tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post1735801927227529502..comments2024-03-29T05:52:53.051+11:00Comments on The Adventurers Guild: Game 52: Kings Quest V - Monotony Came From the DesertThe Tricksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-16254398146448142022015-08-23T08:59:59.251+10:002015-08-23T08:59:59.251+10:00I save it for when I need it.I save it for when I need it.DialMforMarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991827182885226471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-31757911877999133502015-08-23T08:35:45.240+10:002015-08-23T08:35:45.240+10:00This is much funnier if you know that Mara almost ...This is much funnier if you know that Mara almost never swears.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-21752559141240376512015-08-23T08:16:21.178+10:002015-08-23T08:16:21.178+10:00Me: *plays first video, listens to the beginning o...Me: *plays first video, listens to the beginning of the song*<br />Me: The ants go marching one by...*hears the lyrics* ohfuck.<br />Canageek: What?<br />Me: They have their own marching song.<br /><br />(He laughed.DialMforMarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991827182885226471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-36865200803047907072015-04-02T03:47:40.634+11:002015-04-02T03:47:40.634+11:00Yeah, the puzzles are by far the worst aspect of i...Yeah, the puzzles are by far the worst aspect of it. But it does have a serviceable story, a memorable villain and an excellent soundtrack. With much better puzzle design it could've been a minor classic, like Legend of Kyrandia 2. Plus it's rather nostalgic for me =3Laukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258625692586860655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-42517396140243772662015-04-01T14:19:56.148+11:002015-04-01T14:19:56.148+11:00Speaking of Legend of Kyrandia 1, I played the gam...Speaking of Legend of Kyrandia 1, I played the game last year and hated it. Many trial and error puzzles and extremely large empty areas that need to be mapped. <br /><br />One puzzle particularly annoyed me because I'd spent quite a bit of time trying to work out the logic of it before looking at a walkthrough and realising it was purely random and had no logic to it at all.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010934567583163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-42802980769699225712015-03-31T10:57:18.653+11:002015-03-31T10:57:18.653+11:00Yes, but a king should know better than to spoil t...Yes, but a king should know better than to spoil the economy rotten via flooding it with magical gold which would devalue it. Easy money would reduce the overall industriousness, ingenuity and morality of a country.<br /><br />He should employ it like the Central Bank of America (http://americascomingeconomiccrisis.weebly.com/printing-money-out-of-thin-air.html); creating gold only as desperate measure for tough times.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-70764847569001692412015-03-31T06:25:58.038+11:002015-03-31T06:25:58.038+11:00Pixels found: 2 (silver coin, gold coin). I think ...Pixels found: 2 (silver coin, gold coin). I think my family missed the gold coin when we played this back in the day, and/or thought that the timer for getting out of the temple would only allow you to grab one of the two items. Either of those causes dead man walking :/Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805219432946673379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-16887482617084668202015-03-30T20:59:38.443+11:002015-03-30T20:59:38.443+11:00What the... Roberta thought of it first? Ahem... A...What the... Roberta thought of it first? Ahem... Anyway, it's strange that you didn't catch the <a href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh8ra34J5G1qztqsao1_500.jpg" rel="nofollow">Last Crusade reference</a> at the horsey death bit. Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-38212770799402964332015-03-30T17:48:23.013+11:002015-03-30T17:48:23.013+11:00"It seems Graham is just as much Vito Corleon..."It seems Graham is just as much Vito Corleone as he is king, trading favours for items instead of using cash or barter like a normal person."<br /><br />This is even weirder, when you remember that Graham should own a never-emptying chest full of gold (http://kingsquest.wikia.com/wiki/Chest_of_Gold). Surely he would have learned by now to walk with a full purse of gold, when going abroad.Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-31217395419317250872015-03-29T20:08:12.978+11:002015-03-29T20:08:12.978+11:00Funny you should say that, Andy. A request for ass...Funny you should say that, Andy. A request for assistance has already been written as part of the next gameplay post that will be up in about 3 hours!<br /><br />I've actually been stuck at the same spot for a week and a half, occasionally playing some more to unsuccessfully try something else.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815382857422719383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-87394864981966691222015-03-29T18:46:50.995+11:002015-03-29T18:46:50.995+11:00@TBD - You can always make a request for assistanc...@TBD - You can always make a request for assistance, There are a few parts of the game which are particularly difficult.<br /><br />@Laukku - My memory of the desert was quite good, so it didn't take much exploration to finish that bit. I had a little more trouble in the later stages, but figured things out after a little trial and error.Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-49530689375452752252015-03-29T18:14:21.677+11:002015-03-29T18:14:21.677+11:00By the way, here's a great Let's Play of t...By the way, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydC_YXcWoBw&feature=share&list=PL5ACDE10D49E44AA3" rel="nofollow">here's a great Let's Play</a> of the game, with some great reactions to the stupider moments. That final video is especially awesome.Laukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258625692586860655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-64828881218788736772015-03-29T17:58:07.292+11:002015-03-29T17:58:07.292+11:00I forgot to mention that I finished the game too a...I forgot to mention that I finished the game too a few days ago. Did it all from memory except for the desert, for which I googled a map as I didn't bother re-exploring it.Laukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258625692586860655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-69880537775357569822015-03-29T12:54:40.473+11:002015-03-29T12:54:40.473+11:00Tedious desert exploration? Don't forget that...Tedious desert exploration? Don't forget that this part of the map is a revisitation to the desert lands around Serenia from the recently visited "Missed Classic" Wizard and the Princess. Anything less than a tedious desert would be a departure from tradition!Rowan Lipkovitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691096685515251681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-53024250063020122632015-03-29T10:14:47.991+11:002015-03-29T10:14:47.991+11:00Congrats!
Considering I'm hopelessly stuck a...Congrats! <br /><br />Considering I'm hopelessly stuck after playing for almost 8 hours, I might be able to make a record time for the longest playthrough. :)TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010934567583163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-29539077960417139292015-03-29T09:33:47.263+11:002015-03-29T09:33:47.263+11:00I noticed as I watched the ending credits, that Lo...I noticed as I watched the ending credits, that Lori is one of the voice cast! I couldn't see your name though, were you too busy with QFG2 to offer your services?Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-57277672032256267322015-03-29T09:30:49.175+11:002015-03-29T09:30:49.175+11:00Completed the game! I managed it in just over 2 ho...Completed the game! I managed it in just over 2 hours (128 mins). I did a quick search to find the best time, and apparently you can do it in just over 40 minutes! I guess that's adventure games for you, once you know the puzzles like the back of your hand they are quite short.<br /><br />I've started writing up my thoughts, but will finish that off tomorrow I think. I still enjoy the game though, even if I've probably played through it about a dozen times!Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-17881076400691000962015-03-29T07:40:51.918+11:002015-03-29T07:40:51.918+11:00I don't find mazes in graphical adventures tha...I don't find mazes in graphical adventures that annoying. The directions are usually logical and you might even have some visual clues by which to distinguish the different rooms. It's mazes in text adventures which are usually pure hell, since they often have no logic at all - you go south, but going then north won't return you back etc.<br /><br />In KQ5 I think it's more that the desert area is just too big and doesn't even look interesting, with every room looking just like the other. SQ4, from about the same era, had also a maze, which I don't find as grating as KQ5's desert, because it was quite small in comparison and was graphically lot more interesting.Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-225874688989235392015-03-29T00:02:03.027+11:002015-03-29T00:02:03.027+11:00This is giving me one hell of a nostalgia trip! I ...This is giving me one hell of a nostalgia trip! I don't tho l I've played this one or KQ VI since they came out!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946742995687817751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-43255464632330410582015-03-29T00:01:02.510+11:002015-03-29T00:01:02.510+11:00Corey, that is very true regarding the QfG II dese...Corey, that is very true regarding the QfG II desert. On my part, because I first played the game at a rather young age, I just jumped into the desert. I totally missed (and I'm not ROT13ing it because the game has already been played on this of and it's not really a spoiler) that both the gate guard and the dervish will tell you how many "skareens" away certain things are. Brilliant. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946742995687817751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-70161288898954193282015-03-28T17:53:18.525+11:002015-03-28T17:53:18.525+11:00Interesting that one team at Sierra was developing...Interesting that one team at Sierra was developing King's Quest V at the same time as another developed Quest for Glory II. Both games had genies - In fact, management made us change ours to come from a ring rather than a lamp because "Roberta thought of rubbing a lamp to summon a genie first." :-) Both games had large deserts with only a few useful locations. Ours was more forgiving, and there were clues to all of the important locations if you talked to the right people. (But I suspect most players missed most of those clues and just randomly explored the desert.)Corey Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16772474266362396768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-56272580657945227462015-03-28T08:58:55.480+11:002015-03-28T08:58:55.480+11:00Laukku: I liked that maze too! It was similarly in...Laukku: I liked that maze too! It was similarly inventive, and Kyrandia 1 is definitely comparable to Sierra games in terms of dying and sometimes frustratingly annoying puzzles. I seem to recall the second game was a little more lenient though!<br /><br />TBD: As I've got older I'm generally much more annoyed at games having cheap filler sections, and if this was a modern game I'd probably be just as mad as you were when you wrote this! These days I have dozens of unplayed games that I could switch too if I felt like it, whereas back then the games were expected to last much longer. They still pale in comparison to old RPG mazes though.Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-78491548425811671042015-03-28T08:20:42.868+11:002015-03-28T08:20:42.868+11:00Yeah. I originally wrote this post over a week ago...Yeah. I originally wrote this post over a week ago just after playing the section, and when I re-read it yesterday I thought I might have gone a bit too far. <br /><br />This type of design is definitely a product of its time - a time when we had much fewer games, and buying a game meant we wanted it to occupy as many hours of our time as it could. Wasting our time was less of an issue then because there were simply less computer games being made per year.<br /><br />A modern game also might, instead of making me keep walking on every possible step until I die, have Graham exit the screen, then immediately come crawling back with the narrator saying, "Graham walked for hours, but found nothing in that direction."<br /><br />But, despite my negativity in this post, I've found the game enjoyable so far, with this section just being a little hiccup on the way.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010934567583163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-50085731343382667272015-03-28T07:55:43.763+11:002015-03-28T07:55:43.763+11:00You guys should all wait till you see the maze in ...You guys should all wait till you see the maze in Legend of Kyrandia 1.<br /><br />Worst maze ever.Laukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258625692586860655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-15130764639469063712015-03-28T07:24:14.598+11:002015-03-28T07:24:14.598+11:00Perhaps a little harsh on the desert section, I wo...Perhaps a little harsh on the desert section, I would consider it an interesting maze, just instead of solid walls there is instead a movement limit. I suppose a modern game would autosave at each oasis, and reload automatically to the most recent oasis when you died. Or perhaps a modern game would omit such mazes to begin with? Like many Sierra games (or adventure games in general), it would be short if it didn't require backtracking, restarting, reloading and trying different approaches to puzzles.<br /><br />Of course the motivation for exploring the desert is not clear, other than "because it's an adventure game, and therefore there is something I need there!". I don't recall there being any stated reason to go there, and Cedric certainly doesn't like it. Perhaps I missed a conversation or bit of text.Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.com