Sacred 2 Gold

Very "Eh" experience. The world is nice, but mostly generic. The main quest is very forgettable to the point that I didn't even know what I was fighting for. Some side quests and questlines were fine, but there were way too many "collect x things" with no further point. The worst part about the game is how flawed it is from a technical standpoint. Quest markers were sometimes completely broken, followers would idle around while getting killed and character movement would randomly get blocked, forcing you to pivot the camera to find a spot to click with the cursor. If you haven't already, get the original instead.

I was a great fan of Sacred, the exploration of the world was very pleasant. Here the camera either follow you in a weird way making the exploration confusing and uncomfortable, or is shut down, but the exploration, navigation is still confusing. Why so many trees everywhere blocking the view, why is the camera on top of your avatar, you can't see a damn thing unless it's stepping on your toes. Lots of game to try, i ll not waste more time with this one :/ Sad to see that what made sacred great was not present here (the map of sacred was one of the best i've ever seen, guess what, yop, not present here).

I was a huge fan of original Sacred 9yes, we exist), so the hype for Sacred 2 was huge. When it came out though, it was a gigantic disappointment. Pros: 1) Gigantic world 2) Great character designs 3) Awesome skill and skill mechanics (on paper) 4) Beautiful picture 5) Class mounts Cons: 1) World is empty and pointless - there is nothing to do here. 2) Character design is all that is good about them - they are severely unbalanced, and chars like Inquisitor or Temple Guardian are borderline unplayable. 3) Same goes for skills - tons of skills are just useless or to week to make any difference, some specs are completely unviable. 4) Again, world is HUGE, non-linear, filled with unique locations, dungeons, unexpected and unusual side-quests... and it's all POINTLESS. You get NOTHING from exploring it - no loot, no plot bonuses, no perks (sans class mount, but it's a single exception and basically embedded into story mode), NO MOTIVATION AT ALL. It kills the game. 5) Add-on was simply unplayable on release, of 5 copies 4 would not work at all. It was fixed later, but it brought nothing good - unlike Sacred: Underworld, both new locations and a single new hero were just plain stupid. 6) It's a prequel, but it as well be another game - there is 99% nothing that calls forward to original Sacred (sans Seraphim) and one location from the addon. 7) Story is extremely weak, and you completely lose the point of this whole location jumping very soon. Character strories could have improved it a lot, but they did not. Bosses fail. Probably some of the aforementioned has been polished since, but I still not feeling like paying anything for this game. Maybe when some uber sale lowers it to something like 2$ I'll do it out of boredom. P.S. I have a suspicion, that Blizzard took A LOT from Sacred 2 for Diablo 3. Skill runes, level scaling, ton of difficulty levels, and A LOT of the same problems. Why did they choose such a failed product as an inspiration I can not comprehend.

could not run the game without my machine bogging down. such as when my character is running, then slowly he starts to slow down until he is almost not moving. at points when this happens, i find i'm unable to do anything.

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