Remake Game Pick: Quest for Glory 2 (AGD Interactive)
AGD Interactive (King's Quest 1 and 2 VGA) is back after a near six-year hiatus from freeware projects with their third Sierra adventure game remake, Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire. Following the events chronicled in the prequel, our Hero of Spielburg is whisked away on a magic carpet to the land of Shapeir to undertake the dangerous mission of saving not one but two desert cities.
The 1990 release was rather unforgiving at times, as the entire adventure happens in one month but many puzzles can only be solved on certain days. The AGDI team has done much to alleviate the problems that hampered players from completing their quest with the inclusion several new features.
All conversation topics are now shown on screen instead of requiring guesswork using a limited text parser interface found in the original. Combat now feels less sluggish thanks to the processing power of modern day computer systems and extra frames of animation. Graphics, backgrounds and sprites have more colour than their classic counterparts, although deserts and alleyways still look as dull as ever.
Try running the game in windowed mode or choose a resolution of 640 by 400 for full screen if the default settings do not work at first. Due to AGS limitations, games saved under one display setup cannot be used for other configurations. (more screenshots in the extended)
Name: Quest for Glory 2 - Trial by Fire
Developer: AGD Interactive
Category: Adventure
Type: Freeware
Size: 90MB
Comments
I wonder if it is at all possible to find the original EGA (it was EGA, right?) Quest for Glory. I tried, but with no luck.
Posted by: x_x | August 25, 2008 9:31 AM
The original EGA version is IDSA-protected, so it's warez. There should be places on the net where you can download it, but they're quite illegal.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 25, 2008 4:26 PM
STILL protected? Ouch. Ok, thanks anyway.
Posted by: x_x | August 25, 2008 4:43 PM
I hope they also do a remake of the first Quest for Glory... the screens are looking nice!
Posted by: XSportSeeker | August 25, 2008 5:00 PM
Wow. This brings back memories.
I played this in my childhood, I must have been about seven. I read the manual, and I was so afraid of running into monsters that I didn't leave the first room. Haha.
Came with an awesome map for the streets, too.
Posted by: Hyudra | August 25, 2008 6:38 PM
Sierra did a VGA remake of the first Quest for Glory in 1991 , AGD won't remake it again.
Posted by: Greg C. | August 25, 2008 10:28 PM
I have to say, this one's pretty impressive. I'm near the ending as a fighter, and there's are two truly incredible fight sequences.
Posted by: Wells | August 26, 2008 10:49 AM
Excellent remake and the combat has to be seen to be believed! I highly recommend the free download. Everyone should support these guys and their games.
Posted by: Holy One | August 30, 2008 6:35 AM
I played the quest for glory 1 remake to death as a kid, i've always meant to play the other ones, and here this comes along making it even more enjoyable! Thanks guys.
Posted by: devo | August 31, 2008 5:26 PM
The QG2 remake is fantastic. I would be very happy if they remade some of the other classics like Space Quest 2 and 3, Larry 2, Conquests of Camelot, and the Colonel's Bequest.
Posted by: Adrenochrome | October 14, 2008 5:26 PM