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Melan

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This game has been released for free on Christmas day, and I must say, I am completely digging it. :)

 

So what is Heroine's Quest? If you have been playing computer games for a long-long time, you may remember Sierra's various adventure game series - Police Quest, King's Quest and Heroes Quest (later re-released as Quest for Glory). The four-part Heroes Quest was particularly good, since it mixed exploration and puzzle-solving with RPG elements like combat and character abilities (including different classes that added a lot of variety to gameplay and puzzle solving). Heroine's Quest is an unofficial homage produced by a team of amateurs just like TDM, and for a game of its type, it is just as impressive!

 

In the story, you play a heroine called to a place inspired by Scandinavia, where a long winter and troll attacks have depleted the resources of local villages, and people are starting to speak of the return of the ice giants, and even Ragnarök. You can play as a warrior, a sorceress or a thief, and these classes bear a great influence on your game style. A warrior will mostly solve the game's puzzles through strength and heroism; a sorceress with spells and alchemical components; and a thief with guile and being sneaky. You will have a bunch of different abilities you can acquire and develop, from acrobatics to climbing, sneaking, herbalism and handling animals. There is a good degree of environmental interaction too; although until you gain a little endurance, the mechanic that slowly depletes your stamina and kills you while you are out in the cold can feel brutal. This is not an easy game, especially if (like me) you haven't played adventure games lately.

 

The graphics are consciously 90s. I could have done without the 320*200 resolution, but appreciate the style to imagine a 'classical', colourful fantasy world without the darker themes and deconstruction that have been in vogue for a while. They are bright, hand-painted and very stylish. The music is cute, and all NPCs have competent voice acting. I would like to see more of this style; it feels almost novel and refreshing after so many years.

 

You can download the game completely free from the publisher's website, although they also take donations. I can only recommend it!

 

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I still remember getting a rush from sneaking through a house in QFG.

That was one of the first things Thief reminded me of when I first played it back in the day.

I'll definitely check this out.

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I liked classic adventure games too, but I preferred Lucasarts adventures (Indiana Jones and the monkey island series) over Sierra's (space/heroes/police quest and leisure suit larry).

 

Cyberia is the most recent adv game I can think of, after that there was no releases in the genre.

 

I'll definately try this out once I have free time. Could be a year or five... :/ ;)

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I liked classic adventure games too, but I preferred Lucasarts adventures (Indiana Jones and the monkey island series)

You can't forget to mention Grim Fandango man!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXzyB0nMCQ0

 

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You can't forget to mention Grim Fandango man!

 

Sadly, I could never play this one because all text was in bright yellow and the selected text was in bright green and since I have a small colour deficiency, I could never tell which answer was selected. :D And now you know why I do texture work only as a hobby... ;D

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Sadly, I could never play this one because all text was in bright yellow and the selected text was in bright green and since I have a small colour deficiency, I could never tell which answer was selected. :DAnd now you know why I do texture work only as a hobby... ;D

Life works in mysterious ways :ph34r::laugh:

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