[BabeSlayer]

Two Worlds Review

Well I know this was long awaited but i wanted to get a feel for the game properly before i passed judgment.

Ah now where to begin. Well the obvious comparison to this game is Oblivion, so i'll be comparing and contrasting it with oblivion. I'll run through the elements of a game in order of imiportance at least to me



First off Gameplay: This is the thing that can make or break any game, no matter how bad your story sucks if your gameplay is good it doesn't matter (GOW for example) no matter how horrible the graphics might be gameplay can outweight it (Final Fantasy 7 for example). The game play in two worlds is nothing amazing, and nothing we really haven't seen before, it is however something new to consols, in my opinion the gameplay for this is superior to that of oblivion. The combat for example is not simply slash run away slash run away like i felt like i did in oblivion always but you actually have various combos you can do, and fighting groups of enemies at once with spinning and twisting attacks (like you've seen in the trailers) is actually quite fun. The physical engine of this game is also superior to that of Oblivion, in that it actually has one (lol). This game is simple to pick up and go, ya there's the usual learning curve but its not so big that you can't get your mind around it in under 10 minutes. For overall gameplay I would rank it higher than oblivion simply because you feel more involved. In oblivion it was almost to much like you were giving commands and a guy was responding but it wasn't you. I feel more apart of this one. Another really cool part that deserves to be mention'd is the fact you can set traps for opponents and lure them into it, nothing like setting a bear trap one someone and beating them sensless while they can't move . Now a few of the negatives about the gameplay, i couldn't even name my character? WTF is that? Who the hell wants to walk around with a nameless hero...pretty stupid if you ask me for something that is soo easily fixed. The skill tree and tech tree....absolutly no training is given on this everything i learned was either from trial and error or from reading the book....i want some in game training please! Oblivion absolutly blew this away with character costumization, no doubt about it. You can't even pick your major skills and things for single player (you can when you go online...wtf if anything should be the other way around) so that really bother'd me. Now i know everyone has been hearing about framerate problems and etc. . . and ya its a little absurd i haven't had framerate issues but there are "loading" icons every now and then and everything stops on the screen your like uh...wtf?!?!?! but it doesn't happen a lot and for the most part i can over look it (only happen'd once in battle) As for the famed fighting on horseback? wow i've never seen more glitches...either that or i've just been on some stuborn horses that don't wanna move to save there dang lives, thats annoying!



Story line: The main story line (granted i'm only 5+ hours into the game) but so far I really like it. Has more of an epic feel to it than Oblivion. You feel like your actually apart of something huge where as in oblivion you just felt like it was huge and that you got to play around in the...well oblivion. The quest are fun and rewarding some of them like any RPG are cheesy and mundane but hey thats life in an RPG (atleast until Mass Effect comes out). Overall i've enjoyed this story line over Oblivions (other than patrick stewart at the start of Oblivion was awesome!) This one just feels more epic to me. That aside the guild quests do not hold a candle to the guild quests of oblivion...however unlike oblivion the guild quests actually tie into the main quest (novel idea a game thats fluid lol). There mostly retarded to be honest with an occasional really fun and exciting one but your don't feel like your working your way up to master all these guilds your more feel like your there errand boy and get the work no one else is willing to do.



Graphics:.......after playing Bioshock for 3 days straight i thought I was back on a PS2 or Xbox......the graphics are maybe a rival for fable's graphics...maybe. No comparison Oblivions graphics were far far superior. Its annoying at first cause you feel like your playing a last gen game on such a powerful consol but hey thats life. Graphics get a big thumbs down from me.



Script: ok the script in this game is probably worse then a steven segaul (sp) movie....seriously these people talk like complete idiots....actually thats giving them too much credit they talk like there thirteen century peasants that don't know wtf english is lol. its absurd and downright shameful, mostly its just comical

Soundtrack: only one word describes this soundrack Epic, it is amazing!



Replay value: I don't know if anyone actually replayed oblivion i know i didn't and i know i wont replay this one but i'll probably finish it faster than i did oblivion, the cool thing is, is that you can complete quests differently if someone has something i want i can either kill them and take it or do what they want and coax them into giving it to me. Each route will result in a differnt outcome and its pretty cool i've messed around with that a little bit, and its pretty sweet how reputation plays such a big role in this world. This game however does have the added online, and there is a variety of things you can do on there, questing, deathmatch (pvp) monster hunts, horse thiefing, horse racing etc. . . all those are catagories of online play, i think when i'm done with the single player (or bored of it and needing a break) that will make for a good diversion.



Overall this game vs oblivion i'd still go with oblivion, it was just bigger thats the only way i can describe it, this game is fun and i'm rather addicted to it at present time, but its no oblivion so don't expect it to be. If you are really craving a good RPG and can overlook a few minor things that should be there that arn't then i'd recommend this game, it has a lot to offer and can be very quite fun (even my niece was mezmorized watching me for about 2 hours), it can pull you in like the best RPG's. However if your cash is short and you have to make tuff decisions about games then i'd save some of that cash for the big named games that are coming here pretty quick (Halo, Mass effect, Assasins Creed, COD4, etc. . . ) This game is great for me because i'm ok with dropping the money on a game like this, i'll get a lot of use out of it and possibly some really good times online with it.

overall i'l give this game a 7.3 out of 10 Great fun but maybe not for everyone