Hi guys,

You probably won't notice it much, but I'm still a regular visitor of the site.
The flashbacks to days long gone, are a pleasure to receive when browsing through all the games on the page.
I truly admire all the work everybody here does that makes "The Good Old Days" the lovely site that it is.

I know Sierra games aren't that popular among all of us, but for me they left a great impression in the early days. To be honest, Lucasarts games are better on all fronts concerning Adventure games and there are so many other games that deserve the proper attention, that I'm not showing here. Yet Sierra remains to have a soft spot in my heart and I suppose it's easier to write about the things you love the most. Therefor my contribution in the form of another Sierra review.

Sorry for that, hopefully you can forgive my undying love for Sierra.
And thank you for all the good stuff!

BM

No worries, you can review as many Sierra games as you like! I really hope you just wanted to vent and not to go on a weird guilt trip, because that's absolutely uncalled-for We care not about the titles or sequels per se, but rather quality and quantity. So whatever it is, feel free to abuse any company or series you like:)

I'm also a big fan of Sierra games, and personally I think they by and large surpass those of Lucas Arts with both quality and quantity. I mean, parser + fully interactive world alone which Sierra pioneered in is sheer priceless and is by no means a limitation in my opinion, but rather an option. Likewise, point'n'click is not an advantage, only a matter or preference which has its own deficiencies. And as far as Lucas Arts, it didn't have any parser games, which, I reckon, is a bitter loss. It also never had Adventure & RPG hybrids like Quest for Glory. And from all the great Lucas Arts titles I can only name Loom, Day of the Tentacle and Monkey Island series. The rest is, frankly, just so-so. And all that is crushed mercilessly by a myriad of Sierra titles, most of which are at least in no wise inferior to the above three. I'm afraid, Lucas Arts was always a poor contender to Sierra and there was hardly a question of any serious clash whatsoever.

Definitely venting and just showing my overall appreciation to all the contributors.
Also, some well brought up arguments on the Sierra vs Lucasarts discussion there.
Maybe I'm fighting for the good side here after all

I do certainly appreciate somebody else reviewing games like those. Otherwise, I may feel pressured to do it myself, but clearly that would please neither me nor the fans

Oooh... for those interested, I just stumbled on this:

http://www.flabber.nl/artikel/docuzondag-350-the-secret-of-monkey-island-54240

It's an in-depth documentary about the rise of adventure games.
The site is Dutch, but the narrative is English.

That's interesting. Spreek je nederlands trouwens? Ik dacht dat je toch amerikaan bent

Anyway, sorry for the delay. It took a little longer to publish your review this time because I had to re-capture new screenshots. Unfortunately, yours were not very fitting due to both size and format.

By the way, I only like the first game of the series, the rest never impressed me as much And I was totally ignorant of NEC PC-9801 port with anime-like sprites. So bizarre

Hehe, ik ben Nederlands...

Don't worry about the delay, totally my fault. Before reading this, I happened to send you a PM about it, because I couldn't get them firsthand myself.

You should look up some of the screenshots from the NEC PC, they're hilarious.

Groetjes,

BM.

Ken je perfectnarcosis? Hij komt ook uit Nederland, Amsterdam om precies te zijn;) Ik niet eigenlijk, gewoon kan ik een beetje nl



I've already watched some of it on youtube. All characters are slightly remodelled with those humongous haircuts

Yay, my avatar works!

Sorry, the avatar list apparently is semi-alphabetic, so I looked over it.
Thanks for the help though!

Oh, and Moebius, you forgot LucasArts games like, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, The Dig. And one of my favourites, Zak Mckracken and the Alien Mindbenders. They're all of pretty good quality...

But of course I'm preaching the wrong gospel here.
Sierra is our one and only true savior.

Congrats on the avatar!



Oh, I know about those, but somehow few people would mention them Well, perhaps, Zak McKracken and Maniac Mansion a little more often, true, but the rest not too much. I personally never got around to playing Full Throttle and The Dig just because the settings alone didn't allure me enough

Funny. Apart from Grim Fandango, I would say those are the weakest LucasArts adventures.

"Haha" funny, or "weird" funny?

The only thing that stood out in Grim Fandango for me, was the poetry reading part.
Oh well, you can't argue about taste... But that won't keep us from trying!

"Surprising" funny.

It may make sense, though. Those are some of the least typical LucasArts adventures. If you don't find their usual style all that great, those ones may be preferable.