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Matthew Murray <mmu...@cc.wwu.edu> wrote:

>On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, David Monaghan wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 1 Mar 1998 12:11:54 -0800, Matthew Murray <mmu...@cc.wwu.edu>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Neil Schuh wrote:
>> 
>> > I'm just considering Sierra a total loss now.  A shame--they used to do 
>> >some good stuff.  We haven't seen any games like Hero's Quest or 
>> >King's Quest IV or Leisure Suit Larry II in a long time.
>> 
>> I used to be a text adventure game devotee ( Infocom, of course ) and
>> have just started playing again after getting the Zork Legacy
>> Collection and ZGI. If you can place yourself in that mindset are the
>> early KQ/other Sierra games worth playing ? And if so which would be
>> the best to try first and how should I get it?
>
>	Of >course< the earlier Sierra games are worth playing.  They were
>much better in terms of gameplay and writing (you know, the IMPORTANT
>things) than the crap that passes for computer games today.  Start at the
>beginning with the original King's Quest, and move on forward from there.
>


If I had to choose a Sierra game to start with, it would be either of
the Gabriel Knight games - really great.  If you like hybrid
rpg/adventure games, try Betrayal at Krondor (free download from
Sierra), and the Quest for Glory series.

Both the Kings Quest and the Space Quest games can be picked up in a
collection quite inexpensively.  Sierra advertises them as "digital
antiques", and they are - the earlier ones don't have sound (except
from the speaker).  Personally, I liked the later Kings Quest games -
5, 6, and 7, rather than the earlier.  Possibly because I played them
before playing the earlier games, so there was no nostalgia factor.
The early ones have CGA graphics - quite blocky.  The story line is
OK, but there are some annoyances.  Some of the puzzles are based on
the difficulty you have maneovering with the keyboard.  

Bottom line: I would get the Gabriel Knight games, and Betrayal at
Krondor.  Then I would make sure I played all of the great Lucas Arts
games - Sam and Max, Day of the Tentacle, the Monkey Island trilogy,
etc.  I also think that the earlier Lucas Arts games had a better
story line than the Kings Quest series - games like Zak McKraken, etc.