Posted on: October 5, 2012
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Includes one of the greatest games of all time
Before I get into the nostalgia, I would like to address my title. Quest for Glory 4 never got the treatment it deserved. It was the forgotten stepchild of Sierra's other "quest" games at that point, and it was released a buggy mess. But today it remains one of the most gloriously moody, hilariously weird, and supremely satisfying gaming experiences in my life. This is in no small part a result of things that most games overlook: 1. The story is genuinely creepy. A demonic force pulls you a thousand miles and drops you into a cave that looks like the belly of a giant hell-beast. A small town hides in fear of the spirit-creatures roaming the wilderness and the prince who never leaves his otherwise empty castle. And yet somehow there is as much humor as creepiness in everything. It's an atmosphere I haven't seen anywhere else. 2. The voice acting is not only second to none, they actually seem to have encouraged the voice actors to go off-script, resulting in a number of awesome ad libs (and a hilarious anecdote relating why there are no elephants in Mordavia anymore). 3. The visuals were something I had never seen in a game, and something that games today seem to eschew completely in favor of either a cinematic or a comic-book look. This game, by contrast, is sort of like a really dark children's storybook. Which I think is part of how they pull off the creepy-but-funny vibe. Quest for Glory 4 is still one of the paragons of gaming for me, despite its rampant bugs. Now, on to the caveat. QFG5, while it had a great concept, ended up being kind of cumbersome in its gameplay. I think, in general, they tried to make too many changes to the gameplay when compared to previous games in the series. And they diverged from the most enjoyable qualities of QFG4--one major disappointment being the voice acting, which was far too conventional. I'm not sure I would go as far as advising people to end their Quest for Glory after the fourth game, but if you love it as much as I did, and don't want to feel the series fall flat on its face at the end, then you might make that choice. And you might be wise to do so. Now for the nostalgia. One of my seminal childhood experiences was with Quest for Glory 1 (the remake), which I bought at Electronics Boutique in a big box with several 3.5" floppies. I played through the game with every class, but my favorite was always the thief--both because of the playing style and because some of the silliest moments in the game are associated with the thief class. It actually inspired a lot of play with my friends and my tendency to play stealthy in games even today.
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