For those of you who played and loved the Quest for Glory games from Sierra, the Coles's new game, Hero U: Rogue to Redemption, was released on GOG a few hours ago. This game has been in the works for many years, and it is great to see it released at last.

You can check it out here.

Thanks, Marian

I got my "backer's email" - with a download link - today.

[I was asked a day or two ago as to whether I wanted Steam or GOG - although the link I was actually sent today takes me to a "backerkit" address.]

So hoping it's for the DRM Free version !!

I think this game looks good and I like this sentence I saw in the description: "Most combat is optional for those who prefer a pure adventure game"

I'll have to keep an eye it and what players say about it.

Yes, I think it's possible to get through the game with very little combat - which made me wonder if this game could be included as part of Adventure Game Discussions. I wasn't sure, though, so I started a Darkside thread.

I hope your game is DRM-free, Mad. Looking forward to hearing what you think of the game!

I'm quite excited about this release. I loved the Quest for Glory games. I have also met and talked to Lori Cole before, because she and her husband live in the same area that I do, so it's fun times.

"I hope your game is DRM-free, Mad. Looking forward to hearing what you think of the game!"

I found PDF manuals and stuff, Marian, but no "GOG" game key. Apparently that hasn't been sent to me .... yet

Hopefully soon.

Thanks Marian!

Sounds like an action-adventure game with a puzzle solving story mode, fits in with the Darkside stuff.


Now, I just wish that game makers would understand that linear skill leveling, turn based combat and a fantasy theme does not an RPG make. *sigh* I'll jump off my soap box now...head first

I really think this game is more of an adventure game than anything else, but the small part of it that isn't compelled me to put it in the Darkside forum. Time will tell what genre most players consider it to be.

Got my GOG code today, Marian, and have download the game plus manuals etc.

However, I won't be playing it just yet as it appears a patch is expected to be released in a few weeks. So I will wait for the patch

Thanks for letting me know, Mad. I didn't know about the patch, but that's not surprising that there is going to be one. It seems like a lot of folks are playing it on Steam without problems, but not a bad idea to wait for the tweaks and improvements.

According to the patch info, there is a "game stopping" bug that needs to be rectified - so maybe the folks already playing the game haven't encountered it yet

Well, I do know that the game has many paths to the end - and some people have played through the whole game without coming across that - so apparently it is something that not everyone will encounter due to having taken a different path - but nevertheless I am very glad to know about it and I hope they can get it patched ASAP. Thanks for keeping us posted.

Oh, well. Good news then. That every player won't get stopped in their tracks !!

I just found this on their Kickstarter update:



I think what they mean by "game-locking" is that the game freezes up. If so, that's not fun, but it's nowhere near as bad as "game-stopping."

Glad to hear you received your GOG code Mad! Hopefully, you'll be able to play the game in the not too distant future.

I just read that there is a possible achievement in the game to get through the whole thing without killing anyone, so it seems that the combat doesn't really have to be a component of the game unless you choose to make it such.

Oh .... I translated "game locking" as "stopping play".
Is that not the case, then ??

But being able to complete the game "without using combat" might attract more buyers

Game locking means that the screen locks up/freezes, but I can see why you interpreted it the way that you did. Most designers don't bother to mention such problems, at least not that I recall.

Oh, I'm grateful to them that the problem was mentioned, Marian, but I won't be playing the game until the patch is available

That sounds good to me, Mad.

I remember my outrage when I came across actual combat in one of the old Quest For Glory games! What??? Fighting??? But ultimately it was those very minor encounters that allowed me to feel safe buying my first RPG, which was Baldur's Gate.

It's nice to see these old game styles being recreated.

Same here, hagatha !!

Great game indeed - already finished my first playthrough.
But why 'The Darkside'? It is not an action-adventure game: you can even complete it without any combat.
And the battles are turn-based anyway, like in 'Quest for Glory', so I would rather call it a pure adventure game

Iurii, in the past we always put the previous Quest for Glory games in the Darkside forum, and that's why when this game was released I put it here. It does indeed sound like Adventure Game Discussions would also be an appropriate forum for the game.

Generally, a game that contains combat in any form, even if it is optional, is usually directed here to the Darkside forum - That includes games with turn-based battle. Many classic RPG's are defined by that style of play. There are also "Darkside" style games that contain a Story Mode, allowing an individual to take part in the game, but avoid combat.

Personally, I would simply term games that fall out of the usual classifications as hybrids. In recent years there have been departures from what would be considered "pure" game genres and the foundational game definitions (yes, they did exist) are becoming less adhered to.

Adventure gamers are more than welcome to discuss those hybrid games here, we don't bite. Well, maybe just a little.

Thanks, Trail. That is pretty much what I was thinking when I put the game here on the Darkside.

I just hope that those who only play adventure games will learn of this game, too.

Looks interesting - thanks for the heads up

You are welcome - and the patch has now been released too.

I've been waiting for the patch, Marian, but it looks like it's only available via Steam at the moment ??

GOG has the patch now, too - it looks like it was added there on August 1st.

I went to GOG today, Marian, but never saw it

Better go back again !!

I got the game from GOG. When I look at it in my GOG library, choose "more" and then go to "changelog," the patch is listed and the fixes are listed.

Hi Marian

I followed the path you have given, thank you, and DID get to a notice about the patch and what it fixes - but can't find anything to click on that will let me download it

I don't use Galaxy and am wondering if that could be the reason ??

I use Galaxy exclusively and there's a box that you check that automatically updates the game with any patches needed.

Having said that, I would think that if you are not using Galaxy that the game download would include the patch, being as you don't see it as a separate download.

There is no indication as to whether the version being displayed by GOG for download - NOT via Galaxy - includes the patch or not and I obviously need to know that

If I use Galaxy, am I able to download both game and patch files without them auto installing ??

[The reason I normally just download the files by browser is so that they go direct to my "Downloads Folder" and stay there until I want to install them.]

If you think this needs to go to the Bugs & Patches Board, please move it and I will follow

Thanks.

Mad

There might be a new version number after having downloaded the game from GOG, but of course I don't know that for sure. And you would need to know the original version number, of course.

If you download the game through Galaxy, it will install the game with the patch automatically. Maybe there is a way to keep it from auto-installing, but since I have never done that I am not sure.

Thanks, Marian Guess I need to investigate further

Well, I eventually got the info I needed by asking on the forums at GOG ....
That the version I want to download via my browser IS already patched

Good; that's what I thought!

Yes. And after all the messing about, I just HAD to take a peek. So I installed the game.

And after just a small peek, I already feel an addiction looming !!!!

That all sounds very good!

Keep us posted.

Might be a while before I get properly stuck in, but I will, Marian

Unable to resist - I have gone and played a small chunk

The game is extremely reminiscent of the Quest for Glory games and, considering what I've played so far, very well done !!

So I can see another small chunk getting played fairly soon

Oh, that's great news, Mad.

That IS good news Mad that you are playing! And, of course, that you are enjoying the game.

Yes. Hoping to get to play the next small chunk some time TODAY

Sounds good.

Well, didn't make it to a computer - to carry on - yet

Hopefully I will now !!

EDIT :
Well I did and made some very good progress !! Loving this game so far

Giving credit where it is due !!

Hero U: Rogue to Redemption is definitely "true to the concept" of the Quest for Glory games.
[And addiction has now taken a severe hold ]

That is fantastic news, Mad! I am *really* looking forward to playing this game now.

Despite having made good inroads, I decided today to re-start this great game - because now I know MUCH more about "managing" my character, I feel I could progress better.

So, after my visit here today I'll be re-making myself !!!!

EDIT : Did re-make myself and have made thunderous progress since

I am finding this a very merit worthy offering and am hoping perhaps the team responsible will go on to give us more in the future

Is anyone else here playing it ??

Corey and Lori Cole would like to make several sequels to this game. Doing that will all depend on how well this game does financially. I read that in the next game they would like to have a female mage as the main character.

I have the game and was able to play for about four hours and then haven't gotten back to it, as I've been too busy. What I did play, I enjoyed. At this point, though, I will probably start over from the beginning when I have the time to play it, now that I have more of a feel for it.

Oh, that's good news, that more games could be on the horizon
[I will keep my fingers crossed then that Hero U does well for them.]

I've already re-started the game !!
But I quite often re-start RPG's after getting to know better how to "do" things from a preliminary play....

Well I hope you can manage to get back to it at some time, Marian

I'm really surprised that there haven't been more posts here at Gameboomers with regards to "Hero U".
For me, it's a wonderful "modernised graphically" but definitely authentic Quest for Glory game and much credit is certainly due to the developers

I think I must be getting fairly close to the end by now (I play veeery slowly ) and I know I'll be sorely tempted to immediately play it again !!
But I must resist and get back to Blade Runner because IT has been ignored .... despite being one of my great favourites ]

EDIT :
Or maybe I'm not as close to the end as I thought .... I've just unlocked yet another new area !!

I think it's probably not getting much attention here because we are not categorizing it as an adventure game (which is a shame, because that's really what it is. Unfortunately if a game has any combat in it, even optional combat, it gets relegated to the Darkside).

I am so glad to hear that you are enjoying it so much. That also bodes very well for when I play it. I did like the part that I played and am so glad that the enjoyment continues.

I think the developers tried very hard to conform to the spirit of Quest for Glory as much as possible.

I don't really know how the game could be played without any combat, Marian.
It IS very simple combat but of course, even so, it won't be to everyone's taste.
I just can't see how certain quests could be completed without it so I'd be interested to be told

The no-combat is something I read about when the game was in beta testing; someone said that most enemies you can sneak past. I also thought I remembered reading that one of the beta testers got through the entire game without combat. I don't remember where I read that now, though, so would have to look for it. If I find it again, I will let you know.

Maybe this is where I got the idea; this is from their Kickstarter page:



Anyway, if I can find info that states you can positively get through the game with zero combat, I will let you know.

There's a thread here where the developer talks about the possibility of no combat, among other things.

And I guess this would be the "last word" on the subject for now - I found this in the game description on the Steam page:

Thanks for all that, Marian

From how I played the Quest for Glory games and this one too, though, I would never personally have managed to get through any of them without combat !!

[I am even worse at sneaking than I am at fighting ]

I'm a lousy sneaker too, Mad. I tend to choose a sword over sneaking!

Yeah !! I reckon we should stand shoulder to shoulder and fight on !!

I'll be one of the "sneakers". I wonder if I'll be able to get past the two of you.

Make sure I'm not wearing my glasses and then it should be no problem at all!

Hah !!!! Not a chance, oldbroad, not a chance !! Because I'll definitely be wearing MY glasses

There seems to be a sudden and unexplained reduction in my bank account. It just happens to be an amount very close, identical in fact to the sum required for this game and the Quest for Glory 1-5 package. I'm not saying it's anyone's fault here for talking about how great the games are, but I'm not, not saying it either...wait, that's not quite right, or is not, not quite right?

Let it not be said that we are not a suggestible bunch!

Great additions to your gaming collection, TM!

Also, in the original five-game series, you can transfer your character over from one game to the next, if that is what you wish to do.

Good cop, bad cop.

Good for you, Trail_Mystic !!!! What else is money FOR ????

I don't know, maybe groceries, mortgage payments, gas...nah!


Honestly, this was a series I missed. It looks like a very traditionally structured RPG, which is something I always enjoy.

Ahhhhh .... The boring costs of living !!

Hope you enjoy the games, Trail_Mystic. My favourites were nos. 4 and 5

EDIT :

Finished Hero U last night. And nearly re-started it immediately because different paths can be followed to get through the game giving a slightly different experience.
But I controlled myself - in view of all the games I have that I've not yet even started !!
However, I have no doubts at all that I will be playing this game again at some time

Mad, congratulations on finishing the game!

That was my thought exactly after finishing it: to start playing it again immediately
Not only because of the different ways, but because of so many opportunities missed due to the lack of experience or knowledge in the first playthrough...
'Hero-U' is definitely supposed to be played at least twice.

Congratulations on finishing the game, Mad, and I'm so glad it's a winner!

"'Hero-U' is definitely supposed to be played at least twice."

I certainly agree !!

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Have you managed to find time to play any more of it, Marian ??

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