just got the collection on steam for cheap so i can finally finish the series. never had 5 growing up, so while i had a hero that spanned from 1 to 4 with maxed out stats, i never had the opportunity to transfer him to the final game. too bad i lost the floppy he was on like 19 years ago. not that i have a floppy drive anymore even if i still had the disk...

anyway, what's the best way to play, and why is it starting a thief and giving him magic?

>>3783299 (OP)
Either that or start with warrior to become a paladin for 3 and 4

>>3783300
Any class can become a Paladin in 2 (at the very end), Fighter only in 3.

Honestly, this game does fighter the best - lotsa challenging memorable encounters, easiest exploration around the map (untill you get enough experience to trigger Tyranosaurus spawns). Thief is second best due to how tense it can get sneaking around for the first time (the game just nails the feeling of being a in a newbie of the criminal underground). Mages suck - all of their solutions are "cast spells and instantly solve the puzzlle", there are no arcane rituals, no lore studying or even the basic bitch staff crafting to nail that whimzical apprentice feel. Worst class easily.

>>3783330
How can you resist a flaming sword too

>>3783299 (OP)
Sword and board fighter into paladin at the end of 2. Marry Erana in 5.

>>3783687
why would i want to be a boy scout?

>>3783692
Because you can marry erana?
You filthy heathans can keep katrina or nawar.

>>3783703
I'm not in this to get married, i'm in it for fame and fortune. keep your shitty waifu, I'm going to steal everything that isn't nailed down and kill some evil wizards.

>>3783709
You should go back to Rogue-U.

>>3783713
it's called "Conan's school of adventuring".

>>3783709
Try "Quest for Infamy" after this one, it'll be more up your alley.

Bumpan for qfg-love
What is your favorite game (and version) in the series?
Favorite class?
Character?
Race?
Waifu?

>>3783299 (OP)
I was also a never-played-5er for a couple of decades but I finally played it like 3-4 years ago (with ScummVM I think). It's not bad and I enjoyed it. Back in the late '90s I was so mad at how fuck ugly 3D games were compared to pixel art I just ignored it but now that it's ancient history it's fine.

I like Magic User/Wizard. I mean, not really, because their gameplay amounts of having a specific spell for a specific puzzle and that's close to the peak of boring design, but my fondness for magic overrides my dismay.

>>3783703
>Because you can marry erana?
Is being on par with magic-using sissies really what you want to brag about?

>>3784456
Probably shadow of Darkness. I enjoyed the combat a bit actually, and had some really memorable quests.
Though 2 was pretty memorable.
I like it when games visit this kind of setting.
Warrior/Paladin is what I did in my rerun.

>>3784456
for some reason the slavic setting of 4 always just did it for me. doesn't hurt that the john rhys-davies is the narrator,either. that man's voice is amazing.

i like playing thief best, but teaching him magic is great. honestly at times being a thief that can cast fetch and open almost feels like cheating.
can't really say i have a favorite npc or race, i just like the vibes of the games in general.
and honestly i don't even remember any waifus. who the fuck is playing quest for glory for waifus?

>>3784983
To be fair, QF4 largely revolves around a waifu (and one of the earliest voice acting gigs for Jeniffer Hale)

>>3784983
Waifus only come into prominence in 5, but it was a nice capatone to end the series imo.
>>3784988
But agreed 4 had great VAs, JRD and JH both.

>>3783299 (OP)
Nothing wrong with pure thief.

>>3783719
Horrible garbage that.

>>3783703
Knife ear sympathizers can go fuck themselves.

>>3785043
>he doesn't know
but seriously you had at least one semi serious flame in every game before 5

>>3786036
Who really qualifies in 1?
Or 2, for that matter? Zayisha? Aziza?

>>3786179
Dinarzad for 2 definitely and for one Hilda and Baba Yaga :)

>aziza
>janna
>johari
>uhura
>julanar
>shema
Coles were early adopters of waifufaggotry and ardent supporters of blue balling the PC. Also fuck their expanded backstory of Katrina. I wasn't her biggest fan to begin with but having her as a prostitute for geriatrics was really uncalled for.

I ported my VGA QFG 1 save to 2 but I eiher locked it or lost it. I've had to restart twice and ended up doing them with a guide next to me.

>>3783713
>>3783719
Thanks for reminding me that garbage exists. Nigger.

>>3786034
>>3788095
What's wrong with QfI? I was thinking of giving it a shot.

>>3788573
My impression with it they blew most of their kikestarter funds on the artist who did the backdrops so the rest of the game is barren. Beautiful but barren. Really hit or miss writing as well, loads of something awful references and self inserts by the owner, really slow and clunky combat and moon logic out the ass for some puzzles. As in no multiple class solutions you'd expect from a QFG but you need this specific item for this other specific item that triggers on this specific place and best way to figure is to swap all items in the inventory until it works. That one sidequest for goat shit into honey into hashish on one lamp post near some semi random forest watchtower for end result of sardines (or canned meat iirc) or something similar comes to mind.
Oh yeah, and fast travel, bunch of areas and most qol features in general including a unlimited press to win button in combat are locked to a single class.

tldr it's as barren as Mage's Initiation but with extra cringe on top

>>3788577
Damn, is Heroine's Quest the better alternate?

>>3788677
it is rather good. not quite as good as guest for glory, but it's still solid. it's probably the most true to norse myth that i've seen in a game, as well.

>>3788577
>Oh yeah, and fast travel, bunch of areas and most qol features in general including a unlimited press to win button in combat are locked to a single class.
But is that class Sorcerer?

>>3788704
I'll give it a try. It's free on steam so nothing to lose.

>>3788715
Actually it is not

I have completely forgotten how the mage's maze game works. Also I have to restart anyhow because throwing a rock at the stag to scare it counts as trying to harm it so I can't talk to the dryad

>>3790208
>I have completely forgotten how the mage's maze game works.
You have to lure the flame to the end of the maze. Use your spells to move ladders and boulders. Use trigger to change the size of the flame to make it through openings. Flame dart is a lure, your flame will go towards it like a moth.

>>3788833
Oh brother, what'd they do?
Hold on, let me speculate. The thief equivalent has access to a tunnel network and uh, some thrown poison knife or grenade or something that trivializes combat?

>>3790423
Pretty much and it's a boomerang like thing that's a reskin of fireball but hits harder and doesn't cost any mana to use.