Forever Kingdom

Forever Kingdom
Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20343 Release date: January 21, 2002 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPS-25044 Release date: June 21, 2001 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): From Software
Publisher(s): From Software (JP), Agetec (US)
Genre: Action, RPG
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: IGN: 7.0/10, Metacritic: 64/100
Game description: The lives of the three valiant heroes are yours to command in this epic quest of good versus evil. A young swordsman named Darius, his childhood friend Ruyan, and a mysterious woman named Faeana embark on a quest to stop the mad wizard Darsul from destroying their homeland. To make matters worse, each character suffers from an evil sorcerer's curse that will kill them all if they don't find the cure. Now, you must use each character's special skills, combo attacks, and weapons through the ruins of an ancient civilization in the effort to save their land and their lives.
Forever Kingdom takes place directly before the events of Evergrace. Darius lived a somewhat sheltered life with his parents in the small village of Solta. Though not having any siblings, Darius was very close to his friend Sharline, whom he cared for like a sister. However, Darius' simple home life in Solta would come to a tragic end when assassins hired by the secluded village of Morea murdered Darius' parents for unknown reasons. In addition to facing the loss of his family, Sharline was nowhere to be found, leaving Darius with the conclusion that she was also killed.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i5-3330 AMD Radeon HD 6850	1.1.0 (r5840)	GSdx	SPU2-X ?	USA v02.20(10/02/2006), A little agressive game for any cpu/gpu.	DESTRUIDOR
NTSC-J	Windows 7 x64	AMD FX-4300 @ 3.80 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 @ 2 GB	v1.5.0 (dev-3007 gf8a6a3c6e)	GSdx 1.1.0	SPU2-X 2.0.0	Minor graphical glitches. Very aggressive on system resources, runs at ~80% speed in open areas and at 100% in the shop.	kinezumi

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on this OS. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on this OS. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Trivia

• Original names: エヴァーグレイスII (SLPS-25044)
• Also known as Evergrace II (JP)

Known Issues

Textures render incorrectly in Hardware renderers.

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Major
• Description: Some textures such as water are not rendering correctly and may start flickering.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Bad skybox in Hardware renderers.

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Minor
• Description: The skybox is being rendered incorrectly or incomplete in the NTSC-U and NTSC-J versions of the game while using any of the Hardware renderers.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Missed textures when using Hardware renderers.

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Minor
• Description: Certain objects, such as gates, have missing textures in any of the Hardware renderers and only have parts of shadows rendered on top of them.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Interlacing signals are visable

• Type: Not an issue
• Description: When the camera is being moved, interlacing is clearly noticable regardless of what Interlacing setting is being used in GSdx options.
• Workaround: For NTSC (CRC - E3C4037C) version use this code:

//Interlacing Fix
patch=1,EE,00104DA8,word,00000000
patch=1,EE,00202E94,word,00000000

• Note: Subtitles in FMV may flicker when using this. In order to solve it, go to Config > Video (GS) > Plugin Settings > Interlacing > Set it to Automatic or Blend tff.

You can also simply disable the subtitles in the game options.

Game crashes.

• Type: Not an issue
• Description: After getting in-game, PCSX2 will crash.
• Workaround: Go to Config > Emulation Settings > Speedhacks > Make sure MTVU is disabled.

Tree in the land of the dead

• Type: Not an issue
• Description: In the land of the dead there is a tree that appears on top of the grass.
• Workaround: Happens on real hardware too.

Screenshots

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  Forever Kingdom (SLUS 20343)

	Forever Kingdom (SLUS 20343) (U)