StingingVelvet: I'm playing it... about 12 hours in. Still in the savanna.

My opinion on it has changed a lot since I installed it. When I first started playing I was like "OMG THIS IS AWESOME" and now I am more like "well this is pretty good." Maybe by the end of it I will think it sucks.

My main issue is, as you say, poorly done quests. Some of them have a little spark and interesting dynamics but the majority of them are lame fetch quests or simple "go here and kill it" quests. All RPG quests boil down to this in the end I suppose, but they are usually presented better. Two Worlds 2, despite decent voice acting, has a very matter-of-fact feel... you see a woman asking for help and of COURSE she asks you to go save her husband or whatever.

You know what it lacks? Fucking personality.

That said there are many good points. For one the world is lovely looking and the middle-eastern design (and later Japanese from what I have read) is pretty unique for an RPG. For another the magic system is awesome and the fact you need to find your skills and magic upgrades in the world is exciting and encourages exploration. The combat is fun too, I am playing a pure mage and the different spells are great fun to use and switching between them is very easy. Right now I am a fire mage who also uses necromancy and what I usually do is spawn a skeleton to distract my enemy and then pelt him with fire. Fun stuff!

Overall I am glad I bought it and am having a good time, but Reality Pump needs to hire some quest designers and writers for Two Worlds 3.

POLE7645: Is the English translation and voice acting less campy this time around? I heard that it was improved.

StingingVelvet: Very much so, the voice acting in general is very good. The main character has a very dry sarcastic tone, which some people dislike, but I love it. The writing is even pretty good, with good structure and a lot of dry humor.

The issue is more what they are asking you to do, and how banal that is. If you can get past that it's a good game.

StingingVelvet: I'm playing it... about 12 hours in. Still in the savanna.

My opinion on it has changed a lot since I installed it. When I first started playing I was like "OMG THIS IS AWESOME" and now I am more like "well this is pretty good." Maybe by the end of it I will think it sucks.

My main issue is, as you say, poorly done quests. Some of them have a little spark and interesting dynamics but the majority of them are lame fetch quests or simple "go here and kill it" quests. All RPG quests boil down to this in the end I suppose, but they are usually presented better. Two Worlds 2, despite decent voice acting, has a very matter-of-fact feel... you see a woman asking for help and of COURSE she asks you to go save her husband or whatever.

You know what it lacks? Fucking personality.

That said there are many good points. For one the world is lovely looking and the middle-eastern design (and later Japanese from what I have read) is pretty unique for an RPG. For another the magic system is awesome and the fact you need to find your skills and magic upgrades in the world is exciting and encourages exploration. The combat is fun too, I am playing a pure mage and the different spells are great fun to use and switching between them is very easy. Right now I am a fire mage who also uses necromancy and what I usually do is spawn a skeleton to distract my enemy and then pelt him with fire. Fun stuff!

Lou: Off Topic - Glad to see your Royal Edition finally arrived. I installed and tested a few hours but I am back with Divinity 2.

cw8: Btw, you done the Tomb Labyrinth sidequest yet? It's a horrible waste of time IMO. The last tomb is a nightmare if you get lost in it, EVEN with the barrels.

StingingVelvet: I did the first one and have been ignoring that quest line ever since. Not sure if I will even do it, certainly I am putting it off until the end.

cw8: Anyone playing this? The melee combat looks fluid and is alot more fun than say Oblivion, the spell system is quite unique: you combine effect cards with modifier cards to make a spell so that gives many possibilities.
I finished most of the Savannah's sidequests including the tomb ones and there are many. However, most of the sidequests felt like MMO quests. Does the game pickup later in terms of story? Coz the story atm doesn't drive me on to play.

Todbog: Eh. I was one of the few people who genuinely liked the first one. That said, the second is far better. Some have commented on the olde english dialog of the original and there is a great character that pokes a bit of fun at that (in the inn at Hatmandor.) The dialog is a bit more believeable, but I believe the main character sounds suspciously like the main character in The Witcher which sometimes throws me off.