King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones

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

Windows version

Fun, intelligent, and at times brilliant: in my eyes better than the original King's Quest II

The Good
Beautifully crafted scenes and characters, much longer then the original King's Quest II, beautiful music and top-notch voice-acting, and everything else is so beautifully crafted, so intelligent and so fun that its nearly a crime not to be impressed!

The Bad
No complaints here.

The Bottom Line
King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones is not only, in my opinion, better than the original KQ II, but it's also much longer with more characters, more story, more puzzles, beautiful music and top-notch voice-acting, and much , much, much more.

This project has gone beyond and above the call of duty of re-creating this classic, Tierra delivers a game which likes I have never seen since LucasArt's and Sierra dominated the adventure-genre in the early 90's (the graphics of KQ II VGA remains true to this period - and so it creates a touch of nostalgia with us who remember it). "KQ II: Romancing the Stones" never falls below a certain degree of excellence.

This is quite possibly the best thing to have come by in the adventure-genre since "The Longest Journey" was released a few years ago - Its almost impossible not to become totally immersed within the atmosphere of this uniquely re-created classic, and it's likewise almost impossible not to feel awe as you explore a King's Quest II in a way you have never imagined it before. I warmly and heartly recommend this product, especially if you ever played the original King's Quest II, and felt it missed out at many points.

Where the original failed, this re-creation succeeds in every way imaginable, and does so in style.

by Stargazer (99) on July 19, 2003

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