Let’s Play Police Quest 1! Of all of the five quality Sierra adventure game series of the late 80’s and early 90’s, I inevitably have to have a least favorite, and Police Quest was that for me. Before you jump on top of me because I know this series is a favorite to a lot of people and meant a lot to a lot of people, let me explain. Of all of the series, I think Police Quest had the biggest learning curve, going through all of that police procedure. To the credit of the developers, it was very realistic due in large part to the fact that that former officer was the creator or consultant or was involved in some capacity or another.
Let’s Play Police Quest 1:
Police Quest also offered up the least humor of any of the game series, understandably so, but when I was playing these games I was 8 years old, so it’s also understandable that the humor and escapism of Space Quest appealed to me most at the time. I’m sure there were a lot of kids who probably were fascinated with law enforcement when they were growing up and it appealed a lot more to them. Or maybe I just didn’t like that in Police Quest 2 after adjusting my damn sights time and time again I still couldn’t shoot the damn terrorist on the damn plane. That stuck with me.
Okay, rant over. Truthfully I think Police Quest 1 is a great game and it’s my favorite of the series and I’ll admit that part of that is because I generally know how to beat it from memory. And I can imagine that just like being an actual police officer, there are a few exciting moments padded between hours of driving around and just doing your job.
Pulling people over, having that confrontation with that guy with the gun at his car, yeah there were some fun moments in this game. I’ll admit to getting freaked out and dreading the parts in the game where you had to look at corpses; the game really wasn’t meant for kids but there was a certain excitement in playing a game you weren’t meant to see, similar to Leisure Suit Larry, though those were very different bodies.