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Me playing Quest for Glory

Townsperson:Those horrible brigands robbing us blind

Me:Oh no thats terrible *Hiding vase and candelabra I stole from mayor *

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Stylized picture of Lori Cole. One of the creators of Hero-U and the Quest for Glory series. Did an interview with her about Hero-U, game development and games in general. Read it here.

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“Sierra” by pretty-cool-huh

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USA 1990

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Baba Yaga clocks Gerard less than one minute after meeting him.

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀He won’t always follow orders, ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀for he dares to answer, ‘Why?’

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀And unless he likes the reason, ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀he refuses to comply.

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An Adventure Christmas by David Nieto Garcia (davidnietog) on Instagram

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‘Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness’ [aka: ‘Quest for Glory IV’]

[DOS] [USA] [VIDEO, TRAILER] [1993(?)]

Quest for Glory IV features darker themes while maintaining the humor of previous games through such methods as incorporating Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre parodies. Revolving around a dark cult summoning an unfathomably large evil, the game was a far cry from earlier villains such as Baba Yaga. Additionally, the undead and Lovecraftian monsters differed significantly from the lighter monsters of earlier games (there were, however, vampiric rabbits reminiscent of Monty Python and the Holy Grail). The game was inspired by gothic fiction, “old horror movies and books about vampires and werewolves”.

Development for the game ran late, which forced Sierra to ship the game with inadequate testing. The first version of the game, which appears on floppy discs, is “almost unplayable”; however, the following year’s re-release of the game on CD was much improved because a programmer had had a year to address the problems. The GOG digital re-release has since resolved many of the remaining bugs. According to one of the game’s directors, Corey Cole, Quest for Glory IV was developed with a budget of $750,000.

(…)The CD-ROM version of Quest for Glory IV is the first game in the series to feature voice actors. The most notable voice actors for the game are John Rhys-Davies as the Narrator, Jennifer Hale as Katrina, and Bill Farmer as Leshy. Additionally, the game featured a largely original sound track by Aubrey Hodges – although it did feature a reprise of the Hero’s Theme from previous games and a rendition of “Anitra’s Dance” by Edvard Grieg which played as background music in the Hotel Mordavia.

According to an InterAction magazine article, John Rhys-Davies’ part took more than three weeks to record, causing him to refer to the game as the “CD-ROM from Hell”. Quest for Glory IV was the first video game in which Jennifer Hale voiced dialogue. The dub of a trio of local farmers is conspicuous for its emphasis on quips and banter, and its indifference to what actually reads on their text boxes. ~Wikipedia

Source: YouTube; Sierra Chest

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Video game satisfaction levels

Killing your first Leshen in Witcher 3: 4/10

Killing your first goblin in Quest for Glory: 1111111/10

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Elsa Von Spielberg was my waifu before “choosing your rpg love interest” was a thing.

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I love the QfG 2 remake (although I agree that the original graphics are phenomenal) but I so want a remake of the fifth game in VGA style!

My guess is that the reason no one has tried is because it’s not as popular as QfG 2, which is a fan favorite of the series. I do think the fifth game is a weaker entry in the series but it has potential if it were remade in a more traditional point and click style.

Serious question.

People felt the need to remake Quest for Glory 2 with better graphics because a remake was never made for it like the first game was…even though the original looked better I think. Just my opinion.

So…why has no one ever tried to remake the fifth one with older graphics? I mean…if the new shitty 3d graphics is what most people didn’t like…wouldn’t remaking it in the older style make it better? Keep the plot and characters and all that exactly the same just remake it to look more like the fourth one.

I mean…just sayin. I’d play it.

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Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire (MS-DOS) (1990)

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Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero (MS-DOS) (1989)

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UK 1994