More newbie questions :-)

[Laura]

I'd never played any version of KQ3 before this and only a little of other original KQs, like with friends here and there way back when. It took me (don't laugh!) 9 trips away from the Wizard, and I didn't find the magic map til about halfway through LOL. Total play time of just over 4 hours. But I got hit pretty hard by the Fly Wing Woes glitch and had to look on Youtube for an answer. Otherwise I solved it myself.

So not knowing much about KQ beyond your 3 remakes, I was wondering: What was the wizard's deal with Llewdor? What was the threat to him that he had to spy on the people? I kept thinking this would be revealed at some point...

Also what was that blue frog thing and who was the fisherman? Easter eggs? Or did I miss doing something with them?

Anyway, really awesome game! Everything was great - art, music, sound, writing, etc. (Only one little thing jarred me as ill-fitting, Rosella's voice sounded too much like a professional spokesmodel or animated Barbie rather than a young woman who just narrowly escaped being burned alive. ) Puzzles were all enjoyable and rational, spellcasting was fun, and the user interface was ideal. Thanks very much for this incredible work and especially thanks for doing a Mac version.

[Solarkid]

Since you made a suitable thread im just gonna ask this here, who is the weird darkrobed guy at the end? He just said a few mysterious lines and then told me to p*** off

[oversight1979]

The man you speak of? I think he's The Father. But I could be wrong.

[Loney Childress]

Have you played KQ2+ from AGDI?

[Chyron_8472]

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

[MartijnF]

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

[Erpy]

Yeah, but I still expected people to play KQ2+ in preparation for KQ3 Redux, just to refresh their memories.

So not knowing much about KQ beyond your 3 remakes, I was wondering: What was the wizard's deal with Llewdor? What was the threat to him that he had to spy on the people? I kept thinking this would be revealed at some point...

Manannan is just a control freak. He likes to dominate people less powerful than himself. He's more than a little bit of a misantrope.

Also what was that blue frog thing and who was the fisherman? Easter eggs? Or did I miss doing something with them?

Easter eggs. The blue frog is a reference to Quest for Glory 2, where it was the key to the debug mode in both versions.

Anyway, really awesome game! Everything was great - art, music, sound, writing, etc. (Only one little thing jarred me as ill-fitting, Rosella's voice sounded too much like a professional spokesmodel or animated Barbie rather than a young woman who just narrowly escaped being burned alive. )

Tastes differ. Rosella's performance was one of my personal favourites. She was played by a very experienced voice actress and I thought she nailed the inflection just right in every line she spoke.

[MartijnF]

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 completely awesome, so when I learned of KQ3R, I immediately jumped in started playing that, without giving much attention to the previous games (or remakes)

Now that I've finished KQ3R, I am checking out KQ2+ though.

[Erpy]

KQ2+ is a completely different adventure altogether, with a coherant plot, no dead ends and...well...a lot creative liberty taken. Whether this adds to the overall adventuring experience or takes away from it depends on whose opinion you ask.

[MartijnF]

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

[Xandarius]

Martijn, do yourself a favor and play KQ2+. It's worlds apart from the original King's Quest 2. It's one of the best adventure games ever made now.