

It took me nearly 2 days of playing to advance from the first main area. This game has so much area to cover and so many different worlds to explore. Your journey to this climax is an amazingly huge and time-consuming process. The basic object of KF II is to find your father and confront the evil that has enveloped his body. This was one thing I had hoped would be spiced up some in the second title but, unfortunately, was not. The battles mostly consist of slash and dash fighting, which gets a bit tedious after a while.

You play the game from the first person perspective, ala Doom, except the focus is on problem-solving and swordplay instead of grenades and shotguns. If you missed the first KF, Ascii Entertainment has developed a unique perspective to play an adventure/RPG game. King's Field II is very similar in play mechanics to the original title. Now, it is up to you as his son to face your destiny and save your father. Something had happened to the king during his illness that caused him to become evil. Soon the village was attacked by the various evil creatures of the land and the king made no attempt at stopping them. He remained ill for nearly a month and, upon regaining his health, he was no longer feared by the demons of the land. Through the storm, the king fell gravely ill. The storm continued for days, leaving the town in a virtual blanket of darkness. A storm blew in over the peaceful village and lightning struck the castle of the king. After the adventure in the original KF, peace had descended across the land for nearly five years before the next outbreak in terror. In KF II, you play as the son of the great warrior in the first game. In the first KF game, your quest was to find the missing Moonlight Sword and vanquish all of the monsters and various terrible creatures to regain peace and safety in your once happy little village. Without rewriting the novel that comprises the story of KF II, let me fill you in on the story line. King's Field II is an action/adventure/RPG played from the first person perspective and follows the same type of interface as the original title but, believe me, some of the problems have been corrected. The King's Field saga is back and better than before.
