Author Topic: CAN A COMPUTER GAME MAKE A PERSON CRY? (Read 2636 times)

Sho Nuff · « **on:** December 27, 2009, 11:44:06 PM »

I suggest that the creators of HEAVY RAIN and JRPG creators take a good hard look at the original game tear-jerker, KING'S QUEST IV

King's Quest Collection FOUR DOLLARS NINETY-NINE ON STEAM NOW. CRY REAL TEARS FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL OVER AGAIN

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1 on:** December 27, 2009, 11:46:28 PM »

I cried when Sierra fell apart and became a shell of its former self. :'(

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #2 on:** December 27, 2009, 11:49:41 PM »

The woman in the third row had accidentally backed over her dog that morning, so it might have been a fluke

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #3 on:** December 27, 2009, 11:51:21 PM »

Final Fantasy XIII /thread /himuro

demi · « **Reply #4 on:** December 27, 2009, 11:51:55 PM »

So you can buy a bunch of old crappy Sierra games and none of the ones that matters? No thanks.

Let me know when Shivers is available.

demi · « **Reply #5 on:** December 27, 2009, 11:54:03 PM »

Isnt KQ4 one of the worst in the series too?

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #6 on:** December 28, 2009, 12:04:54 AM »

Quote from: demi on December 27, 2009, 11:54:03 PM

Isnt KQ4 one of the worst in the series too?

It licked crack. Giant mishmash of fairy tales and random myths/legends that made no goddamn sense.

On the plus side there was a day/night cycle and nice music if you had an Apple IIGS or one of those insanely expensive Roland decks hooked up to your PC.

Roberta Williams loves punishing you for, uhh, pretty much anything. I died so many fucking times in that fucking game.
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Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7 on:** December 28, 2009, 12:08:32 AM »

Wow, what a cunt.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #8 on:** December 28, 2009, 12:12:05 AM »

FFS, you're walking in a completely black room with only a tiny light...'Oh my goodness! A CHASM!'

And killing a player for walking down a set of stairs wrong...can't see that focus testing very well.

Bebpo · « **Reply #9 on:** December 28, 2009, 12:15:01 AM »

Kings Quest VI was the shit though, yo

Bebpo · « **Reply #10 on:** December 28, 2009, 12:16:20 AM »

And Roberta Williams made Gabriel Knight, which is pretty much the coolest adventure game ever.

Looking forward to Grey Matter. Should actually come out in 2010!

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #11 on:** December 28, 2009, 12:22:02 AM »

I guess the cheap kills are sort of inherent to making a pure adventure game (i.e. no RPG stats, etc.) with a heavy focus on "perils", though -- if there's no systemic way of dealing with conditions other than "alive" and "dead", about the only thing a "peril" can do is kill you outright.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #12 on:** December 28, 2009, 12:31:16 AM »

You know, I always liked the old Sierra adventure games back in the late 80's to early 90's but everytime I read about the people behind them I couldn't help but think they were a collection of colossal twats.

And Police Quest > all

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #13 on:** December 28, 2009, 12:33:14 AM »

This game features the most semicolons of any game I've ever seen. I guess I sort of approve of that, except some of the semicolonage is a bit dubious and at least one, at 4:34, is clearly inappropriate.

also the sigh at 6:18 is a pretty extraordinary sigh, but maybe fairies can breathe deeper than humans.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #14 on:** December 28, 2009, 12:51:05 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on December 28, 2009, 12:16:20 AM

And Roberta Williams made Gabriel Knight, which is pretty much the coolest adventure game ever.

Looking forward to Grey Matter. Should actually come out in 2010!

actually GK was Jane Jensen who is actually talented.

What can you tell me about VOODOO

Bebpo · « **Reply #15 on:** December 28, 2009, 02:07:48 AM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on December 28, 2009, 12:51:05 AM

Quote from: Bebpo on December 28, 2009, 12:16:20 AM
And Roberta Williams made Gabriel Knight, which is pretty much the coolest adventure game ever.

Looking forward to Grey Matter. Should actually come out in 2010!

actually GK was Jane Jensen who is actually talented.

What can you tell me about VOODOO

Oh crap, got them mixed up. Well Kings Quest V/VI (and a few others in the series) are great games to her name. Shame about that Phantasmagoria though.

ManaByte · « **Reply #16 on:** December 28, 2009, 02:47:30 AM »

Wasn't Roberta Williams in the cover of some old PC game sitting in a hottub?

ManaByte · « **Reply #17 on:** December 28, 2009, 03:11:08 AM »

Never liked Kings Quest. Space Quest on the other hand was awesome. Played SQIII many times. Still remember most of the puzzles.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18 on:** December 28, 2009, 05:58:00 PM »

I didn't really care for the early KQ games but 5 was okay, 6 was WOWSOME, and 7 and 8 licked balls.

I actually remember listening to "Girl in the Tower" in my CD player from the KQ6 CD.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #19 on:** December 28, 2009, 06:17:59 PM »

I actually called my local radio station to request Girl in the Tower

tiesto · « **Reply #20 on:** December 28, 2009, 06:30:15 PM »

I really liked KQ5 and 6, wish I still had my boxed copies of them... there was something mystical about those old PC games in the big boxes, chock full of goodies.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #21 on:** December 28, 2009, 06:34:31 PM »

those death scenes were just excuses to make puns

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #22 on:** December 28, 2009, 07:10:49 PM »

After Sierra discontinued their Apple IIGS support I sent Roberta Williams a letter telling her to suck it and I wouldn't buy another Sierra game again

Aaaaaand I think I actually never bought another Sierra game again

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #23 on:** December 28, 2009, 08:47:41 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on December 28, 2009, 06:17:59 PM

I actually called my local radio station to request Girl in the Tower

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Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #24 on:** December 28, 2009, 11:29:33 PM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on December 28, 2009, 07:10:49 PM

After Sierra discontinued their Apple IIGS support I sent Roberta Williams a letter telling her to suck it and I wouldn't buy another Sierra game again

Aaaaaand I think I actually never bought another Sierra game again

BITCH

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #25 on:** December 29, 2009, 12:41:17 AM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on December 28, 2009, 07:10:49 PM

Aaaaaand I think I actually never bought another Sierra game again

But did young Sho Nuff play another Sierra game again?

ManaByte · « **Reply #26 on:** December 29, 2009, 02:09:47 AM »

Wasn't that so buggy even Bethesda laughed at it?

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #27 on:** December 29, 2009, 08:35:53 AM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on December 28, 2009, 11:29:33 PM

Quote from: Sho Nuff on December 28, 2009, 07:10:49 PM
After Sierra discontinued their Apple IIGS support I sent Roberta Williams a letter telling her to suck it and I wouldn't buy another Sierra game again

Aaaaaand I think I actually never bought another Sierra game again

(Image removed from quote.)

BITCH

My parents hated me

demi · « **Reply #28 on:** December 29, 2009, 10:00:22 AM »

Quote from: Jinfash Akbar on December 29, 2009, 08:59:12 AM

I never played any of Roberta's games (since those games weren't popular around here to begin with) but morbid curiosity lead me to watch some clips of someone playing Phantasmagoria on youtube. So, what was the consensus about that game back then?

I mean especially compared to your regular sprite adventure games, were FMV adventures the new hotness or did they fail to latch on? The primitive technology extremely limited the scope of gameplay, older point-and-click had more interactive, for sure.

I wonder if it actually sucked/immersed the players into the game back them, because obviously it hasn't aged well at all unlike some scumm games, so there must've been a redeeming quality about it other than "Oh look, real people, Cool!"

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In a 2006 interview,[1] she admitted that her favorite game she created was Phantasmagoria and not King's Quest, "If I could only pick one game, I would pick Phantasmagoria, as I enjoyed working on it immensely and it was so very challenging (and I love to be challenged!). However, in my heart, I will always love the King’s Quest series and, especially, King’s Quest I, since it was the game that really 'made' Sierra On-Line."

smh

FMV adventures were amazing. Shivers

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #29 on:** December 29, 2009, 12:55:11 PM »

Quote from: a slime appears on December 29, 2009, 09:46:04 AM

I remember getting a personal demonstration of the game by Roberta Williams herself when I "snuck" into E3 when I was 14. She had the most depressed look on her face as she was running through the game and it really put a damper on my excitement on finally meeting her. The game was a total pile at that E3, I felt really sad for her. :'(

Woah ... that's my story. Like, exactly. I tell that story to people all the time! This was in Atlanta, right? DO I KNOW YOU.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #30 on:** December 29, 2009, 01:03:33 PM »

SPACE BUNNIES MUST DIE

no seriously do I know you

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #31 on:** December 29, 2009, 03:28:06 PM »

Shit. I was at that E3 too. That was when I met Miyamoto, back when it was cool to meet Miyamoto and he wasn't swarmed by pathetic fanboys like me

Hahahhah what a dork

demi · « **Reply #32 on:** December 29, 2009, 03:31:22 PM »

Miyamoto must have got Botox down the road, for some reason now he is always grinning. I knew he was dead on the inside

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Author Topic: CAN A COMPUTER GAME MAKE A PERSON CRY? (Read 2636 times)