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Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire is the fifth game in the Quest For Glory computer game series by Sierra Entertainment . 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. 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. 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, several features were dropped from the fifth game before release, such as several of the wizard's spells, the ability to use a Bow , Multiplayer capability, and the ability to play as Elsa Spielburg or Magnum Opus, two prominent Non-player Character s from the game. 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. 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 needs to be set to Windows 98, and cannot be won without patching the game first . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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