Wheel of Time Work in Progress...

[WoTfan]

Upcoming Red Eagle Wheel of Time Franchise PC/PS3/Xbox360 work:

 

I loved Obsidian's SWKOTR 2 except for the fact it was shipped unfinished.

 

I commend Obsidian for having all the new hire links on the homepage as it indicates there is hope that the Wheel of Time games Obsidian is working on won't end up "almost" great like SWKOTR 2 was from not enough people to make it happen.

 

I hope that the PC version (PS3/Xbox 360 Port probably) will play more like Mass Effect 2 (more cut scenes, more story, less "dungeony" feel) rather than Dragon Age (some cut scenes, some story, lots of diablo style wandering).

 

WoT audience looking at the SPRPG product from Obsidian has a Mass Effect 2 "bar" for comparison.

 

I know Red Eagle is driving the bus and obsidian is the hired gun but I hope that the book - game conversions end up heavy story play and other offshoot games in the WoT universe end up filling in for the MMO, the FPS, the Smartphone app, etc.

 

Please let the book remake games play as good as or better than ME2 story wise without guns.

 

If you're hiring still, things aren't in stone yet thus a post.

[Maria Caliban]

You know that Obsidian didn't make Dragon Age or Mass Effect, right?

[HoonDing]

I doubt the WOT game(s) will be book conversions, but will just make use of the setting, like the 2000 WOT videogame did (which was a pretty good fantasy FPS).

Edited October 28, 2010 by virumor

[Slowtrain]

Cut scenes suck.

 

Make games, not movies.

[Morgoth]

It's not certain yet this game will be made. Red Eagle still has to deal with financing...

[Flouride]

I doubt Red Eagle even manages to start the project.

[Morgoth]

I doubt Red Eagle even manages to start the project.

Timing is also important. Obsidian needs a team free to do the job, and they ain't just sitting around and waiting for greenlight from Red Eagle.

[Shryke]

i'd assume they'd want a release around the same time as the final book next year

 

so they probably really should get their **** sorted

[Purkake]

The final book was delayed to around March 2012.

[Flouride]

i'd assume they'd want a release around the same time as the final book next year

 

so they probably really should get their **** sorted

 

They've been holding on to the license for many years now, I just don't see them suddenly getting their **** together and managing to release a movie/tv-series/game using the license. There's a good reason Robert Jordan (r.i.p) was pissed off at Red Eagle...

[Nepenthe]

i'd assume they'd want a release around the same time as the final book next year

 

so they probably really should get their **** sorted

 

They've been holding on to the license for many years now, I just don't see them suddenly getting their **** together and managing to release a movie/tv-series/game using the license. There's a good reason Robert Jordan (r.i.p) was pissed off at Red Eagle...

 

An educated guess would be that licenses generally revert to the licensors unless a product is released within a certain time frame. So they have to get their act together, or lose the money. Of course, these kinds of 'holding off the expiration' products are generally best described as ****.

[Flouride]

An educated guess would be that licenses generally revert to the licensors unless a product is released within a certain time frame. So they have to get their act together, or lose the money. Of course, these kinds of 'holding off the expiration' products are generally best described as ****.

 

Well yeah, usually. But since we don't know what kinda deal they've made can't really comment on that. To me it seems somewhat odd that we keep hearing these odd rumours from time to time about a movie/series/game based on WoT, but nothing ever comes out of it. Maybe they are just doing the minimum to keep the license in their hands a bit longer and waiting for the series to finish...

[Hurlshort]

Hopefully Obsidian got their money up front, and cashed the check fast.