Okay. So. I wanted to LOVE this quest. I was so ready to love it. But I ended up feeling meh about the experience.

First of all, this game has has so much time and effort put into it's presentation, and it shows. It definitely comes off as a super late 80s Zelda clone. But it also plays like a late 80s Zelda clone. What I mean by that is that this game feels like a game trying to emulate Zelda yet failing to make a lasting impression or well designed game. The difficulty in this game makes no sense, as there are so many difficulty dips and spikes early in the game that I've run into. There are so many shooters in the quest, which isn't helped by the fact that the damage output from them has doubled. This makes dungeon diving a chore to do. This game gives off major Golden Axe Warrior/Neutopia vibes, both of which run into the same issue as the thesis of this review: games failing at emulating a fun Zelda experience. It's also not that I don't love NES-Style quests - some of my favorite quests are Origin and Hero's Memory - it's that I don't like Zelda clones.

I hope this review makes some sort of sense. I think everyone should play this quest to see what they think about the game. I'm giving this quest a 3, it might have stellar presentation but it lacks in interesting, fun gameplay.

Should I be embressed after running around forever cause I didn't realize the torch on the wall?
Since it was obvious that this room holds the solution.
Since it happened in other quests before.
Since it happened again in the same quest a day later

Great quest, did struggle a bit to realize the place of the dark cave.
Also no idea, what a certain flame amulet is used for.
Also got a certain key too early.

I think it's time to review some of the quest I've played along these years... and I think this is the best quest to start doing so.

Golvellius is a fantastic quest. It really sums up what everyone can expect of ZC, and excels doing so. You can look at this game and wonder if you are still playing in ZC, because everything seems so polished, so professional, that you can easily take for granted that you're playing a professional game. To do a little nitpicking, I would say that the game is kind of easy if you are used to play ZC. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but as someone that enjoys being challenged, I found it a bit easy, and the worst part of it is the final boss, which is way to easy (actually, the enemies before him are worse than the final boss itself, or that is how I feel it at the moment).

This quest is epic, is memorable, is charming, and feels like magic. If you are new to pureZC and want to take one quest to begin with, there are VERY few quest that can rival with this one.

Love this quest. 5/5

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Edit: Staff contacted me an basically told me that I'd have to bump up my rating for all quests I have ever reviewed by one star. Note that this does not reflect my own opinion on the matter, or the quest, but just that it was something I was made required to do.
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Very good quest in most aspects. However, it's not perfect.

The biggest design failure lies in the rooms that have shooters, in fact, I'd say you solve the majority of all problems in this quest by halving the amount of shooters in the rooms that have them!
The text and dialogue in the quest could also use quite a bit of fine tuning. For example, the hint that is given for finding the mirror is accurate, it's just that it's not quite as understandable what is meant with it due to the awkward wording.
Oh and, the final boss fight is a joke in terms of design. (I suggest re-doing it.)

If those things had been fixed, etc, I'd rate this a 5, but as it stands I'll have to put it at a 4. Still, I do recommend this quest for people.

Best game ever

This is the only ZC quest worth playing.

Anyways, why is this quest genre "Other"? I'd clearly choose NES-Style for this, who is with me? ..

By the way this quest is already the top #3 rated quest!

Alright just got the game with the music!, looking forward to playing

Pretty awesome looking but it saddens me that there is no music at all with this quest.
I know it says to download it from http://wonderboy.bobi.free.fr/ but my connection speed kinda limits me.
there should have been a MIDI soundtrack with the game.


I need music with games I play so...everyone have fun with game without me.

Impressive