King's Field 4: The Ancient City is a Dark Dungeoning Masterpiece

Alt title: The Most Underrated Dungeon-Crawler
An in-depth look at King's Field IV, a part of a deep dive into the history of From Software.

Endscreen art by Cookiepwee:   / cookiepwee  

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
4:46 - Beginning the game
6:12 - The Mines
8:08 - Palace of Oath & journey to the City
10:59 - The Ancient City, Level 3
14:30 - The Holy Forest
15:50 - The King's Castle
17:40 - More of Level 3
19:01 - Earthen Folk Area
21:45 - Refinery
27:45 - Returning to the Ancient City
29:07 - The Ancient City, Level 2
34:25 - North Cliff
36:43 - Ocean Fort
38:17 - Widda Queen's Lair
41:12 - The Egg Mines
44:38 - The Ancient City, Level 1
47:43 - The Mansion of the Howling Winds
48:58 - Loose Ends
52:36 - Old Battlefield
53:58 - Dark Reality
56:07 - The End.

Credits:
Fast Andre (Zullie the Witch):    • Dark Souls - Andre smithing so fast that h...  
Wavecrasher video:    • King's Field IV: The Ancient City Wavecras...  
Iron Pineapple's KF4 Video:    • "The Daddy of Dark Souls" — the final King...  
AesirAesthetics' KF4 Video:    • A Look Back At • King's Field 4: The Ancie...  
Extra Sources:
Dark One Lore: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/...
Old King's Field IV Website: https://web.archive.org/web/201505110...
(Pastebin for the missing text in the history segment: https://pastebin.com/ZW1MjDHJ)
https://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/stabys...
Old King's Field IV Strategy Guide: https://ia600704.us.archive.org/15/it...

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