<s>
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	I-Application
Open	I-Application
Season	I-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IV	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
1993	O
police	O
procedural	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
fourth	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Departing	O
from	O
the	O
setting	O
of	O
the	O
first	B-Device
three	B-Application
installments	B-Application
,	O
Open	O
Season	O
follows	O
police	O
detective	O
John	O
Carey	O
as	O
he	O
investigates	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
brutal	O
murders	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
indirect	O
sequel	O
and	O
spinoff	O
,	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	I-Application
SWAT	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Icons	O
for	O
"	O
walking	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
speaking	O
,	O
"	O
using	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
looking	O
"	O
are	O
used	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
text-parsing	B-Application
system	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
first	B-Device
two	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
previous	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
games	O
,	O
Open	O
Season	O
places	O
emphasis	O
on	O
following	O
proper	O
police	O
procedure	O
,	O
with	O
penalties	O
for	O
failing	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
extend	O
from	O
actions	O
to	O
how	O
the	O
player	O
treats	O
certain	O
characters	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
choosing	O
to	O
harass	O
female	O
characters	O
will	O
eventually	O
lead	O
to	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
uses	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
,	O
with	O
most	O
characters	O
being	O
video	O
recordings	O
of	O
actors	O
and	O
most	O
background	O
being	O
edited	O
photographs	O
of	O
real	O
locations	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
interior	O
of	O
the	O
Parker	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	O
Season	O
was	O
the	O
first	B-Device
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
series	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
without	O
former	O
series	O
designer	O
Jim	O
Walls	O
,	O
who	O
left	O
Sierra	O
due	O
to	O
undisclosed	O
"	O
circumstances	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
had	O
three	B-Application
box	O
designs	O
in	O
consideration	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
:	O
A	O
bloody	O
hand	O
reaching	O
for	O
the	O
title	O
,	O
a	O
file	O
folder	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
city	O
skyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	B-Device
four	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
games	O
totaled	O
850,000	O
sales	O
by	O
late	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Markus	O
Krichel	O
of	O
PC	O
Games	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
interest	O
on	O
the	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
gamer	O
fell	O
slightly	O
"	O
with	O
Open	O
Season(Mainly due to the absence of creator Jim Walls, and those who did play the game weren't happy playing as someone besides the series protagonist Sonny Bonds )	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
direction	O
for	O
the	O
series	O
with	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	I-Application
SWAT	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Sierra	O
,	O
combined	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
series	O
—	O
including	O
SWAT	B-Application
—	O
surpassed	O
1.2	O
million	O
units	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
stated	O
in	O
February	O
1994	O
that	O
"	O
Police	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	I-Application
Open	I-Application
Season	I-Application
evinces	O
a	O
remarkable	O
degree	O
of	O
work-a-day	O
police	O
realism	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
Gates	O
 '	O
contributions	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
"	O
marvelous	O
digitized	O
backgrounds	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
