Sierra's fourth Quest For Glory game is a journey into the land of Mordavia, a Transylvania-like setting. Our Hero had just begun to enjoy his victory in Tarna, when a spell zapped him into parts unknown, without a weapon, items, or even a source of light. Life has never been quite so dangerous for our Hero. He'll discover his quest soon enough; that is, if he lives!

Like the previous Quest For Glory titles, the game is a combination of puzzle-solving adventure and RPG. You can play as a fighter, a thief, a magician, or a paladin. Once again you improve your skills by repeatedly using them (like throwing stones at a tree to improve your throwing ability, which you might need to solve a puzzle). The combat system in this fourth installment is different: viewed from a platform perspective, it allows you to move freely, attack, defend, and even jump in real time, like in fighting games.

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Alternate Titles

"英雄傳奇4：魔障" -- Chinese title (traditional)
"הרצון לעוצמה 4: צללי החשכה " -- Hebrew spelling
"Quest for Glory: Schatten der Dunkelheit" -- German title
"QFG4" -- Abbreviated series title
"영웅의 길 IV: 어둠의 그림자" -- Korean title
"Hero's Quest 4: Shadows Of Darkness" -- Informal title
"Ha-ratson le-otsma 4: Tslalei ha-khashekha" -- Israeli title

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform
	Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness	DOS
	Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness
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User Reviews

The best blend of gothic horror and comedy for the PC back then.. or until now???	Frankenfed (33)
Best of the QfG series	Boris Stovich (29)
A game close to perfection	Unicorn B. Lynx (62184)
Definitely the best of the entire "Quest for Glory" series...	Mr. Me (36)
Sierra really snatched defeat from the clutches of victory, didn't they?	Eurythmic (2657)
The darkest game in the Qfg series	Colonel Olrik (8)
A kinda let down, but an interesting change from your usual HQ series.	Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari (13163)	unrated
Not as great as the second one, but way better than the first and the third.	SebastianLi (47)	unrated

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The Press Says

High Score	Jul, 1994	4 out of 5	80
Adventure Gamers	Jul 04, 2008		80
Adventure Classic Gaming	Jun 12, 1998	3 out of 5	60

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Trivia

Just to further elaborate, the name "Amon Tillado", besides being a play on Lovcraft's Mad Arab, is also taken from E.A. Poe's story 'The Cast of Amontillado.' And yes, students of old greek, the name "Necrophilicon" does roughly work out to "The book of sex with the dead." (a rather raunchy joke by the standards of the series; probably assumed anyone who "got it" wouldn't be offended)

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