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I dusted off one of my old games and had some hard time to get it to work right on WindowsXp. DosBox solved my problem.
As I started to replay this old game I must say that KQ6 is more than a game, it have an atmosphere that no other game I have ever played and the experience is more of an interactive saga than a game. Well, that may be what it was intended to be but that kind of game is REALY rare these days. I dont think I will ever get hold of a game as good as this one. (if not Roberta will make a comeback
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KingsQuestVI did change my way of locking at computergames, and the storytelling have never bean so magic as back then Roberta and the others made KQ6.
Thanks for the good work you did then, back in the days! -
I dusted off one of my old games and had some hard time to get it to work right on WindowsXp. DosBox solved my problem.
As I started to replay this old game I must say that KQ6 is more than a game, it have an atmosphere that no other game I have ever played and the experience is more of an interactive saga than a game. Well, that may be what it was intended to be but that kind of game is REALY rare these days. I dont think I will ever get hold of a game as good as this one. (if not Roberta will make a comeback)
KingsQuestVI did change my way of locking at computergames, and the storytelling have never bean so magic as back then Roberta and the others made KQ6.
Thanks for the good work you did then, back in the days!/Daniel
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Yeah, KQ6 is definitely the best King’s Quest game and maybe even the best Sierra game of all time, although KQ3 is a very close contender and depending on my mood I may say KQ3 is the best. Some other Sierra games with excellent atmosphere were Conquests of Camelot, Gabriel Knight 2, and Colonel’s Bequest. The Quest for Glory games always had great atmosphere too. I think Beast Within may be another strong contender for best Sierra game ever, not that I’d call it my favorite but you can’t deny how well put together it was.
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I agree: for me too the title of best KQ adventure is an issue between KQ3 and KQVI. My best remains KQ3, but I admit in advance that I am partial to the amazing group of AGI adventures from KQ3 (included) onwards.
During those times (Ken may confirm or deny of course) it seems to me that there was the perfect combination of fresh ideas (guaranteeing new topics and plot), tight programming groups (in real control of the whole project) and simplicity + stability of the AGI system (known well it allowed itself to be exploited to the max and programmers remained focus on the core of the adventure and on making it flow). It is not by chance to me that in those times besides KQ3 also the first Leisure Suit Larry came out, SQI and II, the innovative PQI, the beautiful and historically accurate Gold Rush…
Of course, the later evolutions were needed.
Ken and Roberta were right in pushing for the technological and interface advances: they were their vision (a sort of interactive movie) and also businesswise the only way to proceed (proof be that old Sierra lasted much longer than Infocom which remained tied to the text and than other less innovative competitors).Among the adventures that came after AGI there were for sure some great ones too, and KQ VI is one of the best. Indeed very good.
I just finished replaying it and, while I did not like a lot the very first part, almost all the rest is great. Plot is long and with depth and it is a rare case of adventure with truly multiple endings, which adds a huge lot to it. Well done Roberta !
I also agree on the judgement on Gabriel Knight.
Personally, I think all three the GK are truly amazing. Each with its different aspects and tecnique, represents a perfect piece of what to me can be considered the best Sierra series as a whole. While the other series are probabily even more highly remembered by many, but they include a combination of number one adventures, but also some that are good but not perfect and a few that are less accurate. GK instead has three adventures only in the series, but all great to me. Jane Jensen is in fact a good example of a Sierra writer who maintained plot above all, even in truly new systems, and you can easily tell. If I am not mistaken, she was coming from a contribution to… KQ VI, and for sure she was of great support to Roberta !!!Well to close, above all, I will always thank Ken and Roberta for the great old Sierra times ! As said, first of all I’ll never forget the good old AGI ones, but each Sierra adventure I played gave me a lot of enjoyment I will never forget.
Giovanni
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