This week's Submission comes from g1 Kenneth who throws us something we don't see very often: a PC game review. If you've ever played any "point and click" adventures then chances are you know of the KQ series... and how easy it is to die.
Submitted by destructorv2 on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 1:19am.
aww man, its like the game developers are focusing more on the death style than the game. i am glad the sequel "mask of eternity" got some improvement from there.
Submitted by Scar Symmitry on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 8:06am.
it was and that version kicks Arse.... anyway im glad some people remember these... use don't wanna know how many people i ask that doesn't know what hell these games are
Submitted by Chase357 on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 1:33am.
That sissy scream they do when they fall of cliffs kills me! They sound like Mr. Bill from Saturday Night Live ("Oh, noooooo!"). The hero of the game has to be the biggest pansy ever. A custard pie defeats a yeti?
The funny part is, this is one of the games that was ported from PC to the NES. Only the graphics, sound and controls are inferior. I have no idea why Konami would put their name on it considering the sheer amount of good games that they had a part of.
It wasn't a bad game for its day... but this video does an effective job highlighting some of its more frustrating aspects.
Submitted by AngelHalo on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 10:29am.
Though I didn't really like the Kings Quest series due to things that seem illogical in the game, like how were you suppose to know that Eagle was able to save you from the nest of birds, but you'll need Meat to feed it?
Submitted by Bratty_Twillis on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 11:39am.
I like the King's Quest games, even if they kill you evey two seconds. I also like the "wonderful" voice acting that was added to the CD-Rom version of this game. "My Castle! What Happened?" "Hoo, I know who stole your castle!" LOL.
Submitted by XraySpecs on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 1:45pm.
This game looks pretty good; it kind of reminds me of "Hero's of Might and Magic" but with more dying and more that one way to die funny by opponent or to kill your enemy, a custard pie kills the yeti...wow lol. What would he do for a klondike bar?(lame joke...i suck)
Submitted by Spongeman25 on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 3:29pm.
Great review! I love to see some more reviews (and deaths) of this series. As much as I enjoyed the point and click adventure games, I never saw any of the logic, reason (or lack of) in this series. I hated it, and the developer obviously had no sense of reasoning. The way to accomplish things were just stupid and illogical. The games were well designed, the story was interesting and the game was unique, but the puzzles were just AWFUL. Please show some more of the developers lack of intelligence and common reasoning.
Submitted by Tennerit on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 8:09pm.
Whoa whoa whoa, complaining about deaths in King's Quest, and no mention of the infamous "save the rat with a boot" puzzle? (for those that don't know: At one point you have to save a rat from a cat with a boot. But to get the boot, you have to find it in the desert, and it's likely you won't find it unless you were specifically looking for it. And you only get two seconds or so to use the boot. If you don't, then the game is unwinnable, but you won't know that until you get to a certain point where to progress you need the rat to show up and save you)
Submitted by Flukielukie on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 9:35pm.
I really wish I could make a review as good as this, I just made one that kind of sucks. I should invest in a new microphone and spend more time on my videos.
I grew up playing all kinds of Point'n'clickers... Leisure Suit Larry, Loom, Indy, Space Quest, Return of the Fantom, Monkey Island, and many others that I don't even remember now... but my all time favorite, and the one I still love to play: "Hero's Quest: So you want to be a hero", the first of the saga that you may know as "Quest for Glory" now... I love those games, I've beaten the first and the third almost all by myself... but Trial by Fire is a bitch... someday I'll get it... this review sure brought back good memories... I hope someone reviews "Blood and Magic" one of these days.
Submitted by Emic_Etic on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 6:25pm.
The Quest for Glory seires is my all time favorite pc adventure game series, I wish I still had my anthology cd though. My favorite was Shadows of Darkness that was a great one.
Yeah, QFG is the best... but I still love "Sywtbah" more than the others, and thanks to this game I now speak english :P (or I think I do... some people actually understand me, heh)
That was a very nice video. Pretty funny. It's weird how there are a lot of games similar like that have most of your time seeing different deaths. But perhaps we just like seeing our characters die, even if it is pathetic.
Dibs!
i call first!
Orly?!?
I call hax!
aww man, its like the game
aww man, its like the game developers are focusing more on the death style than the game. i am glad the sequel "mask of eternity" got some improvement from there.
Wait a minute
Wait a minute. I thought the sequel was "Hier Today, Gone Tomarrow".
it was
it was and that version kicks Arse.... anyway im glad some people remember these... use don't wanna know how many people i ask that doesn't know what hell these games are
Ugh...
Stop that.
Anyway, this was a great video. This is the exact reason I don't like the King's Quest series.
Awesome!!!
Kings Quest was so awesome when I was growing up, I still play them from time to time hahaha. Point and click adventure games for the win!!!!
If there is a typewriter I will save on it.
LMAO!
That sissy scream they do when they fall of cliffs kills me! They sound like Mr. Bill from Saturday Night Live ("Oh, noooooo!"). The hero of the game has to be the biggest pansy ever. A custard pie defeats a yeti?
http://www.myspace.com/retrogamezone
I've been playing this since I was a kid.
I love all these games, especially this one and six. Six is absolutely amazing, possibly the most involving adventure game out there.
He does raise some spectacularly valid points, though. I do believe Roberta Williams spent a lot of time laughing at us.
Funny
Lol, pretty funny review. This guy kind of sounds like Guru Larry.
great review, and he does
great review, and he does sound like guru larry.
well.. it's called
well.. it's called brittish accent. Many people have it.
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its not just accent, its the vioce in general.
It's not just the accent....
It's the pitch too. It's scary how much they sound alike O_O
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Deaths?
Space Quest's deaths are funnier. They're later narrated by Gary Owens.
Omg
I LOVE Point and click adventure games with strange deaths!
I might pick this one up.
Awesome review.
-The Jerk.
Good job
Nicely done , mate
cheerio
Cutscenes
You forgot to mention the awesomeness of the cutscenes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAwIUQ0SMs8
They dont make them like this anymore..
KQ Rules
Kings Quest Rules.. you should of reviewed Kings Quest 6 .. because that one is the best
I liked it, good job.
I liked it, good job.
to easy to die
damn i would want to kill my self after dieing so much. thank god for game faqs.
:o
Dude.. that was really good
That was really good quality
That was really good quality for user videos. The voice doesn't have any background noise and the video is great. Looks like a very frustrating game
Funny guy
Well this was really funny to watch. I love how the bear turns and hits with the fist..thats epic i say..good work
The funny part is, this is
The funny part is, this is one of the games that was ported from PC to the NES. Only the graphics, sound and controls are inferior. I have no idea why Konami would put their name on it considering the sheer amount of good games that they had a part of.
It wasn't a bad game for its day... but this video does an effective job highlighting some of its more frustrating aspects.
I actually bought it
I actually bought it when it came out. I could never get past the snow mountain part, but i was ten and english isn't my first language.
Awesome
King's Quest was an awesome series along with Monkey Island and Space quest. Ahhh the good ol'days.
Sierra Vs Lucas Arts
I never really liked Sierra adventure game i leaned towards Lucas Arts for adventure games.
but if i can find it and play it on SCUMMVM i'll check it out.
Unlikely lines to hear in a TV show
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Guru larry
Hey it sounds link a Guru larry retro corner with th "rich white man accent" (taken from sidescrollers ^^)
I like it
when screwattack puts up GOOD G1 reviews on their homepage..
this was one of those GOOD reviews..
thanks :)
MOAR!
man i love this game! i
man i love this game! i have this for nintendo and the kings quest collection on pc. such fun games.
Good review.
Though I didn't really like the Kings Quest series due to things that seem illogical in the game, like how were you suppose to know that Eagle was able to save you from the nest of birds, but you'll need Meat to feed it?
great review!
A very nice voice for a review, good jokes, and the deaths were awesome
Awesome Review!
I like the King's Quest games, even if they kill you evey two seconds. I also like the "wonderful" voice acting that was added to the CD-Rom version of this game. "My Castle! What Happened?" "Hoo, I know who stole your castle!" LOL.
"It's SNOWMAN"
God this cracked me up so many times i have to say a job well done. . .
Fun video
I had fun watching that. I'll never play the game but the video was entertaining. Good job :D
Awsome Submission sunday
Guru Larry would be proud!
Excellent Review
That review was actually quite marvellous, good show mate!
-xxAwpxx
Not bad
This game looks pretty good; it kind of reminds me of "Hero's of Might and Magic" but with more dying and more that one way to die funny by opponent or to kill your enemy, a custard pie kills the yeti...wow lol. What would he do for a klondike bar?(lame joke...i suck)
Not bad at all (the
Not bad at all (the review)
Absurd (the game). But you can die in really funny ways, you can't usually have that in games!
Great review
I haven't played any of the KQ games, but I heard they are awesome though.
Kings Deaths.... Quest... or something
Great review! I love to see some more reviews (and deaths) of this series. As much as I enjoyed the point and click adventure games, I never saw any of the logic, reason (or lack of) in this series. I hated it, and the developer obviously had no sense of reasoning. The way to accomplish things were just stupid and illogical. The games were well designed, the story was interesting and the game was unique, but the puzzles were just AWFUL. Please show some more of the developers lack of intelligence and common reasoning.
great
that was awesome, I used to play the hell out of that game, never beat it though, this makes me want to start it again.
Man I hope you guys do more
Man I hope you guys do more of these. I am laughing my ass off here.
Awesome review dude! you
Awesome review dude! you know your stuff! hope you do more!
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Never heard of this one lol.
Never heard of this one lol. Good review.
-8-bit since '86
Excellent
Good video game vault. Really brought back memories.
Rat/Boot puzzle
Whoa whoa whoa, complaining about deaths in King's Quest, and no mention of the infamous "save the rat with a boot" puzzle? (for those that don't know: At one point you have to save a rat from a cat with a boot. But to get the boot, you have to find it in the desert, and it's likely you won't find it unless you were specifically looking for it. And you only get two seconds or so to use the boot. If you don't, then the game is unwinnable, but you won't know that until you get to a certain point where to progress you need the rat to show up and save you)
The voices sound better.
Game speech is better than texts.
I like Graham's scream when falling to his death.
I really wish I could make a
I really wish I could make a review as good as this, I just made one that kind of sucks. I should invest in a new microphone and spend more time on my videos.
Great video.
KINGS QUEST!?
Haven't heard of the game in years, lol.
Never played 5, but KQ4 must have been one of the hardest games I've ever played.
Ah The Good Ol' Days
What was that Satyr going to do to him? He just walked him off to his little interdimensional pad.
Games nowadays need more interesting ways to die. :) And ways to mock you after you die.
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My road, my journey
I grew up with this
I grew up playing all kinds of Point'n'clickers... Leisure Suit Larry, Loom, Indy, Space Quest, Return of the Fantom, Monkey Island, and many others that I don't even remember now... but my all time favorite, and the one I still love to play: "Hero's Quest: So you want to be a hero", the first of the saga that you may know as "Quest for Glory" now... I love those games, I've beaten the first and the third almost all by myself... but Trial by Fire is a bitch... someday I'll get it... this review sure brought back good memories... I hope someone reviews "Blood and Magic" one of these days.
QFG
The Quest for Glory seires is my all time favorite pc adventure game series, I wish I still had my anthology cd though. My favorite was Shadows of Darkness that was a great one.
Hell yeah it is
Yeah, QFG is the best... but I still love "Sywtbah" more than the others, and thanks to this game I now speak english :P (or I think I do... some people actually understand me, heh)
Nice
That was a very nice video. Pretty funny. It's weird how there are a lot of games similar like that have most of your time seeing different deaths. But perhaps we just like seeing our characters die, even if it is pathetic.
-Edo >oO( > 'o' )>
funny quote
Feeling a bit mauled by a bear Graham?
God I miss the P-n-C Adventure Games....
Great g1 submission....
Covered what I loved (and loathed) about the genre...
and with great read and editing...
...though I was always more of a Space Quest fan rather than King's Quest...
WONDERFUL!
I'll be reviewing a lot of these old Sierra adventure games also. I love to see this!!! Great job :D
Nice!
Great game and a great review! This game had me for ages, lots of fun! Definitely not for the more recent light-hearted gaming generation.
I still can't stop laughing
I still can't stop laughing when I remember that parody to Sierra's games frequent deaths... That one in Monkey Island, when you fell of a cliff...