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Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
(Sierra On-Line, 1991)
Unlike Space Quest 3,
this sequel to the popular series couldn't get by on merely a
few "tweaks" to the game engine. Sierra's just introduced,
critically aflamed icon-interface (first shown in King's Quest 5) only made things
worse, with ridiculously simple point-and-click puzzles. This
is a shame, because the plotline was quite inspired :
a villain from "Space Quest XXI" has gone back in time,
to SQ4, to defeat Wilco! However, few locales are
reached via this premise; the only places you get to go to are
an interstellar shopping mall, and the cantina of Space
Quest 1 (whose original lower-res graphics are played
for laughs). The finale of the game teases at "other"
sequels, that are clearly far better than this one. In truth,
this game was so ill received, it almost finished off the whole
series! How's that for dealing with the threat of future
game sequels...?
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