King's Field Additional Playtest

August 6th, 2006, 12:12 Posted By: shadowprophet

Worst PSP game ever! O.0

With Sony Japan's anything-goes policy, the PSP has had its fair share of garbage across the Pacific, but King's Field Additional is the new benchmark in how not to make a game for the Sony portable. In resurrecting its ancient PlayStation franchise, From Software has ignored any of the power offered by the hardware, resulting in something that would've made me laugh, had I not spent 50 bucks on it.

Just download the videos! Here and Here There are two. One shows off scenes from the game's main town, where you have access to an inn, a pub, a weapon's shop -- all the usual places you'd expect to find in an RPG town. Everything is done through still screens, with still character art overlays. And yet, From managed to make the PSP load between scenes!

The other video shows what the gameplay looks like as you head off into the dungeon near town. The PSP has its share of first person shooters, with most tending to command a respectable frame rate. King's Field doesn't even try. The dungeons are set up like an old school first person game, back from before the invention of smooth first person engines. You move through the dungeon in clear steps, something that was impressive back on the Genesis, but isn't so impressive on the PSP.

Also shown in the second video is a battle scene. As you explore the dungeon, you come into contact at random with enemies, whom you fight using a real time battle system. The battle system is basic, giving you access to a single primary attack, a guard move and magic. In town, you can build up your character with new weapons, items and spells.

I suppose From was attempting to make the game feel like the original playstation King's Field titles. But that didn't keep them from labeling King's Field Additional as "a brand new entry" in the series. If this is a brand new entry, I can't imagine how the original looked and played.

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