>>11831535They weren't even talking about it until way after Dark Souls. I was around on /v/ when Dark Souls 1 was picking up popularity. Before it even had a PC port. Absolutely nobody was talking about King's Field. This didn't become a thing until all these secondaries started to play it years after. Probably took Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 for people to finally catch on.
Unlike the secondaries, I will admit I have not played King's Field. I also think these games look alright but clearly slow paced and I can see why they were so overlooked. They clearly look as niche as they were.
From as a company wasn't on people's radar at all until they hit it big with the Souls formula. Now they are about as mainstream as you can get without being literally just Activision or Rockstar.