Quest for Glory: Collection Series

The Good
The Quest for Glory games are a technical step up from the King's Quest game. The QFG series can be as funny and charming at times as KQ, but also includes role-playing elements that really make it so much fun to play. You have a plethora of stats, you gain experience points, and you get in battles.

Each game takes place in a drastically different, colorful, unique world. The first game takes place in a medieval-German setting; the second takes place in an Arabian, Aladdin-style place; the third sprawls over a huge African-like continent in which covers an Egyptian type setting to a Serenghetti culture to the jungle; the fourth takes place in a Transylvania setting; and the demo of the fifth game, which is included along with the soundtrack to the fifth, takes place in an ancient Greek/Roman land.

The characters you meet range from the charming to the exotic to the bizarre: vampires, walking waffles, humanoid cats, and a ton more inhabit the various lands of QFG.

A really cool feature that runs throughout the series is the ability to import and export your characters from game to game. You can play through the whole series and really be the same character throughout.

These games are fun to play, and anyone who is looking for a change from the typical adventure should play them.

The Bad
While there is such a spectacular cast of characters in the games who have their own unique personalities, your character is sorely lacking ANY personality. The intention was that you yourself are actually interacting with the characters, but the effect turns out seeming really hollow. It just feels to me like a part of there is always something that's missing when the main character does not talk.

The Bottom Line
The Quest for Glory Collection is recommended to anyone who enjoys Sierra adventure games (like King's Quest, Space Quest, etc.), but wants a different kind of challenge. Also, anyone who enjoys role-playing games who is looking for a little more depth in interaction with the game world should check these games out. All four games are a blast to play.