<s>
Shannara	B-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
for	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Shannara	B-Application
series	O
of	O
books	O
by	O
Terry	O
Brooks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
game	O
contains	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
Shannara	B-Application
novels	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
an	O
adaptation	O
but	O
an	O
original	O
story	O
set	O
after	O
The	O
Sword	O
of	O
Shannara	B-Application
and	O
before	O
The	O
Elfstones	O
of	O
Shannara	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Jak	B-Application
Ohmsford	I-Application
,	O
son	O
of	O
Shea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jak	O
sets	O
off	O
into	O
the	O
Land	O
of	O
Shannara	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
saying	O
it	O
fails	O
both	O
as	O
an	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Shannara	B-Application
saga	O
and	O
as	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
,	O
Cindy	O
Yans	O
greatly	O
disliked	O
Shannaras	B-Application
role-playing	O
mechanics	O
,	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
you	O
really	O
want	O
to	O
avoid	O
combat	O
at	O
all	O
costs.	O
"	O
</s>
