King's Quest 8: Mask of Eternity

by Sierra

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• ASIN: B00004U1Y1
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: June 13, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,619 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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The bestselling adventure series of all time returns! In Roberta Williams's King's Quest: Mask of Eternity, you'll return to Daventry and explore seven exotic worlds as you search for the scattered pieces of the Mask of Eternity to restore peace and order to the kingdom. This all-new adventure features rich, immersive story, the latest 3-D technology, and camera control that lets you switch between first-person views and cinematic third-person views.

Product Description

The bestselling adventure series of all time returns! In Roberta Williams's King's Quest: Mask of Eternity, you'll return to Daventry and explore seven exotic worlds as you search for the scattered pieces of the Mask of Eternity to restore peace and order to the kingdom. This all-new adventure features rich, immersive story, the latest 3-D technology, and camera control that lets you switch between first-person views and cinematic third-person views.

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48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Your Traditional King's Quest Game, August 19, 2002

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J. Poore "Jen" (Bozeman, MT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: King's Quest 8: Mask of Eternity (CD-ROM)

If you're expecting another King's Quest game in the similar style and method of KQ1-7, you're in for a shock on this one. The object of the game is exploring, which is fun, but also involves a lot of Wolfenstein-style shoot-to-kill. It really has little to do with King's Quest in the true Sierra tradition. It's a modern kill-fest set in Daventry.

If you're a true, die-hard fan of the King's Quest series, like I am, you'll buy it to have it. I found it most helpful to play with cheats on (you can find them on the web at a variety of sites) because I am not a true shoot-and-kill type of game player. It allowed me to explore and enjoy the few adventure-game aspects of this game. For those who enjoyed Quest for Glory, it does mimic that series in some small ways.

Mostly, alas, this is Wolfenstein in Daventry. True adventure games in the style of Sierra's Golden Years in the 1980's-1990's are truly a thing of the past.

27 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Something Wicked This Way Comes, March 22, 2004

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Pindarus - See all my reviews

This review is from: King's Quest 8: Mask of Eternity (CD-ROM)

In the simplest words I can think of I will say my thoughts on this game. It was crap.
First, I will talk about the good parts in this game.
Now, I'll talk a little bit about the bad.
Sierra's remake of the first King's Quest was the first game I ever played. This series holds a special place in my heart because of this. I remember getting really excited about this game when I first heard about it. To put it simply, it did not live up to my expectations.
The first thing that stands out about the game is its gameplay. THEY TURNED A WORLD FAMOUS PEACFUL ADVENTURE GAME SERIES INTO A HACK AND SLASH CRAPSHOOT. Ecuse me for my outburst.
I am still a bit confused over the development of the "plot" of the game. I can just imagine the development team meetings.
"You know how wer'e making KQ8?"
"Yeah"
"Remember all the loose ends and teasers that were in the previous games about evil societies and big things going on?"
"Yeah"
"Lets just forget about all that and give it an even simpler ending than KQ1 had back in 84"
"Okay, sounds good to me."
"And you know that royal family being the central characters in KING'S Quest?"
"What about them?"
"I never liked them, lets just put in just enough of them to call this KING'S Quest, and replace them with a randomly selected peasant who just happens to be extremely proficient with all kinds of weapons."
"Sounds great."
In short, there is just not a lot going for this game. I only recommend this if your'e a competist, or want to witness one of the greatest follies' of our time first hand. If you are not one of the above, stay as far away as possible.

28 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A bastardization of a once-great game series., August 11, 2002

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Jason Argentum (Las Vegas, Nevada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King's Quest 8: Mask of Eternity (CD-ROM)

What was once a great adventure series was essentially turned into a bad Diablo clone when Cendant took over Sierra Online. In King's Quest 8, you play a Daventry peasant (which, unlike in King's Quest 3, has no relation to the royal family) who curiously speaks like British royalty. As the game begins, the Mask of Eternity is shattered, resulting (among other things) in a bunch of monsters appearing and everyone in the human world turning to stone. Everyone except you, that is; you managed to grab a piece of the Mask as it was happening (alternately, a piece of it scarred your face when you were born - they can't get the story straight). The rest of the game comprises of you fighting monsters and occasionally using various objects to try to get all the pieces of the Mask to restore the worlds.

The graphics are mediocre, even when you take into account the time the game was made. The gameplay is horrendous. Between this, the badly thought-out plot, and its overall betrayal of the series, I wouldn't recommend getting KQ8 except in the interest of completeness (and of seeing the end of the series).