: "After we received the C&D and complied with it, our fans rallied to support us and tried to get things turned around almost immediately. DS caught up with co-designer/PR manager Katie Hallahan and producer/designer Cesar Bittar to find out how the game has endured countless setbacks and managed to survive cease and desist orders from Vivendi Games and later Activision.īack in February when Activision issued that cease and desist order, The Silver Lining looked dead in the water. Designed by Phoenix Online Studios, an indie developer made up of avid adventure gamers, it has been hailed as one of the most ambitious fan-made projects in history since its conception in 2002. Almost three decades since Sir Graham quested for the crown, the series will awaken from its lengthy slumber (albeit unofficially) with King's Quest: The Silver Lining. Weapons and armor can be found or bought for money obtained from defeated foes.Sierra's King's Quest series played an instrumental part in shaping the adventure game throughout the '80s and '90s. RPG elements are present in character development: Connor gains experience points from vanquishing enemies and completing tasks, and eventually levels up, increasing his hit points and combat parameters. Some portions of the game also include environmental hazards the protagonist has to avoid, or jumping puzzles reminiscent of platform games. It doesn't entirely depart from its adventure roots, however, featuring commands for looking, talking to people, picking up objects, and using them to solve inventory-based puzzles.Ĭonnor may encounter hostile creatures and can fight them using his melee weapons or bow. Gameplay-wise, it differs from its predecessors by introducing considerable action and role-playing elements. King's Quest: Mask of Eternity is the eighth installment in the King's Quest series, and the first one done completely in 3D. He must now search for the other pieces of the Mask, repair it, and face Lucreto in the Realm of Sun. As he picks up the fragment, he finds out that all the inhabitants of the land have been turned into stone. One of such pieces falls down, right under the feet of a simple peasant and fighter named Connor. But on an ominous day, Lucreto, the leader of the Archons, turns evil and shatters the Mask into pieces. Powerful beings known as Archons dwell there, guarding the Mask of Eternity, which preserves balance in the world. The Realm of Sun is a magical world situated above the Kingdom of Daventry.
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