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Two Worlds II |OT| QA Tested, Jerry Approved
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Unregistered007
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xbox or ps3 version expressions please.
BitchTits said:
This doesn't gel with the positive impressions of the game so far.
Did you play the first game, it was horrible on the 360, but everything so far has pointed to the sequel being better. I assume those were PC impressions though.
bolded the truth
the game is enjoyable on ps3, but also a heavy mess. the framerate drops down to 5fps in cities and the overall performance is poor (shit streaming). the story is horrible (i am on chapter 3 (and i dont have a fucking clou about), i didnt play the first game. cutscenes are horrible, but i like the writing and speach in the german version.
fistwell_old
Member
Yeah but taste doesnt explain everything. The game is objectively not a putrid mess on all levels on 360 for example.subversus said:
Also, expressions what?
Yeah pretty much.ram said:
but what's a clou??
I finished the game about a week ago. These are my general RPG preferences so you get a sense of where you stand regarding my tastes and view of Two Worlds 2 (excluding really oldies): Loved Dragon Age, Risen, Gothic 1, liked Gothic 2, disliked Gothic 4, hated Oblivion.
So, regarding Two Worlds 2:
+ Diverse environments. Not a single western Europe forest, but forests, savannas, jungles, swamps, rockies etc.
+ No monster leveling. There are areas early game that you must avoid or you'll get one-shot killed, and when you over level-up you can return to these same areas and destroy every moving thing. They won't have gained power just to spite you.
+Beautiful graphics, excluding animation and most characters. Nice textures and lighting.
+ Imaginative and beautiful magic system.
+Great summons.
+ Nice quests, general sense of a thought out society. Nothing original in the cultures, but it seemed generally alive.
+ Lots of quests, nice main story, long game unless you are going for endless exploration, at ~20-25 hours.
- This kind of animation, while normal for a euro-rpg, is starting to become annoying when compared to what is possible today.
- Awful character designs for most NPCs, blocky hands and faces.
- Meaningless exploration, especially after a point. While the world is beautiful all the important areas or dungeons are locked unless you've received the appropriate quest. Almost nothing to discover or gain if moving through the game without being sent via a quest.
- Broken balance, at least with a fighter, on Normal. After chapter 2 or so (having done all quests of chapter 1 and having upgrades armor, weapons etc), there was literally no challenge. I would receive minimal amounts of damage while killing everything with a couple of blows.
- Lying developers/publishers. This is important to me, and has nothing to do with the main island thing. I never got the big island complaining, so there is an empty island on the map, so fucking what? As long as the game lasts as long as they said.
But the thing is, it doesn't. They claim 20-25 hours for main quest and 100+ (or 150+ ?) if exploring and completing side quests. It was 22 hours for me with countless of side quests completed. It's still good for me, I get bored of never ending games, but why the fuck blatantly lie ?
- Infuriating inventory system.
- An RPG with no total statistics. You have endurance, strength etch, but no overall armor, resistances, only a damage per hit statistic and percentages that mostly make no sense regarding each piece of armor or piece of magical jewelry.
- Bugs, though nothing game-breaking, and having to hack your way to options that should be available, such as AF.
I still cannot decide about the combat. It certainly wasn't great, but some of the special moves options were nice. You can knock down, attack multiple enemies etc, but block and dodge are hardly necessary while there is no locking on specific enemies and you just slash away.
The greatest, by far actually, combat ever for me still remains that of Severance: Blade of Darkness. Just had to say this.
Overall, while the negatives seem to add up now that I look at it, it's a good game, certainly worth buying for anyone who enjoyed euro-RPGs.
So, regarding Two Worlds 2:
+ Diverse environments. Not a single western Europe forest, but forests, savannas, jungles, swamps, rockies etc.
+ No monster leveling. There are areas early game that you must avoid or you'll get one-shot killed, and when you over level-up you can return to these same areas and destroy every moving thing. They won't have gained power just to spite you.
+Beautiful graphics, excluding animation and most characters. Nice textures and lighting.
+ Imaginative and beautiful magic system.
+Great summons.
+ Nice quests, general sense of a thought out society. Nothing original in the cultures, but it seemed generally alive.
+ Lots of quests, nice main story, long game unless you are going for endless exploration, at ~20-25 hours.
- This kind of animation, while normal for a euro-rpg, is starting to become annoying when compared to what is possible today.
- Awful character designs for most NPCs, blocky hands and faces.
- Meaningless exploration, especially after a point. While the world is beautiful all the important areas or dungeons are locked unless you've received the appropriate quest. Almost nothing to discover or gain if moving through the game without being sent via a quest.
- Broken balance, at least with a fighter, on Normal. After chapter 2 or so (having done all quests of chapter 1 and having upgrades armor, weapons etc), there was literally no challenge. I would receive minimal amounts of damage while killing everything with a couple of blows.
- Lying developers/publishers. This is important to me, and has nothing to do with the main island thing. I never got the big island complaining, so there is an empty island on the map, so fucking what? As long as the game lasts as long as they said.
But the thing is, it doesn't. They claim 20-25 hours for main quest and 100+ (or 150+ ?) if exploring and completing side quests. It was 22 hours for me with countless of side quests completed. It's still good for me, I get bored of never ending games, but why the fuck blatantly lie ?
- Infuriating inventory system.
- An RPG with no total statistics. You have endurance, strength etch, but no overall armor, resistances, only a damage per hit statistic and percentages that mostly make no sense regarding each piece of armor or piece of magical jewelry.
- Bugs, though nothing game-breaking, and having to hack your way to options that should be available, such as AF.
I still cannot decide about the combat. It certainly wasn't great, but some of the special moves options were nice. You can knock down, attack multiple enemies etc, but block and dodge are hardly necessary while there is no locking on specific enemies and you just slash away.
The greatest, by far actually, combat ever for me still remains that of Severance: Blade of Darkness. Just had to say this.
Overall, while the negatives seem to add up now that I look at it, it's a good game, certainly worth buying for anyone who enjoyed euro-RPGs.
Confidence Man
Member
poisonelf said:
Well it ties directly into some of your other complaints. A lot of people, myself included, saw the world map and assumed the game would actually be that size, that there would be a lot of land to explore with a lot of things to find that would contribute to that 100+ hour figure.
Sales-age - TW2 hits 1M units sold before US and UK release
http://www.gry-online.pl/S013.asp?ID=55598
It's not said if it's shipped or sold through (I assume it's shipped). Still, the publisher is happy with sales.
http://www.gry-online.pl/S013.asp?ID=55598
It's not said if it's shipped or sold through (I assume it's shipped). Still, the publisher is happy with sales.
The game has already sold over one million units in Europe after just three weeks on sale.
That's quite impressive.
That's quite impressive.
So, yet another single player (mostly) euro-RPG, with 000.1% of the marketing budgets of behemoths like EA or Activision, and I guess with 1/100 of the production costs of some games, makes it to a 1M.szaromir said:
And this time without the US or UK release.
Unbelievable, according to everything we are being told by publishers. Great fucking news.
So perhaps it's not so much that single player games, PC gaming, and gritty RPGs are dead, but perhaps it's about DEVELOPING GOOD GAMES.
But hey, go ahead and try to produce a fast-developed, all target groups inclusive, politically correct, console-y/action RPG and the whine about piracy. Assholes.
I can't help but think what The Witcher or Two Worlds 2 would sell globally with, for example, Halo level marketing, if it can reach 1 million with almost zero marketing and being mostly a PC game.
cleveridea
Member
so gogamer are selling this game on all platforms right now in USA. Will the 360 version work on a US console? I imagine the PS3 one does, but would 360 be locked?
http://www.gogamer.com/Two-Worlds-I...productId122331930VVcatId444710VVviewprod.htm
http://www.gogamer.com/Two-Worlds-I...productId122331930VVcatId444710VVviewprod.htm
Stahsky
A passionate embrace, a beautiful memory lingers.
Go gamer a legit site? And i'm a massive stupid fan of Morrowind and Oblivion, will I enjoy this? Never played the first one.
I'm itching for a game like this, though..
Quickie: Sitting on a 965 black, 4 ddr3 gigs and an HD 5700. What sort of performance should I hope for?
I'm itching for a game like this, though..
Quickie: Sitting on a 965 black, 4 ddr3 gigs and an HD 5700. What sort of performance should I hope for?
EvaPlusMinus said:
Yeah gogamer is legit. I bought a game from them awhile back, something was messed up with their item tracking but when I called and asked about it they fixed it immediately and when the game got here they had packed in one of their sale games for free because of the error. Seems like they're still getting stuff figured out, but great service in my case.
Anton Sugar
Member
Hoping there's a Steam sale for this!
Refreshment.01
Member
Guys seem to be having a good time with this one. Im glad 
Are there any improvements expected for the January 1st release?
What could this people acomplish with a good budget? ... i wonder.
Are there any improvements expected for the January 1st release?
What could this people acomplish with a good budget? ... i wonder.
Dick Laurent
Member
anyone tried the gold update patch yet and see what's in there? I haven't had time
http://www.twoworlds2.com/en/downloads.html
http://www.twoworlds2.com/en/downloads.html
I bought the 360 version of this at an import shop in Akihabara. Despite the clunky animations, mispelled English, and cruddy voice acting, I am really liking it. I have played it about six hours total so far. Based on the map, the game seems pretty big.
The problem is that I have hit a game-ruining bug. There is a zone that causes my xbox to freeze up whenever it loads. I wouldn't mind that so much (it was just a shopping area in a big village), but I need to get back to that zone to progress the main story. The game's official forums show that others are facing the same problem.
I suppose I can keep leveling my guy by killing baboons and rhinos until they patch the game. :lol
The problem is that I have hit a game-ruining bug. There is a zone that causes my xbox to freeze up whenever it loads. I wouldn't mind that so much (it was just a shopping area in a big village), but I need to get back to that zone to progress the main story. The game's official forums show that others are facing the same problem.
I suppose I can keep leveling my guy by killing baboons and rhinos until they patch the game. :lol
This is what I found with the DX10 .exe.
With this you get an ingame 4xAA option but the most important thing by far is that Parallax Occlusion Mapping is now compatible with Anisotropic filtering.
Looks great with 16xAF and POM on.
Supposedly a DX11 patch will emerge some time.
With this you get an ingame 4xAA option but the most important thing by far is that Parallax Occlusion Mapping is now compatible with Anisotropic filtering.
Looks great with 16xAF and POM on.
Supposedly a DX11 patch will emerge some time.
Prime crotch
Banned
Saw this game out on retail stores here for the ps3, no idea what language is it in though.
indigo-cyclops
Member
This game, even though the dude runs like a weird rubbery thing, it's such an improvement over the first that I just have to love it...I need to play more when I return home.
