Pilot Style is simply a demo for King's Field 3 and not much more. All the mechanics and atmosphere are here -- melee combat, spells, keys, shops, morose NPCs, etc... All shoved into a small, 30-45 minute experience. It has the variable framerate from KF2, which can be frustrating.
Narratively it is telling a prequel story of a character you hear a lot about but never meet in KF3, Silvarion. It is sort of cute and I liked playing as this people's hero figure, but Pilot Style is fairly inconsequential.
Playing through it was just ok. It lacks the cohesion present in the first two King's Fields and the scope of the third. There just isn't enough time here to really sell the mystery and atmosphere.
I like that this exists, and it is a cool thing for From Software to have done. This sort of stand-alone, playable side-story as a demo is rare in video games.
Narratively it is telling a prequel story of a character you hear a lot about but never meet in KF3, Silvarion. It is sort of cute and I liked playing as this people's hero figure, but Pilot Style is fairly inconsequential.
Playing through it was just ok. It lacks the cohesion present in the first two King's Fields and the scope of the third. There just isn't enough time here to really sell the mystery and atmosphere.
I like that this exists, and it is a cool thing for From Software to have done. This sort of stand-alone, playable side-story as a demo is rare in video games.