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Description

Do you want to be a hero? If so, then there is a good job waiting for you! Here is the little town of Spielburg, populated mostly by beer-drinking humans and some centaurs who like working in the field. Spielburg is surrounded by forests and mountains, where all kinds of weird creatures dwell: ogres, goblins, talking foxes, stupid magicians, and others. Lately, Spielburg has been assaulted by brigands; besides, the witch Baba Yaga is not to be trusted. The town has everything it needs, even a Thieves Guild, except a strong, brave hero that would protect it. Are you interested?

"Hero's Quest" (renamed later to "Quest for Glory" for copyright reasons) is an adventure/RPG hybrid. Visually very similar to other Sierra's "quest" titles (Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, and others), but the gameplay, beside the usual exploration, conversations with characters, and solving an occasional puzzle, involves real-time combat and character development. You can play the game as either a fighter, a mage, or a thief. The choice of class will influence not only the combat, but also many other events in the game. You develop your skills by fighting, practicing, climbing, throwing, etc. Many of those activities are necessary to successfully complete the game. You interact with the game world by typing commands or conversation topics.

Alternate Titles

  • "英雄傳奇" -- Chinese title (Traditional)
  • "Quest For Glory: So You Want To Be A Hero" -- Re-release title

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User Reviews

A True Classic SamandMax (66) unrated
The best Sierra game, period. woods01 (156) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
The first and quite possibly the best game I've ever played. Ryan Prendiville (704) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
A succesfull hybrid genre is born helm lehm (13) unrated
15yrs old and I still replay this once per year Travis Owens (7) unrated
14 years old, but still fun to play. Gutter Snipe (24) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
BEST DOS RPG/QUEST Game Thekwane Black (19) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
The perfect meld of Sierra kitsch and roleplaying fantasy Colin Rowsell (45) unrated
Great game fake (2) unrated
I agree with him, 14 years later and I still play this game sometimes OlSkool_Gamer (101) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars

The Press Says

Abandonia Nov 19, 2007 5 out of 5 100
Quandary Nov, 1996 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Power Play Jan, 1990 81 out of 100 81
Adventure Gamers Oct 20, 2006 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Problems with keyboard using DOSBox? 6 Dewa Indra? Bronze Star Contributing Member (13206)
Dec 26, 2009

Trivia

The book that Kaspar, who runs the dry Goods store, is reading, is titled "Quest for Glory: A Hero's Death"


This entry was contributed by Eurythmic (2656), POMAH (20225) and Terok Nor (10803)
 

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