02-09-2006, 10:46 PM | #1 |
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Sierra's greats and their fans
It really amazes me the devotion that some of the old sierra buffs show towards their old fans.
I first found Ken Williams forum a few years back and posted there reflecting on all the great times I had with sierra's games. No sooner than a day later the man himself replied to me. That really made my day, and just increases my respect for him. Just yesterday, after I finished Conquest of the Longbow, I decided to check up on Christy Marx. She has her own website, which even gave me info as to what she has been up to lately. Out of the blue I though "What the heck, I'll send her fanmail". I told her how much I enjoyed her two sierra games and how I wish more games were like them today. Amazingly enough she replied today! She thanked me, and said that emails like these always make her day. She also said she wishes more adventure games were around and that lately she is involved with more MMO games. Theres something about that little company that existed in Oakhurst that made these people so nice and devoted. I only wish I could say the same thing for today's game companies... |
02-09-2006, 11:24 PM | #2 |
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I think the Telltale people are pretty nice. But I'm hoping they never go out of business so we won't be asking "whatever happened to them?"
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02-09-2006, 11:42 PM | #3 |
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Here's how I feel about Sierra. (I hate to pimp my own writing, but it's been a while since this article ran and it might be of interest to some who weren't reading the site back then.)
I personally think Telltale's the closest company to the old Sierra around these days. The way they communicate with the fans is very reminiscent. |
02-09-2006, 11:44 PM | #4 | |
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Edit: No, really, she said that! Moments ago, and then changed her mind! Ashamed of her torrid love affair with InterAction magazines... Not I, though. Not I.
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02-09-2006, 11:53 PM | #5 |
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You're right, I said it. But the memories were so painful I had to take it back.
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02-10-2006, 12:02 AM | #6 |
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Glad to see I'm not the only love-sick Sierra fan. I also loved Interaction, and I have a few old issues lying around. Its still fun to look through them occasionally for nostalgia.
As for telltale, while they seem nice enough, I can't share the love of them. They unfortunately use very damning DRM methods such as hardware fingerprinting. If someone could prove to me the CD version of Bone does not include any such authentication or protection...then maybe I would sing a different tune. Until then.....CSI will be my judge of their work |
02-10-2006, 12:07 AM | #7 |
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The only Sierra adventure games I own are Space Quest 6 (CD) and Leisure Suit Larry (don't remember the number, but it's on multiple floppy discs).
Never finished them and haven't played either in years. I'm more of a LucasArts fan (though I recently started BS1 and absolutely love it). I think I'll go play it now. |
02-10-2006, 12:12 AM | #8 | |
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I don't understand why you're so worked up about hardware fingerprinting. Telltale has said multiple times on their forum that if you want to install the game on another computer, all you have to do is use the same activation code you got when you first bought the game. Same with the CD version, I'm sure. It does require online authorization when you first install, but so do a lot of games these days. (And as someone pointed out on another thread, you had to have an internet connection to order it, so going online for a second to register shouldn't be a problem. ) |
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02-10-2006, 12:39 AM | #9 | |
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I'm telling you, DRM will be the end of PC gaming for me. Its sad but true. |
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02-10-2006, 12:48 AM | #10 |
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Yeah, Sierra was great. I loved the way the designers would always include a little personal comment on the game in the manual. We didn't get Interaction in Europe, unfortunately (not in France, at least).
And too bad their respect for gamers didn't extend to doing some minimal QA.
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02-10-2006, 01:06 AM | #11 |
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Does Samorost 2 require online activation or whatever? And can you play it on more than one computer?
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02-15-2006, 01:08 AM | #12 |
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Like you, I also was a sick superfan of the old sierra adventures.
I don't know if I'm allowed to write this here, but, those sierra adventures were our big examples when we created our adventure game Tears of Betrayal. You should try it out and let us know what you think of it! You can find a demo at http://www.tears-of-betrayal.com |
02-15-2006, 01:28 AM | #13 | |
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And Sierra is teh God. I love Sierra so much, I love the SQ & QFG series more than Monkey Island or any other adventure game series out there. Its pretty personal. And its the most amazing feeling to be able to talk to the people who made these games, I've spoken to many people thaat I've done research on. Sierra is just one of those companies, and it was the end of the world when they changed management back in 1998 (?). And ever since I hated the people who drived that company to the ground, and I gutted when SQ7 was canned 3 TIMES!! Ah well, the company is still alive and there is a tinsy bit of hope, everything is possible in this world.
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02-15-2006, 04:29 AM | #14 | |
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Anyway, I just thought I'd let you know that Sierra, at least the Sierra you're thinking of, has not existed for a decade or so.
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02-15-2006, 05:21 AM | #15 | |
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02-15-2006, 05:24 AM | #16 |
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I know the old Sierra is gone, its just hard to believe. At least their not as bad as LA, they can make games but dont. Just stupid.
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02-15-2006, 05:28 AM | #17 |
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Am I alone in not understanding the argument that LA sucks because it could "make games" (surely the remit of any developer) but chooses not to, whereas Sierra somehow doesn't suck because it doesn't exist in the same way as it used to. Quite aside from the fact that LA has a very different staff make-up nowadays, Sierra would be perfectly capable of finding a developer to handle something if they wanted it made.
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02-15-2006, 05:48 AM | #18 | |
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02-15-2006, 05:57 AM | #19 |
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If anything I'd use that as evidence that it is Sierra that sucks, rather than LucasArts. LucasArts aren't using their franchises in a way that tarnishes memories of the previous games; Sierra are.
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02-15-2006, 06:03 AM | #20 |
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Its the new Sierra though, not the old one we know.
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