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Tad - 31 July 2015 04:19 PM

Wait, so it’s not a 2 hour episode? How long does it go on for if you don’t mind me asking?

Average player time is about 5-6 hours. I clocked in around 6.3

I couldnt help myself I beat the game in one sitting in about 5 and a half hrs. the puzzles are super easy but fun. this is a casual adventure game done right, I think telltale needs to take notice. I found the game to be absolutely charming. the Voice work is the best in any genre in recent time and the art style I found to be beautiful. I did have a couple of glitches on the floating island part, with the strength contest. one time I died and the game stayed on the loading screen until I had to reboot the game. I will post a full review soon, but I say try the 9.99 version to see if you like it. my favorite side characters were the trolls. the ending felt a tad rushed and I mean the closing cutscene but other than that I give it a 9 outta 10. I just started playing again with my girl and she loves it and she is not a gamer at all, said it reminded her of old disney movies.

Jdawg445 - 31 July 2015 06:05 PM

I couldnt help myself I beat the game in one sitting in about 5 and a half hrs. the puzzles are super easy but fun. this is a casual adventure game done right, I think telltale needs to take notice. I found the game to be absolutely charming. the Voice work is the best in any genre in recent time and the art style I found to be beautiful. I did have a couple of glitches on the floating island part, with the strength contest. one time I died and the game stayed on the loading screen until I had to reboot the game. I will post a full review soon, but I say try the 9.99 version to see if you like it. my favorite side characters were the trolls. the ending felt a tad rushed and I mean the closing cutscene but other than that I give it a 9 outta 10. I just started playing again with my girl and she loves it and she is not a gamer at all, said it reminded her of old disney movies.

And here i made a slow progress from yesterday, making circles trying to find an item for the knock, saying wtf i am doing wrong, only to accidentaly find the interactable tree with bells nearby
Still the world is so magical and charming, loved the humor in Race competition, those choices to dupe opponents reminded me of MonkeyIsland.

I’ll get the one thing I hated out of the way- and I absolutely hated it with a passion: it was those three or four occassions where Graham all of a sudden turned into a hyperactive character from a Japanese anime kids cartoon.

No. Just no. Not funny the first time; wasn’t funny the next three times. Lord almighty…

Apart from that though, I had a blast with the game. A lot of the other humour worked quite well; a wonderful voice-cast- I swear hearing Christopher Lloyd always feels right in an adventure game- nice visuals, and bright, large world to explore. Just the right size too- with some more places to discover as you solve more puzzles, but not big enough to leave you lost and frustrated (hello, Dreamfall Chapters!) Huge value for money- even if subsequent episodes are all half the playing time- and they very well could be- it still would be a complete adventure game by the end of it. 

On the negative side, there is a bit of back-tracking and wandering around- which can be a nuisance if you get stuck- but it wasn’t too much of a hassle in my books. Except when it crashed. But that’s what autosave is for, I guess. Although, not being able to skip dialogue and certain cut-scenes when you fail a mini-game was quite annoying.
And I’m not sure it’s entirely faithful to the King’s Quest “tone”- seems a lot sillier- but I’m not an aficianado as such so I’ll leave that to others to judge.

But I mostly enjoyed my time. Felt like an old-school adventure game of yesteryear.

A.A - 01 August 2015 10:28 AM

I’ll get the one thing I hated out of the way- and I absolutely hated it with a passion: it was those three or four occassions where Graham all of a sudden turned into a hyperactive character from a Japanese anime kids cartoon.

No. Just no. Not funny the first time; wasn’t funny the next three times. Lord almighty…

Apart from that though, I had a blast with the game. A lot of the other humour worked quite well; a wonderful voice-cast- I swear hearing Christopher Lloyd always feels right in an adventure game- nice visuals, and bright, large world to explore. Just the right size too- with some more places to discover as you solve more puzzles, but not big enough to leave you lost and frustrated (hello, Dreamfall Chapters!) Huge value for money- even if subsequent episodes are all half the playing time- and they very well could be- it still would be a complete adventure game by the end of it. 

On the negative side, there is a bit of back-tracking and wandering around- which can be a nuisance if you get stuck- but it wasn’t too much of a hassle in my books. Except when it crashed. But that’s what autosave is for, I guess. Although, not being able to skip dialogue and certain cut-scenes when you fail a mini-game was quite annoying.
And I’m not sure it’s entirely faithful to the King’s Quest “tone”- seems a lot sillier- but I’m not an aficianado as such so I’ll leave that to others to judge.

But I mostly enjoyed my time. Felt like an old-school adventure game of yesteryear.

When you say oldschool, backtracking fits well. The environments, music, art makes revisiting less of a chore like old gems, REmake or SH, infact i want to go back and replay KQ again, and would be surprised if they can top the pilot episode in future episodes.
Minigames in competetion were surprisingly fun, some of the puzzles are exactly what i expect from modern AG.
I got stuck badly but as i said revisiting aint bad so long as the environments are cool.

My only complaint is no option to fast-forward conversations, or skip the same dialogue trees.

Mr Underhill - 02 August 2015 10:57 AM

Tad - 02 August 2015 08:23 AM

Mr Underhill - 02 August 2015 06:45 AM

Saw this got mainly good to great press, surprised to see Rock Paper Shotgun murder it.

After doing some research, it’s become apparent the writer of this monstrosity is in fact, an idiot

Same guy that skewered Broken Age and called Peter Molyneux a pathological liar. Well, I guess it’s just his thing

That guy has got to be crazy if he “skewered” Broken Age. Sucks that he has a platform to rail from. This new King’s Quest is a beautiful piece of art in my opinion. I have taken my time in soaking up as much of it’s ambience as I can. Everything from the title screen music through the wonderful animation, the breathtaking art style that allows for what is practically a 3D Disney movie, the incredible, incredible voice work that actually made me okay with Christopher Lloyd as an aging King Graham despite my fears, the injection of personality into a young Graham, the smooth, precise controls, the detailed, lovingly crafted NPC’s and so much more! It is not a perfect 10. I too wish you had the option to skip cut scenes that had been previously viewed at least once. I wish the environments you visited were more diverse (a la Kings’ Quest 5 - Desert, snowy peaks, scary forest, ocean islands etc.) But that is about it. The rest is pretty much more than I could have hoped for in a re-launch of my favorite video game series of all time… and as an avid fan I feel I am a pretty discriminating customer. I just really love, love, love, love this game so far (60% complete).

I just beat it on PS4! I loved every single second! Bravo to The Odd Gentlemen! Great job! There are still 10 PSX trophies I didn’t get so I am going back and starting over on a second playthrough. I went heart on the first one so I think I will take the path of strength this time! I will play it again after that and take the thinkers path. I have to make up for 17 years of waiting after all! Well, wish me luck. Here I go!

Did anyone else get stuck trying to figure out how to get the pumpkin on their first playthrough? Man, that took me awhile.

Also, it was a nice touch how they completely revised Grahams look between the prologue and the main story to show the separation of time. Metal knights boots, silver belt buckle, leather armor, ruby brooch, fancy cape lining and a more stately hat all adorn him in the prologue and are absent during the main quest in favor of a set of more rumpled, travelers clothes from a time before he was a knight.