Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire (1998)
Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire is a 1998 point-and-click video game made by Yosemite Entertainment and Sierra On-Line.
The Hero sails into Silmaria, a sun-warmed land of marble and myth patterned on ancient Greece, where the king lies murdered and the crown will go to whoever survives the Rites of Rulership. Erasmus the wizard, the paladin Rakeesh, and other familiar faces from earlier journeys rally to help. You pick a class, Fighter, Magic User, Thief, or Paladin, and shape the run around it. Sierra built this fifth chapter as the series finale, blending puzzle-solving, light combat, and a town full of people worth talking to. Warm, funny, and unafraid of its own fantasy roots.
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What is Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire about?
The Hero sails into Silmaria, a sun-warmed land of marble and myth patterned on ancient Greece, where the king lies murdered and the crown will go to whoever survives the Rites of Rulership. Erasmus the wizard, the paladin Rakeesh, and other familiar faces from earlier journeys rally to help. You pick a class, Fighter, Magic User, Thief, or Paladin, and shape the run around it. Sierra built this fifth chapter as the series finale, blending puzzle-solving, light combat, and a town full of people worth talking to. Warm, funny, and unafraid of its own fantasy roots.
When was Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire released?
Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire was released on 7 December 1998.
Who made Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire?
Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire was made by Yosemite Entertainment and Sierra On-Line.
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Sierra's adventure DNA carries into The King's Quest Companion, a lore book from the same stable of fantasy quests. For the same wink at sword-and-sorcery convention, Knights of Badassdom plays LARPers and real magic for laughs. Both share Quest for Glory's easy mix of earnest heroics and a grin.
Dragons and the heroes who fight them
Dragon Fire ends the saga with an ancient dragon and a kingdom up for grabs, so lean into the scaly stuff. Reign of Fire and Dragon Storm throw soldiers against fire-breathers, Ring of the Nibelungs mines Norse dragon myth, and both Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire and Legend of the White Dragon keep the beast front and center.
Fantasy quests to explore beyond the game
Silmaria's warring factions and rite-of-succession plot open onto a wider fantasy shelf. The Stolen Throne kicks off the Dragon Age saga, War of the Ancients revisits Warcraft's mythic past, and The King's Quest Companion turns a sister Sierra series into lore. On screen, Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel and Skyfire Legend carry the same questing-hero energy.
Classic point-and-click adventures to play next
Quest for Glory V runs on inventory puzzles, dialogue trees and careful exploration, which is exactly the LucasArts wheelhouse. Grim Fandango and the Monkey Island trilogy swap sword-and-sorcery for noir and piracy, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis keeps the treasure hunt going, and Machinarium and Syberia prove the genre never really died.
Adventure games where your choices matter
Choosing a class in Dragon Fire reshapes how the whole quest plays out, and Telltale built entire games on that idea. The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us live or die on your split-second calls, Game of Thrones and Batman spin branching drama from famous worlds, and Tales from the Borderlands adds a comic streak.