Quest for Glory Series Finally Comes to GOG.com
It has been a day too long in coming, Dragons and Dragonettes: Sierra’s excellent RPG/adventure hybrid series, Quest for Glory has been released on GOG.com; all five games are available in one package for the steal-of-a-deal price of $9.99.
Quest for Glory is the story of becoming a hero. From the first game, where you are a recent graduate of the Famous Adventurer’s Correspondence School, to the last game where you are a hero with unparallelled skill, fighting evil on a grand scale, you chart the journey of your hero, whether you’re a fighter, a mage, or a thief. Each challenge you encounter can be solved a number of different ways–depending on where your skills lie — and discovering how to master those challenges and save the day is half of the fun.
The other half of the fun, of course, is the trademark silliness that Sierra games contain. Whether it’s clever throwbacks to other Sierra classics, cameos by the Marx Brothers, or deadly puns, the game makes sure that you’ll keep on laughing while you play. While there are definite moments of high drama and excitement throughout the series, the light-hearted nature of the games — especially the earlier ones — makes sure you’re never bored.
What’s more, GOG has released the original version of Quest for Glory 1 — which was originally known as Hero’s Quest — along with the updated VGA version thereof. And based on the screenshots they’ve supplied, they may have done the same for the second entry in the series as well! I wonder if they released the voice-acted CD version of Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness? That was, I think, the first game that the excellent Jennifer Hale provided her voice talents to.
Confession: I probably spent nearly as many hours of my life playing Hero’s Quest as I did playing Ultima 6; it’s another of “those games” that I know inside and out, and can remember every corner of the map for without ever having to look something up.
If you haven’t played these games…seriously, you owe it to yourself to check them out. And now, for a quite reasonable price, you can do so!
I want to love QFG, I really do.
But after completing the VGA remake of QFG1 a few years ago, QFG2 with its maze-like core city just killed me.
That’s just really really awful to the point of killing any enjoyment I might have from the game. And that was from the AGD VGA Remake. I wish they had changed the city workings in that remake.
Oh well…
Sergorn: It’s not a real maze if you don’t have to map it. Also, getting to the main locations (the plazas) is pretty straightforward.
Actually, unless I’m forgetting something, the only location that really requires you to go deeply into the “maze” is the money changer, on your first day in Shapeir.
If I’m not mistaken, in the AGD remake there’s an option that makes the streets simpler. That being said, QFG 3 – 5 are the best of the series. I suggest playing those, 4 specifically.
Well it still felt annoying as well even with the remake’s “simpler streets” 😛
3 and 5, “best”? Hardly. I hope you aren’t judging games by their graphics.
I would say that 2 had the best gameplay, 4 had the best characters/atmosphere, and 5 had the best music (though music is a hard one to call).
But yeah… I recommend playing AGD’s remake of 2. And not just ’cause I’m in the credits 😛
Heh. I still know QfG2’s map system like the back of my hand. I haven’t needed a map for decades. It isn’t *that* complicated.
Quest for Glory is my favourite game series of all time. It always competes with Ultima in my mind, but QfG usually comes out on top. If you haven’t played them, do so.
Just noticed that the QFG series has rocketed to number 3 in user ratings. It’ll probably drop once more non-fanboys start voting, but that makes me happy anyway.
I wish the Coles would kickstart QFG6 🙂
They seem to still be active in something revolving around QFG – they’ve kind of been “carrying the torch” for the series over the years.