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Wheel of Time books and an MMO
drel
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I wonder why no one has created an MMO based on Robert Jordans Wheel of Time series?
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Well, I, an impressionable 19 year old who plays video games and has put many hours and dollars into various MMOs, haven't read the books.
I've heard of them, yes, but I seem to have missed that ship... or just have never been asked onto the voyage.
If someone like me were to hear of a game "based on Wheels of time", I'd be like "eh, could be cool. What's Wheel's of Time?"
I am playing EVE and it's alright... level V skills are a bit much.
You all need to learn to spell.
well most addict gamer have that kind of attitude they spend mor eon games rather than on books, i must say they are game genius but not scholastic geniuses but then i like the idea of having a time traveling MMO if that so that would be the coolest ^_^
There supposedly is one in the pipes by Red Eagle Entertainment
www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/56771
The press release was in 2008 :
Complete Console Line-Up and MMORPG Based on Robert Jordan's Fantasy Series in the Works
Los Angeles, Calif- Nov 12, 2008 Red Eagle Games is bursting on to the digital- entertainment scene, launching its new Los Angeles based videogame publishing studio with the rights to one of the most popular and beloved fantasy epics of all times-Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series.
A Wheel of Time feature-film production is planned with Red Eagle Entertainment's executives Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon as producers, and now Red Eagle is unveiling plans to bring Jordan's fantasy universe to life via two distinct lines of interactive entertainment.
A line of stand-alone Wheel of Time games is planned for release on all major videogame platforms, including consoles, personal computers, handheld systems and wireless devices. In addition, Red Eagle will launch and operate a massively multiplayer online role-playing game encompassing the themes, characters and world of the Wheel of Time novels.
The rich details of Jordan's meticulously crafted series have captivated readers since 1990, when The Eye of the World, the first book in the series, was published. Eleven additional books, including one prequel, have since been added to the series and have consistently appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List with the last four of his novels in the series debuting at No. 1. Jordan passed away in 2007 at the age of 58, but a final book, A Memory of Light, will be finished by fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson using notes and a partial draft left withJordan's wife and editor, Harriet Rigney, and is expected to be published in fall 2009 by Tor Books.
"I am confident in Red Eagle Games' ability to capture the timeless appeal of The Wheel of Time story as they adapt its characters and themes into this new electronic medium," Rigney said. "I expect fans of the series will be delighted by these new interactive additions to the Wheel of Time universe."
Jordan's wildly popular books have been translated into 24 languages, and have sold about 44 million copies worldwide. In addition, the series has a vast global on-line community of tens of thousands of dedicated fan Web sites.
"There are few properties as well-loved and influential as Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series," said Rick Selvage, chairman and president of Red Eagle Entertainment. "The Wheel of Time books have captured the imagination of millions of readers around the world, and we expect our interactive recreations of Jordan's complex universe to garner a similar level of devotion and enthusiasm."
About Red Eagle Entertainment
Red Eagle Entertainment is a Malibu production company with a focus on adapting Robert Jordan's celebrated fantasy epic "The Wheel of Time" into high-quality filmed entertainment and interactive video games. Founded in 2003 by Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon, Red Eagle Entertainment is producing a live-action motion picture based upon the "The Eye of the World," the first novel in The Wheel of Time series. In addition, Red Eagle Entertainment is the driving force behind the recent launch of Red Eagle Games, a new video game studio undertaking the transformation of Jordan's literary masterpiece into video games for the personal computer, game consoles, mobile and wireless devices, and online play.
Beat me to it! However there hasn't been a word on this game since, so who knows what the status of it is.
Thanks! That is very interesting news! And the game is backed by Electronic Arts, which makes it allot more viable to develop financially rather than an independant company trying to develop it. Never heard of Red Eagle Entertainment though.
Well, I, an impressionable 19 year old who plays video games and has put many hours and dollars into various MMOs, haven't read the books.
I've heard of them, yes, but I seem to have missed that ship... or just have never been asked onto the voyage.
If someone like me were to hear of a game "based on Wheels of time", I'd be like "eh, could be cool. What's Wheel's of Time?"
If you enjoy reading fantasy novels, this is a good series to read.
Well, I, an impressionable 19 year old who plays video games and has put many hours and dollars into various MMOs, haven't read the books.
I've heard of them, yes, but I seem to have missed that ship... or just have never been asked onto the voyage.
If someone like me were to hear of a game "based on Wheels of time", I'd be like "eh, could be cool. What's Wheel's of Time?"
If you enjoy reading fantasy novels, this is a good series to read.
This is subjective of course.I found the series to be long winded to the point of obvious padding to extend the series and grab more money.I found the series "borrowed" too much from other mythos and fantasy/scifi novels than most.I personally would nto recommend the series but to each their own.
http://www.redeaglegames.com/press-releases/red-eagle-games-selects-obsidian-entertainment-game-development-partner
A year and a half after they announced the MMO, they just hired a development team. Obsidian?!?!
Well, I, an impressionable 19 year old who plays video games and has put many hours and dollars into various MMOs, haven't read the books.
I've heard of them, yes, but I seem to have missed that ship... or just have never been asked onto the voyage.
If someone like me were to hear of a game "based on Wheels of time", I'd be like "eh, could be cool. What's Wheel's of Time?"
If you enjoy reading fantasy novels, this is a good series to read.
This is subjective of course.I found the series to be long winded to the point of obvious padding to extend the series and grab more money.I found the series "borrowed" too much from other mythos and fantasy/scifi novels than most.I personally would nto recommend the series but to each their own.
It was decent. I agree with you its very long winded. Also, I'm not into whiny, reluctant heroes.
An IP, like star wars, for an example, can provide inspiration for Mob designs, the look of the world, character looks, what the terrain looks like, and so on.
But really, I'm much more interested in the game mechanics than the IP. I'm interested in the new Old Republic game, somewhat because it will look like Star Wars, but much more than that because I'm interested to see how they've designed the game mechanics.
How will the game play? Will it be a solo fest to level cap like WoW, or something different? Will the multiplayer dialog quest system be fun, or tedious? How will having an NPC henchmen affect game play?
Will there be an end game? The developers have been rather close lipped about this feature. Maybe that's what is delaying release?
The point is you could put these features in another IP, or a brand new IP made by the devs, and I'd still be interested. But if you said you were making Star Wars WoW, I'm not so interested.
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/thewheeloftimereg/index.html?tag=result;title;3
Might even be coming out for consoles
Played the ccg an read the 1st book.Would be intrested in seeing what they do with it as a mmorpg.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." Robert E. Howard, The Tower of the Elephant (1933)
The MMO is probably gonna suck.
www.dragonmount.com/News/
Seems like Obsidian entertainment is going to be the ones making the games, never played NWN 2 or KOTOR2 but havent heard anything bad about them. So im hoping for, but not expecting a good MMO.