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General discussion (archive)New release: Zork: Grand Inquisitor(135 posts)(135 posts)
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Posted July 26, 2011
Today we’re releasing the last installment of the [url=http://www.gog.com/en/catalogue#all_genres/search/zork]Zork series. As they say, third time’s a charm, The Grand Inquisitor is the third part of the graphical Zork games and surely the best. By far the best one in terms of being accurate to the original Zork adventures with its surreal, silly humor and the pop culture references that leave you smiling when you encounter them ;)

Zork: Grand Inquisitor is set in the Great Underground Empire where an ex-student of the Magic University takes over the whole country and implements a totalitarian regime banning magic as a whole. The dictator is the titular Grand Inquisitor who seeks to shun magic, shun the appearance of magic, shun everything, and then shun shunning. The Grand Inquisitor takes a unique view of how to shun someone with the aid of “swift totemization” by courtesy of Frobozz Electric, a process that, trust us, you don't want to go through. The people of Quendor need a hero to relieve them from the dictatorial regime! You are AFGNCAAP. "Ageless, Faceless, Gender-Neutral, Culturally-Ambiguous Adventure Person" which happens to be the hero in most of adventure puzzle games, as well as in Infocoms original Zork games. You meet Dungeon Master Dalboz who gives you the quest to find the three legendary artifacts (one of the Cubes of Foundation, the Coconut of Quendor, and the Skull of Yoruk) required to bring back magic and put an end to the Grand Inquisitor's regime.

The graphic side of Zork aged very well and with the use of real actors for its cut-scenes, Z:GI has nothing to be ashamed of. Superb music and ambient sounds would be enough for many games, but Zork: Grand Inquisitor takes things a step further be being one of the first games to offer full closed captioning so the hearing impaired can enjoy the game to the fullest. Don’t wait and grab the last installment of the Zork series for $5.99 DRM-free only on GOG.com.
Posted July 28, 2011
Finally this is here :) *wishlisted*
Posted July 28, 2011
Oh awesome, I was hanging out for this. Near impossible to find elsewhere!
Posted July 29, 2011
this (aside from the wing commanders) is the one thing I voted for on the 'what you'd like to see next' poll.

nice to know these guys will bend over backwards to make available games I never thought I'd get to see again.
Posted July 29, 2011
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ceeker: Oh awesome, I was hanging out for this. Near impossible to find elsewhere!
This is why I love GoG. :D Is it really not available elsewhere?
Posted July 29, 2011
I was reading over old emails, and found one from the ZGI team in 1999. He indicated that (quoting) "ZGI was the first of a trilogy, but it didn't do well enough to merit a second". Too bad; I would have loved to play my way through two more.
Posted August 04, 2011
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theyellowclaw: I was reading over old emails, and found one from the ZGI team in 1999. He indicated that (quoting) "ZGI was the first of a trilogy, but it didn't do well enough to merit a second". Too bad; I would have loved to play my way through two more.
So would I. I've just finished ZGI and I have to thank you, GOG, for making this one available. This is the most fun I've had with a game in ages.
Posted November 15, 2011
Wishlisted!

I remember Return to Zork from back in the day and it was the coolest, and people are saying Grand Inquisitor is even better... thank you GOG for revising these games to work on Windows! Can't wait to get this one, possibly even the GOG version of RtZ.
Posted November 15, 2011
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aldrisang: Wishlisted!

I remember Return to Zork from back in the day and it was the coolest, and people are saying Grand Inquisitor is even better... thank you GOG for revising these games to work on Windows! Can't wait to get this one, possibly even the GOG version of RtZ.
4 months, man.
Posted November 15, 2011
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Profanity: 4 months, man.
Whatcha mean?
Posted November 15, 2011
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Profanity: 4 months, man.
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aldrisang: Whatcha mean?
He means: this topic started 4 months ago.
Posted November 15, 2011
LOL, I thought it was an active topic. My bad. =)
Posted November 15, 2011
Unbeknownst to Profanity and Lexor, aldrisang was put into stasis just mere moments after the release of Zork: Grand Inquisitor on GOG. Clearly, the test was a complete success. In what seemed like a split-second of time, aldrisang failed to notice the advancement of one-third of a year, finished filling out and confirming the information for his account that he began all those months ago, and went to join in on the conversation.

...but it was too late. Shortly thereafter, Profanity responded, and reality hit him like a ton of bricks. In the blink of an eye, aldrisang lost one-third of a year of his life, and, even more horrifying, he became a necroposter. It has now been scientifically proven that, through stasis, even the most ordinary of folk can be imbued with the dark and forbidden power of necromancy, reviving long-dead threads to quasi-relevancy. We have crossed a line through which no sane researcher would dare impede upon, and there is no going back.
Posted November 15, 2011
I must warn the council.
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Posted November 15, 2011
Seriously Skunk you need to write Interactive Fiction or something, that was beautiful. ;)
Posted November 15, 2011
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Profanity: I must warn the council.
Hey, I know those guys!
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