YMMV / Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel

• Good Bad Bugs:
  • A minor bug in the original game means it's possible to score 246 out of 245.
  • In PQI VGA (this probably depends on the version), when you get into a car accident, the game informs you that you died, but instead of a game over, the game rewinds about a dozen seconds prior to the crash.
• Scrappy Mechanic: Driving in the remake of the first game wasn't exactly a barrel of laughs. The system used was taken from Police Quest 3.
  • The problem isn't so much that it wasn't programmed well (though it could have been like PQII or a later game: PQIV, where you just have to type in or choose a destination, or PQI where you have greater control over your driving), and the music that accompanies the mechanic is quite good. The problem is that it can get quite tedious and boring after a while, and it gets quite droning when you have to go back and forward on destinations.
    • Averted in the original though, where you had free, open-world-like control over your vehicle. That is, once you get the hang of the fact that your car can turn on a dime. Other drivers don't seem to have much consideration on the road, however, and Marvin Hoffman's car can spawn on top of yours if you're driving on the wrong street entering any sector, killing you instantly.
• That One Level: Playing poker in the first game. Being poker, it's a Luck-Based Mission and Save Scumming is a must, but can't be done in the middle of the game itself. Fortunately, the remake makes it optional.
• Values Dissonance: Jefferson, the Jive Turkey-talking black janitor in the first game, would be considered rather racist these days.
• The Woobie: Officer Jack, as he suffers depression for learning that his daughter, Kathy, is using cocaine and his wife is ready to leave him due to his drinking problem. On the day of his birthday no less! He does get cheered up thanks to his friends, but he's even worse later as he learns that Kathy is in a coma for an overdose. And later, Sgt. Dooley informs you that she died.

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