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Adventure Game Scene of the Day — Thursday 13 December 2012
Today we have a (murder) scene form Police Quest 2. According to the Top-100, it’s the best game in the series (though I wouldn’t know, not having played any).
I played this back in the day and quite enjoyed it.
Abandoned it halfway, though, because I had saved early, but not often.
I remember diving in a lake (with a wetsuit and oxygen tank), and getting stuck in a crevice. That was probably my last action in the game…
Played the first hour of the SWAT game a few years later. Wasn’t impressed, despite the FMV. Didn’t play anything else in the series.
The truth can’t hurt you, it’s just like the dark: it scares you witless but in time you see things clear and stark. - Elvis Costello
Maybe this time I can be strong, but since I know who I am, I’m probably wrong. Maybe this time I can go far, but thinking about where I’ve been ain’t helping me start. - Michael Kiwanuka
...waiting for the coroner
Awesome game. The PQ games were among the first adventures I ever played, so they have a special place in my heart.
I loved the first Police Quest, one of my favourite games from childhood. I played through it many, many times. Never got very far in any of the sequels though, and never tried any of the S.W.A.T games.
Would’ve been nice to see a Jim Walls kickstarter.
Duckman: Can you believe it? Five hundred bucks for a parking ticket?
Cornfed Pig: You parked in a handicapped zone.
Duckman: Who cares? Nobody parks there anyway, except for the people who are supposed to park there and, hell, I can outrun them anytime.
I’d only support a Jim Walls Kickstarter if he was co-designing the game with another game maker. I like the Police Quest games along with Blue Force but it’s a very different type of puzzle solving in those games that is more procedural than lateral thinking.
That kind of design has a tendency to be very dry if the writing isn’t good. That being said, I really enjoyed the first SWAT game and what they were going for with it even though it is essentially training practice for 2/3rds of the game.
Yeah, you have a point, and I think that’s why I liked the first best. Each game felt more procedural than the last (I may be wrong, fuzzy memories). Anyway, this reminded me to go replay the games. I bought the pq 1-4 collection on disc a couple years ago, but its just been sitting on the shelf so far
Duckman: Can you believe it? Five hundred bucks for a parking ticket?
Cornfed Pig: You parked in a handicapped zone.
Duckman: Who cares? Nobody parks there anyway, except for the people who are supposed to park there and, hell, I can outrun them anytime.
I grew up playing 1,2 and 3 and enjoyed them a lot. I played 4 as an adult, but I don’t think I ever finished it. I’d like to play them again one day…
The real problem with reality is the lack of background music.
Knightette of the Order of the Caption
Music is what feelings sound like…
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