Sometimes It Is Wise To Think Backwards - Let's Play the King's Quest Series!

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Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Turns out I don't have much to say about KQ, even though I used to love talking about it. The thread did discuss Police Quest though, so I feel obliged to point out Richard Cobbett's take and that the forums have a good LP of PQ 1-2.

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Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Nidoking posted:

Also, depending on how seriously you take Sierra's sense of humor, Cracker IS canonically Graham's last name.

I was just about to say that.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2017 21:09

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

This is the cat hair puzzle of KQ.

I thought the KQ2 vga remake was a huge improvement over "KQ2 - More KQ", which had absolutely zero innovations over 1. It was also a lot less ported than the original. KQ1 made it onto every system, including the NES.

# ¿ Jun 14, 2017 11:34

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Prism posted:

KQ5 was ported to the NES. I didn't think anything earlier was.

My bad, it was actually Sega:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddPTymAiN2Y

# ¿ Jun 14, 2017 12:27

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

DoubleNegative posted:

Nope. The AGDI remake of 2 is bad and I don't like it.

Also...

https://lparchive.org/Kings-Quest-I/

In reverse order - wow, that was fast. Or maybe I just have skewed expectations because baldurk doesn't like me

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As I noted in an earlier reply, KQ2 is literally "some more KQ1, now with different screens". The remake at least does some interesting things with the originals plot... in other words, it actually conjures a plot into existence. What did you dislike about it.

# ¿ Jun 22, 2017 07:43

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

OAquinas posted:

KQ1 and 2 would basically be called tech demos these days.

Yeah, I believe KQ1 was the first adventure game where the hero and enemies actually moved around a "world". Previous adventure games were either entirely text based, or Zork style "picture of location goes here, now start typing away at it".

# ¿ Jun 27, 2017 15:55

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Nidoking posted:

This just made me realize for the first time how many poisonous snakes there are in this series.

None. Snakes are venomous.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2017 04:19

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

DoubleNegative posted:

: There is a stake leaning against a tree.

: It appears to be an ordinary tent stake.

This will come into play toward the end of the game. Try and guess how! If you already know, then no cheating.

It's a stake, so I think it's for

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Wait. Fuckdamit, that IS what it's for. drat, this game is dumb.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2017 07:03

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

I hate the QFG2 remake as much or more than you hate KQ2. Really garbage combat.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2017 21:49

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

The worst KQ game. And that's saying something.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2017 14:24

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Sel Nar posted:

The Lotus from Warframe.

But why though?

# ¿ Jul 18, 2017 09:33

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Erpy posted:

I'm afraid I can't answer that question, since I kinda retired from AGD Interactive and Himalaya after the KQ3 remake was released and stabilized. I had a lot of fun working on QFG2 and KQ3, but during those 8 years they also kinda consumed my life.

Can you tell us why the combat in the QFG2 remake was so terrible?

# ¿ Jul 22, 2017 12:58

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

DoubleNegative posted:

So do you see that gray depressed area just behind Gwydion? That's an open hatch into the cargo area. In my test run for the game, I got to this point and fell into it. Falling from a screen up is a death sentence, and I hadn't saved since before starting the waiting game.

I was not happy at having to wait twice.

Hey, you know what they say:

Save early.

Save often.

Save in different slots.

# ¿ Aug 6, 2017 11:53

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

This is probably the first KQ I'd bother linking the music.

# ¿ Aug 12, 2017 09:26

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Wait, you visited the fairy godmother's island, and didn't even drop by for a chat?

Rude.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2017 05:45

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Aces High posted:

Didn't they make this joke at the end of The Secret of Monkey Island too?

https://fineleatherjackets.net/monkeyinflation

# ¿ Aug 29, 2017 17:58

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

The regular organ music is some recognizable classic piece, but I can't find the title.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2017 15:02

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Yapping Eevee posted:

Missing key moments to screencap? Fraps or otherwise capture the footage, then go through it and screencap at leisure.

# ¿ Sep 9, 2017 12:23

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

hyphz posted:

And did anyone ever find out if "to Lisa from O" could be done on the CD?

Wot.

# ¿ Sep 10, 2017 20:54

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

DoubleNegative posted:

: Ooooh t was

quote:

: Hmmmm. It might work. Here, eat this.

That's... quite the arm you got there, Graham.

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Gonna echo idon'tlikepeas' opinion - KQ5 is bad, but not nearly as bad as 2.

Also, it's a shame that the voice version doesn't have an option to have voice AND text. The option was there for later titles, but I think it's fairly obvious it's good to have both even if this is the first voiced game your company produced.

# ¿ Sep 12, 2017 09:27

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Alexander pulls out his magic map.

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Even the bloody shopkeeps in KQ6 are actual characters. They have personalities and opinions and poo poo, instead of being a lovely accent stapled onto a fetch quest.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2017 11:30

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

I cracked open my King's Quest companion (come to think of it, I could have used some sections to accompany the LP earlier) and Alexander has a pretty good explanation about the different magic types. It's all "hey, magic is mysterious and hard to comprehend completely by definition. Only ~~total nerds~~ really smug wizards would believe they know all about how magic works based on a highly limited sample. Also, the multiverse is real, and Lovecraft's work was a documentary. Ya Cthulhu Ftaghn. "

# ¿ Oct 30, 2017 12:36

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Xander77 posted:

I cracked open my King's Quest companion

Also, KQ6 has the best manual in the series. Pretty much up there with the Quest for Glory manuals, with a lot of in-universe fiction. If I were running the LP, I'd just quote bits of lore that the player was meant to have read as we come to each island.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2017 20:40

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

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.

Ditto. You're not even introduced to that character in the castle.

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.

# ¿ Nov 2, 2017 03:49

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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.

Where are those portraits from, anyways? I've played several different versions of KQ6 over the years, and never encountered them.

# ¿ Nov 2, 2017 17:55

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DoubleNegative posted:

: Considering the poor condition of the shore, it looks like the easiest wa

: As his head submerges for the third time, Alexander finds himself pondering the wisdo

# ¿ Nov 4, 2017 08:45

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Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

inscrutable horse posted:

This was the first voice-acted game I ever played, and Hakim's "Good day" is still burned into my mind. I can't read those words without hearing his voice

Alexander pulls out his magic map.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2017 23:04

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