Erpy wrote:
We didn't hear much about that, but we did hear Lori initially wanted to use the djinni of the lamp, rather than the djinni of the ring in QFG2. (most versions of the Aladdin tale, Disney being an exception, have two djinni's) Unfortunately, because the djinni of the lamp was already used in KQ2, Lori wasn't allowed to use it.
Pretty unfair, I think, since KQ2 was kind of a "Mixed-up mother goose" game (I mean, c'mon, Dracula, a djinn and Red Riding Hood all in one single story? :rolleyes ) while QFG2 really was set in an arabian nights world.
Alistair wrote:
Yeah, I remember Lori telling me she always resented Roberta basically getting priority of resources. And IMO, QFG is a better series than KQ, more to it, so I can understand where Lori's coming from.
I love both series, but I think its true that QFG had a lower priority for Sierra. KQ5 and QFG2 were made/released more or less at the same time, but QFG2 was made in EGA with of course no CD-ROM version, while KQ5 enjoyed the favours of be called "groundbreaking" for its VGA graphics, new interface and recorded digital voices. BTW, QFG2 was Sierra's last EGA game. Actually it was the only 1990 game to be in EGA (well, along with Hoyle II and Thexder II, oh, and the KQ1 and Mother Goose remakes. That is, the first Mother Goose Remake, since this was the only game I know of that had two remakes).
But this is not so bad, since now we'll enjoy the new QG2VGA by the fantastic AGDI team, which is probably gonna be greater than any version Sierra would have made back then, so let's thanks the Williams for not giving so many resources to QFG.
:rollin :rollin
