Lost Kingdoms[a] is a 2002 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Activision.

The fog has been terrorizing the land for a long time, and Katia's father - the king - eventually ventured out to help try and deal with the deadly substance.

With the runestone, Katia is able to use special magic cards to battle for her against the monsters that have spawned inside the black fog.

Using this runestone, Katia is granted to leave the castle in the hopes of saving the kingdom, as well as finding and possibly rescuing her father.

Later Katia finds a new enemy in the form of another runestone wielder, a girl named Helena that she repeatedly runs into.

Katia eventually discovers that a man named Thalnos is behind the black fog, as well as the existence of a malevolent entity known as the God of Destruction.

[2] Fran Mirabella III of IGN cited the game's smooth framerate, deck customization, and two player mode as pros, but cited repetitive music, stiff graphics, average gameplay, trial-and-error, and random battles as cons.

[14] Mike Bracken of RPGFan was more positive, calling it a solid game marred by lack of polish and short length.

[17] However, Chris Holoka of AllGame gave the game three stars out of five, calling it "A well-conceived concept suffering from a somewhat lackluster execution.