Episode 2 - CONSTRUCTIVE feedback (No fighting, please!)

[Rosella]

...On a rather unrelated note, does anyone else get Hips Don't Lie stuck in their head every time they read the title to this thread?

[atec123]

Just throwing this out there - the review on the main page was incredibly biased, lol. They're judging the quality of the game based on their own moral views.

well the site is called familyfriendlygames.com or something like that.

[Enchantermon]

...On a rather unrelated note, does anyone else get Hips Don't Lie stuck in their head every time they read the title to this thread?

I do now...

[snabbott]

...On a rather unrelated note, does anyone else get Hips Don't Lie stuck in their head every time they read the title to this thread?

I do now...

*facepalm*

[Big C from Cauney island]

...On a rather unrelated note, does anyone else get Hips Don't Lie stuck in their head every time they read the title to this thread?

I posted that same thing in the whistle contest thread. Man, maybe I just think about Shakira too much. But its hardly my fault.

[wilco64256]

If TSL had More Time withOut the Two C&D we would have a Longer Ep1 with a Longer Opening, instead of just Plunging the Player into the Game as if Expected to Know on what is going on and TSL has No Connection with the Three KQ VGA Games, the Episodes are Purely Based on the Original KQ Games

What do you mean by TSL not having connections to those games?  They're all based on the originals (although KQ2+ does go above and beyond, in a good way IMO) with the same basic plot elements, so the connection is still generally the same.

[KatieHal]

Family Friendly Games does have a very specific point of view from which they look at games, yes, but a lot of the points they made in the review didn't have anything to do with that. In fact, the parts I quoted I tried to pick out as ones that were comments on the game in general, not having to do with their particular moral standpoint. Plus, I was excited to see a review of episode 2 from the press finally!

[kindofdoon]

How long after release did it take for Episode 1 reviews to come out?

[Big C from Cauney island]

Hassan was dead on. That 4 mouths thing was hilarious. But I probably laughed even more at the death scene where he says :"well, you know, thats how you should go".  And I can't forge the classic "Jollo, they're comatose!"
Probably not great for someone real conservative, but I fell out.

[wilco64256]

How long after release did it take for Episode 1 reviews to come out?

They were actually rolling out relatively quickly after the Episode 1 release, but a big piece of that is also that we got review copies out to the press earlier for that release - with Episode 2 we only got press copies distributed a few days in advance so it's not that surprising that there aren't many out there yet.

[waltzdancing]

They will slowly filter in. We will post for you as soon as we get them.

[kindofdoon]

There seems to be much less media attention with Episode 2 as compared to Episode 1. But that's to be expected, I guess.

[KatieHal]

Yeah--I don't expect there will be as many reviews, but a decent number of people who downloaded press copies were excited to play and review the game. I do think the shorter timespan + longer gameplay is part of why we haven't seen many yet.

[Cat1]

I pretty much just want more/harder puzzles - everything was a bit too easy for my liking.  The only place where I was stumped was in finding the 3rd ingredient, and that was because I thought I'd found a clue in the bookshop, which turned out not to be a clue, so I spent ages trying a lot of useless things!

I have to say that Jollo really annoyed me - why have you made him into such a silly, annoying character??  I just can't imagine that he would be acting the idiot like that, and not wanting to help Graham.  In KQVI he was one of the wisest and most helpful characters.  Now he's just acting like a fool.  I hope that will not continue in future episodes!

I'm not a huge fan of the whole 'epic' thing, but that's just taste I guess.

I did enjoy it though.  My favourite part was the Sea Nymph part - the sea looked so nice and blue, I just wanted to dive in..  I thought it was a really nice idea for an interesting location too.  I hope there's some more stuff to do there in future episodes!

[daventry]

If TSL had More Time withOut the Two C&D we would have a Longer Ep1 with a Longer Opening, instead of just Plunging the Player into the Game as if Expected to Know on what is going on and TSL has No Connection with the Three KQ VGA Games, the Episodes are Purely Based on the Original KQ Games

What do you mean by TSL not having connections to those games?  They're all based on the originals (although KQ2+ does go above and beyond, in a good way IMO) with the same basic plot elements, so the connection is still generally the same.

Lets put it this way, what from the KQ 1 2 3 VGA Games are In TSL

[KQ5Fan]

I do kinda agree with the whole Jollo thing. He was really caring in KQ6, and it seemed like it didn't even matter to him that the king and his sister were comatose.

Unless, of course, there's going to be some sort of explanation in the future episodes like with the Valanice thing.

[Cez]

If TSL had More Time withOut the Two C&D we would have a Longer Ep1 with a Longer Opening, instead of just Plunging the Player into the Game as if Expected to Know on what is going on and TSL has No Connection with the Three KQ VGA Games, the Episodes are Purely Based on the Original KQ Games

What do you mean by TSL not having connections to those games?  They're all based on the originals (although KQ2+ does go above and beyond, in a good way IMO) with the same basic plot elements, so the connection is still generally the same.

Lets put it this way, what from the KQ 1 2 3 VGA Games are In TSL

And why would our games have connections to KQ 1 2 3 remakes? They are not official source to start with.

However, because they are remakes, they contain all the information from the originals. Did you play King's Quest 1, 2 and 3. Hagatha? Manannan? hello?
You seem to keep mentioning the tower scene from the trailers which will play a role eventually. What King's Quest game is that from?

Why do you keep asking questions to which you already know the answer?

[Fierce Deity]

You seem to keep mentioning the tower scene from the trailers which will play a role eventually. What King's Quest game is that from?

Oooh, I know, I know. Pick me. Oh, please pick me. *raises hand* 

I think the references in TSL pay a lot of homage to past games. It is taking a twist, since the whole Black Cloak Society was a small part of the original series, but at the same time, it's the one element that left the series hanging. You are essentially just giving the fans what they want, but I think some of them are having difficulty realizing this.

[snabbott]

I do kinda agree with the whole Jollo thing. He was really caring in KQ6, and it seemed like it didn't even matter to him that the king and his sister were comatose.

Unless, of course, there's going to be some sort of explanation in the future episodes like with the Valanice thing.

Well, he's a jester, so I imagine he is using humor to deal with the situation.

Also, he doesn't have as much of a personal connection to Alexander or Rosella as he had with Cassima.

[wilco64256]

If TSL had More Time withOut the Two C&D we would have a Longer Ep1 with a Longer Opening, instead of just Plunging the Player into the Game as if Expected to Know on what is going on and TSL has No Connection with the Three KQ VGA Games, the Episodes are Purely Based on the Original KQ Games

What do you mean by TSL not having connections to those games?  They're all based on the originals (although KQ2+ does go above and beyond, in a good way IMO) with the same basic plot elements, so the connection is still generally the same.

Lets put it this way, what from the KQ 1 2 3 VGA Games are In TSL

What from them is not in TSL?