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by pixelperfect 2283 days ago
Sierra adventure games were my favorite single-player games from my childhood. I understand why a lot of people don't like them, e.g. many of the puzzles have nonsensical solutions, it's possible to get stuck because you didn't get an item in an area that you can't return to, etc. And the games haven't really aged well. But for the time they were my favorite.
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The two I played were the first Leisure Suit Larry which was so funny, and the first Police Quest which I really loved but never finished. I ended up watching a playthrough of PQ on youtube. I think the designer was a former CA city cop and was very intent on the developers designing the following of police procedures to the tee e.g. if you forgot your gun somewhere the game ends/have to start back at last save point.
It'd be interesting to me to play the KQ series but with the parser replaced with something more state-of-art.
The later games in the series used a 'point and click' interface, but are still filled with arbitrary or unfair puzzles, some badly written dialogue and cringe-worthy story moments.