Koudelka: The Forgotten Origins of the Horror JRPG

The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: MONSTERS OF THE WEEK: KOUDELKA: A Synthesis of Survival Horror and the JRPG #Koudelka #JRPG #HorrorGaming #KoudelkaReview Chapters 00:00 Part 1: The End of the Era Squaresoft 05:08 Sponsor 06:33 Part 2: A Troubled Inception... 11:51 Part 3: ...to an Unexpected Horror Evolution 22:25 Epilogue: The Heart of Shadow Hearts 25:41 Credits & Chasing Static Gameplay In 1999, the small developer studio Sacnoth, founded by former Squaresoft composer Hiroki Kikuta released Koudelka for the Sony PlayStation, a strange and unexpected hybrid of Survival Horror, Immersive Sim and classic JRPG gameplay. It was a title whose development cycle saw a lot of turbulence and its unconventional genre-blend was not well received by the gaming press at the time. But Koudelka is a forgotten gem that has so much more to offer than it seems at first glance. A refres