Adventure Game Scene of the Day - Tuesday - Nov 14 2006

Wreck · 11-14-2006, 03:39 AM

Kurufinwe · 11-14-2006, 04:42 AM

Ouch. I've lost count of all the time I've fallen there (especially when trying to get back in time to the house). It's sort of sad that that part is what people mostly remember from this game.

Jelena · 11-14-2006, 04:47 AM

So I take it it's a Sierra game.

RLacey · 11-14-2006, 05:30 AM

It's King's Quest III, and this is one of the bits that annoyed me enough to ensure that I never got anywhere in the game...

Wreck · 11-14-2006, 05:46 AM

we must have a lot of coordinated challenged people here

Slow the game down and you'll get it first try =) It's fun to have a little coordination challenge mixed in with the puzzle solving

QFG · 11-14-2006, 05:50 AM

OMG, that cliff nearly gave me a heart attack... at age 10!

Didn't he do a funny tumbling animation when he fell?

I loved that game overall, though... just VERY VERY hard.

Flyboy · 11-14-2006, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Wreck

Slow the game down and you'll get it first try =) It's fun to have a little coordination challenge mixed in with the puzzle solving

I agree. It never took more than a few minutes to get by these screens. You just had to hit the "-" key a few times first.

Fien · 11-14-2006, 06:10 AM

You had to go down and up the mountain only once. After that there was the map...

Kurufinwe · 11-14-2006, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Fienepien

You had to go down and up the mountain only once. After that there was the map...

I don't think it worked to return home. (?)

RLacey · 11-14-2006, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Wreck

we must have a lot of coordinated challenged people here

Slow the game down and you'll get it first try =) It's fun to have a little coordination challenge mixed in with the puzzle solving

It's not that it's hard, it's just annoying. You can't walk diagonally, and yet they delight in putting a diagonal path in to force you to adjust several times. Then they force you onto a path that's about two pixels deep because of the angle from which you're viewing the scene. It's just really, really stupid, and it's really, really not fun. Mind you, no developers did the annoying walking-off-a-cliff-like-nobody-in-real-life-would-do thing like Sierra

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Kurufinwe · 11-14-2006, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by RLacey

You can't walk diagonally

Yes, you can (with the numpad). But it's still annoying, and pointlessly so.

***fov*** · 11-14-2006, 07:42 AM

It was also 1986, and the fact that you could walk behind things and in front of things and up and down precarious mountains was innovative gameplay back then.

Toefur · 11-14-2006, 08:20 AM

I dunno. I always thought it was fun trying to get to the bottom of the mountain. Beats clicking on the bottom of the screen and watch the character walk his own way around there.

Awesome game.

Kurufinwe · 11-14-2006, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by fov

It was also 1986, and the fact that you could walk behind things and in front of things and up and down precarious mountains was innovative gameplay back then.

Yeah, the exact same problem we had with real-time 3D a few years ago. Just because you're able to make the player push boxes or go through endless action sequences doesn't mean it's necessarily a good idea to do so.

Jobabob · 11-14-2006, 01:11 PM

"you fell off you are stupid!"

Psychocandy · 11-15-2006, 04:08 AM

Oh, crikey... I hated that part too. My lack of co-ordination usually ensured that it took seven or eight attempts for me to get down without falling.

MdaG · 11-15-2006, 09:24 AM

Is the remake any better than the original?

Scoville · 11-15-2006, 05:36 PM

I liked that part, too. It added a bit of excitement to the game. If you were trying to climb back up in a hurry to make it back before Mannanan, you had to choose between carefully climbing up and risking getting caught, or rushing and risking falling to your death.

Fien · 11-15-2006, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Kurufinwe

I don't think it worked to return home. (?)

You're right...
I was confused because I played the remake recently.

Walking diagonally was useful on the stairs.

11-14-2006, 03:39 AM	#1
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11-14-2006, 04:42 AM	#2
Kurufinwe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 3,038	Ouch. I've lost count of all the time I've fallen there (especially when trying to get back in time to the house). It's sort of sad that that part is what people mostly remember from this game. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Currently reading: Dune (F. Herbert) Recently finished: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling) [++], La Nuit des Temps (R. Barjavel) [+++] Currently playing: Skyrim Recently finished: MCF: Escape from Ravenhearst [+], The Walking Dead, ep. 1 [+++], Gray Matter [++]

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11-14-2006, 05:46 AM	#5
Wreck Shady AGP Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 483	we must have a lot of coordinated challenged people here Slow the game down and you'll get it first try =) It's fun to have a little coordination challenge mixed in with the puzzle solving Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ ------------------------------------------------- Game Collector \ Animator \Graphics Design Project in the Works www.josephgoss.com

11-14-2006, 05:50 AM	#6
QFG Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Damascus, MD Posts: 515	OMG, that cliff nearly gave me a heart attack... at age 10! Didn't he do a funny tumbling animation when he fell? I loved that game overall, though... just VERY VERY hard. Share Share this post on Twitter

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Fien Senior female member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Holland Posts: 3,706	You had to go down and up the mountain only once. After that there was the map... Share Share this post on Twitter

11-14-2006, 07:42 AM	#12
*fov* Rattenmonster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 10,404	It was also 1986, and the fact that you could walk behind things and in front of things and up and down precarious mountains was innovative gameplay back then. Share Share this post on Twitter

11-14-2006, 08:20 AM	#13
Toefur More slaw!!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Downunderverse Posts: 584	I dunno. I always thought it was fun trying to get to the bottom of the mountain. Beats clicking on the bottom of the screen and watch the character walk his own way around there. Awesome game. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Tex Murphy is back! - Kickstarter project now accepting your support!

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Jobabob Lost monkey Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK Posts: 127	"you fell off you are stupid!" Share Share this post on Twitter

11-15-2006, 04:08 AM	#16
Psychocandy "But... It's Pink." Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Merseyside, UK Posts: 235	Oh, crikey... I hated that part too. My lack of co-ordination usually ensured that it took seven or eight attempts for me to get down without falling. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Here... Have a Lollipop.

11-15-2006, 09:24 AM	#17
MdaG Master of time and space Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sverige Posts: 1,480	Is the remake any better than the original? Share Share this post on Twitter

11-15-2006, 05:36 PM	#18
Scoville Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 324	I liked that part, too. It added a bit of excitement to the game. If you were trying to climb back up in a hurry to make it back before Mannanan, you had to choose between carefully climbing up and risking getting caught, or rushing and risking falling to your death. Share Share this post on Twitter

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