Quest For Glory V: Dragon Fire

"To become a Hero of Silmaria, become King or Chief Thief, assassin an assassin, and destroy a legendary Dragon."

-Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire is the best computer game i have ever played. Finally I like something better than Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness! Of course Dragon Fire does have a few bugs...but nothing major! Just things like you can't marry Katrina, if you hit Pegasus with a rock or daggers, you can't import a character from Shadows of Darkness, an item duplicating glitch, you can't go to a certain area after Day 15, nothing major.

-The music in Dragon Fire is not the same type you've hard in the other Quest for Glory's but it is acceptable! Chance Thomas is more classical then your normal video game music but he has done a great job! One thing I like is that he has overused the old Quest for Glory theme unlike the composer for Shadows of Darkness. His Dryad music is really cool sounding!

-The graphics are just beautiful! As long as you have a 3D card. If you do you will appreciate the graphics very, very much!

-The play control is good! You still get the same kind of item box thing but now you can hold up to ten items in your hand at a time instead of one. The bad thing about the play controls is now it is very hard to navigate sometimes due to the 3D and the not automatic extremely fast walking somewhere. Fancy words, eh?

-Might as well discuss the story now, huh? Well I'll just say it's GREAT! In this game your adventure is to become King of Silmaria. You must beat four people to the throne. Elsa Von Spielburg whom you met in...Spielburg, Gort the dead man brought back to life by the insane scientist, Kokeeno the loyal Silmarian soldier, and Magnum Opus the warrior who is very full of himself. If you are not into ruling Silmaria and you are a Thief you can become Chief Thief instead. You always wanted to be Chief Thief, right? Also in this game you have the choice of marrying three women. Elsa Von Spielburg, Erana the powerful Wizard you heard so much about, and Nawar the very, very bad woman. Also in your way of becoming King or Chief Thief you must rid Silmaria of the evil assassin who is killing anyone he feels like. You will be surprised to find out who he is. Also in your way of saving Silmaria you must destroy the legendary serpent. Not Hydra, the Dark Dragon. I won't tell you what happens but i will tell you something...fighting the Dark Dragon is a very fun experience.

-They have spent MANY years working on this game. It is worth it. The only bugs are not threatening at all. The worlds are amazing and the puzzles are fun except the ones with the Silmarian traps...urgh!

-The sounds are very fun to listen to! Many voices are very cool. Elsa's voice, the Dog Merchant has a very funny voice (also funny what he says), I don't think you'll be surprised with the makers of QFG when you hear Budar and Nawar, Lagos has a cool voice, Magnum's voice is fun to make fun of...but there is one voice of which I wish they never made. Fenrus. He has a very annoying voice and he seemed to have gotten not funny at all. Erana's voice is annoying too.

-The humor is great. Especially if you like sexual induendos. Fenrus is not funny. -All in all this game is really fun! Even the fighting is fun! And about fighting look out for new monsters and a very cool monster created by a very creative person who won a drawing contest. It's called a weirdling. Look out for it.

Sounds: 9
Fun: 10
Humor: 8
Game Play: 7.5
Music: 10
Story: 10
Game Design: 8.5
Improvements: 9
Pros:
It's great!
Marriage
Erana gets to be alive finally
Cons:
You can't marry Katrina
No multiplayer yet!

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 11/01/99, Updated 11/01/99