History VideoGame / KingsQuest2015

** There are two separate shout outs to Film/ThePrincessBride. The old potion couple behave similarly towards each other as Miracle Max and Valerie do. More obviously, though, is the raisin juice test before the Trial of Wits. This is amplified by the fact that Manny is voiced by Wallace Shawn, whose more famous scene in the movie was dying to a similar test.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: When looking for a wheel, you can pay for whatever item you take. This doesn't affect how much gold you have later on, or how the townspeople react to you.

* SavageWolves: The wolzer wolves which will raid the town if the rear entrance is left open. Amaya gives you a patch if you don't let the wolves into town.

** [[Spoiler: Manny the game's villain knows a little too much about the goblins, and threatens to return. There is a scene after the end credits foreshadowing an older Graham out in the rain with goblins (likely foreshadowing episode 2).]]

** Gwendolyn's room has tapestries that match the original covers of ''VideoGame/KingsQuestQuestForTheCrown'', ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow'' and ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIVThePerilsOfRosella''.

** The wolzers are said to migrate to the [[VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder mountains of Serenia, likely enough to the domain of Queen Icebella]].

In 2015, Sierra released a new game in the long running VideoGame/KingsQuest games as a 5-part episodic game. Simply called ''King's Quest'', the game recounts King Graham's adventuring career to his granddaughter Gwendolyn. The games are a reimagining of the series with each chapter taking place in between the original games. While the events of the original games canonically happened in the new series, just how these events took place may differ. There are three main play styles for Graham which emphasizes either bravery, wisdom, or compassion, and which style the player choses may alter events and dialogue.

* TheFaceless: Grandma, who is presumably Valanice, sometimes speaks to Gwendolyn, but is only seen from behind in shadow. Also, none of the knights remove their helmets.

** Gwendolyn's room has tapestries that match the original covers of VideoGame/KingsQuestQuestForTheCrown, VideoGame/KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow and VideoGame/KingsQuestIVThePerilsOfRosella.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: Instead of horses, people in the setting ride giant hamster-like creatures instead.

** There are two separate shout outs to Film/ThePrincessBride. The old potion couple behave similarly towards each other as Miracle Max and Valerie do. More obviously, though, is the raisin juice test before the Trial of Wits. This is amplified by the fact that Manny is voiced by Creator/WallaceShawn, whose more famous scene in the movie was dying to a similar test.

* TheFaceless: Grandma, who is presumably Valanice, sometimes speaks to Gwendolyn, but is only seen from behind in shadow. Also, none of the knights remove their helmets.

* MysteriousParent:
** Which of Graham children are respectively Garth and Gwendolyn's parents is not mentioned in the first episode. From dialogue it might be possible to infer that Gwendolyn is Rosella's daughter we are told she lives away from Daventry, and Rosella married a prince who had his own kingdom - it'd make sense she'd live there. Garth, who lives closer and sees his grandfather more, might therefore be Alexander's son, since Alexander is also the eldest child and thus most likely Graham's heir.

The first chapter "A Knight to Remember", released in July 2015, followed Graham's first adventure in Daventry, where he first becomes a knight, with a brief prologue revising how he found the magic mirror. Meanwhile, Gwendolyn has entered the fencing tournament where she will face her cousin Gart, and how Graham behaves in the story affects how she approaches the fight.

** At the start of the game, when Graham is retrieving the mirror from the well, he takes a bow from a fallen soldier. [[spoiler: This is the knight Achaka, who taught Graham how to fire a bow.]] The dragon also has an arrow in its eye, which happens during the Knight Tournament.

* PressXNotToDie: The game is interspersed with occasional quick time events.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: The final challenge, the Duel of Wits, is a chess-like board game between the two finalists.
* WeirdTradeUnion: The Daventry Bridge Troll Guild is, as it says, a guild for trolls with bridges growing on them, that allow humans to walk across their backs. In ''A Knight to Remember'', they're on strike due to, among other things, humans not crossing them gently.
* MagicMirror: Rescued in the prologue of the game. Once again, it predicts Graham becoming King.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: When looking for a wheel, you can pay for whatever item you take. This doesn't affect how much gold you have later on, or how the townspeople react to you.

In 2015, Sierra released a new game in the long running VideoGame/KingsQuest games as a 5-part episodic game. Simply called ''King's Quest'', the game recounts King Graham's adventuring career to his granddaughter Gwendolyn.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the start of the game, when Graham is retrieving the mirror from the well, he takes a bow from a fallen soldier. [[spoiler: This is the knight Achaka, who taught Graham how to fire a bow.]] The dragon also has an arrow in its eye, which happens during the Knight Tournament.

** If Graham pretends to be a bridge troll, he claims to be from the [[VideoGame/KingsQuestIIIToHeirIsHuman Llewdor]] branch.

** Examining the pies in the bakery, Graham exclaims, "[[VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenseMakesTheHeartGoYonder Custard? My favourite!]]"

* SceneryPorn: The bottom of the well has some spectacular scenery. Above ground is pretty, too, but note quite on the same scale.
* ShoutOut: There are two separate shout outs to Film/ThePrincessBride. The old potion couple behave similarly towards each other as Miracle Max and Valerie do. More obviously, though, is the raisin juice test before the Trial of Wits. This is amplified by the fact that Manny is voiced by Creator/WallaceShawn, whose more famous scene in the movie was dying to a similar test.

* TheTomboy: Gwendolyn, who is quite excited for the dragon parts of the story, entered the fencing tournament, and comes close to being a BloodKnight.

** If Graham pretends to be a bridge troll, he claims to be from the [[VideoGame/KingsQuestIIIToHeirIsHuman Llewdor]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the start of the game, when Graham is retrieving the mirror from the well, he takes a bow from a fallen soldier. [[spoiler: This is the knight Achooka, who taught Graham how to fire a bow.]] The dragon also has an arrow in its eye, which happens during the Knight Tournament.