<s>
Ring	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Nibelungen	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1998	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Arxel	O
Tribe	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
by	O
Red	O
Orb	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
in	O
Europe	O
by	O
Cryo	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Richard	O
Wagner	O
's	O
four	O
opera	B-Application
cycle	O
Der	O
Ring	O
des	O
Nibelungen	O
,	O
and	O
features	O
music	O
from	O
various	O
performances	O
of	O
the	O
Vienna	O
Philharmonic	O
Orchestra	O
conducted	O
by	O
Georg	O
Solti	O
from	O
1958	O
to	O
1964	O
,	O
chosen	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
PolyGram	O
and	O
Decca	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Cryo	O
's	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
Atlantis	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
played	O
primarily	O
from	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
which	O
is	O
controlled	O
by	O
the	O
mouse	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
characters	O
are	O
Alberich	O
(	O
a	O
cruel	O
and	O
sadistic	O
dwarf	O
king	O
)	O
,	O
Loge	B-Device
(	O
a	O
fire	O
spirit	O
)	O
,	O
Siegmund	O
(	O
the	O
son	O
of	O
the	O
god	O
Wotan	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Brünnhilde	O
(	O
a	O
Valkyrie	O
warrior	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
part	O
has	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
control	O
of	O
Loge	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Her	O
act	O
enrages	O
Wotan	O
,	O
and	O
she	O
is	O
forced	O
to	O
flee	O
to	O
Valhalla	B-Application
where	O
she	O
can	O
obtain	O
a	O
magic	O
artifact	O
to	O
bring	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
asteroid	O
on	O
which	O
the	O
story	O
begins	O
-	O
thus	O
completing	O
the	O
titular	O
"	O
ring	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
individual	O
chapters	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
opera	B-Application
cycle	O
,	O
Rheingold	O
and	O
Die	O
Walküre	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
story	O
is	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
part	O
,	O
recognisable	O
from	O
its	O
source	O
material	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
change	O
is	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
opera	B-Application
,	O
Siegmund	O
is	O
killed	O
while	O
fighting	O
his	O
sister	O
's	O
lover	O
Hunding	O
,	O
whereas	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
he	O
is	O
saved	O
by	O
Brünnhilde	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
opera	B-Application
,	O
Wotan	O
confronts	O
Brünhilde	O
for	O
saving	O
Siegmund	O
and	O
confines	O
her	O
to	O
eternal	O
sleep	O
,	O
while	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
she	O
brings	O
a	O
magic	O
artifact	O
to	O
the	O
asteroid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ring	O
was	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Arxel	O
Tribe	O
,	O
following	O
its	O
1997	O
title	O
Pilgrim	B-Application
:	I-Application
Faith	I-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
Weapon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daniel	O
Erickson	O
reviewed	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
one	O
star	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Even	O
if	O
you	O
're	O
a	O
fan	O
of	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
opera	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Wagner	O
's	O
Ring	O
Cycle	O
,	O
you	O
'll	O
still	O
hate	O
Ring.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
highly	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
science-fiction	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
and	O
argued	O
that	O
anyone	O
not	O
familiar	O
with	O
the	O
opera	B-Application
would	O
be	O
completely	O
lost	O
for	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Ring	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Ring	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Twilight	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Gods	I-Application
,	O
which	O
brings	O
the	O
cycle	O
to	O
an	O
end	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
two	O
last	O
parts	O
of	O
Wagner	O
's	O
Ring	O
des	O
Nibelungen	O
,	O
Siegfried	O
and	O
Götterdämmerung	O
.	O
</s>
