Quest for Glory 5 was the first game I ever owned when I was 11 years old. I know a lot of people don't seem to like that one, but it's immensely nostalgic for me, and I love it dearly. There's something so magical and enchanting about Silmaria and its citizens. It still feels just as magical when I play it now as a 35-year-old woman, and my 10-year-old daughter loves it now too.

I remember when I first got the game back in 1998, I connected to the rickety dial-up internet one night and started searching around to read more about the series. After reading some forum for about 20 minutes, it seemed like the general consensus was that people loved the first four, but there were a lot of negative sentiments surrounding Dragon Fire for some reason.

I could never understand why people felt/feel this way. The storyline, characters, and voice acting were great. The graphics were good (for 1998). Maybe it's just because I was younger than people who cut their teeth on the predecessors, and my perception is different because that one was my initial introduction to the series. Do people just feel like it was lacking something that the first four had? Or do they feel that it deviated too much from the style of the first four?

Edited by geometry dash lite 6 days ago

The change to 3D was awkward for a lot of people. It didn’t help that some spells and skills that people grinded up were just discarded. Also, the voice acting was cringier - Shadows had incredible VO quality.

If you really like QFG5, there are a LOT of enthusiasts on the QFG Speedrunner Discord server. The general consensus is that QFG5 didn’t get enough love, so our crew knows the games inside and out. We have lots of people that aren’t speedrunners of the series on there also.