King's Field: The Ancient City
Developer(s): From Software
Publisher(s): From Software (JP), Agetec (US), Metro3D (EU)
Genre: RPG
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 60/100
Game description: An accursed idol responsible for the destruction of an ancient race has resurfaced to wreak havoc once again among the kingdoms of man. You must return the idol to the Ancient City to break its curse, but monsters of unspeakable horror haunt the ruins. There is a palpable fear in the air of the Ancient City - even the monsters themselves fear the evil that has returned. Treasures beyond imagination await the warrior bold enough to attempt the journey, strong enough to face the minions of death, and wise enough to follow the path that leads to the essence of light! Use your sword arm well to rid the land of a potent curse! Be aware that should the sword fail, you have the magical arts to serve you in your quest.
Test configurations on Windows:
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NTSC-U / PAL (?) | ? |
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? | ? | ? | Running it on resolutions higher than the native causes weird artifacts in liquids and the sky | Vibhor |
NTSC-U | Windows |
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1.1.svn5818 | GSDX |
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USA v02.20(10/02/2006), No bugs. | |
NTSC-U | Windows 10 Home |
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v1.5.0 (dev-2671 gca68ddd0d)
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GSdx 1.1.0 AVX2 (20181114130309)
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Game played from start to finish with consistent 100% speed and seemingly no emulation bugs.
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Trivia
- Original names: キングスフィールドIV (SLPS-25057)
- Also known as King's Field IV (JP)
Known Issues
Certain areas won't load
- Status: Active
- Type: Major
- Description: Mid game you will find that some areas do not load.
- Workaround: You can find a way to fix it here (or alternatively). For US or PAL users there is a bugfix patch which has now been added to pcsx2 as an auto-gamefix.
Boot screen stays black, game won't load
- Status: Active
- Type: Major
- Description: Boot screen stays black, game won't load
- Workaround: Turning off the MTVU Hack for multi core systems seems to fix this.
Artifacts in liquids and the sky
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: Running it on resolutions higher than the native causes weird artifacts in liquids and the sky
- Workaround: Use "Texture Filtering" Bilinear(Forced). It will transform the artifacts into white lines (two gigantic lines in the sky and smaller ones in liquids)
Certain Lava Pools Do Not Render in Hardware Renderer
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: Particular pools of lava (only observed in those of the first map of the game, but potentially others as well) do not render when using a Hardware renderer.
- Workaround: Use a Software renderer.
The gallery
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King's Field: The Ancient City (SLES 50920)
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King's Field: The Ancient City (SLUS 20318)
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King's Field: The Ancient City (SLUS 20318)