Comments on: Further Adventures In Two-Worlds

By: drunkymonkey

drunkymonkey — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:55:04 +0000

“deal with a rebel knight (permanently)”

Not like those other RPGs wherein you mildly abuse them with fisticuffs, then.

By: Noc

Noc — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:47:19 +0000

I’m just wondering how you “unsolve” a mystery.

By: Javaguy

Javaguy — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:05:34 +0000

I really like Two Worlds. I got it on Steam for a fiver and play it online with a few other PCG members. The single player campaign, like Oblivions, has a rubbish story but some really good side quests.

TW has a much more dense word than Oblivions, with loads of small villages dotted around. The northern areas of the game also have a different feel to the southen areas, so the world feels a lot bigger.

I reviewed Two Worlds a while back but the review is too rubbish to link to. I will, however, stand by my summing up:

“So, yeah, Two Worlds really is a game of juxtapositions, like a Trabant: Eastern European, rubbish, yet still charming enough to draw loyal fans. You’ll either find yourself hating the game due to it’s flaws or loving it for the feeling love that has gone into everything, from the gently swaying trees to the way the grass becomes charred when fire spells hit it.”

By: araczynski

araczynski — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:52:03 +0000

i’m not sure why people think the graphics suck in this game, unless they’re referring to the 360 version. i’m playing at 1600×900 cranked up and everything looks very beautiful. the grass in game at the least is done with a much better solution than the oblivion one. horse combat/use is DEFINITELY better than anything oblivion had as well.

beautiful scenery as well.

i love oblivion, so i’m not saying this is in any way better than that, but this game is pretty good if you have the system to run it, especially after the patches.

although i’ll agree that the 360 version should never have been made, it looks and plays like horseshit. they earned a lot of bad karma for releasing that version.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:35:38 +0000

I remember when it was first released and one of the devs said Two Worlds was a better game than Oblivion because it had better working horses.

Not that great a feat, you’d think, but there you go.

By: popcorn

popcorn — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:33:39 +0000

The problem with Two Worlds is that it’s $40 on Steam. They had a deal a while back where it was $10, and many people in one of the forums I hung out in got it and loved the hell out of that game. It is awful, but it has co-op, bears, etc.

Also, it has a 1.5 gigabyte patch. 1.5 GIGS.

By: grey_painter

grey_painter — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:22:26 +0000

I’m one of those odd people who enjoyed the cheesy dialogue, at least they had more than 3 voice actors rotated like oblivion. I agree the graphics when looking at people are a little bit dodge but the vistas from some of the high points are absolutely stunning. To be honest I found the game to be quietly charming, you get the impression that a fair amount of love went into its creation. Yes combat is very hard and revolving around the healing shrines but once you’ve leveled up a bit and found some nice weapons it is very satisfying to be able to walk into a grom camp and dispatch everything in it with one or two swipes.

I’ve more or less ignored the main story for the moment, walking around the country side there is usually something to distract you and a multitude of quests to take part in. The background of the world is interesting too, especially the mythology the orcs have that explain why they are fighting. After a discussion with one character I started to feel mildly guilty about killing the orcs.

But as I said I’m an odd person

By: fluffy bunny

fluffy bunny — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:13:43 +0000

Nah, it’s pretty good. Very generic, very cheesy, but also quite enjoyable and pretty much bug-free after the patches.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:05:15 +0000

Yeah I love RPG’s, but Two Worlds just struck me as an insult to the genre.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:57:41 +0000

I like rpgs a lot and am always interested in new ones so tried the demo. I thought this was just awful, generic fantasy rubbish.

It had bad graphics, terrible dialogue and voice acting, sluggish controls, poor performance for the quality of the graphics and just generally uninspired game play.

By: araczynski

araczynski — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:40:58 +0000

first, its not a game you should touch on the 360, full of bugs, and looks like crap due to the console limitations.

the pc side i am really enjoying, even with the cheese conversations and constant attempts at old proper english or somesuch.

i enjoyed oblivions, the gothics, and have the witcher on the backburner while they finalize the extra whatever edition, but i’ll also say that i enjoyed dungeon lords, as unfinished as it was.

if you crank up the graphics on this game it looks surprisingly very nice, great open lands, and lots of neat stuff to hack to pieces.

this is a game for people that love rpg’s, not for those that are popping wood over the next devil may cry or ninja gaiden or wow clone.

By: sherman

sherman — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:35:37 +0000

this explains how i feel about this crapshoot game