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Sacred 2 |OT| Lootwhores of all Platforms, Unite!
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I was really psyched to buy this game after reading this thread and hearing other positive feedback from other sources. I loved Diablo and Baldur's, so I thought this was definitely my kind of game. I even made the effort to travel to multiple Gamestops and BestBuys after being told it was sold out at each location. When I finally got my hands on a copy, I went home and settled down in front of my TV, expecting to play through the night.
I really wanted to like this game. I still do, but I'm losing faith. I played for 3 hours or so before getting bored with the combat and lack of story. Not to mention the technical problems I was experiencing. During the time I played, my character froze three times. The first two times, the entire screen locked up, but my character's icon on the mini map would still move around. The third time, I suffered massive framerate lag which caused me to die and when I ressurected, my character would not budge from her spot.
I'm still going to pick it up and try to get a better feel for the game, since I don't like the thought of a wasted purchase. But does the game get more exciting as you advance? Or is it mostly just running around the world map completing mundane quests like "go here and kill this many of [blank]" or "deliver this here", etc.?
I really wanted to like this game. I still do, but I'm losing faith. I played for 3 hours or so before getting bored with the combat and lack of story. Not to mention the technical problems I was experiencing. During the time I played, my character froze three times. The first two times, the entire screen locked up, but my character's icon on the mini map would still move around. The third time, I suffered massive framerate lag which caused me to die and when I ressurected, my character would not budge from her spot.
I'm still going to pick it up and try to get a better feel for the game, since I don't like the thought of a wasted purchase. But does the game get more exciting as you advance? Or is it mostly just running around the world map completing mundane quests like "go here and kill this many of [blank]" or "deliver this here", etc.?
Jesus Christ, my friend and I played for 13 hours straight today, I can't remember the last time I did that with ANY game. I'm level 36 I think, with just under 20% of the map explored at about 36 hours. I'm getting to the point now where I've got some gold modded CA's, sweet forged stuff, and I'm starting to understand/see the value of different bonuses (like regen -% times etc)on equipment vs. just higher attack/defense stats. The only thing I really messed up on with putting way too many runes into my Pelting Strikes and Battle Stance early on (like 7 on each), but I've got my Aspect for those two up and Pelting Strike Gold-modded with Drill I've already gotten that regen down from something like 16.2 seconds to 4.2 seconds, so I spam it pretty much constantly.
Ok guys, I'm going to this store at 15 min from my house where they sell games from the US. I don't know if they even have Sacred, but god damn I hope they do.
Too bad I have almost no money, so I'll need to sell a game
Oh well, I didn't like Fallout 3 all that much, so... there it goes :lol
Too bad I have almost no money, so I'll need to sell a game
Oh well, I didn't like Fallout 3 all that much, so... there it goes :lol
Diseased Yak
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Here's my dude:
Just hit 28 while co-op'ing. A friend and I went from the little hamlet north of the desert all the way to past the large city in the center of the desert. Wow, what a place! Lots of awesome stuff. Ended up having to turn back after getting into the southern part of the desert because of killer red scorpions.
Just hit 28 while co-op'ing. A friend and I went from the little hamlet north of the desert all the way to past the large city in the center of the desert. Wow, what a place! Lots of awesome stuff. Ended up having to turn back after getting into the southern part of the desert because of killer red scorpions.
Had a lovely two-hour session tonight, and finally got to the Blind Guardian concert. That was certainly an interesting addition--I ended up liking it a lot!
Anyway, my high elf is level 29 now, and damn she feels powerful. Regen times are pretty much 1.5 seconds for my main pyro skills, so spamming fireball or even the wall of fire thing (I can never remember the skill names...) has become pretty routine. I think part of the problem is that I'm really taking my time and exploring, so I should probably have moved on to different parts of the map a long time ago.
I started finding a bunch of items that have bonuses to the amount of loot that you find, and now most enemies are dropping 3-4 items each time. I have 300 or so health potions now--completely ridiculous.
Anyway--random jumble of thoughts, but the more I get used to the game, the easier it is to forget about some of its major flaws and really enjoy it. I'm totally satisfied at this point, but at the same time, I can't wait for a patch.
Anyway, my high elf is level 29 now, and damn she feels powerful. Regen times are pretty much 1.5 seconds for my main pyro skills, so spamming fireball or even the wall of fire thing (I can never remember the skill names...) has become pretty routine. I think part of the problem is that I'm really taking my time and exploring, so I should probably have moved on to different parts of the map a long time ago.
I started finding a bunch of items that have bonuses to the amount of loot that you find, and now most enemies are dropping 3-4 items each time. I have 300 or so health potions now--completely ridiculous.
Anyway--random jumble of thoughts, but the more I get used to the game, the easier it is to forget about some of its major flaws and really enjoy it. I'm totally satisfied at this point, but at the same time, I can't wait for a patch.
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
Kauza said:
What lvl are your skills/runes at? That casting time is insane. My lvl 28 high elf has like 10 second Fire wall cast ect....
Think im like lvl 9 or so Fire wall. Tons of points into the 2 pyro skills. alot into concentration too.
It seems that soom items scale to your character. I found Officer's Saber and transfered it my SW who was level 4 at the time. He could use it right away and at level 12 it's still a powerful weapon - I one shot them all on silver.
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Picked this up today for the 360. Amazing game. Only level 5 so far, and I haven't messed around with upgrading anything yet. I am scared to in case I make a mistake.
bjaelke said:
Yup. This also makes using a wiki or other source to track an item's stats challenging. Plain/common items will have higher base stats as you level. That's why, if you use a badass unique "Wicked Sword of the Evil Conquerer" (or whatever) long enough, you'll eventually get some boring drop - "War Sword" - that's still an upgrade.
FINALLY had my first go at the game - here are some random thoughts and observations.
Disclaimer: 360, import version, installed to disc, 1080p on 50`` FullHD Plasma
- setting the camera angle to "fixed" extremely helped with the framerate, now its stable 30 more than 95% of time
- import version has english voices, but all the texts (and thus the stats pages) are in german
- the loading in this game is amazing: 2sec for a city, 5sec for a dungeon or a teleport - incredible for a game of this scale
- experienced one glitch: tried to modify radiant pillar, but it showed me the wrong page of spells. going back to the main menu and reloading solved the problem
- otherwise I had a total blast, game is more than amazing and the perfect placeholder till D3
Here is what my Sera build looks like right now:
Disclaimer: 360, import version, installed to disc, 1080p on 50`` FullHD Plasma
- setting the camera angle to "fixed" extremely helped with the framerate, now its stable 30 more than 95% of time
- import version has english voices, but all the texts (and thus the stats pages) are in german
- the loading in this game is amazing: 2sec for a city, 5sec for a dungeon or a teleport - incredible for a game of this scale
- experienced one glitch: tried to modify radiant pillar, but it showed me the wrong page of spells. going back to the main menu and reloading solved the problem
- otherwise I had a total blast, game is more than amazing and the perfect placeholder till D3
Here is what my Sera build looks like right now:
This is true, but the thing that I found most appealing in Diablo was the story and the atmosphere. I've yet to find anything intriguing about the atmosphere or story-wise in Sacred 2.Petrie said:
Oh well, I'll still give it a chance. Who knows, it might grow on me. If not, it's off to Ebay I go.
Loudninja said:
While its all not really THIS important on silver, its still difficult (but fun) to balance everything. If you start to plan your character, it feels like you are juggling with 50 slippery blades (with sharp tips) at once...
Mik2121 said:Alright. I've been playing since I got the game and I should be doing other stuff instead! I hate you guys
*goes back to the game*
Post pics!
Hammer24 said:While its all not really THIS important on silver, its still difficult (but fun) to balance everything. If you start to plan your character, it feels like you are juggling with 50 slippery blades (with sharp tips) at once...
Post pics!
Yeah I am doing very well at balancing armor lore helps alot though
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
ARRRRGGGHHHH
Bow drop rates are shit! I'm level 47 and the best bow I've seen is still only 2 star. It's really holding my Dryad back from doing some serious killing.
Bow drop rates are shit! I'm level 47 and the best bow I've seen is still only 2 star. It's really holding my Dryad back from doing some serious killing.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
lol I just finished the blind guardian quest and got the rock out scene lol
I'm definitely in love with the high elf. I'm at level 24 and have my glacial thorns doing 67 damage, but the beauty is the 1.2 sec regen time, meaning it cools down by the time it is done being cast. Awesome. My only real mistake thus far was picking tactics lore, as I've realized there is no reason to have her bother attacking with a weapon.
peacemountain
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Hammer24 said:
Thanks. Ordered the PS3 version. Since amazon uk suddenly refuses to send videogames to Switzerland... What a globalized world.
I would love to play this game, looks awesome, but I know better, I suuuuuuck at games like this where you need to highly manage your character- I never know what skills, etc to pick, lol.
Regardless, the game holds the honor for the most HILARIOUS trailer ever. I literally laughed for 10 minutes after I saw this. Not because it presents the game in an unflattering light, but due to the transition for CGI to gameplay coupled with the comments.
TRAILER: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/battle-gameplay-sacred-2/44589#comments_top
Regardless, the game holds the honor for the most HILARIOUS trailer ever. I literally laughed for 10 minutes after I saw this. Not because it presents the game in an unflattering light, but due to the transition for CGI to gameplay coupled with the comments.
TRAILER: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/battle-gameplay-sacred-2/44589#comments_top
Got my Inquisitor unique mount last night... giddyup!
Just a note: Get 'em early on folks. Price scales with your level... I was 26 or 27 and was almost 200K.
Kinda funny, I was running around on my way to the unique mount quests and I cast Clustering Maelstrom (kinda a vortex spell that draws things in and then damages) on a huge group of enemies. Unfortunately, my horse was smack in the middle of the group and the thing just dropped dead... I didn't even know I could kill my own damn horse. I laughed and was pissed at the same time cause I was in the middle of friggin' nowhere with a dead $100K pony...
Just a note: Get 'em early on folks. Price scales with your level... I was 26 or 27 and was almost 200K.
Kinda funny, I was running around on my way to the unique mount quests and I cast Clustering Maelstrom (kinda a vortex spell that draws things in and then damages) on a huge group of enemies. Unfortunately, my horse was smack in the middle of the group and the thing just dropped dead... I didn't even know I could kill my own damn horse. I laughed and was pissed at the same time cause I was in the middle of friggin' nowhere with a dead $100K pony...