You can play from either a third person or a first person view, switching between the two at will. The graphics in KQ:MOE, although rather dark and sparse at times, are really well done - especially in 3Dfx mode. The rewarding parts of this game are deciphering its innovative brain teasers and figuring out what to do next to advance in each world.

Plus, the combat system isn't difficult to master involving little more than continually clicking on the beast you wish to attack. Every object you come across will come in handy later in the game, and there are plenty of puzzles to master in KQ:MOE. While the combat and RPG elements may put-off some of the fans of the King's Quest series, it still plays like an old school graphic adventure.

However, advancement only increases Connor's combat ability and the game still focuses on the elements that make the other games in the King's Quest series adventure style games: gathering items and figuring out where to use them. Connor advances in levels as you gain more experience through combat or quest fulfillment. Reintegrate the pieces and the land of Daventry will return to normal, fail and your friends are doomed to be statues forever.Īs I said before, KQ:MOE does include some elements of traditional role-playing (although real RPGers would laugh at this as Connor advances extremely fast. To do this, you must travel through seven lands and recover the other four pieces of the Mask. Connor has been chosen to save the world and free his people from their stone prisons (I guess it would make a pretty crappy game if you just happened to be one of the people who was turned into stone). Connor, still holding the piece of the fabled Mask of Eternity, is spared this petrification. You bend over to pick it up and, at the same time, a magical force encases all of the inhabitants of Daventry in stone. While talking to a friend, an ominous storm begins to brew and a strange piece of golden metal (a piece of the Mask of Eternity) comes crashing through the sky, landing at your feet.

The storyline is fairly basic as storylines go, especially for fantasy adventure games. In KQ:MOE, you assume the role of Connor, a simple but brave un-hero.

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