Kyrandia Book 1 (Complete), II (Complete), III (Complete)

[Tawmis]

Getting around to playing these (I have way too many games I purchased from GoG)... And currently in book 1.

I remember really enjoying this game, when it first came out.

But mother of gawd - I knew where the sunstone was but when he said, "at the bottom" - I thought he meant at the bottom of the bubbling spring thing (located in the middle of the screen). I did not think he meant at the bottom of the screen! *shakes head* (And a trivial bit of bothersome, I also disliked how that stream was at the bottom of the screen; but if you go a screen down, that stream isn't there... so it doesn't feel like all the pieces are connected on the map).

And the freaking altar.

OMFreakingG.

I forgot how annoying this was; I probably tried about 20 times, before I just got all the stones, dropped them in front of the altar - saved - and tried each stone; if it failed, restored, moved to the next stone. That's absolutely silly and very frustrating. Some logic here would have been nice.

[Collector]

Don't forget that you have the Caverns to go through, yet. Partly, these are all reasons for why I like the 2nd game a lot more than the 1st.

[Tawmis]

Don't forget that you have the Caverns to go through, yet. Partly, these are all reasons for why I like the 2nd game a lot more than the 1st.

I believe that's where I left off yesterday - just beyond the frozen wall that is shattered... by a flute? Really? Man, I am not even sure how my friend Shawn and I managed to finish this game (though I know we did!) way back when we first played it... There isn't a lot of logic... there is a lot of trial and error! (And to think, when my friend Shawn and I played it, it was before the internet was what it is today! We played this when it first came out! BBS's were the thing back then...)

[Collector]

Man, I am not even sure how my friend Shawn and I managed to finish this game (though I know we did!) way back when we first played it... There isn't a lot of logic...

Perhaps because kids are not that logical at that age so you had no trouble with it back then?

[Tawmis]

Man, I am not even sure how my friend Shawn and I managed to finish this game (though I know we did!) way back when we first played it... There isn't a lot of logic...

Perhaps because kids are not that logical at that age so you had no trouble with it back then?

I think I just don't remember doing a lot of SAVE/RESTORE...

[Tawmis]

I am thoroughly convinced, in my youth, I must have used a walk thru...

Going through the caves - spent about 20 minutes - and still didn't get it right. Going to go back to it when I have some more time...

[Tawmis]

Okay - now that I finished Dagger of Amon Ra - I think I am going to return to LOK1 and see about beating it (or at least getting out of those caves!)

[dotkel50]

I love Kyrandia. I think it's the first PC game I ever played. Plus it led me to King's Quest.

[Tawmis]

I love Kyrandia. I think it's the first PC game I ever played. Plus it led me to King's Quest.

Even the caves? These caves are a nightmare!

[dotkel50]

I love Kyrandia. I think it's the first PC game I ever played. Plus it led me to King's Quest.

Even the caves? These caves are a nightmare!

Oh no, I hated the caves.... doesn't everybody?

[adeyke]

The game does have some charm. However, in addition to that dreadful cave maze, I also dislike the inventory system.

[BBP]

The caves... I guess they're hate to love. After all the trial and error from the gems (and how on earth did I figure out that plant thing?) I still somehow felt the energy to do all of the maze.
Thing is, after that my mood for trial and error was gone and I did most of the rest with a walkthrough.

[Tawmis]

The caves... I guess they're hate to love. After all the trial and error from the gems (and how on earth did I figure out that plant thing?) I still somehow felt the energy to do all of the maze.
Thing is, after that my mood for trial and error was gone and I did most of the rest with a walkthrough.

It had been so long since I played it - when I got to the gem part and put those things up there and the wrong ones would vanish. I remembered (isn't it just pure random?) - to save. So I'd save, put on on there, if it stayed awesome. If not, restore, try the next gem. Rinse and repeat until all of them were in place.

[Tawmis]

The game does have some charm. However, in addition to that dreadful cave maze, I also dislike the inventory system.

Yes. The inventory system is a bit ... different.

Would have been cool if all adventure games followed one format!

(I feel the same way about first person shooters, and the like - wish all the buttons did the same thing for all the games!)

[Maxor127]

It's one of my favorite adventure games. I thought the inventory system worked good. Everything was on one screen and easy to manipulate. The audio was awesome. Some of the screens were visually stunning at the time. I hate mazes in games, but the cave part in Kyrandia doesn't bother me too much. It's not complicated enough where I couldn't memorize it after a short time. Plus you're able to drop those glowing berries to help you find your way around. Between that and the landmarks you find, it's pretty tolerable. The only thing I remember being annoyed with is some of the pixel hunting you had to do. I remember one item that was hard to see in the maze.