The History of FromSoftware

[@apictureoffunction]

Watching this while I take a breather from Elden Ring, it's fascinating to see how various aspects of the Soulsborne genre have been present from as far back as King's Field

[@tacticalmattress]

*Rougelike, soulsborne is not a genre -_-

[@peterfowler4723]

@@tacticalmattress there’s definitely a certain DNA throughout soulsborne games that’s aren’t found in other roguelikes

[@Realmohg]

@@tacticalmattress soulslike is a genre, i think thats what they meant

[@tacticalmattress]

@@Realmohg No, it's not. First it was SoulsBorne and then people started using "Souls like". The genre is called "Roguelike"

[@tacticalmattress]

@@peterfowler4723 Almost all different games of the same genre, have aspects in which make them unique. It's still a "Roguelike".

[@shavenger0]

I love Armored core, and armored core, and armored core, and armored core, and armored core, and armored core, and armored core, and armored core

[@X36M901]

ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@flakey6988]

Huh? I must have missed that part

[@roswell3875]

Armored Core is underrated though despite how many games there are. It's like Fromsoftware refuses it's acknowledgement of it's existence... Edit: I do also agree that Fromsoftware should go back and look at the older IPs I'm generally interested in them but trying to get them is really difficult.

[@lilramennoodle8056]

WAS, lets go ac6 babyyyyy

[@Atomikkrab]

@@lilramennoodle8056 Right, From Soft was just waiting, polishing, getting its mindset on for the next AC

[@KABLAMMATS]

@@Atomikkrab they let soulsborne walk ahead so ac series can run now

[@zeiccia]

this comment is so funny nowadays, i hope you're excited about it

[@yintii2427]

Damn I had no idea the moonlight greatsword had been around for this long

[@Butt_sects]

They even made a game engine named after it from made in 2000

[@uba754]

3D Dot game heroes is a fun Zelda style title where you can customize the sprite of your character and upgrade sword attacks to be screen filling.

[@53luxornanaelcamio17]

This was excellent! I applaud you. Very professionally executed and entertaining. Great job on an epic subject.

[@Cryveil]

Thank you :)

[@rippleschipsaregood]

Amazing video cant believe you’re not a lot bigger, essay style videos are hard to pull off but I was glued the whole time

[@taghunt]

Great video, your humor is reminiscent of Max0r and you kept my attention the whole video despite the fact that I knew nothing about 95% of the games you covered. From might have been the most difficult company to pick for this video because of the massive disparity in popularity between their most known titles, which have been picked clean of any new insight over the last ten years, and their abundance of obscure titles, which are known so little that you were given the responsibility to convey the values behind each and every game. I hope you do end up doing another video of this style on another company because I would definitely watch it.

[@arokhun]

Really enjoyed the video! I recently started to explore From's history myself, starting with the King's Field series which is so much fun, even today. I'm glad that they got so popular without losing their identity or inspiration to try out new things. Thank you for putting together their obscure and beautiful history. Earned yourself a new sub! ^^

[@jakel4316]

Really tragic how few views this video has. This is an engaging video that explores an interesting developer’s history and it genuinely made me laugh multiple times. Great stuff!

[@tiniestbean7246]

Heckin rad my guy, absolutely adore the amount of work you put into this all

[@queenvictoriann]

Haha, this was a great video dude! I feel enlightened now. It’s crazy to see how From Software was so active back in the day, but their games weren’t quite garnering an extensive audience. Then suddenly Myazaki shows up and everything explodes. But I like From’s other obscure titles, specifically Deracine and Kingsfield. Btw, I hear you about hoping this video gets shared because of the time you put into it. I’ll try to spread it around.

[@Cryveil]

FromSoft had WAY more games than I had anticipated but I think a lot of them are pretty interesting, mainly anything outside of the insanity zone or not Ninja Blade

[@cassiushellsin6243]

Looked up " Fromsoft games" and found this absolute Gem of a video. I'm shocked it doesn't have the views it deserves, you're humor is great and so is your editing.

[@smileyjojo4913]

From software fans when to hardware shows up:

[@BellaCiaoCinemaGaming]

Stumbled onto your video while watching old Armored Core videos and I'm so happy I did! What a rich history! The company really gets distilled down to two or three IPs all the time but I appreciate your holistic overview and understanding of the nature of their growing and changing design philosophies! Amazing video, I love to subscribe to content like this.

[@Jayden-wn9rz]

The only From Software games I've played so far are Sekiro and Bloodborne, in that order. I had no idea they experimented so much, especially in the earlier days of the company. Great work on this informative yet entertaining video!

[@arkitekst]

have been looking for something that was exactly this for a while, thanks for making this it was a very informative watch

[@flakey6988]

Thank you for the history lesson Professor Cryveil! There's some really cool games that I really wanna check out now. Kuron and Echo Night look badass. I'm gonna dream of mechs now

[@CptSourcebird]

Damn amazing video, one thing I would say now when you said something about From Software needing to revisit their older IPs, it's exactly why I am willing to support their journey in going back to Armored Core this year. As someone who joined the Soulsborne party back at very late 2020, I am very, very willing to see FS come back to their older stuff with their current day wisdom, and from what Zullie the Witch has documented in terms of which game designers put an influential part of their game design into the later Soulsborne games, I want to see Miyazaki let other people in his team cook, so the torch can be passed on further and further!

[@spetsu1]

Just came across your channel and noticed how hard you worked on the video, I just wanted to say you did a great job on it and to keep up the good work. If you love making videos it shouldn't matter how many views you get so long as you love making them.

[@tezra9085]

Any modern western studio would've been shut down by its stakeholders by the time of kings field 3 lmao. INSANE how many games they made before souls

[@Gabriellima-me4yt]

man this video is amazing for real !!!! good work man u deserve much more visibility, i was SHOCKED to see that this video dont have nearly 10k views!!

[@Melchizidek777]

Excellent documentary, this is the most in depth From Soft History Timeline ive ever seen.

[@VisComicaV]

Yo algo, come over here and boost this! The information density of this vid is crazy, there is so much to cover and you highlighted a lot of fascinating things. Keep up the good work :)

[@mostlyjoe]

Armored Core on the way! But I'd love more weird Shadow Tower with guns.

[@GrievyRZ]

This video is peak youtube. Thank you so much for making this. Edit: No, seriously. This is some of the best content I've seen on KZbin, I really really do hope you get the proper recognition you deserve.

[@phreegus5494]

Amazing video bro ‼️ love all your work

[@alexghost7276]

it seems From is making a new Armored Core + a new game and elden ring, i wonder what this new game would be seeing that we already have plenty of Miyazaki's ARPG and Naotoshi Zin probably don't want to make a new King's Field. I hope that it's a more Horror type of game like Kuon (Kuon is cool af).

[@alexghost7276]

Nice video by the way, found this gem while searching about old From Software concept artists/ designers.

[@Cryveil]

I haven't heard anything about the new unnamed game, is there info on it online?

[@alexghost7276]

@@Cryveil pretty sure Miyazaki said in a interview that they were making 3 games, 1 being elden ring and the other probably AC, but we know nothing about the third one.

[@sunlighthavoc8425]

Did a great job Matt. I refer you to my buddies and whoever I can whenever it comes up. Ill do my part friendo you just keep doing what you love.

[@TrueKivan]

Expected 10x more likes, very enlightning video, I expected maybe 20 big games, not freaking 200+ lol. Amazing job mate, it puts their newer games into a perspective!

[@m.ubaidaadam]

holy this was well put together, informative and entertaining! guess I'll have to like, share and all that now. what a gem!

[@mynameisporto9646]

Awesome video dude. Glad to have stumbled across your channel!

[@paladin06309]

Hey just found this after watching a history of final fantasy and I got curious about from soft. I had no idea their titles were so diverse. Thank you for taking the time to dig for them. This video was so well done and I’ve subscribed and hit the bell for more because your edits were also fantastic. Well done, keep up the good work.

[@williamcronqvist6154]

Amazing video! When it comes to the tenchu games, from software only developed shadow assault and either co-developed ports or published the others which would be why the aren't listed on wikipedia.

[@jashloseher578]

For the longest time, it felt like I was one of the few people that actually played the original Shadow Tower. I loved it, and still do. The monster designs were so diverse and intriguing. In ways, after later experiencing the souls games, they felt more Shadow Tower than King's Field to me. When I later got to play a patched localization of ST2, it felt that way all the more so. The stat screen for your character by itself had that feeling, right down to even featuring an early take on a poise mechanic, equipment durability, items and etc. Several of the armour sets, weapons and shields were visually reproduced in Demon's Souls and the first two dark souls games, which was just another one of those fun, but not overboard callbacks Fromsoft is known for. Also yes, I did know about Spriggan. Love its soundtrack. The attract mode demo for Shadow Tower's title screen sounded very similar to Spriggan's OST, down to the same choices in digital samples.

[@sweetiepie6268]

Excellent video, i think if you keep making these kind of high quality videos, you will eventually blow up :), just keep doing what you love

[@S_raB]

I do not give thumbs up on KZbin, but for this retrospective deep dive you've gotten one. Very well done sir. Eternal Ring btw looks very reminiscent of a certain Hoonter game. Now I'm inspired to complete my own Bloodborne video

[@ColtonGamingTV]

It is funny how I never heard of From Software until souls. I didn't realize they have quite the catalogue of games and I am currently playing through the Armored Core games and have lots of fun. Might reference this video in future when want to play more of their games.

[@bjf9304]

Great video. A labor of love. I picked up Ninja Blade a couple of years ago and I do not think it sucks. It's a pretty fun but standard hack-and-slash with tight controls and an over-the-top presentation. Obviously, the PS3 won out by getting Demons Souls but if anyone is curious and likes From Software, Ninja Blade is a good get for your collection.

[@dylannyoung1913]

Great content man! Shared as much as could brother. 🤙🏼

[@KaylaHall-bb2zf]

I just recently started playing these games which started with Bloodborne and I loved it. Overtime I quickly became a fan playing ds3 then ds1 plus all dlc but I was kinda weary of Sekiro at first but once I purchased it I loved it as well. I respect this company and cannot wait for Elden Ring!!!

[@S3nSimilia]

I enjoyed this as much as you enjoyed making this video, thanks for the history!

[@S3nSimilia]

I also subbed my dude! Good work, thats the style content I like!

[@krystiandrzazga1950]

what a great video i hope you will get bigger soon.

[@20thCenturyFav]

King's Field 1, I think my game rental was late 10 days because I was so invested and immersed in that game

[@stryker5055]

Absolutely excellent video bro, very well researched and laid out.

[@StiffAftermath]

Too bad you didn't mention the 2008 North American version of 3D Dot Game Heroes. True hidden gem there. At least you showed the Japanese version. 😅

[@jasonck9635]

Tenchu was my favorite game series of all time , I had every American copy plus many Japanese copies , but I can honestly say fromsoft acquired the rights , the original makers were a company called ( acquire ) to this day I always hoped for a modern tenchu , but I will say that fromsoft surprised me with one of my favorite games of the modern age ( sekiro )

[@MaleniaGoddessofRot]

The first time I ever stepped foot on a Souls Game was Dark Souls 1, it was so fun, I had no idea where the fuck I was going, I struggled with most parts of the game but I got through it, and yet to this day I still have the disc from 2012... One hell of a ride.

[@HangGrenade01]

Need a new Another Century's Episode game, those were badass. I still load up the previous ones every so often

[@Smoothe88]

Good video. I grew up with the shadow tower, armored core, tenchu, late PSX to early PS2 years but I do respect the Souls and Bloodborne era. I have yet to play them but I do want to dive in cause they look fun

[@prisonbread]

Really appreciate this deep dive. I was 14 and got King's Field (KF2 in Japan) as one of my first Playstation games. Back in the days when you played the shit out of a game regardless of how unforgiving or clunky it was because getting new games was rare. I had also just discovered the band TOOL and have such fond memories of playing that mindfuck of a game while listening to that mindfuck of an album, ænima. Hugely formative time for me. Still playing Elden Ring and it's just so amazing to think how much Fromsoftware has improved since then and how little has changed with their atmosphere because they knew they nailed it the first time. They refused to change to please American audiences and eventually our tastes got sophisticated enough to appreciate the Kingsfield/Souls atmosphere. Also... just think of the balls it takes to still be using the serif and italicized fonts in the UI. NOBODY else can get away with that because it looks dorky and not modern, but when Fromsoftware does it - it just lands somehow.

[@soulstarved4116]

That's something I really want to do is go back and play Fromsoft old games. I remember picking up this old dot knight game and was like this feels familiar, surprisingly fun, and it was made by Fromsoft.

[@kyledavison8505]

Great job man! Thanks! I really want to play some of these games! I completely agree, I would love to see from do survival horror

[@spineappletea]

i'm actually fucking angry that i didn't find this video and channel sooner.

[@Cryveil]

This is the scariest nice comment I've ever gotten

[@dralakba-dusk31]

I need more cookie and Cream! Give me MORE!

[@risto-ito1673]

11/10 From Software

[@SweetToothKane8052]

Tenchu 1,2 and 3 were the best ten chu games needs an HD remastered collection

[@zombiefriend]

Really nice video. I was looking through your other videos to see if there was anything else I'd want to watch and was really surprised to see the Silent Hill ambient playlist. I've been listening to that on and off for the past year and this just happens to be by the same channel.

[@abyss0void]

Amazing video man. Subbed.

[@SpecShadow]

I still wish that some day FROM made another RPG in FPP... These days RPGs with both FPP and TPP camera are really rare.

[@dowmein]

Can't wait for the long awaited sequel of Murakumo Renegade Mech Pursuit

[@nobodyyouknow1065]

I really liked this. You have a good voice, informal style, and you made me realize I’ve been a fan of From for longer than I actively realized. Which is what made it so difficult on me to hit that Unsubscribe button.

[@Cryveil]

Despite all of your efforts and unsubscribing, where did it bring you? Back to me

[@nobodyyouknow1065]

@@Cryveil touche, Goblin Boy.

[@Ruderalus]

Nice documentary. Some AC vibes were lost along the way, but still great content. Def underrated.

[@Cryveil]

It was tough to grasp the entire AC series or other mech games since I never played them and they spanned such a long time, thank you though!

[@Orinslayer]

'FrameGride' is basically 'The Vision of Escaflowne' but with more guns.

[@jawmehs]

Lmao bruhh what's with the Atlus soundtrack over your dialogue, I'm here for it. 😂😂

[@Tuxedosnake00]

I would love it so much if from software would revive some of their older or more niche games like kuon,echo nights,shadow tower and make a modern adaptation of them done right. They have some of the biggest and diverse gaming catalog in the industry. I would be even happy if they announce a new armored core and bring the action mech genre back to his glory

[@Azure9577]

They did

[@Jim-Bagel]

I was wondering why there were so few mech games recently. Fromsoft stopped making them all

[@hainghiasonnguyen4957]

this video deserve more views

[@joesaiditstrue]

I recommend playing Kings Field at least once for anyone who might've had a PS1 but never played it, it felt so ground breaking at the time (think of playing an 3D open world/dungeon crawler before that type of game was even popular) the controls are pretty bad but it's a very charming game series (especially Kings Field: The Ancient City on PS2) I don't recommend playing these games if you grew up on PS2 and later though, the controls will make you rage quit pretty hard 😂 I personally like Shadow Tower more than KF but KF is an easier game to play

[@THEKHAYYYAM]

best from soft video history by far

[@raer5373]

Look Matt I get it, you want a Ninja Blade sequel since the first one is a instant classic for you, but honestly that's not a god direction for FS to go imo.

[@charliewebster7726]

So glad I have a copy of Kuon. So atmospheric...I'll be playing it again later in the year, when the days are shorter, darker...and more suited to Kuon ;)

[@bjf9304]

I'll trade you a copy of Xbox Music Maker for it

[@zephalion7386]

Colkies and cream is such an amazing game, it doesn’t really matter what the studio made before, it’s not like they’re only allowed to create dark fantasy

[@chrisstokes1264]

Oh my goodness. Me and my uncle used to play cookies and cream. It was an incredibly over made game for what it was lol I guess that's the game that made me a soft head

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

The only Fromsoftware series I have played is Lost Kingdoms and I love those 2 games (The first one more than the second). Lost Kingdoms (Rune in Japan) is extremely underrated and when people talk about classic Fromsoftware, I tell them about Lost Kingdoms and they are consufed because they think of Dark Souls/ OG Demon souls. Maybe one Day, FromSoftware will give a second chance to some of their old series...

[@twelvevoltage]

Listen to Magic Laborator in Eternal Ring, that one song made me so immersed

[@tylerr472]

Bruh, Chromehounds was soo underrated, the multiplayer was ahead of it's time frfr

[@jsolorio07]

Otogi games helped me immensely during my teenage years. 😌

[@edwardtan1354]

also the reason why most from soft titles have some very "experimental" music is credited to their head sound guy Kota Hoshino who plays music not from theory but by ear so why its "different" if it vibes good its good enough the mad lad doesnt even write music sheets

[@benjaminrichards6334]

Thanks for the history lesson prof

[@X36M901]

Nice vid

[@Cryveil]

I hoped you enjoyed the armored core, not murakumo, armored core but fantasy, not murakumo, kinect armored core, chromehounds, cookie & cream

[@redglint6451]

Came mostly to see when armored core for answer and kings field showed up

[@TselisoCampbellPK]

Just saw this, you did an amazing job!

[@ROBBO_-nw3ch]

Armoured core 6 led me here and loved everysecond

[@tylersage4750]

And now they're bringing back armored core. : )

[@Y0y0Jester]

Jesus Christ, just how many games did these guys push out the door? Holy shit

[@supesmin446]

I did actually hear of Spriggan, but had no clue Fromsoft made a game for it

[@cookiepwee]

Huge W.

[@Cryveil]

EPIC WIN

[@deadeyedun]

Disagree about Eternal Ring's OST, but great video nonetheless -- thanks for taking the time!

[@strykerking]

Amazing vid, great information

[@sirfailalotful]

From, cd pj red, respawn, digital extremes. Names in gaming you can usually trust.

[@shon254]

I subscribed because of this video! I can't imagine doing this research On from software

[@Rivershield]

There are two things that I wish the most that From would do: 1) a survival horror game. 2) a game based on the manga called Blame!. A lot of people point out the parallels between Souls and Berserk, but I think that Blame! also has a lot in common with From's philosophy due to its enviromental storytelling and overall obtuseness.

[@Cryveil]

Both ideas could end up as some of From's best games, there's a lot of potential in horror that From hasn't tapped into and their heavily detailed environments would be great for something Blame! Inspired. In general I think we need more games inspired by Blame!, All I know of is NaissanceE

[@Rivershield]

@@Cryveil Finally someone who understands me! I completely agree, Blame! is extremelly underrated and its theme and aesthetics would make for great games!

[@adgeifc]

Fromsoftware rabbit hole where myth dies and insanity prevail

[@insertjokeh3r3]

You can recruit the president from metal wolf chaos in enchanted arms as a playable secret character.

[@Nineball459]

I really hope From makes another Armored Core. The mecha genre has been dead for like a decade now, AC and Chromehounds were my childhood long before I ever played the souls series.

[@RavensEagle]

Great Video havent heard of some of these like those mobile games. could you post a list of all the games sorted by date in a list perhaps in description or comment. because the timeline with the images is nice but its honestly especially when you jump back and forth between franchises that.

[@Cryveil]

I probably should, I think I forgot to put the sources I've used in the description but there's a Wikipedia page for FromSoft (that's missing games) and then Fromsoftwares own website that should have the entire list, and I'll update the description if those are missing

[@hcpnator]

Wish they would rerelease all the king's field games.

[@kevinheraud1945]

Well done man

[@danielwade7664]

Excellent video 👌

[@OldHoagie]

I wanna play the Kings field and shadow tower series so bad