Modern Games Inspired By FromSoftware’s King’s Field

FromSoftware’s Dark Souls blasted the studio into the modern mainstream and inspired a plethora of clones, but fans may not realize that the studio’s previous breakout game, King’s Field (a launch title for the original PlayStation), has been inspiring indie developers to create similar FPS dungeon crawling experiences. On top of the fact that King’s Field is an iconic game for those who played it in its time, the recent surge in popularity of retro “boomer shooters” and stylized old-school graphics has made it commercially viable for indie developers with lower budgets to create games inspired by classics like King’s Field.