I'm excited too. It should be any day now. But I'm also excited about working on HOLV, Return to the Island of Buyan. Buyan is an island in Russian mythology/hero stories that appears and disappears. Three brothers – Northern, Western, and Eastern Winds – live there. A lot of strange things are said to happen on this island. My partner, Dr. Vlad, is Russian-American and our Hero of Lukomorye series is based on old Russian stories, for example, Kozney the Deathless (Koshkei the Deathless), Lukomorye, a mythical heroic place, Baba Yaga the witch, Princess Vasilisa the Wise, the old Bogar heroes. It's funny but before we got very far in the series, if I googled Koshkei or Kozney the Deathless, I got actual hits to the original story which is quite interesting. Now if I google, I get references to our Hero of Lukomorye series. Gaming has supplanted history. : )
That IS awesome!! How long is the development time in general? Oh yea, can you give us some screenies to keep us going? I need my crack fix bad! Btw, it could very easily be that history is taking over gaming too!
Well, I work very fast. I'd say 2-3 months or so, because you have to include Redshift's porting it to iphone and Apple's process. If you mean screenies from HOLI to HOLIV, you can get them from http://www.zaristagames.com. For new HOLV, no screenies yet as I haven't put the game in yet, am waiting for a map from Dr. Vlad. But it should be exciting. There will be a lot of new monsters, new spells, new challenges, and our trademark of having a guild of helpers from the Quest forums. I think you are a member. : )
Hey Cat, I tried searching this thread for any information on this but... Is there significant changes from HOLI PPC to iPhone? Like any new quests or creatures, items, etc? Thanks look forward to HOLV for sure!
I just finished the game, but I'm stuck on a couple quests that I want out of my quest log before I get the first expansion. Any hints? - Rob the wealthy family in Mithra I got the 'Go to the Thieves Guild' quest from the MM. When I got there, I chose the 'Because you'd lose the best thief - Me!' option and they game me the 'Rob the Wealthy Family' quest. I robbed the house and got the 3 shiny necklace items. I then went back to the Thieves Guild in Vastares in less than 24 hours, and talked to the leader. I accidentally clicked through the text box, but I believe it said something like 'RAWR YOU TOOK TOO LONG, IMMA KILL YOU NOW!', and all the thieves attacked me. I killed them all, but now I can't finish the quest? - Reeks' Letter and Map When I got to LS Village, I ended up selling the info and the map to the Goblin Leader for $600 before I got to whoever I was supposed to give the map to. (I have not triggered or found the 'Poison the Goblin Leader' quest, btw. I did finish 'Kill the Witch Queen'.) Anyway, now I can't find any relevant NPC's, and Reeks has disappeared from her house back near Vastares.
One change in HOLI---there are yellow spheres where you can restore your lost xp--there are more planned changes for HOLII and III just because I've been around longer now and am now a senior Cat.
The Quest is meant to have replay value and I don't think it's possible for anyone to play through perfectly without having a reason to replay again for whatever reason--failed quests, unfound quests, whatever. There are also a few timed quests that if you don't finish them in time you would have to replay. So I can't really answer your question quickly but will think about it and look into it but I have a feeling my answer may not change. As in real life, you make choices and they affect future happenings. : ) Reeyk should be in her home in Marsh of Reeyk. She gives you the quest to kill the goblin king. But if you sold her map to that cannibal you can't go back to her. She's gone. That was a choice you made. That's why there's a good and evil end. : )
Sorry, I should have been more clear. I love having the risk of failing quests and I never meant to imply that you should change anything, it's just that in these 2 cases the quests appear to have been failed but they are still sitting in my 'Active' quest log.
That should have been coded to fail the quest--I agree--but maybe they are left there to remind you of the things you could do differently in a different game? The Quest is a huge game and not all quests that are failed were coded failed. Perhaps in a future update those could be changed. Your point is a good one.
Thanks, do look forward to more Quest goodness. Really glad you all are supporting this game so much. I do recall that Redshift ages ago mentioned that they were working on something new so hopefully we'll hear more about that soon
If you play HOLI and find that you'd like to see something that you really want in HOLII, III, IV etc., let me know here and I'll see what I can do. Not all things are possible but some things are. And if it doesn't interfere with the existing story and if it's doable I would be willing to try. : ) I just saw an amazing movie today, Ponyo---it takes the old story of the Little Mermaid and pushes it to fantastic twists and turns that makes it so fresh and touching and wonderful and scary! I can never think now of the Little Mermaid story without replacing it with Ponyo. http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1877738009/ The tagline is true of all games: "Welcome To A World Where Anything Is Possible." Incidentally, it's in 2d, not 3d, but the graphics are fantastic! So if you think you'd like a twist or turn and it can be done--please let me know.
Ehh, completely stuck on Undead City ... I had a few pieces of rotten food on me, but who do i give them to ? Do i leave them, sell them ? And im not exactly sure wut kind of weapon im looking for. If it was some sort of cudgel then i probly sold it thinking it was useless .... The other quest about trying to find the blue girl's sister had gotten me too. Not sure even wer to look for clues or hints information abotu wer the sister mita went. Any help ?
Give them to the Innkeeper. The blue girls sister is across a bridge in the undead city, you have to break the rocks on it with your weapon, however.
Hol1 Does anyone have an exact date for HOL1 cos if you do it would be great. Sitting, checking, sitting, checking around the clock so can someone please give the the release date.
