Quest for Glory 5: Dragon Fire

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Summary: Glory
Review: Quest For Glory 5: Dragon Fire is not merely the end of a great series, but the end of an era for the entertainment compant Yosemite Entertainment. As a great fan of the series, "Hero" has journeyed from the town of Spielburg to the fog-ridden lands of Mordavia, Raseir, Fricana (not in this order) - and finally the village of Silmaria.

In a game of this ilk, graphics plays second fiddle to storyline and gameplay, and it is in these two areas that Qfg5 excels. Transported to the island of Marete and its capital, Silmaria(modeled after ancient Greece), "Hero's" last adventure is fraught with peril and mystery. The music is professional orchestral, with sweeping tones unlike any other game I have encountered.

Now to the plot. Decades ago, the peaceful island of Marete was plagued by a dragon. Seven pillars were constructed with ancient spells, forcing the dragon into its lair. Lately, however, following the brutal assasination of the King of Silmaria, invaders from distant lands rampage across the country, pillaging mercilessly. Compounding the trouble is the prophecy that the blood of a murdered being will destroy the pillars, freeing the dragon from its enchantment...

An enthralling plot, filled with characteristic offbeat Lorey and Corey Cole humor, fantastic music and solid gameplay cement Qfg5's position as a good final instalment to the series and possibly the greatest of the Quest for Glory epics, sure to please fans of the series and provide a closure in "hero's" final adventure.

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Summary: Glory
Review: Quest For Glory 5: Dragon Fire is not merely the end of a great series, but the end of an era for the entertainment compant Yosemite Entertainment. As a great fan of the series, "Hero" has journeyed from the town of Spielburg to the fog-ridden lands of Mordavia, Raseir, Fricana (not in this order) - and finally the village of Silmaria.

In a game of this ilk, graphics plays second fiddle to storyline and gameplay, and it is in these two areas that Qfg5 excels. Transported to the island of Marete and its capital, Silmaria(modeled after ancient Greece), "Hero's" last adventure is fraught with peril and mystery. The music is professional orchestral, with sweeping tones unlike any other game I have encountered.

Now to the plot. Decades ago, the peaceful island of Marete was plagued by a dragon. Seven pillars were constructed with ancient spells, forcing the dragon into its lair. Lately, however, following the brutal assasination of the King of Silmaria, invaders from distant lands rampage across the country, pillaging mercilessly. Compounding the trouble is the prophecy that the blood of a murdered being will destroy the pillars, freeing the dragon from its enchantment...

An enthralling plot, filled with characteristic offbeat Lorey and Corey Cole humor, fantastic music and solid gameplay cement Qfg5's position as a good final instalment to the series and possibly the greatest of the Quest for Glory epics, sure to please fans of the series and provide a closure in "hero's" final adventure.

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Summary: What happened to the Quest for Glory series?
Review: Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire is one of the most cold and heartless games even Sierra has managed to produce. The game doesn't even attempt to maintain the barest vestiges of a connection to the earlier--and much better--games in the series. It pays lip service to certain characters that appeared in other games, but has no real regard as to whether the inclusion of those characters is truly appropriate or not. In what was once an incredible series with all the promise in the world, Quest for Glory V has dropped and demonstrated--through its graphics, sound, and production, but absolutely nothing else--why no one should bother with games beyond the first two in the series.

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Summary: I saw the game and had to try it!
Review: Since I never played a fantasy game by Sierra before this one, I figure this was a great one to try. Quest for Glory: Dragon Fire has three man character types to choose from and I loved trying them all out. Although my favorite character type is the Theif that knows some magic. I licked begining able to meet the different people on the game, I also like the fact that you can really hate the bad guys (if you can figure out who they are). I just think that it is a great game to play at any time. (now if only I could find the first four games to go with the fifth, I'd be doing great). please email if you know them

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Summary: A great game in a great tradition
Review: The editorial review above is a little misleading. In no way is Quest for Glory - whether it's game 1 or game 5 or anything in between - intended to be Dungeons & Dragons-like. Rather, it is a unique blend of RPG and adventure. This is a game which requires THINKING, and there are often a number of different ways in which to tackle the quests in the game.
To begin with, the player has four options re character: fighter, mage, thief, or paladin (imported). Naturally there will be different skills involved.
The hero finds himself yanked to Silmaria (based loosely on ancient Greek culture) to answer a call for help. Someone's assassinated King Justinian, and to find the assassin is the hero's major job. However, he must also compete in a Leadership challenge, consisting of seven rites to prove his fitness. He has the option of also competing for the position of Chief Thief if he is so inclined, and using his fighting techniques in the arena. Some interesting side-quests can also be filled - for full points, the side-quests ought to be followed.
The graphics are beautiful, the atmospere of the game both exciting and with an almost fairy-tale quality - and it's filled with cute little one-liners and funny responses in the great tradition of Sierra adventure games.
It's infinitely more rewarding to play this game without reading a walkthrough - but if you get stuck, there are some excellent sites online to give you either hints or "spoilers" (detailed instructions for a particular step). The only quibble I had was that I felt Sierra had rushed the ending of this game somewhat. Yet in terms of enjoyment, it's a gorgeous game that focuses more on great storyline than kill'em slash'em games made today. For a charming and challenging game in the style that alas is not often produced today (let's hope things change), I highly recommend QfG5: Dragon Fire.

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Summary: One of my most favorite games
Review: The entire Quest for Glory series is awesome, especially if you played the games as they came out and the graphics were state of the art for that time.

QFG gives you the options of playing the game through 3 types of characters. You can be a fighter, magic user and thief. Later, in QFG 2, you can become a paladin and any imported character can become a paladin. In fact, QFG5 gives you a saved paladin character! Each character has different skills and solutions to the problems around him.

Plus, you can start with one character in QFG1 and build up his skills and then use that same character to play any of the following games. It is easier to do this since the entire series is available. QFG1-4 is packaged together in a collection, while QFG5 is sold separately.

There are mulitple cheats that you can find online, along with descriptions of the silly clowns in the game. There is also a place where you can download saved games to play as Elsa or Magmum.

My only point of contention with QFG5 is the multitude of previous characters. While it is nice to see them, the fact that there are so many irritates me. I would prefer meeting new and unique characters.

Quest for Glory 5, I hear, is the last of the series. I do believe that some fans are trying to create their own QFG game.

Anyways, if you haven't played this game, I recommend that you try. If you have, another series I recommend is the King Quest series.

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Summary: Puns
Review: The game was somewhat enjoyable. The soulutions to the puzzles were to hard to think of (who would think of a gondola as a hot air balloon basket?). The worst thing about this game would have to be the terrible puns. They nearly drove me out of my mind. Not one of them was even mildly funny. I think this game was worth the money but not exactly a terrific deal.

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Summary: A Good Game
Review: The Quest for Glory series is the best series of computer games there is, in my opinion. Although not my favorite of the series, (QG2, Trial by Fire is), the graphics and music are really good.

The big problem I found with it, as in almost all of my Sierra games, is that there are some bugs in the game and you need to download a patch to fix them. This is a shame, because otherwise Sierra would make the best games out there.

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Summary: OLDIE BUT A GOLDIE
Review: This is one of those games I never get sick of playing. Due to it being rather old the graphics are nothing like newer games but the game play is there, so much so I end up wishing the game was longer come the ending. There are some side quests for you to do that gets you some rewards. Few puzzles and other fun things.

Also you can be 4 different classes Paladin, thief, wizard, warrior. Personally I like playing the rogue at the moment because there are more little side things for you to do that way. Not really a start char tho. =)

But to give you alittle bit of an idea it of what it's about. You come to this kingdom when it's king is killed and they are having a contest to see who will be crowned king. You are told of what happened when you arrive at the palace from an old friend if you've been playing the series. You have to pay to enter but some of it is taken care of for you so that's alittle less gold you have to drum up. (Side note: if your the thief you can just rob the bank one of the times and that will easily cover you costs with plenty to spare to help you gear up.)

If you want a bit of a challenge and don't mind older graphics. Give this a shot. =)

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Summary: The best game series ever...
Review: This is the final touch for the Quest for Glory (or Hero's Quest) masterpiece. I highly recommend that if you want to buy chapter 5, you should alkso buy the rest of the chapters. Trust me, these are the best games you'll ever play.