Itâ€™s a good start, but unfortunately thatâ€™s pretty much all there is. As he moves through the village, he meets a wizard who tells him that the only way to restore Daventry and its inhabitants is to recover the missing pieces of the mask. Just as he picks it up, a black tempest rolls over Daventry, leaving everyone in the kingdom turned to stone - except for Connor. One of the pieces lands at the feet of our hero Connor, whoâ€™s chatting with his friend Sarah. As the game opens, you see a mysterious figure cast a spell on a golden mask, shattering it into pieces. Take the story, for instance - or what little there is of one. Almost everywhere you look in Mask of Eternity - story, combat, characters, control, and even saved games - youâ€™ll find problems. Williams took a huge risk in alienating Kingâ€™s Quest veterans in pursuit of her artistic vision, but the truth is you could decry King’s Quest: Mask of Eternity for reasons that had nothing to do with its lack of cohesion with the rest of the series. Naturally, some followers of the series were more than a little angry at these changes – ‘in all but name, how was this a King’s Quest game?’ cried the masses. And longtime Kingâ€™s Quest fans eager to catch up on the doings of characters like King Graham, Prince Alexander, and Princess Rosella will be shocked to learn that the only inhabitant of Daventry found in the game (aside from a couple of very minor characters) is the hero himself.

It might not take up the lionâ€™s share of actual play time, but thereâ€™ll be points during the game where it sure feels that way. The interface has been completely overhauled, with the familiar point-and-click movement and perspective replaced by an option to play from either a first-person view or a Tomb Raider-style perspective that allows you to pan and zoom the camera at will, and the game structure resembles an adventure-RPG blend.Ĭombat in previous Kingâ€™s Quest games was almost non-existent, but Mask of Eternity – for better or worse – makes it a central part of your journey.

With Kingâ€™s Quest: Mask of Eternity, Roberta Williams and the Kingâ€™s Quest development team have strayed into completely new territory.

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