<s>
Nemesis	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Wizardry	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1996	O
adventure	O
and	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sir-Tech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
the	O
Wizardry	B-Device
series	O
of	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
were	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currie	O
had	O
worked	O
at	O
the	O
company	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
,	O
most	O
recently	O
as	O
the	O
producer	O
of	O
Jagged	B-Device
Alliance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
controls	O
were	O
simplified	O
,	O
and	O
she	O
compared	O
its	O
design	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
greater	O
emphasis	O
on	O
action	O
and	O
conversation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
Nemesis	O
also	O
features	O
pre-rendered	O
3D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
PC	O
Gamers	O
T	O
.	O
Liam	O
McDonald	O
,	O
Nemesis	O
was	O
an	O
attempt	O
by	O
Sir-Tech	O
to	O
engage	O
the	O
era	O
's	O
influx	O
of	O
new	O
computer	O
game	O
players	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
whom	O
were	O
unfamiliar	O
with	O
the	O
Wizardry	B-Device
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
making	O
the	O
game	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
canon	O
,	O
Sir-Tech	O
created	O
an	O
original	O
setting	O
meant	O
to	O
retain	O
only	O
what	O
Currie	O
called	O
"	O
the	O
qualities	O
that	O
Wizardry	B-Device
stands	O
for	O
:	O
an	O
epic	O
story	O
,	O
intrigue	O
,	O
mystery	O
,	O
and	O
arsenals	O
of	O
unique	O
items.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
previous	O
Wizardry	B-Device
titles	O
,	O
the	O
designers	O
chose	O
to	O
make	O
Nemesis	O
a	O
real-time	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sir-Tech	O
showed	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
1996	O
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
(	O
E3	O
)	O
in	O
June	O
,	O
alongside	O
Realms	B-Application
of	I-Application
Arkania	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shadows	I-Application
over	I-Application
Riva	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
,	O
Michael	O
Wolf	O
summarized	O
Nemesis	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
decent	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
,	O
but	O
if	O
you	O
're	O
dying	O
to	O
play	O
more	O
Wizardry	B-Device
games	O
,	O
you	O
're	O
bound	O
to	O
be	O
disappointed.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Next	O
Generation	O
critic	O
agreed	O
that	O
the	O
developers	O
were	O
"	O
riding	O
the	O
Wizardry	B-Device
wave	O
of	O
success	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
some	O
extent	O
betraying	O
it	O
"	O
with	O
Nemesis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
puzzles	O
were	O
quite	O
inventive	O
,	O
but	O
felt	O
too	O
many	O
were	O
impossible	O
to	O
solve	O
unaided	O
,	O
and	O
found	O
the	O
dungeon	O
crawl	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
drawn-out	O
slog	O
than	O
previous	O
Wizardry	B-Device
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
,	O
Shane	O
Mooney	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Those	O
expecting	O
an	O
RPG	O
in	O
the	O
Wizardry	B-Device
tradition	O
will	O
be	O
disappointed	O
by	O
Nemesis''	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
