Let's Play King's Quest VII

[Enchantermon]

Inching ever closer to the end of the series, King's Quest VII begins today!

Let's Play King's Quest VII

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Episode 13 - FINAL

[DawsonJ]

Cool! I'm glad you're moving through the series. Keep it up, we'll all be cheering from the sidelines.

[Enchantermon]

Thanks. It's tough working these in there with a full-time job, but I plan to keep doing them.

(Posted on: January 15, 2012, 10:26:03 PM)

Episode 2 is up! Get it while it's hot!

[DawsonJ]

Cool. I'm caught up. You may want to turn the game volume down, though. At the end of the video, it's harder to hear you. Otherwise, all is well.

[KatieHal]

Another unfortunate failing of KQ7--Chapter 1 is so boring!

Not a comment on your LP, Enchantermon. I've just always found that chapter to be extremely slow and boring. All of Valanice's chapters tended to be that way, but this one more than the others. Which is a real shame because it's the very first part of the game and it's undeniably the weakest.

[DawsonJ]

Hopefully you won't have the curse of the explosion later on... that's just lousy programming of the timer.

[drusain]

Another unfortunate failing of KQ7--Chapter 1 is so boring!

Not a comment on your LP, Enchantermon. I've just always found that chapter to be extremely slow and boring. All of Valanice's chapters tended to be that way, but this one more than the others. Which is a real shame because it's the very first part of the game and it's undeniably the weakest.

Glad I'm not alone on that thought. Your mission is to open a door and have barely any NPCs to interact with. Hooraaaay 

[Arkillian]

Hopefully you won't have the curse of the explosion later on... that's just lousy programming of the timer.

He will likely unless his DOS box can slow his computer down. Hon- if you have problems with an explosion later on, download CPU Killer and retard your computer for the duration of the explosion scene. You likely wont be able to Lets play during this scene, but you'll atleast progress in the game This scene wont happen for a while.

BTW- I am watching these!

[Enchantermon]

Thanks for the comments; it's good to know that people are watching!

Cool. I'm caught up. You may want to turn the game volume down, though. At the end of the video, it's harder to hear you. Otherwise, all is well.

Yeah, I struggled with the volume in this game; it's hard to find a good balance. I think I've got it worked out though; we'll see.

Another unfortunate failing of KQ7--Chapter 1 is so boring!

Heh. Someone on YouTube mentioned the same thing. There definitely isn't a lot going on during Valanice's first couple of chapters, so it does seem slow. I don't know that I find it boring, but YMMV.

Hopefully you won't have the curse of the explosion later on... that's just lousy programming of the timer.

He will likely unless his DOS box can slow his computer down. Hon- if you have problems with an explosion later on, download CPU Killer and retard your computer for the duration of the explosion scene. You likely wont be able to Lets play during this scene, but you'll atleast progress in the game This scene wont happen for a while.

BTW- I am watching these!

Thanks for the tip. I haven't tested it, but I shouldn't encounter the bug. The version I have is from GoG which, iirc, has that particular bug fixed. We'll see. I really hope I don't hit it; I had to jump through some pretty annoying hoops to get the game to run properly while recording, and I don't know how badly CPU Killer would screw with that. If worst comes to worst, I could probably play that one scene in the Windows version (if I can get it to work) and splice that in to the video. Annoying, but not terribly difficult.

[Arkillian]

I'm not sure how they do it. I know I play DOSbox and you need the retarder for that. It's a pain. Just watch for it. IT's cause the game doesn't use it's own timer- it uses the computer's timer.

[Enchantermon]

Episode 3 is available!

[DawsonJ]

Episode 3 is available!

Thanks!
I just watched it. I seriously couldn't hear more than a whisper from you, though, whereas the game was uncomfortably loud (due to my attempt to hear your comments).

One negative thing about the game that I didn't notice you mention is the fact that the game tends to take the longest route everywhere - as evidenced by the lantern-lighting scene. You try to add a spark when you're next to the fire, just to have the game force you to the other side of the fire.

[Enchantermon]

I just watched it. I seriously couldn't hear more than a whisper from you, though, whereas the game was uncomfortably loud (due to my attempt to hear your comments).

Yeah, still working on that. Unfortunately, it's not going to be fixed for a little while; I had a small span of free time in which I took the opportunity to do some mass recording. I thought I had a good volume worked out, but I must have set it improperly, because doesn't seem to have gotten much better. I'd re-record them if I could, but I just don't have the time, and I don't want to rush them either, as I would be prone to do without thinking. The good thing is that I bought some time, so I'll get this irritation perfected before I record more. I'll also see if I can perform some sort of normalizing to the videos I already have, which may help alleviate this.

[DawsonJ]

Ok, cool.

[Enchantermon]

Episode 4 is up! Let me know what you guys think of the volume of narration versus game sound. I was able to improve it a little, but any more and I end up bringing out an annoying amount of white noise from my microphone, so we may have to settle for what we have until we get through this batch I recorded all at once. Sorry about that.

[drusain]

Sounded fine for me

[Enchantermon]

Episode 5 is available! Be forewarned: this episode contains encounters with the hummingbird, Chicken Little and Treasure, and the volume issue isn't fixed yet, so keep your fingers on the volume control to prevent ear bleedage.

(Posted on: February 13, 2012, 05:16:00 AM)

Episode 6! We're still on the pre-recorded ones. Honestly, I almost went back and redid this one because it's got some rough spots, but in the end, I decided not to.

[DawsonJ]

"Don't take any wooden nickels." - FAIL! 

Ersatz the Mock Turtle!

... and, of course, the two KQ5 references: the disrespected owl and the imitation Yeti feet. (Listen to Ersatz' comment. )

Why doesn't the rubber chicken have a pulley in the middle? 

[drusain]

Why doesn't the rubber chicken have a pulley in the middle? 

[DawsonJ]

Why doesn't the rubber chicken have a pulley in the middle?  

Now we can use an LP of MI to connect to KQVII. Thanks to Dru!

FTW!