daleks13: paladintom there's 1 important think you might want to ask if your buying this just for QFG5 did they actually fix the Quest for Glory 5 Runtime Error when fighting the dragon at the end of the game?

John

SapienChavez: i know the game is 15 yrs old... but did you just gave away the ending to people who have obviously never played it? thats harsh.

and how would a person who has never played this game know about an error?

sure, i knew a dragon was coming, as theyve hinted at it since the box-art for part one... but still.

you could have just said "game stopping error during a final fight."

SapienChavez: hey now. not like im butt-hurt. was just sayin.


i have never played part 5. think ive said that three times now, in this thread :)

Baggins: Although technically while the Dragon is made a big deal in the game. He isn't really the true villain or mastermind in the game. He's a bit like Avoozl in QFG4 or Iblis in QFG2. You know about them from the manual, and you know they are bad. But they aren't the masterminds.

Baggins: heh its kinda like Columbo thry show who dunnit then the rest of the show is about how Columbo figured it out....

Also even if you didn't watch the intro you learn about the Dragon prophecy about 10 minutes into the game IIRC. From Logos or Rakeesh iirc. There is also a reference to its first attack that destroyed Atlantis in the magic shop, if you have magic ability to read the book there. Also like i said the Dragon and its history is in the manual. In addition the Dragon was on the box too! IIRC yje blurb on the box stated you would take on the dragon. Obviously Dragon Fire as a name should be a dead giveaway!

Actually I don't remember if the Intro talks about the principle villain in the game who wants to take over the kingdom, but it does show his underling in the thieves guild who was the king's murderer...

On a trivia note the way justinian is killed in the intro is different than his death is described in the game! His throat is slashed in the intro. Whereas in the game it days he was poisoned.

daleks13: SapienChavez now that you finshed part 5 can you please tell us if they fixed the runtime error when fighting the dragon ?

Baggins: Hahah, well to be fair, if you have been playing through the series... end of QFG3 more or less gives away the villains of QFG4... The manual for 4 also gives away the whole Avoozl plotline in QFG4 pretty much, as well as discussing Ad Avis and his Dark Master being in Mordavia.

In QFG2 you learn some of the general plot in the manual, and about day three from Omar. Maybe a little earlier if you ask around about certain topics. In QFG2 you also have a couple of offhand references to the Dark Master, suggesting he or she would be a future villain. Although nothing directly tieing the Dark Master to the then idea of QFG3: Shadows of Darkness.

QFG1, it isn't long into the game that you learn about Baba Yaga, and what she has done to Spielburg...or learn about the Brigands Just by asking around!

In QFG2, you can basically learn about the plot of QFG3 from Rakeesh, since the events of QFG3 is essentially a revenge plot by the wizard Rakeesh discussed in the second game! Rakeesh will also recount much the same story in QFG3 if you follow certain question paths. You also are told quite a bit in the first day while talking to Rakeesh's brother. About the only mystery is if Rakeesh's daughter survived the attack you learn about at the beginning of the game! The manual for 3 gives some details away, but not nearly as much as the earlier manuals did for their games.

Nah, I wouldn't say there really are very many 'mysteries' anywhere during the series! The backhistories and objectives were often pretty much in the open! The series isn't so much about the objective, but how you get to your objective (class choices/skills)!