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> >What I DO care about was the original post, saying that KQ6 has dead-ends.
> >
>
> I agree with Raymond here....... KQ6 has no dead ends, and was perhaps
> the first Sierra game to do that. I don't think there is anything more
> frustrating than to find yourself at a dead end, because of what you did
> a long time ago in the game.

Thank you for agreeing with me! :)

> That's why I liked Kings Quest 6. It had better puzzles and more
> integrated gameplay than any other Sierra title I can think of
> (except Gabriel Knight 1)... , IMHO.

Well, I wouldn't go that far.  I think Gold Rush!, The Colonel's Bequest, Conquest
of the Longbow, Space Quest 3, Hero's Quest, etc.  are btter integrated, but I
still like KQ6 a lot.  It had a certain cliched charm :)

> Btw, I was playing Sierra titles for a long time, before they
> converted to icon based design... I didn't find the change
> too disturbing, (until GK2, when the interface was totally ruined)
> but the gameplay in pre-KQ6,SQ5 days was extremely frustrating.
> Dead ends, dying by falling off edges, 'you are too far to do this'
> syndrome... They were all major nuisances..

Well, when I first played KQ5, it WAS disturbing...but that's because I didn't like
the game much, however.  I think GK1 and Conquest of Longbow proved that the icons
COULD work, though.  I didn't like the GK2 interface as well, but it was miles
better than Phantasmagoria.

No one ever mentions Rama, which is surprising.  I found that game to be very
enjoyable.


> We should be thankful for people like Ron Gilbert, Aric Wilmunder
> for streamlining the no-nonsense adventure game design, that
> every game company (including Sierra) uses now..

Ron Gilbert was a saint.  Too bad he's doing RTS stuff like Total Annihilation.

I can't wait for Douglas Adams to prove that text games aren't dead with Starship
Titanic! :)

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> Noman