I am curious to hear more about this game once its released, but honestly the Two Worlds intro video they released to gametrailers this week was horrible.

There still seems to be a lot of confusion on the release date for this title. Did it actually release today? I'm surprised there are no reviews of the 360 version yet.

My interest went from "intrigued" to "could not care less" quickly.

PC version is actually pretty entertaining. It definitely has some uniquie interface quirks, but I have played a couple of hours and it is enjoyable.

On a completely different note:

I really like it on the 360. I think it wore on me, cause first I was upset and mocking it for not being what I thought it was going to be. Then, I settled into it, and around the time when I started travelling around, I got into the combat system, and by level 8 I was actually playing an RPG and having fun collecting stuff and killing things that had stuff. There is a bit that is "cliche RPG" but some of it is kinda fresh to the genre in terms of quests, and there are some social dynamics that have a great effect on it.

I also have yet to even go look for the people who "took my sister" or whatever.

It did not meet my expectations, but it is in no way Japanese. The voice acting " 'tis orrid" but amusing.

Have yet to play online, so can't say much about it. I know my friend said he had to plug directly into 360, and disable router for some reason.

I didn't buy this game, but I saw it played. It was awful. With so many great games out lately, why waste your time?

I've sent it back. This just doesn't do it for me as a modern game. Maybe there's something in it that's worth giving it a very thorough shot, but I believe a game should make me want to play it, and this one did its best to make me want to take it to the dog park and play frisbee.

Early melee combat consists of hacking and running, repeat
Early magic combat consists of spamming your 1 good spell, consuming a mana potion, run, repeat
Early quests consist of listening to very badly acted and very corny lines of dialog, followed by extremely standard RPG quest stuff, repeat
Early story elements are weak at best
The interface is horrid and there's very little guidance. Since I don't have a manual, I basically have no idea what my character might some day be capable of, so why should I work towards it?

The developer, South Peak Interactive, is from Poland. Polish jokes aren't exactly popular with my age group, but South Peak is doing its best to correct that. The game is ultimately forgettable and anyone considering buying it should give it a rental first.

I can see how it would get better as the game goes on, but I believe games need to work harder at making a good first impression and showing some polish and quality.

The ones that don't, make it feel like work to get to that point and thats not really why I play games. Oblivion has more than visual polish going for it, when compared to Two Worlds. Oblivion is a well crafted game that engages you immediately in the story with a few short cutscenes followed by an interactive sequence involving Patrick F'ing Stewart. The controls are well-tuned and you're guided for the first half hour through a dungeon designed to give you a feel for the interface, the world and your own character with his or her plethora of skills before you're turned loose.

Gothic 3 can be compared directly to Two Worlds too. That game (once you fix its bugs, because it's up to you, thanks JoWood) gives you a nice cutscene to watch. It's a little long but its skippable and it's fairly interesting. After that you're dumped in the middle of a pretty serious brawl involving 10 humans vs 10 orcs. That gets you right into the action and introduces you to the central struggle involved in the game. It serves to pull you in and asks you to choose a side, which further involves the player in the story and the world.

Two Worlds gave me a long gameplay movie which introduces us to the main characters and not much else. I'm then put in a tiny dungeon to face a few orcs and presumably to learn how to play, only all I learn is how to open a gate, how to kill 3 creatures and how to loot them. Very little is done to put me into the story, and there is basically no guidance on anything to try other than hack those orcs to bits with the provided sword. A short sequence to pick a few skills would have been nice, to get a taste for them. Pile that on top of choppy framerates, lifeless characters, rough interface, and proof these guys don't play other games (where's my option to keep the camera from auto-leveling with the terrain? Every other game has it and basically all of them turn it off by default)

Anyways, that rant is aimed at future/current game designers out there. I'm glad you're enjoying the game AcidCat

So the moral of the rant: Make your game gripping and educational (about the game, dont try to teach me math) for its first half hour, and I'll be happy about my money spent and recommend the game to others. Fail that and rants ensue!

Well let me put my two cents in here. This is all WRT the PC version. The game is rough, but well worth the initial hour or three of learning. Graphics are pretty good on the PC end - especially at around 128081024, but those who have beefier machines can probably go much higher. Sound I thought is pretty good and varied - I kind of dig the neo-classical musical score. Gameplay - it is rough at the beginning and fights can be challenging until you get the hang of the combat system - weapon size and distance actually count - face multiple enemies with spear or halberd and if you are a bowman - yeah you bet you will shoot one or two and run like hell against a pack of bandits, Sword and shield for one or two opponents and finally wade in to battle and then use the jump back key to withdraw from your opponents attack range or kind of circle strafe around to keep from being surrounded - there is actually some strategery . Also - undead (boney ones) need a blunt weapon and mushy ones (zombies) get a good slashing weapon. Use your stones that add bonuses - that really helps and is way cool - they stack well beyong 100% BTW. Also combine your weapons - even at low levels you can combine weapons to make the slightly better - neat idea - works the same for rings and armor - so you can really have some nice gear early on. Also the horse acts as additional storage - either hit your inventory key on the horse or right next to it when you have the horseshoe icon. There are some really neat suits of armor and weapons and even by mid game you look and feel like a bad a**. The Black Knight Armor may be some of the coolest armor I have ever seen in a game. Yes - the interface does take some getting used to, but I have zero patience for games with issues, but this one sucked me in and I on whole enjoyed more then Oblivion - the weapons, armor, and "loot" give me that oooh whats next to find Diablo feel and learning the different spells and quests have a draw all there own. Oh by the way - the spell effects may be some of the best I have ever seen. Summon an Adamantium or Steel Golem and tell me that isnt one of the coolest things you have ever seen. Go to all the towns and villages and you will find trainers for the other spell areas you dont get right away - the necromancer spells are pretty darn cool and each domain gives you reason to create a new character to play and emphasize on those spells or you can find a skill resetter and simply reallocate your points and go from a fighter to wizard with the push of your mouse and lots of gold. I have taken a character to level 30 and have yet to move to the third phase of the main quest, but have really enjoyed the game all around despite its foibles.

It is the sterotypical "dark" art. You have to go to a special trainer to get the skills, but the spells are fairly easy to acquire. I dont think you can summon more then one minion at a time, but I never tried different ones. There are some nifty drain spells and corpse to health ones and there are a couple of root spells. I really enjoyed the Earth line myself, but all of the spell lines have various damage, root, protection and summon spells.

Koshnika bought this and while he complained about it at first, he's telling me that it gets better the longer he plays.

Has anyone gotten into the multiplayer on this game yet? A few of my friends and I like to get together now and then for some hack n slash action rpging a la Champions of Norrath or the like. I'm wondering if this game will fill that need. I'm planning on renting this sooner or later anyway, but as I respect my fellow goodjer's opinions, I'd like to hear your input.