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Odd Manor Announced - Roberta Williams' (King's Quest/Phantasmagoria) New Game
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Neuromancer
Member
Can't argue with free. I'll check it out.
Neuromancer
Member
Hmmm
God damnit Facebook
GhaleonQ
Member
Guys, hold on, I'm writing this really funny sketch with typical "overbearing parent" tropes except that, get this, they're GRAPHIC ADVENTURE DESIGNERS.
"Damn it. You can't just have the characters all cutesy-pooing around the manor without any motivation. Stick an unobservable time limit in there or put items at the end of danger-filled passages. Better to chase off the casuals."
"Just let me live my life! I HATE YOU, DAD! I hate you!"
Ha ha! ...! Give me a couple of nights to workshop and I'm totally set.
(I'm not the kind of person to pollute my social networking stuff with this, but I would gladly play and chat about any genre of game in-browser by Williams and Williams offspring. It's the least I could do for the enjoyment their work's provided.)
"Damn it. You can't just have the characters all cutesy-pooing around the manor without any motivation. Stick an unobservable time limit in there or put items at the end of danger-filled passages. Better to chase off the casuals."
"Just let me live my life! I HATE YOU, DAD! I hate you!"
Ha ha! ...! Give me a couple of nights to workshop and I'm totally set.
(I'm not the kind of person to pollute my social networking stuff with this, but I would gladly play and chat about any genre of game in-browser by Williams and Williams offspring. It's the least I could do for the enjoyment their work's provided.)
echoshifting
Banned
Just happy to see her back in gaming. 
Now if we could get her over to Telltale to consult on KQ....THAT would make me...well. Giddy. Literally giddy.
Yes, you too Ken
Now if we could get her over to Telltale to consult on KQ....THAT would make me...well. Giddy. Literally giddy.
D
Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
I love me some King's Quest, but a goddamn Facebook game?
*sigh*
What kind of game is it, anyway? Would I be wrong to assume there will be microtransactions and awful social things where you have to terrorize your friends to progress?
*sigh*
What kind of game is it, anyway? Would I be wrong to assume there will be microtransactions and awful social things where you have to terrorize your friends to progress?
sixteen-bit
Member
I need to try King's Quest one of these days
snoopeasystreet
Member
Will it be cheap enough so that the "average" people to feel like they should play it?
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
_dementia said:
If you're into point and click games and you enjoy fairytale stories then you're in for a treat.
My favorite is VI followed by VII. A number didn't like VII because it strayed from the King's Quest formula (essentially, they removed the permastuck and made it pretty linear and Disney looking), VII was pretty memorable because it was the first King's Quest that I actually played (I was 9 around that time. So yeah, me + Disney = happy boy).
You could go for the chronological order, or start with V, then VI.
XANDER CAGE
Member
I can't decide if I find it adorable or kind of weird that they make this stuff as a family still
echoshifting
Banned
_dementia said:
I would definitely play them chronologically unless entering text to find clues instead of going on a pixel-click hunt sounds awful to you, then you're gonna need to skip the first four. I'd skip V, too, it doesn't hold up as well as VI. Really, if you're just going to play one, play VI, and if you're going to play them all move through in order.
SKIP VIII Just pretend it doesn't exist.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
I'd like to think V is some prelude to a more epic adventure (that is VI). So skipping it out would be a waste though (because if you go straight to VI, V might seem meh-ish), it's still a good game.
echoshifting
Banned
coopolon said:
I know that Quest for the Crown (the first one) does, and it comes with the King's Quest Collection disc (which runs in dosbox). I think there are II and III VGA remakes floating around but I don't think they're official, and I'm pretty sure all of the remakes are still text-based. I could be wrong about that. I don't know much about them.
For my money, graphically speaking, the originals are just as charming as they ever were, especially III and IV.
ULTROS! said:I'd like to think V is some prelude to a more epic adventure (that is VI). So skipping it out would be a waste though (because if you go straight to VI, V might seem meh-ish), it's still a good game.
To me it holds up the least.
That fucking owl man, the minute he opens his mouth it's "Well, so much for that replay!"
echoshifting said:
I should have just linked to this in my first post but kept getting the name wrong.
http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/games.html
I'm not sure how official any of them are, I thought their QfG2 remake was official and assumed the rest were as well but I could be wrong.
echoshifting
Banned
coopolon said:
Oh yeahhhh, I had forgotten about those...maybe I'll give it a try, thanks.
KQIII was the first video game I ever owned outright. Manannan is still one of my most-hated and most-feared video game villains. The way they kept you quaking around him, brilliance for what was capable at the time.Any of you guys play Mixed-Up Mother Goose? That was a surprisingly awesome game. I'm a huge RW fan. I even wrote her a letter when I was nine. It was something along the lines of, (minor KQ3 spoiler)
"Will you please tell me how to get the pirates to take me on their ship?"
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Yes, I do remember playing Mixed Up Mother Goose, sure it was for kids but it was pretty awesome from what I remembered. It's been a long time though.
Asides KQ, my favorite Roberta Williams games were Phantasmagoria and the Laura Bow series. Anyone played Laura Bow? I really enjoyed the Art Deco theme/era, it was like an Agatha Christie game.
Asides KQ, my favorite Roberta Williams games were Phantasmagoria and the Laura Bow series. Anyone played Laura Bow? I really enjoyed the Art Deco theme/era, it was like an Agatha Christie game.
Oh god Facebook, whyyyyy.
It's really tempting but the teaser image + Facebook makes it seem not at all interesting.
... yeah okay, I went and tried it. I really ought to have trusted my first instincts. Although it was a little weird how first it was about fairies popping out of blooming flowers, and then suddenly you're reading about a werewolf slaughtering sheep. Well, okay... sounds interesting, but the gameplay was too boring to continue.
It's really tempting but the teaser image + Facebook makes it seem not at all interesting.
... yeah okay, I went and tried it. I really ought to have trusted my first instincts. Although it was a little weird how first it was about fairies popping out of blooming flowers, and then suddenly you're reading about a werewolf slaughtering sheep. Well, okay... sounds interesting, but the gameplay was too boring to continue.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Feep said:
To be fair, I didn't play much of it, but it seemed to be... planting stuff? Average Facebook type game. I pretty much only got through the tutorial before deciding it wasn't the type of game I'd enjoy playing. There may be more to it if you continue playing, but they lost me at the beginning...
http://www.oddmanor.com/game.htm
You can look at the game without actually having to go on Facebook.
Dreamwriter
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Wild Tangent has these tags for the game:Feep said:
Tycoon, Explore, Casual, Social