I want you to think of an item used in an adventure game and list at least one game where it helped and how. I'll start.
Rope: On monkey island you need rope to get down into the gorge.
a blade of some kind
KQ1: dagger
KQ2: sword
KQ3: knife
KQ4: here they get creative... it's an axe
KQ5: here they break tradition all together: no blade
KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
KQ7: and again no blade
Quote from: Delling on November 08, 2010, 05:17:58 PM
KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
Hey! What about the sword Alex uses to whack the top of Alhazred's head?
Quote from: Haids1987 on November 08, 2010, 05:33:44 PM
Quote from: Delling on November 08, 2010, 05:17:58 PM
KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
Hey! What about the sword Alex uses to whack the top of Alhazred's head?
I considered that, but I don't think it ever actually goes into his inventory. I could have included things that have "blades" but that we wouldn't really consider a bladed weapon (shovels for instance) in which case KQ7 had a blade it was just a shovel. :P
Quote from: Haids1987 on November 08, 2010, 05:33:44 PM
Quote from: Delling on November 08, 2010, 05:17:58 PM
KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
Hey! What about the sword Alex uses to whack the top of Alhazred's head?
Lol! You make it sound rather like a Tom and Jerry-style conflict! ;D
Clay: Used in Gabriel Knight to make a mold
A stick!
Um...okay, granted I can't remember a list off the top of my head, but there's always a stick. The only one I can think of right now is in KQ5 that you throw at the dog.
Quote from: KatieHal on November 08, 2010, 06:52:58 PM
A stick!
Um...okay, granted I can't remember a list off the top of my head, but there's always a stick. The only one I can think of right now is in KQ5 that you throw at the dog.
And KQ7 in the desert!
Quote from: kindofdoon on November 08, 2010, 06:21:26 PM
Quote from: Haids1987 on November 08, 2010, 05:33:44 PM
Quote from: Delling on November 08, 2010, 05:17:58 PM
KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
Hey! What about the sword Alex uses to whack the top of Alhazred's head?
Lol! You make it sound rather like a Tom and Jerry-style conflict! ;D
It kind of was. Alexander wasn't exactly swordfighting there. :P You'd think if Alhazred were any good with a sword, he'd have dispatched him quickly and easily. There was a bit of cat and mouse to that fight (and it's why Alhazred lost). :P
The sword in KQ6 may not have gone into the inventory, but the scythe did. So that's two blades in Alexander's inventory. Roberta also did Black Cauldron, which has a dagger in it too. She liked her knives I guess.
How about rocks in Space Quest? You use a rock in SQ1. You sling a rock in SQ2, and you have a glowing gem, which is also just a rock. You still have the glowing gem in SQ3. I think 4 and 5 are rock free, but in SQ6, they're back to their roots, having you throw gall stones at nanites.
Quote from: Delling on November 09, 2010, 03:42:03 AM
Quote from: kindofdoon on November 08, 2010, 06:21:26 PM
Quote from: Haids1987 on November 08, 2010, 05:33:44 PM
Quote from: Delling on November 08, 2010, 05:17:58 PM
KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
Hey! What about the sword Alex uses to whack the top of Alhazred's head?
Lol! You make it sound rather like a Tom and Jerry-style conflict! ;D
There was a bit of cat and mouse to that fight
Hence the quote: "Soooo! The mouse would bite?" "This mouse SHALL bite!" ;)
Quote from: Haids1987 on November 09, 2010, 11:55:41 AM
Quote from: Delling on November 09, 2010, 03:42:03 AM
Quote from: kindofdoon on November 08, 2010, 06:21:26 PM
Quote from: Haids1987 on November 08, 2010, 05:33:44 PM
Quote from: Delling on November 08, 2010, 05:17:58 PM
KQ6: one more for old time's sake... Celeste's dagger
Hey! What about the sword Alex uses to whack the top of Alhazred's head?
Lol! You make it sound rather like a Tom and Jerry-style conflict! ;D
There was a bit of cat and mouse to that fight
Hence the quote: "Soooo! The mouse would bite?" "This mouse SHALL bite!" ;)
You know, I thought the exact same thing when I was making my post. :P
Great minds! :D
Quote from: Haids1987 on November 09, 2010, 05:31:58 PM
Great minds! :D
And theirs too!
Oh snap. :P
Sorry, I couldn't resist! Ya'll are brilliant. :)
Anyways, I'm gonna go with "cup" for my item since Alexander uses one in both KQ3 and KQ6 (different kinds of cups, but cups nonetheless!)
"Cup" is also in TSL! :yes:
Keys/Keycards: Pretty much any adventure game.
Where would an adventure be without blocked paths that you couldn't explore until you passed a certain point in the game and could unlock it.
As Yahtzee said about System Shock 2 and Bioshock: "Whenever you get a deceptively simple objective like 'Walk across the room,' you can bet your bionic implants that a door's going to lock or the ceiling's going to collapse, and you'll have to journey to Mt. Doom and back just to restore the status quo." ^_^
How about money? KQ1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and TSL all contain some form of coinage.
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist has horse poop, and Torin's Passage has dragon poop.
"Oh hey, I might need that! I'll scoop it up right away!"
Quote from: FFL2and3rocks on November 11, 2010, 05:45:59 PM
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist has horse poop, and Torin's Passage has dragon poop.
"Oh hey, I might need that! I'll scoop it up right away!"
Gross but good point.
....and again, gross.
You'd be surprised at how many puzzles can be solved by throwing rocks at something.
Also, Genuine Ali T. Fakir X-Ray Glasses are essential. Useless, but essential.
True that on the glasses!
Did we mention shovel already? They come in very handy in several adventure games!
And in Minecraft as well.
Crowbar. There's always a crowbar ;) Or if there isn't, I end up looking for one.
Quote from: darthkiwi on November 16, 2010, 05:15:48 PM
Crowbar. There's always a crowbar ;) Or if there isn't, I end up looking for one.
XD