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So much MS and TES hate in this thread... it's too bad there is so much strong bias here because, forget an official game, if some of you could get over yourselves, you could use the CS for Morrowind or Oblivion to continue the KF world unofficially forever.

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EXACTLY!

I was actually planning, though it will take some serious time, to do just that. I am a fan of BOTH game series and to me it just makes sense to try to resurrect King's Field via a MOD for Oblivion.

Without going into too much detail, I was planning on writing up an overall KF plot that takes in all the history and myth developed over KF I and II (US). There was a LOT of history only hinted at via small things throughout those games. Like how Thedek (sp?) was planning to overthrow King Harvine but never got his chance because the monsters on Melanant drove him into failure etc.

In short, there is a TON of Lore behind the KF games, and that fits PERFECTLY with the Elderscrolls' style.
If you've ever got into TES games you'll know that they are full of their own myth and lore. There are books everywhere you can read, little side quests and notes and things that add to the mystery of their world.

I want to make a mod that does the same with the KF universe.

My basic Idea (as I have not actually MADE anything as of yet) is to pick historical points of interest in the KF story, and let you play through them. These sub-plots would then lead up to an overall climactic story that YOUR character would have to resolve.

Your character would take place probably within the era after KFII (US).

To clarify, each sub-plot would be very controlled and linear, but give lots of story and set up the rest of the experience with your character's plot.

Your character however would exist in a complete Oblivion sized KF world. It would play a bit more like an Elderscrolls game, but be the KF world of Valicia, and there would be a "Main Quest" that would deal with those things set up in the previous parts.

Just think how cool it would be to see the construction of Harvine's Castle on Melanant but then later get to visit it's ruins with YOUR character....Such things ARE possible with TES Construction Set. Its just that it will take a LONG time to develop.

I'm not really sure yet how KFIV fits into the story of KF overall....and so I was thinking of saying that the ancient city is actually Verdite. I was thinking the reasoning could be that the "BAD" ending from KFII is actually what took place, and that the "sleeping darkness" took hold of Lyl after he killed Alfred, thereby sending Verdite into a state of darkness that lasted who knows how long.

If this is what I go with, then YOUR character will take place in an era after the events of KFIV.

Anyway I've probably said too much since I haven't even started on it yet.

The thing is though, I have no modeling or texturing skills, so the best I'll be able to do on my own is create it all using the pre-created stuff from Oblivion.
Much of it IS possible without needing to create anything new, but enemies and items I think are the most difficult part.

There are no "mantraps" or "headeater" like creatures in Oblivion.

So In short, its a good idea but will require lots of work, and might seem a bit cheesy as far as enemies and weapons and such (and spells in TES are NOT anywhere near as cool as KF so they will be boring).


As a final note:
For those wanting a KF experience who haven't tried TES (The Elder Scrolls) games, you really should.

I was just playing through Shivering Isles (Oblivion Expansion Pack) recently and I came across a dungeon where fireballs were being shot out of these statue's mouths. They shot down hallways that where arranged in a maze like way, and you had to navigate through them without getting hit by the endless stream of fireballs....
....Point is that I totally had a KF flash back when I navigated this...it was so cool...and I was like ..."Wow, see THIS is proof someone needs to make a KF MOD from TES Construction set". But it's also proof that you can get at least a taste of KF from TES and those that are in dire need of a KF fix should seriously check them out.

Thanks, I will.

I know it is impossible for one person really in any reasonable amount of time to make something like I purposed.

Just to add a bit about myself, I've been a long time KF fan since the first one came out in the US. Since then I've played all the KF's (except KF Japan) and pretty much every GOOD RPG since and yet I still haven't found one that can quite fit that KF "void".

KFTAC was good, but IMO it doesn't even hit that sweet-spot quite like the first 2.

Back when Morrowind came out I seriously considered making a pure KFI (US) remake but never had a comp. that could run the CS.

Now however I have a computer than can run Oblivion better than my 360 can (yes I actually have both versions (cause my brother got one for the PC but ended up not really wanting it))...
anyway, so I can actually run the CS without really any problem, and realized now would be a good time to make a KF remake or something.

About my idea...
I wanted to clarify that I know its easier to start small and work up. So I planned on starting with just ONE of those so called "sub-plots" and make it a complete KF sized game. Each "sub-plot" would add more to the overall KF world, making each successive game much easier to create.

So as an example, you might start out as King Harvine trying to dominate the Ilse of Melanant, going through a KFI (us) remake of sorts, but with a twist and different Historical vantage point. (Like a KF prequel)

Then you could make another maybe focused on Ichuris and his finding of the Tree of Valad and crafting of the Ichuris armor.

This way you'd have the content compressed into packets, but would be creating content that keeps adding to the KF universe that you are slowly constructing.

By the time you are done with all the sub-plots, you'd have crafted much of the KF universe and could then make a mod that lets you go and visit all of it some time much farther in the KF timeline.

Just to clarify for those that don't know about the TES-CS...
You create the world in CELLS, and layer objects onto it. You generate a base landscape, and then add to it objects cell by cell. What this means is that you actually CAN do things like set up the same sell with different objects (switching between them via a script).

In essence you actually COULD (for example) make a complete Melanant Ilse during Harvine's era void of any of his contructs, during quested events throughout the story build his castles etc, and then later in the final stage of the game when you're running around with your character in the future could visit his ruins.

You could actually do ALL of this without having to change the base world, just the added in objects.
So the ability to create different events in time in the same place does not require a complete remake of that same content, just a rearranging of the objects placed on the same location.

I'll stop talking about mods and such here I guess since this isn't really the place for it. Next time I'll create a new topic or something.

Anyway, I think it would be really cool to make and hope that maybe with some other's help we can at least get a single KF styled game made, even if it is not as grandiose as that which I've presented here.