The best way to describe Two Worlds is this, Epic.
I will be the first to admit that, I was not all that excited to play this game. Previously I had downloaded the demo to get a feel for it, before making the sacrifice of actually buying it. Two Worlds is a classic RPG, meaning you have complete control of how your character looks, how you spend your skill points, how you tackle your quests etc.
I would like to take this opportunity to officially say that a lot of sacrifices have to be made to fully enjoy this game. First thing you must do is go to the OPTIONS screen and turn VOICES off. The voice acting is absolutely the worst I have ever heard in my life. Then, you must turn HDR 3 bars from the bottom. This will help with loading and overall jitters in the game.
So instead of having dialogue spoken and some effects in the game we are presented with a classic early 90's RPG. This isn't a bad thing at all, it actually brings some nostalgia back, for me.
Lets get to the game play. You can fully customize your character (male-human only) any way you wish. The options for this particular feature are akin to Oblivion. After you have created your character you are presented with a little cut scene (No spoilers in this article). This gets you started in the main story and a general direction of what is actually happening in the game world.
Now, lets gets to the sweet stuff, gameplay. Two Worlds combat is unique. Very unique. You can equip bows, pole arms, swords, two handed swords, magic etc. When attacking with bows and magic, you can lock on specific targets. Other than that its straight up skill and a little luck on defeating enemies. The first thing you must master is parrying. Hitting the B button will move your character backwards and away from those annoying fatal blows. So combat is very realistic in the sense that you must watch your enemies and learn how they attack. Its actually quite fun once you get the hang of it.
There really is a great game here. Sadly most will never get to enjoy it. You really have to give Two Worlds a lot of time to fully enjoy the experience. The world is massive, quests are bountiful and vary from town to town. I never really felt like I was doing the same thing over and over again.
For those wondering about Multiplayer, it is included but be warned, its terrible. Its really a great idea, up to 8 people can quest together and level up their characters. The one thing I have to gripe about is that you cant use your single player character. I feel like this was a missed opportunity. Instead you have to make another character just for online play. So the 50+ hours I put into single player is wasted and I have to put the same amount of time into multiplayer to get the same items same stats etc?
The other gripe I have about multiplayer is lag and jaggies. Its really horrendous. At one point white boxes showed up in multiplayer as NPC's. This really takes you out of the experience and bogs down the fun factor. Another gripe is quests, no matter what zone you travel to, the quests are all the same. BORING.
Overall, I enjoyed Two Worlds attempt at defeating the grand daddy of them all: Oblivion. There are some great ideas at work here, and for the patient crowd this really is a good game. Don't waste your time playing multiplayer, this game will keep you busy and the higher you level up your character the better and easier it will become for you.
OVERALL GRADE: C
