King's Quest - Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember Reviews
King's Quest Chapter 1: A Knight To Remember is a fantastic start to what I hope will be an amazing series. Though it's not the King's Quest fans will remember, it's an enthusiastic and striking fresh take that's both witty and exciting. It's clear that a lot of love went into this, and the result is a game that easily belongs up there with the modern greats of adventure gaming – lack of pointing and clicking be damned!
King's Quest: A Knight to Remember is a great re-introduction to a new King's Quest series. The beautiful scenery, the interesting characters, the unique and fascinating narrative all come together to create a heart-warming title anyone can enjoy. The big question coming out of Chapter 1 however, is whether the rest of the chapters will have harder, more traditional puzzles to complete now that it has introduced newcomers to the series.
One of the first adventure releases in a while that successfully blends the old and the new.
A wonderful experience from beginning to end. King's Quest is just wonderful
Despite its charm, Sierra's episodic reboot isn't winning any tournaments.
Despite game-breaking bugs, and oddly out of place, poorly rendered textures, I found King's Quest to be an extremely delightful game. The cliffhanger for Chapter One has me in tears, and I'm on pins and needles waiting for Chapter Two to come out… which unfortunately does not have a release date as I write this. To be frank, I would have rather waited longer for a complete game with little to no bugs to come out than wait months on one episode at a time that constantly freezes on me.
At the end of the day, this reminded me a great deal of Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island series of recent years. It's a modern take on a classic genre, heavily capitalising on a famous name and rich in character and humour, but ultimately built on a straightforward foundation short on real innovation or beauty. Still, it's been a while since we've seen a lot of these adventures, and this is the first chapter of five. The main characters are endearing enough that after a couple of chapters they might be able to carry the games more or less on their own merits, but less in the way of un-skippable animations (some of which you'll need to sit through a lot) and mid-game ambling would go a long way toward warming me up when the subsequent chapters arrive.
Although some puzzles are perhaps too simple, the strong storytelling and gorgeous visuals will draw anyone into this particular quest.
The first Episode of the rebooted King's Quest franchise is great for new and old fans alike
It can be argued that the actual "game" parts of King's Quest- Chapter 1: A Knight To Remember can be lackluster. Figuring out solutions to most of these don't bring forth a feeling of intelligence from the player, just one of "that part is done, on to the next. Despite this, the experience to be had here is absolutely enjoyable.
What replay value it has is dampened by how slow-moving Graham is and how cutscenes and bits of dialogue can't be skipped, but King's Quest begins a story anyone who plays it will want to follow through to the end.
If you are unsure whether you will enjoy the series, A Knight to Remember helpfully delivers a full story on its own, no additional chapters needed.
King's Quest: A Knight to Remember is the first part of a five part re-imagining of the original King's Quest games, and boy what a fun re-imagining this first episode turned out to be. While not technically a classic point-and-click styled game like the original series, A Knight to Remember manages to keep that same feel of exploration and adventure like the original games before it, and Christopher Lloyd's narration and witty banter throughout the game is like icing on the cake. For fans of the series, I'd strongly recommend you pick this up, and for those unfamiliar this makes an excellent introductory game to the series.
Ultimately, King's Quest: Chapter 1 - A Knight To Remember is awesome. It's super fun, and light hearted, with little drops of despair amongst the incredible stunning and amazing world. It's a fantastic opening to an episodic saga, and although I prefer my King's Quest adventures to end tied up in a little bow, whilst we, the hero, remains triumphant -- it holds up pretty well.