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Oh yeah.. .definitaly one of my personal favourite Adventure/RPG/Action/Everything games...
Entitled "Hero's Quest : So You Want To Be A Hero ?" at first, later on it became the widely populair
Quest for glory series.
The first part takes place in the small town Spielburg and it's surroundings. When you first arrive in town you'll meet the sherrif and his assistent, who'll tell you a bit about what's happening and what needs to be done. |
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So what is wrong in Spielburg ? Well, alot to begin. First of all the beatifull daughter of the King has been kidnapped, and hey, why not rescue a princesse and become a real hero ?
But ofcourse, this will take place after you have created your character. You can decide wether you want to go with a fighter, a wizard or a thief. Whilst playing you'll RPG wise increase your stats by practicing. |
| Reviewer: Abandon5000 |
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The Quest for Glory series is perhaps one of Sierra's finest adventure game franchises. I first played Quest for Glory 1 in the early '90s. The game is a great combination of fairytales from different parts of Europe, including things like Baba Yaga and her chicken hut, trolls, mandrake root, and, yes, fairies. The plot, while simple, has a fair amount of humor. At one point you even need to answer questions from Monty Python and the Holy Grail to get past a gate keeper and in another scene you face off against the Three Stooges (for an added bonus, try eating the magic mushrooms).
Your character "levels up" by repeatedly doing whatever action you want to make stronger. You don't actually gain level, you just get better at whatever it is, which makes way more sense than most RPG systems. If you are willing to take the time, you can repeatedly cast the fire spell until you have something strong enough to kill any creature with one blow. Same with knife throwing and everything else. I find this particularly appealing because it means you are never taken out of the game by level menus or the like, much better than games with similar systems such as The Elder Scrolls.
To progress through the game you need to talk with people, kill monsters and do some light puzzle solving. None of this is extremely hard (i.e. no puzzles that can't be reasoned through logically) and the game rewards exploration. The characters you meet stand out as strong points in the game. Each one is lovingly crafted by Sierra and there is some great dialogue. Oh, and if someone is killing you do something wrong. This is from the time where heroes didn't need to slaughter their enemies to be considered heroes. I don't think you are ever able to kill the human characters, instead you must use puzzle-solving elements to get past some of the trickier situations.
One thing this game has that modern games lack is the ability to type in the text when you ask questions. This allows the developers to hide Easter Eggs and some funny dialogue in the game that does not appear in the Quest for Glory remake (try asking Zora or various other characters on a date!) Parsers have since disappeared as pre-selected dialogue has taken over games, but you owe it to yourself to give it a try, especially if you are a newer gamer and haven't had the chance before. The amount of freedom it offers is very refreshing. I give this game 5 out of 5 stars. |
| Reviewer: Tengu69 |
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