Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
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Video Game Reviews of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
Customer Review: Installation issues
Summary: 1 Stars
I can't give this game a high rating because the game that amazon shipped me says "contact vendor {paraphrase: some problem with installation window}"
I wish I had spent my money on something that was not such a hassle. I have recently had my NWN2 code stop working too. I probably won't ever buy a video game again and will keep this computer running until it no longer operates internet at which time I will buy a mac.
I'm tired of all this computer BS.
I recommend you buy 2 bottles of Chivas Regal Scotch. Much more fun!
Customer Review: Boring,but at least i can fully customize my boredom..yeah ?
Summary: 3 Stars
I gave this game 4 Stars a few weeks ago with only (20+Hours) of game play.
I am now past the (30+Hour) mark and to be honest,i can't see myself finishing this game.
I am a fan of the first (Sacred) game and own quite a few Hack-n-Slash titles(maybe too many)but this one has me practically falling asleep.
Sure the graphics are nice, which really doesn't say much, it's so *standard* these days for a games to have million dollar budgets to work with that it's becoming the norm and frankly, quite boring.
Creating over a 100 fetch quests that range from ("Kind of Interesting")
to (Completely Absurd-"Will you help me find my kitty,she's lost") is a
really sad way to cover up the fact that the game has an extremely weak
Main Storyline,and good luck trying to even make sense of it when you do
discover it.
On a good note,complete freedom in the way of customization of your character and skills is where Sacred 2 really shines, but what fun is it
to reign terror on pretty much the same monsters over and over and over
again. I haven't seen so many (rats,imps and goblins)running around in one game in my entire years of gaming.
New to the world of "Sacred" ?
Take my advice (or not), buy "Sacred Gold" Edition, you can find it here
on Amazon for cheap it has the first Sacred game with it's expansion pack
included and don't let the fact that it's a few years old throw you off
because graphics wise it still looks great, it's more challenging with the same open-ended feel of(S2) but with an actual storyline that's well
written for a game of this genre.
For those who still insist no buying this title at least wait until the price drops(drastically) or wait until the Xbox360 version comes out in
a few months and rent it first.
3 Stars for graphics: common with all PC games in the last 5 or so years.
If you like to KILL..KILL..KILL grab it, but if you're looking for a deep
storyline save your money, buy the 1st game and stash the difference and
wait until either (Diablo3) or (Dragon Age) to come out.
True Sacred Fans need not apply.
Customer Review: Blizzard has a run for its money with this one vs Diablo 3.
Summary: 5 Stars
In the wake of Diablo 3's announcement comes Sacred 2. Developed in Europe and released on 11/11/08 it didn't even make it into retail stores until December. Yet here on Amazon it was available right away! It has similar play style to that of Diablo 2. You play the part of 1 of six different characters. You have the ability to choose good or evil, and depending on what god your character worships you gain special abilities. Sacred 2 definitely will rival Diablo 3 when it eventually comes out. In the meantime, Ascaron did an amazing job fixing problems that were evident in the first Sacred title. Customer Review: All that I was hoping for and more.
Summary: 4 Stars
Only drawback is the hardware requirements exceed my video card. Graphics are great though choppy on my system. Action control is very good when the lag isn't too bad. Resource hog but great game.Customer Review: a game for the future
Summary: 1 Stars
Firstly let me say i was REALLY looking forward to this game.
Unfortunately if you played the first game from launch you will remember how buggy it was, how slowly things got fixed, and how it felt like Ascaron did not care about you at all. Welcome to sacred 2!
While in 2 years i'm sure the game will be playable and fully rock, currently it is a complete disappointment. Most of us cant advance the multiplayer campaign mode without finding some poor sod to do it for us, MOST of the tele-portal things don't work (even though you can see them on your map), and alot of players cant make a multiplayer game PERIOD after level 60.
To look at things aside from the ones glaring me in the face every time i try to play this game... There are tons of invisible walls, the pathing is just dumb (as-in my temple guardian seems to be doing something tea-bag related to monsters i am trying to attack MOST of the time..he just kinda wants to get close to them ..even if he's a foot away, he wants to get 6 inches closer...and if the monster moves, he wants to get closer again), you need a pretty high end machine to run it (not really a con, but the performance vs. spec. ratio is way off -MSI 8800 ultra, 8 gigs ram, 3.2 ghz dual core processor, vista premium 64 and i STILL get sudden drops in performance every now and then for no apparent reason..i un-installed the elite GFX and it changed nothing so it isn't really the problem, i think in general its poorly coded), and the networking is garbage. Now i play online a lot, and have for a long time now, i know the difference between dropped frames and lag and differentiate, this is lag in the worst possible way, switching combat arts=a 1.3 sec delay, drinking a potion before you die about 1 solid second (which in game=time is life and death) there are few things worse in gaming than waiting for a server to realize you drank a potion a second ago as your health bar keeps dropping.
On still a third level i am one of the schmucks that bought the CE. It is THE cheesiest CE i have seen in 30+ years of gaming. the only thing i can think of that comes close was i once bought a comic book that was collectible simply because it had a hole through the center of the cover.
The map is the same map you have in game before you uncover anything, the cd sampler is a joke (not that i care for the band or anything), and worst of all all 4 disks are stacked onto 1 bindle. the elite GFX disk while a nice gesture is from what i hear soon to be available for download anyways and can currently be pirated pretty much without penalty as it is; despite paying customers having to deal with DRM.
Now for the positives. has great character development and alot of possibilities for each class (though not as many as sacred underworld since there aren't as many classes). The graphics are real tight and the world is rich with little details, i don't think there is an empty table in the whole game, every single one seems to have various beakers, books, or tons of other little intricacies scattered on and around them. The difficulty online is adjustable, so you can turn it up if you don't feel you are being challenged, and the monsters are sometimes quite impressive.
The sounds are just "ok" but thats the norm in any game (with the exception of a few starwars games i rarely see sound effects that go off without a hitch), the weather is pretty impressive at times, especially in lightning storms, and the world in general feels very huge and very alive.
In 2 years i can safely say this game will be a knock out. For now it sucks horribly, it has been WEEKS without most of us being able to simply play the game as it was intended, and Ascaron does not seem to care at all (nor do anything about it obviously). I feel like they are putting all their effort into pushing out the console version which i guess they don't understand is going to get them nowhere if all the PC players (who ARE in fact their bread and butter) are badmouthing their game and giving it horrible reviews (as if we don't talk to console gamers or something).
in short look to pick this game up in 2010 when it will most likely finally be playable.