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Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (PC) | 
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| From: Ascaron
Category: Video Games
List Price: £34.99
Buy New: £13.25
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 435
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: role-playing-games
Rating: To Be Announced
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.5
EAN: 4020628502065
ASIN: B000ZNRIWK
Release Date: November 7, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Captivating online modes of play challenge gamers in Cooperative campaign, PvP and PvE play | | • | Massive, seamless and dynamic Action RPG world delivering hundreds of hours of free-form exploration | | • | 2 campaigns: Light and Shadow, with distinct objectives, rewards and story elements | | • | 6 exceptional playable characters, each with a distinct appearance, skills, Aspects and motivation | | • | Unique characters include Seraphim, Inquisitor, Shadow Warrior, High Elf, Dryad and Temple Guardian | | • | Combat Arts: Upgrade and modify character-specific special abilities to match your playing style | | • | Battle from the back of devastating mounts, including the fearsome tiger and the demonic hellhound | | • | Worship the gods and gain access to deity combat disciplines and quests | | • | Thousands of weapons, amours, artifacts and set items to collect, trade, and upgrade | | • | Ultimate multiplayer experience: Seamless transition from single to multiplayer (LAN, Internet, Xbox Live, PSHome) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk
"SACRED 2 - Fallen Angel is an Action RPG where every element is defined by its characters: vast, detailed, uniquely identifiable and deeply playable. Assume the role of Seraphim, Shadow Warrior, High Elf, Dryad, Temple Guardian or Inquisitor, and delve into a thrilling story. Walk the paths of Light or of Shadow in a seamless game world blending solo and multiplayer gameplay, packed full of unsolved quests, gritty adventure, character development, and hordes of screaming, blood-thirsty enemies. In SACRED 2 - Fallen Angel there is no such thing as an ordinary hero. A wealth of attributes and skills bring myriad possibilities. Breathtaking combat arts and sophisticated spells are waiting to be learned and manipulated. A multitude of weapons and items yearn to be wielded in hard-fought battle. Prequel to the original award-winning "SACRED" game, SACRED 2 - Fallen Angel delivers an epic gaming experience combining intricately detailed 3D environments, an immersive adventure and rich story-telling spanning hundreds of quests. With multiplayer modes including drop-in/drop-out, a vast and seamless world that dwarfs other RPG titles, 6 diverse and playable characters, extensive skill progression, a range of gameplay styles, and parallel campaigns of heroic duality in both single and multiplayer modes, SACRED 2 - Fallen Angel is the ultimate in Action RPG entertainment. Two thousand years before Shaddar summoned twisted beings from the Underworld, Ancaria was already in grave danger. SACRED 2 - Fallen Angel is the portal to the land of ancient legend and brings the history of Ancaria and the entire fantasy world to life. "
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 On release this game struggled, but... December 20, 2008
On release this game was a shambles, I bought it on pre order, and had a feeling it would end up much the same. I installed it then got annoyed about 4 hours in, left it and went to Fallout 3/Mass Effect.
Then the patches come, and, what a difference it makes, the game was good, before (but buggy) they removed the most annoying bugs and added content with a quick succession of patches - why I left my review until later.
Point of note for UK consumers, there is a problem with patching the game follow:
2.0.2 (release)
2.0.10
2.0.12
then it doesn't matter, if you go right from 2.0.2 to 2.0.12 you will not be able to use the latest patch (unless it is fixed)
My review there for is glowing, and worth the wait, it will certaitly keep those awaiting DIII occupied at least a little bit, although hardcore Diablo fans might not be down with it so much.
Simalar to titan quest, and that is high praise (simply as I loved that game so much). Worth a try for sure, the support is there, and if only for a stop gap measure until Diablo 3, it's worth it.
Great buy, great support, expect more in the future by the looks of things.
 If you liked the first you'll love this... November 13, 2008
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
It seems strange that this game has been out for a week now, yet there are no reviews for it anywhere (other then Eastern European game reviews). I have been playing for a few days and I have not had a single problem with the game. It installed easily enough, the graphics are smooth (if not revolutionary) and I haven't experienced a single crash.
Overall the game plays very much like the original, which I loved. It is a Diablo clone but has enough to offer on its own to warrent better than average reviews. The action is fast and I always love creating combo fighting moves. The charcaters you can choose between are all very interesting and I like that they have different start points. You can also follow an evil path with all the charcaters excepth the Seraphim (who is by far one of the greatest RPG charcaters of all time).
I do have some gripes though. First the inventory and character menu are so small. All the stats and equipment look tiny and you'll find yourself squinting at times. Also the start of the game is ridiculously easy and I was worried that the whole game would get boring....but stick with it long enough and things get interesting.
Fianlly I just want to say that this is a good game overall with plenty of replayablity, a massive gameworld and 100 times more intersting then the majority of new role playing games out there. If your looking forward to Diablo then this would be a great fix for you until its released.
It's hack and slash - not rocket science December 4, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
As others have said - if you played Sacred and enjoyed it then you will like Sacred 2. It's been made to look very pretty and some have mentioned difficulties running it on their high end pc systems. Despite the minimum specs it runs very well on medium settings on my lowly 1.8ghz dual core vista laptop - more so after the latest patch last week.
As for gameplay - kill monsters, pick up loot and go shopping at your local merchants and then repeat. The storyline is not as engrossing as the original Sacred but this is an action RPG - not a novel. Enjoy it. I am!
Good - But Could Have Been Better December 3, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
OK - first thing - download the patches from the official Sacred2 site: I did this, (it took quite a while!), but once installed it works fine, no crashes or glitches- so that gets the performance issues out of the way.
As for the game itself - it's very like the first but with new characters and better graphics - so if you liked that you will like this. I did like the first, and I like this too...but be warned unless you are a fan of hack 'n' slack games like Diablo, Titan Quest, Loki and Sacred1 you are unlikely to like this. On the other hand of course, if you are a fan of the genre you will!
A few things disappoint me about this game: 1) the characters' special skills don't seem to be very balanced - some characters seem to get really good, useful skills, (the Seraphim character for example) while others, like the Inquisitor character, seem quite weak by comparison. 2) Like the first Sacred all skills are available form the start of the game you just have to pick up 'skill tokens' from dead enemies: this takes away quite a lot of the fun you get in games like Titan Quest and Diablo from 'unlocking' higher level skills. 3) The graphics for some of the skills are a bit disappointing - no massive screen filling lightning blasts etc. 4) There are literally hundreds of side quests. This is fine but most are just along the lines of -run to a specific place - kill monster or pick up treasure and then run back to point of origin for reward. I have to say they get a bit tiresome and stop you feeling like the game's main plot is actually going anywhere.
However, even with the points above, I still think this is worthy of 4 stars - it has gorgeous graphics, HUGE game world and quite a few unusual characters to choose from. In this age of first person shooters, (go get a console and leave PC's alone!), there are not a lot of games of this type around, and this is one of the better ones. I suppose I should say (along with everyone else) that this is a pretty good distraction until Blizzard get their finger out and release DiabloIII.
 A reasonable game November 13, 2008
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
I bought this game a few days ago and had no problems loading it or running it. You have to make sure you have the right PC specs though. Minimum specs are: 2.6GHz Dual Core processor. 1GB ram. 128MB graphics card. DirectX-9.0d. NVIDIA GeForce 6200 ATT. Radeon X1300. Intel 945GM or better. You need 20GB HDD space. Windows XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows Vista with Service Pack 1.
I emphasis these are the minimum specs, ideally a 512MB ram graphics card is better. ie: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX. You must make sure you if you have XP that you have upgraded to Service Pack 3! At the start of the game it does quite a comprehensive check of your system and if you do not have these specs then I presume you will have problems.
I can't say too much about the game yet as I have only been playing it for a few hours. It looks pretty enough and I am playing as a High Elf. Mainly for the eye candy as she is quite pretty. (OK I am odd, I have to admit it haha!) As the game is over 20MB it does take a while to install (well over 30mins.) And it has the usual anti-piracy precautions built in. I guess if you are not a pirate then this is not a problem!
There is a huge gaming area involved, so this will keep the avid RPG game player amused for quite a while. I seem to have acquired some sort of buddy that has tagged along with my character and I find him extremely annoying as he keeps saying the same things over and over again. It goes something like "To me, to me, all units to me!" I feel like strangling him. Also in the initial stages I keep coming across hoards of Kobolds. They are funny little dwarf like goblins that are easy to kill but are relentless in their unceaseing attacks on my character. In fact my character can be heard constantly saying "Oh Lord, spare me from these Kobolds!"
So I am wondering if this game will keep my attention going? My boredom theshold is quite low and if things do not change for the better I fear this game will end up in my ever increasing graveyard of PC games next to my computer. I have given this game 3 out of 5 stars, in other words it is an OK sort of game but does not blow my socks off! I will give it a few more days to see how it pans out, but I am not holding my breath on this one!
Brian Clark
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