Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire

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Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire
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Developer(s) Sierra
Publisher(s) Sierra
Designer(s) Lori Ann Cole
Platform(s) PC: Windows, Sony PlayStation, Macintosh
Release date 1998
Genre(s) CRPG/Adventure game (hybrid)
Mode(s) Single-player
Rating(s) ESRB: Teen (T)
Media CD
Input methods Keyboard, Mouse

Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire is the fifth game in the Quest for Glory computer game series by Sierra Entertainment.

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[edit] Story

Erasmus introduces the Hero to the kingdom of Silmaria, whose king was recently murdered. The Rites of Rulership are about to commence, and the victor will be given the crown. The Hero enters the contest with the assistance of Erasmus, Rakeesh, and many old friends from previous entries in the series. Travelling across the kingdom and even into the underworld, he completes the Rites of Rulership.

Silmaria Marketplace
Silmaria Marketplace

In the process, he exposes the conspiracy that has led to the death of the king and the attempted murder of his compatriots, defeats the traitor to the crown, and destroys the Dragon that menaces the kingdom. He is ultimately given the opportunity to accept the kingdom and to marry one of four possible romantic interests; a Thief can also be made the Chief Thief of the Silmarian Thieves' Guild.

[edit] Game comparison

The first four games were intended to indicate the four elements and the four wind directions: in the first game, the player is the Hero from the East, in the second, the hero from the North, etc. Dragon Fire was always planned to be part of the series (whereas Wages of War originally was not), but it would not have been produced if not for the pressure that fans put upon Sierra Entertainment.

Because of deadline issues and financial pressures, several features were dropped from the fifth game before release, such as the ability to use a bow, the ability to play as Elsa von Spielburg or Magnum Opus (two prominent non-player characters from the game), and multiplayer capability. Interestingly, a demo released in late 1997 contained a multiplayer game, but Sierra decided to remove it from the final product. Rumors about a post-release patch containing the multiplayer game abounded on the internet, but such a patch was impossible after the entire Quest for Glory programming team was laid off when Yosemite Entertainment was closed on February 22, 1999.

The fifth game is arguably a different genre from the first four; while the first four are mostly adventure games incorporating role-playing elements; the fifth game is a role-playing game incorporating some adventure elements. For instance, the fifth game has a wide variety of weapons, armor and magical items, whereas the first four do not. Also, in the fifth game nearly every major mission consists of going to some place and defeating some monster in physical or magical combat. Additionally, the controls and battle system are substantially different from those of the first three games and have taken the variations of the fourth game even further.

Also differentiating the fifth game from the first four were an impressive soundtrack by Emmy-winning composer Chance Thomas and a new graphics engine programmed by Eric Lengyel.

[edit] Trivia

A CD soundtrack to Quest for Glory V was released on CD, and some tracks were made available for free download from Mp3.com.

To run this game under Windows XP, the compatibility mode can either be set to Windows 98, or a fan-made patch can be applied. There's also an official patch for the game itself.

One of the other contenders for the throne is named Kokeeno Pookameeso, which is Greek and literally means "red shirt," obviously a bilingual Star Trek joke.

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