Growing up computers where always prevalent in our house, as they were a facet of my dad’s career along with a high interest in technology from my siblings and myself. This meant it was also a major factor in our entertainment as family friends would bring around new games for us to try, which during that era was the Sierra On-line series of software titles, primarily the ‘Quest’ titles, like King’s Quest, Space Quest and Police Quest.
As a kid, this blew my tiny little mind, imagine playing a game that changed depending on the class you chose.
Of these my favourite was the Quest for Glory, originally know as Hero’s Quest, as it offered an interesting blend of role-playing mechanics in the point-and-click adventure genre. This meant you would choose a character class at the beginning of the journey, assign skill points to various attributes which would determine how certain puzzles were solved in the game. Would you character be a fighter who used brute strength to overcome an obstacle, or perhaps the thief who was much sneakier in their approach. There was also the wizard class which used a variety of spells to solve these challenges. As a kid, this blew my tiny little mind, imagine playing a game that changed depending on the class you chose. Epic. How you adventure would vary to that of your friends who had elected to play another character route, and the hours of discussion that were born of this are some of my best memories.
Another great aspect of the series was the ability to transfer your character over to the sequels, carrying your skill progression into each new adventure. So every new game was a continuation of the journey of your character. More epic. Many a light night was spent making sure I had reached the desired stats needed to take my little hero into their next adventure.
I’m planning to do a small summary of the series in the near future, so be sure to check back for that. In the meantime, if you would like to give the series a try, the collection is available for purchase through Steam or GOG, and can be played on modern hardware.
