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Re:Ken and Roberta (2011) by hoodwink on Saturday February 24, 2018 @05:27PM (#16455826)
Favorite? Mine was King's Quest IV.
Re:Ken and Roberta (2011) by city41 on Saturday February 24, 2018 @05:50PM (#16455932)
King's Quest III and IV are my favorite in the KQ series. But overall I'd probably say the first Quest For Glory. It was such a great melding of Sierra adventure and RPG.
Re:Ken and Roberta (2011) by bhj on Saturday February 24, 2018 @10:21PM (#16456925)
Couldn't agree more! I got into QFG1 at the time of Sierra's VGA point-and-click remake, and what a lasting impression.

The artwork, music, sense of humor, and character building - including being able to import your character and keep building your skill points through each successive game in the series - made it really special. Truly the golden years of graphical RPGs, IMO.

Re:Ken and Roberta (2011) by psyc on Saturday February 24, 2018 @07:25PM (#16456374)
Both Manhunters. I've never seen anything quite like them. You'd watch a cryptic, low-tech surveillance-style scene play out, then travel to the scene and try to figure out who was who and what happened. Then on to the next scene to advance the plot.
Re:Ken and Roberta (2011) by jpernst on Saturday February 24, 2018 @09:31PM (#16456795)
I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers those. For the longest time I thought only my brother and I had ever played them at all.

Just a shame the series ended on a cliffhanger. There was supposed to be a Manhunter: London, but it was unfortunately canceled.

Re:Ken and Roberta (2011) by robax on Saturday February 24, 2018 @05:31PM (#16455844)
The incredible machine!
Re:Ken and Roberta (2011) by michaelmior on Saturday February 24, 2018 @06:15PM (#16456064)
I had forgotten this was a Sierra game! Another great one. Reminds me of this awesome game box: https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/1/15693/139356...
Re:Ken and Roberta (2011) by michaelmior on Saturday February 24, 2018 @06:12PM (#16456044)
King's Quest IV was good (it was the first one I played), but I think I prefer King's Quest VI. Things started to go downhill after that. However, the new King's Quest which got released on Steam is actually pretty good!
Re:Ken and Roberta (2011) by chrisco255 on Sunday February 25, 2018 @12:45PM (#16460110)
My intro to the series was Kings Quest VII, my sister and I loved it. It inspired is to buy the collection set with all the previous games. I think Kings Quest VIII was the death knell for that series. They attempted to make a 3D action game out of the series but it wasn't well executed and it meanwhile lost the charm.
Re:Ken and Roberta (2011) by blattimwind on Saturday February 24, 2018 @07:05PM (#16456270)
I would've said Caesar III and/or Ground Control, but neither was developed by Sierra, only published. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re:Ken and Roberta (2011) by mancerayder on Saturday February 24, 2018 @10:27PM (#16456940)
Space Quest series!