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Spellforce 2 disagrees.

I would definitely have purchased this game if not for Two Worlds 2 (the same goes for FO:NV). So it'll have to wait for the bargain bin.

Yey, more e-drama.

I'm glad they fixed the robotic staring of characters during conversations.

Put in scripted events where a NPC suddenly shows up and removes equipment from your inventory.

Gothic melee combat makes Die by the Sword seem smooth. Melee combat in any action RPG should be like Blade of Darkness (a 2000 game!). But it appears Two Worlds 2 is going this route.

Bloody Mess @ 0:02

IGN UK review

I don't know how it was on release, but Two Worlds rocks with the 1.7 Gig patch. It's probably still **** on console, though. With a better faction system, it would be heaps better than Gothic 3, imo. What I like is that Two Worlds 2 is pretty much the only sequel to a game that's not being "streamlined".

That "protect the truck" segment is the finale of one very long and varied mission that starts with hijacking a zeppelin and features more explosions than the average Michael Bay movie.

Finished the Saboteur. Funny how much I loved this game even though I couldn't even get half way through GTA3... then again the setting is Paris during WWII. It's hard to go wrong with that in my book. It's a pity there won't be a sequel since EA apparently killed Pandemic.

It's the engine. Always the engine.

Two Worlds 2 = game of the year.

Daggerfall has more bugs than Morrowind, Oblivion & Fallout 3 together. And still it is the best Bethesda game.

Isn't she working on SW:TOR and DCU? Anyway, I'd very much to revisit some legendary DS locations like Glacern & Glitterdelve Mines in that engine. I'm also curious to the other playable characters: Elven battlemage, dryad archer, half-giant or dwarven tank?

Engine looks fantastic and shows a lot of promise for future Obsidian games.

Combat is very fast-paced compared to the previous, party based games. But compared to something like Divinity 2 or Hunted: the Demon's Forge, not to mention that other upcoming action game from Ken Rolston & R.A. Salvatore, it's indeed bit of a dungeon "crawl" in the literal sense of the word. I'd vote for an option to jumpflip, cartwheel, etc. to be able to manually dodge enemies. As it is now, all the player characters can do is running around. Then again, from the gameplay video it seems the environments aren't open-world, so the issue with my suggestion is that players would be able to leave the linear path.

On the other hand, it's still a tutorial area. It might be a good idea to not let modern-day gamers tarry too long in the beginning or they might lose interest and go back playing Starcraft 2 Call of Duty.

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This game is so over-the-top, I love it

Selective memory aside, if they'd compare with the quest quality of the Dark Brotherhood & Thieves Guild, then very few games would indeed compare with Oblivion.

The Saboteur. Main missions are fun, story is interesting, but "freeplay" is boring and repetitive. Somebody thought it would be a good idea to put thousands of AA guns, searchlights, sniper towers, armoured divisions and what not all over Paris, and make it pretty much necessary to blow them up to be able to buy ammo & weapons.

Hack 'n slash is now mostly used as a derogatory term for action games where one can mindlessly click through hordes of enemies withotu any strategy or tactics. This is nonsense. Hack 'n slash games like Blade of Darkness, Demon's Souls, Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, God of War and even Bayonetta require plenty of tactics and different strategies to beat different types of enemies, which is ironally unlike DA:O where one suffesful tactic wins the entire game. It is untrue, anyway, that DA2 is going to become a full-fledged fantasy action game. Jade Empire already proved that BioWare cannot do action combat right.. even Mass Effect 2 combat is largely just Gears of War with nicer bricks to hide behind. Going down teh action route in earnest would be just shooting themselves in the foot. BioWare knows what they do best (notice how on the BSN Jade Empire has already been dumped in the "legacy" section) and will keep doing what they do best.

Ah, that explains the high marks of the Scandinavian nations then. People automatically think "hot blondes".