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I bought this game for the same reasons that bring you to look at this review. From the outside the cover looks like another game in Roberta Williams' series. Personally though I found the title and packaging very misleading in presenting this very different style of game. I will describe the beginning of this game as I believe it gives the best perspective on what to expect. When the 'Mask of Eternity' breaks in the intro to this game, so does this game cease to remain true to the King's Quest series. In this beginning sequence a shard of the 'Mask of Eternity' falls down in front your character, a peasant farmer, who's sister is slowly turned to stone right before him along with everyone in Daventry. He is then left to wander the now sickened land of Daventry that crawls with creatures that resemble the monsters from the original 'Doom' game. This is especially painful to watch with the poorly executed 3-D graphics introduced in this game. And this dark cast only gets darker through the rest of the gameplay. The main character must physically fight these beasts making this game one I wouldn't recommend for anyone under age 12. The mouse controls are very awkward and the delightfully intellectual puzzles from the previous editions are replaced by action-based ones. Very disappointing! In the end when the game was originally released in 1998 to mixed reviews it sold very poorly. Essentially the majority of fans felt as I do that this game simply departs too far from the series we cherish. As Sierra chose not to include this game with their 'King's Quest Collection' boxed set, I would recommend gamers to leave it out of their minds. May God bless you.Read full review
As others have noted, this is a bit of departure from previous KQ games. The graphics are VG, vibrant, albeit the voice-over acting is a bit stoggy, over-done. That said, the game was fun to play the first few times, and aft 10yrs, ws still interesting up to a point. Lots of running around to do action quests, gaining gear you will need, BUT
The game is awesome. I've played it in the past and I just wanted to buy it to be able to play it again. Unfortunately, with newer computers, especially computers with vista, it doesn't work very well. Fortunately, I have an older computer as well as my computer with Vista so I can still play it, but if you don't it might not be worth buying.
Fun game for teenagers that enjoy fantacy games and enjoy doing quests through different level. Easy to learn and play.
I have never played this game before. I hope it is as fun as the Kings Quest games that I have played before.
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