Lands of Lore 1 and 2 are two very different games - each masterpieces in their areas. Th very reason why many people here say that LOL 2 was bad, is that it is not the same kind of game as LOL 1. LOL 1 is a Dungeon Crawler like Dungeon Master, Ultima Underworld or the late Legend of Grimrock. LOL 2 is a much story richer adventure-like RPG with a lot of backstory to explore, a lot of riddles and a lot of secret areas and secret actions that can be performed. If you do not know it, you may think that LOL2 is a linear interactive Movie, but instead it is the most interactive 3d RPG I ever saw. There are so much alternate ways to do things: for example you can blow up the first village, assassinate their King, be simply friendly with them or ignore it alltogether. In the Prologue alone (which seems quite linear) you can float a cavern, access a secret waterfall, kill the guards or leave them be, destroy a bridge, talk to your army and many more - or you simply run to the exit. It is clear that such a game will not make people happy expecting a game like LOL 1. But it is not fair to bash it like that. LOL2 has such a great story, such interactivity, a great alchemy system, cool magic, intelligent fighting like using your surroundings and many more. Buy it and play it!
