Sierra & Lucas & the others

[Babar]

Oh yeah I probably have to say that, nostalgia aside, Legend made some of the best adventure games.

As well as some crap ones too- Companions of Xanth? But I have to agree. Eric the Unready was incredible. It just took me ages to find the telephone to call for cake.
Revolution was also great. Not only Lure of the Temptress, but Beneath a steel sky too.
I wouldn't be able to decide between LucasArts or Sierra. I grew up with both Graham as well as Guybrush, and enjoyed both. However, as a kid, I could only play Monkey Island by myself. Dying just terrified me.

[milkanannan]

why is everyone saying that they were afraid of sierra games cause you could die?  you could SAVE your games, too...

one of the best sierra deaths - getting eating by that big, jellyfish alien thing in space quest 2 (the alien maze part)

[aussie]

Oh, dying was ok, the painful thing was to die for things like going to the toilet. That and dead ends.

Otherwise Sierra games were pretty awesome.

[Sam.]

the only sierra game i really played was space quest 6, and dying in that was okay because there was a "ry again" function, so you didn't have to replay loads of game to get back to the right place.

[Babar]

why is everyone saying that they were afraid of sierra games cause you could die? you could SAVE your games, too...

Have mercy! A little kid playing King's quest....
almost pissing in your pants as the Ice Queen orders the wolves to tear you apart.....
they're walking slooooowly towards you....
frightened to death, you start giving all you can to her, trying to get them off your back.

[DragonRose]

Babar... I got that one on the FIRST TRY! Honestly, it's my favourite adventure game playing moment of all time.  The wolves started to move, my sister was scared, my parents worried, and I actually threw out my arm and pointed at the screen, yelling "USE THE _________!" And it worked. And I was so proud of myself and Mom said I could have a cookie.

That's one of the things I liked about Sierra games. In the games where you couldn't die for stupid things (oh Gabriel Knight, what an AWESOME game you are!) the possiblity of dying really increased the tension. It doesn't matter how many times LeChuck zaps Guybrush, he's going to live. So it just becomes an annoyance. But when the evil wizard appears and tries to zap King Graham, you'd better do something because there's actual consequences!

[InCreator]

The first adventure I ever played, was Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade, EGA version, somewhere in start of 90's. I was about 6 years old then, just been "introduced" to IBM PC and just about to fall into hands of "the curse" which ruined my sleep, time and life afterwards

All sudden, on this 16-color screen, I saw something amazing. I thought about it as the coolest thing in the world and decided that some day, I will be able to make such a thing by myself.

Well, It ruled sooo-much. Too bad that I couldn't speak english more than saying what my name is, in english. So this game somewhat got lost for me. But even as shitty as my english is today, I still owe 70% of the knowledge to AGI (therefore, Sierra) games. The real craze started with Leisure Suit Larry 1 and KQ3 hit the ticket: I played and played - with dictionary nearby - it until I knew english enough to finish it (which took more than three years!)...

So, a Sierra kid, with deep sympathy towards LucasArts.
Adventure games and playing them has taught me something very useful in this life.

Currently, I have no wish to play Sierra games. They just lived their age out and lost the touch.
But... why are there so few games that are at least a little bit replicate the feeling I get while playing Indy FOA or Last Crusade?
And how long will it take to get FOY completed at last?

[MillsJROSS]

Sierra was number one in my heart for years. With Kings Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Mixed up Mother Goose, Doctor Brain games, and many more. These were many of them my childhood games. Space Quest especially. I didn't even look at another company until after Sierra started going down hill, about six or seven years ago.

Then came Lucas...which didn't beat sierra, but CMI impressed me a lot. I was completely sucked into the game, as my sisters and I played together. And then even better, Grim Fandango.

There have been other companies to make great advenure games, too. But Sierra is still probably looked at more fondly in my mind than any other company. Lucas Arts comes to a close second. When all is said and done, though. I think it's what you grew up with that you'll probably enjoy the most.

-MillsJROSS

[milkanannan]

true dat, mills