King's Quest Chapter 2: Rubble Without a Cause

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  • Summary: Kings Quest - Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember is required to play this content and is sold separately.

    Kings Quest - Rubble Without A Cause is the second of five chapters in the new, critically acclaimed reimagining of the classic Kings Quest game series. In this latest adventure, King    Kings Quest - Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember is required to play this content and is sold separately.

    Kings Quest - Rubble Without A Cause is the second of five chapters in the new, critically acclaimed reimagining of the classic Kings Quest game series. In this latest adventure, King Graham takes players back to his first test as ruler of Daventry. When a mischievous horde of goblins takes his kingdom hostage, a newly crowned and woefully unprepared Graham must rise up to free his people and prove himself the leader he was destined to become.

    Will Graham and his friends unearth a way to escape their rock-brained captors? Will he take for granite everything he learned as an adventurer? Does he have the stones to reclaim his mantle & lead his kingdom to safety? Will the hat make it out ok?    … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. GamingTrend
    Dec 29, 2015
    75
    While Rubble Without a Cause can be a little obtuse and less intuitive than A Knight to Remember, it is still a worthy installment.
  2. ActionTrip
    Dec 21, 2015
    75
    I enjoyed my time with Rubble Without a Cause, but it was still disappointing that this episode didn’t have the grander scale presented in A Knight to Remember.
  3. Gamer.nl
    Dec 27, 2015
    75
    King’s Quest is letting us down a little bit in this second episode, as it has less logical puzzles and a shorter story. Thanks to the animations, atmosphere, voice acting and emotional moments it is still one of the best adventures of this moment though.
  4. Games.cz
    Jan 11, 2016
    70
    Episode Two is obviously shorter but still enjoyable and entertaining. It offers great voice acting and an outstanding plot again. Something doesn’t work as intended yet we can recommend the Rubble Without a Cause to all adventure players.
  5. CGMagazine
    Jan 13, 2016
    70
    While Rubble Without A Case is still a good time, it lacks the variety and excellent pacing of King’s Quest’s first chapter.
  6. IGN
    Jan 7, 2016
    67
    There are plenty of fun puzzles in store along with a timer mechanic, but the cramped, dark setting and lack of visual variety tends to rob these elements of the charm they could have.
  7. GameSpot
    Jan 20, 2016
    50
    While Rubble Without a Cause echoes many positive aspects of its predecessor, the gloomy story and unimaginative quests turn what should have been another fun fairy tale into something of a death march. Yet even with these significant flaws, the overall charm of the visuals and voice acting kept me playing and left me optimistic that the series will redeem itself in the next chapter.

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  3. Negative: 3 out of 5
  1. ChoicestGames
    Jul 16, 2017
    7
    The second chapter in the new King's Quest plays like a "survival simulator" where you basically have to choose who survives and who suffers;The second chapter in the new King's Quest plays like a "survival simulator" where you basically have to choose who survives and who suffers; it's definitely an important lesson to learn for a newly crowned king and I actually don't mind it at all. The chapter is however half the duration of the first one and seems like a bit of a rush job so it's definitely not as good as the first chapter but I still find it entertaining nonetheless.… Expand
  2. Guitarsonic
    Dec 28, 2015
    6
    This Chapter is fairly average unfortunately. We waited nearly half a year for something so average. To me, it just does not contain the valueThis Chapter is fairly average unfortunately. We waited nearly half a year for something so average. To me, it just does not contain the value for the time spent developing the chapter. I finished my first playthrough in about 2-3 hours. When I found out it was going to be different endings, by choosing different choices, I tried it once more. And what I found out, was that it merely lasted 1 hour. The puzzles are simple, and the second playthroughs become so quick because you remember what to do. In terms of the story/voice acting, it is not very special. The first chapter had a better experience and better story in general.

    This story was not that memorable or enjoyable, but I really hope they will be able to do better in the next chapter.    … Expand
  4. CharlyPlayman
    Dec 19, 2015
    4
    I liked the first chapter, it was long, enjoyable and with a decent history, but the second is much worse and it seem unfinished (lots ofI liked the first chapter, it was long, enjoyable and with a decent history, but the second is much worse and it seem unfinished (lots of things are in the air). I'm aware it'll have a continuation in chapter 3 but this game is disappointing.
    Pros: smooth controls
    Cons: very short, story absurd and bizarre, ugly scenarios, you have to return down to bed lots of times, etc    … Expand
  5. Zer0TheHer0
    Jan 3, 2016
    1
    Keyboard controls aren't redefinable.If you don't use wasd you're screwed.Don't buy this.Developers should learn to add such a simple,basicKeyboard controls aren't redefinable.If you don't use wasd you're screwed.Don't buy this.Developers should learn to add such a simple,basic and absolutely necessary feature,in 2016
    sadly,this is not the only problem though...story is weak, humor is bad,puzzles are ridiculous ,interface is terrible and it's got bad controls overall(they should have kept the point and click interface) and unskippable dialogues are a pain (especially if you do a second run to make different choices)
    shame    … Expand
  6. lmcommish
    Mar 8, 2016
    0
    This second chapter was a joke. I finished the game in like 3-4 hours. The first one took a couple months (I dont play every day). I was a bigThis second chapter was a joke. I finished the game in like 3-4 hours. The first one took a couple months (I dont play every day). I was a big fan of the games growing up, so I was excited to buy them on PS4. Chapter 1 was great. This one was....just nothing. No new characters. Very few and easy puzzles. You save the people then it ends. I thought the game would START after that!
    Very disappointing. Hope Chapter 3 is much, much better...    … Expand

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