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Hey Grundislav, I just want to congratulate you on completing the whole series - indeed, a remarkable feat! Will share my thoughts once I get the chance to play this. =)

Finished it, here's some thoughts:

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- Good job on making the clock fair on the player, guys! It gives just enough time to the player to come back to pump excitement up when it becomes yellow. Thumbs up!

- Practically impeccable graphics and animations, pure eye candy. It is especially moving to see the land of Llewdor and the burning Daventry for anyone who has played the original.

- Almost bug-free, the only small glitch I encountered was that I was able to open the trap door in Manannan's study while the cat was standing on it, thus making him sit onto a hole.

- Although it didn't have that much dialogue, the voice acting was quite good. I'm glad previous cast members (especially Josh Mandel and the narrator) re-did their roles.

- Great ending, with the cliffhanger, song and final scene. Surely you're not going to leave it just hanging there, like Twin Peaks! How's Annie?

- The puzzles felt just right, except for an awkward one: is the only way to peer into the bandits' tree to enter the hole... as a... fly? I figured that one out by complete accident, while trying to fly to the tree house in that form. Would it not be more logical (and safe) to insert your hand as a human, than to enter it as a fly? I hope there is an alternate solution to this puzzle, since this one does not make much sense.

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On the scales, it was a great game and I really appreciate all the effort you've put, not only in this title, but in your other remakes as well. Good luck with your next projects!

Now you kind of have to remake KQ4, guys. Heh.

Seriously though, it's a small miracle that you've finished this (being your third KQ remake), most sincere congratulations on the release.

Haha, Statler and Waldorf! Grand! =D
Yeah, feel free to draw me. =)

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Music

Having recently released my third album, entitled The Eye of the Beholder, I am currently looking to get back to composing music for games. By listening to the album you can grasp an idea of what I am into, although, of course, music for games vastly differs. If you're interested in having me on board your team as a musician, do not hesitate to contact me (PM me here). Please provide me with some basic info on the game you are working on, and I shall tell you whether I am up for it.

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That game should be studied in schools.

Will there be optional puzzles, additional information and alternate solutions? =)

You've touched up the art quite a bit, Grundislav! Hope case 8 will be as non-linear as you promised it would be long, long ago.

Produced in the comfort of my bedroom and with the sheer pleasure of using pirated software. =)

Thanks, guys!

[from the official website]

This is my first post here for a while, and it is quite an occasion.

After almost two years in the making, my third, by far most ambitious and still self-released album, named "The Eye of the Beholder" is out.



Sometimes you know. You know that everything you have done till now is nothing more than a repetition for the present; that whatever qualities your previous work had, they have only foreshadowed the entire potential; that everything before and after this is only a shadow or a reflection of the current brilliance; that from this point on nothing will be as grand and significant; that with the current work you fulfill your mission. However small everything until now may seem and however uncertain and difficult everything may be from now on, here and now, this is your magnum opus.

It is as sweeping as the cover is. Download it for free from the official website or check it out on last.fm. The album archive includes notes in English.

Cheers and thanks to those who will listen.

It has become very rare for me to post here nowadays, but I do believe I need to have my say.

TSL, or KQ9, as it was formerly known, has been in development for what, 7-8 years? It was one of the first fan projects I saw on the internet, and it is a little marvel that is being released. The team deserves a huge bow for making this happen, as they have put immense effort over the course of several years to bring us a closure to the KQ saga. Mind you, for free. Just because of their inspiration and determination.

Although it is less relevant to what I am saying, I do believe the two released episodes to be of great quality, especially for a free game. True, the first episode was short, and this one isn't "The longest journey" either, but still, they offer ~5 hours of gameplay(and cutscenes) together, which is as much as you can say for any free adventure game. Ken and Roberta Williams also seem to like the game, voicing their praise with a letter to the creators.

That you, "KQIX-Team", whoever stands behind that alias, should with such persistence put all your effort into mocking the admirable effort of Phoenix online is nothing but a disgrace to yourselves. Whoever you are. The source of such venom is beyond me.

Well, good luck with it. I am sure it will be well worth playing, if it does get finished one day. It's just that I'd expected more from that version, at least a finished intro.

How many years did you work on this 5 minute, unfinished sequence?

That was a great little game, very atmospheric. I did think it was a bit too early for it to end on a cliffhanger, but oh well... I hope the next one's longer. Keep up the good work!

F10. Pure beauty.

Well, those last screenshots look better than anything in any of your games, Dave. Let's hope the final product lives up to it!

Even if I hesitated whether to replay The Last Express or try A Vampyre Story, your post made me choose the former, GG. It's about time adventure games became something else than mundane.

I beg to differ here. Take "Eclipse" from "Dark side of the moon" for example. On it's own, it's a nice minute-long piece with a good atmosphere. Taken in the context of the album, though, it's a brilliant moment of epiphany where the whole concept unravels and in which the album culminates.
There's music that's meant to be enjoyed in portions of four minute verse-chorus songs. However, there's something more large-scale than that, bigger, more ambitious compositions, elaboration and sophistication. Sure, you may enjoy a solo, or a part of the composition more than the others, but it's the whole impression that counts and lasts. Just my two cents.

PS Note, here I state my general views on music, it is not for me to decide whether my album qualifies in the second category.

PPS You can't really enjoy choruses on my album, since there are none. That's a statement in itself, I believe.

For all of you for whom incorrect grammar was the reason for not downloading and listening to the album, you may now sigh in relief, for the title is changed to - gasp - "So close to the sky itself'.

Nacho&SSH, I don't want to sound offensive or anything, but you don't listen to prog like that(track 1 sucks, track 4 is good, track 5 rocks), you should take the album in its entirety and give it a few spins before passing a judgement.

Also, feedback and comments are greatly appreciated, and you may also post them on the website for all the visitors to see.

Yeah, the only real guitars are on the last track.