Quest for Glory
| Quest for Glory | |
|---|---|
| developer | Sierra On-Line |
| Publisher | Sierra On-Line |
| Designer | Corey and Lori Cole |
| First title | Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero (1989) |
| Last title | Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire (1998) |
| Platform (s) | Amiga , Atari ST , MS-DOS , PC-98 , Mac OS Classic , Windows |
| Genre (s) | Adventure , role play |
Quest for Glory is a five-part adventure computer game series with role-playing elements , which was released in 1989 and was developed by Corey and Lori Cole. It became one of Sierra On-Line's most popular game series . The series consists of the following titles:
Games
| game | English subtitle | German subtitles | year | Mythology / theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hero's Quest (EGA) | So you want to be a hero | - | 1989 | German folk tales |
| Quest for Glory II | Trial by Fire | - | 1990 | Oriental fairy tales |
| Quest for Glory I (VGA remake ) | So you want to be a hero | - | 1991 | German folk tales |
| Quest for Glory III | Wages of War | The wages of the war | 1992 | African and Egyptian mythology |
| Quest for Glory IV | Shadows of Darkness | Shadow of darkness | 1993 | Slavic mythology |
| Quest for Glory V | Dragon Fire | Dragon fire | 1998 | Greek mythology |
| Quest for Glory II (AGD Freeware Remake) | Trial by Fire | - | 2008 | Oriental fairy tales |
Game principle and technology
Hero's Quest or Quest for Glory I is controlled via a text parser . In the VGA remake, this was replaced by a point & click user guide. Quest for Glory differs from other Sierra games through the combination of role-playing and graphic adventure elements. The role-play part of the series is shown by the fact that the player can create a character, where you have to choose between fighter , magician and thief. In the second and third part, the hero can become a paladin under certain circumstances . These three classes have different characteristics and skills that can be trained in the game and also have a strong impact on the course of the game. For many puzzles there are different solutions that are tailored to specific characters (for example, the fighter receives points for defeating an opponent in combat, while the paladin receives his points for solving the same problematic situation peacefully). The identification of the player with his hero was increased by the fact that the character could be imported into the next game in the series after solving the game.
Production notes
Quest for Glory I was originally under the name of Hero's Quest: So you want to be a Hero published, due to a trademark -Konfliktes with Milton Bradley , which is the name of Hero Quest for a video game adaptation of her eponymous board game had secured later in Quest for Glory renamed .
The developer group AGD Interactive, which was already known for two remakes of the King's Quest series, released a remake of Quest for Glory II in VGA graphics as freeware in mid-2008 . The company has a license from Sierra to release older Sierra adventures as remakes.
reception
The trade magazine Adventure Gamers placed Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire 2011 in its list of Top 100 All-Time Adventure Games at number 81.
Web links
- Quest for Glory at MobyGames (English)
- Essay about the game series on Hardcoregaming101.net (English)
- Fan site (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ AdventureGamers.com: Top 100 All-Time Adventure Games. Retrieved January 14, 2016 .