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Quest for Glory II referred to it as Quest For Glory III: Shadows of Darkness. It was later called Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness in the Quest for Glory Anthology collection manual.

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The original manuals for the game referred to the game simply as Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness. The end of Quest for Glory III referred to the game as Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness. The dub of a trio of local farmers is conspicuous for its emphasis on quips and banter, and its indifference to what actually reads on their text boxes. Quest for Glory IV was the first video game in which Jennifer Hale voiced dialogue. Additionally, the game featured a largely original sound track by Aubrey Hodges – although it did feature a reprise of the Hero's Theme from previous games and a rendition of ' Anitra's Dance' by Edvard Grieg which played as background music in the Hotel Mordavia.Īccording to an InterAction magazine article, John Rhys-Davies' part took more than three weeks to record, causing him to refer to the game as the 'CD-ROM from Hell'. The most notable voice actors for the game are John Rhys-Davies as the Narrator, Jennifer Hale as Katrina, and Bill Farmer as Leshy.

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The CD-ROM version of Quest for Glory IV is the first game in the series to feature voice actors. Shadows of Darkness was developed with SVGA graphics. Petersburg, a Rider-Waite-Smith clone deck, and the layout used appears to be unique to the game, though it is partially akin to the beginning of a Celtic cross layout. The images used for the game were taken from the Russian Tarot of St. Ī particularly detailed sequence in the game involved the Gypsy Magda gathering information about the hero's future and his possible enemies or allies using a deck of Tarot cards. According to one of the game's directors, Corey Cole, Quest for Glory IV was developed with a budget of $750,000.

The GOG digital re-release has since resolved many of the remaining bugs. The first version of the game, which appears on floppy discs, is 'almost unplayable' however, the following year's re-release of the game on CD was much improved because a programmer had had a year to address the problems. ĭevelopment for the game ran late, which forced Sierra to ship the game with inadequate testing. The game was inspired by gothic fiction, 'old horror movies and books about vampires and werewolves'. Additionally, the undead and Lovecraftian monsters differed significantly from the lighter monsters of earlier games (there were, however, vampiric rabbits reminiscent of Monty Python and the Holy Grail). Revolving around a dark cult summoning an unfathomably large evil, the game was a far cry from earlier villains such as Baba Yaga. Quest for Glory IV features darker themes while maintaining the humor of previous games through such methods as incorporating Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre parodies. The gameplay continued with Quest for Glory III's graphical, point-and-click interface, and also introduced a new combat system, which introduced a sideways perspective of the fights, and allowed players to check an option to let the computer fight the battles for them.

Susan Silo - Baba Yaga / Fenris / Olga Stovich / Tatiana the Queen of the Faery Folk.

Cam Clarke - Domovoi / Gypsy Davy / Nikolai.

Hamilton Camp - Lorre Petrovich / The Chief / Punny Bones.

Jeff Bennett - Ad Avis / Bonehead / Dr.

Gregg Berger - Dmitri Ivanov the Burgomeister.During the celebration of the Hero's somewhat pyrrhic victory, the wizard Erasmus appears, along with his familiar Fenrus, summoning the Hero to the land of Silmaria. Naturally, the Hero escapes this control and thwarts their plan, destroying Ad Avis in the process. The Hero is ultimately coerced into assisting Ad Avis' Dark Master in collecting the Dark Rituals that will allow Avoozl the Dark One (an obvious Cthulhu pastiche, and most likely a reference to the Slavic deity Chernobog) to manifest in Mordavia's world. He encounters several old foes, including the not-quite-dead Ad Avis and the ogress Baba Yaga, and makes several bizarre new allies. The Hero helps the townspeople with their problems. Upon escaping from the closing cave mouth, he meets a mysterious young woman named Katrina who assists him again several times in his journey.

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Drawn without warning from victory in Fricana, the Hero arrives without equipment or explanation in the middle of the hazardous Dark One Caves in the distant land of Mordavia, a world full of undead that is 'a mix of Slavic folklore and Lovecraftian horror'. Shadow of Darkness follows directly on the events of Quest for Glory III: Wages of War.