PC Longplay [107] Lands of Lore

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

So much comfort playing this in the background while i work

[@derekfoong659]

I did the same as u

[@bm_videa]

Smooth nostalgia :) This was my introduction to RPG games, together with Ishar 2 and Might and Magic 5. We played this game back in high school, in the mid 1990s. We had no sources of information here in Eastern Europe, so it was trial and error. We spent weeks trying to finish the game, each on our own, and we shared any tips on progress. We did not discover you can use those emerald blades to fight ghosts in the White Tower, so we just grinded it out and ran thru as fast as possible, trying to minimize the brutal onslaughts (that music is forever linked to this experience)... Or to get lost in the Urbish mines, trying to figure our what is next... Discovering you can freeze the swamp and reach new areas... Fighting unending wasp swarms... Getting the random rare drops such as the crown on the first floor of the tower, or the extra kite shield...Or the way I somehow created (and was able to re-create, so maybe it was not a bug but an eastern egg) an "illegal item" by placing a specific halberd to Baccata's hand in the swamp, basically enabling him to carry three weapons till the end of the game (one "baked in" and invisible, increasing his base attack) and increasing his attack even further, bringing him to lev 9 or 10 on fighter... I remembered all of it :) And to see the game can be finished - with knowledge of the story, mechanics and events - in an afternoon, is entertaining... Good memories, the game is a masterpiece - consistent visual style, story, music, gameplay... The middle part, where you had access to many areas - forests, mines, the Tower... and you had to figure out what to do, is really close to today's open world games. But it was tied together with narrative and atmosphere. And I got to experience it during the formative high school years, where you really could dive deep into these games and everything was somehow better :) Oh well, nice trip down the memory lane, after 27 or so years here in 2022.

[@mashattack551]

Nice write up :) Thanks for sharing

[@mxpwr4003]

Yes it's exactly that. you HAD to figure out things .. and try and miss etc. Now .. kids they just youtube the answer lol

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

Love the memories and that Easter egg hack is awesome!

[@johnrambo_1980]

You made me travel back in time, my friend...

[@Lexyvil]

My grandparents bought this game some 15-20 years ago, knowing they had a PC and knew I was a PC gamer. Whenever I visited them when they still had their PC as a kid, I would always be excited to play it.

[@xl000]

my parents bought my nephew a PS4 but the PS4 has to stay at their home....

[@haxpor]

24 years since this game released, I just found its beauty today as the time of writing this comment! Just wow!

[@OdinRuZero]

This game is 30 years old now. Basically it's a relic from Golden Age.

[@m0-m0597]

good art is timeless! it's made for you

[@brianfewer919]

THIS IS IT! This is the game I remember playing when I was like 5 years old! All I could remember is the scene where Timothy was found with arrows stuck in him. Was driving me crazy, thanks. It looks a little different than I remember, nostalgia goggles and all, but I'm pretty sure.

[@Zagrebista]

"Many a soul met his fate from unwise drinking" - Sir Patrick giving us some old actor's wisdom, there.

[@sasorikishidestiny7574]

My nostalgiaboner almost pains me. I remember playing this as a child with my father. Crazy fun.

[@evilubuntu9001]

When I was born, my dad threw me across the room and named me Miserable Scumfuck.

[@SangreSombra]

same here :-)

[@ranislavir]

Same here heh

[@Leto85]

@@evilubuntu9001 That means no nostalgiaboner for you, or did I misread?

[@forcemarine]

I used to play this with my uncle who is no longer with us, and I was wracking my brain for months trying to remember the name. This brings back so many good memories. I totally forgot Patrick Stewart was involved with this game.

[@Fallout2Forever]

It's been over 10 years, I don't know you're gonna see this or not Eino, but thank you so much for making this! I really really appreciate it! It was so much fun to watch!

[@Erikcleric]

I HIGHLY recommend playing the game and not watching it. I finished the whole series and they're all great games, watching it spoils the plot for you.

[@Fallout2Forever]

@@Erikcleric Tried playing this countless times, and I kept getting frustrated. Watched this, and had one of the most fun gaming experiences of my life! God I love watching people play something that they clearly love and understand really well when they just keep it moving!

[@rendervisionfinland5748]

This and Betrayal at Krondor are one of the finest games all time. Looking at the current technology at the time and how well polished the games were, in terms of detail, story, speech, music and gameplay. True gems that I always get goose bumbs from. Also, just seeing this video on youtube got me saying "rings look tarnished and neglected" - one of the phrases that just stick into my mind of this.

[@CallOfSaregnar]

This! Both LoL and BaK were indeed the gems of this era. So polished and oozing atmosphere.

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

Never played Kondor ... Will have to check this out! Thanks

[@Teabone3]

Working on a first person grid based dungeon crawler with 4 party member system right now and honestly Lands of Lore is one of the greatest sources to reference from. It doesnt just randomly place enemies and etc... it has a very story focused series of events. I like it a lot and its quite open

[@phantaphil]

Thanks so much for uploading! I can't believe how much i still remember :) Lots of memories long lost are coming back ...

[@RainStaff]

Such a great game ! I just love the music too, Frank Klepacki is such a talented composer !

[@jasonmendoza2044]

Totally reminds me of the Shinning Force music 🤙🏽

[@allolebarilliertaxi4304]

Ho FU*K ! Klepacki signed the OST on Lands of Lore ?! Thx for this invaluable info Pal ❤

[@VseDoFeNi]

My first geme on PC 386DX40. Beautiful game.

[@lelxrv]

Pixel art is absolutely lovely. And voice acting is excellent.

[@Evghenios79]

Eino:the speed by which you were playing it, leads me to believe you played this game a thousand times :D You knew every secret without blinking. Was very enjoyable to watch and thanks for also showing us the... alternative ending :D Was one of my first PC games back in 1994. But it took me days and days to go through it all. My first real frustration what the first time I ran into the ghosts. I still remember the game today and watching this playthrough brought back fond memories :)

[@AnssiVIH]

Patrick Stewart is the best narrator there is.

[@yosaya]

@Mona Vanderwaal HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@charlesballiet7074]

talking about racial wars and escalating conflicts lol

[@secromante7585]

but the real question is: is that a pseudobushia hugiflora?

[@Mavidyatunes]

Lol That Cheers Reference, I never caught on to this as a kid.

[@FabioBittar]

This game is so gorgeous. It's amazing how good it looks.

[@NovemberCountry]

Best game ever. Period. Couple of comments : - why isn't anyone using the cube on the ghosts? The cube kills ghosts and fills mana at the same time! - hand of fate spell is an Easter egg...of course! - in Hand of fate, you can open the letters with steam at the beginning. They are from Scotia to Richard! - I remember that using both sandals of silence and cloak of concealment may have an effect. I never figured what exactly. Thank you for this let's play! Good stuff!

[@josephlucas2552]

Wish I could find a copy of this again was a great game

[@andreaso8886]

Graphics still hold up to date, at least for me. Love the artstyle. And I'm still playing this. As Kieran. As always

[@DontStopCornPop]

Kieran gets super overpowered and way surpasses all the other characters by the end of the game.

[@Arbaal]

Nice to hear Patrick Stuart in Lands of Lore. Great composing by Frank Klepacki as well.

[@Teabone3]

I remember this game. My dad would play it.

[@hillaport4607]

Mine too. I have vague memories of hunting bats in a cave with darts and selling the loot drops. I must have been just a kid & all I wanted to do was corner the cave bat market. I wonder if that was this game or another. And to think, now I'm introducing my dad to games like Red Dead nearly 25 years later...

[@TemperanceXIV]

My mom played it with my sister and me when I was 5 ^^

[@scottodrowsky9835]

I remember playing this! Never got through it sadly. Thanks for this.

[@R0rim]

Something about the music and intro's of westwood games.. that are like magic! Love them! :)

[@jamesoffutt2801]

You're going to kill me for saying this, I like to say that this game takes place before the legend of kyrandia

[@frogmancometh1430]

THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER

[@viscountalpha]

This game is still really good after all these years.

[@E180TEKNO]

@@viscountalpha yes exactly it's true

[@charlesballiet7074]

game is super based

[@Dornpunzel]

Im getting STRONG Dune2 Vibes when listening to that ingame music. :D

[@allolebarilliertaxi4304]

Yeah, that thick vibrating sound low to high ! "Dune... Land of sand, and home of the Spice"

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

Thanks so much for the upload. So many childhood memories. I never could get past the white tower, those spectres were too strong. I see now the knack of defeating them lies in walking backwards while slashing. I also never made full use of magic. Gutted.

[@dynamitedortmund1264]

Good work guys !!!!! One of the best RPG from the 90's!!!!!

[@Zentinalphayze]

I used to love the LoL games! I would gladly back a kickstarter revival

[@oopus4]

+Jeremy Williams So... you dont like it now?

[@fhistleb]

He still does, but he used to as well.

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

OMG if they did a remaster I would cake myself

[@FlorisDVijfde]

Two Trek connections: a Cardassian hero and captain Picard voices the king. Loved this game and proudly finished it.

[@UdoKrawallo]

I remember playing this and eventually finding a second green skull in a tree-hole which was a quite powerful weapon. Normally only one can be found that is meant to kill the Larkhon. I also read that it was planned that Dawn joins the party when freed but this was dropped in the final game. Someone wrote he was able to hex-edit the game so that Dawn is member of the party. I guess this was cut as the final battle would be too easy then as all members should be very powerful in Castle Cimmeria. Overall I miss the mystic, dark and raw atmosphere from RPG from these times in games today. Too much overloaded magic effects and all this stuff. In my opinion Throne of Chaos is the best game of the series therefore. Guardians of Destiny was ok but overall felt more like an action adventure, also some features like putting real actors in the game looked very silly, especially the Hulines. Part III was a joke, didn´t feel like a serious game. It was also not very successful so it is presumable that there won´t be another installment of the series as EA holds the rights...

[@OdinRuZero]

Honestly i liked idea of 3 as a game that introduced us to Westwood-verse, the only things that saddens me is just what a bitch was EA to Westwood studios, and what could've happened in better conditions. Maybe we could've even seen a game that is basically Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, but with Westwood Studios games. Like seriously imagine King Malcolm of Kyrandia + Luthor + Kane fight against scrin demigod-overlord, who is also reincarnated Belial!

[@g.s.651]

I clicked this let’s play by accident and when I heard Patrick Stewart’s voice, I couldn’t click away...

[@Wolfsheim23]

This game was better than Dungeon Master and Legend of Grimrock. It had a better story that really pulled you in and it wasn't so repetitive. Also the Eye of the Beholder series was really great too!

[@Wolfsheim23]

This would really be a great one to port to IOS!

[@david55200]

i prefer the game of dungeon master and system of combat. I prefer eye of beholder serie for the univers... but land of lord got a good story...

[@shortsdeliveries]

your comment was noted, i never played this, but now i am curious

[@hexkwondo]

Joel C i agree!

[@charalamposiwakeimidis4721]

Also try Anvil of Dawn

[@downtobaker2676]

Fantastic! Such a shame that Westwood Studios didn't work at the third episode of Eye of the Beholder.

[@doctorweile]

Very impressive play-through

[@julien5053]

no, not really. There are ways to make it more efficient. Especially, you have to fight more than that. The more you fight, the more you gain experience. Bruteforcing the first level is the way to go. With Ak'shel you sleep more often, but you get stronger faster.

[@julien5053]

and the sooner you get the lightning wand with Ak'shel the better. And when you have it, Ak'shel should almost never equip another weapon.

[@xl000]

How do they keep mechanisms in good working condition like in the dungeon at 13:30 You can clearly see moss growing on the walls, someone must be cleaning all the mechanisms weekly or something or else nothing works

[@unfire]

I remember freaking out in the Draracle caves with the flying spiders. The white tower was a breeze when I found out you could use the Vaelen's cube on the wraiths and the apparitions. And on my second playthrough I finally found the Minotaur in the White Tower. He hits hard!

[@djjoel1]

I love this game. I got stuck at dawns gate as a kid. I then found out I needed dawns key, but couldn't find it on my second playthrough and gave up. Hope I get to see past the gate in this video! :D

[@thejosephchrist]

At 2:03:55 is that Cliff from Cheers doing the VO?

[@StiffAftermath]

The close up art is awesome!

[@lindseyfletcher7894]

The only game I have ever finished as I'm not a gamer and I loved it!!

[@Hektols]

So many memories, when I was in the White Tower my saved game was lost and I put the replay on hold.

[@Fricasso79]

I used to play these dungeon crawlers back in the 90s. Even so, I have no idea how people didn't just get completely lost. I can't even remember how I avoided it.

[@Hektols]

It had a map feature, the video barely showed it.

[@freedolphin3077]

This reminds me so much of Legend of Grimrock,which is one of my favorite games ever. Guess it was inspired by this earlier game.

[@shadowsayer1516]

Legend of Grimrock was inspired by MANY game in this genre, This series (Lands of Lore), the Eye of the Beholder series, but more importantly earlier ones like the Wizardry and Dungeon Master series.

[@x2029]

What a great game! Too bad I have missed it in my childhood while playing Beholders, Black Crypt, Ultima Underworld, Chaos Strikes Back, Dungon Master, etc... but it was very cool to see it now! Many thanks for the upload!

[@jellybryce7742]

Shame Patrick Stewart wasn't this enthusiastic in TES: Oblivion.

[@yosaya]

20 YEARS OLDER IM AFRAID

[@Inquisitor_Cadian]

Also they killed his character in the beginning of the game

[@bpunching]

1:28:08 - I couldn't figure out that I should use the green skull to beat the dragon, so after many attempts I managed to kill it by repeatedly throwing the sword. It took a lot of time and effort. But then I stuck on the next level because I couldn't find the way out and eventually quit after spending many hours there.

[@pixelmentia]

Loved this game as a kid. Never got to hear the voice acting though, since I only had the 3.5" disk version and didn't have a sound card anyway. Clearly, I missed out.

[@Driver_88]

OK so the Gate opening and closing sounds So much like the Song 'Bleed' by Meshuggah ha

[@spectreman2532]

This game is so good it hurts to not play it over and over.

[@HeinerEder]

I was to young when i tumbled over the game, also had it in english and it was too complicated. I think if I had been older it would have fascinated me immensely. When I look at it like that, it has a great sense of humor and is extremely extensive and varied for the time..

[@osrictemper4225]

The fact that voice over is complete (as far as i am in that video) is amazing :)

[@Meercatsl0l]

This retro game is probably the most awsome strategy thinking, mind boggling and adventurous game there is

[@JohnSegway-RainingLamppost]

I remember playing this, Lands of Lore III and Lost Eden on my nan's computer when I was over there around 1996-98 or something, the White Tower place is oddly familiar seeing again but I doubt I got that far... I deffo remember the camp-after-every-battle tactic, the spears/arrows coming at the screen, and of course Baccata being the coolest guy; gotta love that voice and manner. Unsure if I played Ak'Shel much back then, he's cool though, he's like a polite, lizardy(?) magical Freddy Krueger Also looks like it was all worth it to see that weird grin/grimace the King pulled at the end, amazing

[@orituhkguyjmnrmnht]

I loved to play Dungeon master and Eye of the Beholder II & III. Never got my hands on the first one :) In that time it was also possible to never hear about Lands of lore which is what happened to me. Amazing how information is a given these days.

[@Insanogoloso123xd]

Now, this is the real LOL

[@Lillalolmc]

Amazing colors and animation!

[@glebn326]

The mystic Dawn must be sister of the mystic Zanthia.

[@1xeshm]

There is a letter from Scotia you can find in second Kyrandia game which implies two games share the world

[@glebn326]

@@1xeshm all these years later and now I know lol

[@1xeshm]

@@glebn326 In the second Lands of Lore game a brief reference is made to the Kyragem. Also the sound of shapeshifting is the same in both series))

[@gamesharkgary7830]

this is high-key legend of grimrock

[@ShadeMeadows]

WOW. HOW DID I NEVER HEARD OF THIS GAME BEFORE?? This was an Amazin' adventure! i'm Amazed!~✨

[@rustyzipper3213]

i remember that yellow guy with 4 arms being an amazing fighter. like, overpowered.

[@tinotrivino]

@thepacman2 yes it is patrick stewart, he usually worked in a lot of games

[@omicroneridani7456]

Patrick Stewart's heightened RP is so delightful to the ear, today as much as back then. Lands of Lore was a tad obsolete even in its day, since Ultima Underworld had already wiped away the square block based cRPG; nonetheless, it remains a valid game, after all these years.

[@Trashbull]

This game should be called “Land of Lore: The Quest to find Cure for King Richard” or something like that.

[@jorgeroblesreyes9254]

Does Any one know HOW in GAME you know the larkhon is weak to acid or the skull.

[@geoffreyhughes1]

I had this game. finally I get to see further than when my CD died and it stopped working.

[@JoJoLux2013]

This game, with DungeonsMaster and Chaos Strike back are in my list to play them again in my retirement time ^^

[@7thRoseHalo]

This game looks hella dope! I wanna play it now

[@Erikcleric]

It's on Gog, been there a long time by now. Well worth the buy!

[@tbone9474]

A classic from my childhood

[@mattischastan7967]

Thanks a lot for the upload! Though I don't get some of the moves, like leaving an axe before meeting the Draracle, or stripping armors and shields at some points (not talking about stripping down characters about to leave the group. That I undestood), to put them back on a few minues after. A lot of mysterious arcanes in this longplay ^^

[@geoffreywilson7008]

The slugs they were about to fight decayed armor, so the characters were stripped down to preserve it. The random forgotten axe... No idea, must have been out of space and decided to live without it?

[@itzmikeomg6786]

Richard the Lionheart narrated this game, so cool.

[@R33Racer]

Who was the voice at the start? Kind of sounds like Patrick Stuart.

[@ThommyofThenn]

You misspelled but correct.

[@richy5697]

Those damned snakes in the tower.. Doesn't valens cube work for most of those ghosts though? I seem to recall using that when I was younger

[@corbin_4738]

You chose a Cardassian to play as and Captain Picard was the King? You should've served the enemy. Seriously though, I do remember this game. I loved it.

[@FAF635]

WOW, I've never heard of this game...and I was a big Eye of the Beholder fan

[@Phenylalanin1979]

Loved this game back in the day. Have both floppy and CD versions with boxes, manuals etc. Fantastic game, great music and very very good artwork. Westwood Studios were a great developer. As for main character, go with Ak'shel just as in this playthrough :).

[@plamenbalev5080]

One of my favourite games, just my 2 cents: Crossbow "Valkyrie" is one of the two weapons that always hit. And it's ranged Thus it must be applied always. There is a Wand of Lightning in one of the roots in the Yvel woods. You need a certain high rogue skill to find it though, not sure if it's cumulative 13 or one of the party members has to have 6. There is a swamp mouth that will gulp your useless items and provide 60 silver for each. Even for a rock. Certain quest items it won't gulp.

[@seraphuziel]

Bard's tale!! i want this also :)

[@bassamassad]

All the lovely fantasy cliches! ITS BEYOND AWESOME!!

[@plaintextures]

This game was so good.

[@geneshifter]

Been playing this on my MiSTer using a mt32-pi. I really love it :)

[@peacemaker54]

2:37:15 i almost cried. Why'd you drop em blade ?

[@Meercatsl0l]

Brings back good memories

[@hydragon6537]

God damn that delay in the witches laugh at the beginning lol

[@IwantShawn]

this is one the more interesting looking dungeon crawls ive seen

[@ffh1234ffh]

Gorgeous graphics

[@barrygoldwater360]

Captain Picard was bustin ass way back in Lands of Lore!

[@alwaysbeenmad8895]

Anyone else put this on to go to sleep to

[@Realmasterorder]

One of the best clasic RPG's of all time at the time

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

Never got to play this but after C&C having their "Coming Soon" trailers for Lands of Lore II I was GOB SMACKED! I tried to reserve a copy 6 months in advance from HMV store before release. Back then I had no land line or mobile phone so god knows how much money I spent on the Phone booth calling them begging for reservations lol. Eventually 2 months before release a really cool store manager answered the phone and helped me out saying "okokok dont panic haha I can see ur passion for this and will make an exception". Went into the store the same day and put a deposit down. Those next 2 months until release were bloody murder lol but my GOD was it worth it.

[@grumpyoldwizard]

the Lands of Lore are a great game series.

[@stephenmcconkey2036]

Hero: I saw Scotia! She turn into bird! Advisor: I have no time for nonesense! Go get the ruby! 32:14 Advisor: This has to be the work of Scotis! But how did she manage it? Hero: *gives him the “are you fucking serious?” Look* 😑

[@eppiox]

@LordNifty Depends if you like to glitch them out and levitate though them :)

[@pasha21363]

(SPOILER) there are 2 statues in gorkha swamp 1 statue give you 50 silver coins the other heals your entire party fully but 1 statue has swamp if you go there you die instantly place an item from inventory to statue and done that's my tip if you need free space

[@juicedup14]

This game is art.

[@JFTC709]

Was Conrad voiced by Guy Cihi, the guy who voiced James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2? I can't find any confirmation of this on IMDB or MobyGames but it sounds just like him.

[@jfunf]

Yup. And all other also made a great job considering the level of the computer graphics that time.