Software:Wizards & Warriors (2000 video game)

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Short description: 2000 role-playing video game
Wizards & Warriors
Wizards & Warriors Cover.jpg
Cover art by Keith Parkinson[1]
Developer(s)Heuristic Park
Publisher(s)Activision
Designer(s)David W. Bradley, Nathan Cheever
Composer(s)Steve Miller
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: October 4, 2000[2]
  • EU: October 6, 2000
  • AU: 2000
Genre(s)Role-playing video game
Mode(s)Single-player

Wizards & Warriors is a role-playing video game for Microsoft Windows designed by David W. Bradley.

Gameplay

Gameplay is similar in style to Bradley's earlier Wizardry games. Players control a party of characters through a first-person perspective and fight turn-based combats. Outside of combat, the game is real-time. Characters can join guilds that give exclusive quests, and each character maintains their own individual quest log.[3] Guilds also allow characters to switch classes. Characters can switch classes as many times as they like but can not return to a class once they change from it.[4]

Development

Development began in 1996 and lasted four years.[5] Bradley initially reported the game would have a system that allowed players to choose between real-time and turn-based combat, though this was later abandoned. Competitive multiplayer was also planned based on the guild system, though this, too, was removed.[3]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic70/100[6]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame3.5/5 stars[7]
CGSP2.5/5 stars[9]
CGW3/5 stars[10]
Game Informer5/10[11]
GamePro3.5/5 stars[12]
GameRevolutionC[13]
GameSpot7/10[14]
GameSpy68%[15]
GameZone7.5/10[16]
IGN8.4/10[17]
Next Generation2/5 stars[18]
PC Gamer (US)74%[19]

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[6] Sam Derboo of Hardcore Gaming 101 wrote that it "feels like Bradley's alternative Wizardry 8".[3] In comparing the two games' dungeons, Derboo said the dungeons of Wizards & Warriors are more complex.[3] Andrew Seyoon Park of GameSpot wrote that the game seems to be unimpressive at first, perhaps because of its long development, but provides "many hours of exploration and character building".[14] Tal Blevins of IGN complimented the game's graphics and voice acting, though he wrote that the controls can be annoying. Blevins concluded, "If you like old-school RPGs, you'll fall in love with Wizards & Warriors."[17] Jonathan Houghton of The Adrenaline Vault likened it to EverQuest, saying that the game's unoriginal storyline is compensated for by its depth and longevity.[20] In criticizing the game's controls, graphics, and story, Will Lally and Tina Haumersen of GameSpy wrote, "Aside from some nostalgia value, there is nothing to recommend this game."[15] Doug Trueman of NextGen wrote, "What might have been a decent RPG a couple of years ago can't compete today with the likes of Diablo II and Icewind Dale."[18]

Reviews

References

  1. ↑ "Wizards & Warriors Original Pencil Sketch". https://www.keithparkinson.com/product/wizards-warriors-original-pencil-sketch/. 
  2. ↑ Fudge, James (October 4, 2000). "Wizards & Warriors Released". Strategy Plus, Inc.. Archived from the original on May 30, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030530092100/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/030/010/ww.html. Retrieved June 3, 2022. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Derboo, Sam (October 31, 2012). "Wizardry: Stones of Arnhem". Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141106161408/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wizardry/wizardry11.htm. Retrieved September 8, 2020. 
  4. ↑ Blevins, Tal (March 1, 2000). "Wizards & Warriors (Preview)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/03/02/wizards-warriors-2. Retrieved November 6, 2016. 
  5. ↑ Kasavin, Greg (August 3, 2000). "Wizards & Warriors Preview [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006""]. Red Ventures. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wizards-and-warriors-preview/1100-2611498/. Retrieved November 7, 2016. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Wizards & Warriors for PC Reviews". Red Ventures. https://www.metacritic.com/game/wizards-and-warriors/critic-reviews/?platform=pc. Retrieved November 6, 2016. 
  7. ↑ House, Michael L.. "Wizards & Warriors (PC) - Review". All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141114140430/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=23649&tab=review. Retrieved September 8, 2020. 
  8. ↑ Bub, Andrew S. (October 11, 2000). "Wizards & Warriors". CNET. Archived from the original on October 19, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20001019040845/http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-4873,00.html. Retrieved June 3, 2022. 
  9. ↑ D'Aprile, Jason (November 11, 2000). "Wizards and Warriors [sic"]. Strategy Plus, Inc.. Archived from the original on April 18, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030418224245/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/030/140/wizanwar_review.html. Retrieved September 8, 2020. 
  10. ↑ Chick, Tom (February 2001). "Good, Bad, & Ugly (Wizards & Warriors Review)". Computer Gaming World (Ziff Davis) (199): 108–09. https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_199.pdf. Retrieved September 8, 2020. 
  11. ↑ Reppen, Erik (December 2000). "Wizards & Warriors (PC)". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (92): 134. 
  12. ↑ Wright, Brian (October 19, 2000). "Wizards & Warriors Review for PC on GamePro.com". GamePro (IDG Entertainment). Archived from the original on November 9, 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20041109202032/http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/7061.shtml. Retrieved September 8, 2020. 
  13. ↑ Ferris, Duke (October 2000). "Wizards & Warriors Review". CraveOnline. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150919084610/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/wizards-warriors. Retrieved September 8, 2020. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Park, Andrew Seyoon (October 3, 2000). "Wizards & Warriors Review (PC)". Red Ventures. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wizards-and-warriors-review/1900-2636305/. Retrieved November 6, 2016. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Lally, Will; Haumersen, Tina (October 21, 2000). "Wizards and Warriors [sic"]. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 10, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20001110041700/http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/october00/wandw/. Retrieved November 6, 2016. 
  16. ↑ Lafferty, Michael (October 9, 2000). "Wizards & Warriors Review - PC". Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071010014441/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r14325.htm. Retrieved September 8, 2020. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Blevins, Tal (September 29, 2000). "Wizards & Warriors (PC)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/09/30/wizards-warriors. Retrieved November 6, 2016. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Trueman, Doug (January 2001). "Wizards and Warriors [sic"]. NextGen (Imagine Media) (73): 113. https://archive.org/details/NextGen73Jan2001/page/n113/mode/2up. Retrieved September 7, 2020. 
  19. ↑ "Wizards & Warriors". PC Gamer (Imagine Media) 7 (12): 144. December 2000. 
  20. ↑ Houghton, Jonathan (October 30, 2000). "Wizards & Warriors". Archived from the original on February 7, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060207180941/http://www.avault.com/reviews/print_review.asp?game=wizwar. Retrieved November 6, 2016. 
  21. ↑ "Backstab Magazine (French) Issue 24". https://archive.org/details/backstab-magazine-french-24/page/n93/mode/2up. 

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