Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood

The best Sierra adventure game after the Quest for Glory series. I've been playing this when i was a kid. Back than it was quite hard for me but immersive and totally worth it.

I remember getting this when it came out. Great story. The only hang up is the game you ghave to play, I could never figure it out and had to use the little coded hint manual.

I swore off Sierra games a little while ago, but was tempted into getting this recently by reviews here saying that it's a cut above the usual and "if you're not usually a fan of Sierra games... it's a must". I feel very misled. Sure, the game has some non-linear elements and offers multiple endings, but beyond that it's a typical Sierra game. That is an adventure full of arbitrary and asinine game overs, puzzles that can only be solved by slavishly referring to the manual (I hope you like alt-tabbing!) and just a general tone of a game having a laugh at your expense. It's a fairly odd take on the Robin Hood mythos too, featuring a lot of druid magic and largely eschewing "robs from the rich, gives to the poor" in favour of "robs from the rich to give to an Austrian Duke", which kind of misses the point of the character, for me. If you don't like Sierra adventure games (as I evidently don't) this isn't going to convince otherwise.

It's a great game but unbelievably hard.

If you listen closely, the opening song even kind of cues where the words are supposed to go while Alan is singing. The level of care put into this game is just so gorgeous. Such great graphics, a fantastic Robin Hood legend, and it is so much fun to play. KEEP THE MANUAL ON HAND, this game's from the days of manuals actually mattering. The manual contains literally half of every puzzle you come across, and it will NOT be explained in the game lmao