As a massive fan of QFG, I was surprised when I saw this game on GOG. Six years of development and I had not even heard of this game. I went in to this game fully expecting to be disappointed and ended up being pleasantly surprised. The Good. If you liked Punny Bones from QFG4 then you will love the humour otherwise it might start to wear thin pretty quickly. Graphics are unmistakably QFG style animations may stutter in places. The Bad. Set entirely inside the grounds of the hero university, there are a few nice dungeons such as the sea caves but it's disappointing that you can't visit the town which could give you opportunities to explore the difference between a thief and a rogue. Actually putting you in some of the hypothetical situations brought up in class could have been an interesting diversion for side quests. There are a few times in the game where you have a task to carry out, you have already figured out where to go and what to do but the game won't let you do it until a certain time or event have occurred. This was my main problem with the game as I would quite often think I had missed something and waste time that could have been spent on training, only to find that I was just waiting for a certain day for a character to make a remark hinting at where I had to go despite already knowing. The thief is the only playable class. For me this is a good thing as a thief with some magic is what I normally play in QFG. Through the use of electives you can still take a Thief magic user so I'm happy. From what I understand hero u will be a series of games with each focusing on a different class at the university. All in all despite a few problems I found the game enjoyable, despite missing a chunk of the story by ignoring the sea caves until too late in the story. I put in around 30 hours to become rogue of the year and will be looking forward to future hero u games.
I remember playing this back in the 90's. I was rubbish at it and kept getting shot on the first mission. I recently bought this game on GOG and realised that I was playing it wrong. The game places a lot of emphasis on learning to be a member of a SWAT team, if you don't put in at least some time reading the training manuals and attending the shooting range you will probably have no idea what to do. Turns out I kept dying as I was blocking other members of the teams line of sight or leaving a doorway uncovered. There aren't that many missions to play through but there is added replayability as you will sometimes be given different roles in the mission. You can also train as a sniper which unlocks sniper calls outs for a bit of change in gameplay. I'm not sure if there's a way to "finish" the game as after a while I kept getting called back out to missions I had already completed. All in all not a bad game but be aware that much like police quest you need to be aware of the rules to get the most out of the game.
