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>   How could such a bad game designer become famous?
>   Let's face it: the woman hasn't got one single good game in her
curriculum!

Then why is everybody playing them? I think that you are right though. I
played 2 KQ gamest (4 and 5 i believe) and the two Phantasmagoria games. I
didn't like the K.Q-games, but that had more to do with the fact i din't
like the genre. But Phantasmagoria 1 and 2 are at least "not good value for
money". Phantas 1 is awfull in every way: thin characters, an even thinner
plotline, a lot of area's and very little people to talk with... The main
character is a joke. She has no past, no family, no friends... Williams
improved on that in Phantasmagoria 2, a shame that she needed a bunch of
aliens to wrap up the story. 
The puzzels aren't always up to standards. Apart from the fact that their
not very original, is the way she squeezes them into the story. In
Phantasmagoria 1 and 2 the quests are not always blended into the story
like they should have. Day one in phantasmagoria 2 is awfull. All those
little stupid tasks you have to do untill you can finish at work... 

But Roberta Williams is no fraud and certainly not an imbecile. Sierra is
one of the oldest softwarehouses that still exists and Roberta Williams has
played an important role in it's history. I like her philosophy about games
and her currage to create games that appeals women or children. She also
very good in recognizing talented people like Jane Jensen. 
In her own games she always fails to convert good ideas into good products.
Maybe she should use her ideas to inspire others and let them create the
games.

Just my two cents,

Dolf

>   First, the dreadful King's Quest game: KQ6 was the most infuriating
gaming
> experience ever. In that stupid game you could screw things up just by
not
> entering the right screen at the right time !! I remember getting very
close
> to the ending and not being able to finish the thing because I had not
talked
> to this guy in the very begining of the game. And I only discovered that
> because I got a walkthrough - if it depended on William's awful design,
I'd be
> wondering what to do forever !! If I had gotten my hands on the woman
when I
> found out I'd have to restart, we'd have been spared from Phantasmagoria.
>   Phantasmagoria was mildly entertaining, but not a game at all. Besides
being
> ridiculously easy, the woman robbed all puzzles from previous games -
like the
> get-key-with-nail-and-newspaper... it was an original puzzle... IN ALONE
IN
> THE DARK 2 !!!
>   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?
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