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Post by NamelessFragger on Mar 2, 2012 20:41:55 GMT -5
...This is a tough call for me.
On one hand, playing King's Quest V without a guide (or any other Sierra adventure) is an exercise in masochism.
On the other hand, I don't think Ace Combat became particularly notable until III: Electrosphere, and the US version was gimped horribly.
But for the first GC9X I'll participate in, I'll vote for King's Quest V in spite of the fuck-you design endemic to Sierra adventures, partly for nostalgia's sake (I played it a long time ago; only Sierra adventure I dared to try, actually), and partly because I just think it'll be more fun to discuss the numerous ways that game will fuck us all over.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2012 21:07:07 GMT -5
Alrighty, voting closes in a little less than an hour. King's Quest V leads with nine votes, so let's see if that'll change as the clock ticks down.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2012 22:05:24 GMT -5
The polls are closed and the results are in: By a single vote, King's Quest V is the winner! The first post will soon be updated to accommodate the proper info for KQV, but in the meantime, feel free to start playing!
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Post by kal on Mar 3, 2012 4:23:06 GMT -5
Lets just mention this right now for those of you who've never tackled Kings Quest. This game can become unwinnable...really easy. If you notice something that you think might have been important or think you're stuck - you should probably ask someone.
And as is the case with older Point and Click games, save frequently and in different slots.
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Post by muteKi on Mar 3, 2012 5:53:19 GMT -5
Yeah, KQ6 tended to be nicer about unwinnable situations, though there were several that could come up.
However, you definitely want to save early and save often (in multiple files). I remember playing this a long time ago; expect a lot of obtuse puzzles.
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Post by kal on Mar 3, 2012 6:55:54 GMT -5
Oh also since the games on multiple formats (and as Kurt mentioned there's a NES version) anyone who's played it recently want to tackle that one hah?
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Post by Super Orbus on Mar 3, 2012 9:52:49 GMT -5
I played through this long long ago. I don't really remember any unwinnable situations, but this was like 15 years ago. I do remember some kind of obtuse copy protection mechanism involving a boat though.
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Post by Wildcat on Mar 3, 2012 9:53:03 GMT -5
I'll have to install my King's Quest collection and see if it works on my laptop. I'll give it a go tonight.
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Post by Super Orbus on Mar 3, 2012 9:54:17 GMT -5
I can't remember if I ever picked up the King's Quest Collection. I kind of think not. I do have the Space Quest one.
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Post by Discoalucard on Mar 3, 2012 10:27:44 GMT -5
I played through this long long ago. I don't really remember any unwinnable situations, but this was like 15 years ago. I do remember some kind of obtuse copy protection mechanism involving a boat though. There shouldn't be any copy protection on the CD versions, but the disk version randomly quizzed you about magic spell stuff. It was dumb. The boat is a particularly annoying "puzzle" though. Part of me wants to make a warning list of situations to look out for, but is that cheating too much? There's a bunch of stuff you NEED to have before you leave the main area of Serenia, and the game doesn't tell you what they all are. Might as well mention one though - if you let the cat catch the mouse by the mill at the beginning, you're screwed. Either reload or restart. |
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Post by kyouki on Mar 3, 2012 13:54:42 GMT -5
I dunno if I could muster the motivation to play this, but it is a very nostalgic game for me.
At the time, all I had was my NES... I believe the Genesis had just come out? Anyway, I had a subscription to (I think) Video Games & Computer Entertainment, which was a really awesome multiformat magazine. It was the kind of magazine that had no problem running their main feature on Wing Commander one month, and then on Sword of Vermillion the next. Always looked forward to that mag every month.
One issue they had a big feature on KQ5, and the screenshots completely blew my mind. I couldn't fathom graphics that good.
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Post by xerxes on Mar 3, 2012 22:25:26 GMT -5
Looking at it again, I'm kinda suprised by how good it looks, myself. Usually these old games work the other way around...
Maybe I was remembering an earlier KQ game.
Anyway, this one has ALREADY pissed me off. I just got ganked by some mustachioed fellows in a motel. Lame...
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Post by muteKi on Mar 3, 2012 22:55:00 GMT -5
Looking at it again, I'm kinda suprised by how good it looks, myself. Usually these old games work the other way around... Maybe I was remembering an earlier KQ game. Yeah, the sprite work on the first 4 games is only OK from what I can tell, though I never spent much time with them. V and VI are excellent; VII is OK, but it does look a bit like you'd expect a game with art by the same team as the Zelda CD-i guys to look (it's not Zelda-bad though, actually). Shame the voice acting work in this game is only passable at best. |
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Post by kal on Mar 4, 2012 3:19:46 GMT -5
Looking at it again, I'm kinda suprised by how good it looks, myself. Usually these old games work the other way around... Maybe I was remembering an earlier KQ game. Anyway, this one has ALREADY pissed me off. I just got ganked by some mustachioed fellows in a motel. Lame... Don't forget when checking out Screenshots there's two different DOS versions, the EGA version which looks more like a natural progression from 1 - 4 and the CD versions which look significantly better. |
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Post by muteKi on Mar 4, 2012 3:37:09 GMT -5
Yeah, I had the CD version -- and the one on KQ collection is the same, as I recall.
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