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Here’s why it took so long to see the second King’s Quest chapter

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It’s good to be the king! Mel Brooks said it best when he unveiled the true history of the world and that’s a feeling that you get in the rather superb first episode of King’s Quest. An episodic series of games, King’s Quest is equal parts gorgeous visuals, acting and adventure. It also feels like a higher quality product, and not something that can be rushed out for the sake of a coherent schedule like other episodic titles out there.

And with episode 2 following long after the July debut of King’s Quest’s return to gaming platforms, you know that you’re in for a long journey in this series that will be made up of five instalments. But it’s that commitment to creating something fresh with each episode, that requires more development time on King’s Quest.

“This type of story means in each chapter we need to build a new model and animation sets for our main character as well as supporting cast,” creative director  Matt Korba said to Polygon.

All chapters have an overarching story that ties everything together but not in the traditional serialized ‘to be continued’ way.

According to Korba, the long gap between chapters 1 and 2 shouldn’t leave players feeling rusty when they return to Daventry.

“It’s not like Battlestar Galactica where you will need a primer to remember all the micro events that happened in the last story,” Korba said.

This latest chapter will also see developer The Odd Gentlemen change certain gameplay mechanics between episodes. Korba said that while A Knight To Remember focused on open puzzles that were a nostalgic throwback to the original two King’s Quest games, Rubble Without A Cause would be “more inspired by [King’s Quest 3: To Heir is Human]”.

It’s a bit darker and centers on an escape mechanic.

Plus, you can skip dialogue, a feature that’ll no doubt make Geoff happy when he plays through the episode for the fourth time. If you’re keen to relive the days of PC gaming when games were released on floppy discs that were the size of small continents, then you can grab King’s Quest: A Knight To Remember for free on the PS Plus program right now. Rubble Without A Cause will be populating digital shelves late on December 15 (with the official press release saying December 16, in the face of the official site’s earlier date).

Last Updated: December 2, 2015

17 Comments

  1. The real reason is… they wanted to see if it sold well enough to warrant working on a second chapter before committing to it. ;P

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    • oVg SOmaNY games

      December 2, 2015 at 12:49

      Like Half Life 2

      RUNS

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        December 2, 2015 at 12:51

        Which got its episodes. Next.

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        • oVg SOmaNY games

          December 2, 2015 at 12:53

          Half Life 3?

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 2, 2015 at 12:54

            No. 😛

          • Hammersteyn

            December 2, 2015 at 12:59

            Maybe if Half Life 2 sold better? What was it. 100 000 copies sold. game was overrated anyway.
            *runs

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 2, 2015 at 13:04

            You guys are trying too hard.

          • Hammersteyn

            December 2, 2015 at 13:29

            Too bad Valve isn’t

    • Geoffrey Tim

      December 2, 2015 at 14:04

      The real reason is, each episode is longer and more thought out than an entire SEASON of Telltale episodic adventures.

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    • Jeff

      December 10, 2015 at 02:29

      Except they already sold a season pass that included six chapters and an epilogue. If they wanted to see how it went, they would not have sold the season pass ahead of time.

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  2. oVg SOmaNY games

    December 2, 2015 at 12:48

    GOTY

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  3. Hammersteyn

    December 2, 2015 at 12:59

    Stay awhile and listen

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    • miaau

      December 2, 2015 at 13:06

      Am tempted, really, really tempted

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  4. Pariah

    December 2, 2015 at 15:45

    The 3D modeller in me is going “ew” for those messy models. The gamer in me is going “buy this now you fool! What are you waiting for?”. And then my bank account is pulling a Zuma and just going “heh heh heh heh”.

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    • Geoffrey Tim

      December 2, 2015 at 15:54

      The game looks FAR better in motion that that pic would suggest. It’s *beautiful*.

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      • Pariah

        December 2, 2015 at 17:25

        Don’t doubt that for a second. Plus I’m a huge fan of the original series, so I’m keen to pick this up.

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    • Jeff

      December 10, 2015 at 02:32

      The first chapter was fantastic with multiple ways of tackling it, so it was very replayable. I think I went through it four times. The first chapter ran about as long as a full on KQ game like KQIII, IV, and V. So I suspect that each chapter will be a game unto itself. They are not one continuous story, but each one is self contained.

      Well worth the $40-50 for a season pass – and that includes an extra playable epilogue.

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