Notes / Addenda: 03:15 The reason Lemming puts the skill slider back down is because of the fight at 17:00. 14:08 Earlier, Rakeesh will also stop you to sleep as he's escorting you to the Simbani village. 14:47 A point of clarification: you can ALWAYS run away, you just normally have to wait a few seconds until the worm shows up. Using the glitch featured allows to leave early. 22:08 It's possible to speed this up a little by increasing the skill slider back up to max.
I love these Sierra game speedrun videos so much So many of the tricks are just "yeah so I was clicking one day and then I skipped half the game, crazy right?", its beautiful
This is one of the few QFG speedruns where we save more lives by skipping all that pesky heroism content. Can't get the Laibon killed if we never send him to make peace with a demon.
It's fascinating that one of my biggest contributions to the QFG series has been through discovering a glitch that I almost never use because it isn't applicable to the categories I prefer to run (usually 100% for each class). I didn't see DDD's game-skipping effects immediately. In addition to the "not passing time" effect described in the video, it completely prevents you from getting random encounters. Devastating to a fighter 100% run, but even the other classes need to visit the lost city screen to free Manu from the cage. The total loss of random monsters prompted me to reset my run before fully exploring the consequences. We discovered the free trip to the Lost City when Misterprmiller played with the glitch later.
While this subgenre of youtube documentary is definitely getting more and more popular, you're one of the only people actively pushing the format forward by including the interviews. It's a detail that vastly improves the delivery and professionalism of the whole video, and I'm really hoping it starts a trend to get the subjects more personally involved in telling their own stories.
Thanks! I'd really like to see more of that, too. I've watched some speedrun docs where I was having trouble keeping track of who was who because all I had was a name. To be fair, it takes a lot of time. For the three runners in this video, I interviewed each of them for about an hour. Then there's the time going back through it and finding the choice quotes, etc.
@@OneShortEye It’s definitely worth the effort. Speedrunners usually seem to be pretty interesting people, and they bring a lot of personality to the video! They really make these old games sound like precision engineered rocket science. Thanks for all the work you do to show off such a charming subculture.
@@OneShortEye Keep at it and maybe expand to another franchise or two to scale up. I'd bet on there being a zero on the end of your sub count in a year.
The Quest for Glory series is surprisingly merciful with this kind of thing. Fighters also get the spear of death at the end even if they didn't grab it earlier in the game.
Maybe I misheard, but a small point of clarification. You can run away from the demon worm even casually. You just have to wait a few seconds for the game to let you. There is specific Manu dialog saying how smart you are for not facing the Bad Thing. The tricks mentioned just let you run sooner. (and these are tricks I didn't know yet, time save here we come!)
But for the budding speedrunner, there is a lot of room for improvement in the wizard category that is a thorn to many a Miller's side. A totally fetching runner could blossom with this category that has stemmed the tide of many runs.
@@TrentR42 thief with magic use added from QFG I is such a fun way to play the games just to play them - so many options for puzzle solutions are open to you that way!
@@TrentR42 this, also you get to see both wizard specific and thief specific rooms that way. Now that I mentioned this, I never tried a fighter, wonder if there's a Fighters guild area I missed
The Quest for Glory videos really make me want to play the games honestly. The games might be broken to hell and back, but they look so unique and interesting.
I think the QfG games hold up extremely well. I didn't play most of them until very recently, and I'm really enjoying it. (Currently in the middle of playing 4.)
QFG1 is definitely worth playing through at the very least. Great little game that. Don't be afraid of heavily using a walkthroguh. Those old Sierra games can be pretty obtuse at times.
Awesome a new vid! I'm currently on game 5 of my first playthrough of QfG 1-5. Picked it up because of your QFG 1 video and Miller's and Davidtki's RPG Limitbreak runs. So thanks for that, amazing game series!
Glad you're enjoying them! I'm actually still in the middle of QfG 4, casually. Really liking it. I only played QfG 1 VGA as a kid, so playing these as an adult, I think they really hold up.
I'm really happy to hear that you are playing Dragon Fire as well. QFG5 is a little off-putting at first but it absolutely deserves love and is a worthy finale to the series.
@@DavidKraftIshihama Finished QFG 5 last night and it was a bit harder getting into it than the first 4 but I still enjoyed it for the amazing conclusion to the hero's journey. 60 fps dragon and the souls in hades killed me quite a lot though :)
Silky smooth editing the whole way through! I haven't played the Sierra games, so the extra detail into strategies not used in this particular run was especially appreciated!
Absolutely. We've been lucky to have a lot of new runners come to the series and their perspective is so important for finding skips and new optimal ways to run.
Finally, the one I grew up with, but I never managed to get to the Leopardmen Village back then because I was ultimately a dumb kid before the internet.
The internet may not have helped. Getting the leopardwoman to spawn, depending on your class, is one of the biggest pieces of misinformation out there in walkthroughs.
Wow, glad I could catch this right as it was uploaded! I recently found this channel and all of your videos are super interesting and well-made. Keep up the great work!
Every time I see a new video from you it's like opening a present! I love everything about your videos: structure, interviews, humor, editing and so on. But my favourite thing is that you focus on cool ideas, coming up with new shortcuts, abusing glitches rather than boring grind etc. Most speedrunning videos I've seen are concerned mostly with how fast someone mashed their buttons, and how they were then surpassed by someone who mashed their buttons slightly faster, and so on for 40 minutes. Which gets old rather quickly. You, instead, find interesting games with interesting speedrunning tactics and then make interesting videos about them. Please, continue!
I remember as a kid playing and beating Monkey Island multiple times and wishing I had more. If only I knew about things like Quest for Glory, I'd have loved this game back then.
19:00 So even official QFG2 speedruns use the fan remake now? LOL Anyway, love these QFG videos! I hope you'll eventually cover the whole series. 🙂 (Also, it would be interesting to hear more about running the other character classes, and\or why one class is picked over others.)
We wouldn't use the fan-remake if it didn't have that all important limited-license that was granted by Vivendi/Activision at the time that allowed them to do it and release it for free. :) Because it has that license, it is approved for runs.
It's the faster option for runs through all five games, but I strongly recommend you check out the original QFG2's speedruns, so many great skips and VERY optimized.
The multi-minute wait in Raseir is a major obstacle to QFG2EGA runs. In the best case scenario you're spending 5.5 minutes dealing with the fact that your inn room doesn't open until night, and it's hard for EGA to compete when the remake has that wait cut out completely.
I missed your previous comment about the other character classes. For QFG3, the Thief is chosen primarily because of how little they have to deal with in the end game. Mike Tyson is their only major obstacle. The fighter doesn't have a way to skip the first blue demon fight AND has to deal with a gargoyle fight in the final screen AND is unable to use magic in combat. Fighter can deal with all of this but they do end up a fair bit slower in the process. And wizard. Poor poor wizard. The amount of creativity that goes into the wizard run is fascinating, but: The wizard can't beat the game without the Summon Staff spell. Which means they have to find the orchid in the jungle WHILE DDD IS ACTIVE, go back to Tarna and walk with Rakeesh AGAIN and activate DDD a second time so that time will pass until night so that they can dip the orchid in the pool of peace at night. They get their magic wood, go back to Tarna, get the Summon Staff spell, then walk with Rakeesh again and activate DDD a THIRD time.
I never really appreciated how different and unique the QFG games were compared to other point-n-click adventures as a kid. They really do have a vibe all their own. Maybe the closest thing I can liken them to is actually the old Lone Wolf gamebooks, but even that’s a stretch. Thanks for not only providing an exceptional speedrunning documentary but a little taste of what these unique games are like. Like others here, I’m really tempted to go play them now. (And Heroine’s Quest, and that new game the Coles made…)
These documentaries about speedrunning old DOS games are amazing. I also love how you interview the speedrunners and let them talk in detail regarding glitches or strategies, and even if I have never played any of these games their explanations are usually good enough that even I understand what's going on. Keep up the great work, can't wait to see the next video.
I was thinking about this today. I actually enjoyed my time with it. I don't think it's a bad game. But the Coles always explained that this was a bridge between 2 and 4, and sort of necessary transition before getting to the darker game. And you know, the game FEELS that way, like a transition, a trip on the way to something better.
@@OneShortEye Imagine how much better both Shadows of Darkness and the imaginary winter-themed game could have been if the Coles had been given the time to deliver their vision.... or maybe they would have been forced to move to WA then fired without finishing anything......
Fate is on my list of games to get to, for sure. It'll probably be a while, though. As you might imagine, I like to be thorough, and I have almost no experience with the game.
@@OneShortEye of course, the level of research needed is superb. I'm super familiar with the game, I know most of the dialogues, alternate solutions, all possible deaths, but nothing related to speedrunning
The editing in video is amazing, from all the little animations, to the text bars and highlighting. Not to mention the interviews and the way you neatly summarised the plot of the game so people like me, who haven't played it, can appreciate the story and how much time was saved via sequence breaks. Phenomenal work!
My only suggestion is that you don't have to tell us "we grab ___ item not for anything yet but we are going to use it later." We know everything being done is for a purpose of something later, you don't have to foreshadow that - simply tell us AS it is being useful - "And here is where we use that olive oil that we picked up earlier in the market to let us ___" etc.
Great video as always. I loved doing all the stuff in the Simbani village, and trying to learn their language and culture as a kid. Too bad that's all skippable now!
No clever comment today, just wanted to let you know I finally got around to playing Sanitarium, man. Such an underrated gem. Had to play it twice to really appreciate it.
Thanks for the feedback. According to RUclips, you're not supposed to be seeing all of them. Each ad break (supposedly) only has a chance of being displayed. I guess that was misinformation. I've removed a bunch of them. Thanks again.
Yes, there are! Runners use more magic, for instance, and the whole thing is a balancing act since you have to account for how your skills progress through all five games.
Trying to think of a way to say that that sounds like a cool video topic without sounding like I'm trying to pressure you into prioritizing it. I'm looking forward to whatever video you're making next, though!
Ive watched all of your videos and lovee your stuff!!!! Im actually going though all the Kings Quest now because of them. Just finished the Monkey islands. PS if you ever want help editing Id love to help you out
Love these videos. So fun seeing a small niche speedrun and getting to hear the mix of hard work, luck and team work that goes into cracking a game wide open
This era of Sierra games has some of my favorite artwork. Quest for Glory, King's Quest V and VI... The Quest for Glory series is still worth playing through.
We'd of course love another Shorty vid about QFG, though surprisingly Shadows of Darkness is the slowest any% run of the five. The community has been trying to break it for so long there is a $250 bounty on the game for anyone who can find a major skip.
I would love to. I almost debated putting one out for this Halloween, but realized I needed to understand the game more and it would have been rushed. I'm not even done with my first casual playthrough of QFG IV (though I am enjoying the game).
Great video. I wonder what next Sierra or LucasArts game we could see next. I'd love to see something like Maniac Mansion or one of the LSL games. Maybe another Space Quest.
Talking about wall-walking glitches in Sierra games.. I remember being young, ten or so playing KQIII with my younger sister watching, as we often did. Somehow while looking at the books in Mannanan's study I manged to glitch onto the wall and was so hyped. I grabbed my camera and recorded the screen, saying "Graham is Spiderman, he can walk on the walls" and my sister so helpfully interjected "it's not GRAHAM!! It's GWYDON! ... It's Gwydon guys it's gwydon." Probably not useful for speedrunning tech unfortunately, as I had to reload the save to get down, but that silly moment stuck with me, as we thought we would become RUclips famous off a clip we never posted :)
If I ever manage to retire, I might one day sit down and write a patch for QFG3 to fix all the bugs, maybe introduce a tactical combat mode like in QFG2VGA. That would be a crowning achievement.
I love all the QFG games so much, never even thought about speedruns, my focus was always on 100% skills to import to the next game. Really wish the series would've continued, but that seems to be Sierra's fault more than the coles.
I love these videos. I've only ever speedran things like Killing Floor 2 but this makes me want to expand into other games. The communities in these older games are amazing and unlike anything ive been a part of while running games.
Things have gotten to the point where every time I see a moderately long animation that can't be skipped in any game I play, my first thought is "oh yeah, they're gonna destroy that one". Something inside me wants to start glitch hunting, but I don't have the time or social skills so I'll stick to watching videos like this.
I love how we're talking about time skips in this game that was released in 1993 (when my parents got us our first computer and bought this game off for me) 30 years later.
Man, this is currently the channel, that I wait the videos most from... I've already watched previous ones multiple times as they are so good! Are we gonna see the Monkey Island 2 at some point? :) Maybe Broken Sword also if people speedrun it...
I think its hilarious that ppl wanna skip over stuff that helps you like its some annoyance, you build your skills so you dont die at the end, thats the whole purpose, cuz the end fights are hard, and you wanna skip that just to beat the game faster? Whats even the point of playing? Stupid
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Notes / Addenda:
03:15 The reason Lemming puts the skill slider back down is because of the fight at 17:00.
14:08 Earlier, Rakeesh will also stop you to sleep as he's escorting you to the Simbani village.
14:47 A point of clarification: you can ALWAYS run away, you just normally have to wait a few seconds until the worm shows up. Using the glitch featured allows to leave early.
22:08 It's possible to speed this up a little by increasing the skill slider back up to max.
I love these Sierra game speedrun videos so much
So many of the tricks are just "yeah so I was clicking one day and then I skipped half the game, crazy right?", its beautiful
That's how it happens! :)
This is one of the few QFG speedruns where we save more lives by skipping all that pesky heroism content. Can't get the Laibon killed if we never send him to make peace with a demon.
It's fascinating that one of my biggest contributions to the QFG series has been through discovering a glitch that I almost never use because it isn't applicable to the categories I prefer to run (usually 100% for each class).
I didn't see DDD's game-skipping effects immediately. In addition to the "not passing time" effect described in the video, it completely prevents you from getting random encounters. Devastating to a fighter 100% run, but even the other classes need to visit the lost city screen to free Manu from the cage. The total loss of random monsters prompted me to reset my run before fully exploring the consequences. We discovered the free trip to the Lost City when Misterprmiller played with the glitch later.
teamwork!
While this subgenre of youtube documentary is definitely getting more and more popular, you're one of the only people actively pushing the format forward by including the interviews. It's a detail that vastly improves the delivery and professionalism of the whole video, and I'm really hoping it starts a trend to get the subjects more personally involved in telling their own stories.
Thanks! I'd really like to see more of that, too. I've watched some speedrun docs where I was having trouble keeping track of who was who because all I had was a name. To be fair, it takes a lot of time. For the three runners in this video, I interviewed each of them for about an hour. Then there's the time going back through it and finding the choice quotes, etc.
@@OneShortEye It’s definitely worth the effort. Speedrunners usually seem to be pretty interesting people, and they bring a lot of personality to the video! They really make these old games sound like precision engineered rocket science. Thanks for all the work you do to show off such a charming subculture.
@@OneShortEye Keep at it and maybe expand to another franchise or two to scale up. I'd bet on there being a zero on the end of your sub count in a year.
Agreed
I hear you but just ignoring summoning salt is just oblivious!
16:20 "But if you don't have the gem, the game puts one in the statue so you're not stuck."
That sounds surprisingly merciful for a Sierra game.
It surprised me too.
The Quest for Glory series is surprisingly merciful with this kind of thing. Fighters also get the spear of death at the end even if they didn't grab it earlier in the game.
Maybe I misheard, but a small point of clarification. You can run away from the demon worm even casually. You just have to wait a few seconds for the game to let you. There is specific Manu dialog saying how smart you are for not facing the Bad Thing. The tricks mentioned just let you run sooner. (and these are tricks I didn't know yet, time save here we come!)
You are correct, and that's a good point. I've added it to the pinned comment.
Everyone runs thief because it's faster and has 100% less Blue Orchid RNG.
But for the budding speedrunner, there is a lot of room for improvement in the wizard category that is a thorn to many a Miller's side. A totally fetching runner could blossom with this category that has stemmed the tide of many runs.
Thief was always my preferred for Completionist (not speed) runs cause it's the best for Hybrid from #1.
@@TrentR42 thief with magic use added from QFG I is such a fun way to play the games just to play them - so many options for puzzle solutions are open to you that way!
@@TrentR42 this, also you get to see both wizard specific and thief specific rooms that way.
Now that I mentioned this, I never tried a fighter, wonder if there's a Fighters guild area I missed
The Quest for Glory videos really make me want to play the games honestly.
The games might be broken to hell and back, but they look so unique and interesting.
I think the QfG games hold up extremely well. I didn't play most of them until very recently, and I'm really enjoying it. (Currently in the middle of playing 4.)
I'll second OneShortEye the games are well worth playing through. Taking my character through every game is still one of my top gaming memories.
QFG1 is definitely worth playing through at the very least. Great little game that. Don't be afraid of heavily using a walkthroguh. Those old Sierra games can be pretty obtuse at times.
1 through 4 are fantastic. Make sure to play the fan remake of 2.
@@Joker22593 I still need to get around to that
Okay, so first the world is cast into perpetual darkness, then time is made to no longer pass? Are we sure we're the heroes here?
"Hero"
Awesome a new vid! I'm currently on game 5 of my first playthrough of QfG 1-5. Picked it up because of your QFG 1 video and Miller's and Davidtki's RPG Limitbreak runs. So thanks for that, amazing game series!
Glad you're enjoying them! I'm actually still in the middle of QfG 4, casually. Really liking it. I only played QfG 1 VGA as a kid, so playing these as an adult, I think they really hold up.
I'm really happy to hear that you are playing Dragon Fire as well. QFG5 is a little off-putting at first but it absolutely deserves love and is a worthy finale to the series.
@@DavidKraftIshihama Finished QFG 5 last night and it was a bit harder getting into it than the first 4 but I still enjoyed it for the amazing conclusion to the hero's journey. 60 fps dragon and the souls in hades killed me quite a lot though :)
Silky smooth editing the whole way through! I haven't played the Sierra games, so the extra detail into strategies not used in this particular run was especially appreciated!
I'm a simple man. I see a new OneShortEye video, I smile and watch.
Asking new runners to "fix your skip" is such a good idea. Sometimes all you need is a new perspective
Absolutely. We've been lucky to have a lot of new runners come to the series and their perspective is so important for finding skips and new optimal ways to run.
Thief guy: You did good, kid.
"Starts rapidly rave dancing"
Lion guy: This is dark magic! Zappy Stabby!
Finally, the one I grew up with, but I never managed to get to the Leopardmen Village back then because I was ultimately a dumb kid before the internet.
To be fair, any% speedrunners never make it to the Leopardmen Village either.
@@OneShortEye That'll be my cover story from now on. I was just practicing my speedrun...before actually beating the game properly.
The internet may not have helped. Getting the leopardwoman to spawn, depending on your class, is one of the biggest pieces of misinformation out there in walkthroughs.
Nice! The 4th best QFG game 😆
So happy when I see these videos drop on my home page. Keep them up. They always bring a smile to my face.
Glad to hear it!
I love that point and click adventure games have their own Summoning Salt now lol
I guess this video is good enough for an algorithm boost.
Guess so.
2:53 "Normally this conversation has a lot of pawses in it"
yeah it does
incredible dance party of 1 at the end, such interesting glitches here, awesome video on an awesome game I wish I knew about before!
Wow, glad I could catch this right as it was uploaded! I recently found this channel and all of your videos are super interesting and well-made. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you're enjoying them.
Every time I see a new video from you it's like opening a present! I love everything about your videos: structure, interviews, humor, editing and so on. But my favourite thing is that you focus on cool ideas, coming up with new shortcuts, abusing glitches rather than boring grind etc. Most speedrunning videos I've seen are concerned mostly with how fast someone mashed their buttons, and how they were then surpassed by someone who mashed their buttons slightly faster, and so on for 40 minutes. Which gets old rather quickly. You, instead, find interesting games with interesting speedrunning tactics and then make interesting videos about them. Please, continue!
I remember as a kid playing and beating Monkey Island multiple times and wishing I had more.
If only I knew about things like Quest for Glory, I'd have loved this game back then.
19:00 So even official QFG2 speedruns use the fan remake now? LOL
Anyway, love these QFG videos! I hope you'll eventually cover the whole series. 🙂
(Also, it would be interesting to hear more about running the other character classes, and\or why one class is picked over others.)
We wouldn't use the fan-remake if it didn't have that all important limited-license that was granted by Vivendi/Activision at the time that allowed them to do it and release it for free. :) Because it has that license, it is approved for runs.
It's the faster option for runs through all five games, but I strongly recommend you check out the original QFG2's speedruns, so many great skips and VERY optimized.
The multi-minute wait in Raseir is a major obstacle to QFG2EGA runs. In the best case scenario you're spending 5.5 minutes dealing with the fact that your inn room doesn't open until night, and it's hard for EGA to compete when the remake has that wait cut out completely.
I missed your previous comment about the other character classes.
For QFG3, the Thief is chosen primarily because of how little they have to deal with in the end game. Mike Tyson is their only major obstacle. The fighter doesn't have a way to skip the first blue demon fight AND has to deal with a gargoyle fight in the final screen AND is unable to use magic in combat. Fighter can deal with all of this but they do end up a fair bit slower in the process.
And wizard. Poor poor wizard. The amount of creativity that goes into the wizard run is fascinating, but: The wizard can't beat the game without the Summon Staff spell. Which means they have to find the orchid in the jungle WHILE DDD IS ACTIVE, go back to Tarna and walk with Rakeesh AGAIN and activate DDD a second time so that time will pass until night so that they can dip the orchid in the pool of peace at night. They get their magic wood, go back to Tarna, get the Summon Staff spell, then walk with Rakeesh again and activate DDD a THIRD time.
I always get so excited when I see that you’ve posted another video! Keep up the good work, your content is awesome!
Happy you're enjoying it. :)
I never really appreciated how different and unique the QFG games were compared to other point-n-click adventures as a kid. They really do have a vibe all their own. Maybe the closest thing I can liken them to is actually the old Lone Wolf gamebooks, but even that’s a stretch. Thanks for not only providing an exceptional speedrunning documentary but a little taste of what these unique games are like. Like others here, I’m really tempted to go play them now. (And Heroine’s Quest, and that new game the Coles made…)
Glad you're enjoying the videos, and I appreciate the kind words.
These documentaries about speedrunning old DOS games are amazing. I also love how you interview the speedrunners and let them talk in detail regarding glitches or strategies, and even if I have never played any of these games their explanations are usually good enough that even I understand what's going on. Keep up the great work, can't wait to see the next video.
2:50: The Liontaurs assume Zappy Stabby would look at them instead of checking himself out if he wanted to speak up.
Love the QFG series with all my heart
It's a great series that still holds up today, imo.
Another one? Great!
Also known as: QfG3: The Christmas Season Filler
I was thinking about this today. I actually enjoyed my time with it. I don't think it's a bad game. But the Coles always explained that this was a bridge between 2 and 4, and sort of necessary transition before getting to the darker game. And you know, the game FEELS that way, like a transition, a trip on the way to something better.
@@OneShortEye Imagine how much better both Shadows of Darkness and the imaginary winter-themed game could have been if the Coles had been given the time to deliver their vision.... or maybe they would have been forced to move to WA then fired without finishing anything......
do this for Fate of Atlantis pleaseeee ! Love this kind of videos
Fate is on my list of games to get to, for sure. It'll probably be a while, though. As you might imagine, I like to be thorough, and I have almost no experience with the game.
@@OneShortEye of course, the level of research needed is superb. I'm super familiar with the game, I know most of the dialogues, alternate solutions, all possible deaths, but nothing related to speedrunning
Literally laughed out loud with my kids at Rakeesh: "Zappy Stabby!"
I will always click and watch these immediately!
The production value in your videos is so good, I envy it so much lol
Thank you for the kind words. :)
Seeing the protg rest in 1-hour intervals makes for an easy DnD Short Rest joke.
The editing in video is amazing, from all the little animations, to the text bars and highlighting. Not to mention the interviews and the way you neatly summarised the plot of the game so people like me, who haven't played it, can appreciate the story and how much time was saved via sequence breaks. Phenomenal work!
I appreciate the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it!
My only suggestion is that you don't have to tell us "we grab ___ item not for anything yet but we are going to use it later." We know everything being done is for a purpose of something later, you don't have to foreshadow that - simply tell us AS it is being useful - "And here is where we use that olive oil that we picked up earlier in the market to let us ___" etc.
Great video as always. I loved doing all the stuff in the Simbani village, and trying to learn their language and culture as a kid. Too bad that's all skippable now!
I love the amount of skips in this run that were found by rapidly clicking as usual...but this time something different happened! lol
No clever comment today, just wanted to let you know I finally got around to playing Sanitarium, man. Such an underrated gem. Had to play it twice to really appreciate it.
Glad you enjoyed it! Sanitarium is one of my favorites.
What’s with all the ads? The 25 minute video has an ad break every two minutes!
Thanks for the feedback. According to RUclips, you're not supposed to be seeing all of them. Each ad break (supposedly) only has a chance of being displayed. I guess that was misinformation. I've removed a bunch of them. Thanks again.
Awesome work as always! Dang this game is broken!
Not only did this channel already have masterfully made content, this is definitely a new level!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Given my sleep schedule recently, I could use some bed tech. >_>
Amazing video as always~
Don't we all!
Always a treat to see you upload, man :) I love your style and love the informative nature of your videos. Keep it up!
You know, I bet there are some interesting differences between a Quest for Glory Collection speedrun and five separate QfG speedruns.
Yes, there are! Runners use more magic, for instance, and the whole thing is a balancing act since you have to account for how your skills progress through all five games.
Trying to think of a way to say that that sounds like a cool video topic without sounding like I'm trying to pressure you into prioritizing it.
I'm looking forward to whatever video you're making next, though!
I love quest for glory. One of my all times favs
It's really held up as a series.
I loved your videos, until you've put one of those idiotic -----------> ARROWS
Seems like a silly reaction to seeing an arrow. Whatever you do, don't look at the top left of your browser. You'll have a heart attack.
Love your videos. I used to love adventure games but, never thought I'd find their speedrunning so interesting as well.
Ive watched all of your videos and lovee your stuff!!!! Im actually going though all the Kings Quest now because of them. Just finished the Monkey islands. PS if you ever want help editing Id love to help you out
Glad you enjoyed them! And I'm happy it inspired you to actually play the games. :)
@@OneShortEye thanks dude! Keep em coming please!!!!
Great video. Quest for Glory series is the GOAT! Also QFG4 is the best hands down :)
I'm actually in the middle of playing QFG4 casually and really enjoying it.
@@OneShortEye Glad to hear that your enjoying the game.
Love these videos. So fun seeing a small niche speedrun and getting to hear the mix of hard work, luck and team work that goes into cracking a game wide open
I love these videos, thank you for taking the time to make them
Please don't change your format!
Funny thing, this video actually got me interested in wanting to play the game like normal. The artwork and world it's set in look lovely.
This era of Sierra games has some of my favorite artwork. Quest for Glory, King's Quest V and VI... The Quest for Glory series is still worth playing through.
never played RPG games like this but damn do i eagerly await these videos
Any plans to cover QFG IV at any point, Shorty?
We'd of course love another Shorty vid about QFG, though surprisingly Shadows of Darkness is the slowest any% run of the five. The community has been trying to break it for so long there is a $250 bounty on the game for anyone who can find a major skip.
I would love to. I almost debated putting one out for this Halloween, but realized I needed to understand the game more and it would have been rushed. I'm not even done with my first casual playthrough of QFG IV (though I am enjoying the game).
I’ve never played one of these games, or even really heard of them. Loved the video though! Quite interesting
Glad you liked it!
LOve these speedruns videos, keep up the good work
Woooow I loved this game as a kid and NEVER beat it. When I subbed to this channel I hoped maybe you'd cover it some day.
You can finally beat it now if you have 15 minutes to spare. :)
I'm excited for this video format, looking forward to more videos!
Always hyped to see video content from you, you're a real inspiration
That's very kind of you!
Always love seeing quest for glory content
It's a great series with a lot of really cool runners.
Great video. I wonder what next Sierra or LucasArts game we could see next. I'd love to see something like Maniac Mansion or one of the LSL games. Maybe another Space Quest.
Wow, I've ben Bed Teching in real life for years and didn't even know
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I really love the QFG series. Thanks for showcasing this!
I played most of them for the first time as an adult, and it really has held up well.
I love these game breaking glitches they're so weird - are people still looking for one for QFG4 that would be so interesting with skips
Yes, they are, and the bounty still exists.
@@OneShortEye Wish I had the knack for finding these things - all the bugs I find just make me lose the game
"Furious narcissism." XD
Great job with this one OneShortEye!
Love your videos tbh
Excellent as always. A perfectly made video, both in visual and vocal presentation.
Enjoyed it a lot, thanks!
These video's are so good, going the extra mile to talk to the runners was an amazing call
Glad you're liking them!
Talking about wall-walking glitches in Sierra games.. I remember being young, ten or so playing KQIII with my younger sister watching, as we often did. Somehow while looking at the books in Mannanan's study I manged to glitch onto the wall and was so hyped. I grabbed my camera and recorded the screen, saying "Graham is Spiderman, he can walk on the walls" and my sister so helpfully interjected "it's not GRAHAM!! It's GWYDON! ... It's Gwydon guys it's gwydon." Probably not useful for speedrunning tech unfortunately, as I had to reload the save to get down, but that silly moment stuck with me, as we thought we would become RUclips famous off a clip we never posted :)
I have no interest in playing these games, but these videos are always super interesting.
If I ever manage to retire, I might one day sit down and write a patch for QFG3 to fix all the bugs, maybe introduce a tactical combat mode like in QFG2VGA. That would be a crowning achievement.
I love all the QFG games so much, never even thought about speedruns, my focus was always on 100% skills to import to the next game. Really wish the series would've continued, but that seems to be Sierra's fault more than the coles.
The dance party got me
I love these videos. I've only ever speedran things like Killing Floor 2 but this makes me want to expand into other games. The communities in these older games are amazing and unlike anything ive been a part of while running games.
Things have gotten to the point where every time I see a moderately long animation that can't be skipped in any game I play, my first thought is "oh yeah, they're gonna destroy that one".
Something inside me wants to start glitch hunting, but I don't have the time or social skills so I'll stick to watching videos like this.
I love how we're talking about time skips in this game that was released in 1993 (when my parents got us our first computer and bought this game off for me) 30 years later.
Man, this is currently the channel, that I wait the videos most from... I've already watched previous ones multiple times as they are so good! Are we gonna see the Monkey Island 2 at some point? :) Maybe Broken Sword also if people speedrun it...
I have plans to do Monkey 2, and I'd like to get to it by the end of the year. There's a lot of detail to it, so it's going to take some work.
I think its hilarious that ppl wanna skip over stuff that helps you like its some annoyance, you build your skills so you dont die at the end, thats the whole purpose, cuz the end fights are hard, and you wanna skip that just to beat the game faster? Whats even the point of playing? Stupid
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"All these people show up to help you and you've never met any of them lol!"
This is bothering me and i don't know why...
You are so goddamn great at making these. One of my very favorite creators on YT.
You're too kind. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos!
Rakeesh's dialogue on the way to the Simbani village was so annoying. Wish I could've skipped it back in the day.
you are an amazing historian. I've been binging your videos. The time it took to make each one must have been ages. Keep up the good work man.
I do love your videos, but they kind of make me afraid to try Quest for Glory, even though I just purchased all five.
I didn’t expect there is community of speedrunners of Sierra Games. I event wasn’t aware that someone speedruns adventure games.
I wish you’d do one of these for KQIV !! Immediately subscribed
Wow I thought people are only still playing Street Fighter 2 after ~30 years
I remember this game but I guess I never actually finished it. I don't remember that ending at all!
Hoping for the QFG2 EGA credits warp video soon!
banger video
banger comment
I can't believe I missed one! ringing the bell to make sure that doesn't happen again.
YESS THESE VIDEOS GIVE ME LIFE
Ahh! Life-giving RUclips videos! Nectar of the gods!
I have a vague memory of seeing this game played at a friend's house when I was a kid
I loved this game as a kid. U always gotta overdose on the first screen before u do anything
I want to see Devs interview reactions to people breaking thier games.