Shadow Tower Series Retrospective | FromSoftware's First Person Souls Series

FromSoftware is famous for Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro and Elden Ring. Before that, there was King&Field (which also has plenty of retrospectives), but it had a sister series: Shadow Tower and Shadow Tower Abyss. This is a retrospective on the two games of the forgotten franchise to evaluate if they&still worth playing, and if they were good when they released. I did this deep dive in preparation to review Lunacid, a modern indie game inspired by these. This video delves deep into the mechanics and systems as I play through both games and reflect on them. Chapters: 00:00 Intro, History, and Goal 2:40 Shadow Tower Structure and Mechanics 10:00 Earth World, Economy and Systems 24:25 Fire World and Water World 30:26 Illusion World and Monster World 33:54 Ending and Conclusions 35:47 Shadow Tower Abyss Introduction 40:34 Forest Shrine and Hub 45:03 Insect World 49:37 Violent Poison 53:51 White Walls and Scouring Rush 58:33 Waterfall, Cliffs and Red Desert Areas 01:00:03 Dense Fog, Moving Platform and Illusion Castle 01:08:14 Ending and Conclusions