/vr/ - Retro Games

Last week I finished King's Quest 4. It was ok. Tonight I'm starting Loom. I think it's not a very long game.

Last week I finished King's Quest. I'm starting Loom tonight. I think it's not very long.

Yaaaay, I did it.

This game had a cool world to explore with nice atmosphere (I now see the KQ2 remake borrowed a ton of stuff from Tamir), colorful and silly out of place characters as per KQ tradition, beautiful graphics and clever-ish puzzles, but man what a SIERRA game it is. Those stairs were a nightmare to navigate. All that bullshit logic. All those DEATHS. Rosella sure is a better swimmer and instrument player than her brother but a two meter drop is all that takes to kill her. Gee. I think there is not a single death I didn't see. I even got eaten by the creature from the Black Lagoon. But honestly, not that I'm complaining about the deaths. They're hilarious. And this is KQ.

This is also the only game with text parser I've completed so far. Are there any good others you'd recommend before I move on to Loom, Monkey Island and KQ5? Specially if they have good art direction.