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No, not that one. And no, not the other seven or eight. This King’s Quest is a reboot/continuation/prequel of the classic King’s Quest games in an updated graphical style. I was told that all of the textures are based on oil paintings which were scanned and applied to the game – it works, though not as grandly as I had hoped. If you haven’t heard of King’s Quest, you probably aren’t a fan of point-and-click adventure games and can feel safe skipping this one. If you have, I need to preface this with the information that I haven’t actually played the originals – they’re on my list, but I’ll first need to get them working in Windows 10.
It’s been a while since I’ve enjoyed a point-and-click adventure game. The Longest Journey and Submachine are the pinnacles of the genre, in my opinion. Though I suppose technically, King’s Quest isn’t a point-and-click game – it uses a game controller (you can use the mouse and keyboard – the same way you can technically use a mouse and keyboard in Dark Souls). You roam about freely, looking for interaction icons to pop up on screen. Still, your character isn’t the slow-moving fellow from previous games so this isn’t too big of an issue. The puzzles are fairly straightforward, and there appear to be many opportunities to change future events built into the game world. Already, I’ve noticed several links between the stories that foreshadow future events. Overall, it doesn’t seem like it will be a bad game experience.
If I seem hesitant to recommend King’s Quest, it’s only because I have very bad tastes left in my mouth from a certain game studio’s “narrative experiences” – and it’s spreading. One of the characters in King’s Quest outright says my most hated phrase “the squirrels will most certainly remember that.” Okay, well, not that phrase specifically. But that specific phrase gets at why I’m putting King’s Quest into Tier One. It has a sense of humor (and many, many puns). It helps that the aforementioned line is delivered by Christopher Lloyd and that Wallace Shawn plays a certain knight later on. Time will tell if King’s Quest can hold up its promise of narrative consequence, but the puzzles, humor, and interwoven narrative at least make it worth a chance. The first chapter is free, and I think they’ve convinced me to pick up the next chapters during the next Steam sale.