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So, You Want to Be A Hero?

One of the best series of the 90s--the adventure/RPG hybrid that combines high draw with low humor--the [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/quest_for_glory]Quest for Glory series is now on GOG.com. Pick up all 5 games in the series for just $9.99! In addition to the manuals, maps, books and other goodies, we're also including the original EGA version for Quest for Glory I as well as the remake!


If you’re a gamer who remembers the days when a 386 was a blazingly fast machine, you likely have a special place in your hearts for Sierra Entertainment Games, and the Quest For Glory series may have been the best of the games that studio developed in the 90’s. For those who remember these classics, you probably aren’t even reading this, since you just clicked on “add to cart” and are already downloading the games. For the rest of you, let’s talk about what makes Quest for Glory special.

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.

The Quest for Glory games have riddles and puzzles--as adventure games tend to--and fast-paced combat and stat-based character improvement--as RPGs generally do--but it combines the two together into a whole that is more than the sum of its parts.

Whether you’re a fan of the games from back in the day or you’ve never played them before, these great games are sure to enthrall, so pick up the complete Quest for Glory bundle on GOG.com today for just $9.99 for all 5.
So anyways, I am assuming that this release was a prelude to the Quest For Glory 6 Kickstarter announcement.

Please confirm this immediately gog.
Thank you so very much Gog, for making me scream with glee like a girl. I loved these games in my childhood, and have wanted them on GOG for years. Suffice to say this was a instant purchase for me, especially because getting half these games' disc versions working on modern computers is a PAIN.

So thanks gog! Keep the Classics coming, dont forget this is what people who have been coming here for years want.
Post edited May 11, 2012 by LordRikerQ
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Ten dollars for six excellent games? This is easily GOG's biggest bang for your bucks.

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photoleia: I'm ashamed to say that I have never even heard of this series. Is there another game/series that someone can equate it to for me just so I can get a bit of perspective regarding it's gameplay?
I cannot think of any game similar to this. It's a traditional adventure game: exploration, complex story telling, jokes hidden here and there, gameplay consisting of conversing with characters, picking up items and solving puzzles... you know the kind. But on top of that is an added RPG layer, monsters will attack you as you explore the wilderness, you've got to fight, heal, eat, sleep and find money to survive, in typical Elder Scrolls fashion you've got skills for everything, all of which need to be trained through repeated use.

You can play the game as either a fighter, a wizard, a rogue, a paladin (latter games only), or any hybrid combo of these four classes and the solutions to the puzzles and problems you will encounter will change accordingly (a fighter will tackle problems directly using brute force, while a rogue will try to sneak his way past problems), magic spells, even offensive ones, could be used outside of battles for things other than just blasting monsters, you could export your character in a save file when you finished a game and import it in the sequels, with its stats and items (although unlike Mass Effect, story choices aren't).

The games had only one or two towns each, but special care was put to make the characters and locations unique and make the world feels alive and breathing, NPCs mind their business and stores open when the sun rises, and at sunset, shops close, inns get more lively and less than savory characters and creatures get out of their lair.

A lot of the things I've just listed, you've already seen in recent Elder Scrolls games and modern RPGs, and in the last decade, the line between point and click adventure games and RPGs has become much blurrier, but the combo of adventure and RPG resulted in a unique experience back in the days and in a way it still is because there's still elements from adventure games that aren't common in RPGs nowadays, notably most of the problems you encounter in RPGs tend to be monsters, and the adventure facet brings a fair share of puzzles, investigation and thinking how you're supposed to overcome problems that aren't monsters stronger than you.

And we're talking about a game released in 1989, in a time where the only thing that computer and console RPGs could dream of replicating from traditional pen and papers RPGs was combat, maze like dungeon exploration and leveling up, none of the role playing aspect, complex story telling and feedback only a human game master can supply to its players. It's basically the RPG equivalent of System Shock, a game so revolutionary yet none of us noticed it because we were too busy playing Eye Of The Beholder and Final Fantasy.
Post edited May 11, 2012 by blueskirt42
Thank you GOG! A fantastic series of adventure games. I'm looking forward to playing these again. And all 5 for $10.... you're too awesome!
Thank you so much I love you GOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jumping on the gratefulness train - Quest for Glory V was one of those childhood games I never understood fully but which I enjoyed messing around with anyway. Maybe now I'll even be able to finish them all ;) (unless my brain is still as useless, lol)
Finally!!! Thank you GoG!!!! I've waited for these ever since I joined the GoG-beta.
Thank you!! Thank you!!
Thank you so much for this GOG, this is everything I was waiting for. You guys are the best!
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blueskirt42: Ten dollars for six excellent games? This is easily GOG's biggest bang for your bucks.
six??
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blueskirt42: Ten dollars for six excellent games? This is easily GOG's biggest bang for your bucks.
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Fred_DM: six??
You get two different versions of QfG1.
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blueskirt42: Ten dollars for six excellent games? This is easily GOG's biggest bang for your bucks.

I cannot think of any game similar to this... ...It's basically the RPG equivalent of System Shock, a game so revolutionary yet none of us noticed it because we were too busy playing Eye Of The Beholder and Final Fantasy.
If you haven't already Blueskirt, you should copy and paste this (entire post) in a review on the store page. This is an excellent breakdown! I would have just said 'Kings Quest hybrid' but yours is very accurate. Well done!
I want all Sierra games :)
Finally i can fight the dragon again in V!!!!!!
Has anyone checked to see if the bugs in IV are patched?
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kenneph: Has anyone checked to see if the bugs in IV are patched?
Check the series' forum; people have probably discussed it there.