FromSoftware is a household name at this point. The success of the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Souls games is insurmounta⛄ble, leading many to believe that FromSoftware materialised out of nowhere. Quite the contrary actually, as the company has been in the business of making games since 1986.

While Dark Souls shot to prominence in 2011, there is a veritable treasure trove of games that FromSoftware has created before that. Many of them are clunky, experimental and downright unexpected in equal measure. Here's a taste of just a few of them you might not even know exist.

Summary

• FromSoftware has a rich history with games before Dark Souls, such as the unique titles like Eternal Ring.
• Otogi: Myth Of Demons and Metal Wolf Chaos showcase FromSoftware's diverse game library beyond Dark Souls.
• FromSoftware's varied games include horror with Kuon and an unexpected entry in the Monster Hunter franchise.

10 ⛎ Eternal Ring 🌞

Does this one sound famဣiliar? A form of jewellery that you wear, and a rather aged piece at that? Must be your imagination▨ as nothing can hold a candle to the legendary FromSoftware title, Eternal Ring. A one of its kind experience.

Eternal Ring was actually a lauꦫnch title for the PS2 in North America and Japan, and centered around crafting rings to give yourself new powers. It bears no actual resemblance to Elden Ring, though the striking similarity in the name is very funny.

9 ♐ Otogi: Myth Of Demons

Launched exclusively for the original Xbox in 2002, Otogi: Myth Of Demons was an oddity in FromSoftware's titles at the time. Outside of its big hitters like Armored Core, many of them got rather middling reviews. Not Otogi though, with many of its more challenging gameplay elements a welcome addition.

Set in Japan and based on the historical f൩igure, Minamoto no Yorimitsu, the game features many of the aspects that would later define Dark Souls. Weapon variety, changing stats and even a system focused on balancing magic usage agai🦄nst lowered health.

8 ไ Metal Wolf Chaos

Of course, many of us have heard of Armored Core at this point, especially after its triumphant return with its sixth entry. They were FromSoftware's bread-and-butter before the Souls games. Of course, they weren't 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the only mech games they made, either.

Metal Wolf Chaos is, well, a very American game despite only being released in Japan initially. You are the president of the United States, and must don your own special mech to save your country from the Vice President's coup to overthrow you. Now that's what a real patriot gets up to.

The game was later re-released﷽ on modern platforms by Devolver Digital.

7 ♕ Enchanted Arms 🎀

Launched in 2006, Enchanted Arms is instead a turn-based game, in sharp contrast with the vast majority of FromSoftware's library. In it, you take on the role of Atsuma, an enchanter-in-training who can draw energy into his arm to manifest into elemental powers.

T🐲he name is rather literal in that regard, with Atsuma even consuming enemies into his arm to harvest their powers. Though it received middling reviews at the time, it gained a cult following in the following years

6 Shadow Tower A🐷byss ♌

Shadow Tower acted as an early successor to King's Field. It was a dungeon crawler, though went for a much darker aesthetic than King's Field, both literally an figuratively. Responding to many of the criticisms of the original game, it was followed up with Shadow Tower Abyss in 2003.

The sequel, Shadow Tower Abyss, dedicated much of its time to the intelligence of enemies. They can be dismembered, altering their attack patterns. When they're low on health, they'll flee from you, and otherwise just attempt to live out their lives. Sadly, the English localisation of the game was cancelled before release.

5 Evergrace

Released the same year as Eternal Ring and also a launch title for North America, Evergrace took a decidedly different approach. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:You control two characters, Darius and Sha🐬rline, both with ꧅their own unique gameplay elements and storylines.

The game🌳 is also focused more on your gear rather than your own stats empowering you, effectively lettiꦰng you build more freely. The game was later followed up with a sequel, Forever Kingdom.

Despite the dif♔fering name in English, it was simply known as Evergrace 2 🧜in Japan.

4 The Adventures Of Cookie And Cream 🅘

Many would attribute the dark styling of FromSoftware's games to Hidetaka Miyazaki, though their style clearly has older origins than that. The true mark of FromSoftware's shifting design styles instead should be The Adventures Of Cookie And Cream, because that is the farthest from dark you can get.

The Adventures Of Cookie And Cream is a rather simple puzzle platformer. You (and a friend, if you have one) take the roles of the duo respectively, guiding them to their destination. There's even a versus mode to see who can get the most points first, if you want to challenge the bonds of friendship.

It was later ported to the DS in 2007.

3 Kuon

When it comes to horror games, we've come to expect them only from the big-hitters. Capcom, Bloober Team, and so on. That said, FromSoftware should absolutely take another stab at it as Kuon is a great example of a horror game in a style that rarely gets touched nowadays.

The game has you playing as three different characters, and each of them navigates differently. Varying weapons can fight certain monsters better, some items are restricted to certain characters and so on. It also uses a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:fixed camera perspective, something modern💧 horror games would truly benefit from.

2 ꦡ ✨ Monster Hunter Diary

You might think it's odd to see a Monster Hunter game here. 'Surely no one but Capcom makes Monster Hunter games!' you are likely thinking. That is mostly true, though the odd outsourced game does appear every now and then, and FromSOftware's Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village is one of them.

The first thing you'll notice about the game is that it's adorable. The second is that it's not really about monster hunting whatsoever. Instead, you guide the various Felynes across the village doing quests. It's a very worthwhile adventure. Of course, it was also later re-released with a G version, followed by a DX version on the 3DS in 2015.

1 Ninja Blade 🔯

Ninja Blade is maybe the most unintentionally funny FromSoftware game. Intended to appeal to an American audience and pull heavily from the styling of Hol🌸lywood action films, the game at times feels like watching a Michaelꦿ Bay film. Explosions everywhere.

It is also astoundingly buggy. There's a spark of a good character-action game in here, pulling heavily from the likes of Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden, though it failed to ever find a large audience. Unfortunate, considering it was internally referred to as Otogi 3, a much more well-received series.