Hey folks, I just found my cds after moving back stateside, and was going through various downloads from underdogs that i've burned, and came across the kyrandia series. I played through the first episode last year (never played it when it came out, but remember admiring the graphics/story in PC gamer when it came out). Now i'm tackling the second episode, and after just the first few rooms I'm totally into it. Why doesn't this series garner the same respect of others? Don't get me wrong, the various sierra quest games were amazing, as were the lucas arts games, but it seems to me that both companies put out plenty of so-so stuff that overshadowed great works by less known companies, of which i'm only now finding.
Maybe it's just that i've lost perspective, judging games i'm playing for the first time against games i've played a million times. Still, for all the great graphics in King's quest 5, i'll take Kyrandia 1 any day cause it's got the graphics, gameplay and story.
To take it even further, I'd even venture to say that Monkey Island II is pretty OVER-rated. Sure it's better than most adventure games, but it was just too damn long, with too many puzzles that were just there for the sake of having puzzles. Graphically it's great, and i honestly love the first part of the game, but it just keeps going and going and going with no end in sight. I remember reading an interview with Ron Gilbert about his experience with MI1, and how he planned it so that the player would advance in the story at the exact time that he wanted them to, and how each puzzle was planned at the exact right time. And it shows, the first game is amazing, no one disputes that. But for some reason, the second game just isn't as tight.
well anyway, that's my rant. I guess my point is that it's to bad some games got overshadowed by the big names.
-Logan
Maybe it's just that i've lost perspective, judging games i'm playing for the first time against games i've played a million times. Still, for all the great graphics in King's quest 5, i'll take Kyrandia 1 any day cause it's got the graphics, gameplay and story.
To take it even further, I'd even venture to say that Monkey Island II is pretty OVER-rated. Sure it's better than most adventure games, but it was just too damn long, with too many puzzles that were just there for the sake of having puzzles. Graphically it's great, and i honestly love the first part of the game, but it just keeps going and going and going with no end in sight. I remember reading an interview with Ron Gilbert about his experience with MI1, and how he planned it so that the player would advance in the story at the exact time that he wanted them to, and how each puzzle was planned at the exact right time. And it shows, the first game is amazing, no one disputes that. But for some reason, the second game just isn't as tight.
well anyway, that's my rant. I guess my point is that it's to bad some games got overshadowed by the big names.
-Logan