Leecros
2011-04-05, 09:05 PM
So, tonight i was perusing the internet out of boredom. Then i found an interesting post about Kings Quest and i decided to follow the leads.
*ahem*
After 13 years, the release and the crashed&burned Kings Quest 8: Mask of Eternity, Telltale Games, the current owner of the Kings Quest franchise announced in February that they were planning on rebooting the series (http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-764). This was of course a very exciting for me. I grew up with Kings Quest and have played all of them. Unfortunately i may be getting my hopes up way too much. I've never heard of Telltale Games and i'm not familiar with any of their work, but if they do well on Kings Quest....well, it was a major stepping stone to Sierra Entertainment's success.
For those who don't know, Kings Quest is an adventure game which chronicles the saga of the royal family of the Kingdom of Daventry. It's a puzzle-solving game where any object you can take may potentially be used to solve a puzzle in the future("If it's not nailed down, take it. If it is nailed down, check for loose nails."). It can be a long and frustrating game though, but it has an excellent storyline and interesting and funny characters. For more information i suggest reading the article on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Quest). It really is one of the best adventure game i have ever played, i suggest picking up a copy of the Kings Quest Collection, which is a compilation of all of the Kings Quest games from 1 to 7.
Unfortunately though i worry about its success. Pure adventure games aren't nearly as popular as they were back when i was growing up. Which is why they tried to change the series up in Kings Quest 8, but that got rather average reviews. So currently the new start of the Kings Quest series is set to release in October 2011 of course I'm not holding my breath, it'll probably be delayed 6 months or so. A prequel to the old series, but I do hope it does well. Kings Quest was a brilliant game and I'd be disappointed if any hope for it to come back is ruined by a mixture of lack of interest and studio ineptness.:smallfrown:
*ahem*
After 13 years, the release and the crashed&burned Kings Quest 8: Mask of Eternity, Telltale Games, the current owner of the Kings Quest franchise announced in February that they were planning on rebooting the series (http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-764). This was of course a very exciting for me. I grew up with Kings Quest and have played all of them. Unfortunately i may be getting my hopes up way too much. I've never heard of Telltale Games and i'm not familiar with any of their work, but if they do well on Kings Quest....well, it was a major stepping stone to Sierra Entertainment's success.
For those who don't know, Kings Quest is an adventure game which chronicles the saga of the royal family of the Kingdom of Daventry. It's a puzzle-solving game where any object you can take may potentially be used to solve a puzzle in the future("If it's not nailed down, take it. If it is nailed down, check for loose nails."). It can be a long and frustrating game though, but it has an excellent storyline and interesting and funny characters. For more information i suggest reading the article on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Quest). It really is one of the best adventure game i have ever played, i suggest picking up a copy of the Kings Quest Collection, which is a compilation of all of the Kings Quest games from 1 to 7.
Unfortunately though i worry about its success. Pure adventure games aren't nearly as popular as they were back when i was growing up. Which is why they tried to change the series up in Kings Quest 8, but that got rather average reviews. So currently the new start of the Kings Quest series is set to release in October 2011 of course I'm not holding my breath, it'll probably be delayed 6 months or so. A prequel to the old series, but I do hope it does well. Kings Quest was a brilliant game and I'd be disappointed if any hope for it to come back is ruined by a mixture of lack of interest and studio ineptness.:smallfrown: