It was a time of unrest, with distant mutterings being whispered from brother to brother, each word twisting and turning until none could remember what was truth and what was merely fabrication. While some spoke of a shadow on the horizon lumbering towards them at a slow yet unrelenting pace, rising from once forgotten ashes, others dismissed the tales out of hand as nothing more than rumour. Believers who stood on corners preaching of this second coming, forever ridiculed as each day passed without incident now stand tall as news of the beast’s approach is confirmed by sightings from all over.
The beast of which I speak is not some fabled mythical creature but rather Two Worlds II. Originally touted as an add-on called “The Temptation” back in November 2007 with a release date of the first half of 2008, but which never happened. As time went on, The Temptation became less likely and was ultimately shelved by Reality Pump in favour of a full sequel which, itself, became plagued by constant delays to the point where the UK will finally see Two Worlds II made available almost two years on from the original expected release date of March 27th, 2009. After more than three years of hype for those who waited for the sequel with bated breath, shying away from the hordes of naysayers who found no redeemable qualities in Reality Pump’s original release, will Two Worlds II have what it takes to live up to such sustained anticipation? Fans of the original certainly won’t be disappointed. ..
Awesome review and picture. *click* saved the pic. I loved how it started off like an intro to a great adventurous story, which was well written.
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Two Worlds II is, in a nutshell, everything that Two Worlds could only ever have dreamed of being. It is less about running around as an errand boy and more an entertaining journey through Antaloor with side quests thrown in along the way to give you something to do on your travels. The voice acting and dialogue have enough cheese to remind you that it IS a Two Worlds game but are executed in such a way that you're not distracted by them at any point. As a lover of Two Worlds and someone who championed it when all around where throwing it on the funeral pyre, it was always at the back of my mind that Two Worlds II would be full of Molyneux hype and very little substance to back it up when it came to getting hands on... but that wasn't the case. Instead, I've been treated to over forty hours of enjoyable role playing action so far and there's clearly still so much more to go... and that's without even touching on the multiplayer aspect. If we gave out review scores, I'd be tossing a coin to decide between a 9 or a 10 score. Two Worlds II is, in my opinion, well worth the wait and the best RPG I've played since Oblivion.
First of all, thanks for the positive comments on the review... it was a labour of love for me, and I spent from noon on the Saturday until 6am on the Sunday capturing video and editing together the montage at the end of the review. The review itself was always supposed to be around 2000 words and it ended up over 5500 because there was just so much to talk about... and that's without even going in to multiplayer or the Mage skills!
What I will say is to touch upon the review score... when I created GamingLives last December, I decided not to go down the route of having scores because people tend to fixate on the score and gloss over whatever has been said to validate the score and that's why I opted for the pros/cons/summary method instead.
If we DID have review scores on the site, I'd definitely be giving the game 9/10 because whatever flaws are present are entirely forgivable (the character animation in dialogue scenes accounting for such a small percentage of the game and the shimmering graphics in certain locations) but the enjoyment factor and the fact that it's managed to improve on the previous game in SO many areas means that I'd feel justified if I decided to opt for a 10/10 score. It would, of course, be a very unrealistic score as a review should be about more than enjoyment and gameplay, and that's why I'd probably only go as far as 9/10.
So yeah... while we don't offer scores in our reviews, I'm happy to go on record and say that I personally would give it 9/10 and the only reason the review doesn't carry that as a definitive score is because we don't use a scoring protocol. It IS a 9/10 game though, easily.
Really glad you enjoyed it though, it's always good to read feedback
It was actually one of the best and most well thought out reviews I have read in awhile. I'll be reading more reviews from you in the future. Well done indeed, sir.
At first I had thought UnKnOwN had written it but after I posted I reread the first post and saw More: <insert link> I slapped my forehead in surprise and slight embarassment rewrote it where it said, "I love how it started..."
and not, "I love how you started..."
should have known it was from a site seeing as how the admin and top notch members post reviews all the time. But great work dude, you're a far superior writer than myself.
It was actually one of the best and most well thought out reviews I have read in awhile. I'll be reading more reviews from you in the future. Well done indeed, sir.
Thank you my friend, it's a game I've been looking forward to for some time and I just couldn't wait for the UK release, so had to make do with fumbling around at the start since the manual was in German and the only word I know in German is "Berlin". Maybe a few more.
I could easily have written the same amount again, but I was conscious of taking up too much of people's time with me rabbling on. I'm hoping to delve in to multiplayer and go back to an earlier save to create a Mage so I can cover spell casting and alchemy in more detail for the Fresh Look review at the end of January when the game is finally released in the UK.
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At first I had thought UnKnOwN had written it but after I posted I reread the first post and saw More: <insert link> I slapped my forehead in surprise and slight embarassment rewrote it where it said, "I love how it started..."
and not, "I love how you started..."
should have known it was from a site seeing as how the admin and top notch members post reviews all the time. But great work dude, you're a far superior writer than myself.
Thanks for the compliment dood, it's very much appreciated and I was particularly pleased with the intro too - I wanted people to think I was telling the story of Two Worlds II and then threw a curve ball... I was feeling adventurous lol. I'm far from being a writer though, I just run the site and make all the articles look pretty for the other writers but we do have some fantastic writers on the team. You can also submit your own articles for consideration, and we're running a Writing Competition throughout January where you can win one of those weird little shiny XBoxes for having the best article if you're interested
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