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Introduction & Review Well many would wonder why any body would want to play this game or write a FAQ on it. Well I actually liked and found it to be a fun game. I answer all the questions that plague mankind for centuries. How do I kill the damn midgets, Dragons? Well all these questions and more will be answered. Well, I actually enjoyed Heroes of the Lance. Yes, I know this may sound impossible to many people out there. I kind of like the graphics that played during the opening scenes, the game graphics were nice too. The music that played was catchy even though it did tend to get annoying after a while. The controls I have to admit are a bit clunky and sluggish, but when you got use to them they weren't too bad. My first impression was why do people think this is bad? I liked the opening theme, and how the characters looked, even though I didn't know what to do at first. I learned after a while and got my bearings and went on my way. When you start playing this game, you and actually figure out where to go, how to kill Dwarves, and slay dragons it isn't half-bad. I feel many people out there, who hate this game, didn't give it a chance or even tried it pass the first few screens. Well many people including me do not know the story of this game, you are supposed to find some disks and that's one of the keys in this game. Visual 6.0/10 The graphics were pretty reasonable they wouldn't win any awards for greatness but I have seen worst. Each Hero was a different size from the next. They all wore different clothes, which helped you distinguish them from one another since you really couldn't see their faces at all. The backgrounds in the dungeons could have been better, they usually were flat and gray bricked every where. Some times items were on the walls and they were hard to see because everything kind of blended in, with the background. The opening scene where they showed each of the Heroes looked great and it showed a lot of detail. During the waterfall scene it looked good too, and it had some detail in it as well the water looked like it was flowing down the mountain, or valley. The weapons usually looked the same except for Raistlin and the small guy who carried a stick. Almost everyone carried a sword or a Lance. The weapon really didn't look like much either, it was only about a inch or so long, but you could tell when you hit your opponents though. When you think about it the graphics could have been better but they weren't that bad. Audio 7.0/10 The music that played in the beginning of the game when it started up was quite catchy and good to listen to. There was about 2 or 3 songs that played throughout the game, and I liked all of them. They all had a good value to them, and were the type of Rpg music that was good for the ears. They never got openly annoying, and reminded me quite a bit of Zelda. The sound effects reminded me of Crystalis, because they both had similar sounds when you killed an enemy. The enemies and your Hero let out a distinctively different cry when you get attacked you will notice this after playing a while. Other than those sounds they was not much else in the sound department, accept for usual sounds of spells being cast. This still left much to be desired but it was ultimately drowned out by the music. The music played well with the atmosphere of the game. Game Play 8.0/10 This game is for one player only. You start off with Goldmoon, but you can change your hero, I advise you to because she has the best Clerical Magic Power. You have a status screen filled with useful option, which many didn't know about, or how to use. You can take things, give things, drop things, and much more. You have really two people who are good with magic and the other 6 heroes isn't that good, although a couple of the other ones can use magic too. Raistlin is more of your Black Mage type, and Goldmoon is your White Mage. There are many spells these two characters can use and they are all useful if you plan to se the end of the game. You have a compass at the bottom of the screen to tell you which way you are going because this is a side scrolling RPG/Action game and not an overhead view one. You also have a battle, which are real time battles and not turn based ones. When you battle you will have to know your opponent, meaning you should be able to judge which is the best attack to use on them, for some you have to take a different approach. You have weapons literally scattered on every screen, some times you can't see them like potions or things on the shelves, but I advise to pick up everything you will never know when something is useful. Your main objective is to try and get through the dungeon wit hone Hero intact, if you do consider you self lucky, its not an easy task. The difficulty is hard, and there is a save feature. Overall 7.0/10 Well I gave it a 7 I liked it. Many people did not give it a chance or read the 10 other reader reviews and decided that this thing isn't worth it. Despite all that it is worth it in my opinion. I have some faults with this game; the game main problem is that it is too slow. The controls are stiff, and sometimes you press the button to attack and nothing happens at all. This is a can really mess things up when you're fighting a particularly tough enemy like a dragon. The graphics could have been clearer that some times you couldn't see an enemy coming, like the skeletons. I think the menu was too slow and it took a while to figure out, it wasn't user friendly enough in my opinion. The replay value depends on the person, some people may not like this but that's a very few. The fun factor is on the low side, too, after a while you will stop playing this game. I think this game relies on the person maybe, I'm just different, look at this yourself and see what you think. That's a Dy$e Guarantee. 3. Basic Game Controls Left: makes you walk left Right makes you walk right Up: N/A Down: N/A Up + A Makes you jump in place Down + A Makes you duck Holding R/L Run Holding R/L while U/A Long Jump COMBAT: B Slash with weapon B + Down And way you are facing Lower Slash B + Up And way you are facing Upper Slash Under Combat you will notice a compass which should look like this : N W E S Although some times it is reversed. I will use this in the Walk through a lot like for ex. Go through the South Door means do down or North means up. To go through a door hold up, or down. 4. Status Screen The Status screen looks like this --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Hero Select Give | | | Magic User Spell Drop | | | Clerical Staff Spells Take | | | Use Save | | | Score Load | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hero Select- You can pick any living Hero of the Lance 2. Magic User Spells these spells are best used with Raistlin in your main 4 3. Clerical Staff Spells 4. Use to use a item 5. Score-To see how many points you earned 6. Give- give an item to another Hero of the Lance 7. Drop- discard an unwanted item 8. Take- to take an item 9. Save- Save your game for later play 10. Load- To play a game that has been previously saved 5A. Magic User Spells For the best spells use Raistlin Charm confuses Enemy Sleep- Causes Enemy to Sleep Magic Missile- Weak Projectile Atack Web- Puts a Web around enemy similar to sleep but last longer Detect Magic- Detects a magic near by Detect Invisible- Detects something invisible nearby Final Strike- An attack only Raistlin can use which kills him and everything else on the screen Burning Hands- Stronger magic Attack 5B. Clerical Staff User Spells Cure Light Wound- Recovers some HP Protect From Evil- Limited Protection from attacks Finds Traps- Finds Hidden traps Hold Person- Freezes Enemy Spiritual Hammer- Magic Projectile Prayer-???????? Cure Critical Wound- Recovers lots of HP Deflect Dragon's Breath- Dragon's Breath Won't Hurt you. 6. Walkthrough =================== ENTER Zak Tsaeroth =================== Suggested Set up: Front Four: Caramon River Wind Goldmoon Raistlin Skid Row: Sturm Flint Tanis Tasslehoff ============================ To First Distant Alarm Bells ============================ Go NORTH through the door, head right and EAST through the next door. Take the pouch and give it to Tasslehoff, he's the only one who can use it. Destroy the Bozak and go SOUTH through the door. Go left and whip the Bozak or just push him back far enough to get to do the opening go WEST through it. A midget should be waiting for you, Kill him (refer to the FAQ if you don't know how) Take the gem afterwards and go right. You should see a Bozak and a midget, concentrate your attacks on the midget, and the Bozak should help you destroy him by shooting fireballs downwards. Destroy the Bozak for all of his hard work. Go to the far right door. Hit a right and go through the next door. ============================== To Second Distant Alarm Bells ============================== Once the drop an Aghar1 should be waiting for you. Web his big ass and hack away, at him. Go SOUTH through the door head left ignore the first door, and the curative waterfall will be there to sooth your injuries. Go back to the door you previously ignored go EAST through it, a Midget should greet you. Kill him and collect the goodies on the walls and floors. Go back through the door and head left, Run and jump over the pit and destroy Baaz. Keep Left snags the Gold Chalice, Go WEST through the door and you will be transported to a new land. Destroy Aghar2 (the floating ones) and go WEST through the next door. Go right and take a WEST through the next door. Go Left and take a WEST through that door. Ignore the dragon, you can fight it if you want and go through the door. Go right destroy the Bazak and go WEST through the door. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Change the front Hero to Raistlin, and use WEB on the man. And jump over the whole, change back to a stronger hero. Destroy him while his back is turned and destroy the two mideons that will greet you. Go right and SOUTH through the door. Tehre should be some flames here and some arrows. Use *Protection Against Evil* and run through with your strongest HP wise Hero go SOUTH through the door. A Baaz will be waiting, kill him and head left a Dragon will be there (refer to the FAQ if you don't know how to kill it) Go WEST through the door. A series of pits will be there switch to Raistlin to get over these with ease, switch to a stronger hero and go EAST through the door. Distant Alarm Bells here. ================ To The Dragon ================ After the drop it would be wise TO SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Go SOUTH through the door and immediately destroy the dragon. After that destroys a weak Spider and another Dragon will greet you, if you didn't destroy the first one you are in for some trouble because now you got a dragon breathing down your throat and one up your ass. Destroy the one in front of you, and go EAST through the door. There should be a door right next to the one you went through go through that one. Go right and SOUTH through the first door. Kill the punk spider, There will be 4 doors. The firs two have dragons in there protecting some Gym's the, third has a spider protecting a gem. And the last one is the ticket out, go EAST through that. Go right and through the first door, this will land you in a room with a dragon in it. Ice him off and go NORTH through the door. Go Left and through the next door, Go right now and destroy the monsters. Go North through the next door, Go left and through that door. Head right and go to the far right door, head left and destroy the two Aghar1's Go through the door the huge Dragon awaits. SAVE before going in. ========================= Dragon & Disk of Miskhail ========================= Can a game ending boss be this easy? He looks like a challenge but he's not. Put Goldmoon, in the front of the Heroes, use *Deflect Dragon Breath* if you have any blue Crystal left in the staff. Then heal her up, as much as possible. Use PRAYER, I'm not confirmed if this helps but it seems to get close to the dragon, basically as close as possible she will take a beating but it won't kill her. Press B, enough times and she will throw the staff at the dragon, which will kill his big ass. Now go right the disk will be waiting for you, grab those stand around for a minute, and enjoy the ending. 7. FAQ Q. Hey, I just bought Heroes of the Lance yesterday, it sucks badly so what is it all about? A. Heroes of the Lance is an Advanced Dungeon and Dragon Game. Dungeon and Dragons, is an old board game which you played with dice, and you made up adventures. The Heroes of the Lance were the characters who you controlled and were. Q. Ok Dyse, what does Enter Zak Tsaeroth mean? A. I don't have the slightest clue, I am assuming it means the dungeon you are entering. Q. Hey Dyse How come I keep falling in this pit? This door doesn't do nothing!!! A. Don't go to the pit, hold up or down by the door. Q. I'm really stuck Dyse how do I beat those Midgets!!!! I tried everything and nothing works help me!!!!!!! A. You have to press B and Down and the way your facing 5 hits will kill them. Q. Dyse how do I use magic spells???? A. You have to have Raistlin, and Gold Moon, as two of the main Heroes of the Lance, Raistlin, for Magic Staff, and Gold Moon, for Clerical. Q. Thanks Dyse I killed thousands of those midgets, but there is this dragon and he totally demolished me now what? Get GoldMoon in your front four. Go To the status screen under Clerical Magic scroll up you will see ^Deflect Dragons Breath ^Hack away at him in 5-8 he is dead Q. Now there's these floating guys they keep going pass me they killed my whole crew, and I don't know what to do!!! A. Ok, these guys are the opposite of The Midgets. This is what you do in stead of attacking down like you did with the midget's attack up. I would suggest using one of the stronger characters. Steve M. Asked "Why does this game suck so much?" A. Well that's a matter of personal opinion some don't think it sucks like me Steve M. asked "What's wrong with this game, how come I don't gain experience??????" A. At the end of the game they will show you each person's individual experience points, during the game check Score and you can see how many everyone accumulated including how many and what monsters were killed. Q. Why can't some characters hold the blue staff, and other weapons? Some weapons were only meant for certain characters, if these characters died you're screwed. Q. How come I can't use either type of Magic Spells? You have to have Raistlin or Goldmoon as one of the front 4 heroes Q. What's the best characters to use? A. Well almost all are good. Some are exceptional like Caramon. I would definitely not use Raistlin as my main Hero, since he has a very low HP, and he is the main black Mage. You should check their stats and the guys with the best overall stats are ideal for the front 2. Goldmoon, and Rasitlin should be in the back of the front four, but never on the bottom row. Q. What Characters, don't you use? A. Basically, Tasslehoff, Flint and some of those other guys stay on Skid Row. Q. What do I do if I run out of magic? A. Your out of luck bub. Q. Some items are totally useless, like coins & Gold Chalice's what do I do with them? A I have found no use for these, they are basically useless, if YOU know what the hell I do with Gold Chalice's and coins and that other crap do me a favor and E-mail me at dmurderer@yahoo.com. Thanks Q. When a character has a grave instead of their face is their any possibility of me reviving them. A. At this point in time I have no clue whatsoever. Although if they have a gray face Gold Moon can revive them. Q. This maze is crazy is there any short cuts or a secret way out of it? A. If you are in that first maze there is no way out of it, none that I could see, so basically give up and cry. Q. You talked about those pits why can't I jump over them, I keep falling off? A. Use Raistlin, he has the best jump, don't run just jump in place he will glide over. Q. After I use Final Strike with Raistlin is there anyway to revive him? A. Nope he's pretty much toast. Q. Where is the disk I'm supposed to be looking for? A. Once you defeat the huge dragon the Disk of Miskal will be waiting for you. Q. Do I have to use Goldmoon to kill the Huge Dragon? A. Yes, you do. Q. Ummm I accidentally killed her, now what? A. You are out of luck start over. Q. Why does it say 'To Be Continued'? A. Maybe they were planning on making another one. Q. Can I ask you a personal question? Why do you like this game when everyone hates it? A. Well, my friend, some people are different. Everyoen said how bad this game sucked and I had to see for myself. It isn't that bad, I mean there are worst games for NES and even Playstation that are worst than this, like Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde and Kung Fu Heroes and the Tomb Raider Series. Those games suck badly, and in my opinion this wasn't as bad as many people said it was. Q. Will there be a sequel to Heroes of the Lance, would you have liked to have seen one? A. N, I highly doubt it. But, Sure I would of loved to see Heroes of the Lance II, or a great sequel for Playstation or Dreamcast that would have been great in my opinion. *More Q& A and first part of the game on my next update* ============================================================== Ok these were these basic questions if anyone has any more E-mail me and they will be included in future updates. My Current FAQs and Reviews are: NES::: Crystalis Boss Guide Heroes of the Lance Faq/Walkthrough Genesis: Earthworm Jim 2 FAQ/Walkthrough SNES: Earthworm Jim FAQ/Walkthrough Playstation: WWF Smackdown character guides- for 5 characters I'm most proud of my 276 reviews, all my work can be seen at: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ 8. Copyright No Midgets were hurt in the production of this game. AD&D Dragon Lance & Heroes of the Lance are all copyrighted. All Rights Reserved. This FAQ is for personal use only, it can however be printed out, and used for your own personal uses, not to be sold to others. You can not retransmit this FAQ using any means electronically or mechanically. If you would like to request to use this FAQ on your website then you must e-mail the author your's truly at dmurderer@yahoo.com . First I would like to give thanks to God, and my parents and all other family members and friends. I would like to give thanks to CJayC for hosting my FAQ. I would like to thank Uhhhhh (Uhhhhh@hotmail.com) for the grand Line Art that's mega cool Uhhhhh! I would also like to give thanks to my old NES after 15 years still running strong! I would like to give thanks to the person who sold me this game, if you read this thinks for such a great game. Finally I would like to give thanks to everyone at GameFAQs whom I'm cool with. In particular BrandonJ33, Steve M., J-dog, Great1, Andy007, Bruplex, Andrew, Mr. Posterior, and a bunch of others for making me feel welcome! I would like to dedicate this FAQ to the 10 other reviewers, Bruplex, Ed the Moogle, Epoetker, Falsiloqous, J-Dog, Jharring, K0LDSTeeL, Sephirstein, SMcFadden & Viper who gave this a 1 =( Copyright 2000 by Daniel Turner