by walking towards Guyra until you clip through him.

[@Psilocyn]

This series, just as King's field, is entirely underrated. This video should have at least 80k views.

[@lucasstoneking1776]

I grew up with this game, and it still occupies my mind, all these years later. Thank you for bringing it back to me. You have my subscription good sir.

[@BlinJe]

Thankyou for your comment! I'm glad people are still finding this vid.

[@twelvevoltage]

This dude just beat a challenge run faster than I turn around in Ancient City

[@BlinJe]

Hha it’s so slowww

[@fregorn5994]

This deserves more views. Subscribed

[@CrimsonModify]

Comment for the Algorythm: Love the use of the Penetrator/Tower Knight Theme at 25:40

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Ha, I knew the Moonlight Sword went back a long way, but I didn't realize it went back to the literal first FromSoft game, that's so neat

[@BlinJe]

Have you seen the kings field japan video? That has the real original moonlight sword!

[@thomassharples9734]

The cadence and commentary of this video is top notch! Your theme runs do the games of FromSoft proud!

[@darkjapan]

"These weird demons get destroyed by me flashing them." typical Friday night outside Wetherspoons in Watford.

[@BlinJe]

Don't front, you've never been to Watford..

[@microfolk6497]

Absolutely incredible run, great job! And also huge kudos for the way you presented the whole thing, it's entertaining and informative :D

[@CharemTheShadox]

Love your chill vibes man, subscribed!

[@MONTBLANCFC]

This is ace, nice job Blinge!

[@everydaystruggle4253]

This run is completely insane! You outdid yourself bro!

[@Chilliisftw]

Really Love the whole Series u got goin on here

[@YukeWeiss]

Really fun. I can't remember how far I got into this game (I think Necron) but this was a great trip down memory lane. I'm surprised how far you can get. Really great video.

[@kageakiminato8536]

Good video, love the Kingsfield series so much

[@EscanthonX]

Man you are the greatest recent thing to happen to the discord. Extremely entertaining video (and comments back on the server)

[@CStarFlare]

*NUMBER ONE SOULIE BOY* title awarded

[@StiffAftermath]

This was really neat! Thank you! Subbed for the great content! Glad someone else out there likes this series!

[@BlinJe]

I appreciate it man!

[@rollerknobster]

Smashing content mate, keep it rolling you!

[@triniom1873]

I've just finished my no-save kf2-j run recently, following on the end of my no-save kf4-j run. Your videos were a major inspiration for my attempts, thank you for the content and humor :)

[@BlinJe]

Wow no save! that's pretty tense. thanks so much dude. Really it's comments like this that keep me going.

[@Acksn]

This game looks pretty sick, even today.

[@tikareilu]

Great stuff! Keep making videos bud!

[@duncan7901]

Cool video bro, I just finished kings field 3 and seeing such good content relating to my favorite game in the series gives me a smile.

[@BlinJe]

Thanks dude! I've got another video on king's field JP, which may be of interest too.

[@kopfdertoten466]

The commentary makes it seem like I'm watching a nature documentary. Great video!

[@pappyfranky9077]

Well, this got recommended to me just now and i love it. Thanks Algorythm and thanks Blinge for this wonderful video

[@jonnymario771]

Amazing! From's level design was always top notch it seems!

[@BlinJe]

Thanks man

[@NerevarineKing]

This video is entertaining and a really novel idea. Looking forward to seeing further challenge runs, since the older FS games get overlooked.

[@BlinJe]

Thanks ashborn! I'm working on KF1 Japan right now!

[@BlinJe]

Hey Nerevarine, I just saw you in LobosJR's chat on a twitch vod! Do you think his community would be interested/ mind if i post my vid on their discord, or is that a bit rude? Not sure what the culture is like.

[@NerevarineKing]

@@BlinJe There is a filesharing channel and a self-promotion channel, so it should be fine.

[@BlinJe]

@@NerevarineKing awesome, cheers mate! probably post the next one then.

[@gamerjunky2476]

This is dope. I just found out about Kings Field and I'm glad I watched this. it makes me want to buy the games and play through them

[@BlinJe]

Good luck finding them man. I recommend emulation

[@juma315]

Love the pace of this video great work

[@BlinJe]

Ty man. It’s wild that so many people are finding it now

[@juma315]

You hit the algorithm jackpot. I'm thankful for that! I'll even give a try to these games now

[@henrykdodwel6913]

I really like it. I will come around frome time to time

[@Viper-py4pg]

you ARE the number one soulie boi, please continue to play old from soft for us :3

[@Teokyo90]

Great video 👍

[@horaciogonzalez4284]

I found this video really cool as a showcase for spells, ya don’t get to see many of the spells when most people play the game, just wind cutter and fireball.

[@BlinJe]

True!

[@KittyKarnage1]

Great video!

[@HoopleBogart]

Time to binge your videos Blinge! Just found your Let it Die video but King's Field is always going to be my one true love. Thanks for making these :)

[@BlinJe]

Thankyou very much, Enjoy dude.

[@Nikiboo32]

love these videos

[@iamthehobo]

You had me at number 1 soulie boy

[@Catring]

I gotta say, one of the funniest videos I've seen, great jokes

[@BlinJe]

Haha good, i get a bit goofier as time goes on

[@Catring]

@@BlinJe yems yems, watched recents alr 👉🏻👈🏻

[@sugar_walls]

your videos are so much fun. finally subscribed. this channel is going to blow up at some point

[@BlinJe]

hol up. what you mean 'finally' HMMMM ?

[@sugar_walls]

@@BlinJe got to play hard to get with these youtubers. you understand. got to keep it coquettish. by the way, if you want someone to make closed captions for your videos, let me know. free of charge

[@BlinJe]

@@sugar_walls do you think closed captions are important? If so, why?

[@sugar_walls]

@@BlinJe accessibility good is why

[@phoxfire]

I've done this run, I know you can do it, you'll be amazing! I can't wait to see your tactics for Necron's absorbing blade and Guyra's bits

[@jakedanielsen4512]

Did you beat that bacl Dragon with air cutter?

[@phoxfire]

I've beaten Guyra with only fireball and only waterfall before, but I've never done a windcutter only run.

[@ThommyofThenn]

Neat to see primordial "Boulder Heave" and I love how blunt damage is devastating to skelies here. Fromsoft has ALWAYS kept it classy

[@BlinJe]

ahah yep but i dunno where it comes from. out of the character's mouth? 🗣🪨💯

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@BlinJe I always assumed they went around eating handfuls of gravel, then it collects in your belly. That's where the magic happens, the pebbles come together as one and shooting out! Reminds me of that nose/tracking device scene in the original "Total Recall" but with your stomach and mouth

[@AcceleratingUniverse]

this reminds me of the old vageta311 videos, which I thought were one of a kind. nice work

[@csevrence1]

fine.. i'll subscribe geez. good video :)

[@DG-hw5zy]

Great video! Great job. I’ve beaten kf 3 and 4 more times than I can remember but never seen or played kf 2. Looks halfway decent.

[@BlinJe]

You gotta play it bro, jump in without guides and get the full experience.

[@DG-hw5zy]

I should!

[@TwilitBeholder]

I played this game. I've beat it once. And the minute I saw the dinosaurs in the Cave of the Earth Soul, my PTSD for that section was immediate. They were far worse than any other trap or puzzle in the game. If only I had known the joy of the upgraded Fire spell 😢

[@Zorgdub]

I hadn't even heard of this game before. It's amazing how well it's made considering how old it is.

[@BlinJe]

Good design is timeless

[@DonnyKirkMusic]

Great vids. Found your channel while lurking the shmups forum! (I think)

[@BlinJe]

Thanks dude, means a lot. new one soon.

[@FearsomeWarrior]

Indeed, this video is dank. I have spent a fair amount of time playing through every few years for the nostalgia. It came out at the perfect time and I somehow picked it up off the shelf of a tiny local game shop. I have always favor the overkill method of blasting magic and melee at the start of every fight. Front loaded damage but also not missing out on casting to skill up. My understanding is total damage is how your strength stat increases and it is probably the same for magic power. Never tried pumping one more than the other since by the end you one-shot everything. Oh and I always set Select button to cast heal or eat healing herb. Overpowered but I always wish this game had one more area... one more challenge. Your narration reminds me of the Ahoy channel guy.

[@BlinJe]

I watched a lot of Ahoy before making this tbh hahah! Thanks man, that's a big compliment. Not really sure what you mean by total damage but yeah if you just focus on one it becomes more powerful. However the problem with nearly every KF game is, like you say, being OP by the end.. seems inevitable.

[@FearsomeWarrior]

@@BlinJe Total damage done. So the more grinding the more levels. Similar but different from total enemies killed. Damage done to enemies raises your strength or int. I guess one could grind the demon guys at the end and buy more Verdite at the end to see how far it could go. May be able to drop a single Windcutter to down dragon lol

[@randyb4191]

Had my first encounter with this game playing an emulator on a raspberry pie while on a deployment where I had no internet access. I had played souls games before but it felt so special to play this game with no prior knowledge of it or having internet access. I never beat it but I really do love this game.

[@BlinJe]

Time to get back in there!

[@Betsujin]

You can also farm Spider sword from grey Godzilla dinos for early mana regen. Best place near tree with fruit - just go back to corridor 15 meters and monster will respawn. Drops good money too. Took me about 30 minutes of farm.

[@BlinJe]

Ohh really? So it regens magic like the Dark Slayer?

[@Betsujin]

@@BlinJe Yeah. Don't remember now, but you probably need to farm only the big boss dino. But farming with only magic, I can imagine, can be tiresome task.

[@freakyskull516]

-darksouls 2's rogue water now makes sense. . . -22:09 the rampart golem chestpiece, im starting to think darksouls 2 looked to kingsfield for a few bits

[@ValiantNorth]

This was amazing, you remind me of Ahoy

[@BlinJe]

He was a direct inspiration for this video 🫶

[@misterhat144]

Love this game!

[@BlinJe]

Me too! =D It's a great game, stands up on its own.

[@buttsagonton101]

What the hell? I was literally talking with my brother last night saying, "You know it'd be pretty random if someone suddenly made a King's Field challenge video." And then THIS video pops up and it's from 3 years ago??? Man, the world works in mysterious ways.

[@BlinJe]

I’m happy you found it, but maybe your phone’s listening to you ahahah

[@Boots43096]

awesome video

[@BlinJe]

The sequel is up

[@ILOVECHICKEN698]

This was some good asmr

[@watson4233]

Underrated!!!! This takes a lot of skill fr no one will really understand how difficult this game really is without playing it

[@HarrowingShadows]

unexpected type-o-negative appearance, that song slaps

[@BlinJe]

holy shi - two years later, someone noticed.

[@HarrowingShadows]

@@BlinJe hahaaaa goth gamer gang gang, I wasn't even sure you'd know what I was talking about lol

[@SpecShadow]

Those magic only runs might be a good motivation to start Ultima Underworld magic only run...

[@BlinJe]

Ohh i need to play it in the first place!

[@GamerRoman]

this is entertaining.

[@h0ll0w0ne]

I did this run not that long ago. it's a fun one. not very challenging once you get unlimited refill at the fountain but still enjoyable.

[@mhc706]

so its just something i thought of while watching but Seath is the good dragon in this story that gives the player many of the best resources to kill the dark dragon, including an armor set. but what would be the strongest material to make armor out of? something even a dragon would have trouble destroying? dragon scales. and if there are only two dragons of equal strength it would be tough to imagine seath being able to tear off enough scales from the evil dragon to create armor with. Seath the scaleless is a dragon that betrayed the other dragons (so from humanities pov he is a good dragon helping us defeat the evil dragons). i love fromsoft

[@Shiningforceking]

My favorite kingsfield. Any kingsfield content is good content. Take my like now, maybe a sub later after I watch this whole series.

[@thedude5295]

I didn't know you could cheese Necron like that. Necron is harder than Orenstein and Smough. Two things... You can get the moonlight sword. Also, if you haven't played them before, look for Sword of Moonlight. There's like 6 fanmade King's Field games and at least 4 of them are really good.

[@BlinJe]

Aha yeah I’ve played a few of them. Necron’s not a huge challenge if you can use melee tho imo. The light spell/ sword stunlock combo reigns supreme

[@MilkerMurphy]

Could've just pushed the small dude out of the way like the mother to get the best boots. :)

[@totalradguy7739]

Came here to make sure this was mentioned.

[@AfroRyan]

I'd love to see that melee only run of Eternal Ring. Maybe you could figure out a challenge for Shadow Tower and its sequel too.

[@BlinJe]

It's looking most likely for my next big project! Thanks man.

[@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051]

Shadow Tower with no guns.

[@roachdawgjr]

Awesome video. I wanna play this now

[@BlinJe]

Do it 😤

[@MrSanctuarys]

Just watched your patches video. Definitely got a new fan here !❤ Is that Devil Wears Prada ar 16:20?

[@BlinJe]

Haha no, it's an underground band who werent around for long. "Raise the Dead" kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJeogXp5rpd5eZY - song is "Curse of Years"

[@R_Bellator]

Kept laughing at the compass just constantly reading "SEX" when at certain angles. Once you see it its comical how many times it shows in the video.

[@BlinJe]

haha yeah everyone loves the SEX compass

[@anonymousmcanonymous3055]

Oh, Lost Kingdoms. I forgot that game existed. It's one of my big regrets: I tried that game at a friend's place, I didn't understood it at all.

[@GRiznitDShiznit]

“… So anyways, the gold potions give us 50mp each…” Did R Kelly co-produce this game 🤣

[@definitely_a_girl]

i like how when the compass points at East it looks like its saying "S E X" that's very funny to me

[@BlinJe]

Hahah yeah over at the KF discord we even have a S E X compass emote

[@mathewsoltan8487]

The best King's Field.

[@BlinJe]

There is something special about this one, I agree.

[@mategido]

Damn king's field seem like such a gem, sad I was born too late to see it. may actually give it a chance!

[@BlinJe]

Do eeeet

[@HighPriestFuneral]

I just recently played through King‘s Field (JP) and King's Field for the first time after seeing Majuular's incredible video on the series. They still hold up very well, I would suggest grabbing an emulator and giving them a go. There is really something special about them, especially if you're already a fan of From Soft's other games.

[@user-ge2hp3qw3j]

I had never seen this game before. Thanks for introducing me! Although I have to say it looks awful. But mostly due to technical limitations. It has a charm to it.

[@BlinJe]

Its predecessor came out in ‘94. Launcch year for ps1 in Japan. That game did everything in 3D polygons, almost no sprites at all. Which was pretty much unheard of back then!

[@user-ge2hp3qw3j]

@@BlinJe Yeah, there's a weird charm to games of this era. Like, you need to use a bit of your own imagination to picture what the devs intended. We don't really have that nowadays.

[@Sir_Moth]

You made a SG-1 joke im down

[@andyghkfilm2287]

You literally drowned that man on dry land.

[@BlinJe]

water boarded his ass 💀

[@TheGameStampede]

Thanks for the review, cheap shot kills the boss lol

[@TroyTheCatFish]

Based

[@steelazuredragon]

now that Fromsoft has revived Armored Core successfully, I hope they also revive kings field.

[@nojuanatall3281]

VR kingsfield would be amazing.

[@nojuanatall3281]

Kingfield is like the backrooms of from software's office

[@Cogglesz]

Not sure why YT recommended a suicide video to me but very good stuff Blinge. Thought i'd leave a message to let you know it's still showing up in suggestions for souls fans :)

[@BlinJe]

Yeah lady algorithm is giving me some attention for the time being, she is a fickle mistress however.. Ty for letting me know!

[@Cogglesz]

@@BlinJe Really glad actually :) Definitely subscribing over, Enjoyed the KF 2 (3) magic only run as well. The other challenge videos unrelated even seem insane too from other titles so i'm all in! You deserve more subs. May Lady algorithm keep their blessing strong for your hard work. Stellar editing style too. Flow didn't die off and drag on even for an hour!

[@BlinJe]

@@Cogglesz dude comments like this keep me going. Thankyou so much

[@barneybetsington7501]

hon hon hon baguette

[@kalacs32]

"Gold" poton...bah! It clearly looks like beer!

[@kalacs32]

Also, I love that at a certain angle the compass always looks like it says SEX.

[@BlinJe]

@@kalacs32 we have a SEX compass emote in the KF discord for that reason hahah

[@ReeseKaine]

What shader are you using? It looks really good.

[@BlinJe]

Hey Reese. I've got 1xFXAA on now, so I may have had this on at the time too? The real benefit is the 4x upscale on the 'ePSXe gpu plugin' on ePSXe emulator. If you're looking to emulate I'd actually suggest the PAL version instead of the NTSC shown here because the framerate is apparently more stable in PAL

[@ricksname]

I liked the big snail. 4 Stars.

[@The24thWight]

I'm sitting here thinking "oh cool a new challenge run" Then I realize it's 3 years old. Hey youtube. Try telling me about things when they're new lollll. Loving the run so far. Expect more comments because my adhd ass cannot help it.

[@BlinJe]

Haha better later than never bro

[@natecw4164]

Assuming this is PCSX2? Cause the game looks gorgeous compared to the old console. Not sure why the algorithm brought me here, but umm.... Subbed, 10/10, 🔥🔥

[@BlinJe]

It was the old-ass Epsxe, which is generally not recommended as an emulator these days. Duckstation is great. Thanks man!

[@natecw4164]

@@BlinJe Got it, thanks! Core came built into RetroArch!

[@firestarter6488]

*Finally, a CyB challenge that's not Skyrim!*

[@BlinJe]

I mean…. I did oblivion 😉

[@HappyHyperHuggieNini]

I know this vid is 3 years old but I just wanna say if you use the truth mirror or whatever it's called on the rocking chair, it shows she's still there. On one hand, spooky invisible ghost lady. On the other hand, probably just made her invisible for programming reasons instead of deloading her entirely. Kinda surprised you went through the effort to move the npc blocking the path but didn't keep attacking to kill them outright.

[@BlinJe]

I didn't wanna murder the woman! also - I disagree. It's more plausible to me that they wanted a ghost lady but forgot to remove the entity entirely/ the truth mirror still working is an oversight.

[@HappyHyperHuggieNini]

Also, would the Guyra fight have gone any easier if you climbed on his back to hit him in the neck?

[@BlinJe]

@@HappyHyperHuggieNini Quite possibly yeah. but I'm happy with how it turned out for the video, rather than relying on something which has pseudo-glitch status

[@HappyHyperHuggieNini]

Sorry, I don't think I wrote it right. That's what I was trying to say. It's a funny quirk that's more likely a programming oversight than an intentional spooky thing. I wouldn't be surprised if the chair itself was part of the npc and that's why the mirror still reacts. @@BlinJe

[@XionSteel]

Amazing how something so blocky and janky looking can seem like a joy to play when the design of the game is good, hard but fair.

[@acolytetojippity]

visually this looks better than King's Field 2 (actually 3)...

[@maureenpaureen2042]

When you growl at the mom, I expect to hear my name 😂

[@BlinJe]

MAUREEEEN

[@maureenpaureen2042]

@@BlinJe that's it!

[@warlove5106]

I adore your voice

[@BareKnuckleRoo]

NOW DO IT IN THE REAL KING'S FIELD 1, NOT THIS KING'S FIELD 1 IN USA BUT ACTUALLY KF2 IN JAPAN BULLSHIT :V you're an absolute madlad

[@BlinJe]

I've fucking done it Roo. I'm working on the video this week. ^0^

[@ftc_productions]

Its just me or...the final boss looks like Kalameet, gives me same vibes

[@BlinJe]

The one eye!

[@nicholasmena998]

Where do you find that rock-throwing spell? it's impossible to find any information for this game :/

[@BlinJe]

You need to find and consume two Earth Crystals. That'll teach "Stone" to you. This guide seems ok gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/197725-kings-field/faqs/31775