The Legend of Kyrandia (Book One)

Kyrandia 1 wasn't trying to do much more than being a King's Quest clone, and at that it was highly successful, and even superior to the King's Quest series in my opinion thanks to gorgeous graphics, mystical setting, a good dose of humor and the verbless user-friendly interface. However, the game is riddled with flaws, including unforgiving deaths, frustrating trial & error puzzles, and mazes. Or worse, all three at the same time. Also, the main character is a complete idiot, which doesn't help. Those flaws are so huge in my opinion that if it was a standalone game, I would never recommend it. Still, if you plan to play the entire trilogy, I highly recommend checking it out. While the later games are immensely better, the first game sets the setting very well and is referenced multiple times in the later episodes, especially the 3rd one. It does have some memorable moments and characters too, so all those elements combined makes Kyrandia 1 a redeemable experience. Play it if you have the chance, and don't let it stop you from playing the sequels.

Beautiful adventure from ancient times. I can't wait for the complete trilogy.

One of the most fabulous adventure game ever ! Hope that GOG will release Kyrandia 2 & 3 !! And I reeaally hope they'll release another great westwood studio game : DUNE 2 !! ;) THANKS GOG !!

First this adventure game is excellent! It has lots of humor and you can tell a lot of love went into the story and creation of the entire package. Having said that, it is true that vital items can be destoyed without your knowledge and cause serious backtracking or reloading of previous saves to complete. My other complaint...why not the CD TALKING version of this?! I haven't downloaded this myself as I own all three of the games and have them working in DOSbox already, but I'm pretty sure that at only 53mb this isn't the full speech version of the game?

The Legend of Kyrandia I was the first PC game I ever bought for myself. I played it every spare chance I got with my mom (we would have NEVER gotten out of the Fireberry Caves without her handy graph paper!) This game has all that humor that Westwood is known for, and graphics and music that even now is seriously beautiful. GoG i am SO thrilled youve introduced this title- I cant WAIT for Hand of Fate and Malcolm's Revenge!