Two Worlds II – not as crappy as anticipated
Recently Polish developer Reality Pump put out a sequel to the 2007 flop Two Worlds. Two Worlds II, which was on absolutely no one’s list of titles to look for in 2011, may not stink. Truthfully no one could blame you if you automatically thought it was going to be coaster just like its predecessor. The first one blew and not just blew…it took sucking to a whole new level of “suckdom”.
Two Worlds II, however, may surprise you. With over 40 reviews in on Metacritic it is holding steady at a solid 75 from critics and a surprising 8.1 user rating. Is it possible Reality Pump pulled this IP out of the crapper?
One review stated “The biggest and best features that this game offers is its crafting and creation systems, wherein you can dismantle looted gear into component pieces (iron, wood, leather, and the like) and then use them to improve your current gear. Upgrade your gear enough and you’ll unlock slots to install crystals and give your items even more power. There’s a deep and robust alchemy system, and even a spell creation system, much like what we saw in Oblivion, but with an interesting interface where you have to buy or loot cards to create specific damage types and even modifiers to how your spells are unleashed. ”
“On the 360, Two Worlds II is surprisingly good-looking, with solid frame rates often hitting the mid-40s – which is a nice change, as almost every action-RPG developer tries to lock the frame rate to 30 and then struggles to meet even that at points. There’s a cooperative campaign that takes you on a linear journey, one quest at a time, through impressive outdoor lands and deep into dungeons, giving up to eight (!) players a fast-paced adventure together – and all the creation, skill, and leveling systems are intact, too. You get a couple of competitive multiplayer modes that use the characters you’ve built in other portions of multiplayer, and there’s the Village mode for higher-level players to build their own little stronghold in a sort of instanced world.”
Sounds interesting should we give this IP a second chance? What do you think?
January 31st, 2011 at 9:20 am
so it should have been Two Worlds Redux or Two Worlds What It Should Have Been In The First Edition? lol
January 31st, 2011 at 9:29 am
I really wanted the first Two Worlds until I read the reviews. May now I will give it a shot if it is truly better. I will probably still wait to find it on sale for sure though.
January 31st, 2011 at 10:00 am
Well since the first was so bad, they only way they had to go with the sequal was UP LOL
January 31st, 2011 at 10:19 am
you know that’s true…if it holds at 75 it will not have just gone up but turned itself into a respectable title. The original got a generous 50.
January 31st, 2011 at 1:03 pm
75 would be a good score
January 31st, 2011 at 2:56 pm
i still dont believe it actually.
lol.
January 31st, 2011 at 4:08 pm
I really like RPG’s I’ll give this a shot when it goes on sale sometime.
January 31st, 2011 at 5:01 pm
I read and article earlier this morning that it was on sale at KMART for $39.99
January 31st, 2011 at 5:02 pm
I guess I should have told you where I read the article. Its actually and article on Joystiq.com
January 31st, 2011 at 9:52 pm
it is i checked on kmart.com lol
January 31st, 2011 at 10:45 pm
8 player coop, who is in? I’ll buy that beast tomorrow
January 31st, 2011 at 10:59 pm
i enjoyed the first one, the game was fun, the ending was awful.
I never knew if they ever fixed 2 of the achievements that was glitched. I will have to rent it to find out. maybe i could get my full 1000 on it.
I will rent this one and wait for a good cheap deal.
I sure hope they put more story into the ending this time.
January 31st, 2011 at 11:50 pm
$40 seems good but Ill wait seeing as I have a decent backlog and I’m playing a ton of Blops right now.
February 1st, 2011 at 9:52 pm
It appears the PC version is much better than the 360 version which has some framerate, graphical issues among some other things.