History VideoGame / LandsOfLore

* BadFuture: [[spoiler: The IntercontinuityCrossover level with VideoGame/CommandAndConquer in III, evidently takes place in a timeline were the Tiberian War ended in a devastating nuclear exchange, leaving [[EarlyBirdCameo [=CABAL=]]] deactivated in a Nod temple until the shard fragment arrived.]]

* DifficultySpike:
** If LetsPlay/{{Kikoskia}}'s [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] are any indication, the first game has ''lots'' of them. The Urbish Mines and floor three of the White Tower being the most prominent examples.
** The third level of the White Tower is hilariously easy in a second playthrough if you remember that [[GameBreaker the Vaelan's Cube that you find that is meant for breaking open Yvel can also be used to nuke ghosts, like the spectral Cabal Warriors or the Wraiths, ad infinitum...]]

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: American actress Paige Rowland gave Dawn a quasi-British, posh-sounding accent in LOL2, which kind of came and went. Averted in LOL3, where she simply used [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent her actual speaking voice.]]

** The developers were clearly aware of how small the part was and wrote a new prologue, "Lore of the Lands," for Stewart to narrate, thus giving him slightly more to do.

* SuperDrowningSkills: In LOL 1.

* CommonplaceRare: The silverleaf in LOL 2, my goodness, the silverleaf.

* OutsideGenreFoe:
** The second game introduces the Ruloi, who are by all indications extraterrestrial aliens. They even bear a clear resemblance to classical Grays.
** One dimension you visit in the third game is a post-apocalyptic wasteland where you eventually descend into an underground base and fight against security measures controlled by an AI. There are indications this actually takes place in the world of ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries''.

* JackOfAllStats: Conrad.

A series of three first-person perspective [[{{WesternRPG}} Western RPG]]s with adventure game elements developed by Creator/WestwoodStudios, building on their work on their ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons VideoGame/EyeOfTheBeholder'' series.

* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: In LOL 1. The second game seems to hint that the Huline player character is the "canonically" hero of LOL 1.

* UnwinnableByDesign: In the final battle of ''Lands of Lore 1'', you're supposed to use the Ruby of Truth on Scotia when she's in the middle of shapeshifting into a stronger creature after taking enough damage. If you don't do this and just keep fighting her, she'll eventually transform into a creature that's flat-out invincible. At this point there's nothing you can do to harm her, and might as well reset from your last save.

** PettingZooPeople: The Hulines known as the Wild Ones, another tribe living in the Savage Jungle.

* SharedUniverse: Hints at a shared setting with ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia''.
* ShoutOut: Dawn, king Richard's sorceress is a dead ringer of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia Zanthia]]. Also, there is a spell called [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia 'Hand of Fate']] hidden in Yvel.

* EvilCostumeSwitch: Dawn gets one in the evil ending path of ''Lands of Lore 2''. However, she hasn't actually turned evil; she's just wearing a dark and seductive costume to lull Evil Luther into complacency so she can assassinate him.

* WickedWitch: Scotia. Straightforward example: she is vile, cruel ([[BadBoss she obliterates the servant who finally brought her the Nether Mask]]), deceptive, [[AmbitionIsEvil driven by her lust for power and domination]], and of top of it all, [[{{Gonk}} old]] and [[EvilMakesYouUgly ugly]]. The [[MrExposition garrulous customer]] at the pub in Yvel mentions that, because she failed the tests to join the Talamari, she hates King Richard [[ClingyJealousGirl "and his little Dawn"]] ever since... Other than this hint of a possible [[TragicVillain past injustice]], she has [[CompleteMonster no redeeming qualities]].