King’s Field - Dark Souls Before Dark Souls

[@kn8ski]

To this day, I still can never ever get over the protagonist’s soul crushing death wail.

[@yddetstrebor8336]

Your work is so underrated, every upload is phenomenal. Even if I've never played or heard of the game in question I know without doubt your coverage is always leagues more entertaining and informative than almost any creator on this platform. Hope all is well on your end, keep up the great work and be safe.

[@SuperDaveControl]

Thank you! I really appreciate hearing that - I always put a huge amount of work into these. :)

[@theoparsson8028]

Great video (as usual) Dave! Laughed very loud and woke my wife up at the ”in my day, you didnt have tutorials, you just DIED”, this quote sums up the ”trial and error” era of games very cleverly.

[@ShainZHickok]

This is the video that brought me to your content, and how could it have not when it is about one of my all time favorite games. Thank you for your content man!

[@BDLA]

I love that Wall Checking montage!, you truly are the Wall Checking master!

[@SuperDaveControl]

I need to hang up my PHD in a frame.

[@endgameExecutor]

I wanna thank you, this is the video that got me into King's Field and the older FromSoft works and I've been in love ever since. Even wound up using your let's play for a guide when I got stuck at certain parts so thanks for the assist! (Also you better believe I used that boots exploit.)

[@SuperDaveControl]

Oh, hell yeah! That makes me so happy to hear!

[@madicus4156]

Oh damn I had to watch this one again

[@mario_sif]

This reminds me of when you did the kingsfield playthroughs. Such a great game series

[@SuperDaveControl]

Those were some good times. :)

[@ClydiaMH]

Hell yeah

[@LordBane66]

The first 30 seconds had me LMAO, love you man! Kings Field 1&2 are in my all time top picks, thank you for this!⚔😎

[@SuperDaveControl]

KF 1&2 are such seriously slammers. Good taste!

[@t.j.8388]

KF is one of my all time favorite series. Been waiting for this episode for a while. Excellent work as always!

[@angelvazquezguerrero7726]

KINGS FIELD ❤

[@GlytchBoi]

Honestly never played King’s Field, but after your review I definitely want to! Loved Dark Souls and others of the sort so this seems right up my alley.

[@SuperDaveControl]

I highly recommend it. Although, I might recommend starting with King's Field IV (Ancient City) first, as it's not such a graphical downgrade, haha (Unless you don't mind nostalgia graphics like this)

[@d.k.o.9751]

Agree to Dave's answer. If you want to play go for KF Ancient City first. It is a gem of a game and offers you a lot of exploration, story and interesting monsters/ bosses. (you can find it free on the web) So there is no reason not to play. Otherwise check out Dave's Let's play! Old but gold. ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3m2aIBndp2Hia8&ab_channel=DaveControl )

[@jasonquiver6907]

2:30-2:35 Jesus Christ, how much does that dagger weigh!?

[@GamerRoman]

Ah, I've been waiting for this one.

[@darkmystic7764]

Yaaaay! THIS IS YAYYYYYYY

[@slyloxm.6260]

Perfection

[@andoryuu74]

I remember renting this back then and playing it with my little brother...the progression from 'WTF is this crap?' to... 'is it my go yet?' was tangible...never did finish it though, maybe one day!

[@propheinx2250]

I'd suggest emulation for these games and shadow tower. Rebinding the look and move controls to analog sticks and the face buttons to the shoulders makes the experience a million times more palatable.

[@SuperDaveControl]

I still need to get through Shadow Tower and Shadow Tower: Abyss - I genuinely need to do this.

[@propheinx2250]

@@SuperDaveControl in shadow tower, you made it to about where I did as a kid. I totally screwed myself by selling my good weapon for a weapon I thought would be better but was a lot worse. I found myself incapable of fighting the enemies that surrounded me and was forced to restart, so I never ended up renting it again. I seem to remember you making it to about where I did... and then stopped. That was like its own form of torture lol.

[@propheinx2250]

After finding out I could remap controls on emulation, that's the only way I can play games with these controls now.

[@SuperDaveControl]

I've still never emulated the games... other I'd be curious to try a modern control scheme. (And so badly want a remaster of these games).

[@nunyabizness3866]

Finish your retrospective on kings field two US on the main channel pls.

[@omargallegos480]

Keep em coming dave

[@SuperDaveControl]

Will do!

[@justfly538]

DAVE!!! You gave us another gem again...again. I get these weird feelings of Deja vue watching your vids. Well, whatever...good times!!

[@SuperDaveControl]

So odd... huh... weird... huh...

[@luernios9075]

I just realized... you remind me of French actor Philippe Lacheau 😮. Physically, first, and even your voices are kinda similar! Anyway, I've been enjoying your videos for a while now, always a pleasure to see a new upload (reupload or not) 🤩

[@SuperDaveControl]

Aww, thank you! I definitely take that comparison as a compliment!

[@fatt_dragon]

I heard music from Arc the Lad in there! Hope you review it sometime too

[@scoru1102]

you deserve more vievs

[@madicus4156]

9:49 oh god totally forgot about the KZbin dramas that happened lmao

[@hazzar7784]

Never knew about these games till after Demonss Soulss. It and Shadow Tower are something I'm planning to get a Xbox Series for. (Because of its "secret" ;D ) Although I really hope they get proper remasters.

[@propheinx2250]

These are all games that are honestly a lot better on emulation where you can rebind the controls. After experiencing shadow tower this way, I don't think I could ever go back to the clunky, old school, shoulder controls. It's infinitely better to use the sticks for movement and looking.

[@hazzar7784]

@@propheinx2250 I was able to play Eternal Ring, and while pretty different, I dont mind the shoulder controls. I dont always hold the sticks directly up, plus u get motion sickness easy, so in that game at least, using the analog sticks was iffy. I adapted to the shoulders, but I also like tank controls so. I still imagine emulation is the way to go though, for many other quality of life reasons. If there ever was a remaster, I hope it would be done 'properly' opposed to something like a simple port.

[@propheinx2250]

@@hazzar7784 gotta love tank controls. I still play RE3: Nemesis every year, and tend to beat it multiple times each replay. I have moved to playing it on emulation, but that's because of how much more reliable a save state is than a ps1 memory card.

[@hazzar7784]

@@propheinx2250 RE3 is another I missed. I was playing it in an emulation station last year actually, but complications with the device itself stopped me from completing it. It was really good too. I recall save states being handy when you fall through the road? Theres a worm monster that you have to escape and it seemed very trial and error. Save staves saved me then. As an adult I probably wouldn't have had the patience.

[@propheinx2250]

@@hazzar7784 I know exactly where you're talking about. I've died there a couple times trying to do a no save run. Although I do try to save state in a save room, my experiences as a kid cause me to save state just before it. The real challenge to it is being whittled down by an unavoidable nemesis fight just a single room beforehand.

[@MegaDriveProfile]

such a damn good game man

[@neosildrake]

I played this game 25 or 26 years ago. I died quite a lot of times. 😅 Remake, remake, REMAKE... please.