Wheel of Time

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A Nice Try, But No Dice [Posted on 2003-11-11]
"Wheel of Time" by Atari is based off of Robert Jordan's ongoing (interminable) series by the same name. It is a FPS with both Single Player and Multiplayer modes.

As far as its actual graphics goes, they are pretty good for the time . Sound, also, was done reasonably well.

However, gameplay was horrible. While the missions themselves did make some vague amount of sense, the devil is in the details, and this is just one of the places the game failed. There were many instances where I was able to trick the computerized enemies (MOBs) into standing in places where I could hit it at my leisure and it would just stand there and take it. I also was able to use certain spells through walls when it made no sense for it to do so.

Another problem was the control system. Movement worked fine, and I never found myself stuck anywhere. But the selection of items (all "spells" in the game are derived from items which you collect and in some cases use up) for use, particularly in combat, is problematic to say the least.

The plot is in many cases highly dubious if one knows much about the series it is based from. In fact, it borders on absurd. Also, I found the ending to be highly anti-climatic, to say the least.

In all, this is a game that tried hard to be something great, but fell far short. Like the author of the series, it appears that SquareSoft bit off more than they could chew.

Scary [Posted on 2004-01-08]
I played the demo before I played the game.. and let me tell you WHOA! I was impressed by the graphics, and it literally scared the geebies outta me. This game's awesome if you want your blood to pump!

Cough Hack Gag*** [Posted on 2006-01-20]
Ok, forget the game in style, play, and everything else. This is based on the WoT!!! and they made it an FPS!!! ????? This should have been made into a diablo style game at the minimum, and now that we have World of Warcraft, there is a much better comparison to what the game should have been based on. Most people are not going to find that they enjoyed the books, and therefore enjoyed the game. Its too... not like the books. Unlike the sucessful Jedi Knight Series, that we all loved as an FPS, (First person shooter) -because thats what you do in star wars blow stuff up and run around real fast using flash force powers- The WoT needs to be an RPG or an MMORPG. We want long game play, big plot, closely tied to the storyline. If your coming at this as an FPS to play enjoy. If your coming at this as a WoT game, run.

vista and WOT [Posted on 2007-04-08]
Had fun with WOT on my Win98 PC, but couldn't get it to work with XP even under Win98 emulation mode, and many other reviews I found had the same problem. But good news, it works on Vista Premium and presumably other versions as well if you run it in Win98 emulation mode! So, dig out your old copy and have another shot at it once you get Vista.

Best fps ever! A game requiring thought as well as reflex! [Posted on 2007-06-28]
I bought this game some years ago & absolutely loved it!!! The single player is good, & the multi-player has to be seen to be believed! Many offensive and defensive items & endless combo moves. I am a fan of the books & found the environment true to the books for the most part. At times I would walk into an area & recognize it from the description in the books. I felt I was able to immerse myself in the wot universe.

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