So, ummm... Would you consider King's QuestIII: Redux "replayable"? How many times have you played so far? I'm sorry to disappoint some people, but I don't feel like replaying KQ3R at all. There isn't enough variation to justify the hassle of going through the entire game again. I don't c...

Amazing that people think this game is too difficult. How did you manage 20 years ago, when all games were this difficult (or much worse!)?

Use the hand icon and click the wand, I think.

calvinfoo wrote:If you read the book you found, you should've got the answer.

Reading the book is done by clicking the hand cursor on the book from the inventory view. It took me some time to figure this out, as I expected the eye icon would let me read the book.

GameFAQs is *the* place for walkthroughs. They've already added King's Quest III Redux to their list of games, but no walkthroughs have been posted yet.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/620222-kings-quest-iii-redux

Xandarius wrote:Actually, I kind of like the minimalist approach of the current KQ3Redux logo.

Yeah, same here. Much better than the logo movie of KQ2+.

And what exactly SHOULD the hand cursor do in such a case of manipulating an item that's meant to be used on another item? Nothing, it's just a mistake you sometimes make. Because you pick up items from the game world with the hand icon, it seems intuitive to pick them from your inventory with the ...

Or... the pirate disappearing is just good fun and it doesn't necessarily fully comply with the logic of how the map works.

But the porridge also comes from outside.

It's weird anyway that Mannannan will zap you for not having any food for him, but also doesn't provide ingredients for you to work with or allow you to gather food.

You wonder how Gwydion kept this up for 17 years

I know this now, but not when I started playing KQ3R

Yeah, but I still expected people to play KQ2+ in preparation for KQ3 Redux, just to refresh their memories. As I remember it, KQ2 was really much more of a sequel to KQ1 than KQ3 was to KQ2. And besides, I don't think the original KQ1 and 2 are really that good to be honest. KQ3 is however complet...

Chyron_8472 wrote:How is it that people play KQ3R, but not KQ1VGA or KQ2+?

Because the original KQ3 is a much better game than the original KQ1 and 2 combined.

[edit] Also, I had never heard of KQ2+ before KQ3R was released

Ryoso wrote:I also found 'the note' and certain locks of hair. VERY good reasons to wander off if you put them together

Err... What are you talking about?

It's the cactus with the orange flowers, located just south of the entrance to Smaude's cave.

Erpy wrote:Well...only if you don't consider a mysterious figure waving at you from a cave a good reason.

Hehe, fair point.

It still felt a bit unnatural that the solution to opening the dungeon was outside of the wizard's house. But then again, it could be the problem of having played the original.

I don't know about that, sorry. Good to hear you found the thimble & dew though!

I think this is one of those points where knowledge from the original really bites people...if it was a completely new game, people probably wouldn't even try to get into the lab prematurely since they didn't know it was there and didn't know how to open it until the journal mentioned it. I wonder ...

I only got 203 points on my first run through... and I didn't even get the Underachiever award

Sure. And of course it's not impossible to guess either. But still, it felt like one of the least smooth parts of the game to me. It would have helped a lot if the message for using it in the wrong area would be different... something like "You can't use it here, but you're on the right track&q...

Have you found it?

It is kinda weird that the pirate is able to see locations on the map though, as he hasn't visited these locations when he had the map, so it should have been blank to him

I'm just kidding, it is a great scene

You are in the correct place though, so look harder

Erpy wrote:The spell doesn't really say room, it says vicinity which is a fairly broad term. Its range is large enough to affect even the guy in the crow's nest.

But that is only apparent after you've used it, so you don't know that when you're looking for a solution to this puzzle.

Did you get the porridge?

It can be found in the same general area you found the thimble (in which you have to put the dew).