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Fan remake of Quest for Glory II released photo

Adventure games have a very special place in my heart, particularly those made by Sierra. Sure, the stuff from Lucasfilm Games might have wound up more popular in the end, but one of the first games to feature actual graphics that I ever played was King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne. I have a bit of a bias. Sue me.

It is that same bias that makes me extremely happy to mention that the long-awaited remake of Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire has been released. AGD Interactive, the group behind the highly awesome VGA re-imaginings of King's Quest I & II, have announced that the five-year project of updating yet another adventure classic has come to an end and that the game is now available for download.

The Quest for Glory series is really unique in the genre of adventure games, in that it maintains a delicate balance between the standard puzzle-solving challenges and an RPG-like stat system. These RPG elements were also reflected in your ability to merge a character from a previous game in the series to its sequel, effectively maintaining all your hard work across the entire five titles. Known as much for its complex and serious storylines as pun-filled frivolity, they are some of the best games of their kind that I've ever played.

Unlike the rest of the series, this second installment is the only one that was not given a graphical facelift and point-and-click interface by Sierra. These features are now available in the AGD Interactive release of the game, along with new music and some minor gameplay improvements. Best of all, it's free, so you really have no excuse not to pick it up.

I really hope this release introduces some new people to the games because they really are exceptional. They've even included the ability to transfer your character to Quest for Glory III after you've finished, so you can experience the entire series in the point-and-click style without sacraficing any progress. Seriously, go download this thing right now.


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Capn Birdseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/25/2008 10:31
Capn Birdseye
I just finished Braid, so I just assumed that that was pretty much the culmination of my day, and I could happily go to sleep.

Thanks for topping that one there, Conrad. This is probably the best gaming news I have heard in a long time. the QFG series were among the best adventure games ever made, and it always bugged me that QFG2 was the only one not adapted for mouse control.

Going to go grab it now.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/25/2008 11:42
king3vbo
Very cool stuff
TurboHyperFighting's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/25/2008 12:38
TurboHyperFighting
Ah, yes.... I remember staying up into the wee hours playing the QfG series at my friends house. He got a PC before me, so every weekend I'd be over there clicking away.

Thanks for posting this!
BrazeGoesMoo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/25/2008 12:38
BrazeGoesMoo
Man.. I've been waiting a while for this game. Sierra's Quest games (King's Quest, Quest for Glory, Police Quest, Space Quest) were the games that got me into PC Gaming.
bluemeep's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/25/2008 12:57
bluemeep
YESYESYESYESYESYESYES!!!!

QFG2 remains one of the highlights of my gaming youth. I'm glad it's finally receiving some love. I'll plotz if they even included the Groucho glasses.
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/25/2008 13:42
ArrestedDeveloper
Remember guys, if you want to be a paladin you can't look at the woman using the x-ray glasses.
Riegel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/25/2008 14:12
Riegel88
SO EXCITED!!! I've been waiting for this, their remakes of Kings Quest were awesome, I'm just waiting for a remake of Heir Today Gone Tomorrow, its the game that got me into adventure games when I was a little.
devoid's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/25/2008 15:28
devoid
wow. This looks incredible. This is by fans? It doens't look like it?? That poster is sick! gimme gimme!
Mr Jonson's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/25/2008 15:58
Mr Jonson
This fan remake has been in the making for what, 5 years already?

You don't need to play QFG 1 to enjoy this installment, but if you can, try playing the VGA remake of the original.
Quiotu's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/25/2008 16:13
Quiotu
I just came...

What a blast from the past... back when Sierra was actually good. I'll have to check out playing these again, especially if it's cheap as free!
bcrt2000's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/25/2008 17:27
bcrt2000
By the way, there are script patches for the original Sierra games which had speed related bugs available at the Sierra Help Pages (plus some other crash fixes):
http://tawmis.com/collector/
bluemeep's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/25/2008 17:44
bluemeep
Also, I was so busy spazzing I didn't even notice the poster offer. $20 for a commercial quality game + bonuses + a cinema sized poster of my favoritest adventure game ever = yusplox.
Purringturtle's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2008 12:23
Purringturtle
I am so glad to see this game getting the love it deserves. It was great then, and its great now!! I am replaying one. I had no idea it was coming out so soon, so now I am behind the times. Ah well. Good times! Good game!
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