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Unfortunately, much of the franchise is a case of [[No Export for You]]. This includes the very first game in the series, which was released before the Playstation console was even available outside of Japan. By the time the Playstation came to America, ''King's Field II'' was already out, so that was the first game America got. For those who want to play the ''real'' first game, there are fan translation patches, both for the original Playstation version and the ''Sword of Moonlight'' PC port.
The three Playstation games form what is sometimes known as the "Verdite Trilogy
In ''King's Field'', you play as Alfred, a prince who ventures into the Royal Cemetary to hunt down the source of an unknown evil and, on his journeys, receives the Moonlight Sword.
''King's Field II'' takes place a number of years later. Alfred is now King of Verdite. The Moonlight Sword has been stolen and evidence indicates the thief is on the island of Melanat, which is supposedly cursed. The King's friend Alexander volunteers to go to Melanat and retrieve the sword, winds up discovering a slave-mining operation and {{spoiler|a plot to revive the black dragon
''King's Field III'' takes place twenty years later and stars Alfred's son
''King's Field IV'' is an all new story that basically has nothing to do with the Verdite Trilogy. In it, your main character is given the [[Artifact of Death|Idol of Sorrow]] and tasked with returning it to it's pedestal in the Ancient City, which will supposedly break the curse. In the course of your journey, you learn that the civilization of the Ancient City had begun worshipping "the darkness" and may have brought about their own destruction. The Moonlight Sword once again appears, but its a completely different sword from the one in the Verdite
Not much is known stateside about the PSP games or the Mobile Phone games, save that the PSP series switch from free-roaming 3D to tile-based movement in the style of really old-school RPGs like ''[[Wizardry]]'' and ''[[Might and Magic]]''.
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* [[Bragging Rights Reward]]: You actually ''can'' get the Moonlight Sword without {{spoiler|defeating Guyra}} in ''King's Field II'', and use it as an equippable item. It requires a very difficult maneuver and lots of luck though, and then you find out the sword is not as good as the Dark Slayer, which you already have.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]] and [[Light Is Not Good]]:
** The ultimate weapon of most of the games is the Moonlight Sword. This sounds like an [[Averted Trope|aversion]], until ''King's Field II'' reveals that {{spoiler|the Moonlight Sword was created by Guyra, the "evil" god, to facilitate his own resurrection. It ''does
** The [[Infinity+1 Sword]] of ''King's Field II'' is the Dark Slayer.
** The first two games mostly work on the premise "Seath good, Guyra bad." However, in ''King's Field III'', it turns out that {{spoiler|both were ultimately mistakes, created by a higher power who thought introducing religion would give people meaning in their lives. It backfired, horribly, as the two gods took their roles a little too seriously and started actually trying to dominate the world
* [[Death Is Cheap]]:
** Somewhat in ''King's Field II''
** In ''King's Field III
*** Actually, all three games use Dragon Stones to fuel resurrection; the third game is just the only one of the trilogy where no additional action (activation of a recovery fountain) is required as a prerequisite. Die without a Dragon Stone in any of the three games? Start from the beginning again (or, more likely, reload a save). Die with a Dragon Stone but without having activated the necessary fountain in ''King's Field I'' or ''King's Field II''? Same.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: By the end of the Verdite
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]:
** In ''King's Field IV'', it ''seems'' like its the Moonlight Sword, but there's a secret wall where you can find the Triple Fang, which is slightly better.
* [[Informed Attribute]]:
** You're told in ''King's Field II'' that only the Dark Slayer can kill the final boss. This is not ''quite'' true.
** Similarily, while you need the Moonlight Sword to ''get to'' the final boss in ''King's Field III
*** In addition, the manual and game text of ''King's Field III'' make it sound like you have to have the Excellector equipped to level it. This is not the case
* [[Market-Based Title]]: See main article.
** In Europe, ''
* [[Motif]]: The Verdite
* [[Multiple Endings]]: In ''King's Field III'',
* [[Nostalgia Level]]: The Royal Cemetary in ''King's Field III'' is this for Japanese gamers (it was the setting of the original ''King's Field'').
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: Several, all of them made by From Software.
** ''Shadow Tower'' for Playstation. From Software even incorporated aspects of its equipment system into ''King's Field IV
*** The Japan-only sequel for the [[PlayStation 2]], ''Shadow Tower: Abyss'', which abandons the fantasy setting of the original for a more modern one.
** ''Eternal Ring'' for the Playstation 2, which is superficially similar insofar as being a first-person RPG but in a lot of ways plays more like a stock JRPG.
** ''Demon's Souls'' for Playstation 3. The gameplay has changed quite a bit, but it has very similar atmosphere and quite a few [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to ''King's Field''.
*** ''Demon's Souls'' has its own [[Spiritual Successor]] by the name of ''Dark Souls''
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