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• Puzzle Quest 2!!! : sKetchflow
• whatever I've still got my quest for glory character waiting : Draugluin
• Hope remains for a new DoTT from Telltale (I know, I know... Kings Quest isn't a Lucas Arts game). : Grumbeld
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  what the hell, how many teams do they have now? I love the fact that they are growing, awesome company. : filthysock
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    I think we have an answer now "Is the adventure game dead?" "Nope, it's just that there's only one ... : Schnapple
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      I think it did die, but TellTale has genre resurrecting powers. : one random winner
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        Telltale is like that actor or comedian who is willing to take the shitty gigs until they can get on thei : Schnapple
        • They've slowly started trying new things too and their writing has been getting better too. Sam and Max h... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  the only way i'm buying the new KQ is if they promise it's NOTHING like anything Roberta Williams has eve... : electroly
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    I believe that's part of the reason they're rebooting the franchise. : one random winner
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      i hope they just keep King Graham and the basic storyline and then make everything else be like a Monkey ... : electroly
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        I think this might be an opportunity for them to do something really new actually. : one random winner
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          like a totally different genre? i assumed it would be a traditional adventure game like the Tales of Mon... : electroly
          • I'd hope that it's a traditional adventure game. I mean, it's Tell Tale. : Grumbeld
          • I don't think it will be a totally different genre, but if they wanted to spice it up somehow I definitel... : one random winner
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            i hope it's a tactical turn-based RPG : Majuju
            • with a really convoluted parser, of course : Majuju
      • King Graham taught me that mongoose's kill cobras. This was long before I read Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. : Grumbeld
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    I couldn't disagree more. I think if they're going to use the King's Quest name, they need to keep the sa... : pixelat3d
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      oh the KQ-style narrative I'm totally cool with. I'm talking about gameplay. I'm talking about constant : electroly
      • rofl, you didn't throw the boot at the cat? We're on the same page then, i thought you were suggesting th... : pixelat3d
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      I think he is talking more the gameplay mechanics : mikecyb
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        Sorry, player, you seem to have forgotten to pick a piece of lint off the floor six hours ago. You shall : electroly
        • yeah fucking over the player was a pretty big part of that series, or even games in general around that t... : mikecyb
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          I don't know about the early games in the series but the latter games like KQ6 didn't suffer from this is : Schnapple
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            King's Quest 6 *ABSOLUTELY* did. My KQ6 save right now, this very moment, is stuck because I forgot to t... : electroly
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              and because there's a limited number of save slots, I don't even have a save from the catacombs any more.... : electroly
              • In KQ5, I first ate the pie (fucked) and then I didn't get the moldy cheese from the mousehole (fucked). ... : electroly
          • lol KQ6 was the worst offender! : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • Couldn't even finish one of the games because I kept getting killed by a bomb IIRC. It was in the Hallowe... : Lord Skellington
  • DRAMATIC ULTIMATUM : MoreVespeneGas
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    Dated gameplay model? How about its characters sucking ass?
    
    The games never had the humor that Larry / Space Quest / Quest For Glory had. Police Quest had the suspense and the detective work making it interesting. From all old Sierra adventure franchises, they easily picked the worst one.

    Feb 18, 2011 3:38pm PST
    Dated gameplay model? How about its characters sucking ass? The games never had the humor that Larry / S... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I just recently watched a playthrough of KQ3 and HOLY SHIT what an incredibly bullshit experience! I watc... : Tawler
• The question that needs immediate answering: Will it be Sierra "death all over the place", or Lucasart... : Masem
• TTG has been on a roll lately : Nitrium
• I kinda hope they still have a bunch of creative methods to die, but I don't want any "oh you forgot that... : SolveChrist
• omg! I hope it's 2d. : GloriousCow