Forced Weddings – Monkey Island and King's Quest VI
As a companion to the recent treatment of Prince Alexander's grand quest for love, here is a narrative analysis of its ending, compared to a contemporary game using similar motifs:
https://www.goodolddays.net/en/article/Forced-Weddings-Monkey-Island-and-Kings-Quest-VI/
It's the best #KingsQuest ever made -- and that's the problem. Professional voice acting ✓ Lip-synced animations ✓ CD-ROM production values ✓ ...and yet the finale devolves into pixel-hunting death traps. Why #KingsQuestVI's polish couldn't fix its conservative soul.
https://www.goodolddays.net/en/game/Kings-Quest-VI-Heir-Today-Gone-Tomorrow/
...he said before being stuffed into a cage and roasted alive in this wholesome family game.
Yup, the "slave clothes" you wore before looked much better than this atrocity of a dress!
Another moment in #KingsQuestVI I really liked. The black widow (a literal spider!) trying to seduce the very human prince Alexander.
Mr Creosote
Marine Beaufils 🪡