The mid-90s was a bizarre time for Sierra as it experimented with new graphics, and Torin was built on the same (unfairly maligned) engine as King's Quest 7. Torin's Passage is a delightful treasure in its own scrappy Frankenstein's monster kind of way. Quest for Glory 1: So You Want to Be a Hero Still, Marx brings a whole new kind of depth to the Sierra adventure, to great effect. Combat is pretty clunky, especially at the end with the Saracen, so that's kind of a downer after dragging your armor all the way to the Holy Land.
If you're there for the schadenfreude of watching Arthur bumble around the Launcelot-Gwenhyver (Guinevere) situation ("we're just good friends," says Gwen-sure, Jan), there’s plenty of that to soak up, too. It's a little rough around the edges, and the graphics aren't as polished as some of its brethren, but it's brimming with ambition. The graphic rendition of Merlin in the intro-a heavy metal vision in magenta and turquoise-absolutely slays. Christy Marx's debut is a marvel, especially for history and folklore nerds-there are some beautifully thought-out scenes and bits of dialogue, with Merlin serving as King Arthur's "guide" as he roams around the isle. I don't know about you, but I've always wanted to experience the Matter of Britain in the form of an adventure game. But it's also a really interesting experiment in edutainment that pushes the envelope much harder and farther than its Sierra Discovery siblings in terms of writing, puzzles, and gameplay. The game is admittedly a lot to take in, especially when you consider how the humor, parody, and facetiousness almost certainly fly right over younger heads. Pepper must help Franklin and the people of Philadelphia to get back on the right track, for the sake of America (cue flag-waving).Īt the end of each chapter is a short history quiz, and there's also a "truth" button that helps you learn historical facts as you move around. Franklin, now a hippie bum who preaches a "Doctrine of Mellowness," has abandoned reason and left Philadelphia in the clutches of the evil colonial Pughs, who levy unfair taxes and steal dogs and generally suck. Fred screws up the past by sending a huge dose of the 1960s "Age of Aquarius" philosophy to afflict one Benjamin Franklin. Aspiring young reporter Pepper and her dog Lockjaw are sent back to the year 1764 by Pepper's psychotic inventor uncle Fred. The game takes a page out of Maniac Mansion/Day of the Tentacle and turns it into edutainment-like DOTT, there's even a bit of Ben Franklin kite-flying. Thank you for your understanding during this challenging time.Playing Pepper's Adventures in Time is a) extremely cringe in 2020 and b) strange and hilarious for a non-American who doesn't know the minutiae of US history (I learned about the Liberty Bell through It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia).
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