While eagerly awaiting the upcoming release of the fourth TSL episode, i went on a nostalgic trip back to the early Kings Quest games starting from the VGA remakes to the original 5th, 6th and 7th Kings Quest volumes, and reaccustomed myself to the mind boggling puzzles, quirky characters, engaging dialogue and appealing graphics, which in turn excited me even further about the upcoming final TSL chapters.
However i noticed that i forgot about replaying the 8th volume, the mask of eternity; possibly because i had no time for the longevity of loading screens, slow paced action sequences, and just generally boring gameplay (and not to mention the hassle of playing it on a non-xp machine). Although this saddened me abit, because despite the enjoyable storyline, environment concept and sheer valour of the main character, Sir Connor of Daventry, i vowed never to bother playing that particular volume ever again after once witnessing my brothers disappointment with the game when i was younger, and again my own when enduring the game myself last year. We must admit... what a shocking piece of s*** that game was, ha ha

Anyway, blah blah blah, when thinking about the cute and funny references to the mask of eternity all hidden here and there around the first three TSL episodes (for instance, when the narrator cheekily states "Ti's beyond my reach" when Graham intends to grab something too far away), one cant help but wish that the 8th Kings Quest volume was more playable and indeed more like the rest of the epic series, in order to truly continue the rich adventure feeling.
So an idea vaguely wafted through my mind, and i wondered if anyone had thought of redesigning the The Mask of Eternity, the same way other independent designers remodelled the first three (and currently the 4th) Kings Quest volumes into a noob-friendly yet equally entertaining point-and-click adventure game. It would be great (in my opinion, and hopefully many more KQ fans out there) to encompass all of the characters, puzzles and realm concepts of Mask into a friendly interface more reminiscent of 'Absence Makes The Heart Go Yonder', 'Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow', and even the cartoony style of 'The Princeless Bride'
What are the opinions of other Kings Quest fans on this idea?
