The Temple of Elemental Evil (video game)

Temple of Elemental Evil
Cover illustration by Chris Glenn. German and Italian box.
Developer(s)	Troika Games
Publisher(s)	Atari
Designer(s)	Tim Cain
Platform(s)	PC (Windows)
Release	September, 2003
Genre(s)	computer RPG
Mode(s)	Single player

The Temple of Elemental Evil is a computer role-playing game by now-defunct Troika Games. It is a re-creation of the classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons adventure of the same name using the 3.5 edition rules. The game was published by Atari, the current and sole holder of the interactive rights of the Dungeons & Dragons -franchise [1]. TToEE was released in autumn of 2003.

The release was criticised for its lack of story development and well-developed characters, but the harshest and most frequent complaints were related to stability issues and other bugs. The turn-based combat, however, was generally thought to be implemented well, and is arguably the most faithful representation of the current pen-and-paper ("3.5e") rules in a computer game.

TToEE remains the only D&D related computer game set in the original Greyhawk setting. Thus it is also the only one featuring an (A)D&D world designed by the D&D co-creator Gary Gygax.

File:Toee 2.jpg Targeting a spell that has a circular area of effect.

A radial menu is used for choosing a character's actions.

File:Toee 7.jpg The yellow circle indicates the reach of the demon's attacks.

External links

• Atari's official Temple of Elemental Evil page
• Sorcerer's Place (extensive coverage of all (A)D&D CRPGs)
• Circle of Eight, mods and unofficial patch for Temple of Elemental Evil
• The Temple of Elemental Evil: A Classic Greyhawk Adventure at MobyGames
• The Temple of Elemental Evil at GameSpot
• A post-mortem by game's producer Tom Decker at IGN