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W. Bradley, acclaimed author of Wizardry: Heart of the
Maelstrom, Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge and Wizardry: Crusaders
of the Dark Savant is developing new, fully 3D fantasy RPG that will
pit players against against a host of monsters, leading to a confrontation
with Cet Ude D'ua Khan, the Lord of Death. Stunning 3D graphics and customizable
game play enhance the detailed story line. |
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Game
Features |
11
Character clans
15 character roles
8 attributes, 4 Physical / 4 Mental
Over 25 skills
Over 50 special character traits
10 spells from 6 different books of magic
Dozens of character portraits
Hundreds of costume pieces to mix and match |
- 6
character party
- Adaptive
time phasing - real time or turn based play ... or anywhere in between
- 1st
person viewpoint
- 3D
acceleration for enhanced graphics & performance (not required)
- 12
complete adventure sections, including:
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- Ships,
rafts, and horses to ride
- 300
monsters from 75 species
- Over
120 NPC's to interact with
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f
you have an affinity towards fantasy in the least, and possess a generous
amount of free time, Wizards & Warriors awaits you at the local retailer:
Go get it, you'll be doing yourself a favor.
-Jonathan
Houghton, Adrenaline Vault, October 2000 |
With
a solid showing in both the graphical and aureal departments, one must
ask: how is the game itself? The answer is, damned entertaining.
-Phil
Bordelon, GameVortex Communication, October
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| My summary so far? Go and
buy the game if you like old school RPG's. Go and buy it if you don't
know much about the older RPG's like Ultima Underworld or Bards Tale.
Chances are that you will fall in love with Wizards & Warriors nevertheless.
It's epic, it's fun, and it's a game many RPG fans will play over and
over again.
-Rendelius, RPG Dot, October 2000 |
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| This is one of the best Computer
Roleplaying games I have ever played.
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Dan Huling , The Iron Works, August 2000 |
The more you play Wizards and Warriors, the more you realize that D. W.
Bradley had a crystal clear vision when he developed it. Loaded with clever
nuances, new features and intuitive interface devices, this could be the
RPG that manages to attract new players while respecting the demands of
the genre's die-hard players.
-Phil
Conrad, Well Rounded Entertainment, August 2000 |
Anyone that experienced Might & Magic
and Wizardry in their heyday will feel fond memories when playing Wizards
& Warriors. This game offers nostalgic experiences coupled with modern
graphics and physics. With its vast array of spells, enemies, quests,
dungeons, items and NPCs, Wizards & Warriors surely offers a staggeringly
large game that will keep the player busy for a long, long time. In a
day when thirty hour games are becoming standard for the same fifty American
dollar price, a mammoth game like Wizards & Warriors may be a welcome
change
-Mark
"Kyote" Allman, RPG Planet, August 2000 |
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| Graphically, Wizards & Warriors won't
disappoint, as all of the action is presented with killer 3D graphics that
look similar to EverQuest. Expect to see all manner of interesting and varied
locations, including swamps, castles, dungeons and everything in between.
D.W. Bradley is known for creating entire worlds, not just a little kingdom,
so the sights and sounds will be varied indeed.
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Chris Jensen, CheckOut.com, August 2000 |
| Wizards & Warriors provides a refreshing
break from the mundane 2D characters and poorly rendered 3D environments
brought about by the last generation of PC RPGs. The engine was built from
the ground up by Heuristic Park and does well with character animations
and rendering.....the powerful spells, classic weaponry and stimulating
NPC interaction combine to create a compelling role-playing experience that
fans of the genre will not want to miss.
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Jonathan Houghton, Adrenaline Vault, August 2000 |
| This will make many fans of the older
CRPG's smile, because W&W's (interface) will be using the 1st person
perspective such as Ultima Underworld, Eye of the Beholder and Dungeon Master
- But, don't let that fool you; this isn't some simple game like those were,
this is one of the most ambitious, and most detailed RPG to be released
is many years. The Game Engine will sport 3D graphics, with 3D Acceleration,
and a very simple, yet brilliant onscreen command structure, much like the
older games such as Wizardry and Eye of the Beholder. But with more stats,
and an even more detailed character depiction. The Land you will cover is
unlike any seen in a CRPG, the hills, the forests, and dragons that actually
FLY and attack you, not just sitting in front of you.. VERY nice!
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Dan Huling , Iron Works, August 2000 |
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| The game is said to offer well over
100 major quests, sub-quests and side quests. Most of these interweave with
a second archetypal element, non-linear exploration of the expansive 3D
gameworld, which includes a wide variety of locations such as forests, crypts,
caves, castles and more, all viewed from a first-person perspective. The
areas we've seen so far are well designed, with lots of twists, turns and
corners to keep you always on guard against the possibility of unseen danger
ahead. The game art is of high quality, and the environments are alive with
little touches such as rats and roaches scurrying about the dungeons, with
butterflies and fireflies in the outdoor areas.
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Richard Aihoshi, RPG Vault, August 2000 |
| If there’s a feature of computer RPGs
that you like, chances are it’s in Wizards & Warriors. You get the huge
number of race/class combinations and elaborate plot of the Wizardry games,
the intense combat and looting action of the Might & Magic titles, the story
and moral issues of the Ultima series, and the general faux-medieval sword
& sorcery milieu of countless Dungeons & Dragons adventures. Bradley and
his team have drawn on a lot of sources and it shows, in the richness and
variety of the game world.
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Robert Mayer, Computer Games Online, June 2000 |
| Wizards & Warriors is the game that
lovers of RPGs have long awaited. It has made every effort to bring the
depth, excitement and richness of tabletop RPGs to the computer screen.
This is a complex, massive RPG (over 120 hours of gameplay) that I eagerly
await.
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Lazerus, RPG Planet, April 2000 |
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| All in all we were very impressed with
what we saw of Wizards & Warriors today ... It's really this attention to
detail that caught our eye when D.W. was showing us the game, and we're
expecting big things from the title. Wizards & Warriors is going to revive
that old pen-and paper RPG feel on your computer, and we personally can't
wait to get our hands on a build ... and don't expect any work to get done
around here for at least a couple of weeks when we do. Of course we'll have
to see how it all pans out when the game is finished sometime this fall,
but with what we've seen of the game so far and with D.W. Bradley at the
helm, we have no doubt that this one is going to be a winner.
- Tal
Blevins, IGN, March 2000 |
| ... though the game will embrace the
tenets of the classics, it looks entirely modern. Wizards and Warriors runs
on its own proprietary 3D engine and looks excellent; the game's character
and monster models seem large, detailed, and well animated. Though the game
seems colorful, it's not bright enough to be gaudy or dull enough to be
drab.
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Andrew Park, GameSpot, February 2000 |
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For more information, screenshots and downloads, visit Activision's
Official
Wizards & Warriors site.
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