By Jim Rossignol on May 27th, 2010 at 10:35 am.
A while back we did a bit of embarrassed laughing at this, but it turns out the actual debut trailer for Two Worlds 2, which has just turned up, is far snazzier, and makes the game look quite a lot posher too. I don’t expect it will genuinely dissolve the fleshy wrapping of scepticism produced by people who played the original game, but I know that at least some of those people didn’t react badly to it, and will probably be going back to visit ludicrously helmeted fantasy chappies in the sequel.
Recognise!
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I liked the first game. In fact, I preferred it to the Witcher…
Come on! Bring on the flames!
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I definitely got my money’s worth from Two Worlds, bought for cheap. Good god though, it was massive. I must’ve sunk over a hundred hours into it. Eventually I had to cut all the side quests and murder my way through the main quest (most main quests can be resolved by either running a bunch of errands or… slaughtering the quest giver.) Had a lot going for it. So much to do. But of all the things you COULD do, nothing was really extraordinary.
And the less said about the horses the better…
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Two Worlds wasn’t that bad. I played it the whole way through, which is more than I can say for any of the Elder Scrolls games at least.
Preferring Two Worlds to The Witcher still makes you a crazy though.
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Looks interesting… Might have to start following this.
Would you say the first game is worth picking up? I like games. But only good ones.
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Also, can we start calling this 2W2?
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If you only like good games, don’t bother. Two Worlds was flawed but could be pretty fun at times.
In any case, it’s on GOG for $10 if you feel the need to buy it digitally and I’m sure you can find it for less if you go retail.
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Only if we can pronounce pronounce 2W2 ‘twat’.
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I can’t wait to see more 2W2…
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Well lets just hope 2W2 is tight.
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Unfortunately, I now realise that I ruined a perfectly good pun for decent grammar. I meant to say, “I can’t wait to see more of 2W2…”.
2W2′s all folks!
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i find the previous trailer more entertaining: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXESp8vlh58
in much the same way that a b-movie can be a lot of fun, while the hollywood equivalent (bigger budget and more cgi) is usually no fun at all.
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I love the use of IGNs quote ‘Intriguing’ Who really puts that quote in a game trailer?
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The first quote, even. They should’ve followed it up with “I’ll have to remember to check this out.” -Kotaku and “Might buy during a Steam sale.” -Gamespot.
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Very heavily based on the Oblivion School of Graphics.
Shiny shiny everything.
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Wait, you’re saying you can’t see your reflection in stone/wood/rusty metal?
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What in the fuuuuckkk is that music?
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@Hexagonal Bolts
Have you been watching Trailer Park Boys or something?
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@bolts: it’s a german game, remember? listening to crap music from 20 years ago is normal for them.
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@Ihzr: It’s from Poland, so it’s most definitely not a German game. Although the music accusation is, admittedly, correct.
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@labbes: oh, my bad. i could’ve sworn the devs were german, dunno where i picked that up from.
although the music for the 1st game was composed by a german (at least according to wiki), so if he’s still onboard for this one, it might go some way towards explaining what we’ve heard in this trailer
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I think the publisher is German, the first game also got quite the buzz here (…and bad reviews).
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<3 Trailer Park Boys.
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@Chris Evans
That was my first thought as well. Could’ve been taken from any part of a review or preview. I was saddened to see that they stopped the trend after “breathtaking,” as I wanted to see what more generic words they could use to describe the game. I was hoping for something along the lines of: “Intriguing. Breathtaking. Compelling. Killing. Swords. Stuff.”
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“Breathtaking” -Destructoid
That must have been taken out of context.
“the environments are nothing short of breathtaking.”
Apparently not.
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Yep, me too. In fact, the problem with TW was mostly with what it appeared to be – that is, an Oblivion knockoff. It wasn’t. If you went into it expecting a Diablo 2 knockoff from a different perspective and bad voiceover dialog (most of which was C-movie-class pure awesomeness), you’d have enjoyed it immensely.
I did – I reviewed it here: http://games.thegeeklynews.com/2009/10/risen-vs-oblivion-vs-two-worlds-vs-torchlight/
Oliver
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Hrmm. Another trailer which doesn’t really leave me any the wiser as to what the game’s is actually about, other than stabbing various things with swords.
Unless that’s pretty much it, I suppose, in which case good job.
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Number 1 was so B-Grade – with Z-Grade acting – I took a shining to it. If no 2 is as fun it’s on the buy list.
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