Two Worlds: Epic Edition
The Epic Saga Continues with Two Worlds: Epic Edition. 300 years after Aziraal has been banished, a brother and sister are drawn into the conflict that has flared up between the Orcs and the free world. Kyra, the hero's younger sister, suddenly disappears in mysterious circumstances. The hero, a bounty hunter, searches throughout Antaloor for her. His quests take him to the far-off reaches of the continent. Constantly on the alert for a clue as to her whereabouts, he keeps his eyes and ears open during his travels. The mercenary jobs he gets are not just for collecting information - he also receives gold for these tasks and he must have gold to continue his search. However, it's not always easy to find tasks that pay - he even has to gain a reputation with certain groups before they'll even think of entrusting a tricky task to him. After many weary months of searching, he finally gets his first clue - a mysterious letter that tells him to make for the mountainous region of the far north. Thus begins the story of Two Worlds - one mercenary arrives alone in Thalmont, a wild mountainous region totally unfamiliar to him. Will he succeed in finding his sister?
Windows Vista / XP
Two Worlds: Epic Edition Accessories
 The Witcher Enhanced
Fallout 3
The Witcher
Legend Hand of God
Mass Effect
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Expansion
Mount & Blade
Far Cry 2
Kings Bounty: The Legend
Crysis Warhead
Two Worlds: Epic Edition Reviews
I have been playing pc and console games for many many years and only a couple have really grabbed my attention and actually had me thinking about them and waiting to get back to my PC. I feel this game is great for a newb to get introduced to rpg games and overall is a great game. I have never played a rpg game like World of Warcraft, Oblivion and all those, so keep in mind i have nothing to base this off. So for a first timer, i think this game has a lot to offer and is very intriguing.
Still it's a fun game to play. Maybe I'll try again when I get it upgraded. well this game is fun. Played it on my nephews xbox360. Funny my pc meets the system requirements. So I bought it for the pc. only to find that it BSOD'd my pc.
There is a reference to four character classes, but unlike traditional RPGs where you pick a class and stick with it, Two Worlds doesn't adhere to strict character design limitations. Basically, buy this if you have the time to dedicate to a huge game and are willing to work around the problems. Your sister. There are wolves, lizards, dragons and various other critters cluttering up the Euro-styled landscape, which is liberally stocked with healing shrines, magical monuments and teleport rings. Caves, tombs and graveyards are often tucked away off the beaten path, so exploration is key if you want to see your stats and equipment improve without spending your hard-earned coin at the town vendors. Although far more of the game world is dedicated to wilderness and wildlife than to villages, cities and dungeons, there are roads and trails crossing the landscape, with ruins, bandit camps and houses here and there. For that matter, don't expect much guidance as to what path you take; after a lot of time spent playing, I have yet to find any advantage to straying far from the hack-and-slash route.
I am a HUGE fan of single-player PC action/adventure RPGs, especially the Elder Scrolls and Gothic titles. The orcs' god is imprisoned, necromancers are up to their usual business, and now an anonymous newcomer has arrived on the scene to do everyone else's dirty work while pursuing some noble plot. While a horse understandably can't scale a sheer cliff or jump over a castle wall, there are situations where your horse will abruptly stop in its tracks or change direction rather than continue where the path slopes a bit or a small obstacle blocks it. This does require some skill with the lockpicks, which can be hard to come by early on. Fans of a rogue/thief/assassin approach will probably be disappointed, as stealth and backstabbing are not viable for getting through most encounters. If you're still reading this, you are probably very patient, which is a good thing if you're going to get the most out of Two Worlds. It really is a good game if you don't mind the generic world and plot, but it takes some time to get used to the quirks and move past them to the good stuff.
Other interesting features are alchemy and equipment enhancement. All the standards are here. It won't take long for you to accumulate some serious wealth, but some items are best held onto for future upgrades. She communicates you mostly as a ghostly greyish apparition via cut scenes. This wouldn't be so frustrating if the horse wasn't so bloody useful. Gems can be found to upgrade weapon damage, and armor and weapons of the same type can (usually) be "stacked" numerous times to increase stats. if you can tolerate some of its shortcomings. Unfortunately, some of the gems used in alchemy have misleading stats, because they don't mix to create potions or enhancements, but rather traps and bombs that may not be of particular use to you.
Seriously, someone unfamiliar with either game could read the plot synopsis from the first Gothic game and play Two Worlds all the way through without realizing they are different games. Alchemical ingredients can be found all through the land, generally fare less scarce than in Gothic. There are many, many quests in the villages and cities, and even in the wilderness, all in addition to the main storyline. Because of the way the inventory screen is arranged - poorly, as is typical of the genre - dealing with vendors can be a huge hassle. If you've played The Witcher or Fable, you might think that to be a hint of in-game "conquests" to look forward to, but it's your SISTER. This isn't a game that needs to rely on T&A to make it interesting, but in a world where male characters are encased in staggering suits of armor, the females are extremely uninspired. (I have not tried any of the online play, so this review is essentially for the base game with the included patches that are otherwise downloadable). The main problem is that corners were cut here and there.
Unoriginality aside, Two Worlds is fun. You might have the best armor in the game, but a couple of orc arrows or swipes from a dragon will kill your horse quickly. For starters, Two Worlds might not be quite what you'd expect from the box description or installation process, which is sometimes funny and sometimes frustrating.
This is also true in combat, as your steed will charge headlong through a squad of orcs without hesitation, and then slam on the breaks as you ride past a single opponent. There are few blatant bugs, although nothing as severe as was found in Gothic 3. I found myself engaging mostly in side quests, coming back to the main plot when it looked as though a particular mission might drastically affect faction standing or travel options.
Stability has been quite good - I've only had one crash in over 50 hours of play. I like games where I can wander freely, and still get many hours out of the quests. The various dungeons are loaded with monsters who carry all sorts of loot, and treasure chests often contain some of the best spoils. Even with a very modest hardware configuration and scaled-back visual settings, you can see for incredible distances, often being able to see a route from your current location to a fortress or city that appears to be miles away on the map. Much has been said about the use of horses for travel and combat in Two Worlds, mostly negative. Remember when I mentioned the woman during the initial installation. I also found myself being pursued by guards after my horse apparently trampled innocent bystanders. This far into the game, she's the only female who isn't wrapped up head-to-toe in some overzealous attempt at modesty.
Even with your strength boosted by potions and level-ups, carrying capacity is limited, so it's often best to find a safe storage place (abandoned buildings are great for this) and place a portable teleport stone there for easy access. During the installation, there is a splash screen with a busty young woman. The Witcher was fantastic, Fable too short and too buggy. I wasn't expecting The Witcher's level of interaction, but every woman in every town need not threaten to call the guards when I approach. The character models look quite good in third-person mode, but not so good close-up during the cut scenes. Orcs are poised to invade human lands, while rival human factions do battle in forests, mountains and villages. As another game coming out of Europe, it isn't exactly a household name, and it's certainly not the most original game you'll ever play, but it is quite entertaining. The save-game menu isn't very intuitive either, when it comes to overwriting or deleting old saves.
Definitely don't skimp on the saves, as the autosave function works on a timer rather than when you enter new areas. Magic certainly has its place, and you can of course follow a more archery-heavy ranger approach, but sooner or later you're going to find yourself in the thick of a dungeon brawl where a sword and heavy armor are your best resources. I stumbled upon Two Worlds by accident, but I'm glad I did. In terms of story, look and feel, Two Worlds could just as well have the Gothic logo on the front. Carving your way through a pack of wolves or slaughtering a band of outlaws is very satisfying - if you don't get hung up halfway through. Although I have yet to dig into Oblivion's Shivering Isles expansion, I have since tried to find a few "bargain bin" games to play in between Lord of the Rings Online sessions.
More on that later. What's worse is that almost none of the female denizens will talk to you, which is something right out of the original Gothic. Different types of horses (including orc lizard-mounts and armored skeletal horses) have varying cargo capacity, and are pretty much a must-have for any dungeon adventurer. Pathing issues aside, a horse will greatly reduce travel time, and the damage bonus available when fighting from the saddle can be quite significant. The dialog is atrocious, and the characters' mouths don't even move in a lot of the cut scenes. This is definitely more open-ended than The Witcher or Fable, more on the scale of Gothic or Elder Scrolls, and there is more room for replaying due to the reputation system and its bearing on faction and quests.
It's also (after 50 hours of gameplay, anyway) the most revealing display you'll ever see.
After one week of trying to get the online play to work and trying all suggested soultions I have given up. There is no additional game play for the regular game so one must then go online.
For that reason, I will not be discussing the mutiplayer beyond what I have experienced in the original. Let me clear the air right off. Mounted travel and combat was a feature marketed in the prerelease of the game, which turned out to have all the attraction and practicality of building your own Model T Ford. The only difference between the two is the addition of a few more multiplayer maps and options and the improvements in the 1.7 patch which can be downloaded for free if you own the previous version. Fast forward to a year later. It was buggy, rough, and very prone to crashing. You gird yourself in a gravelly voice and oversized armor and head out to chop your way through the countryside.
Well, it's not a bad game. The game shines in the implementation of a completely open world similar to Oblivion with simplistic action RPG combat. You can also "meld" the same type of item to improve the base stats if you pick up a repeat of something you already have. That's about it for the story. The multiplayer was an empty wasteland due to the poor connection issues and aimless gameplay. If you play this game as a simple action RPG rather than some kind of epic roleplaying story, you'll have a blast. In a very innovative move, you may keep adding the same type of gem to a previously upgraded item, so you can keep improving the stats on a low level piece of kit beyond the point at which you normally would trash it.
The bugs have been ironed out for the most part. It appears SouthPeak wisely took the picture of the protaganist astride the warhorse off the front of the game. The loot is widely varied and very cool. I haven't crashed yet since upgrading to the latest patch.
This game got a pretty bad rap when it first came out for PC and 360 in August of '07. there are still a few quest glitches and random graphical bugs, but there's nothing too upsetting at this point. Your character wakes up after being attacked and having his sister kidnapped by ne'er-do-wells. I do not own this edition of the game.
It's a surprisingly fun (but mindless) romp through thick euro-fantasy tropes and hack & slash gameplay. You'll save yourself a lot of stress. You'll definitely not be able to max out all the skills in a playthrough, so you'll have to allocate points wisely with each level. As you level up in your quest to rescue your sister and defeat the overdramatic Evil Force, you'll ramble over the landscape and trounce enemies using either magic or weaponry and your upgradeable skills. The skill system isn't quite as advanced as the one in Oblivion, but it's deeper than many other action RPGs. This is something I wish more loot heavy games would do.
It suffers from the normal complaints in the European low fantasy genre, namely that the VO work is stilted and hammy and the plotline makes little sense. But you didn't really pick this game up for the stirring script did you. I own the first PC edition. You can upgrade your weapons and armor by imbuing them with gems that add various effects. Stay away from the horseback riding. Is Two Worlds any good.
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