The Legend of Kyrandia

by westwood Studios

Product Features

• Over 100 Brilliantly rendered scenes
• captivating sound track
• fluid and realistic animation
• five chapters of progressively more challenging quests

Product Details

• ASIN: B0006Z16M0
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,890 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

PC CD-ROM

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Underrated Point-and-Click Adventure, April 21, 2009

By 

DryvBy (Knoxville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Legend of Kyrandia (CD-ROM)

The Legend of Kyrandia is a trilogy of games that all complete the overall story. In the first 'Book', you are a prince on a quest to find Malcolm, a jester who dabbles in a bit of magic, who has killed your parents, the king and queen.

Unlike LucasArts point-and-click adventures, this game actually features coincidences much like King's Quest. For example, an item you are holding you may need actually later on in the game so you have to either remember where you laid it down or make sure not to destroy it by dropping it into say liquid or catching it on fire. This game is not really set for beginner adventure gamers so be warned. However, if you really just want to enjoy a terrific and well-written story, buy it anyway and use a walk-through.

The key things that stand out in this game outside of a terrific story is the voices, the graphics (yes, VGA graphics still hold a lot of appeal and can be quite detailed), and especially the music. This music is really good to listen to and even though it's just midi files being played, they still sound really well. The graphics are 256 colors but those who love VGA art and fantasy will probably instantly grab onto this game and never let it go. And for those lazy gamers who hate reading, voices are included on the CD-Rom version.

If you do end up purchasing the game, I hope you also end up purchasing the two other adventures (Hand of Fate and Malcolm's Revenge) as all of them are really good and when you get through the entire series, you'll definitely feel a need to replay them again. I've been playing these games since the days of Windows 95, and even in the high-end Direct-X 10.1 era that we are enjoying, this one is something you can go back to just for the story alone.