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Well, the fact that in the last 4-5 books, a grand total of about 2 big events have happened, it shouldn't be that long.
I've enjoyed these books for years now. I just started the latest novel, the one that was co-written by another author since Robert Jordan passed away in 09.
That said, I agree with your wife. This books series takes up more room than a set of Encyclopedias. I dread the thought of anyone trying to make this into a movie or game. I seriously doubt it would get the same level of love and attention that Jackson and his staff gave to the Lord of the Rings.
Besides, can you imagine a movie series with over a dozen movies in it? Not counting movies about stupid naked teenagers being hacked apart by psychopaths.
That said, I agree with your wife. This books series takes up more room than a set of Encyclopedias. I dread the thought of anyone trying to make this into a movie or game. I seriously doubt it would get the same level of love and attention that Jackson and his staff gave to the Lord of the Rings.
Besides, can you imagine a movie series with over a dozen movies in it? Not counting movies about stupid naked teenagers being hacked apart by psychopaths.
I wonder how they would take multiple narratives into account. And if so, would they do it well? I mean, multiple playable characters/concurrent storylines have happened before, but still you've got to wonder how they'll execute it.
Among other innumerable things.
But, I loved the books, and hope that the game can (hopefully) do it justice.
Among other innumerable things.
But, I loved the books, and hope that the game can (hopefully) do it justice.
Well, theoretically if they do movies they'll just do the first three books as a trilogy, because those make a fairly well contained story by themselves.
As for the game, that seems to be an even better medium than movies for a story of this scope. You can fit significantly more plot into a 100 RPG then you can even in a 14 hour trilogy like LOTR ended up being
As for the game, that seems to be an even better medium than movies for a story of this scope. You can fit significantly more plot into a 100 RPG then you can even in a 14 hour trilogy like LOTR ended up being
http://www.redeaglegames.net/about-us/company
Seems like the entire operation for Red Eagle* has been about capitalizing on the Wheel of Time licenses. They announced their formation more than a year ago and have since announced a deal with EA Partners -- the very operation EA wants to cut back on now.
Good luck seeing a game out of this partnership in the next five years.
Seems like the entire operation for Red Eagle* has been about capitalizing on the Wheel of Time licenses. They announced their formation more than a year ago and have since announced a deal with EA Partners -- the very operation EA wants to cut back on now.
Good luck seeing a game out of this partnership in the next five years.
I just started getting my New Spring comics again, and now this? Sweet. Obsidian is going to have their hands full, though.
@ Solantus Foo
What do you think of AMoL, so far? It took me a while to get adjusted to Sanderson's versions of the characters (you can tell pretty easily the portions that Jordan wrote), but I ended up liking the book a lot. Especially Rand's story.
@ Solantus Foo
What do you think of AMoL, so far? It took me a while to get adjusted to Sanderson's versions of the characters (you can tell pretty easily the portions that Jordan wrote), but I ended up liking the book a lot. Especially Rand's story.
Well, if anyone can make this work, Obsidian is one of the two studios I would trust to give it a shot. The other being Bioware.
There was an earlier game, I remember beating it in a sitting. Not a very memorable game otherwise, but now that I've been reminded of its existence I might dig it out again. If anything whatever they make now has to be better than that.
@ HEL105
I thought it was weird at the start getting used to Brandons writing style but I really enjoyed the book. I thought it was pretty fast paced, which made for a nice change and I thought there were some real memorable scenes. Im really looking forward to the next one.
I thought it was weird at the start getting used to Brandons writing style but I really enjoyed the book. I thought it was pretty fast paced, which made for a nice change and I thought there were some real memorable scenes. Im really looking forward to the next one.
I fell off the WoT bandwagon about 5 books ago.. I want to get back into em, but it's SO daunting. Ugh! Stupid adulthood. Also, I need PSN and XBL friends! nintendosoft@gmail.com
@CormactheMac87
I never really had a problem with the pacing of some of the other books, like I know a lot of other people did. Still, it was certainly nice to see some long simmering plotlines come to a boil. I think the last two books are pretty good hands, but I still wish that Jordan would have made it to the end :-(
I never really had a problem with the pacing of some of the other books, like I know a lot of other people did. Still, it was certainly nice to see some long simmering plotlines come to a boil. I think the last two books are pretty good hands, but I still wish that Jordan would have made it to the end :-(
Hope it doesn't suck. ;)
A film version of these books is pretty much fucking impossible without ruining them. A game, on the other hand, doesn't have to touch all of the plot points and can largely just adapt the setting. An RPG in Randland has the potential to be pretty cool.
A film version of these books is pretty much fucking impossible without ruining them. A game, on the other hand, doesn't have to touch all of the plot points and can largely just adapt the setting. An RPG in Randland has the potential to be pretty cool.
Never even heard of this series before. Good luck to the game, sounds like the books were pretty good.
The first WoT game was a shitty excuse for a FPS. You're an Aes Sedai who effectively can't channel, but ends up the Amyrlin Seat anyway. You use ter'angreal that just HAPPEN to coincide with whatever Randland combat spell could be shoehorned in, many of which just HAPPEN to resemble common FPS weapons.
When it takes two shots of fully-charged balefire (right in the face, no less!) to take out a Forsaken when the books clearly state that one minimum-power glancing hit and it's all over, some creative liberties were clearly taken. Especially since an Aes Sedai can apparently do so in full view of the entire White Tower and get away with it scot-free despite merely KNOWING the technique being grounds for forcibly getting your magic tubes tied (usually for good).
Weak plot, bad choice of game type, buggy as hell (you would get dumped back to desktop in an instant with no warning), final battle was just a multiplayer game with bots (I'm serious, it was a single-player version of Capture The Seals, a Randland version of CTF, but with a tiny bit of chess-like piece placement involved before the match officially starts), most of the voice acting was kinda laughable, and it had jumping puzzles (even the best FPS games do not need stupid jumping puzzles).
Music was nifty, though.
So yeah, these guys don't exactly have a high bar to jump, here. Always thought WoT would work better as an RPG.
When it takes two shots of fully-charged balefire (right in the face, no less!) to take out a Forsaken when the books clearly state that one minimum-power glancing hit and it's all over, some creative liberties were clearly taken. Especially since an Aes Sedai can apparently do so in full view of the entire White Tower and get away with it scot-free despite merely KNOWING the technique being grounds for forcibly getting your magic tubes tied (usually for good).
Weak plot, bad choice of game type, buggy as hell (you would get dumped back to desktop in an instant with no warning), final battle was just a multiplayer game with bots (I'm serious, it was a single-player version of Capture The Seals, a Randland version of CTF, but with a tiny bit of chess-like piece placement involved before the match officially starts), most of the voice acting was kinda laughable, and it had jumping puzzles (even the best FPS games do not need stupid jumping puzzles).
Music was nifty, though.
So yeah, these guys don't exactly have a high bar to jump, here. Always thought WoT would work better as an RPG.
Saborlas your full of ****. The first WoT game was awesome. How did the weapons in the first WoT game resemble any common weapons used in FPS games? Name one game that use's 3 of the same weapons and ill get down and **** your mum. As for taking 2 shots of balefire to the head to kill the forsaken... ITS A GAME!!! They obviously made it that way so that it would not be as easy to kill one of the forsaken and add a little challenge to the game. The weapons were great. Every ter'angreal had its strengths and weaknesses and you had to utilize your stratergy skills to outsmart the other player to kill them. Capturing the seals was mad game. Setting out traps like pits and retractable spears to kill the enemy trying to get your seals was ******* sic. Your a pin head. Hope the next WoT game is just as good!
A game, I can see being able to pull off. It'll be and and hopefully they'll take the time to develope it right and not spped rush it. A movie however, I don't see that happening. Live action plus really good CGI means huge budget and I dont think WoT is mainstream popular enough to warrant the dollars needed. I mean, reread the Battle of Dumai Well's, that alone is gonna skyrocket the costs, what with the fire and exploding bodies, etc, etc.
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