The History of FromSoftware

FromSoftware has a lengthy & overwhelming history that starts long before Demon's Souls. Some people may be aware of King's Field, Echo Night, or some of their other early obscure titles, but in this video we delve into EVERY From Soft game that released both in the West & Japan in an attempt to summarize the legacy and design philosophies of this prolific company.
Note that all or most dates are the original Japanese release date, and I had to generalize when talking about some franchises like Armored Core that I don't have much personal experience in, also with many of the obscure titles that have little to no information about them online; I was trying to be concise as possible to not make an absurdly boring and lengthy video, so I didn't deep dive into many titles which might be something I can do in the future.

An entire month of work was poured into this video, even though I don't go in-depth on every game, that was to make this video as concise as possible, and for the sake of my sanity.
If you enjoyed it, or this helped you understand From Soft easier, please show your support by leaving a like, comment, or sharing the video (I do want to make more historian content in the future as well). It helps with youtube recommending this type of content to people, since it seems like all of my essays & 200+ hour projects don't reach out to the right people.

Music used:    • History of Fromsoftware Playlist  

The credits/sources are too long to fit in the description, you can find theme here: https://pastebin.com/aJYDmBTk
The Wikipedia page has most games and more information, but is missing some things like the mobile ports or the Tenchu games which you can find on the FromSoftware website.
https://www.fromsoftware.jp/ww/produc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FromSof...

But I do still want to separately thank ‪@thorhighheels‬ ‪@IronPineapple‬ AesirAesthetics, ‪@VaatiVidya‬ & ‪@SuperDaveControl‬/DaveControl for their helpful videos, this project wouldn't be possible without all of them

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:14 - King's Field
3:38 - Armored Core
4:42 - Shadow Tower
6:14 - Echo Night
7:17 - Spriggan, & Frame Gride
8:04 - Eternal Ring, & Music
8:53 - Evergrace
9:58 - Adventures of Cookie & Cream
10:51 - Lost Kingdoms
12:00 - Otogi, Design Philosophy, & More Music
13:48 - Murakumo, & Thousand Land
15:04 - Kuon, & Ambience
16:03 - Metal Wolf Chaos, & Yoshi-sune Eiyuden
17:00 - Another Century's Episode
17:45 - Enchanted Arms
18:51 - Chromehounds, Gundam Unicorn, & Steel Battalion
20:19 - King's Field Additional I & II
20:59 - The REAL Insanity Zone
23:03 - Brief Intermission :)
23:19 - Alright back to hell
24:12 - Mobile Games
25:28 - Tenchu
26:18 - Ninja Blade, the antithesis of From Software
27:06 - Demon's Souls, how FromSoft has always been
29:55 - Deracine
31:15 - Outro, & Credits

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