King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!

Description

While it was a beautiful sunny day, King Graham decided to go out for a walk in the woods and hope that everything is normal when he got back. However, while he was gone, an evil wizard called Mordack uses a spell to warp his castle out of Daventry, along with the royal family. Soon after, Graham came back, only to realize that the castle is gone. After he wonders why, an owl called Cedric speaks to him about it and transports him to the land of Serenia, where his boss Crispin helps him get ready to face up to Mordack. Cedric is asked to go with him to make sure that Graham does not get in trouble.

Alternate Titles

• "國王密使 V" -- Chinese title (traditional)
• "KQ5" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Engine: Sierra's Creative Interpreter (SCI)
• King's Quest series

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User Reviews

You think that KQ is outdated, little man? Ha! Let Sierra show you a thing or two	DOS	Black Wolf (37247)
Probably the best of the fabulous King's Quest Games	DOS	Valerie Frankel (3)
Doesn't deserve half the good press it gets	DOS	Benjamin Vigeant (8)
Going back was no fun at all	DOS	The Gay Elf (16)
One of the first adventure games I played	DOS	James1 (250)
Another great adventure in King's Quest land... Plus new interface gameplay!	DOS	OlSkool_Gamer (101)
King's Quest V is a major turning point for Sierra	DOS	vni VIC (20)
Sierra's game interface takes a turn for the worse.	DOS	Old man gamer (325)

The Press Says

Abandonia	DOS	Jun 06, 2004	5 out of 5	100
CU Amiga	Amiga	Aug, 1991	89 out of 100	89
Just Adventure	Macintosh	1999	B+	83
Just Adventure	DOS	1999	B+	83
Quandary	DOS	May, 2003		80
Adventure Classic Gaming	DOS	May 29, 1998	4 out of 5	80
Power Play	Amiga	Jan, 1992	66 out of 100	66
Power Play	DOS	Feb, 1991	66 out of 100	66
Adventure Gamers	Windows 3.x	May 25, 2007		60
Adventure Gamers	DOS	May 25, 2007		60

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Trivia

The first game in the King's Quest series (in fact, all classic Sierra adventures) to switch to icon control from the text parser system.