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Originally Posted by PhoenixWrong
Actually you can die in Monkey Island 1 and 4 (not sure about 2), but you have to know what you are doing  I don't mind dieing in the Sierra games, its the dead end parts (miss an item, etc.) that makes me want to consult a walkthrough so I don't miss anything. |
How in Monkey Island 4?
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You can actually reach a dead end in Monkey Island 2, if you really want to. I remember proving it some 10 years ago in a newsgroup: if you insert ALL your pieces of eight in the grog machine, there is no way you can finish the game. It took me more than an hour to do it. Pathetic, I know...
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You mean MI1, don't you?
Personally, I think deaths aren't appropiate to comedy adventures, so I understand the philosophy LucasArts developed.
But in serious,
adventurous adventures deaths are a must I think to create some anxiety.
But death should be expected and not be handled in the King's Quest way.
Dead ends are mostly a design sin. King's Quest VI proved to me that they can work sometimes when it is clear that you're in a dead end, but otherwise they don't.
