Posted on: March 14, 2011

xtrackt

Games: Reviews: 3

Virtual Police Simulator and Adventure

Police Quest series was yet another great adventure game series by the masters at Sierra. Police Quest will have you playing as a police officer starting from the mundane duties of making it on time to a meeting and arresting a reckless driver, to being promoted to a detective and investigating homicide cases. The convincing reality when playing as a police officer is helped a lot by the fact that this game had professional advisers and officers helping to write the game and keep it real. It's not easy to find many games where you play the role of a police officer in all it's facets, but this is a memorable experience all the way through. A shame they don't make these anymore. If you enjoyed King's Quests or Monkey Islands or any number of the other point and click adventure games of yesteryear, then you won't be disappointed in these.

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Posted on: January 18, 2011

mrgarrettscott

Games: 475 Reviews: 2

Freeze

I knew this series would eventually make its way to GoG. Now, that it is finally here, my only recommendation is to buy it for those who don't already own or have owned it in the past but no longer do. These games are about being a police officer, following department procedures and, of course, completing the adventure, whether it is hunting down a serial killer in Open Season or Death's Angel in the orignal. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to try a simulation of law enforcement without academy training.

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Posted on: January 18, 2011

antihippie

Verified owner

Games: 195 Reviews: 52

An eye for detail

Police Quest departs from a lot of adventure games in both it's freedom and it's restrictions. It constantly reminds you what is necessary to be a good cop, it gives you power, and then immediately puts restraints on that power. In each game you are given a number of scenarios that actual policemen face (apart from the over-all plot of the game which involves bringing in a really nasty badguy). In these situations, you have to carefully gauge how much force to use. If you go overboard, you'll be thrown off the force, and the game will tell you in no uncertain terms that the consequence is another criminal back on the streets. It's a tough game with a higher learning curve than most point and click adventure games but it's worth it for the satisfaction of completing each title. This one is a true classic, and definitely worth your time.

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Posted on: March 24, 2011

gas.gas

Games: 406 Reviews: 46

Great memories

Ive played police quest 1 and 2 on Commodore Amiga back in the days, i never played PQ 3 and 4 maybe released on PC only not sure about it. I have to say i loved the Sierra adventures at that time,expecially space quest 2, kings quest 3 and those first 2 police quest titles. It was really something new, you had the feeling to play an open world game with infinite possibilities, which ofc is not true but compared to most of the games around those days Sierra series seemd were giving the player a freedom never saw before. Personally i think the mechanic of those games now is really dated, i mean, they are great game probably for the ppl like me who played them back in the days, but im not sure new players could find them very appealing, fact is those games where is required to write what to do are very unforgiving about player creativity, sometimes you will find you trying to do the right thing but without the right "word" or sentence is not working. Anyway i remember police quest serie was a little easier, maybe was the setting more logic or more common to the ppl watching TV police series not sure, compared to other Sierra old time titles where sometimes you really had no clue what to do next, imho. At the end those games are masterpieces for any GOG player (at least the first 2 chapters), and any new player interested in gaming history may find those games interesting too.

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Posted on: March 17, 2011

GloryQuestor

Games: 1188 Reviews: 7

Three Hit Titles and One Odd Duck

Sierra had a great run of adventure games in the '80s and early '90s. Police Quest stands as a series that built itself from the beginning as a more serious take on police procedure and having the player step into the shoes of a cop. In the first three games, you'll follow the life of honest cop Sonny Bonds as he travels from rookie street cop to homicide detective, and finally as a ranking sergeant in command of other cops. The tight storytelling in the first three games keeps you involved from start to finish. So, why did I give this great collection 4 stars instead of 5? For one reason: Police Quest IV. Gone is our familiar friend Sonny Bonds in the familiar fictitious outskirts of Lytton, now replaced with a generic brown-suit detective in real-world Los Angeles. I was willing to go along with this despite the radical change, but some of the puzzles in this game ended with some really out-of-the-box solutions that you would never really think of in a million years. I needed a walkthrough to complete this one -- the only one of the four I had to use it. In summary, get this collection for the excellent first three games -- just don't expect number four to be anything like them.

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