I'm wanting to go back to FromSoft's older titles.

Good, but Shadow Tower is better

>>3876583
I'll keep that on my radar

I watched a Let's Play of one of the King's Field games recently... I don't remember which one though. It seemed interesting but clunky. Dude had to be poking walls all the time in case they might be fake, or something? And the combat seemed pretty slow and simplistic.

I was just posting in another thread about the series. Didn't even notice this thread was up.

King's Field is a kind of proto-Souls game. The series inspired Demon's Souls and subsequently Dark Souls, but there are quite a few things that were changed or updated along the way. For instance, KF is entirely in a first-person perspective and uses tank controls. Some people complain about the pacing and sluggish maneuvering, but it never bothered me. During my first playthrough, I was too swept up in the game's atmosphere to care about how slowly things were pacing along.

KF1 (which is KF2 in Japan, since the first game was never formally released overseas) places you on a cursed island with the objective of tracking down the Moonlight Sword and returning it to your kingdom. You get to explore in and around the island, but mostly in, which draws you into a very massive labyrinth. The game is entirely open-world. I'm pretty sure you can complete major objectives in virtually any order you want. There's also a strong emphasis on uncovering secret areas and hidden items.

KF2 (which is KF3 in Japan) does away with the previous game's claustrophobic, maze-like corridors and places you in a world that perhaps has more semblance to an Elder Scrolls game. You get to explore large outdoor areas that are dotted with occasional passages, caverns and dungeons. It's a much longer and larger game overall.

>>3876583
I have never played kf1 but I can attest to the fact that Shadow Tower on PS1 is a great game. Pretty confusing and tough at first but when you feel it out you can really pick up your pace.