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King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones

aka: King's Quest 2 VGA remake, King's Quest II+
Moby ID: 8028

Windows version

A brilliant remake!!

The Good
I loved the graphics. A really nice VGA enviroment. The sounds were excellent and the music really set a nice tone. All the puzzles made sense. Even if you were stumped and then read a walkthrough, you'd think "Can't believe I missed that" It's a really neat story and terriffic ending. The voices are pretty good. It also has quite a bit of humour like puns in the death screens and you can do some pretty funny stuff without losing the seriousness.

The Bad
First, you can get yourself endlessly trapped. For example, in a castle about 2/3 through the game, there is a feast laid out. if you don't pick up the ham, you can't get past a ferocious animal at the end of the game. It's very disappointing to find you have to practically start the game over.

The Bottom Line
It's free. Download it along with the sound packs. it's very good and best of all, it's free!!

by James Kirk (150) on April 25, 2004

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