Police Quest II: The Vengeance
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| Developer(s) | Sierra On-Line |
| Publisher(s) | Sierra On-Line |
| Designer(s) | Jim Walls |
| Composer(s) | Mark Seibert |
| Series | Police Quest |
| Engine | SCI |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, NEC PC-9801 |
| Release date(s) | November 1988 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Police Quest II: The Vengeance is an adventure game produced by Jim Walls for Sierra On-Line, and released in 1988. It is the sequel to Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel and is part of the Police Quest series.
A text parser interface is used to control the player character in Police Quest II. Commands are given in a verb/noun combination (e.g. "Unlock Door" or "Take Keys"), though some keyboard shortcuts are available. The player is required to follow correct police procedures to effectively complete the game and achieve the highest score.
Unlike the first game, driving sequences between destinations are automatic, accomplished through the parser interface (i.e., "drive station" or "chase car") and the player is not required to control the car directly.
Sonny Bonds has access to a firearm. The player is required to use the gun at times throughout the game and will need to make sure the gun is sighted properly as well as loaded with ammunition. There are no action sequences in the game as such, though some hazardous situations are time critical. So long as Sonny is properly positioned (facing his target) and his pistol is sighted, he will fire as accurately as the plot demands.
Police Quest II: The Vengeance is based in the fictional town of Lytton, California in 1988, as well as in the town of Steelton, USA (state is not mentioned in the game: PQ1VGA places Steelton in California &, the Police Quest Casebook states it is in New Mexico). Players can visit various locations in the city of Lytton including the Detective Division of the police department (where Sonny Bonds is stationed), the Jail and Cotton Cove, a picnic area running along the Clear Water River.
The player character is Sonny Bonds, a detective with the Lytton Police Department. The other main characters are Bonds' partner Keith, Bonds' girlfriend Marie Wilkans, and Jessie Bains, an escaped convict who Bonds arrested in Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel.
After arresting Jessie Bains in the original Police Quest, Bonds is promoted to the homicide division. He begins dating Marie Wilkans, who helped him in his undercover work in exchange for the dismissal of prostitution charges against her. Their peaceful life is however short-lived: when Bains is returned to Lytton for retrial, he manages to escape from prison, taking one of the guards hostage using a makeshift knife.
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