Kings Quest Reboot

[GuybrushWilco]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/115/1150947p1.html

I haven't been this excited about a Telltale announcement since Tales of Monkey Island. I figured this game deserves its own thread. Who else has mega nostalgia for this series? I really should go back and get the KQ collection now.... So what do you all hope to see in the game?

[Blooglspash]

WOW! That is completely amazing! I hope they make a Space Quest game next. I'm currently playing KQ3 (On the pirate ship).

[MusicallyInspired]

Not excited for reasons I've already stated. I'm actually quite afraid.

And I hope to GOD they don't TOUCH Space Quest without giving Scott Murphy full creative control. And that's not gonna happen.

[Incognito]

Exciting news. I trust Telltale. I was one of those really sceptical about Telltale doing a continuation of my favorite series, Monkey Island, but absolutely loved it. Tales of Monkey Island > Curse of Monkey Island.

[MusicallyInspired]

I trust Telltale to do what they do best. The style of King's Quest is NOT what they do best and in my opinion goes against the idea of their business model. They have some SERIOUS impressing to do with this.

[Rather Dashing]

NO.

Not with this company.
Not with this direction.

Telltale
IS NOT
SIERRA.

Not even on their BEST DAY.

They do not have the design philosophy of Sierra. They do not have the humor of Sierra. They do not have the art direction of Sierra. They have never made a Sierra-style game and they have proven time and time again that a game worthy of a license that is SO INGRAINED IN THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURE GENRE.

And no, CONTRARY TO WHAT SOME PEOPLE MAY BELIEVE, LucasArts and, by extension Telltale, is not a BETTER ALTERNATIVE to Sierra that "fixed" and "evolved" the genre by removing all the bad aspects of it left in by Sierra. Sierra was a powerfully distinct entity, with its own philosophy and approach that couldn't be more different from the LucasArts or modern Telltale way of doing things. Until now I've been disappointed in Telltale, but now I'm absolutely livid. How dare they. THEY DON'T F@#$%ING DESERVE IT. THEY HAVEN'T EARNED IT. THEY CAN'T DO IT.

[chucklas]

yeah, i am worried. KQ is my all time favorite game series and I don't think it meshes well with telltale. I hope they make it work, but I am worried. The whole "reboot" makes me just as worried...

[GuybrushWilco]

Originally Posted by MusicallyInspired

Not excited for reasons I've already stated. I'm actually quite afraid.

And I hope to GOD they don't TOUCH Space Quest without giving Scott Murphy full creative control. And that's not gonna happen.

I think it would be great if they someday made a Space Quest Game . Curse of Monkey Island did not have the involvement of most of the original people, but its my personal fav in the series....And Tales is excellent as well. I'm sure the people who work at Telltale are versatile enough to make other games that do not follow already established styles. It can't be said that they are not capable of doing a Sierra style adventure, if they haven't done it before....

[Lucien21]

Can't see this one to be honest.

King's Quest and the other Sierra games were the opposite of the Lucasarts philosphy that Telltale seem to follow. The game all had death scenes, hard puzzles and weak stories.

I don't want a watered down Sierra game.

Therefore my interest in this is.....

[Secret Fawful]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

NO.

Not with this company.
Not with this direction.

Telltale
IS NOT
SIERRA.

Not even on their BEST DAY.

They do not have the design philosophy of Sierra. They do not have the humor of Sierra. They do not have the art direction of Sierra. They have never made a Sierra-style game and they have proven time and time again that a game worthy of a license that is SO INGRAINED IN THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURE GENRE.

And no, CONTRARY TO WHAT SOME PEOPLE MAY BELIEVE, LucasArts and, by extension Telltale, is not a BETTER ALTERNATIVE to Sierra that "fixed" and "evolved" the genre by removing all the bad aspects of it left in by Sierra. Sierra was a powerfully distinct entity, with its own philosophy and approach that couldn't be more different from the LucasArts or modern Telltale way of doing things. Until now I've been disappointed in Telltale, but now I'm absolutely livid. How dare they. THEY DON'T F@#$%ING DESERVE IT. THEY HAVEN'T EARNED IT. THEY CAN'T DO IT.

I know you're really serious about this but this post made me-

[thesporkman]

So... what does this mean for the Silver Lining fan project?

[Lucien21]

If I want King's Quest on my iPad i'll just got to Sarien.net and play the original.

[Incognito]

Originally Posted by Lucien21

Can't see this one to be honest.

King's Quest and the other Sierra games were the opposite of the Lucasarts philosphy that Telltale seem to follow. The game all had death scenes, hard puzzles and weak stories.

I don't want a watered down Sierra game.

Therefore my interest in this is.....

It´s of course much better to not have a Kinqs Quest game at all?

See this game like I see Curse of Monkey Island. Another author´s take on the series, and not a true sequel/reboot.

[MusicallyInspired]

Well, Telltale seem to be only licensing the IP from ActiVision. And since POS (and AGDI) both have fan licenses for their games nothing will happen to them.

Originally Posted by Incognito

It´s of course much better to not have a Kinqs Quest game at all?

See this game like I see Curse of Monkey Island. Another author´s take on the series, and not a true sequel/reboot.

Yes, it's better to let it die than continue as something it's NOT.

[figmentPez]

Originally Posted by Secret Fawful

I know you're really serious about this but this post made me-

This, so much so!

Watching fanboys foam at the mouth in rage over just the possibility of change in their favorite genre is hilariously entertaining. (Even when I'm the rabid fanboy doing the ranting, as I can be on other subjects.)

[GuybrushWilco]

How does anyone know what Telltales philosophy is unless you actually work there? Also, who says Telltale has one singular philosophy that must be rigidly followed? It seems the only philosophy needed is to try to make great games. No one can honestly say the game is destined to fail or be watered down, when we don't even know anything about it yet.

[Secret Fawful]

Originally Posted by figmentPez

This, so much so!

Watching fanboys foam at the mouth in rage over just the possibility of change in their favorite genre is hilariously entertaining. (Even when I'm the rabid fanboy doing the ranting, as I can be on other subjects.)

Well, I'm not saying I disagree with him really, just that the epicrage of it was extremely hilarious to me.

[doggans]

My hope (and it may be a far fetched one) is that part of Telltale's plan in working on so many franchises at once is to direct some at casual gamers, and some at more hardcore gamers.

If they have a more mainstream franchise bringing in dollars from the non-adventure gamers, then they can focus on making King's Quest a complex, difficult game for those of us who grew up with the series.

I'm most curious about the announcement that it will be a "reboot". It makes it sound like they're starting over from Graham's first story, but at least one article I've read compares it to how they "rebooted" Monkey Island with TOMI, so I don't know what to expect.

[GuybrushWilco]

Maybe I should have added no whiners or illogical assumptions to the thread title.

[MusicallyInspired]

Originally Posted by GuybrushWilco

How does anyone know what Telltales philosophy is unless you actually work there? Also, who says Telltale has one singular philosophy that must be rigidly followed? It seems the only philosophy needed is to try to make great games. No one can honestly say the game is destined to fail or be watered down, when we don't even know anything about it yet.

All wee know is what they've told us, their history of games that are already released, and past publicly stated opinions on Sierra's games. Based on all of those things I don't see them ever doing a Sierra IP properly.