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Remember that "Phantasmagoria 2" was NOT written by Roberta Williams, but by
Lorelei Shannon (sp?) who co-wrote King's Quest 7 with her.  Also, remember
that everybody's favorite Jane Jensen co-wrote King's Quest 6.

I think I remember reading somewhere that Roberta Williams admitted that the
horror genre was not for her- and that she was going to "pull all the stops"
to bring the King's Quest series back on track.  For her sake and the sake
of the company, I hope Mask of Eternity will be a great game.  However, the
one year delay worries me- their 3D engine looks horribly dated.  It seems
to suffer from low polygon counts that leave the characters AND environments
looking blocky and less detailed than even the first Tomb Raider.  However,
if they can get the story, puzzles, and interaction right, then it shouldn't
matter.

Francis

>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