Quest for Glory 1-5

As some people have already said, the Quest for Glory series shares a lot in common with King's Quest and Space Quest, but never really seemed to get the same accolades as the other two, especially King's Quest. This is a shame because I always felt Quest for Glory was the best of the bunch. The Quest for Glory series has the wacky humor and fun (and occasionally goofy) puzzle elements of other Sierra adventure games. But where Quest for Glory always shined was integrating that with an action oriented combat system and skill based character development system that added a lot of depth to the experience. The ability to carry your character over from one game to another was huge too. By the time I got to Quest for Glory 5, I had a magic wielding Paladin with thief skills, all because the game was smart enough to not lock you in to your chosen class too strictly. Each game tried to mix up the game play a bit too, whether it was putting the game on a timer, altering the combat system or world map, or adding a new class to play as. Some times these new elements were rough around the edges, but they were always welcome a experimentation with the formula. The games can occasionally be buggy, and Quest for Glory 5 is a bit of a departure from the other four in that is has a greater focus on action but doesn't quite successfully transition into a good action game. And to be fair, unlike Quest for Glory 1, QFG2 never got a graphics and interface update, so younger games might be in for a real shock with the EVGA graphics and typing interface. I sunk a lot of hours into these games. They have great game play and story, and any fan of adventure and fantasy RPG games should give these a shot. 1-4 are absolute classics and seeing these on GoG.com has really made my weekend. I can't thank GoG enough for adding these.

These were the first games besides Wing Commander that I really fell in love with. I remember spending hours upon hours on these. They don't make them like they used to. These are also great if you have kids. Your kids can play a kid friendly game and will have a blast! That's not to say that these are kids' games. Anyone will enjoy them and I look forward to playing through them again!

And I've played just about everything.

If you've ever been a fan of the old point and click RPG genre, you can't lose by picking this collection up. I began playing QFG when I was about nine or ten and up until I purchased this pack of games had never touched the others. The graphical styles vary wildly from game to game, but the core ideas and humor stay the same. If you're even the least bit skeptical about purchasing this, keep in mind that you get a small boatload of scans of the original material that was packaged with the games. The Heroes Correspondence Courses are hilarious by themselves, though the humor is a tad bit dated for this day and age. You can transfer your character from game to game, so you don't lose anything apart from an item or two. This collection's worth your time.

I thoroughly enjoyed Quest for Glory I as a five-year old boy. I remember playing it for hours and hours, battling monsters, figuring out the puzzles, etc. I loved it so much, I memorized how to complete the whole game with each character class. Without, even once, looking at a tutorial or walk through. When I found out that there was a whole collection of all five games on GOG.com, I jumped for joy and bought it as soon as I found out about it. I did have some issues loading up Quest for Glory II and V, though I fixed those issues quite fast with the use of patches and tweaking the launch settings. Overall, great work GOG! I am so happy that one of my most favorite game series is finally available online, and it is a must-have for any fan of adventure games or RPGs, provided that you have enough patience to figure out the puzzles and level grind a bit.