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[[File:200px-Quest_for_Glory_2_Box_Cover_4437.jpg|frame|Oh, which way to Shapeir? [[Sarcasm Mode|Thanks, Hero]].]]
'''''Quest
However, a year before the Hero's arrival Shapeir's sister-city Raseir was taken over, and a cruel new regime imposed, supposedly led by Ali al-Din, the brother of the former Emir. Rumors of a [[Man Behind the Man]] circulate, yet a magical force serves to keep even the powerful enchantress Aziza from seeing what is really going on in the city, and also repels forces sent by Shapeir to reclaim it. And even though the old Emir is supposed to be dead, [[Never Found the Body|no one has ever seen his body]]...
Between the fate of Raseir, the dark omens that warn about something terrible coming, and the strange magical beings that start attacking the city, it soon becomes clear that Shapeir needs a hero just as much as Spielburg did. The
The game is set in a land inspired by the [[Arabian Nights]] and similar myths, and later received a [[Fan Remake]] with [http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/qfg2/ VGA graphics
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* [[0% Approval Rating]]
* [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts]]
* [[Animorphism]]
* [[Atop a Mountain of Corpses]]
* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]
* [[Back Stab]]
* [[The Blacksmith]]
* [[Bonus Boss]]: The fanmade VGA remake has the Pizza Elemental. Between his huge defences, his ability to heal, his huge damage output, his continuously ranged pizza drop attack, and his autokill attack, he is easily the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|cheesiest]] boss in the game.
* [[Character Witness]]: Done quite movingly at the ending, where everyone praises the good deeds that you performed. {{spoiler|If you've done the right things in the game, this culminates in you being granted the title of
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: The Fighter's final challenge at the end of the game is a duel with [[The Dragon|Khaveen]], and the guy is no slouch when it comes to swordplay. It is possible to disarm him by parrying, and if you use the slash attack immediately afterwards, you can slit his throat, and he goes down instantly. If you're feeling charitable, you can let him pick up his sword, and the fight continues. Keep in mind that he ''won't'' do this for you if you refuse to yield if he disarms you (though you can grab your sword as he makes his swing), but killing him when he's unarmed will disqualify you from becoming a Paladin.
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: Either averted or taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the fire chamber of Iblis' tomb. On one hand, just being in the room saps your health unless you douse yourself with water, and stepping in the lava doesn't do much more than make you hop in place for a few seconds (on top of the damage you take from being in the room). On the other hand, you can protect yourself from the heat just by pouring scalding water on yourself.
* [[Copy Protection]]: In a weird sense, the location of the Money Changer was a form of this. She was purposely made difficult to find so that players would use the in box map to track her down. Whether it was truly effective is a different story, as many characters, when asked, will give you her location, but you'll still have to remember those directions.
* [[Cutscene Power to the Max]]: Your character single-handedly defeats a whole army of brigands with not a single scratch. It happens off screen and you only see the results.
* [[Dem Bones]]: The ghouls.
* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|The Dev Team Loves]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Horrible Puns]]: Typing "put down lamp" nets the same result as "use lamp
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: {{spoiler|Ad Avis
* [[Eat Me]]
* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Literally:
* [[Eternal Sexual Freedom]]: For a medieval Arabian city, it seems odd that nobody in Shapeir would make a big deal out of whether or not Uhura was married to Simba's father.
* [[Eunuchs Are Evil]]: Near the ending of ''Quest
* [[Evil Chancellor]]: Ad Avis, to the emir Ali al-Din Hasan.
* [[The Good Chancellor]]: [[Grand Vizier Jafar|Grand Vizier Ja'Afar]], to the sultan Harun al-Rashid.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: The jackalmen.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]:
* [[I Am Not Left-Handed]]: In the remake, you can find a villainous example in Khaveen if you're a Fighter. In the beginning, you exchange blows, and he seems rather simplistic in his combat style. Then
* [[Jerk Jock]]: Issur the blacksmith acts like this. He'll always call you a wimp, even though you may have slain dozens of monsters and brigands single-handedly. Due in part to the limitations of the day, in the original, he would continue being a jerk to you even after you became a member of EOF. In the fan remake, he'll be nicer after you become part of EOF, or he will be slightly more reasonable if you cast a Calm spell before talking to him.
* [[Joe Sent Me]]: To meet Aziza, she will ask you who sent you to her. There are various good answers (Keapon Laffin, Rakeesh,
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: The way to beat the Earth Elemental.
* [[Kill It with Water]]: The way to beat the Fire Elemental, although first you have to actually corner it.
* [[King Incognito]]: {{spoiler|The Sultan Harun al-Rashid walks among the people of Shapeir as the poet Omar
* [[La Résistance]]: In Raseir, {{spoiler|led by Shema's cousin, Sharaf, the last remaining katta in the city
* [[Light and Mirrors Puzzle]]: Keapon Laffin's "Force Bolt Flurry" game (only in the remake) is essentially this, though with you casting Force Bolts instead of a light source, and with the added challenge of preventing Keapon from reflecting his force bolts into ''your'' territory.
* [[The Maze]]: Shapeir is a sprawling city, with numerous side-streets, dead-ends, and important locations hidden within. The game provides you with a [[Feelies|map]] that shows the streets themselves, but doesn't show the important locations. If you ask for directions, you'll be told the names of the streets you need to follow to get where you're going. You can also buy a (non-magical) map that shows all the locations you've been to, and allows fast travel to any of them within the city.
** Raseir, being a mirror of Shapeir, has exactly the same layout,
** The Shapeirian Desert averts this, however, as it has only four important locations throughout the course of the story, and the directions to find them are straightforward.
* [[Mercy Rewarded]]: When being initiated into the Eternal Order of Fighters, refusing to kill your opponent results in you attaining only the rank of Brother Saurus, though it allows you to become a Paladin at the end of the game (where killing your opponent would prevent it, but the EOF would award you with the rank of Brother Scorpion
** It should be noted that there is no real in-game advantage to having a higher rank in the EOF, and the later games don't do anything with it at all. {{spoiler|Also, whichever option you choose, your opponent doesn't die anyway: your sword is a fake for that battle
* [[Mook Chivalry]]: Played straight in the original, where groups of jackalmen and palace guards attacked you one at a time. Subverted in the remake where you have to kick additional mooks away in order to prevent them from flanking you while you're dealing with the main attacker.
* [[No Fair Cheating]]: In the original, typing "Suck Blue Frog" into the parser unlocked a cheat mode that allowed you to edit your stats at will, add money/items, and jump to specific days/locations at will. Typing the code into the parser in the VGA remake will first give you a warning, and sets all your stats to 5 if you try it a second time while also disqualifying you from paladinhood.
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** In the remake, your character does one whenever he wins a battle. The exact animation depends on your class. Rakeesh and Uhura have one too if they beat you in training.
** The fighter has a unique one when winning the EOF battle with the two-handed sword. The sword twirl and pose afterwards were a rough imitation of [[Final Fantasy VII|Cloud's]] victory pose.
* [[Wizarding School]]: The Wizard's Institute of Technocery. Characters capable of using magic can go there, pass their tests, and gain acceptance into the school. However, actually choosing to attend the school is a [[Nonstandard Game Over]], since the four masters that administer the tests all insist that you remain at W.I.T. and study for about 20 years before rejoining the rest of the world, and they want you to start immediately (and of course, if you choose to stay, Shapeir is destroyed because [[Holding Out for a Hero|you weren't there to save it]]). Refuse, and the masters get miffed, but [[Eccentric Mentor|Erasmus]] congratulates you on making the better choice
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