RPG sequel question

Ah...
Nice connections.
How exactly did you find all this out.
And guess what.
Remember that lucasarts game we were hoping was going to come to the Playstation2...well it just got announced.
PS2 is getting Escape from Monkey Island sometime this spring.
Thats pretty cool.
Hopefully, as you said, this infuses people with the urge to play adventures again and they start making them again.

I\'d just a matter of hearing oddly familiar voices here and there, like Davys, and then I\'d check the game credits to see who acted the voice. Then it\'s just a matter of looking up that person\'s resume and seeing where else they worked and if they played the character you think is their voice.

Yeah, I head about MI comming to the PS2 a few days ago. I\'m kinda dissapointed with the "look" of the fourth game (and the third one for that matter), but that shouldn\'t stop me from buying the game. It\'s just that they made him look like such a gump.. and a stereotyped gump at that. Why do games get less and less original as they become more popular? I mean, would it really have killed the sales of QFG4, 5, and the remake if they had left Erasmus looking the way he originally did in part 1 and 2?

Anyway, yeah, the PS2 seems to be getting some solid "pure" adventure games behind it and hopefully these AAA gems amid what most people consider "bland gaming" will help turn more and more players on to Adventures again. All it really needs is 1 killer app to do for it what FF7 did for the RPG genre. Here\'s to hopeing Sega decides to bring over Shenmue as well, or at least dosen\'t stop making them for the DC!

Yeah.
I have noticed that.
Thats because as they get more popular, they get a broader audience, and as the audience gets broader, they are less hardcore(whatever genre) fans.
So they dilute the game to appeal more to the masses.
It does piss me off.
I dont mind erasmus\' new look.
I think it makes him look more befuddled.
One of the best parts of part 5 is when you see Erasmus\' house for the first time.

BTW: there is a new guy on the forum with the name PsycoAvis, I wonder if hes talking about Ad Avis?
That would be a cool pic.
One of Ad Avis.

Yeah, but it still blows. You can\'t have anything original these days without "Alienating" potential customers or pissing off some obscure (or rather promenant) demographic. Well what about core fans??? What about the people who BUILT the game\'s fame with our consumer dollars? I just wish some of these designers would take the time to create or continue their originality instead of watering everything down worse then Bud light.

As far as this PsycoAvis person is concerned, he may or may not be a fan. Why not send him a PM and ask him? Other than you, I\'ve only met one other QFG freak.. and she wrote one message and then left for good before I even had a chance to say hi.

Damn.
I would think the game would have a much larger cult following.
I mean it did spawn four sequels and one remake.
I wish they would remake the second one.
That would be awesome.
It was one of my favorites, and a remake could only make it better.
No longer having to write long names down so you can ask about them.
That got annoying.
Typing does add some dynamics though.
Like not being able to beat the game by mindlessly hitting the action button on stuff.
It took a little more brain power.
I guess Ill do that(PM that guy that is)
Only thing is, is that they are hard to notice.

Actually it does have a huge cult following. I mean, how often do petitions for a sequel really have an effect on any company? Let alone a petition for an extreemley expencive adventure game. It was the fans who made QFG5 possible with their huge petitions and constant barrages of Email & Snail mail to Sierra\'s customer support. Then again, there are a ton more fans who, like me, didn\'t even know about the petitions and couldn\'t join in. We\'re out there.. but the net is HUGE and you\'ll probably end up surfing right past them without knowing. Hell, look at the few casual fans that posted at the begining of this thread. Not to mention all the people over at QFG5.com, FACSRessurection, The Door, the Projects, and any one of the 80 or so (last time I checked) QFG oriented sites listed in the FACS section of QFG5.com.

Yeah, I\'d say a remake of QFG2 is about due.. I\'d buy it, but I can see myself playing the original more than the remake. Same way with QFG1Remake.. It\'s great and all.. but I still like Hero\'s Quest better. The only thing I\'d ask of a remake is for it to be absolutely TRUE to the original and that they have an option which allows for the entire game to be played through the text parser as well as "Point & Click".

That would be a cool thing to be able to do.
Switch like that.
Have better graphics but with typing commands.
HAHA!
How retro.
Petitions is what got QFG5 made?
I never knew that.
Thats cool.
Well, its sierras fault for leaving you with a cliffhanger at the end of 4.
Does 5 end that way?
Havent beaten it yet.
I dont know what to do right now.
Im on the last rite but nothings happening.
I havent been attacked by bruno yet either.

Yeah, if you look at the manual for QFG5 it\'ll have a special thanks to the fans at the end. There\'s also a small thank-you near the end of the credits in the game.
Some of the more dedicated fans even helped develop the game... giving ideas on who they wanted to see return and even inventing monsters. Have you fought the Weriding yet? That was the idea of some fan who won the "Create a Monster" contest. (Personally, I can\'t stand the Weirding even though it\'s got some killer treasure on it.)

I\'ve heard lots of different opinions about the end of QFG5. Some love it, some hate it. You\'ll just have to finish it yourself and draw your own conclusions. Needless to say though, since there was supposed to be add-ons and sidequests released later on, the game is really open ended.

If you\'re having trouble getting past the 7th rite, then just go to the Dead Parrot Inn sometime and drink until midnight. Then WALK back to Gnome Ann\'s Inn. Don\'t worry about finding Bruno, he\'ll find you. You may also want to prepare for some major battles before you fight Bruno. Buy lots of extra healing, stamina, and magic potions. Also pick up a Fire Resistance potion and plenty of extra Daggers or Spears.  You\'ll be fighting the Dragon before too long, and you\'ll want to be prepared.

I didnt get into RPGs untill i plaied Wild Arms and Final Fantasy 7. I just want to see Suikoden 3 and Final Fantasy 10.

Thats pretty cool.
Was that when Ken still owned the company?
That would make sense.
He seemed to be the only one that ever really cared.
Owner I mean.
Yeah I fought the Wierdling.
He was tough, but I got the enchanted armor from them, and lots of money.
You can tell they were made by a seperate person.
If you look at the portrait of the Wierdling, it does look different.
Ok, thanks for the help.
Ill try that, and see if I can get to the Dragon.

Hey look.
Someone else replied in here.

I also cant wait for suikoden 3.
I hope that they make the fortress building segment larger, because I thought that was the coolest part of part 1.
Getting people and seeing how they change your fort.

Yeah, it was back when Ken was running the show (Or at least was an extreemly influencial figurehead). QFG5 took about two years to make, so that meant it was started in like 96 or so. Gawasaki, or whatever the hell his name is didn\'t take over Ken\'s position until some time around mid 98.

If you need some more help with the Dragon, lemmie know. What I\'ve told you already should be plenty enough to keep you alive... now it\'s just a matter of keeping everyone else from dying.

Thats cool.
I read something about the ending.
About how you have to give them all healing potions or something.
When I get there it will be cool.
Im defiantly going to have to pick up MI and Shadows of Memories.
Have you played SoM yet?

Nope, I don\'t even have a PS2 yet. I\'ll probably end up picking one up this october or earlier, I just wanna wait a year to see where the market is heading and see what Sony has up there sleeves as far as online plans. First on my list though is a Dreamcast and RE:CV, Shenmue, PSO, Q3A, Seaman, and a few other titles. I\'ve been broke, so I\'ve got a lot of catching up to do.

Yeah.
Ive had mine since two days past launch.
Ive been happy with it.
I want to get SoM pretty bad, but Im out of money.
I need to start working more hours.
Damn recession.
I hate George Bushs.(As in plura)

You can\'t really blame Bush.. he was too stupid to fix his predecessor\'s mistakes and ultimately allowed the GOP to lead him in the same footsteps. God help us now that we have another, even dumber, Bush in office.

On the lighter side, time has finally allowed Devon (my Theif/Mage) to complete his journeys in Shapeir and he has moved on to Tarna. Hopefully, I can get things moving again. We ought to search the net for a Free MMORPG that we can create online "Counterparts" to our hero\'s in and then create a guild around that premise.. hopefully pulling in several other players at the same time. That would be sweet...