Obsidian is making Wheel of time game

[Slowtrain]

WHo cares.

 

It doesn't sound like Obsidian is going to have any of the higher level functions.

 

Its just some noob studio putting out a low-rent game based on their IP to cash in some chips from dumb fans. Obx is is doing the gruntwork. Hopefully, it wil get them some cash, but the game is almost guaranteed to be your run of the mill commercial cash in.

 

That's what it sound slike at this point.

 

I can't believe you guys are excited about this.

 

N00bs.

[Sannom]

It's unclear. If you're referring to a PnP system I don't know. But by the sound of it, the guy making the decisions at the top of every department will be a Red Eagle dude, and most of the legwork will be Obsidz. Obsidz influence could be significant, hard to tell at this point.

 

If Red Studios has a really limited team, I wouldn't be surprised to see Obsidian make most of the work within limits set by the Red Studios guys. If this is the famous Fantasy RPG that Feargus is working on, I'm sure there would be opportunities for George Ziets to come up with another MotB-level story!

[mkreku]

I recall there was one first person Wheel of Time game ages ago.

I remember this! I didn't own a PC at the time so I played it on a dorm friend's computer!

 

Wow, that brings out memories. It was really pretty and ran crappily on my friends Geforce 2 GTS (which he was very proud of). It was also very buggy and very difficult.

 

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/whee...ime/screenshots

[Gorgon]

I remember the old wheel of time game, sort of a fantasy shooter which somehow managed to make the unreal engine look really bad.

[Raithe]

Yeah, a first person shooter type, set 1,000 years before the books. Played as an Aes'Sedai using channeling (the magic) to do the shooting. Rather then picking up guns, you picked up new "weaves" to use. A bit glitchy in places.

But did have a rather good soundtrack.

[ramza]

Bye bye Obsidian, I really liked what you used to do but you are not making anything that might interest me for a while now... It was nice playing your games. Cheers.

Edited February 12, 2010 by ramza

[Meshugger]

Yeah, a first person shooter type, set 1,000 years before the books. Played as an Aes'Sedai using channeling (the magic) to do the shooting. Rather then picking up guns, you picked up new "weaves" to use. A bit glitchy in places.

But did have a rather good soundtrack.

 

Yeah, i actually bought it/played it since i thought that it had awesome graphics back then. But the setting left no lasting impressions for me, quite boring actually.

 

Thus, i am a bit dissapointed about this.

[Llyranor]

TURN-BASED

 

MAKE IT TURN-BASED

 

TURN-BASED DARN IT

[Monte Carlo]

^ Lyr, shouldn't that be wheel-based?

 

I agree with Slowtrain.

[ramza]

^ Lyr, shouldn't that be wheel-based?

 

I agree with Slowtrain.

 

I agree too. It's a shame a team with so much potential just wastes its efforts on mediocre projects.

Bring on the old-school rpgs!

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Eh, not all that excited. Also doesn't sound like something that sells too well, and the agreement just sounds weird.

[Shir'le E. Illios]

Legend Entertainment

[Raithe]

From the limited news so far, I don't see a point to go mass-hate, or mass-love.

 

It's obsidian involved in some way with a game (or possible several games). It's not been announced what sort of format or genre the styles of the games will be (although with obsidian involvement, the likelihood of some form of rpg is most likely).

 

It's a rather extensive fantasy setting with a fair amount of detail out about it.

 

Beyond that... as someone who liked the books, I'll be interested to see what gets done. But until more details come out, I'm not going to say it's going to be good or a horror show.

[Wrath of Dagon]

At least it's not being made by EA Hopefully it'll be a fairly off-beat game instead of a generic cash-in.

[Volourn]

Sounds like Obsidian is doing the grunt work. Theya ren't writing the story, deisgning the game play, and all that other jazz but just implementing what the otehr company tells them to. This is even more of a handicap than some publisher dmanding , y, or z but giving you creative freedom to stretch your wings a bit ala, say, FO:LV.

 

*shrug*

 

Have never bothered with the WOT books either. Just a fantasy wannabe.

[Purkake]

WHo cares.

 

It doesn't sound like Obsidian is going to have any of the higher level functions.

 

Its just some noob studio putting out a low-rent game based on their IP to cash in some chips from dumb fans. Obx is is doing the gruntwork. Hopefully, it wil get them some cash, but the game is almost guaranteed to be your run of the mill commercial cash in.

 

That's what it sound slike at this point.

 

I can't believe you guys are excited about this.

 

N00bs.

The game might just as well be cool and innovative because of the "noob" studio. Until we actually see screenshots/gameplay, this could go either way.

 

It seems that people who have actually read the books are interested and the ones who haven't are just dismissing it. With everyone crying about the lack of RPGs and being forced to play Mass Effect 2, even though they hate every second of it, you'd think that everyone would be doing cartwheels about an actual RPG that's not a MMO, involves Obsidian in some capacity and has a major publisher attached to it.

 

But noo, you will never be satisfied.

Edited February 12, 2010 by Purkake

[Gromnir]

Personally, I found it a lot more fun then reading LoTR wink.gif

 

Tolkien spent 3 pages talking about the colour of the leaves in Elven forests. Jordan spent 300 pages talking about Elayne being pregnant, and the other 500 pages of that particular book were about Rand being lost, some other characters being similarly indisposed and some even more minor characters doing things that won't be explained for another 2 books.

 

in tolkien's lotr books you might have to endure 10 pages without a single line a dialogue and virtual nothing important happening as far as advancing the plot. in jordan's books you might have to endure 10 books of nothing but dialogue and new plot threads without any resolution in sight. for all that we loathe tolkien's prose style, he does eventual get somewhere, and it takes a mere 2.5 books to wrap up all essential questions. after 2 jordan books we were sick of all major WoT characters and ear-boxing in general.

 

HA! Good Fun!

[Jaesun]

I remember the news when Red Eagle got the rights to Wheel of Time and just thought, oh well... another game to ignore.

 

Red Eagle Games' initial product portfolio will consist of a series of action/role-playing video games based on Robert Jordan's celebrated fantasy fiction series, The Wheel of Time.

 

But Obsidian doing this action/role-playing video game has me mildly interested.

 

Never read the books.

[Monte Carlo]

With everyone crying about the lack of RPGs and being forced to play Mass Effect 2, even though they hate every second of it, you'd think that everyone would be doing cartwheels about an actual RPG that's not a MMO, involves Obsidian in some capacity and has a major publisher attached to it.

 

I'm not crying, hey I don't know what Wheel of Time is except from this thread. Now I know it's a series of uber-spammed fantasy books that some people like and some people don't. As for CRPGs, I wouldn't touch ME2 as far as I could throw it. It appears to be the antithesis of everything I look for in a game. Most people here have other stuff they're into gaming-wise, like Hurlie's strange stat-based sports sims or my nerdy panzer-addiction. I'm not jonesing for any game in particular to be honest.

 

I need a reason to be excited about this, haven't really seen one yet.

 

Cheers

MC

[Wrath of Dagon]

There is no worse written story than Star Wars, yet both KOTOR's were great.

[Purkake]

With everyone crying about the lack of RPGs and being forced to play Mass Effect 2, even though they hate every second of it, you'd think that everyone would be doing cartwheels about an actual RPG that's not a MMO, involves Obsidian in some capacity and has a major publisher attached to it.

 

I'm not crying, hey I don't know what Wheel of Time is except from this thread. Now I know it's a series of uber-spammed fantasy books that some people like and some people don't. As for CRPGs, I wouldn't touch ME2 as far as I could throw it. It appears to be the antithesis of everything I look for in a game. Most people here have other stuff they're into gaming-wise, like Hurlie's strange stat-based sports sims or my nerdy panzer-addiction. I'm not jonesing for any game in particular to be honest.

 

I need a reason to be excited about this, haven't really seen one yet.

 

Cheers

MC

Pretty much all of the negative stuff about the series has to do with the author's handling of pacing and a few (super)annoying characters. The setting is great.

 

Well, I guess not everyone was crying about the lack of RPGs, but some people certainly were.

Edited February 12, 2010 by Purkake

[Hurlshort]

Monte made me laugh out loud in class

 

It almost sounds like Obsidian is just acting as a consultant on this project. Sounds like a good deal for them, they get some extra income, and they probably aren't going to take a big hit if it crashes and burns. I could be wrong, but that was what I got from the press release.

 

It really doesn't sound like this is a full scale project like AP or FO:NV for them.

[Purkake]

It would actually be nice to get some(any) comments for the developers...

 

*wink*

Edited February 12, 2010 by Purkake

[Flouride]

The game might just as well be cool and innovative because of the "noob" studio. Until we actually see screenshots/gameplay, this could go either way.

 

It seems that people who have actually read the books are interested and the ones who haven't are just dismissing it. With everyone crying about the lack of RPGs and being forced to play Mass Effect 2, even though they hate every second of it, you'd think that everyone would be doing cartwheels about an actual RPG that's not a MMO, involves Obsidian in some capacity and has a major publisher attached to it.

 

But noo, you will never be satisfied.

 

Being fan of the books (most of them anyways) I'm excited about the game, it just worries me that the Red Eagle Games studio is involved in the project. Since it's still quite vague how they split the work. Also Robert Jordan was (at least) at some point really pissed off at those Red Eagle Entertainment guys which kinda worries me as well...

But I guess I'll have to wait and see.

[Purkake]

Yeah, I'm not saying that it will be an awesome game either, in fact it will probably suck, but it might also be good and attaching Obsidian isn't probably going to hurt either.

 

It's just that some people around here are so jaded that they won't ever enjoy anything again.

 

 

Oh and Ramza, I'll let you know when Obsidian starts making JRPGs, cheers.

 

Edited February 12, 2010 by Purkake