Posted on: July 20, 2023
CharlieLima79
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Worth getting just for King’s Quest 6
In this collection of King’s Quest games, we have 3 games that were made at a time when Sierra’s technology started to catch up with Roberta Williams’ vision for the game series that made her a household name. With each game, the in-game world became grander, and more detailed, colourful and whimsical. The fairy tale-inspired worlds of KQ finally became more real and tangible. Yet, graphics and sounds are just a small part of the equation in making a game. While Williams’ writing also became more mature and sophisticated with each title, her designs of puzzles remained wanting. Although other Sierra ‘Quest’ games (as well as those from competing developers) evolved in their puzzle designs, the puzzles in KQ4 and 5 were still absurd and frustrating like in previous 3 KQ games, if not more so. So KQ4 and KQ5 might have looked pretty/prettier, gameplay still felt dated. The gem in this game collection is KQ6, which Williams co-designed and co-wrote with Jane Jensen. I think Jensen’s contribution to this game had been instrumental, because the game’s flow, story and puzzles were vastly better than those in previous KQ games. The puzzles were still challenging, but not necessarily due to moon logic. As a result, even the overly saccharine story and stage theatre-like dialogue didn’t deter me from enjoying this game. Unlike other Sierra ‘Quest’ games, GOG don’t offer as great of a discount on KQ games for some reason. While KQ games aren’t really my cup of tea, I think this collection is worth getting just for KQ6 alone. When played back to back with the King’s Quest 1 + 2 + 3 collection, you can see the evolution of this game series, and appreciate the vision and effort that Williams et al. had put into their work. Overall, I think KQ 4, 5 and especially 6 are more playable, and certainly more approachable, than KQ 1 to 3. It’s a good collection of games to snatch up during a sale if you want a copy of PC gaming history in your games library.
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