Monday, August 25, 2008
Quest for Glory II Remake
The Quest for Glory II: Trial By Fire remake is now available. The original is now almost old enough to vote. So I guess a remake is reasonable.AGD is also famous for having done the remakes of King's Quest 1 and 2. According to some reports, the remake is superior to the original not only in graphics quality, but in gameplay as well. Several of the original game's rougher edges have been smoothed out, and combat is reportedly much cleaner.
Note: They do have a commercial game available, as well, entitled Al Emmo and the Lost Duchman's Mine. Now, creating a full-on remake and giving it away for free is a stupidly hard way to market one's own game (as is most of game development), but it's clear the Quest for Glory remake was more of a labor of love than a marketing strategy.
Anyway, the QFG2 remake clocks in at about 85 megs.
For interested developers out there, the remake was created using AGS - Adventure Game Studio. It's free, for those who would like to try their hand at developing old-school point & click adventure games.
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Downloading now, thanks for the scoop. Trial by Fire was one of the highlights of my gamer childhood... a truly perfect game.
By the screens it looks like AGD did right by it, and if they did then I will have no prob shelling out whatever they're asking for their 'pay' game (even if I never play it - yep, that's the power of nostalgia for ya). Anyway can't wait to get back into it.
It bears saying that I also spontaneously shared the link with all my MSN contacts as soon as I saw what it was, which remind me of something a professor once told me; when viral marketing really works, people know full well what it is, they just *don't care* :)
By the screens it looks like AGD did right by it, and if they did then I will have no prob shelling out whatever they're asking for their 'pay' game (even if I never play it - yep, that's the power of nostalgia for ya). Anyway can't wait to get back into it.
It bears saying that I also spontaneously shared the link with all my MSN contacts as soon as I saw what it was, which remind me of something a professor once told me; when viral marketing really works, people know full well what it is, they just *don't care* :)
# posted by 
: August 25, 2008 11:44 AM
: August 25, 2008 11:44 AM
Been looking forward to this for ages.
I have very fond memories of Quest for Glory I & II and are probably responsible for all my geekiness.
I have very fond memories of Quest for Glory I & II and are probably responsible for all my geekiness.
Interesting, I think I'll check it out later. Never knew the quest for glory games were being remade too. :)
Is it just me or is their commercial game's page broken? All I see is a large background with some wood and legal info at the bottom.
Is it just me or is their commercial game's page broken? All I see is a large background with some wood and legal info at the bottom.
# posted by : August 25, 2008 11:39 PM
: August 25, 2008 11:39 PM
This is truly a great remake! Just fantastic and very well done. The combat is SOOO much better than any other QFG game. And so much additional content too!
Cray: the Al Emmo site works for me, but their store page is here:
http://store.himalayaforums.com
Already bought my copy and poster! sweet.
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Cray: the Al Emmo site works for me, but their store page is here:
http://store.himalayaforums.com
Already bought my copy and poster! sweet.
# posted by : August 29, 2008 11:16 PM
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