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Noman wrote:

> I fail to see what was good about >writing< in earlier Sierra
> games.. Games like Quest for Glory 2 or Space Quest 3 or
> Police Quest 2 were good because they were interesting games
> with better puzzles... Writing was not their strength...

In some ways, I agree.  I think Sq3 was just very clever though, from the Astro
Chicken mini-game (boy, do I miss that!), the outer-space McDonald's (I forgot
what it  was called...it's been a LONG time), etc.  That was the best SQ.  Too
bad everything after was junk.

I like the QFG series as a whole, but too many bugs, from QFG2 (fire elemental
bug), QFG3 bugs (too many to list) toQFG4 disaster (ugh) hamper the whole
series.  I still think QFG 1 was the best.

> I don't think all of the Sierra adentures (and all of the Zork
> games, text or graphics) combined, can match Gabriel
> Knight 1, in plot, writing and story.... In gameplay,
> believe it or not, GK1 gave me >more< freedom to try things
> out than any text parser ever did, IMHO...

I agree.  I think  ANY games compared to GK1 is irrelevant.  It is the
high-water mark for gaming, as a whole.
Well, I think two other really high-standard Sierra games were Gold Rush!  and
The Colonel's Bequest.  Truly great games ignored by time.


> I agree that Sierra adventures have gone down... and I'll
> think a 100 times before buying GK3 or QG5. I found GK2, an
> extremely pointless game, and QG4 was so-so.

Really?  I very much enjoyed GK2, although I did have gripes about it.  I'm
excited about QFG5 because it looks like the game is returning to its roots.
Same as GK3.  I hope the recent fiascos at Sierra (ie., Lords of Magic, Red
Baron II, Sierra Pro Pilot, Football Pro '98, ad nauseum) won't affect the
quality of those games (but I somehow think it's wishful thinking).  It's really
too bad that Sierra is now like a chicken without its head.  It tries to be in
too many places at the same time.

> --
> Noman, who thinks that KQ6 was the best Kings' Quest by a
>        BIG margin...

I agree......marginally.  I also really liked KQ3.