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It's adorable that half the pawn shop dialogue is devoted to making fun of infuriating things in the previous games.
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I also enjoy talking to the counter in the pawn shop. "The counter does not counter." This game is perhaps second only to the later works of Al Lowe in cramming humorous dialogue into the most absurd contexts. But that's in the future of this LP. I've never heard of a special death at the end of the game for failing to introduce yourself at the castle. It seems a very un-KQVI thing to do, and the only character I can think of that you might be talking about has different dialogue if he's never met you, but with the same result. There are a few items you might be missing at the end of the game, but I don't think any actions other than those that give you those items would be mandatory at that stage.
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Nov 2, 2017 00:54
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Neither have I, but then it never would've occurred to me not to go to the castle in the first place. It makes perfect narrative sense to go there early. Incidentally, "Abdul Alhazred" is the name of the author of the Necronomicon in the Lovecraft universe. In case the fact that the guy's a fictional vizier didn't already make it obvious he's up to no good. This was a reference I didn't catch when I played the games, only much later when I watched some LPs.
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Nov 2, 2017 01:15
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Honestly, just through the course of playing the game countless times over the years, I've messed up in almost every possible way unintentionally. As such, a lot of my KQ6 knowledge is half remembered stuff from those fuckups. So it's completely possible that I'm misremembering something, or had forgotten an item. 
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Nov 2, 2017 01:27
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I'll bet that bear makes for a good bouncer; look at the smug fucker, showing the goods off
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Nov 2, 2017 01:37
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PurpleXVI posted:It's adorable that half the pawn shop dialogue is devoted to making fun of infuriating things in the previous games. My thoughts exactly. I like how most of them are about KQV.
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Nov 2, 2017 01:53
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Oh hey, guess what i found as I was cleaning up just now:
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Nov 2, 2017 02:43
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Nidoking posted:I've never heard of a special death at the end of the game for failing to introduce yourself at the castle. It seems a very un-KQVI thing to do, and the only character I can think of that you might be talking about has different dialogue if he's never met you, but with the same result. You do get an entirely different set of "is this the Land of the Green Isles" dialogues depending on which character you talk to first.
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Nov 2, 2017 03:49
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Haha no wonder this game's the better one of the whole series, based on the items in that pawn shop they might well have actually paid attention to what the hell they were doing.
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Nov 2, 2017 07:47
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Zeniel posted:Haha no wonder this game's the better one of the whole series, based on the items in that pawn shop they might well have actually paid attention to what the hell they were doing. in a previous game, it would only be possible to choose one of those four items. you'd choose one and use it for a few different puzzles, but it would turn out at the very end that was the wrong choice and you're a DMW from the start of the game
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Nov 2, 2017 09:58
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Xander77 posted:Ditto. You're not even introduced to that character in the castle. You're thinking of a different character.
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Nov 2, 2017 10:31
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Yeah, I think that DoubleNegative might be talking about Captain Saladin.
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Nov 2, 2017 11:40
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grandalt posted:I'm guessing Alexander didn't listen much to Graham when they got back to normal size. She did say that Abdul and Mordack were friends. Through it would have been interesting if Cassima had agreed to marry Mordack, because then there would likely be a showdown between those two villains. Abdul couldn't care less if Mordack married Cassima, her being out of the way works just as well for his purposes. He just wants to rule and her return wrecks that, marrying her is his only option to stay in power.
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Nov 2, 2017 17:04
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One of the things I remember most about VI is that Abdul is a genuine rear end in a top hat and he fights to the end. If writing a good villain means the viewer richly wanting to see his head staved in by the end, mission accomplished.
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Nov 2, 2017 17:12
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hyphz posted:One of the things I remember most about VI is that Abdul is a genuine rear end in a top hat and he fights to the end. If writing a good villain means the viewer richly wanting to see his head staved in by the end, mission accomplished. This game has so much great writing, and it shines through in the characters. Abdul, Hakim, Saladin, and a whole bunch of people we have yet to meet are all really well-developed. edit: I don't know that I like these character portraits better than the ones on the original version, though. Those were low-detailed but they also don't have those weird backgrounds. For example, this was Hakim: 
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Nov 2, 2017 17:18
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I grew up with the DOS version of KQ6 so I'm more used to the low-res character portraits. Then again, Graham's character portrait in the DOS version looks more like his King's Quest V portrait. The Windows version makes him look like a damned Thunderbirds reject.
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Nov 2, 2017 17:32
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Prop Wash posted:edit: I don't know that I like these character portraits better than the ones on the original version, though.
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Nov 2, 2017 17:55
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Xander77 posted:Where are those portraits from, anyways? I've played several different versions of KQ6 over the years, and never encountered them. The DOS and Windows ports have two different portrait styles. IIRC there's a way to select which one you get if you're playing through ScummVM, but I don't remember how at the moment.  Here's a side-by-side comparison that I stole from Reddit.
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Nov 2, 2017 17:59
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Gotta say, really prefer the DOS portraits. You can tell they were more practiced at making the lower-res stuff look better.
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Nov 2, 2017 18:28
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PurpleXVI posted:It's adorable that half the pawn shop dialogue is devoted to making fun of infuriating things in the previous games. The fan remake of King's Quest II does something similar with the town library. I agree with what other folks have said about the quality of this game's writing. Without a doubt, this is the high point of the series. Earlier in the thread, I said that the remake of King's Quest II made me feel as though I'd played a wonderful movie. I felt the same way about King's Quest VI as the credits were rolling. Eshettar fucked around with this message at 20:49 on Nov 2, 2017 |
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Nov 2, 2017 20:45
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I grew up with the Windows portraits and I much prefer those. I'll say it again, KQ6 isn't just my favorite game in the series, it's my favorite game of all time, narrowly beating out the likes of Morrowind, Chrono Trigger, and Undertale.
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Nov 3, 2017 00:01
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Ah, so the Bosco gag from Bright Side of the Moon was a tribute? Well, it's probably not an uncommon thing to want from adventure games.
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Nov 3, 2017 00:03
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OAquinas posted:Gotta say, really prefer the DOS portraits. You can tell they were more practiced at making the lower-res stuff look better. Some of the high-res portraits look better than others and are totally fine, but for Alexander in particular I think the DOS portrait is much better.
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Nov 3, 2017 04:01
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Walrus Pete posted:Some of the high-res portraits look better than others and are totally fine, but for Alexander in particular I think the DOS portrait is much better. Yeah, his portrait looks like Napoleon Dynamite did a drawing of James Van Der Beek.
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Nov 3, 2017 04:04
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His windows portrait is odd - his head looks too narrow and too tall, almost frankenstein-ish
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Nov 3, 2017 04:07
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DOS portraits forever! I thought the ones being used in the LP looked weird, couldn't put it together until the comparison shot.
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Nov 3, 2017 04:21
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Informal poll while I type up the next update. This will affect something a tiny bit next week. Do you prefer... Alice in Wonderland Classical Mythology Dense Forests
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Nov 3, 2017 18:17
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Alice in Wonderland, since that part always stuck with me.
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Nov 3, 2017 18:20
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Classical Mythology
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Nov 3, 2017 18:20
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I know exactly what's implied here, so let's go with Classical Mythology just to get that out of the way early.
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Nov 3, 2017 18:24
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Classical mythology!
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Nov 3, 2017 18:33
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Alice in Wonderland
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Nov 3, 2017 18:46
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Hahaha. I can see where this poll is going. Alice in Wonderland.
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Nov 3, 2017 19:20
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Dense forests, to be contrarian.
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Nov 3, 2017 19:33
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Classical mythology, personally. Alice in Wonderland is something I can only read when I'm in the right mood and Dense Forests just don't offer as much.
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Nov 3, 2017 20:10
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Dense Forests
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Nov 3, 2017 20:21
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Classical mythology is filled with amazing and hosed up things, let's investigate those.
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Nov 3, 2017 21:14
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Those are all boring, go swimming instead. I'm sure the water's fine and has definitely calmed down after that incident on the beach.
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Nov 3, 2017 21:35
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Fan of the Classics!
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