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Article #172495Re: Roberta Williams is a FRAUD
From: ski... Skiorh
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00
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>>> For God's sake, Sierra, get rid of the imbecile - the design in her >games >>>are the ultimate proof of what you can achieve with a careful combination >of >>>laziness and complete lack of any visible talents. >>> I'm sure I'm not alone here. What do you guys think? > >I see I'm in the minority here by disagreeing with you. I have loved all >the King's Quest games (the first one was the first PC computer game I ever >played), The Colonel's Bequest, and thought Phantasmagoria was just fine - >although I agree it was not as much of a game as it was an interactive >movie. The only problem I have had with Sierra adventure games - which they >have recently begun to get away from - is the single curor interface where >you just click away. Roberta Williams' games have driven the adventure >gaming genre since the 80s. True, Lucasarts stepped in and are often >regarded as the masters of this genre now (and after Curse of Monkey Island, >they probably are), but Williams was the one who attempted to push the >technology with each new game. I used to upgrade my old computers around >the time of each new King's Quest release. > >And is noone really excited about Mask of Eternity? Come on! If it comes >together as well as they are hoping it will, it will be to adventure games >what Mario 64 was to console platform games. > I agree, I havent played a Roberta Williams adventure I havent liked to some degree, especially the teo Laura Bow games (sequel?), and I cant wait for MoE!!!
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