Quest for Glory 1: So You Want to Be a Hero (1992)
Quest for Glory 1: So You Want to Be a Hero is a 1992 adventure video game made by Sierra On-Line.
Quest for Glory 1 begins the saga in the valley of Spielburg, a storybook land of forests and farms troubled by brigands and an old curse. Fresh from a correspondence course in heroics, your newly made fighter, mage, or thief arrives looking to make a name by helping the locals. Sierra's mix of adventure puzzles and light role-playing lets you build skills and choose how to solve each problem. The Coles pack it with fairy-tale nods, terrible puns, and gentle charm. This 1992 remake adds VGA color and a point-and-click interface. Sunny, welcoming, and an easy door into the series.
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What is Quest for Glory 1: So You Want to Be a Hero about?
Quest for Glory 1 begins the saga in the valley of Spielburg, a storybook land of forests and farms troubled by brigands and an old curse. Fresh from a correspondence course in heroics, your newly made fighter, mage, or thief arrives looking to make a name by helping the locals. Sierra's mix of adventure puzzles and light role-playing lets you build skills and choose how to solve each problem. The Coles pack it with fairy-tale nods, terrible puns, and gentle charm. This 1992 remake adds VGA color and a point-and-click interface. Sunny, welcoming, and an easy door into the series.
When was Quest for Glory 1: So You Want to Be a Hero released?
Quest for Glory 1: So You Want to Be a Hero was released on 1 January 1992.
Who made Quest for Glory 1: So You Want to Be a Hero?
Quest for Glory 1: So You Want to Be a Hero was made by Sierra On-Line.
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For the same sunny mix of fantasy questing and jokes, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves sends a ragtag party through a bright adventure that never takes itself too seriously. Magical Circle Guru Guru parodies the whole hero-with-a-quest template with the same affectionate silliness.
The Quest for Glory saga, class by class
So You Want to Be a Hero lets you build a fighter, mage or thief and carry that hero across a five-part story. Keep the adventure going through the rest of the Coles' series, where your stats and choices follow you from Spielburg to the far corners of the world.
RPGs where your build shapes the story
Quest for Glory smuggled a full role-playing game into an adventure: pick a class, grow your skills, solve problems the way your hero would. These RPGs share that pleasure of a character who becomes your own, where how you build them changes how the world responds.