Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero

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

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Engine: Sierra's Creative Interpreter (SCI)
• Quest for Glory series

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User Reviews

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

The Press Says

Quandary	DOS	Nov, 1996		100
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Trivia

If you visit Mirror Lake twice a submarine will emerge on your second visit. This is a plug for the Sierra adventure Codename: ICEMAN. In the VGA remake the submarine is replaced by Delphineus (the dolphin from EcoQuest) and the monster of Loch Ness (a plug for Conquest of the Longbow).