Paul Plays Really old CRPG’s : Two Worlds (2009) by Reality Pump Studios
Official Blurb
... 300 years after Aziraal has been banished, a brother and sister are drawn into the conflict which has flared up between the Orcs and the free world. Kyra, the hero's younger sister, suddenly disappears in mysterious circumstances.
«...If my family really belongs to the chosen ones, why then have we always been as poor as church mice? I have never given much credence to all the old stories about a relict in our family's possession - one which supposedly banned Aziraal, the god of the Orcs - they say that only those of my blood were chosen to safeguard the secret.
'Tis nothing but nonsense methinks – however, my sister Kyra always listened eagerly to the stories of the old ones... but she vanished several months ago... »
To all intents and purposes you're an unscrupulous bounty hunter and mercenary - but the search for your sister takes you back to your roots.
At the beginning of your epic adventure, a mercenary task takes you to the far north - but you're also following up a mysterious lead at the same time - the first clue you've been given since Kyra's disappearance. You get a shock during a meeting with the delegates of a dark Brotherhood - your sister's kidnappers are indeed after your family's relict. Whether there's any truth in your family being chosen ones or not, the others obviously believe it - and if you ever want to see Kyra alive again, you'll have to act swiftly...
Review
I used to play Two Worlds quite a lot back on the Xbox360, but as it isn’t backwards compatible, I’ve had to use the Steam version. I’m currently at the 40 Hr mark. Like the Elder Scrolls: Skyrim you can either just carry out the main quest or just wander about killing everything (but don’t do it in any villages or cities, as the guard will jump all over you), and amassing a fortune.
There are teleports, healing shrines and mana shrines littering the land to aid you. An important thing to note is that your character never dies as such. Once he is killed he simply spawns at the nearest healing shrine, where you will be fully healed in 30 seconds. You then wander off in a different direction and try not to die that way. There are no classes in the game, and all the skills can be used. You have five types of magic (of which Necromancy is a big no-no to use), sword skills, shield, archery skills, swimming, horse riding, lockpicking etc. Every time you level up you get 5 points to spend on attributes and 2 to spend on skills, you do seem to get random skill points every now and then. You can mix potions that can permanently or temporarily increase your attributes or skills.
The monsters you will encounter are a mix of old school and new and there are animals that will attack you too. You can if you so desire decimate entire cities of people, but it is very difficult.
The main Cons to the game are:
a) The map is either a sandy colour for rivers, lakes etc (I kid you not), or a darker sandy colour with black detailing for everything else.
b) It’s very much a verily, and methinks game. If you can put up with the characters talking like this you will be fine…and
c) The further north you travel the harder the monsters are. So stay in a location and level up until it becomes easy then head more north.
Pros wise
a) There are two ways to improve your equipment. If you find another weapon or armour piece the same you can add them together to improve its base stat, or you can add special powers i.e. poison, fire or cold damage etc. As with extra pieces, if you find more gems you can add them to the weapon too.
b) Plenty of quests to carry out.
c) Big area to explore.
My rating is 8/10. A flawed gem, with plenty to do.
My current PC rig is a AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics @ 3.80 GHz, 64Gb of Ram, and a 6Gb Geforce GTX 1660 Super (really need a Radeon).
Next time…Risen!
If there is an old CRPG you would like me to review just get in touch. Between Steam, GOG and Xbox I’ll probably have it!