King's Field: The Ancient City (2001) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

King's Field: The Ancient City

King's Field: The Ancient City, known in Japan as King's Field IV, is a medieval-themed first-person role playing video game produced by From Software for the PlayStation 2 in 2001. It is the fourth game in…

66 4 October 2001

What King's Field: The Ancient City is

King's Field: The Ancient City is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by FromSoftware and released in 2001. It was published by Agetec. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the land of Heladin, something is amiss. Their king, smitten by a strange idol that was given to him as a gift, lies dying. The country was enveloped with a strange sorrow, a certain darkness that stains the soul of man. Ever since the idol was brought into the kingdom, the once prosperous nation fell into a state of corruption and decay. Fearing for the life of his king and home, the sword master Septiego took a battalion of his best men to return the idol which was believed to be the source of this tragedy. Alas, the party was neither seen nor heard from again. The idol was presumed lost forever, but the decay of the nation continued.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

King's Field: The Ancient City holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 25% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What it launched against

King's Field: The Ancient City launched on 4 October 2001, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto III, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001) and Ico. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto III, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico.

Official trailer