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GOG has just released 1999-era 3D fantasy FPS shooter The Wheel of Time (based on Robert Jordan's novel series of the same name) - now with modern operating system compatibility and high resolution support.
- Aside from the original retail discs that you'd nowadays have to find second hand (e.g. eBay), there are no other digital storefronts outside of GOG that have The Wheel of Time for sale - not even Steam
- Fun fact: The Wheel of Time utilizes Unreal Engine 1 - the same engine that powers 1998-2003 era classic games such as Deus Ex, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Rune, Clive Barker's Undying, Postal 2, Star Trek TNG - Klingon Honor Guard, and the first couple of Electronic Arts' Harry Potter games
- PCGamingWiki's page for The Wheel of Time
Game description. Intro video
For thousands of years the Dark One has been trapped, but now the four seals keeping him imprisoned have been lost. Four organization of opposing beliefs and principles were searching for these seals. The Aes Sedai sisterhood managed to recover three, but one of them was stolen, allegedly by members of a sect within their organization that worshipped the Dark One. Elayna Sedai, Keeper of the Chronicles of the White Tower, has been promoted to the leader of Aes Sedai, and must retrieve the lost seal at all costs.
The Wheel of Time is a fantasy-themed 3D shooter based on the novel series of the same name by Robert Jordan. Combat is ranged, but the player character doesn't use any weapons and instead relies on artifacts called "ter'angreal". There are 40 types of ter'angreal in the game, which can be used for offensive as well as defensive purposes, e.g. shoot lightning and fireball, heal or hide the protagonist in a cloak, etc.
Features
- Environments in real time 3D
- Diverse weather effects like wind, rain and snow
- Construction and equipping of own fortresses
- More than 100 artifacts and magic spells
- Based on Robert Jordans epic novel
- Unique multiplayer dynamic
- Single and local multiplayer mode available up to 4 players
Never knew the wheel of time had a video game adaptation.